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The Olsens: marking a milestone of love and thinily A huge family gathering celebrates Maddington parishioner Arthur's 90th birthday. FORTY-ONE years ago, this photograph showing Arthur and Anne Olsen with 14 of their 16 children, including newborn and last child, Paul, at St Anne's hospital Mt Lawley, appeared in the Perth Daily News. The colour photo below, in a similar pose, was taken at Arthur's 90th birthday party recently when over 100 family members, relatives and friends helped him celebrate the occasion in great style. Arthur Olsen celebrated his 90th birthday with a magnificent Sunday luncheon party on August 29 at which over a hundred guests thoroughly enjoyed themselves well into the afternoon. Arthur (pictured at far left in both photos) was ably accompanied by his charming wife Anne (seated at front right below) who says she still has 'a few years to go yet' before reaching the same milestone. Fourteen children, seven daughters and seven sons - all attended the party along with their own children, some of whom brought along their own 'next generation contributions' as well. Also attending were Arthur's brothers Vic and Keith, his sister Irene and Anne's sisters Veronica and Norah. Family members and relatives made up 103 of the 120 guests whose ages ranged from 6 month old great-granddaughter Holly, to 92-year-old sister Irene. Others attending were mostly friends from the couple's Holy Family Parish in Maddington. The sumptuous party was held at the stylish Gosnell's Agonis Function Centre. It was superbly organised, decorated and arranged Please turn to Vista 4

Forty one years ago Perth's Doily News newspaper carried a photograph (at top) of Mr and Mrs Olsen with the final instalment of their family, son, Paul. More than four decades on and still going strong: Arthur Olsen, a parishioner at Holy Family Parish in Maddington, recently celebrated his 90th birthday with his beautiful wife Anne and large family. PHOTO: COURTESY OLSEN FAMILY

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SAINT OF THE WEEK Blessed Anton Schwartz 1852-1929 September 15 This Austrian from a large family was educated by Cistercian and Benedictine monks. He joined the Piarist order in Krems, but soon left to study at Vienna's seminary. Because he was poor, he had to rent vestments and a chalice for his first Mass in 1875. As a hospital chaplain in Vienna, he learned of the struggles of young apprentices and workers, and founded the Congregation of Christian Workers of St. Joseph Calasanz to help form their faith and advocate for them. Even before the encyclical "Rerum Novarum: Anton denounced the exploitation of workers and supported their right to organize and strike. C f

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OVER 162 years after Salvado and Serra set out from Perth, thirty pilgrims from St Joseph's Church, Subiaco are making their way on foot to New Norcia although this time around, with a camera crew in tow. Accompanied by a media team from the ABC's Compass program, the pilgrims set off from Subiaco on Monday August 31 and are scheduled to reach New Norcia Saturday September 6 to be welcomed by Serra and Salvado's successors, the small monastery community of present-day Benedictines. The initiative is the culmination of 4 months planning building on parishioner, Dr Duncan Jefferson's idea born of his own experience walking the Camino de Santiago - the Way of St James - in Spain. Coincidentally, Bishop Rosendo Salvado had begun his religious life at Santiago, entering a Benedictine Monastery for novitiate, eventually making an application, together with fellow Benedictine Jose Serra, to authorities in Rome in 1844 to be sent as missionaries to any place of their choosing. They

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[co-retreat this month Discovering ways to cherish and sustain creation for future generations will be the focus of an upcoming retreat to be facilitated by Adelaide Theologian Fr Denis Edwards. He will present a day of reflection on the theme of ecological conversion on Friday September 18 from 10am to 4pm. The event is being co-sponsored by the Maranatha Institute and Catholic Religious WA and will take place at the Infant Jesus Parish Centre in Morley. Fr Edwards was a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion and is a published author in theology and science periodicals, particularly on the interplay between science and religion. Currently a theology lecturer at Flinders University and a priest of the Adelaide Diocese, Fr Edwards is also a former board member of Catholic Earthcare's Advisory Australia Council. For more information contact 6380 5160 or maranatha@ceo.wa.edu.au.

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Fr Joseph Walsh, Parish Priest of St Joseph's Church in Subiaco and his fellow pilgrims stop for a short break on the first day of their pilgrimage as an ABC camera crew film. PHOTO R. HIINI

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Cathedral, Guildford and Walyunga National Park. Each pilgrim has been given a "passport" from the parish's office to be stamped after each completed stage and once the Camino or journey is completed the pilgrims will receive a certificate as a memento, acknowledging their feat.

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Fr Brian Ahearn - Dongara Dongara parish priest Father Brian Ahearn was terrified of the very priest who inspired him to his vocation. "You couldn't really explain it in human terms," Fr Brian said while speaking to The Record at the Bishop's House in Geraldton, where he has been a diocesan priest since being ordained by Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas in 1967. "It had a lot to do with the majesty and mystery of the Mass. . . I was attracted to do what he was doing." Fr Brian was an altar boy for his Carnarvon parish priest, Fr John McKay, who was "six foot five in his socks" — a huge man who was very intimidating, and who ensured that everything was spot-on. Fr John, who also freelanced as a journalist, writing for the Daily News about goings-on in Camarvon, was parish priest there for 39 years at a time when, as Fr Brian tells it, "serving on the altar was a great privilege back then". Even today,

"I often think of him and try to celebrate the Mass reverently, correctly and with devotion", said Fr Brian, who also admitted he felt a call to the priesthood in primary school. Today, Fr Brian, 65, is based at Dongara's Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, but also serves at Morawa and Perenjori, at churches that were designed by the legendary Monsignor John Hawes. He also celebrates Mass for three Pallottine Brothers and a lay missionary in Dongara. And just as Dean Hawes did, Fr Brian rides his bike around town (to save the parish money on petrol) visiting people and encouraging them to come to Mass, wearing his shorts and his priest collar or a shirt with crosses on the collars. "It's only fair to the people that they know who you are and where you're coming from," he said. "Then they can either accept me or not." He doesn't wear the priest collar to draw attention to himself, he says, but to

what he does. His job as he sees it is to be recognisable and available. "People see something in this collar. They recognise it and often believe they can confide in you as a priest," he said. His pride and joy as priest is the Chapel of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St Lawrence's Church, Bluff Point, opened by then-Bishop Barry Hickey of Geraldton on July 16, 1986. It was the first Perpetual Adoration Chapel set up in WA. In looking back on his own 50 years of priesthood, Archbishop Hickey said that opening that chapel at St Lawrence's was the spiritual highlight of his vocation. "Priests from other dioceses sometimes ask me, 'why does WA get so many vocations?' It must be connected with Perpetual Adoration — all those prayers offered up for priests and vocations," Fr Brian said.

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Sponsors donors tour new Cathedral

Church personnel have given several tours of St Mary's to sponsors and donors in recent weeks. Archbishop Barry Hickey uses a megaphone to describe progress on St Mary's Cathedral and explain various aspects of the new structure

to members and representatives of Western Australian Italian organisations which have donated to the cost of its completion (at top and bottom left). Meanwhile, Monsignors Michael Keating, Chairman of the St Mary's fundraising

Appeal, and Brian O'Loughlin were delighted to show Knights of the Southern Cross, (in centre left photo) around the site. They were also presented with a cheque towards completion costs during the tour. Archbishop Hickey has

also taken members of Religious orders and communities through the site, which includes the new crypt of the cathedral and which he also showed to members of Italian community organisations, below at right. PHOTOS: MENCORP

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THE treble choristers of St Mary's Cathedral Choir 'went solo' and sang their first 'treble Mass' on Sunday, 30th August, at St Joachim's Pro-Cathedral. This is a Mass during which only the trebles (sopranos and altos) of the Choir sing and is a new venture for the Cathedral Choir representing a significant milestone in their development. The Mass featured works by Gabriel Faure, Mendelssohn and Rutter. The Mass was followed by a reception for the treble choristers,

parents and invited guests in the St. Joachim's Parish Hall. Another musical event offered as part of the Cathedral's newly-revamped Music Program is a free organ recital on Sunday, 13th September at 2.15pm. Titled 'Ave Maria', the recital will be held in honour of Our Lady's birthday in the Trinity College Chapel. The recital is followed by afternoon tea at Miss Maud's Restaurant, corner of Murray and Pier Sts, Perth for the special recital price of $6.50. JACINTA JAKOVCECIC.

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Talks around Perth to offer a surprise From the slums of Madrid to the suburbs of Perth —'Gospel radicalism' talks around the city will offer invitation to grow in faith through an encounter with the Lord. Catholics and others interested in experiencing one of the newest and extremely interesting experiences of faith in the Catholic Church - the Neocatechumenal Way - are being invited to attend a series of catecheses to begin around Perth throughout September. The catecheses - a series of free evening talks over several weeks - aim at helping the baptised discover or rediscover a personal encounter with Christ and are offered in the distinctive style of the Neocatechumenal Way. The story of the beginnings of the Neocatechumenal Way is one of the most remarkable tales in the life of the modern Catholic Church. 'The Way,' as it is usually referred to by those involved in it, began in 1964 in the slums of Madrid with a young Spanish artist, Kiko Arguello and his friend and collaborator, Carmen Hernandez. Living in one of the poorest sections of Madrid, they were noticed and eventually asked by those around them to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ; they did so in a unique and distinctive approach that has become a hallmark of the Neocatechumenal Way. As their efforts developed, this kerygma, or 'good news, was embodied in a style of catechesis founded on a three-pronged approach of exploring and focusing on the Word of God in Scripture, developing participation in the Liturgy and the development of small communities of believers seeking to lead people to fraternal communion and a mature experience of their faith. The Way's new approach to catechesis - teaching others the Christian faith - took advantage of the renewal inspired by the Second Vatican Council and attracted the interest of the-then Archbishop of Madrid, who encouraged the Way's initiators to promote it in parishes that asked for it. Just four years later the Neocatechumenal Way arrived in Rome when its initiators settled in the Borghetto Latino and was quickly seen by Church leaders there as an important development in the life of the modern Church. The first catechesis began in the parish of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Canadian Martyrs in Rome. Its most notable supporters have been Popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI, the last enthusiastically describ-

Benedict XVI on the Neocats - and others So you don't see, I insist, any other positive signs - except for those that come from the "negative" - in this period of church history? "Of course I see them. I will not speak here of the momentum of the young churches (like that of South Korea) or of the vitality of the persecuted churches because that cannot immediately be traced back to Vatican II. Just as the crisis phenomena cannot be directly attributed to it. What is hopeful at the level of the universal

ing it along with other similar developments in Church life in his famous 1985 book-length interview The Ratzinger Report (see separate story below). Like his predecessors, Pope Benedict XVI has developed a close affinity with the Neocatechumenal Way and regularly meets with its members and leaders. Although it would reject description as a movement, preferring to see itself as just one of many ways of being Christian, it is probably the only one of the new movements in the Church that is mandated to have lay rather than clerical leaders. Since its establishment in Rome, the Neocatechumenal Way has continued to spread to dioceses around the world and on to mission countries; there are now thousands of small Neocatechumenal communities operating in parishes around the globe. It is estimated that in Brazil alone there are more than 3000 Neocatechumenal communities gathering in Catholic parishes in that nation. The Way offers itself to bishops and parish priests as an itinerary for the rediscovery of Baptism and an ongoing education in the faith for the faithful who want to revive in their own lives the riches of Christian initiation by travelling a path of conversion and catechesis. It's distinctive 'itinerary' sees it focusing on areas such as helping ordinary people to read, reflect and discover the importance of Scripture in their own lives. Neocatechumenal communities celebrate a unique style of liturgy with a strong emphasis on proclaiming the Word of God (every reading is introduced by one of the congregation) singing the Psalms and even dancing around the altar after the conclusion of the liturgy. The Way has the ultimate goal of gradually bringing the faithful to intimacy with Jesus Christ, making them active members of the Church and credible witnesses to the Good News of Jesus Christ everywhere. Similarly to the RCIA it also acts as an instrument for the Christian initiation of adults who are preparing themselves to receive Baptism; many of those who make up Neocatechumenal communities are either not Christian or were baptised in other denominations. Recent popes have consistently emphasised what they see as the abundant fruits of Gospel radicalism that it represents and the extraordinary missionary zeal the Way brings to the lives of lay faithful, families, parish communities and the wealth of vocations it inspires to the priestly and religious life. Are there any parish missions or similar events happening in your area? Send details to The Record so that our readers can see what you are offering. Church - and that is happening right in the heart of the crisis of the Church in the Western world - is the rise of new movements which nobody had planned and which nobody has called into being, but which have sprung spontaneously from the inner vitality of the faith itself. What is manifested in them - albeit subdued - is something like a Pentecostal season in the Church. I am thinking, say, of the charismatic movement, of the Cursillos of the movement of the Focolare, of the Neocatechumenal communities, of Communion and Liberation, etc. Certainly all these movements also give rise to some problems. They also entail greater or lesser dangers. But that happens

Members of a Neocatechumenal community and others dance around the altar at the conclusion of an all-night Easter liturgy while cantors sing hymns based on the Psalms. A number of catecheses aimed at helping Catholics and others discover the full richness of Baptism and a personal relationship with Jesus will commence in various locations around Perth throughout the month of September. PHOTO PETER ROSENGRP.

Pope Benedict XVI leads a special audience with several thousand Neocatechumenal Way members in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on January 10 this year. PHOTO: CNS/ALESSIA PIERDOMENICO, REUTERS

Catecheses across Perth

If you're interested, here's where the various catecheses will be and the dates they commence.

NORTHBRIDGE St Brigid's Parish. Tuesdays and Thursdays, commencing September 22 at 7.30pm. Venue: The Parish Hall on the corner of Fitzgerald and John streets. KELMSCOTT Good Shepherd Parish. Mondays and Fridays, commencing September 7 at 7.30pm. Venue: Parish Hall, 42 Streich Avenue

VICTORIA PARK St Joachim's pro-Cathedral Parish. Mondays and Thursdays, commencing September 14 at 7.30pm. Venue: the Parish Hall on the corner of Shepperton Rd and Harper St.

MIRRABOOKA St Gerard's Parish. Mondays and Thursdays, com-

with all living beings. I am now, to an increasing degree, meeting groups of young people in whom there is a wholehearted adhesion to the whole faith of the Church, young people who want to live this faith fully and who bear in themselves a great missionary élan. The intense life of prayer present in these movements does not imply a flight into interiority or a withdrawal into the private sphere, but simply a full and undivided catholicity. The joy of the faith that one senses here has something contagious about it. Here new vocations to the priesthood and the religious orders are now growing spontaneously. "What is striking is that all this

fervour was not elaborated by an office of pastoral planning, but somehow it sprang forth by itself. As a consequence of this fact, the planning offices - just when they want to be very progressive - don't know just what to do with them... "What is emerging here is a new generation of the Church which I am watching with a great hope. I find it marvellous that the Spirit is once more stronger than our programs and brings himself into play in an altogether different way than we had imagined. In this sense the renewal, in a subdued but effective way, is afoot. Old forms that had run aground in self-contradiction and in the taste for negation are leaving the stage, and the new is

mencing September 14. Venue: Parish Hall, Majella Rd, Westminster COTTESLOE Mary Star of the Sea Parish. Mondays and Fridays, commencing September 14. Venue: Parish Hall, cnr McNeil St and Stirling Highway R OCKINGHAM Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. Tuesdays and Fridays, commencing September 15. Venue: Parish Hall, Swinston St INFORMATION AS SUPPLIED

making headway. Naturally it does not yet have its full voice in the great debate of dominant ideas. It grows in silence. Our task - the task of the office-holders in the Church and of theologians - is to keep the door open to them, to prepare room for them. For the present, still prevalent trends are in fact moving in an altogether different direction. If one looks directly at the 'general meteorological situation' of the Spirit, we must speak, as we did earlier, of a crisis of faith and of the Church. We can overcome it only if we face up to it forthrightly." - from The Ratzinger Report, 1985, Ignatius Press, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger with Vittorio Messori

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Migrants add special Mass feel Songster of North helps Crossroads

Zimbabwean migrant Mrs Bibiana Kwaramba carries the Gospel in traditional African style atop her head at the Mass on August 30, followed by Mrs Jane Sekai Bengura, also from Zimbabwe. After the entrance, Migrant chaplain Fr Blasco Fonseca introduced the Mass with those who had participated in the entrance procession on either side. PHOTOS: MIKE MCCOMBE

Migrant Week Mass focuses on new Australians.

turned out in traditional dress and sang hymns from their countries of origin as well as animating parts of the Mass, such as the Gospel Acclamation and Offertory, in a style common throughout Africa. The Sunday Mass was the culmination of Migrant and Refugee Week (August 24-30) celebrating the presence of Migrants and Refugees in Catholic parishes and communities. The week had been promoted by the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference as an opportunity to foster greater inter-cultural knowledge and inclusion.

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THE Parish of the Immaculate Conception in East Fremantle was alive with the sounds and colours of Africa last weekend as Perth's Vicar for Migrants, Fr Blasco Fonseca and his parishioners celebrated the advent of the Migrant and Refugee Sunday. The 25 members of the interparish Memories of Africa Choir

The theme given to the 95th Migrant and Refugee Sunday by Pope Benedict focussed on St Paul as migrant and "Apostle of the Peoples," urging Catholics everywhere to share the letter and Spirit of the Gospel with people of any and all cultures. Music and dancing continued after Mass with various Memories of Africa choir members breaking into songs of celebration from their home-countries as Massgoers gathered for after-Mass refreshment. The Voices of Africa choir sing on the third Sunday of every month at St Thomas the Apostle Parish in Claremont.

15,000 Seminarians Need Your Help! With the 150th anniversary of the death of the Cure of Ars, St John Vianney - the patron saint of priests - Pope Benedict XVI invites all Catholics to celebrate the Year of the Priest which began on the 19th of June 2009. A unique way to support this cause would be to help with the training of our future priests from countries where the Church is poor, persecuted or threatened. Over the past 10 years, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), has helped one diocese in every six around the world, and supported every seventh candidate to the priesthood. In today's economic crisis many seminaries are struggling to survive. The poverty is great and often means suitable candidates being turned away, since neither their families nor their bishops have the funds to support their training. It is vital to the future of the Church that not one vocation to the priesthood goes astray due to lack of finance. They are the future of Christ's Holy Catholic Church. The average grant that ACN annually gives to a seminarian is $500 - but whatever you can afford will be greatly appreciated. ACN forwards the donations directly to the local bishop or rectors of the seminaries. You can be assured of their prayers both now and when they come to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

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THE award-winning Indigenous Geoffrey singer-songwriter, Gurrumul Yunupingu performed to a full house at the Merenda Fine Art Gallery last month - an event raising $10,000 for Crossroads Community, a Fremantle-based centre to help people overcome addiction. The event took place on Wednesday August 19 with tickets selling for $100 to contribute to the agency's ongoing costs in assisting clients in fighting drug, alcohol and gambling abuse issues

as well as future plans to expand to a second site. Surrounded by world-quality indigenous art, an audience of over 60 people also enjoyed a performance by the East Timorese composer Ergo Lemos who wrote music for the recentlyreleased Australian film, Balibo. Mr Yunupingu, the recipient of APRA's "Breakthrough artist of the year" award for 2009, was in town to play at the Perth Concert Hall on August 20 playing songs from his double-platinum debut album. The blind north-east Arnhem Land artist has been lauded by critics throughout the country for the imagery invoked in the lyrics he sings in the local languages of Gumatj, Galpu (his mother's language), Djambarrpuynu and also English.

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Girls doing life together • By Silvana Scarfe, Project Officer, Respect Life Office

was very blessed to be given the opportunity to attend the Sisterhood Women's Conference in Sydney. Unknown to me, Divine Providence had it planned magnificently, as usual. I brought to the conference many questions and prayers relating to my life - many things that needed to be answered, and laid at the foot of the Cross. As I prayed and journeyed throughout the conference, I was inspired by the many wonderful women who were striving to live after God's own heart. One of the speakers at the conference, Anna Krohn, a lecturer at the JPII Institute for Marriage and Family, Campion College and the Australian Catholic University, touched upon the writings and insights of a great woman - St Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross). Edith Stein once said: "without the contribution of women, society is less alive, culture impoverished, and peace less stable..." This talk and many others were a catalyst in opening my heart to experience the love of Christ and the Catholic Faith in a renewed and deeper way. A way linked essentially to my inner person, as made in the image of God - as a woman, created with a unique purpose in mind, a purpose only I can fulfil. A purpose each woman is created for - one that ONLY SHE can accomplish through Christ. Encouraged to embrace our feminine genius, the participants were encouraged to connect and mentor with one another in support and genuine friendship, to walk with each other on our journey in life, to defend our dignity and help other women defend their own dignity, and uphold character and virtue as the sources of beauty. The conference was brought to a climax on the Saturday evening when Fr Ken Barker MGL, spiritual director of the Sisterhood Women's Group spoke on 'being captivated by Christ's love'. For me and many women at the conference, during this talk, we came to a realisation that Jesus can make something beautiful of our life even through our brokenness and strife. God comes to us in our deepest struggle and loves us even before we can love ourselves again. God's power is at Its best in human weakness - His Grace is enough for you, lay everything down at His feet. It was at this point and the many moments of God's grace that followed that I realised how profoundly the Holy Spirit and our Blessed Mother had worked through me throughout the conference - I hadn't realised until now that God had brought me to the conference at the most perfect moment in my life to pull me through and place a deep desire within me to pursue His Will for my life with renewed vigour and trust in the amazing plans He has laid out for me.

September 2 2009, The Record

THE NATION

New kind of sisterhood gathers A regular meeting of six married women in Canberra eventually grew into a national event for Catholic women. Perth Respect Life Officer Bronia Karniewicz reports on the Sisterhood conference and its brand of the new feminism. "THE deepest cry of a women's heart is 'Am I beautiful?' The answer must come from God first, only then can a woman approach a man from a position of inner strength and security:' says Karen Doyle from Choicez Media. It seems like we are all under pressure today, particularly women. There is a loud call for women to do all and be all. The images from our culture portray us being able to maintain great careers, have fabulous social lives and, if we choose to marry, we have the added pressure to ensure the husband and children are cared for and looking sharp. Add to this the extra strain of making sure we always look breathtakingly beautiful, are toned, tanned and wearing fabulous clothes and perfect makeup. Then as Catholics we have the added extras of finding time to pray, discover our vocation and then either be joyfully happy as a religious or find a good Catholic husband and have many well behaved children. With this message in our face we can ask "do I measure up?" Six Catholic married women from Canberra felt these pressures and decided to meet regularly for prayer, friendship and formation. In due course they were approached by some single girls in their church who also felt the need to meet and thus Sisterhood meetings began. Gradually the idea of sharing the Sisterhood experience to a wider audience took shape and, with a vision to support women and provide a place for some solid formation on what it means to be a Catholic woman, a truly national conference came to be. Held this year in Sydney, 140 women, married, single, mums with bubs and religious women from every state and territory came together for prayer, praise and sisterhood time. Three Perth women were among the participants blessed

Faces of the new - and young - feminism inspired by, among other things, the thinking of Polish philosopher, bishop and Pope, John Paul ll on the issue of woman and her dignity. The Canberra organising team for the conference, above, included well-known writer and speaker Karen Doyle from Choicez Media, second from left. Pictured are, from left, Maja, Karen, Lydia, Anita, Mel and Stephanie. PHOTO. BRONIA KARNIEWICZ

Perth girls Carmel Winton, at left, and Silvana Scarfe, at right, with one of the conference co-organisers, Maja Lukasik.

Speakers Anna Krohn, Bernadette Black, Karen Doyle, Melinda Tankard Reist.

with the opportunity to participate and represent their state. Karen Doyle from Choicez Media, Anna Krohn from the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne, Francine Pirola, Australian co-founder of

the Celebrate Love marriage education program and Bernadette Black, Barnardo's Mother of the Year, were among those who spoke. Each laid out how we can embrace femininity and remain

strong in our faith. The Sisterhood conference was an opportunity to explore femininity and a chance to discover the "new feminism" which John Paul II often spoke about, a feminism that is about complementarity and does not just fight to be the same as men. The new feminism is for equality while recognising our differences, embracing our strengths and understanding that each of the sexes are called to image God in a unique way. The Sisterhood Conference was about an encounter with God who loves us beyond measure. The conference was also a chance to form ourselves in the strength of His love so that we can approach the men in our lives from a place of inner strength and security, safe in the knowledge that we are beautiful and do not need to cheapen our dignity for the attention of men. It was about spending time together to deepen and strengthen our faith, discovering God's plan and the beauty and truth of the Catholic faith. It can be difficult to be a Catholic woman in today's culture but the Sisterhood conference was an injection of hope, a reminder to be a feminine witness of the love of God. However it's not just about sisterhood - the guys have their time too! The Young Men of God national conference "You Were Born to do This!" is being held this October. See: www.ymgmovement.org

Women's participation in Church 'same as 10 years ago' • By Anthony Barich

WOMEN'S participation in the Church is at the same level it was in 2000, it was revealed at a conference hosted by the Australian bishops' Council for Australian Catholic Women in Canberra last week. In April 1999 the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference received the Report on the Participation of Women in the Catholic Church in Australia entitled, Woman and Man; One in Christ Jesus, following the project's launch in 1996. Cardinal Francis Carroll, then ACBC president, said at the time that the report revealed "hurts and

frustrations experienced by many women in the Church even as it recorded the happy fulfilment of others". The Australian Bishops had previously expressed their sorrow and regret for hurts experienced by women due to "injustices or the denial of full acceptance and recognition in the life of the Church", and Cardinal Carroll prayed for healing of reconciliation. In the Australian bishops' 2000 Social Justice Statement they agreed to 90 decisions on a national level and 31 proposals for action in dioceses, and the August 27-28 conference last week assessed their effectiveness of application. Almost every Australian diocese was represented, including WM

Council for Australian Catholic women representative Kerry Macfarlane and Suma Kaare, social justice coordinator of the Edmund Rice Centre in Fremantle. Kimberly Davis, director of the bishops' Office for the Participation of Women, told The Record that it would "seem a bit crazy" to ignore more than 50 per cent of the population" in decision-making of dioceses and parishes. "In the spirit of the 2000 Social Justice Statement, it's important to recognise that in some instances women's participation is at the same level it was at 10 years ago when the research was first conducted," said Ms Davis, a former primary school teacher and mother of one.

"That then begs the question of perhaps we need to revisit the Social Justice Statement to promote women's participation, so that women, men, Religious and clergy are contributing equally to the Church," she said, to ensure the "most flourishing Church" possible. "Often dioceses are a reflection of what's happening in parishes. We need to model that collaboration and the situation of ensuring everyone's voice is heard in the dialogue of making decisions for the future. "As laypeople, if we say that baptism is at the heart of our ministry then everyone has role to play in the life and mission of the Church," she said.

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THE NATION

A new bioethics network Aged care 'may disappear Ethicists link up across Australia. • By Anthony Barich

CATHOLIC bioethicists from around Australia have agreed to form a national bioethics network to better inform bishops, politicians and others on critical issues. The decision was made at the August 17-19 Catholic Health Australia national conference in Hobart, where a new partnership was also formed to deliver education programs on the Catholic moral ethos across the network of CHA member hospitals and aged care services. Church-run bioethics centres that have until now operated independently in their own dioceses will now have regular contact including quarterly phone conferences to discuss current issues and to better advise Australia's bishops. The network will be better able to coordinate resourcing media and responding to media inquiries. With a current build-up of legislation on ethical issues of interest to the Catholic Church coming before various Australian legislatures, the new network will also act in a formal advisory capacity to pre-empt or respond to such matters, especially those that could affect CHA members. CHA Chief Executive Martin Laverty said the new network is timely; State, Territory and Federal governments around Australia have already flagged a number of pieces of legislation centring on ethical issues, and the network's principal purpose is planning and engaging with parliamentary and public debate around the country "in a national consistency" on behalf of those working in Catholic health. With Tasmanian Parliament currently considering the Green's Dying With Dignity Bill, Mr Laverty said that the focus for the Catholic Church's bioethics network nationally needs to be supporting the Archdiocese of Tasmania, and those Catholic healthcare institutions in the Apple Isle to "prosecute the arguments against euthanasia". Rev Dr Joseph Parkinson, director of Perth's L.J Goody Bioethics Centre, told The Record that the national bioethics network is a long overdue idea that would bear fruit quickly, especially with WA and Tasmania facing pressure to legalise euthanasia. He said that even in the one meeting in

Hobart, he had gained many good ideas about tackling the current euthanasia issue in WA, as the Tasmanian Parliament is currently debating the Greens' Dying with Dignity Bill. Hobart Archbishop Dr Joe Parkinson Adrian Doyle made a personal presentation at the invitation of the Joint Standing Committee on this issue with Calvary Hospital's senior anaesthetist. "Tasmania has legislation on euthanasia before parliament and we will have it at some point, so if there are things we can learn there that will benefit other states we should pass that on," Rev Dr Parkinson said. He said that the new network will also give the Australian bishops a wider body to consult, and hopefully give CHA more of a national voice when it speaks on ethical issues. The network would not usurp the role of the bishops, who have the "right and duty to give leadership" on these issues, Dr Parkinson said. Pro-choice advocates in NSW have also used the case of Queensland police in March charging a 19-year-old Cairns woman and her boyfriend with criminal offences involving an allegedly self-administered medical abortion after illegally importing RU486. Labor MP Bonnie Barry claimed that Queensland faced "a legal medical emergency" over the case which would open the door for the state to follow last year's lead from Victoria and decriminalise abortion. Cherish Life Queensland president Teresa Martin called these claims "ridiculous'', but the pro-choice movement has been emboldened by Victoria's passing of the Abortion Law Reform Bill in 2008 that removed medical practitioners' rights not to participate in the provision of abortion on the grounds of conscientious objection. Rev Dr Parkinson said that, "at some point, someone will move similar legislation (as the Victorian Abortion Law Reform Bill) here (in WA), and the newspapers will go to Archbishop Barry Hickey for comment, so he needs to be well-armed with solid information both about the Victorian situation and the situation here so he can give a clear and informed statement." Mr Martin said that nearly one in 10 Australians are cared for by Catholic institutions.

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One of the most senior heads of a Catholic healthcare system in Australia has warned Catholic health and aged care could be forced out of existence by federal policies. • By Anthony Barich

SOME Catholic health and aged care institutions will disappear within the next 10 years due to expected government reaction to the global recession unless tough decisions are made, the national head of St John of God Health Care said. After revealing a bearish picture to Catholic Health Australia's August 17-19 national conference in Hobart on the economic circumstances affecting the future of Catholic health care, St John of God Health Care group's Chief Executive Dr Michael Stanford told The Record that healthcare bodies will need to upscale to remain viable and have the Federal Government's ear in the public policy debate. He said that even though St John of God Health Care's revenue for 2008 was approximately $800 million and that it employs close to 9000 people, "We don't think we're big enough to deal with all the issues around hospitals and pathology moving forward". Major Catholic healthcare bodies like St John of God Health Care, and hospitals run by various congregations such as the Little Company of Mary and the Sisters of Charity Health System will come under increasing pressure to merge or take over smaller Catholic operations that cannot cope under existing financial conditions. The pressure will come from expected government action in the near future, he predicted. Chief executives of major healthcare bodies at the CHA conference lined up to say that while the current economic recession may be turning around, health and aged care would be a major consumer of the public dollar in the near future, especially with an ageing population. Federal debt is expected to grow to $300 billion and the government believes it won't be in surplus to start paying back debt until the 2015-16 financial year, Dr Stanford said. And with the government wanting to restrict growth in outlays to two per cent per annum, "there's not much room to move," he added. He said Catholic healthcare providers expect the federal government to reduce its support for private health

insurance in order to support the provision of public healthcare. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was reported as responding to the Government's National Health and Hospital Reform Commission's recommendations that the $5.7 billion needed to implement them would, if they were agreed upon, need review of the private health insurance rebate and Medicare safety net. If, as is expected, unemployment continues to rise, greater numbers of Australians will not be able to afford private health insurance, causing problems for the private sector. Dr Stanford said this will lead to a "shakeout" of the private side, and many private institutions will sell out or disappear within the next 10 years. "We know from the experience of the market dynamic of the 1990s that this is inevitable," Dr Stanford said. "We are 'bearish' about the next three to five years as there will be reductions in the private health insurance rate." Aged care is also likely to suffer, he said, if tough decisions are not made sooner rather than later. "If the aged care sector doesn't consolidate to work in a better way to free up some funds, members (institutions) of the aged care community will disappear as they can't afford to make investments; Catholic operators might not be there in 10 years if the government doesn't increase the funds," Dr Stanford said. The National Health and Hospital Reform Commission has said that the health and hospital system currently consumes 3.8 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which in 40 years is expected to rise to 7.3 per cent. Much of this money is being spent on technology that is out of date by the time its effectiveness can be properly gauged. Dr Stanford said that this development was necessary for hospitals to remain viable, but new technologies present problems for private health providers as they need to find the money to cover them, which could lead to a rise in premiums. Pathology, which has not had a price increase in 11 years, will also be affected as the Federal Government cut Medicare funding by 4.5 per cent in the last budget. This meant that St John of God Health Care, which employs 1100 people nationally in this area, had its annual revenue reduced by $4.5 million. "If the Catholic sector wants to stay vibrant and vital there will need to be some tough decisions made, or parts of the sector will go out of business, which will be a bad outcome," he said.

'Women at risk' from TGA decision on RU486 • By Anthony Barich

WOMEN in rural areas are at risk now that the Therapeutic Goods Administration has granted leading abortion provider Marie Stopes International permission to distribute the abortifacient RU486, the head of the Melbourne archdiocesan Life, Marriage and Family Office said. Marcia Riordan, executive director of the office, said there is evidence that between five to eight per cent of women who use RU486 can subsequently experience severe haemorrhaging, meaning rural women are in particular danger. "If they're a long way from doctors and hospitals I certainly would be concerned about them," she said. "It's not an easy thing for anyone to use." While at least 13 women have died after using RU486, which is to be used only at less than nine weeks gestation, the Therapeutic Goods Administration did not respond to questions from The Record about the drug's danger. Ms Riordan is also concerned that the website of Marie Stopes, which has 10 community-based clinics in WA, Victoria, NSW, Queensland and the ACT, mentions nothing of counselling women about other options apart from abortion.

She also warned that the emotional and psychological effects relating to a sense of guilt common with post-abortive women would be amplified for those who use RU486, as they administer it themselves. In 2006 the Federal Government passed legislation to remove the federal health minister's power to regulate the approval of the French abortion drug RU486 when anti-abortion Catholic Tony Abbott was health minister. Until that time, use of the drug had been restricted within Australia. Since the TGA was given control of authorising the importation of the abortifacient, a few doctors and hospitals around Australia have administered it on a restricted basis. In the absence of RU486 prior to the TGA's decision last month, Marie Stopes International has been offering women the option of medical abortion using a methotrexate-misoprostol regimen at its centres in Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and NSW. RU486 stops the development of the unborn child by blocking the hormone progesterone needed to continue the pregnancy. Women who take the drug also need to then take Misoprostol, which expels the embryo from the uterus, which causes uterine bleeding.

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LETTERS Letters to the editor

The divisions in the pro-life movement

rganisations often split and fracture, especially in causes or politics. But recent events in the pro-life movement in Victoria that have seen several groups struggling for control of one of the main pro-life organisations in that State which invite many observations, may also invite ridicule and frustration. the messy and very public brawling in that State (which has also to varying degrees been a regular feature of pro-life movements around the nation for decades) has - yet again - betrayed a situation widely remarked upon for years among those for whom the sanctity of life, especially that of the unborn, is a matter of the deepest importance: that pro-lifers sometimes seem to spend more time and effort organising against each other than they spend promoting a political culture and legal framework in this nation based upon the principle of the sanctity of human life at every stage of its existence. One might almost go so far as to say that the brawls, expulsions, exclusions and all the rest of the most recent Victorian mess are the best possible propaganda for the acceptance of abortion as the status quo and by a public disposed to indifference or moral equivalence on the issue. In other words and in a substantial sense, pro-lifers can all too easily lapse into doing much of their opposition's work. By being willing to engage in and publicly expose their disunity and their venom for each other PO Box 75 Leederville, WA 6902 they invite a not entirely untrue perception that they cathrec@iinet.net.au are sometimes more interTel: (08) 9227 7080 ested in the issue of who Fax: (08) 9227 7087 controls which irrelevant splinter of what irrelevant rump organisation than they are in forging unity and alliances among their own ranks and fostering creative alternatives to the culture of Death. Early this year The Record ran an informative piece of reporting and analysis by journalist Robert Hiini entitled 'Divided We Fail?' looking at the pro-life movement in this State. As far as The Record knows it was the first time any newspaper has investigated both the synergies and the fault-lines within the pro-life movement in a long time. Whatever good those who spend much or all of their time working for the unborn in this State may have done and still do, it was clear that they are often divided. That there are a number of organisations in Western Australia and around the nation all calling themselves pro-life and all claiming that they are working for political reform in this most vital issue is not a problem at all. Diversity is wonderful, especially in such an important work as the cause of the sanctity of children's lives. But the fact that in some instances they have more or less informally excommunicated each other or refuse to have anything to do with each other definitely is. The divisions and fatwas indicate strongly that the many chiefs who make up the pro-life movement around the nation do not actually understand the basic principles of strategy nor the overriding importance of forging a broader unity or synergies in the interests of advancing their cause. Nor do they appear to consider that their divisions can badly undermine their own credibility. Or, to put it another way, if they really wish to witness to the importance of the sanctity of human life one could ask why they so often refuse to speak to each other. The real situation is much more likely to be as follows: the pro-life movement can be its own worst enemy, seemingly full at times of those who pontificate at others about the vital importance of the sanctity of human life (factually true) but for whom all too often in practice the issue is treated as their own personal hobby or fiefdom which they will not share. With some organisations one wonders why they continue to exist because it is not at all clear what they actually do. In terms of understanding and using the media which is an enormous potential force for the common good of society they are clearly often resolute, but amateurish where sophistication is clearly required. They are consequently widely viewed as fanatics or quarrelsome eccentrics and their bitter divisions reinforce this perception. More importantly there appears to be little or no grasp among many of the exigencies of the current situation while, overall, the movement appears to be dominated by those incapable of formulating realistic strategies or exercising resolution and self-discipline. Creativity, of the kind often seen in nations such as the US where real inroads have been made in many states, do not seem to be a characteristic of the movement here in Australia. Assessing the movement as it is one must be realistic and recognise what is good about it as well: it has enormous obstacles to overcome, it is full of deeply good people who have gone against the tide, who have displayed courage and tenacity of a rare kind and, it must never be forgotten, have actually saved lives and supported many women who have saved their babies in very difficult circumstances. More importantly than this it embodies and continues to give witness to the greatest and most luminous truth - that every child's life is sacred from the beginning. But the time for the pro-life movement to be little more than a group of irrelevant factions permanently suspicious of each other must go. History shows that while pernicious evils - such as slavery - can appear to be unstoppable small numbers of resolute people guided by their fidelity to an uplifting and light-filled moral vision can yet prevail. Their chances will improve greatly when they show one another the love they show to those they help.

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Mixed news on marriage in Oz

ast year, 2008, Australia's divorce rate fell to only 2.2 divorces per 1000 population, the lowest in 20 years. Marriages increased 2.1 percent, to a yearly total of 118,756 per year. Marriages are lasting longer than before. In 1989 the typical time from marriage to divorce was 10.2 years now it's 12.6 years. That's the good news. Not so good news is that the proportion of couples living together before marriage is now 77 percent. If such living-together couples eventually do marry, most will obviously end up divorcing. By living together unmarried they've proved that marriage means little to them - so if things get a bit tough, they give up on it. Whose job is it to warn young people that non-marriage "relationships" ruin both one's own life and that of one's "partner" - and especially that of any poor children who have turned up? Let's hope Catholic schools are doing this job. Nobody else is likely to. Arnold Jago Mildura, Victoria

Medjugorje view just not accurate

n response to M. ProudfordWalsh's letter last week, which contained certain inaccuracies in respect to the Medjugorje events, the main one being the statement, "The Bishops of the area.., have refused to recognise the apparitions for their own reasons:' This shows a misunderstanding on the writer's part concerning Church Teaching. The writer is assuming the events are authentic, then opposes those who disagree with her. It's not that the bishops have refused to recognise the events, it's that they can't find anything supernatural there. The problem here is that we owe full obedience to the Bishop of Mostar, since he has the authority to discern the events. Even Pope Benedict, as Cardinal Ratzinger, when asked of his personal opinion on Medjugorje he stated: "I can have no other opinion than that of the Yugoslav Bishops" (In a 1991 interview with Michael Jones, the then editor of Fidelity magazine.) This also does away with the so-called private papal statements in support of Medjugorje. In 1998, Cardinal Ratzinger responded in writing on 22 July 1998: "The only thing I can say regarding statements on Medjugorje ascribed to the Holy Father and myself is that they are complete invention" - frei erfunden - (0. P., p. 283). The Vatican has stated quite clearly it fully supports the Bishop of Mostar. In other words, this is, as Cardinal Ratzinger said in the above interview, a binding statement. The Vatican is basically saying that the Bishop of Mostar's statement is its own. This also

Where's the inclusion in new Order of Mass?

read with dismay that the New Translation of the Missal has not used inclusive language. Ten years ago the report on the Participation of Women in the Catholic Church in Australia stated that "Women were alleviated by the lack of inclusive language and imagery, nor affirmed as women in language ritual or symbol:' It would be an insult to the vast majority of our Church goers if these legitimate complaints have not been addressed.

refutes the misinformation that the Vatican has removed all authority, concerning Medjugorje from the Bishop of Mostar. The bishop of Mostar is sick of the whole Medjugorje mess and would most dearly love to be rid of it, if at all possible, so any moves by the Vatican to this effect would be publicly and warmly greeted by the Bishop of Mostar. The opposite is the case and he is still stuck with the authority to discern. It's funny how all the statements supporting Medjugorje come from its supporters and the statements opposing Medjugorje come from Church authority. That's worth thinking about. Paul Sheridan Bassendean

Catechism sets out refusal of care principles

r Kevin McGovern states that secular ethics allows people "to refuse tube feeding" whereas Catholic ethics "holds as a general rule that we have a duty to preserve our life and that we therefore should not refuse tube feeding" (The Record, August 26). Mr Christian Rossiter, a quadriplegic, asked that the feeding tube to his body be removed as it was too burdensome. A court case followed in which the Chief Justice Mr Martin confirmed the right of Mr Rossiter to refuse tube feeding. He stated that this in no way was a right to bring about death but was merely removing tubal feeding. The Catechism of the Catholic Church which gives the authorised teaching of the Church states: "2278 Discontinuing medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary, or disproportionate to the expected outcome can be legitimate; it is the refusal of "over-zealous" treatment. Here one does not will to cause death; one's inability to impede it is merely accepted. The decisions should be made by the patient if he is competent and able or, if not, by those legally entitled to act for the patient, whose reasonable will and legitimate interests must always be respected. The Catechism continues"2279 Even if death is thought imminent, the ordinary care owed to a sick person cannot be legitimately interrupted. The use of painkillers to alleviate the sufferings of the dying, even at the risk of shortening their days, can be morally in conformity with human dignity if death is not willed as either an end of a means, but only foreseen and tolerated as inevitable. Palliative care is a special form

"The Guidelines for inclusive language in the Liturgy" for the Archdiocese of Adelaide explains. "Inclusive language in Liturgy has unique importance when we gather for liturgical worship; we are most ourselves as Christ's Church. We are expressing the deepest values of our Christian life together. Divisiveness, disunity, lack of communion with each other and all forms of insensitivity are defects we must avoid in the name of fidelity to Christ and for Authentic Liturgy:' Will Priests be expected to continue to alienate the majority of their congregations? I hope not. Fr Noel Fitzsimons Brunswick

of disinterested charity. As such it should be encouraged:' It is quite obvious and in conformity with Catholic teaching that medical procedures such as tube feeding can be withdrawn if the patient is competent and does not want this medical procedure to continue because it is over burdensome. Patricia Malone Scarborough

Priest is too nice for all our good

Father Patrick Keegans be so enthusiastic about the release ould of the Lockerbie mass-murderer ("Irrespective of guilt he should be released home on compassionate grounds" - actually his guilt was established unanimously by no less that eight judges) if, instead of merely blowing to bits 270 innocent men, women and children, many of them probably spending their last moments in almost unimaginable terror as the shattered aircraft fell through the sky ("Imagine how he felt when he was convicted!" Father Keegans exhorts us OK, imagine how THEY felt in their last seconds). Of course, if any of the passengers were pregnant, this might count as an abortion, and of a fairly definite kind. Did Father Keegans check this latter consideration out? Guy Grouchback Nedlands

Jesus

lluminated by angelic light You came to life on earth Simplicity itself was your lifestyle Clothed in pure, radiant love, You grew as a boy Obedient all the while To your humble parents. Yet this could not last For you came for another purpose This earth to trod No glamour or fame, Only work and lack of recognition. Then cruel death seized you Miraculously was it transformed into triumph Only You could do this. And all of us. Thy will be done. Mary Burke

September 2 2009, The Record

VISTA

Words to help us...

GROW

Now, and in two years Here (and on the following pages) are the changes to The Roman Missal that we, the laity, will all be praying in approximately two years time.

PART OF MASS Greeting

The Eucharist is the Source and Summit of our faith, the centre of everything we do as Catholics. That's why the re-translation of the Mass texts has taken on crucial importance, as ANTHONY BARICH reports. 1he new Missal to be released by

The centrality of the Mass to the lives of Catholics is not diminished by those who do good works but choose not to attend Mass. By doing so, they are missing out on a special gift from the Creator, the Saviour, which is the "Source and Summit" of our faith and, subsequently, if we apply it appropriately, of our lives as well. "There are many good people who don't make it to Mass on Sunday and do a lot of good things - they care about their families, they make a difference in their community, they try to live responsibly and make good choices for themselves, their kids and society; Fr Turner said. "That's all very praiseworthy, but at the same time the Mass is there waiting for them to say 'here's a way I can put a centre on everything else that I do, a centre that will give me the nourishment and strength to live the kind of live that I want to live and a place where I can bring my thanks back to God with others for the many blessings that we've had. "It's the centrepiece of the Christian life and should be the source and summit of our faith, of everything that we live for." Fr Turner said the new translation will be a better expression of our faith as a Church, and will bring uni-

Penitential Act, Form A (Confiteor)

Penitential Act, Form B

PRESENT TEXT FOR PEOPLE Priest: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned through my own fault, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do; and I ask blessed Mary, ever virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord, our God. Priest: Lord, we have sinned against you: Lord, have mercy. People: Lord, have mercy.

NEW TEXT FOR PEOPLE Priest: The Lord be with you. People: And with your spirit. I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. Priest: Have mercy on us, 0 Lord.

People: For we have sinned against you. ' 2011 will renew the Church if it is done faithfully and prayerPriest: Show us, 0 Lord, your mercy. Priest: Lord, show us your mercy fully by priests, Perth Auxiliary love. and Bishop Donald Sproxton said. People: And grant us your salvation. People: And grant us your salvation. International the of Members Glory to God in the highest. highest, the in God to Glory Gloria Commission on English in the Liturgy and on earth peace to people of good earth. on people his to peace and (ICEL) have been working secretly for most will. We praise you, we bless you, God, heavenly King, Lord of the past 10 years to re-translate the text we adore you, we glorify you, almighty God and Father, of the Mass, which, in the words of one of we give you thanks for your great glory, we worship you, we give you thanks, its members, Melbourne Archbishop Denis Lord God, heavenly King, we praise you for your glory. Hart, has in many places hidden the treas0 God, almighty Father. ures of the faith with overly simplified Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord Jesus Christ, language. Lord God, Lamb of God. only Son of the Father, In the new text, the vocabulary will be Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, broader and the sentence structure a little you take away the sins of the world. you take away the sin of the world: more complex, but will not be beyond the have mercy on us; have mercy on us; reach of the average worshipper, said the you take away the sins of the world, ICEL facilitator who briefed Perth priests receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the on the new translation on August 21. you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. Fr Paul Turner, from the Diocese of Father: receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, Kansas City-St Joseph, Missouri, said the For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Lord, new translation is not done merely for the Continued you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, sake of greater fidelity to its Latin source, overleaf on with the Holy Spirit, with the Holy Spirit, but for the faithful - lay and clergy alike - to VISTA 2 in the glory of God the Father. Amen. in the glory of God the Father. Amen. gain a greater appreciation of "who we are as a Church". The changes shown above and on Vista 2 and 3 are those approved by the US bishops in 2006 and "It's a challenge to us priests to say these confirmed by the Vatican last year; they are almost identical with those that will be used in Australia. words with more meaning and a challenge for the people to enter again into the mystery of what we're doing; Fr Turner said. Bishop Sproxton agrees with Archbishop Hart's assertion, and believes that the new translation, with its more sacred, elevated, "very beautiful" language, has the potential to help people renew their prayer and to better understand what happens in the Mass. He said the slightly more complex sentence structure will ensure people "pray" the prayers more carefully, adding that the language in the Missal the English-speaking world has used since 1969 is a very simple form of English that makes it easy to fall into the pattern of just saying very quickly. "I think this is a good moment to go back to putting into practice that whole notion of prayer," he said. The fact that the prayers more closely reflect the Scripture from which they originated will also help people understand what the Scripture phrases themselves mean, and help deepen the appreciation of "the sort of prayer we're offering in the Mass". The job for priests, after they've been prepared themselves by the Archdiocese with information provided by the Australian Bishops' Commission for Liturgy, is to help the faithful understand the changes so that their faith may be deepened, and the Church renewed. These translations are so important because, as Fr Turner said, "Mass it the most important thing we do" as Catholics. "Mass is the time we gather as a community to share our faith, a faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Coming together on a Sunday is a way of affirming the Resurrection and we owe praise and thanksgiving to God more than anything else; Fr Turner said. "When we pray, we often let God know what we want, and that's very human, but what we owe God is praise and thanksgiving for what we have. The very word 'Eucharist' means thanksgiving, he said. "Jesus asked us to do this at the Last Supper, to 'do this in in memory of me,' and that's what we're Pope Benedict XVI raises the chalice as he celebrates an outdoor Mass at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on May 12. Liturgical reform over comments and writings Benedict's Pope of aspect often-noted an been has Council Vatican Second the of Fathers the trying to do - to follow his command and accordance with the wishes of PHOTO. CNS/ALESSIA GIULIANI, CATHOLIC PRESS PHOTO decades, both as a Cardinal and as Pope. live it out as faithfully as possible."

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worthy of receiving the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of the Saviour. The translators also sought a more elevated tone, less like ordinary speech that will make what the faithful believe that much clearer; the Catholic truths it professes "shine a little brighter" as Fr Turner said. The Opening Prayer for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, for example, currently reads: "Almighty God, our hope and our strength, without you we falter. Help us to follow Christ and live according to your

"It's the centrepiece of the Christian life and should be the source and summit of our faith, of everything that we live for." Fr Turner said the new translation will be a better expression of our faith as a Church, and will bring uniformity not just among English-speaking nations but between them and other language groups. This is because the English translators "took a freer hand at translating" than the other The prayer in the new translanguages did. Regardless, lation, by contrast, has a more every change was approved by the Holy See and by every traditional tone: "0 God, the English-speaking bishops' con- strength of those who hope in ference. you, graciously hear our pleas, "The feeling now is that a and since without you mortal frailty can do nothing, grant us different theory of translation would bring out even more always the help of your grace, of the texts' riches: Fr Turner that in following your comsaid. mands we may please you in While he said the version purpose and action." the English-speaking Church The changes to the Order has used for the past 40 years of the Mass - the main parts has not 'dumbed down' the that are said every day - have faith, "as with anything 40 already been approved by all years later, nobody argues the English-speaking bishops' that the translation they gave conferences and by the Holy See. us could not be improved. If you lined up those translators What is still to be approved (from 1969) and asked them is all the prayers for the observances of recently canonnow could it be improved, they'd be the first to say 'surer' ised saints, additional prefaces for the Eucharistic Prayers, However, the Holy See additional Votive Masses and and Pope John Paul II - who in 1988 issued the Apostolic Masses and Prayers for Various Letter Vicesimus Quintus Needs and Intentions, and some updated and revised Annus, urging bishops' conferrubrics (instructions) for the ences to evaluate the translacelebration of the Mass. tions of liturgical books and This will prove a chalthe commissions established to facilitate the translations of the lenge. Priests are bracing for it, bishops are hopeful for the texts - did not plan to change success of its implementation. the Mass simply to make people think more about its mean- Fr Turner admits: "It has been very hard for me. It's different ing. from the way I've been accus"I don't think Rome said tomed to praying. It's going to 'we need to teach people more make some demands I'm lookabout the Mass so let's change ing forward to." the words and get them to But, having met some of the think about it' Fr Turner said. "They do want the Mass to be translators who have put many years and much work into this, an accurate expression of what he believes their heart is in the we believe and how we praise God, so if there's a way to make right place. our praise to God more faithful 'They really believe that and vibrant then let's do that. what they've come up with is It's more geared towards praise going to help us to pray," Fr and thanksgiving than towards Turner said. "Now it's up to catechesis." us, especially us priests, to do The new translation does, our best to serve the Church, however, take a more literal which is what we want to do. approach to translating the "Yes, it will be hard for us to Latin text. For example, instead do, but at the same time we'll of responding "And also with see some of the values that are you" when the priest says "The coming. It's just going to take Lord be with you," the congresome time. gation will now respond, "And "People are more flexible with your spirit." English is than we think they are, and we believed to be one of the only priests are a lot closer to these language groups to not say texts than a lot of other people "and with your spirit". It is but are. All the work that's still one example of the translators being done is on the texts that taking a "freer hand" to the we say, not anyone else. translations. "We care a lot about those Prior to Communion, the particular texts and we want congregation will pray, "Lord,I them to be good, so its natural am not worthy that you should to question, to wonder about enter under my roof" rather it, to feel like it's just been than "Lord,I am not worthy to given to us, our input wasn't receive you." asked and we're just being told This reflects the Roman it's how it's going to be, so it's normal to have some resistance Centurion's words who had to it." so much faith that Christ would heal his servant that He Regardless, he says priests owe it to the Church and to the wouldn't even need to set foot in his house. It turns the physi- faithful to give it a go, to celecal sense of healing into the brate the Mass prayerfully, and watch people's faith blossom. spiritual healing needed to be

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Preface Dialogue

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We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he ,.kas crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered, died, and was buried. On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit. the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. And in one I.ord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. And one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection o f the dead and the lite of the world to come. Amen.

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our lord. Ile was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried, He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again,

I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of hem en and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. w ho was conceived by the Holy Spirit. born of the Virgin Mary. suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven. and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name. for our good and the good of all his holy Church. Priest: The Lord be with you. People: And with your spirit. Priest: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them up to the Lord. Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right and just.

He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church. the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins. the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. May- the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory- of his name, for our good, and the good of all his Church. Priest: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Priest: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them up to the Lord. Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right to give him thanks and raise. Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Priest: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith: People A - Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again

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or C — Save us, Savior of the world, or D — Lord, by your cross for by your Cross and resurrection, and Resurrection, you have set us free. you have set us free. You are the Savior of the World. Priest: The peace of the Lord Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always. be with you always. People: And with your spirit. People. And also with you. Priest: Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, This is the Lamb of God behold him who takes away who takes away the sins of the world. the sins of the world, Blessed are those called Happy are those who are called to the supper of the Lamb. to his supper. All: All: Lord. I am not worthy Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, to receive you, but only say the word but only say the word and my soul shall be healed. and I shall be healed. Priest: The Lord be with you. Priest: The Lord be with you. LPeople: And with your spirit. Poopie; Arad oho with you.

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'Nothing is changed, we're only revisiting the meaning' • By Anthony Barich

he fruits of the Second Vatican Council will be seen in the new Missal translations, Fr Paul Turner says. Fr Turner is the diocesan priest from Kansas City, Missouri and facilitator from the International C ommission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) who briefed Perth priests on the new Order of the Mass on August 21. The Missale Romanum (the Roman Missal), the ritual text for the celebration of the Mass, Fr Paul Turner was first promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1969 as the definitive text of the reformed liturgy of the 1962-1965 Second Vatican Council. A second edition followed in 1975. Fr Turner said that many of the Mass texts are quite ancient, "so when we go back to get a deeper understanding of them in re-translating them we're also being faithful to generations of believers who have gone before us": "They have preserved these words very carefully, handed them down from one generation to the next, just as you would a precious jewel from your family, or a stained glass window in your church:' he said. "Importantly, the Order of Mass does not change. The new translation is simply having another look at the meaning of the words. The Latin and the rubrics (instructions) haven't changed, so we're still seeing the fruits of the Second Vatican Council with this new translation." Perth's Redemtoris Mater Seminary Rector Fr Michael Moore SM told The Record that the changes reveal how the living God "comes to meet us in the sacraments". This is highlighted particularly in the new dismissals like "Go and announce the Gospel". "We go from the Eucharist after this encounter with Jesus Christ in the sacrament and in the Word to live a Christian life announcing the Gospel, making clear to people the love of Christ on earth, especially through His mercy and forgiveness," he said. However, Fr Turner expects parishioners and priests alike may stumble initially over phrases such as when Christ is referred to as "of one being with the Father". This will be changed to "consubstantial with the Father" in the Nicene Creed. This will pose understandable problems, Fr Turner says. "You want to be able to worship at Mass and if you can't even say the word how can you understand, so there's some resistance." He suspects that the reason the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments wants the faithful to use 'consubstantial' - which is close to the Latin (constubstantialis' - is that it's a very specific word to describe the union that Jesus has with the Father, how it is that they are of one substance, but in two different persons. "Is it an unusual word? You bet. Is it unlike anything we use in our ordinary vocabulary? No. "But the relationship between the Father and the Son is unlike anything we have in our vocabulary. We need a special word to describe the uniqueness between the two."

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September 2 2009, The Record

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Cancer saint to draw sufferers to God

Walkingby faith, not by sight CWL national conference opened. • By Glynnis Grainger

St Peregrine

Servite Priory taps into St Peregrine for healing Mass for sufferers of cancer. • By Robert Hiini SERVITE Friars in WA are joining with the Archdiocesan Centre for Evangelisation, otherwise known as Lumen Christi, to minister to people who have been touched by cancer. A healing Mass will take place at Pater Noster Church in Myaree on September 18. Servite Priories and churches have long been centres of devotion to St Peregrine, and a Healing Mass with devotions to St Peregrine is celebrated at St Denis' Church in Joondanna on the third Saturday of each month at 8.30am,while a Servite Friar has been travelling to Sts John and Paul Church in Willetton for a similar celebration every two months. St Peregrine, a 14th Century Servite Friar and tireless worker for the poor and sick, is Patron Saint of those who suffer from cancer or other life-threatening diseases. Masses and devotions are planned about every two weeks in parishes north and south of the Swan River. The format includes music, Reconciliation with several priests available, Mass, the Sacrament of Anointing and veneration of a Relic of St Peregrine. There will be an Intention Box and a Piety Stall with statues and medals of St Peregrine and prayer cards available. Servite Fra Robert Zivkovic said that while a physical healing may occur, the main focus of the apostolate is to help people deal with their physical, emotional or mental illness, and in doing so help them draw closer to God through their suffering. He said that devotion to St Peregrine, who was miraculously healed of cancer in his leg and had a "great love of Our Lord", accepting suffering like Christ helps people bear their own crosses. "If physical healing does eventuate that's great, but some might come to the conclusion that their illness means God does not love them. In reality, God might be asking them to bear their crosses for the sake of others," said Fra Robert, a former teacher at Servite College. For more info on St Peregrine and associated events, contact Ira Robert OSM on 9444 1223 or the lumen Christi Centre on 9223 1351 or 0417 956 573.

A PROCESSION of banners preceded the opening of the Catholic Women's League's 44th National Biennial Conference at the Novotel Langley on Monday, August 31. The theme of the conference was "Walking with God" with the Scripture excerpt from St Paul's letter to the Corinthians, chapter 2 verses 5-7: "We walk by faith, not by sight." Bishop Don Sproxton concelebrated the opening Mass on August 30 at the Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth. The opening liturgy was led by the National Chaplain, Fr Laurence Murphy SDS, who said: "We are all called to walk with God," and "Reflect on all the graces and blessings we receive as infants." The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, and bishops from Broken Bay, Wollongong, Parramatta, Maitland-Newcastle, Bathurst and Bunbury, sent their best wishes in writing. WA Governor Dr Ken Michael officially opened the conference, saying "I hope those from overseas and other parts of Australia enjoy themselves here and the work we have to offer. . . for the building of the kingdom of God." "It is important to acknowledge and appreciate the contribution that women give to our society," he told the conference. He said he and his wife Julie work as a team together in everything we have done for the past 45 years. "The CWL offers that camaraderie, support and encouragement to the women of Australia members work at grassroots level to support the work of the League." Mrs Julie Michael was presented with a bouquet of flowers.

Professor Celia Hammond, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame, with the CWL National president Karyn Kammann.

Professor Celia Hammond, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia, based in Fremantle, delivered the keynote address, saying "From what I know, my grandmother did not have an easy life." She continued: "I was born into an environment where there was access to education and education was valued - this distinguishes my life from that of my grandmother. "My great-grandfather was a poor farmer from Ireland; my father is a judge. "Approximately 55% of all students in higher education are women; 7.7 million Australians have post-school qualifications. "Women are more likely to have qualifications in management and commerce; women outstrip men in health and education; men are more likely to have post-school education in engineering. "Before 1946, 18.5 per cent of males had higher qualifications; from 1947-1966, 20 per cent of women had higher qualifications; of girls born after 1966, 28 per cent have higher education qualifications - more than males. "Women get married later, have

children later and have fewer children - 1.94 children; 73 per cent of all women cohabit before marriage; the divorce rate is higher - 49.6 per cent involve children under the age of 14. "From 1947-1986, women were more likely to be in the paid workforce. "Young women have almost limitless choice and limitless opportunity. We need to teach them to be able to make good choices. "Catholic education is holistic education - education of the whole person. A Catholic university cannot stop young women from making the wrong choices - it can guide, support and nurture to allow them to reach their maturity. "Working at a Catholic university I get access to theologians. "An increasing number of women are in higher education as knowledge is positive if it helps to shed light onto the darkness of life:' Professor Hammond has three young boys under the age of seven. National president Karyn Kammann gave her report, including the unsuccessful bid by the CWLA to stop the rules on

AusAID being changed to allow overseas development funding to be used to terminate pregnancies in developing countries. She also spoke about the AsiaPacific meeting of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO) held in Seoul in October last year, which she attended, and the investment of time, energy and finance into World Youth Day08 in Sydney by CWLA. Mrs Kammann also mentioned the national executive entered the national newsletter in the annual Australian Catholic Press Association awards. CWLA is a financial member of ACPA. She said Victoria-Wagga Wagga would be national office-bearers for the coming years 2010-1011 and a new revised constitution was passed at the weekend. The new National president is Madge Fahy. Member organisation reports were presented by seven member organisations of Australia and by the National president of CWL New Zealand. Then Fr Thai Vu, Archdiocesan vocations director, spoke about his life as a refugee from Vietnam and becoming a priest in Perth. He said that he is the new parish priest of Willetton as Fr Greg Donovan is becoming a Benedictine monk. His parents, who owned a coffee shop in Vietnam, supported him all the way with financial and moral support, to become the priest he is today. The third guest speaker of the day was motivational speaker and academic, Dr Peter Dingle, who told the conference what they should not be eating: pastries, potato, pasta, pane (white bread), processed breakfast foods and processed oils. We should eat more fish, fish oil, beans and dark chocolate and drink more water. He said: "Life is like juggling - it is about 'throwing' - take control of your life:'

The Olsens: marking a milestone of love and family Continued from Page 1

by Arthur's daughters - with a little help from several sons and various others on the day - and competently directed by most senior sibling, Maureen (seated front left in bottom photo). Second eldest son John was MC of the event and had the audience in fits of laughter by recounting some of the hilarious events about the old days and what his Dad got up to. He also very successfully introduced the entire family groups present to each other - no mean feat when the family numbers exceeded 100. Arthur's speech traversed his

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whole life. He thanked all for coming to help him celebrate and acknowledged the great contribution God and his Catholic family makes to his fulfilling and contented life. He signed off by saying he looked forward to seeing them all together again ten years down the track. Perhaps the major highlight of the event was a spectacular slide and sound show created by granddaughter Janice, who herself is mother of two of Arthur and Anne's 12 great-grandchildren. Th presentation displayed hundreds of photographs of Arthur and his family over the years on

the big screen, set to music and descriptive text, and rightly earned great applause and frequent laughter from those present. The gigantic birthday cake was baked and decorated by secondyoungest daughter, Catherine, and followed the overall party theme of horse racing. Mr Olsen was a jockey in his younger days and has never lost his love of the sport. The birthday boy is enjoying exceptionally good health and he puts this down to healthy living and always having plenty of things on his 'to do' list. One of the famous Rats of Tobruk, he spent most of his post

war working years as a painting contractor in WA. Later in life he took an interest in carpentry and has created some pieces which he enjoys giving to his children. He is still prone to grabbing a brush and can of paint every now and then whenever something at their Maddington home could use 'a bit of a lick of paint'. Mr Olsen and his wife Anne manage to look after themselves ably. Perhaps not surprisingly, the couple don't find it too difficult to get help from some of their 14 children whenever an extra hand is needed.

dressing tables, cupboards and much more is needed urgently and West Australians are being asked to donate their well kept goods. Frank Brown, Vinnies Osborne Park Depot Manager says the winter period was a cold and dreary one with many people needing assistance with bedding, clothing, and furniture. "The figures show a 33 per cent increase in the amount of welfare assistance distributed from the Osborne Park Depot from 2009 to the same time last year - prov-

ing that we've had more demand on our services and more people needing help in tough times:' Frank said. "After a busy winter period we are still trying to keep up with the demands from the public. On average we're getting around 30 calls a day for assistance with furniture, clothing or household goods. At the moment, our warehouse is empty and we don't want to have to start turning people away," Frank said. The St Vincent de Paul Society is heading into the busy Christmas

period, with the festive season traditionally one of the busiest so the West Australian community are being called on for their ongoing support in the tough times ahead. Any donated item needs to be in good, useable condition. Pick-ups can be arranged in the metropolitan area by phoning (08) 9444 5622, or you can drop goods off to the Depot at 59 Edward Street, Osborne Park. For more information call (08) 9475 5400 or for welfare assistance call 1300 794 054.

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JESUS CHALLENGES PEOPLE TO FOLLOW HIM By Joe Sarnicola

Martin Bradley, Aged 10, of Hilton is our Artist of the Week.

SPOTLIGHT ON SAINTS St Notburga Notburga (d. 1313), a young peasant girl, served as a kitchen maid for Count Henry of Rattenberg in Austria. After meals, Notburga would give any uneaten food from the castle to the poor and hungry people who waited outside for any scraps anyone would offer to them. Sometimes she would even eat less herself and give her portion to the hungry people. Ottilia, the count's wife, did not approve of Notburga's generosity and forbade her to give any more food away. Instead, the countess ordered all uneaten food to be given to the pigs. At first Notburga obeyed, but gradually began to feed the poor people again. The countess found out, and Notburga was fired. After the death of the countess, the count married a more generous wife. Notburga was hired back, this time as their housekeeper, and the poor people were once again fed with the leftover food. We honour Notburga on September 14

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Why did the music teacher get locked out of the classroom? He left his keys on the piano.

What do bees say when they come home from work? "Hi, Honey!"

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Where does the gingerbread man sleep? Under a cookie sheet. What do you call a fish that chews with his mouth open? See food!

Why didn't they play cards on Noah's Ark? Because Noah sat on the deck!

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Who won the first human race? Either Adam or Eve! It isn't recorded.

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Share your thoughts on this week's Bible story with family and friends by writing an essay in response to this question: What do you think is one of the most important things Jesus did while on earth, and why? Match the words with their correct definitions: 1. Advent

a. Father, Son and Holy Spirit

2. The Ascension

b. The 44 days before Easter

3. Lent

c. The day the Holy Spirit came down

4. Pentecost

d. Disobeying God

5. Rosary

e. The four weeks before Christmas f A special set of prayers that honour Mary

6. The Trinity 7. Sin

g. When Jesus went to heaven

JESUS was walking along with his disciples on the way to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. They talked occasionally, and sometimes Jesus would ask his friends questions. One of the questions was, "Who do people say that I am?" And they answered, "John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets." Then Jesus looked into the faces of his disciples and asked an even more direct question: "But who do you say that I am?" Peter immediately declared, "You are the Messiah." Jesus warned his disciples not to repeat that to anyone else, and then he and his disciples continued on until they reached the villages. WheneverJesus entered a town or village, a crowd formed around him. People would come from far away just to hear him preach or to be healed by him. And the region of Caesarea Philippi was no different. Jesus told the people that the Son of Man would suffer. He would be scorned by the elders, the chief priests and the scribes. And then he would be killed. But that would not be the end of him. Three days after his death he would rise again. Peter did not think that it would be wise for Jesus to speak in public about such things, so Peter whispered his feelings to him. But this made Jesus very angry, and he said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do." Jesus once again spoke to the people. He gave them a challenge: "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the Gospel will save it." This was a strange concept to the people. What did Jesus mean by saving a life to lose it or losing a life to save it? Jesus tried to explain in words the people would more easily understand: "What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? What could one give in exchange for his life? Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this faithless and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels." READ MORE ABOUT IT:

Mark 8:27 Q&A

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Galileo: a life of misunderstood controversy It wasn't what Galileo said that irked the Church, but how he said it, say experts. • By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) - When Galileo Galilei first turned his simple telescope toward Jupiter, the moon and then the sun nearly 400 years ago, it's not difficult to imagine how amazed he was. Known as the father of modern science, Galileo meticulously recorded the motions of the four largest satellites of Jupiter and drew images of Earth's moon that showed it to be much more geographically complex than the smooth sphere others imagined. The sun, he concluded, actually revolved; the motion of sunspots proved it. Galileo's discoveries in 1609 and 1610 - the result of making improvements to a device invented by Johannes Lipperhey, a German spectacles maker working in the Netherlands - led to an explosive growth in astronomy. At a deeper level, it caused humans to reconsider their place in the universe and forced the Catholic Church to confront what it held sacred in its understanding of God's creation. "The great thing about the discoveries is that they really did change the way we look at the universe; said Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, an American working on the staff of the Vatican Observatory headquartered in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, near Rome. "The biggest lesson for people of faith today is to realise that everything we know is true, but the universe is far more complicated than we believe; he told CNS. Prior to turning to astronomy, Galileo, a devout Roman Catholic born on February 15, 1564, was a mathematician and a physicist. Had he not been motivated to improve upon Lipperhey's first telescope, the mathematics professor still would be considered a major contributor to understanding the laws of motion. His experiments at the Leaning Tower of Pisa in the early 1590s showed that objects of different weights fall at the same speed when dropped from the same height. Astronomer Gerry Williger of the University of Louisville in Kentucky said Galileo was a scientist's scientist, one who would test theories extensively and trust that his observations revealed valuable information. "He was a good experimental physicist, so it was natural for someone like him to say, 'Oh,

here's a new piece of equipment. Let's take a look at it: He saw an opportunity and he took it," said Williger, a Catholic. It was in 1609 that Galileo learned about Lipperhey's invention of a year earlier. Galileo, who chaired the mathematics department at the University of Padua, set out to develop his own device that could magnify distant objects more than the two or three times that Lipperhey's could. Galileo's first attempt led to a telescope of about eight power. A few months later he had designed one to magnify objects 20 times. When the Italian mathematician turned it toward the heavens, he began tracking what became known as the Galilean moons revolving around Jupiter: lo, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. His observations led him to conclude the earth was one planet among several revolving around the sun, giving credence to the heliocentric - sun-centred - planetary system proposed by Catholic astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus nearly a century earlier. Like any good scientist, Galileo began to share his findings and he became a celebrity across Europe. In 1611 he travelled to Rome to demonstrate the telescope to Jesuit astronomers, who confirmed his celestial discoveries. He was warmly welcomed by Pope Paul V. As time passed, however, Galileo's views posed a dilemma for the magisterium, the church's teaching authority. What he espoused contradicted Scripture, which placed earth at the centre of the universe. If earth, the home of beings created in the image and likeness of God, was no longer the centre of the universe, then it would force the Church to reformulate its theology. What irked Church officials, explained Frank K Flinn, adjunct professor of religious studies at Washington University in St Louis, was not so much what Galileo was saying, but how he was saying it. At one point, in his typically self-righteous way, Galileo said that the Church should stick with helping people get to Heaven rather than explaining how the heavens worked. "Galileo was correct but not tactful; said Flinn, a former Franciscan seminarian. "The magisterium gets very, very sensitive about laypeople interpreting Scripture. This is what got the hackles up of the magisterium," he said. Church criticism of Galileo's views arose from time to time. In December 1614, Dominican Father Tommasso Caccini of Florence criticised Galileo's conclusions in a sermon. Although

GALILEO GALILEI Becomes chair of the mathematics department at the University of Padua, in December; applies mathematics

Born Feb. 15 in Pisa, Italy

to the study of motion

Begins relationship with Marina Gamba, 22, of Venice; they have three children over the next six years but never marry

His observations of Jupiter. Venus, the moon and sun lead him to accept Nicolaus Copernicus' theory of planetary motion

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Develops theory of the tides; later proven incorrect

Adapts an invention from Netherlands, the telescope, for use in observing the night sky

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Papal commission issues edict against Copernican theory; Cardinal Robert Bellarmine hands Galileo an admonition forbidding him from teaching Copernican astronomy

Publishes "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, which promotes Copernicanism, with tentative papal approval; in August the Inquisition bans further printing of the Dialogue

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Demonstrates the telescope to Jesuit astronomers in Rome; they confirm his discoveries; received by Pope Paul V

Becomes blind, a condition caused by years of solar observations 1632

1642 A priest in Florence, Italy, criticizes the scientist's opinion; Galileo soon receives a written apology from the cleric's superior and the priest later is deposed by the Inquisition

Garnba dies

Urban VIII becomes pope; Galileo visits him in Rome; Galileo's 'The Assayer; a treatise on comets, is published with the pope's blessing

Undergoes a papal trial and agrees to plead guilty and recant his views in order to receive a lenient sentence; placed under house arrest in his villa in Arcetri, near Florence

Sources. Githobc Encyclopedia, PubIrc Broadcasting System

the priest's superior sent Galileo a written apology and the priest was deposed by the Roman Inquisition, the criticism put the scientist on notice that he was rankling some clergy. Fifteen months later a papal commission issued an edict against the Copernican theory. Afterward, Cardinal Robert Bellarmine delivered the equivalent of a modern day cease and desist order to Galileo to stop talking about heliocentricity. It was 16 years before Galileo heard from Church authorities again. Under Pope Urban VIII, elected in 1623, the church was more open to the Copernican model. Galileo, who greeted Pope Urban after his election, continued to explore the night sky and report his discoveries. However, it was his "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" - published in 1632 after more than five years of development - that led the Church to act. In the book, Galileo put two proponents of Copernican theory in a discussion against a supporter of the traditional earth-centred universe. The discussion did not present the supporter of the traditional theory in a very positive light. Six months after publication, the Inquisition banned further printing of the book. A month later Galileo was summoned to Rome. Galileo arrived in February

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1633 and underwent questioning from the Inquisition for four months. Although he appealed to his inquisitors to allow his work to continue being disseminated, Galileo eventually agreed to recant his views in order to receive a lenient sentence. Found guilty of heresy, he was placed under house arrest in his villa in Arcetri, near Florence. In 1637, Galileo became blind, the result of years of solar observations. He died at his villa on January 6, 1642, at the age of 77. It would be another century before the Copernican theory was proven. It took 350 years for the Church to reverse itself in Galileo's case. In October 1992, Pope John Paul II formally acknowledged that the Church erred when it condemned Galileo. In honour of the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of the telescope to view night-sky objects, the astronomical community has organised events around the world to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy 2009. The Vatican has joined in the observance by sponsoring symposiums and programs exploring advances in astronomy. In October, an exhibit of historical astronomical instruments opens at the Vatican Museums. In November the Pontifical Academy of Sciences is participating in a study week on astrobiology in a

program looking at life in the universe and the search for extraterrestrial life. Meanwhile, the staff of the 118-year-old Vatican Observatory continues to conduct research at the frontiers of astronomy.

In addition to a facility at Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican Observatory Research Group, hosted by the University of Arizona, studies deep-sky objects with the modern Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope on Mount Graham in southern Arizona. For scientists such as Brother Consolmagno, Williger and Karen Lewis, visiting professor in physics and astronomy at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the astonishing astronomical discoveries that began with Galileo and continue today with far more complicated instruments show God's magnificence. Each new discovery poses no conflict with the trio's Catholic faith. "I look out there at the universe and even though I understand how it can all work together, it's still mind-boggling that it works; Lewis said. Lewis and her colleagues know there remains much more to learn about the universe. "Part of me feels like it wouldn't be any fun if we understood everything," she said. "It's interesting to think God gave us this awesome puzzle to figure out;

Ten Anglican nuns received into Catholic Church to preserve orthodoxy, unity B ALTIMORE, Maryland, (Zenit.org) - A community of Episcopal nuns and their chaplain were set to be received into the Catholic Church by the archbishop of Baltimore on September 3. Ten sisters from the Society of All Saints' Sisters of the Poor were to be received into the Church by Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, along with Episcopal Father Warren Tange. Having spent seven years in prayer and discernment, the sisters felt drawn to the Catholic faith due to its orthodoxy and unity. The superior of the community in Catonsville, Mother Christina Christie, affirmed that after studying Catholic teaching for two years, they would receive the sacrament

of confirmation, and will renew their vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Their chaplain would also enter the Church at that time, though he is still discerning the possibility of becoming a Catholic priest. Mother Christina affirmed, "We felt God was leading us in this direction for a long time." Many of them were troubled by recent changes in the Episcopal church, including the approval of women's ordination, the ordination of a gay bishop and other "lax" stances on moral issues. Another nun, Sister Mary Joan Walker, said: "We kept thinking we could help by being a witness for orthodoxy; The superior said that people "who did not know us

An All Saints Sister of the Poor. looked at us as if we were in agreement with what had been going on [in the Episcopal church]; by staying put and not doing anything, we were sending a message which was not correct; They acknowledged that some friends in the Episcopal Church

have been hurt by their decision to leave, accusing them of abandoning the fight to maintain orthodoxy. In the uneasiness with certain issues in their Church, the Sisters spent time researching various Episcopal splinter groups, as well as other Christian denominations. Finally, they came to the realisation that they were independently feeling drawn to the Catholic Church. Now, two years after having begun the study of the Second Vatican Council and other Church teachings, they affirmed that there were hardly any theological obstacles to overcome. The concept of papal infallibility was a difficulty at first for some, but now the sisters affirm that the Pope exer-

cises an authority not found in the Episcopal church. "The unity that Christ called for can be found in the Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope," they said "Unity is right in the midst of all this; said Sr Catherine Grace Bowen. "That is the main thrust:' The nuns dedicate themselves to prayer, giving retreats, visiting people in hospice care, and designing religious cards. The community maintains a traditional full black habit with a white wimple and is a branch of the society founded in England. The American branch has been in Baltimore since 1872, working with the poor in the region as part of their charism.

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BURGOS, Spain (Zenit.org) Bishops of Spain are proposing a young Cistercian to be canonised in October as patron for World Youth Day 2011, to be held in Madrid from August 15-21. In an August 15 pastoral letter, the prelates recommended Blessed Mary Rafael Arnaiz Baron, better known as "Brother Rafael:' as a co-patron for the international event. "We trust that Brother Rafael Arnaiz will accompany us as one of the 'co-patrons' of the meeting, so that all the young people of the world might become aware of God's work in this young man of the 20th century," the bishops said. Addressed to young people and titled "Seek God's Face:' the pastoral letter urged: "Let it not be the case that 'those of home' do not know the treasure we have next to us, and that others must come from afar to open our eyes! "Let us draw near to Brother Raphael, go on pilgrimage to the Trappist monastery of St Isidore of Duenas (where Blessed Rafael was accepted at age 23) to pray at his tomb, let us read his writings, and let us be witnesses of his life and testimony." Blessed Rafael, whom Pope John Paul II beatified in 1992 and made a model for youth during the 1989 WYD in Spain, died aged 27 in 1938.

• By Sarah Delaney

Parents to ensure families are 'fertile terrain' for vocations CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) - Catholic parents should make sure to create a "fertile spiritual terrain" for priestly vocations as they educate their children in the faith, Pope Benedict XVI said. The Pope, speaking at a Sunday blessing at his summer residence outside Rome on August 30, said he hoped for a vocations revival in the Year for Priests, which began in June. The year marks the 150th anniversary of St John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests. "When couples dedicate themselves generously to the education of their children, guiding and orienting them toward the discovery of God's design of love, they prepare that fertile spiritual terrain where vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life arise and mature," the Pope said. He offered a prayer that in the Year for Priests, "Christian families may become small churches in which all the vocations and charisms given by the Holy Spirit will be welcomed and valued." Pope Benedict said that the history of Christianity features innumerable examples of saintly parents and families, including Blessed Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi, who were beatified in 2001. The couple had four children, including two sons who became priests. The Pope appeared relaxed as he greeted pilgrims in the packed courtyard of his villa in Castel Gandolfo. He returns to his Vatican residence at the end of September.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Efforts to reduce infant mortality around the world are showing positive results, but maternal death rates remain very high in many developing nations, according to a report by the Vatican news agency Fides. In addition, the number of neonatal deaths - babies who die within 28 days of birth - is improving but at a very slow rate, the report said. The document demonstrated the huge gulf that continues between industrialised and poorer countries in maternal, neonatal and paediatric care. Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, issued a dossier on August 27 that summarised statistics from international organisations, including UNICEF, the World Health Organisation and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. Infant mortality, defined as child deaths before they reach the age of five, claimed an estimated 9.2 million lives in 2007, the dossier said. That number is a significant improvement from 1990 when death claimed some 13 million children under five. The hardest-hit areas remain sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia, while the greatest improvement came in Southeast Asia and North Africa.

According to the dossier, improvements were concentrated in the more affluent areas of society, in urban areas and among children whose mothers had some schooling. The dossier quoted a UNICEF report showing that 536,000 women died because of problems related to pregnancy and childbirth, again concentrated in the least-developed parts of the world. "A woman from one of the least-developed countries is at a 300 times greater risk of dying in her lifetime because of pregnancy and birth-related complications than a woman in an industrialised country," the dossier said. Little progress has been made, it said, toward the UN Millennium Development Goal of reducing the maternal mortality rate by two-thirds by 2015, because of the lack of significant improvement in investment in health facilities and medicines and the lack of qualified personnel in developing countries. Efforts to educate and test women for AIDS in such countries have made some inroads but much needs to be done, the report said. The health of the mother naturally influences greatly the health of the baby both before and after he or she is born, and a baby whose mother dies giving birth has a much smaller chance of survival in situations of poverty, according to the Fides report. It said neonatal deaths reached 3.7 million in 2004, the latest year statistics were available from the World Health Organisation. Of

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testing equipment and medicines, and failure to carry out vaccinations. Other causes include social and cultural factors, such as pregnancies in adolescents; girls under the age of 18 who have babies run a much greater risk of either dying in childbirth or losing their children at an early age.

Pius XII's urgent plea as Nazis advanced War and remembrance: Vatican highlights Pope Pius Xll's peace efforts. w By John Thavis

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Marking the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II, the Vatican's rememberance has focussed largely on the dramatic and unheeded warnings issued by Pope Pius XII to world leaders in the weeks and days leading up to the war's outbreak. The late Pope's sense of alarm came through loud and clear in the radio message he delivered on August 24, 1939, as German troops were massing on the Polish border. His voice full of urgency, the pontiff told the world's powerful that "empires not founded on justice are not blessed by God." "Today, when the tension of spirits has reached a level that makes the unleashing of the tremendous whirlwind of war appear imminent, in a spirit of paternity we make a new and heartfelt appeal to governments and peoples," the Pope said. "To governments so that, laying aside accusations, threats and the reasons for reciprocal mistrust, they try to resolve present differences through the only suitable means, that is, sincere joint agreements; and to peoples so that in calm and serenity, and without unbecoming agitation, they will encourage efforts for peace on the part of their leaders:' he said. The Pope added, "Along with us, the whole of humanity hopes

for justice, bread and freedom, not the iron that kills and destroys." Parts of the audio recording were replayed in late August on Vatican Radio, which called the message "a milestone in the Church's service to peace." Likewise, the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, printed the text of this and other papal warnings against war, depicting Pope Pius as a prophetic figure who was ignored by those in power. A week after the Pope issued his appeal, German troops invaded Poland, setting off six years of unprecedented warfare. When it was over, an estimated 60 million people - most of them civilians, including more than five million European Jews - were dead, cities lay in ruins and millions were homeless or displaced. The role of Pope Pius during the war has been much debated in recent years. Against the accusations of indifference to the plight of Jews and inaction on other fronts, the Vatican has stepped up its defence of the wartime pontiff. In early August, the Vatican newspaper published a sharply worded critique of Allied governments for failing to help European Jews despite having detailed information about the Holocaust. It said US and British inaction contrasted with the quiet efforts undertaken by Pope Pius to save as many Jews as possible. More recently, the Vatican has spotlighted Pope Pius' public and private moves to dissuade key countries from crossing the line into war. An able diplomat, he followed the international turn of events carefully, and in May 1939

German troops march through Warsaw, Poland, in September 1939. The PHOTO CNS/NATIONAL ARCHIVES invasion marked the start of World War II.

made a quiet push for negotiations through apostolic nuncios in Germany, Italy, France, Britain and Poland. Speaking to the world's cardinals in June of that year, the Pope briefed them on his diplomatic offensive and even expressed some optimism at the response it had generated among the governments involved. In the subsequent weeks, however, those hopes slowly vanished and the Pope's disappointment was palpable. As he said in a talk two months later, "we have tried and done what was in our power to stave off the danger of war:' a war that he predicted would be unprecedented in its "physical and spiritual destruction." In a front-page article on August 24, the Vatican newspaper recalled all this and argued that Pope Pius and his aides never stopped working for peace throughout the conflict. The article, signed by the newspaper's editor, Giovanni Maria Vian, said

Pope Pius "helped the persecuted, without distinction:' in Rome and inside the Vatican, throughout Italy and in other European countries. Vian said the Church had symbolically closed a chapter of reconciliation over the war with the elections of the Polish Pope John Paul II in 1978 and the German Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 - two figures who suffered the war's effects personally, "sons of nations which were then opposed:' and who have both strongly praised Pope Pius. What was interesting about the Vatican's latest, forceful defence of Pope Pius' record was that there was no mention whatsoever about his pending sainthood cause. Faced with a unanimous recommendation in favour of Pope Pius' beatification last year, Pope Benedict put the cause on hold and put out the word that both critics and supporters should stop pressing the issue - something Vatican officials seem to be taking seriously.

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Have we evolved beyond God?

Andre Sequeira

n the morning I bring myself into the presence of God. I begin with a meditation and the Mass readings of the day. If there are special occasions coming up for people I pray for them. Then I usually pray the Rosary on the train to work. I often say the Morning and Evening prayers of the Divine Office. Praying the Psalms captures all my different emotions. If I get the chance I like to go to daily Mass and do an hour of Adoration weekly. It is a special treat for me. I enjoy the Taize style of praying too. When I meditate I use a mantra to focus because my mind is often racing. The most common mantra I use is called "Maranatha." It means "Come „ Lord Jesus. Sometimes I might say an aspiration like "Father, I belong with Debbie Warner to you" or "Jesus, help me." Everything else is put on hold: I just be with the Lord and spend precious time with Him. My wife Neicha and I attend the monthly Catholic Faith Renewal Prayer Meeting and Mass held at our parish, Sts John and Paul's Church in Willetton. It really gives us a boost. I also support our parish youth group which meets monthly for an hour of Adoration. Besides this, we are part of monthly prayer group which supports individuals, families and the future faith life of the youth. At the Josephite Convent in South Perth there is a monthly meditative prayer in the style of Taize. I highly recommend that. God has always been there for me. He was there when my first wife Jennifer passed away with leukaemia in 1999. When she was diagnosed we thought she would eventually recover. It was only a week before she died that we realised she wasn't going to make it. It was a very difficult time in my life. However, as sad and as hard as it was, we really felt the presence of the Lord in our lives. It helped us grow so much in our faith and trust of Him. We experienced His love in a very personal way through our family members, the hospital chaplain, people we encountered and through each other. We were living moment by moment. My mother-in-law had difficulty accepting the seriousness of her daughter's illness but finally prayed that if the suffering was too much it was okay for God to take her. That was the exact moment she died. I shared all my experiences in a book I wrote called, "Glimpses of Heaven." I am confident that she went into the arms of God. I have since remarried. Both my spouses have influenced my faith by the people that they are.Iam so blessed because Neicha really values her prayer life and spends time every morning in prayer. I really feel I have been spoilt by the Lord by blessing me with such a partner. I thank God for being with me throughout my life. Not that I don't feel anxious or worried but I just pray, "God, I put my faith in you." My faith gives meaning and purpose to my life.Ilike to share it with others in a little, gentle way. Even just saying, "I'll pray for you" to another can have a profound effect. It really works.

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n a 2008 article, US columnist, Fr Ron Rolheiser made an interesting observation - "God made us in His image and likeness, and we have never stopped returning the favour". It is a comment that, I believe, underpins the spiritual and moral decline that we are experiencing in society today. We have, to put it into a Darwinian perspective, evolved beyond our "need" for a Creator. In many of the letters sent to newspaper editors regarding issues such as abortion, euthanasia, contraception and same sex marriages, those who oppose Catholic teaching often use words such as immature, childish and primitive in reference to the belief in a Divine Being. God has been thrust, by an increasing number of people, into the same category as Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy - mythical creations designed for underdeveloped minds that will inevitably be cast aside once one reaches the age of reason. It is a concept that gained momentum throughout the latter half of last century. Those I know who were educated in the fifties and sixties and have since left the Church, testify that the systematic and rote teachings of Catholic doctrine in schools, combined with the preaching of eternal damnation was a lot less appealing than the "sexual and political revolution" of the time. They had come to perceive God as a judgemental policeman rather than a loving and protective Father and left accordingly.

It was a time of great confusion and occurred within the backdrop of the Second Vatican Council to leave many Catholics vulnerable. I was one of the early products of the aftermath of these uncertain times and if my experience in a Catholic school system was a true reflection, then it seems that the Church's response was to swing the pendulum to the other extreme. At the conclusion of my schooling I didn't even know that the Catechism or Canon Law existed, although I was well versed in concepts of social justice and the need to help those less fortunate. That is not to say that these teachings fell outside the parameters of Catholic truth - in fact they were very much a part of it. However, in hindsight I realise that it was at this point that my peers and I began to live out the observation made by Fr Rolheiser. Inadvertently we entered the wider world having reversed the order of the two commandments that Jesus said

summarised the entire law. The "great and first commandment" (Matt 22:38) of loving God with all our hearts, souls and minds had been tragically relegated below loving our neighbour as ourself. The undermining of this most essential foundation of the Church, in essence, allowed me to begin the process of moulding God into my own image, instead of the other way around. The result, sadly, was that God became irrelevant in my life and in many of those of my generation, because, in our minds, we did not need Him if life was simply about being kind to others. The ensuing moral relativism has resulted in the One True God being increasingly pushed to the outskirts of society and self-serving impersonators taking His place. It is only when we, as individuals, remove ourselves from these self-appointed thrones that God will be returned to His rightful position and we will then discover the peace that we all long for. reidyrec@iinet.net.au

Eucharist too great to change Mass Changing the words of the Mass Recently my wife and I attended a Mass in which the priest seemed to be making up his own prayers in the Presentation of the Gifts, the Preface and the Eucharistic Prayer. The words of the Consecration were those of the Missal. What does the Church say about this and was the Mass valid?

By Fr John Flader

hear of cases like this reasonably often, so it is likely that others would have the same experience and raise the same questions as you do. In answer to your first question, I offer some ideas from the Vatican's Instruction Redemptionis sacramentum, issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on March 25, 2004. The Instruction, mandated by Pope John Paul II and prepared in conjunction with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was approved by Pope John Paul on March 19, 2004. In its Preamble, the Instruction states that it seeks to safeguard the Most Holy Eucharist, "in which the whole spiritual wealth of the Church is contained" and which is "the source and summit of the whole of Christian life" (n. 2). It goes on to say why it is impor-

tant to observe the norms and texts of the liturgy faithfully: "The liturgical words and rites, moreover, are a faithful expression, matured over the centuries, of the understanding of Christ, and they teach us to think as he himself does; by conforming our minds to these words, we raise our hearts to the Lord" (n. 5). The general criterion regarding freedom to change the prayers of the liturgy is given in the Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy: "Regulation of the sacred liturgy depends solely on the authority of the Church, that is, on the Apostolic See, and, as laws may determine, on the bishop... Therefore no other person, not even a priest, may add, remove or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority" (n. 22). The reason is clear: "The Mystery of the Eucharist is too great for anyone to permit himself to treat it according to his own whim, so that its sacredness and its universal ordering would be obscured... For arbitrary actions are not conducive to true renewal, but are detrimental to the right of Christ's faithful to a liturgical celebration that is an expression of the Church's life in accordance with her tradition and discipline... The result is uncertainty in matters of doctrine, perplexity and scandal on the part of the People of God..." (Instr., n. 11). As regards the Eucharistic Prayer in particular, the Instruction states: "Only those Eucharistic Prayers are to be used which are found in the Roman Missal or are legitimately approved by the Apostolic See, and according to the manner and the terms set forth by it. It is not to be tolerated that some priests take upon themselves the right to compose their own Eucharistic Prayers or to change the texts approved by the

Church, or to introduce others composed by private individuals" (n. 51). Although you do not mention it, another abuse is to invite the congregation to recite the Doxology or any other part of the Eucharistic Prayer along with the priest: "The proclamation of the Eucharistic Prayer, which by its very nature is the climax of the whole celebration, is proper to the priest by virtue of his ordination. It is therefore an abuse to proffer it in such a way that some parts of the Eucharistic Prayer are recited by a deacon, a lay minister, or by an individual member of the faithful, or by all members of the faithful together. The Eucharistic Prayer, then, is to be recited by the priest alone in full" (n. 52). The Instruction calls both of these abuses in the Eucharistic Prayer "grave matters" (cf. n. 173). Is the Mass you attended valid? That is, did you receive the true Body and Blood of Christ in Communion? The answer is yes, as long as the priest used the prescribed words for the Consecration, as you say he did. But the Mass was highly illicit. It is up to the diocesan bishop to correct such abuses (cf. nn. 176-180). Fr Flader: director@caeccom.au

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New Missal: what do we believe? Being_ Heaid By John Heard

'The Latin Patrimony'

oon, English-speaking Catholics will confront a new challenge. The English translations of the Third Edition of the Missale Romanum (2000), completed in stages during the last decade, are slated for release sometime after the Vatican grants final approval. At the time of writing, and according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, that is expected to come through early next year. Recently, English-speaking Catholics experienced minor changes in the 1969 Mass of Pope Paul VI. Since May 11, 2008 Australian Catholics - for instance - have been asked to assimilate a new posture (standing after the priest says "Pray brethren... ) and gesture (bowing profoundly before receiving the Most Holy Sacrament). On the follow-through, however, we have seen mixed results. Congregants are standing at the right time, perhaps because it is hard to stay seated when the priest indicates that it is time to rise, but the individual gesture of respect is sometimes lost or garbled. Typically, indeed, and since I was an adolescent, I have knelt to receive Holy Communion (directly on the tongue) when the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered in the Ordinary Form or, where kneeling is impractical (i.e. would endanger the Host) - I usually genuflect, and then present my tongue, hands folded. Now, after the recent changes and in line with some restored directives from Pope Benedict XVI (who has confirmed

that Communion on the tongue is the universal norm), I see many Catholics adopting this posture. Some others bow profoundly. Others still incline their heads slightly. Yet more simply proceed as before. They offer no gesture of respect, and none is currently demanded by the priest/bishop. This strikes me as curious. Having been drilled in the Catholic teaching on the Eucharist (the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ) as a child,I always found it awkward and embarrassing to have to touch the Host with my hands (the fashion in the 1980s, when I was undergoing catechesis). As an altar boy, I was marked by the great piety evident at Benediction (which our parish priest still celebrated in Latin). The humeral veil. The double genuflection. As a same-sex attracted young man, in the 1990s, I was still drawn to more pious modes and, frankly, I found it a relief not to have to associate my hands, so often the incorrigible agents of my imperfection, with the Sanctissima during Mass. I cannot help thinking that, benefitting from a similarly impressive (it need not be academic) education in Eucharistic theology and pious practice, more Catholics would follow the directives on gesture. It comes naturally from the Catholic ethos. As the old saying goes, if Catholics really believed what they say about the Eucharist, they would approach the altar on their hands and knees. The new translations will present a much more profound challenge, in the same vein. There is a risk that, without a proper rollout, including (re)-education, we could see a similar gap between norm and practice. Inasmuch as the purpose of the re-translation process is to ensure that the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite more closely conveys the beauty of the original Latin, there can be no room for a haphazard application and sloppy uptake. Good Catholics must resolve, now,

to learn as much as they can about the changes before they come into force. Those charged with responsibility for the liturgy must prepare for catechesis and (re)-instruction, so as to ensure the more perfect, seamless assimilation of the new texts. Indeed, careful study will pay off when the full force of the changes hits. Some of the central texts of the Mass, and many common prayers, have been significantly re-worked. While it is something of a chore to re-learn prayers that one has recited all one's life, the grace and eloquence, the elevated style, the unambiguously sacred tone of the restored translations, makes the task a joyful, prayerful experience. Certainly, in the weeks since examples of the restored Mass texts became available for study online (http://usccb.org/ romanmissal/examples.shtml), many Catholics have remarked on how much of an improvement they represent. I must admit that as a bi-Riter (someone who attends both the Ordinary Form and the usus antiquior of the Roman Rite) I was tempted to retreat completely into the unambiguously sacred liturgical architecture of the 1963 Mass of Blessed Pope John XXIII. That would be, however, uncharitable. While the restoration of the English translations of the Ordinary Form will no doubt (and happily) prompt some Catholics to seek out the relatively stable usus antiquior, the Holy Father has crossfertilisation in mind. The Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms are one and the same Rite. As Roman Catholics, it is our duty and our joy to receive both Forms, and indeed to study both, for the more perfect rendering of latria (sacrificial adoration) to the Most Holy Trinity. A useful resource is the US Bishops' website within its pages on the new missal: www.usccb.org/romanmissal emaildreadnought cfgmail.com

Shallow unis reflect society with Catherine Parish

have just read through Macquarie University Vice Chancellor Steven Schwartz's inaugural annual vice-chancellor's oration. Titled "Re-Moralising the University", essentially he posits that universities have forsaken their traditional role of forming the characters of young men and women, and instead justify their existence by emphasising their dollar contribution to the economy as training centres for future high income earners and repositories for patents on lucrative medical discoveries. There is not much to argue against in the oration, to my mind. Nevertheless, I think he may be on a losing wicket, at least in the short term, simply because moral relativism is the norm, and is entrenched in the mindset of the professors who have taught the last two or three generations of students. It is no surprise that a moral vacuum at the top, leads to corrupt practices such as accepting large amounts of money for putting one's name to questionable research that supports the claims of commercial drug companies to help sell their product. The me-generation of the '60s, whose grandchildren are now entering university, experimented with a me-first, selfseeking, feel-good, easy option, materialistic lifestyle, and many never stopped pursuing it. They have passed on to their children a confused, fundamentally

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selfish outlook on life. These are the people who are teaching in and running our universities; so should we be surprised at this lack that Steven Schwartz discerns? It is highly instructive to see that the Vice-Chancellor sees the necessity for his students to be exposed to the arts and humanities and sciences as part of every degree course, the implication being that students are leaving school and entering university without some very basic knowledge or analytical skills. I would have thought that 12 years of primary and high school should be enough to give young people a very good foundation in our culture - the arts and humanities and the basic tenets and workings of science. A good basic foundation upon which a university could effectively nurture an increasingly well-educated, thoughtful and discerning person. It is alarming to see that the foundation appears in large part to be absent in new university students. It would seem then that, by further implication, our whole education system, from the ground up, needs revision and "remoralising". I have no argument there either. But the school can only do so much. If the school is trying to inculcate a certain moral awareness that is in no way reflected, or is completely contradicted, by the home environment, then schools are doomed to small success at very best. It has to be a unified, coherent and cohesive effort. In the 'olden days', when police patrolled the streets, if a kid was caught out doing something wrong, they got in trouble from the police, then from their parents, then from school. They got a message in no uncertain terms that not

only did they do something unacceptable, but that they would probably be caught again if they tried it again. There is a very big lesson in that for a pragmatic youngster. If there is no comprehensive social back-up for an attempt to inculcate a moral outlook, then it is doomed to failure. This is the biggest loss our society has sustained, and is the hardest loss to redress; until we rediscover a fairly widely shared moral outlook as a society, we will continue to be burdened with very uneven and shallow universities. They might be training colleges for lucrative employment, but they will struggle to be purveyors of wisdom.

How about some local enthusiasm? Fr Anthony Paganoni, Scalabrinian, continues a series for The Record this week reflecting on what, if any, future the Church has in Europe and why this is important for us.

Light at Midnight Tony Paganoni, Scalabrinian

A growing "inside story"?

can see some people raising their eyebrows and, in a rather perplexed mood, saying "not again, please, as they suspect they are about to be fed with the same old pious, boring, sanctimonious information. Let's keep our temper under control. All stories should be worth reporting, but not all stories receive the same amount of reporting even in the Catholic press. I often ask myself: "Are we staring at a similar process that globalisation has meant for the world in the Christian churches?" Unlike the immediate past, Christian churches in Europe (and the Catholic Church is no exception), stand no chance now of incorporating all members of a society. From either a Protestant, Catholic or Orthodox majority we are moving towards minority religious groupings. These will, by necessity, be more focused and more rigorously committed to personal holiness and transformation; and less reliant and dependent upon civil governments' approval and financial support, as they demand more commitment and involvement in some areas of life and exhibit greater flexibility in others. This historical transformation is particularly evident in the Catholic Church. At the moment its momentum is increasing, to the dismay and shock of many in the Church. Abandoning wellestablished alliances with State powers, a public image of immensely well-oiled charitable organisations, notably Caritas, Missio or Misereor in Germany, has been traumatic for some people to the extent of shutting out of their consciousness even the possibility that there could be emerging new and welcome realities. The Catholic political map in Europe is in a state of flux: disappearing is the idealistic vision of an-all embracing Catholic society and emerging are new and fresh options. Pope Benedict XVI has asked how one could speak of a Christian society if "in a city like Magdeburg, Christians are only eight per cent of the total population, including all Christian denominations?" Gone forever are the days when people and Church could be identified. Statistical data shows irrefutable tendencies. And the same statistical trends are also formidably compelling and predicting the same evolution for Christian churches in Australia. Since the 1970s Popes have strongly encouraged the development of new religious organisations. Among the most successful, the Cursillo, Neo-Catecumentate, the Focolare, Communione and Liberazione, the Community of St Egidio, EArche, the Emmaus movement and a host of others, more or less widely known. In the mid-1980s, Pope John Paul II publicly acknowledged "the great promising flowering of ecclesial movements, and I have singled them out as a cause for hope in the entire Church and for all mankind". In 1988 he welcomed representatives of these movements at a vast gathering in Rome, on Pentecost. In the same city, in 2006, at another Pentecost, Pope Benedict addressed 300,000 members gathered in St Peter's Square. When will a convocation of lay movements and centres of spirituality (not a few on the Australian landscape), which have been imported or sprung up in Australia, be given the same opportunity, without of course having to travel to Rome? To be continued...

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PANORAMA

September 2 2009, The Record

A roundup of events in the Archdiocese

Panorama entries must be in by 12pm Monday. Contributions may be emailed to administration@therecord.com.au, faxed to 9227 7087, or mailed to PO Box 75, Leederville, WA 6902. Submissions over 55 words will be edited. Inclusion is limited to 4 weeks. Events charging over $10 will be a put into classifieds and charged accordingly. The Record reserves the right to decline or modify any advertisment. Thursday September 3 COUNCIL OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS WA INC 7.30pm at Parish Centre, Anglican Parish of Applecross, corner Bombard and Simpson Streets. Seminar on Exploring God in Judaism and Christianity, speakers Rabbi Dovid Freilich and Archbishop Roger Herft. Parking at rear, off Bombard Street. All welcome. Members $5, non-members $10. Friday September 4 THE ALLIANCE, TRIUMPH AND REIGN OF THE UNITED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY 5.15pm at St Bernadette's Church Glendalough. Confessions, Mass at 5.45 pm followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, hourly Rosaries, hymns and reflections etc. Prayer Vigil concludes with a Holy Mass at 12 midnight in honour and thanksgiving of the coming reign of the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Eng: Father Doug Harris 9444 6131 or Dorothy 9342 5845. Friday September 4 C ATHOLIC FAITH RENEWAL EVENING 7.30pm at St John and Paul's Parish, Pinetree Gully Road, Willetton. Songs of Praise, talk by Fr Hugh Thomas on: The Healing Ministry of Jesus, followed by Thanksgiving Mass and later light refreshments. All welcome, bring family and friends. Eng: Kathy 9295 0913 or Rose 0403 300 720, or Maureen 9371 4498. Friday September 4 PRAISE AND WORSHIP 7pm at St Peter's Church, 93 Wood Street, Inglewood. Healing Mass and fellowship combined with The Holy Spirit of Freedom Community. Friday September 4, Saturday September 5 HOLY SPIRIT OF FREEDOM COMMUNITY LET GOD'S LOVE EXPLODE 7.30pm on September 4 at St Peter the Apostle Church, 93 Wood Street, Bedford. Come join the Annual Charismatic Retreat. Healing Mass, ongoing worship and healing prayer afterwards. September 5, 10 to 5pm, worship, teaching and opportunities for spiritual infilling. Come along and have a fresh encounter with God! BYO lunch tea provided. Eng: 9475 0155. Saturday September 5 DAY WITH MARY 9am to 5pm at Holy Spirit Church, 2 Keaney Place, City Beach. A day of prayer and instruction based on the Fatima messages. 9am Video; 10.10am Holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, Sermons on Eucharist and Our Lady, Rosaries and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch. Eng: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. Saturday September 5 to Monday September 7 48-HOUR PERPETUAL ROSARY BOUQUET Commencing 6pm Saturday to 6pm Monday, forward your participation time in WA's Birthday Gift to Our Lady, to: 1/44A Scalby Street, Doubleview. Rosary can be said anywhere and is free of intentions, for Her only. Scroll taken up during Mass on 8 September, at St Joachim's Church, Shepperton Road, Victoria Park, at 12.10pm. Meditative Rosary, 11.30am led by Fr Paul Carey. Eng: Margaret 9341 8082. Sunday September 6 TAIZE WORSHIP 7pm at St Ninian and St Chad Traditional Anglican Communion, 11 Susan Street, Maylands. Eng: 93284473. Sunday September 6 DIVINE MERCY 1.30pm at St Joachim's Church, Shepperton Road and Harper Street, Victoria Park. Holy Rosary and Reconciliation, then sermon on St Gregory the Great with Fr Doug Harris followed by Divine Mercy prayers and Benediction. Refreshments later. Eng: John 9457 7771 or Linda 9275 6608.

Tuesday September R. Wednesday September 9 and Saturday September 12 FATHER ADRIAN LYONS - TALKS 7.30pm to 9pm MacKillop Multi-Purpose Room, John XXIII College. September 8 talk on Expressions of Faith, 9 September 7.30pm to 9pm, talk on Living our Faith in post-modern Australia and 12 September, 9a m12noon, talk on Healing of Memories. Cost $10, donation unwaged. Eng: Murray 9383 0444.

Saturday September 19 FESTIVAL OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP - A DAY OF SPIRITUAL REVIVAL 10am to 4.40pm at the Sacred Heart Church, Ellis Street, Pemberton. A Charismatic Festival of Praise and Worship, will be presented by the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community. Evening Rally will commence at 7.30pm. All welcome Eng: 9776 1734.

Friday October 2 to Sunday October 4 BROTHER ANDREW'S NINTH ANNIVERSARY 7pm Friday to Sunday 2pm at God's Farm. Father Paul Glynn will celebrate Brother Andrew's Anniversary on Feast of St Francis of Assisi. He will also speak on St Francis' gift of wonder, Brother Andrew and Spirituality versus Atheism. Hired Bus. Eng: Yvonne 9343 1897 or A/H Cheryl 9409 8747 and Betty 9755 6212.

Wednesday September 9 CHAPLETS OF THE DIVINE MERCY 7.30 pm at St Thomas More Catholic Church, Dean Road, Bateman. A beautiful, prayerful, sung devotion 3ccompanied by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and followed by Benediction. All are welcome. Eng: George 9310 9493 home or 9325 2010 work.

Saturday September 19 STATIONS OF THE CROSS 11 am at Bindoon Agricultural College. The bishop of the WA Traditional Anglican Communion invites Catholics to join us in these Stations with the intention of praying for the Unity of the Traditional Anglican Communion and the Holy See. BYO Picnic lunch. Evensong 2.30 pm. Eng: Fr Wilson 9349 5798.

Sunday October 10 DIVINE MERCY 1.30pm at St Joachim's Church, Shepperton Road, Victoria Park. Holy Rosary, Reconciliation and Sermon on St Faustina with Fr Alfonsas Savickis followed by Divine Mercy prayers and Benediction. Refreshments provided later in the Parish Hall. Eng: John 9457 7771 or Linda 9275 6608.

Thursday September 10 to Sunday September 13 FEAST OF OUR LADY MARIA SANTISSIMA DEL TINDARI 7.30pm, Basilica of St Patrick, Adelaide Street, Fremantle. Triduum will be celebrated by Fr Giovanni Gandini from 10 to 12 September and concelebrated Mass, principal celebrant Monsignor Michael Keating on 13 September. The procession will commence at 2pm from the Basilica through the streets of Fremantle. Eng: Joe 0404 501 138 or 9335 1185.

Saturday September 19 FEAST OF THE STIGMATA OF ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI 2.30pm at Redemptonst Retreat House, North Perth. All are welcome to join the Secular Franciscan Order in WA in celebrating the Feast with the readings of the Stigmata of St Francis. Will conclude with tea. Eng: Angela 9275 2066.

Saturday October 17 REUNION FOR LA SALLE COLLEGE Class of 1974/76 Eng: Sue Wester (Sweeney) sue.wester@iinet.net.au or 0407 985 935 or Liz Bradley (Butcher) Ibradleyylinet. net.au

Saturday September 12 EUCHARISTIC HEALING RETREAT 9am to 5pm at Holy Family Church, Lot 375, Alcock Street, Maddington. The Retreat will be led by Vincentian Priests and includes talks on Eucharist, Reconciliation, and Healing Mass with prayers for inner and physical healing. Tea and lunch provided. Booking needed for catering purposes. Eng: Melanie 0410 605 743 or Ariste 0407 472 677 or email vincentiansperth4yahoo.com.

Saturday September 19 ST PADRE PIO PILGRIMAGE - TOODYAY 8am depart, 10.15 DVD, 11.30am Mass, confession available, 2.30pm Eucharistic Procession, Rosary, Adoration, Divine Mercy and Benediction, 4pm return. Times are approximate. Contacts for Midland, Catrina 9255 1938; Bassendean, Ivana 9279 7261; Morley, Joan 9276 9439; Leederville, Leena 9444 6317; Balcatta, Rosa 9276 1952; Glendalough, Mary 6278 1540; Victoria Park and Girawheen, Nita 9367 1366.

Sunday September 13 THE WORLD APOSTOLATE OF FATIMA AUSTRALIA HOLY HOUR OF REPARATION 3pm at St Joseph's Church, Hamilton Street, Bassendean. Eng: 9339 2614.

Sunday September 20 AWAKENINGS - A GOD EXPERIENCE RETREAT 8.45am to 4pm, The Patnst House, 7 Warde Street, Midland. BYO lunch and a friend. Tea and coffee provided. Eng: 9250 5395.

Sunday September 13 FUNDRAISING CONCERT 2pm at Little Sisters Community Hall, 2 Rawlins Street, Glendalough. Concert to help the Little Sisters of the Poor, featuring local seniors, The Julian Singers, local young talent and Instrumentalists. Tickets $10, door sales or bookings welcome. Eng: Mary 94433963 or Angela 9275 2066.

Sunday September 20 NORTH SUNDAY SESH 6pm at St Thomas the Apostle Parish, College Road, and Melville Street, Claremont. Mass followed by Sesh at 7.15pm, do not miss out. Open for youths 15-35. Speaker Mike Sandrini, presenting Called and Gifted. There will be music, activities, prayer time and group discussions. Bring cash for supper. Eng: www.cym.com.au or 9422 7912.

Sunday September 13 SOUTH SUNDAY SESH 6pm at St Benedict Parish, Ardross Street and Canning Highway, Applecross. Open for youths of 15-35. Guest speaker, Mike Sandrini, presenting; Called and Gifted. There will be music, activities, prayer time and group discussions. Bring cash for supper. Eng: www.cym.com. au or 9422 7912. Friday September 18 HEALING MASS FOR CANCER SUFFERERS 7pm, at Pater Noster Church, Myaree. Sacrament of Reconciliation followed at 7.30pm with Healing Mass, Sacrament of Anointing and Veneration of the relic of St Peregrine, Servite Friar and Patron Saint of those suffering from cancer. Eng: Fr Michael 9223 1351 or 0417 956 573. Friday September 18 to Sunday September 20 ANNUAL SECULAR FRANCISCAN RETREAT We Are a Gospel Family 6.30pm at the Redemptorist Retreat House, North Perth. Celebrating 800 years of the Rule of St Francis, all those interested in learning more of Franciscan spirituality are welcome to attend; given by Fr Pat Colbourne OEM Cap. Bookings, Angela 9275 2066.

Tuesday, September 22 FAITH ENRICHMENT SERIES 7.30pm to 9pm at St Benedict Parish Centre, 115 Ardross Street, Ardross. Murray Graham will talk about Parenting Touch? Creating Love and Resilience in the Family, focusing on conflict and turmoil. This will be a most informative event, particularly for parents and grandparents. Followed by coffee and tea. Eng: Wim 0421 636 763. Thursday October 1 GOD MADE MAN - THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST One night only. 7.30pm to 10pm St Mary's Cathedral Parish Centre, 450 Hay Street, Perth. Flame Ministries International invites you to experience this special one night only event with Catholic Apologist Robert Haddad. Friday October 2 PRAISE AND WORSHIP 7pm at St Peter's Church, 93, Wood Street, Inglewood. Reconciliation, praise and worship, followed by a Special Healing Mass for those affected by cancer. Fellowship later, all are welcome.

Saturday following the First Sunday of the Month DIVINE MERCY HEALING MASS 2.30pm to 3.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, Windsor Street, East Perth. Reconciliation available with Fr Marcellinus Meilak OEM. Refreshments will follow afterwards. Eng: John 9457 7771. AL-ANON/ALATEEN FAMILY GROUPS If your home is unhappy because someone drinks too much we can help you. For understanding and support to families and friends of problem drinkers. Eng: 9325 7528. SACRED HEART OF JESUS - PIONEERS Any Pioneers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus out there in society, we invite you if you would like to meet other members in prayer and reflection. Eng: 9457 7771. STATUE OF MOTHER AND CHILD OR HOLY FAMILY If any parish or person has one extra to their needs, please ring Mrs Gay Morey 9091 8403 or Fr Joseph 9021 2100 or email stmarys@emerge.net.au. Every Sunday PILGRIM MASS - SHRINE OF VIRGIN OF THE REVELATION 2pm at 36 Chittering Road, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation in Italian and English is available before every celebration. On the second Sunday of the month anointing of the sick is administered during Mass. The side entrance to the church and the shrine are open daily between 9am and 5pm Eng: SACRI 9447 3292. Every 2nd Wednesday YEAR OF THE PRIEST HOLY HOUR 7pm to 8pm at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 2 Keaney Place, City Beach. Reflections on St John Vianney, Patron Saint of Priests. Light refreshments later in the Parish Centre. Every Sunday LATIN MASS 2pm at the Good Shepherd Parish, 40-42 Streich Avenue, Kelmscott, according to the 1962 missal, with Rosary preceding. All welcome.

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8 T The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast Wh Mic 5:1-4 Origin in days of old [Alt. Rom 8:28-30 True images of God's son] Sing to the Lord Ps 12:6-7 Do not be afraid Mt 1:1-16.18-23

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