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The wearer: Bishop Martin Griver had a reputation for sanctity, reinforced after his death when it was found he had long worn wooden crosses beneath his clothes as a mortification. Mortification, which can take any form of denial of self, has been a common practice among Christians for two millennia, most notably during penitential seasons such as Lent. PHOTO. ARCHDIOCESAN ARCHIVES
lthough words can be used beautifully, love is expressed best in actions. The crosses above were those worn front and back against the body - for years and probably decades - by Bishop Martin Griver of Perth who died in 1886. They were found in a small contamer together with the Bishop's body when it was removed from St Mary's Cathedral in 2007 as the building was being prepared for its $32 million completion. Despite Hollywood's prurient fascination and exaggeration beyond recognition of mortification in movies such as The Da Vinci Code, items such as these and associated practices of bodily mortification would have been much more common in Bishop Griver's day, said Fr Robert Cross, a Perth priest who has been carrying out archaeological studies around the cathedral site. As Bishop of Perth, Griver guided the young diocese through a difficult period following the departure of Bishop Jose
Maria Serra when Serra returned to Europe in July 1859. Griver also built St Mary's Cathedral, completed first in 1865 and now nearing its final completion in December this year. Griver invited Benedictine Bishop Salvado of New Norcia to solemnise the foundation stone of the cathedral in 1863. He also had a special concern for the welfare of convicts, the poor and orphan children. To gaze upon these wooden crosses, each about 10 x 7 cm in height, is to be confronted by the mystery of Christianity - that the path to eternal life has been won by the things we all want to avoid - suffering, pain, self-sacrifice and acceptance of the seeming incomprehensibility of death. Their metal studded protrusions, measuring about 5mm in depth and worn towards the body both in front and at the back, were bound to Bishop Martin Griver's body and reportedly only discovered after his death. The discomfort and pain they caused their wearer for the many years he wore them must have been great. Fr Cross told The Record that, as a doctor, Bishop Griver would have been aware of what his body
A HANDWRITTEN NOTE by Bishop Griver's successor, Bishop Matthew Gibney, and signed by him sets out the basic facts of these wooden crosses with spikes worn towards the wearer's body. It reads: "+ Cross worn by Bishop Griver, & taken off his back after death." The '+' before Bishop Gibney's signature indicates the episcopal rank of the signatory. The crosses were found in their container with Bishop Griver's body when it was disinterred during the early stages of the completion of St Mary's Cathedral. That Bishops Griver and Gibney were buried beneath the floor of the cathedral had long been known, but where had remained PHOTOS: PETER ROSENGREN something of a longstanding mystery.
could handle in this particular pursuit of spiritual growth. To the modern mind, of course, it seems incomprehensible to the point of revulsion. All the things we look for as guides to happiness today are absent: there is no glamour, there are no little statues awarded the wearer in ceremonies flooded with the wealthy and famous, unctuously and fatuously oozing public admiration for the object of their flattery; they did not make their wearer slimmer and sexier; they didn't influence interest rates. Everything that our contemporary society regards as important seems completely removed from the reality that they represent. And yet, in the last 18 months the very thing the global community worships - the economy - has been shown to be utterly false and empty, an idol with feet of clay and eyes that do not see. Its temples have come crashing down, together with its high priests and oracles, those whose every word, utterance and prediction issued as they daily administered the rites of the Bourse (the foreign exchange market) have proved to be so disastrously wrong. These little
crosses are, admittedly, confronting. They are not pleasant. They may seem extreme. Perhaps a better word is radical, a word coined by the fathers of Western civilisation, the Greeks. 'Radex' means 'root.' To be radical means to go not half way, but to the very root of something. That he chose to wear them means that Bishop Griver accepted completely their inner logic and meaning, the meaning of the Cross. Abandoned by almost all He hoped he could count on, Christ accepted carrying His Cross to its terrible conclusion for love of every person ever born. So, also, Bishop Griver, one of the early builders and fathers of the Catholic Church in Western Australia, chose to follow in his master's steps. Christ's victory on the Cross defeated death once and for all. Griver's imitation of his Lord was a daily exercise in defeating his own weaknesses and sinfulness. But their wearing was a daily exercise not in morbidity, fear or negativity but of the victory and supremacy of love. As Christ's victory opened the door to eternal life for all who accept him, so Griver's crosses, one suspects, one hopes, one prays, did the same for him.
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Therese Couderc 1805-1885 September 26 A farm girl in southern France, Marie-Victoire wanted to be a nun. In 1826 she joined a local teaching order, but within a year was running a hostel for women pilgrims at a nearby shrine. In 1828, she became the superior, and the order began hosting retreats for women, then a novel idea. Mother Therese, with others from her order, formed the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle to focus on retreat ministry. The order struggled financially for years, and though she suffered many humiliations, Therese eventually was recognized as its foundress. Cenacle Sisters now serve in 15 countries.
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St Joseph,Jewish carpenter, to grace St Mary's narthex A HAND-CARVED statue of St Joseph portraying him as a traditional Jewish carpenter of his time is one of the many features planned for the new St Mary's Cathedral when it is opened on December 8. A sneak preview can be seen in the sketch at right. He is, in some senses, the forgotten saint of the Church. None of his words are found in the Gospels and yet his legacy is nothing less than caring for the Incarnation of God as a human being. He is the last and greatest of all the Patriarchs, having cared for the Son of God and, in the process, teaching him the honourable trade of carpentry. Aside from that, and the few references at the beginning of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, almost nothing is known of him except what can
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Some people place their Lotto tickets in bibles hoping this will help them win millions in first division prizes, a Perth parish priest told a surprised congregation last week. The priest told his congregation that some Catholics promise to build a beautiful new church for their parish if their parish priest will pray for them to win lotto, he said. His comments came during a homily on the First Commandment which exhorts people to put God first in their lives. However, some people effectively put false idols such as money or pride or material security first, he said. But living as though these are the most important things in life effectively means we are putting God in second or third place, he said.
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baptised Presbyterian and his mother was Anglican. Gradually, however, he grew disenchanted with the hollow nature of the advertising industry, and thought maybe he could find a role in the Church — just not as a priest. He went to work for three years on a wheat and sheep farm in York with a mate — "a great place to hide from God - except you can't hide when you're dealing with nature" on the farm, he said. After planting and harvesting three crops, during which time he was given "gentle guidance and good counsel" by Norbertine Fr Stephen Cooney, a farmer himself who assisted him entering the seminary. Even then he did so with no intention of being ordained a priest. He thought he'd just try it out and leave after a year, happily able to tell God, "well, I gave it a shot. Oh well. Thanks, but no thanks': After studying at St Charles Seminary in Guildford and St Francis Xavier Seminary in Adelaide, he bailed out and left to study with the Columbans in Sydney,. The idea
of being a travelling missionary overseas appealing to him. He lasted six months there before realising that the Columban life wasn't for him. He left thinking he'd given the priesthood a decent shot. But he wanted to remain involved in the Church and was accepted at Claremont Teachers' Training College. However, the priesthood still "nagged" at him. He eventually completed his priesthood studies and then-Bishop Barry Hickey of Geraldton ordained him for the diocese in 1990. He's lived "happily ever after". He doesn't regret his decision for a second and loves living in the country, being involved in people's lives in such a unique way, even after his hedonistic past, which ironically helps him prepare sermons — though they last a bit longer than the 30-second ads he used to write. "To me, the pulpit is about making the Gospel relevant to people," he says. "There's no point waffling. Jesus made Scripture relevant to those listening to Him, so we priests should do the same."
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Iona girls shine and win Singers 'clicked' and a choir was born
Students take a break from books, excel in performances • By Robert Hiini
IONA Presentation College's Concert Band won the University of Notre Dame Award for the Concert Band section in this year's Performing Arts Festival for Catholic Schools and Colleges. It's been a busy month on the stage for the College's students with performances at two annual West Australian events. The band, made up of students from Years 7 to 12, performed at Lumen Christi College on the evening of Thursday, August 13, the first of three nights of performances. Over 25 bands from different Catholic schools and colleges participated in the annual festival, now in its 20th year. In addition to the award, the Iona Concert Band performed at the festival's premier event, the Festival Concert, at the Perth Concert Hall on Monday September 7. The concert featured some of the best acts from over a month of performances that began on July 27 after its opening Mass on July 24. According to the college's Sabine Hofferberth, it is the first time the Iona band has been invited to perform at the concert and the first time in eight years that the college has won any award in the music section. On the theatre front, Year 10 students from Iona took part in Yohfest earlier this week - WA's biggest youth performing arts event focusing on health education. The Iona students performed at UWA's Octagon Theatre on September 8. The annual theatre event requires high school students to choreograph and perform their own dance sequence, drama play, art piece or short film based on a relevant youth theme. This year's theme is "Under Pressure" and participating Iona students chose to look at the changing and increasing pressures girls experience during the transition from primary to high school, including pressures to do with image and school performance.
Members of lona Presentation College's Concert Band, above and below. PHOTOS. COURTESY IONA COLLEGE
Members of St Joseph's Chamber Choir will offer some of the classics this weekend at St Joseph's Church in Subiaco.
Concert on this Sunday • By Robert Hiini
ST JOSEPH'S Chamber Choir is set to mine the great canon of sacred music in a September 13 concert at St Joseph's Church, Subiaco, performing works by Palestrina (Kyrie) and Perosi (Ave Maria) amongst others, with some twentieth century pop thrown in. Entry to the hour-long concert will be by donation for a 3.30pm start on Sunday evening. The choir formed for the World Youth Day Cross celebrations at St Brigid's, Northbridge, in the lead up to World Youth Day last year.
Andrew Cichy, bass vocalist with the choir and a former vocal trainer of St Charles' Seminarians told The Record that its members "clicked" so well, that they decided to make their choir an ongoing concern, performing at youth Masses around Perth over the past 12 months. It will be Mr Cichy's last performance with the choir before his studies in Music commence at Oxford University later this month. The concert is being sponsored by St Joseph's Church and the City of Subiaco. For more information, contact Greg on 0413 052 705 or glecoultre@stjosephssubiaco.org. au or view their facebook page (St Joseph's Chamber Choir in Concert).
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Malaysia Day sends youth to Madrid
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OUR Lady of the Mission parish, Whitford is giving its World Youth Day pilgrims a head start, offering Spanish lessons in the lead-up to Madrid 2011. The lessons, which the parish has opened up to all people in Perth, are taking place on Wednesday nights at 7pm and on Saturday mornings at 9.30am. Parishioner and organiser Shirley-Ann Poulton had the idea to start the lessons earlier this year, advertising in the parish bulletin for any Spanish speakers who would be willing to give up their time. Three women responded to the advertisement and have been teaching Spanish classes at the parish since March for $2 per participant. "We wanted to keep the lessons fun and affordable for the youth," Ms Poulton said. Ms Poulton told The Record that it was not too late to get involved and that the classes have and will continue to focus on practical language and phrases that will be useful to pilgrims in 2011. However, the classes are currently being attended by young and old, pilgrim and non-pilgrim alike, with space for more participants. Ms Poulton said that the time to start learning is now for greater retention and that, despite a seemingly long lead-in, Madrid 2011 is really only just around the corner. The parish is suggesting a $2 donation for participants aged 15 years old and over and $1 for those under 15.
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OVER 300 souls turned out on August 28 for food, fun and frivolity at the 52nd Malaysia Day celebrations at the Perth Convention Centre, raising funds for Perth youth to get to World Youth Day in Madrid in 2011. As well as partaking in a Malaysian buffet, many of the 300 in attendance danced to the sounds of Pedas-Pedas and the Malaysian Groove Collective, with raffle and spot prizes given away throughout the night. The event was the brainchild of Fr Roy Pereira and was put together by a large team of volunteers including the event's coordinator, Francis Williams. Last month, Fr Pereira told The Record that the money from a series of fundraising events that he will convene in the lead-up to World Youth Day would be given to the Archdiocesan agency, Catholic Youth Ministry Perth, to administer for the benFr Roy Pereira efit of WYD pilgrims. Fr Pereira hopes to raise $200,000 before WYD 2011 in Madrid. He said that it was important that it was the right time to start fundraising, particularly in light of the expected cost per pilgrim of over $5,000.
Members of Pedas-Pedas, above, show their musical chops as Master of Ceremonies, Scott Queh looks on. Below left and right, revellers turn out in traditional Malaysian dress. PHOTOS. COURTEOUSY OF DARYL PERREAU; ROBERT HIINI
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• By Mark Reidy
THE "Evolution of a Monkey" would be an apt title for the remarkable conversion story of American priest, Fr Don Calloway. Speaking at the Holy Spirit Church in City Beach on August 29, Fr Don described his journey from a life of heavy drug use, sexual promiscuity and crime to Catholic priest to an enthralled audience of over 250 people. He shared that his self-destructive spiral had begun from the age of 12 - a few years after his atheist mother had married for the third time - and his desires to fulfil every sensual desire continued throughout his teenage years as he imbibed in every carnal pleasure that was placed in his path. "I was told at school that I was nothing more than the descendant of a monkey," he told the audience, "and I did everything in my power to fulfil those animal instincts". Fr Don has travelled to many countries delivering his testimony to tens of thousands and is often told by listeners that he should be dead. "Yes", is always his response, "and in a very warm place". "I was a very sick and broken young man", he declared as he described his demise into drugs, sex, pornography and satanic music. He said that he even found himself involved, at the age of 15, with the "Yakuza", the Japanese mafia, when he ran amok soon after his military father had been transferred to Japan. He was so determined to become a "living hell" for his parents for taking him away from his hedonistic lifestyle in California that he indulged daily in "unbelievable amounts" of heroin, opium, alcohol and even petrol sniffing. In fact, so entangled did he become in this lifestyle of crime and self-destruction that his family was forced to leave the country without him and, in an international episode that made media headlines, he was eventually tracked down by military police, handcuffed and deported to the US. After a cycle of rehabilitation programs, which served only to expose him to more sordid avenues of drug abuse, he spent his late teens living an increasingly debauched existence that included jail, homelessness, tattoos, hair down to his belt and activities that he refused to divulge within the presence of Jesus in the tabernacle. During his talk, which was his first of four in Perth before heading to Sydney and Melbourne, Fr Don explained that he did not share his story to glorify himself but on the contrary, to give hope to others. Only divine intervention could have lifted him from the terminal lifestyle that he was leading, he shared. This intervention came
Above and below: Fr Calloway in contemplative mode. The surfing US priest found his way back to Christ after a life of drug use, sexual promiscuity and PHOTOS: COURTESY OF FR CALLOWAY crime.
during a night in 1992 when he found himself, for the first time in years, home at his parents' house and not under the influence of any drug. He was lying on his bed in silence - a unique state that he found extremely intimidating. He said that he became engulfed by an incredible sense of emptiness and sadness. "I had done so much to satisfy my monkey self", he said, yet he felt so lifeless. To avoid this weight of hopelessness he went to his parents' bookshelf to find something to distract him. He was drawn to a book titled The Queen of Peace Visits Medjugorje. He soon realised that it had something to do with his parents' recent conversion to Catholicism which had instilled in him an even deeper disdain for them than ever before. Up to that point, his attitude to anything Christian was revulsion. He knew Jesus only as, "The great dork-maker in the sky", a mythical creation that was used to get money from stupid people. However, he soon became fascinated at the pictures of young chit-
dren staring ecstatically at nothing and he read throughout the night. In what he describes as a moment of grace, the 20 year old Don Calloway was touched to the core of his being. Although he didn't understand a great deal of the Catholic language, something deep within him recognised the divine reality of Jesus that this "Blessed Virgin" spoke about. He was as amazed as he was enthralled, as he had never had a conviction about anything before in his life. His motto to that point had been, "IfI couldn't see it, touch it, smoke it or drink it,I didn't believe it", he explained. His hilarious description of the following days - informing his mother, contacting a local priest, his encounter with five Rosarypraying Filipino women ("God's secret agents that He plants in churches all over the world") and witnessing his first Mass, had the crowd in tears of laughter, just as his description of his joy, unworthiness, awe, audible locutions, healing tears and "infused knowledge" of Jesus in the Eucharist, had them enthralled.
From that time he began to imbibe anything Catholic, including daily Mass, with, he stated, "the passion of John the Baptist," to the point that the local priest had to curtail his evangelisation attempts. Fr Don was ordained in 2003 and has earned numerous degrees in theology, philosophy and Mariology as well as writing and editing books and fulfilling hundreds of invitations to share his story throughout the world. As an escape from his demanding routine, in which he travels every six weeks, Fr Don shared that he has a love of surfing and that he was still riding high from catching the biggest wave in his life ("a 15 -footer") only days earlier in Margaret River. In an exclusive interview with The Record, Fr Don said that it had been his own spiral into wickedness that had driven his mother to the Catholic Church and the consequent offering of her suffering and prayer had borne fruit in his own life. He is adamant that Catholics must never give up on those in their own families or even those they don't know, no matter how hopeless they may think they are. "As long as you have a pulse, you have hope", he says. He is unwavering, however, in his belief that Catholics must become more passionate in living out the fullness of the "One True Church". Conversion is a daily decision, he says. "We must make the most of the Sacraments that have been entrusted to us and must live in obedience to the Pope", he said, and is disappointed with Catholics who believe that they can tinker with the Truth. Fr Don shared that he had no idea why God had chosen him to be rescued from the dark chasm to which he had descended but he said that he clearly understood the Scripture, "Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required" (Lk 12:48) and it is this understanding that realigns him during times of trial and temptation. "This is not a gift that has just been given to me", he said. "It is to be used for the benefit of others': And use it he does - with a passion and a zeal that is bringing hope and inspiration to many. The monkey" that once guided every choice he made is well and truly off his back. Eileen Radford, co-ordinator of the Medjugorje Evening of Prayer Group which sponsored Fr Don to Western Australia, said that the overwhelming and heartrending response to the Perth talks, attended by over 1,600 people, had been inspiring. Anyone interested in DVDs of Fr Don's talks in Perth, as well as previous talks, or in the Medjugorje Evening Prayer Group, can contact Eileen Radford on 9402 2480. For further information on Fr Don see www. Frcalloway.com or hear his complete conversion story on http://godsdelight.org/archive/media/ dcallowaytestimonymmy
Mary's Mount chapel becomes St Emilie de Vialar Chapel A BUILDING that for decades was simply referred to as "The Chapel" got a new name and its very own saint at a ceremony at Mary's Mount Primary School on August 25. Perth Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton officiated as the chapel was renamed the 'St Emilie de Vialar Chapel': It was built in 1965 to serve as the local parish church for the area but was left for the school and local community to use when the parish
relocated to a more central position in Kalamunda. The new name acknowledges the foundress of the St Joseph of the Apparition Order of Sisters, acknowledging in turn the Sisters who founded the school in the early 1920s, starting out with three Sisters, five boarders and 12 day pupils. Sandro Coniglio, Principal of Mary's Mount - which now caters for 286 children - said it was sad to see the Sisters leave the area
earlier this year. "We saw this as a great opportunity to acknowledge and recognise the dedication and commitment that the Sisters have given to our school and community over 88 years," the Mary's Mount Principal said. With obliging weather, the ceremony took place outside the chapel, allowing the entire school body and members of the local community to be present, including as special guests, ten Sisters of St Joseph.
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E-scam steals The Record columnist's identity READERS of The Record may have been surprised to receive an email from the newspaper's columnist Debbie Warner last week stating that she had just been robbed in Africa. The email was a hoax - it asked recipients to send money to her as soon as they could. Debbie's regular 'How I Pray' and 'Why I became a Catholic' columns appear each week in The Record. The hoax was a typical scam that often appears in email inboxes around the globe. Modern criminals often harvest details from people's emails such as all the email addresses of their friends. They then write to an individual's contacts pretending to be the person in question, pretending they have been robbed or have had an accident and asking for money. Gullible recipients then send money to the address sent out by the criminals. Last week's email informed recipients Debbie had been in Nigeria on business and had been robbed, lost important documents and been in hospital. It asked recipients to send her $2,800 urgently. In a delightful touch, the fake Debbie Warner also apologised for having been so absent-minded as to forget telling her friends she was travelling to Africa. However, when The Record checked with Debbie she was still relentlessly chasing stories for her column for the newspaper through the suburbs and parishes of the Archdiocese of Perth and beyond. The Record editor Peter Rosengren said he was disappointed Miss Warner was not in Africa as he had heard it was an interesting place. However, it was probably just as well, he added. If she was, she could have been eaten by lions and this would have been a bad thing. "You have no idea how hard it is to get good writers who are not eaten by lions," he said. "And if you are eaten by a lion, chances are you are somewhere in Africa," he added.
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Apostolate to draw young women to religious life
Vocation Enquiry Day. THE religious community known as The New Apostolate Consecrated in the Heart of the Holy Family is holding a Vocations Enquiry Day on September 19 from 10am to 4pm at 26 Meadow Street, Guildford, in Aquin House. (edge of the property of St Charles Seminary). The purpose of the Vocations Enquiry Day is to help women discern their vocation in an atmosphere of prayer and reflection on the Word of God. It will also inform them of the way of life in the New Apostolate Consecrated in the Heart of the Holy Family. The day will consist of time for prayer, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, scripture reflections and time for questions and answers. Lunch will also be provided. The New Apostolate Consecrated in the Heart of the Holy Family originated in New South Wales in 1992, when two of its foundation members were inspired by the Word of God to live in a manner that would realise a living presence of the Holy Family in the world. Over the years, other members joined and the community continued to put its faith in God's providence to meet its daily needs as well as living a life of prayer and contemplation on God's Word. It also engaged in various activities such as teaching Catechism to young children, conducting Bible reflections to demonstrate how Scripture applies to everyday living and making religious articles to help support itself. The New Apostolate Consecrated in the Heart of the Holy Family is currently undertaking studies in order to prepare for the medium to long term goal, to provide a safe and caring family environment for the orfanelli (abandoned or neglected children). The Sisters always welcome enquiries about their work and way of life and are willing to accommodate, for a time, women who wish to experience their life and discern their vocation. For any enquiries contact Mother Rosa on (08) 9378 3044 or PO Box 73, Guildford WA 6935. Regarding the Vocations Enquiry Day, RSVP by September 17.
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Our Lady embraces CWL Women's gifts highlighted. • By Glynnis Grainger
THE Catholic Women's League apostolate was re-dedicated to Our Lady Help of Christians at its national conference at the Novotel Langley Perth on September 1. That day marked day two of the conference, starting with an opening liturgy followed by a business session, with motions and recommendations from different states. Perth's Archbishop Barry Hickey and the Bishop of Armidale sent their best wishes. Lucy Muru, 49, from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, who came alone to WA for the conference, spoke about "the strength of Catholic women - pillars of the Church, of faith, of youth, of family life." Two WA motions were passed: • The CWLA requests the National Executive to a. Write to the Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and to Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children, expressing our deep concern at the continuing shortage Australiawide of accommodation for young people with disabilities that caters for their social and emotional as well as medical needs; and b. Continue to provide all possible support to other organisations involved in advocacy and lobbying in this area. • Write to the Federal Minister for Education and for member organisations to write to the Education Minister in their state or territory expressing strong support for Australian of the Year 2009 Professor Michael Dodson's vision for every Australian child starting school in 2010 and asking what action has been taken to implement it. WA representatives also suggested that each member organisation investigate the application of laws covering abortion to patients under the ay of 16. Tasmanias motion that state and federal Attorneys-General adopt Baby Safe Haven legislation to ensure that the protection of a child's physical well-being is the paramount consideration of baby abandonment, was passed unanimously. Queensland's motion that the Federal Government give Australian farmers preference in domestic markets and greater support to all agricultural industries, was passed; and the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn's amended motion that the Prime Minister should be encouraged on the Federal Government initiative to reduce violence against women in Australia was passed, and SA's amended motion that the sale of local Australian businesses to major corporations be advantageous to the local community, was passed. Round table discussion groups were held, with reports given to the conference. Entertainer Deb Perry, 60, from Bridgetown, known as "Spoonsperry" played the spoons with her whole body in motion, accompanied by recorded music. She started out playing the drums and has appeared on national TV, playing all types of spoons. Deb has also played with WASO and is athletic and fit with all the exercise. Vicar General for the Bunbury diocese, Fr Tony Chiera, spoke about "walking with God", saying,
Fr Tony Chiera, Vicar General of the Bunbury Diocese, with Anne Power and Barbara Paterniti, CWL's outgoing national executives.
Left, guest speaker Mary Nenke. Right, first speaker Kylie Forth; and carer Ilana. PHOTOS GLYNNIS GRAINGER
"You represent over 7000 Catholic women across Australia in a CWL that is now 95 years old:' He told the conference that he was raised on a dairy farm and his mother was an inspiration who raised five children and milked the cows twice a day. She died aged 69 and had not been in the best of health, he said, and she gave the little she had to the poor and the missions overseas. Fr Chiera said: "She taught me never ever to end a day without sitting quietly with my God. "We can't see what God is doing through us most of the time. "My sisters, we will not always see the fruits of what we do, but it is a walk of trust. "The Catholic women of Australia carry out what God wants:' Fr Chiera blessed the conference before leaving to drive for two hours back down south to Dardanup. September 2 was day three of the national conference, and opened with member organisations bringing forward scrolls with the names of deceased members from each state. A prayer for all members experiencing hardship and for all deceased members began the proceedings for the day. Moving and inspirational speaker, Kylie Forth, 23, is ranked fourth in the world in her yachting class as a skipper and took part in a 10km walk on World Youth Day 2008, even though she is completely blind and has only one leg, walking with the aid of crutches. Kylie was born in Kununoppin, WA, where she spent most of her childhood and is currently studying law at UWA, from which university she has a BA degree in music and anthropology. She told the conference she had cancer in her eyes and had them removed at three-months-old, then developed cancer in her leg,
which was amputated. "If I hadn't had cancer,I just wouldn't be me. I sailed on the Leeuwin sailing ship at 18 for one day and I was free," she said. "I am from the country where there is no water at all. I thought I might learn to sail and went down to Sailability at one of the yacht clubs on the river. "I didn't have my leg on (but) I had a whale of a time. There were very few people with disabilities who were sailing. "I have also been to New Zealand to sail (and) came first in the world in the match racing championships. "I love sailing; it all stems from the Leeuwin." Kylie said she walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge at WYD08 where the last 4km were progressively the hardest. Somebody accompanied her and walked with her all the way; Kylie didn't want to know how far it was to go even though there were signs along the way. "I had an extreme determination - once I start, I am very stubborn - I was walking on my crutches - it was like Jesus carrying his cross," she said. "He was doing it for us (and) people were looking forward to seeing him being crucified. "Thinking on that level of suffering, my own pain in my hand and blisters - I feel honoured about what Christ was doing for us. It made me realise how much Simon helped carry the cross. "Someone took my backpack we may not have gotten there at all. "There is something really powerful about talking about my faith with someone else. "It is only through your own experiences that you learn something else. "Why should I have cancer? Don't use it as a cross, think of it as an opportunity:' National Bioethics Convenor
Margo Nancarrow, from NSW, gave her report and said: "It is the women of the Church who are going to take the Church forward, especially in terms of our life issues.' She defined "ethics" and spoke about abortion, IVF and euthanasia and quoted from the Catholic Catechism. Margo, a retired nurse educator and former midwife, showed pictures of babies "in utero" and also spoke about foetal alcohol syndrome. National Secretary Maria Parkinson led a questions and answers session. National Social Issues Convenor Betty Roberts, from Tasmania, spoke about family breakdown as a national tragedy, which she called pass the partner". She also spoke about abortion and euthanasia and congratulated "West Aussies for keeping pokies (poker machines) out of the state:' She said: "Evil triumphs when good people do nothing. Guest speaker Mary Nenke, of Kukerin, went to an Anglican school and became a Catholic when she married her farmer husband Michael and had six children. She became a trained teacher of the Billings Method of Catholic family planning and brought her medical student daughter, Suzanne, along with a number of shoes on display. Mary, 61, said her daughter had chosen to be a virgin until she marries, and asked us to share shoes with each other, talking about the shoes we were wearing. Originally a sheep farmer, she is opposed to genetically-modified crops, but diversified into yabby farming which became a big business, exporting world-wide. She taught home schooling for her children and has taken part in the 20/20 Summit and met Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Her photo is on the front of the rural phonebook and she has won many awards. The conference concluded with Mass celebrated by the National Chaplain, Nollamara parish priest, Salvatorian Irishman Fr Laurence Murphy SDS, who said: "Jesus is a very practical person. "He used the things around him to illustrate what he wanted to share," Fr Laurence said. "We are all children of God - we all have walked that walk (but) we are not always as good as we would like to be and we all have failings. Jesus is the truth, the way and the life and he wanted to show us the way to the Heavenly Father and gave us tools to do that. These tools are Baptism, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Marriage or the Priesthood. All the things that are happening to us are part of God's plan for us. "We live it in our relationships with each other. Every time we come to the breaking of bread we recognise the giftedness of Christ. He re-dedicated the CWLA to Our Lady Help of Christians with a special prayer.The incoming National Executive for 2010-11 from Victoria, Wagga Wagga is: Madge Fahy, National President; Pat Coloe, first National VicePresident; Gertie Mangan, second National Vice-President; Ann Robinson, National Secretary, Louisa Ashton, National Treasurer, and Mrs Fahy's daughter, Robyn Fahy, National Public Relations and Community Engagements. The conference ended with a special dinner at the Langley Plaza in the evening. The next national conference is in 2011, probably in Melbourne.
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Catholic marriage education renewed Catholic marriage educators seek closer ties with bishops, renew identity is By Anthony Barich PERTH'S Catholic Marriage Education Services Director Derek Boylen has been elected President of the national Catholic Society for Marriage (CSME) Education in a move that will see the organisation have closer ties with the Australian bishops. Melbourne Auxiliary Peter Elliott - a former official of the Pontifical Council for the Family, chaplain to the Pope and now Director of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne - is also the new bishops' liaison to CSME, taking over from Darwin Bishop Eugene Hurley. In other changes to the CSME hierarchy, Francine Pirola, Co-director of the Pastoral and Matrimonial Renewal Centre and Ros Lloyd from Centacare Broken Bay were newly elected. The relationships landscape around Australia has changed and many groups that started out as marriage educators in the secular sector and, in some cases, in the Catholic sector, have broadened their portfolio to same-sex and de-facto relationships. The new elections are understood to be part of a drive to re-establish a stronger Catholic identity of Catholic marriage preparation. Mr Boylen told The Record that many people who get married in the Church are 'quite secular' and the new direction will seek to develop more resources
to communicate the Church's teachings on the beauty of marriage, like Theology of the
Derek Boylen with his wife Karen. Body. He said that Christian churches provide up to 80 per cent of Australia's marriage preparation and the Catholic Church would provide up to 90 per cent of that. The new appointments come a week after the Australian Bureau of Statistics released figures that revealed an increase of 2.1 per cent in registered marriages and a 1.6 per cent drop in divorce compared with 2007. Mrs Pirola, whose PMRC has up to 60 trained marriage educators around Australia who run marriage preparation and enrichment courses aimed at training other leaders at a parish level, said the ABS figures reveal what the Church has been promoting for two millennia - that marriage, and marriage education, are crucial to the stability of society. The figures are also timely as the Australian Senate has
referred the Marriage Equality children really want the parents to find another romantic relaAmendment Bill 2009 for inquiry and report. The Bill tionship as they want them to seeks to remove all dis- be happy; and that men aren't crimination from the interested in relationships." Dr Doherty, an internationally Marriage Act 1961 on the basis of sexuality recognised expert on marriage, and gender identity was one of several international and national speakers and marand to permit marriage regardless of riage researchers at the confersex, sexuality and ence. Key-note addresses and gender identity. It also comes workshops covered topics like w e e k s Intentional Marriage, Sexuality, the Men as Life Partners with after National Women, Social Change and the Marriage Paradox of Choice. The event is a joint initiative C oalition g athered of the CSME and the MAREAA. 1 0,000 The theme of the conference was p etitions Festival of Learning. Prior to endorsing the beginning of the conference, m arriage 36 Catholic marriage educators as between gathered for a day of prayer, a man and discussion and reflection, cona woman to the exclusion of all cluding with Mass celebrated by Bishop Elliott. others and hosted the inauguThe August 28 CSME Annual ral National Marriage Day on General Meeting farewelled outAugust 13 to mark the anniversary of the passing of the 2004 going president Anne Matuszek, Michele Simons and Ray Reid, Marriage Amendment Act. In a panel discussion at the who stepped down from the August 27-30 bi-annual Marriage executive. The new CSME executive is: and Relationship Educators in Mr Boylen (President - Catholic Conference National Melbourne hosted by CSME and Marriage Education Services, the Marriage and Relationship Perth), Anne Matuszek (Secretary Tasmania), Centacare, of Association Educators Australia (MAREAA), Dr Robyn Donnelly (Treasurer William Doherty of the Centacare, Newcastle), Jennifer University of Minnesota told the Mason (Centacare Brisbane), 202 participants that they need Ros Lloyd (newly elected to "dispel the myths about mar- Centacare Broken Bay) and Mrs riage in society today, specifically Pirola (newly elected - PMRC Australia). identifying five common myths CSME members are organiabout marriage. These are that "it's foolish to sations, parishes and agencies get married without cohabiting; within the Catholic Church that it's best to wait to get married offer individual and couples marwhen you are financially secure; riage and relationship formation. Fore more information see if a marriage gets rotten it never gets ripe again; if marriage fails, www.csme.catholic.org.au.
Youth life movement spreads its wings Pro-active youth to educate peers. • By Anthony Barich A NSW pro-life movement has expanded to Victoria, with six Campion College students starting up Veritae Australia to mobilise support and educate young Australians on life issues from a logical standpoint. Vitae Australia, which changed its name from Young Victorians for Life, started in June last year in Melbourne to "counteract the increasingly accepted infringement on the dignity of the human being", will take a multifaceted, empathetic approach" to promote Catholic understanding of the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception to natural death. The group, which is already supported by a following of over 480 on social networking website Facebook, plans to promote a cul-
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Campion College students met with Young Victorians for Life founder Matthew Restall in Sydney on August 31. The new Sydney group plans to educate school students and youth groups and its own members to be informed, respectful and active promoters of its envisaged future through peaceful means. The group will start by running social events to attract youth, then form them with the knowledge they have gained from Campion College, Australia's first Liberal Arts college that forms its students, both Catholic and non-Catholic, in humanities and sciences to understand the complementarity of faith and reason. Emily Dunn, 19, one of the six founding Veritae members in Sydney, said the group, which will meet weekly, plans to build its brand by extending its membership to other denominations and religious and the nonreligious by appealing to reason. She said that their formation and Campion prepared them for this task through the fraternity and support of like-minded people and taught them to use their words carefully. The movement is open to expansion in any other state around Australia.
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Conference to give formation for teachers • By Anthony Barich THE Society of Catholic Teachers Australia (SCTA) will celebrate its 10th anniversary of fraternity and faith formation with its inaugural October 1-2 national conference in Perth. The conference, to be headlined by Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Julian Porteous, is the realisation of the goal of Perth secondary school teachers Renato Bonasera, Ursuline Sister Maria Mori, Daniel O'Connor and Ronald Ng who formed the SCTA in 1999 in Perth to bring to fruition the New Evangelisation that the late Pope John Paul II often said is needed to bring about the Kingdom of God. Since then it has grown to now enjoy the support of lay, clerics and bishops in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. The need to network and share resources was the initial aim of the SCTA. It has since expanded to provide professional development through conferences and seminars for all people, not just teachers. Its latest focus is ecumenism between Christian faiths, as other denominations are also welcome at the national conference. SCTA president Mr Bonasera, 37, Trinity College's Middle School Coordinator of Religious Education, said there is a lack of knowledge about what the Church teaches among both Catholics and non-Catholics, and said the Society wants to help laity embrace their call to be evangelisers, not leaving it to priests". He said there is a need for fraternity and formation among Catholic educators - including home-schooling parents, as well as teachers in Catholic, public and other private schools. Working in these environments is challenging, he said, due to the secularism that surrounds students and parents and affects their world views and attitudes towards religion and faith. "Post-modern society is still feeling the effects of the Enlightenment, which sees reason and faith as opposites rather than working together," said Mr Bonasera, a father of three. So, in the spirit of Mary MacKillop, one of the SCTA's two patrons along with St John Bosco, both of whom were educators, the Society aims to foster an understanding of the Church as Australia-wide rather than diocese-bound, unravelling the universal vision of the Church. "We believe that all Catholics involved in education share the same mission the universal mission of the Church." Archbishop Barry Hickey, Sydney University Catholic chaplain, writer and apologist Robert Haddad, Aquinas College RE Coordinator and public speaker Paul Kelly and Gregorian Pontifical University graduate Fr Giosue Marini will also address the conference. Call 0428 106 481 for more information.
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When fidelity to Baptism is a crime against the State
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he world would be a much happier place if the prayer of the unpersecuted matched the fortitude and suffering of the Catholics (and others) who are persecuted around the world. The one thing that Europe, Africa, Asia and Central and South America have in common is that Catholics die for their faith in all of them, though not necessarily in all parts of them. This persecution is sometimes the result of official policy, as in China where regional authorities seem to have a free hand in the way they treat Christians, or sometimes it occurs as a result of local animosity combined with official indifference or inadequacy, as in India. It is hard to find coherent explanations for the range of brutality that occurs in various parts of Africa, or the violence of the Middle East, which is sometimes targeted and sometimes viciously random. Then there is the destruction of homes, the deprivation of livelihood, the enforced migration, and all the suffering that accompanies dislocation and enforced living for years in refugee camps in foreign lands. At the next level there are campaigns to prevent the delivery of services to homes and schools, programs of house arrest, random attacks on priests, nuns and catechists, removal of bishops at times of planned ordinations, refusal or delay of town planning and building permits, and, generally speaking, more forms of harassment than most of us could imagine, much less carry out. Aid to the Church in PO Box 75 Need, an organisation that Leederville, WA 6902 assists local churches whercathrec@iinet.net.au ever and whenever it can, published a book Persecuted and Tel: (08) 9227 7080 Forgotten? in 2008 as a report Fax: (08) 9227 7087 on Christians oppressed for their faith in 2007-08. Country by country, it documents the style and extent of religious persecution and oppression in 28 countries, including such major ones as China, India, Pakistan, Russia and Indonesia. At times it is depressing, but more often it is inspiring and enlightening. It is depressing because the suffering of so many is always hard to accept, and even more so because the cruelty of so many of our fellow human beings can be almost overwhelming. It is inspiring because behind the darkness one quickly sees the light of faith in all those countries where the suffering is so great. In Africa and Asia in particular, but in `!..this clash of all parts of the world, one sees the joy of people who have found the life of conflict with Christ shining in the darkness of their fidelity becomes communities. It is impossible to be depressed in the face of the strength enlightening when and joy of the Faith we see flourishing among African people in the midst of we put aside our their too numerous conflicts; among anger or our desire the Tribal people and others in India who suffer at the hands of many, but for revenge and see who deeply love the Lord; among the Chinese Catholics who flourish the oppressors as despite national and regional governGod sees them." ments desperate to control them and squeeze them into an inhuman and unenlightened philosophy; among Russians whose compatriots seek to limit them to an ethnic Christianity when their origin and their purpose is to embrace the fullness of Catholicism; and among our near neighbours in Indonesia, many of whose religious leaders desperately try to persuade them that happiness comes not from love freely given and received, but from religious control that leads only to cruelty and division. The wonderful example of Christians in the midst of oppression shines brightly and the more we learn about it the more inspiring it becomes. Finally, this clash of conflict with fidelity becomes enlightening when we put aside our anger or our desire for revenge and see the oppressors as God sees them. To see their anger and the futility of the ways they seek to exercise control over other people is to recognise the effects of sin on humanity and the whole of creation. They are living in darkness they did not create and do not know how to relieve. As we begin to see and feel the pain in which they live, we begin to recognise the meaning of sin, and to recognise the wonder of the salvation and love that Our Lord has offered us. There are millions who live without the knowledge of God and they live among millions who want them to remain in that terrible state. And what of us, we who live without oppression, with no obstacles but ourselves to the enjoyment of the love of God? Our privilege, our pleasure and our responsibility is to pray more constantly for those who are oppressed, those who oppress, and those in our own society who are blind. We need to understand how closely we are united to them. When Jesus called St Paul, he said, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" Not "my Church" or "my followers" or even "my friends", but "me". This same Jesus told us to love our enemies and to pray for those who persecute us. Prayer is the greatest power we have to influence the outcome of this intense conflict between faith and fear. The more we pray, the more we will love Jesus, and in him his Church, and the more we will come to love those who persecute Him.
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he Record should be congratulated for seeking to encourage cooperation between the various pro-life groups (The Record, 2 September 2009). The rift in Victoria is a serious failure in cooperation. However, your readers may be pleased to hear that the Australian Family Association has successfully convened a coalition of Victorian pro-life groups who organised a dinner, addressed by former television journalist and A Current Affair founder Michael Willesee, and attended by 400 people. Pro-life Victoria, which played a key role in the Coalition, operates out of the AFA Office in that state. Deirdre Lyra State Secretary AFA WA
Medjugorje bishop's take
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September 9 2009, The Record
urther to Paul Sheridan's letter `Medjugorje view just not accurate' (The Record, 2 September 2009) which cited the frei erfunden of Cardinal Ratzinger, I would add that the same citation has been made by Ratko Peric, the Bishop of Mostar. To his own citation of frei erfunden, Bishop Peric added the following: "Not only are these statements ascribed to the Holy Father and Cardinal Ratzinger complete invention, but the numerous messages of Medjugorje, ascribed to the Madonna are also complete invention." In the Church's name, 30 priests and physicians, working together in three Commissions for ten years, in more than 30 meetings, dutifully and expertly investigated the events of Medjugorje. Not one, but 20 bishops responsibly declared that there exists no proof that the events in Medjugorje concern supernatural apparitions or revelations. Regarding Medjugorje, there's a real danger that the Madonna and the Church could be privatised. People could begin contriving a Madonna and Church according to their own taste or perception rather than submitting to the official Magisterium. There are at least six religious or quasi-religious communities which have arbitrarily been installed in Medjugorje without the permission of the local Diocesan authorities. These communities are more a sign of disobedience than a real charisma of obedience in this Church. The diocese of MostarDuvno in recent years has practically precipitated into schism. At least eight Franciscan priests, who have rebelled against the decision of the Holy See to transfer several parishes administered by the Franciscans to the diocesan clergy, have been expelled from the Franciscan Order and suspended. In spite of this, they have occupied at least five parishes through force and continue to exercise sacred functions. They illicitly assist at marriages, hear confessions without canonical faculties and invalidly confer the sacrament of confirmation. Three years ago they even invited a deacon of the Old-Catholic Church who falsely
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write to reiterate how much I enjoy The Record. It would have to be the best newspaper of its kind in Australia. I use the news from it (with acknowledgement) every Sunday morning on community Radio 3RPP and do so with complete confidence of truth, honesty and plain, good old-fashioned common sense. The pro-life editorial this week was spot-on and hit the nail right on the head. I have always supported the pro-life cause, have written to politicians, spoke n with them and protested even when my chil-
presented himself as a bishop, to preside at a confirmation where he 'confirmed' about 800 young people in three parishes. Two of these expelled priests sought Episcopal consecration from a Swiss bishop of the OldCatholic Church, Hans Gerny, but without result. So many invalid sacraments, so much disobedience, violence, sacrilege, disorder, irregularities, and not a single 'message' from tens of thousands of 'apparitions' has been directed towards eliminating these scandals, a strange thing indeed. I urge readers of The Record to consult the web site of the Diocese of Mostar. Bishop Peric is an outstanding Shepherd. He has approved English translations of a number of his homilies and statements concerning Medjugorje. Frank Calneggia Swan View
Medjugorje as I saw it
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ver the last two weeks I have had the opportunity to read people's opinions regarding the apparitions of Our Lady in Medjugorje. In the early 1990s my wife and I spent three days in Medjugorje while travelling through Europe. It was the highlight of our trip and certainly the most memorable. Arriving in Medjugorje, we saw hundreds, both young and old, walking the streets praying the Rosary. Masses were celebrated in various languages and the church was full on every occasion, to the point where people were standing outside. We saw so many young people standing in queues waiting for confessions being heard in many languages. To see people climbing Mount Krizevac while participating in the stations of the cross was inspiring. Some people climbed this hill on bare feet or even on their hands and knees. Paddbro Hill, which has a huge cross at the top, was also climbed by many on days with temperatures of 35 degrees or above. At night there was Benediction, the Rosary and talks on Our Lady. We could only be inspired by all of these professions of people's faith. So what does it matter if the events in Medjugorje are authentic or not? If this place moves people to express such devotion and love to Our Lady then it does not matter that the apparitions have not been officially recognised by the Bishops. In Australia we have devotions and processions in honour of Our Lady in many places where she has never appeared. John Paul II was asked what his thoughts on Medjugorje were and his response was, "Any devotion to Our Lady can only do good". Medjugorje was to us a place of peace, prayers and penance. So, it
dren were quite small (although not present at protests). In 1988 Right To Life deleted me from membership when I strongly favoured education above politics as a means to advance the pro-life cause, rather than relying on a numbers crunch. Well the rest is history and we lost the battle in Victoria. I am afraid that personal egos and some misguided policies took precedence and it still goes on. Nevertheless we must continue and will do so. Keep up the good work. You give much inspiration to readers and thank you for your efforts. Maureen Federico Frankston
does not matter if this place is officially recognised, as it is already a place that radiates a deep sense of faith among all those who visit. Peter Even Yanchep
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ather Fitzsimons is mistaken, ( The Record, 2 September 2009). The new wording of the 'Order of the Mass' is inclusive, it's those suffering linguistic ignorance who are on the outer. From the dawn of human thought, words which had definite meanings have been carried forward to our own time but carelessness in language has often obscured their meaning. During the last 150 years or so linguistic specialists have done marvellous detective work uncovering the many threads that bind the human languages together. Words from the Proto-IndoEuropean languages have survived with remarkably little change until the present, especially pronouns, verbs and those words directly related to the human person and the environment. One is 'man', which is directly derived from the Sanskrit manu, and which has remained virtually unchanged in its form and its meaning till the present time: a human being. There are also specific words that indicate human gender. Sanskrit has vira, which in the Anglo Saxon environment shows up as: 'wee in werman for a male, and a derivative `wir in wifman, which evolved into 'woman', for a female. The specific 'maleness' that relates to sexual prowess and a certain aggressiveness expressed in Sanskrit as vira and in Latin as viru, found its way into the Anglo Saxon language with the term 'virile': Nowhere, in any shape or form has 'man' ever been used, legitimately, to indicate the male sex; it came about through a typical Anglo Saxon sloppiness in language. I don't disagree with the anger of feminists, only with their destructive methodology. Feminists should have insisted on the revival of the term (\german', contrasting with 'woman', to indicate maleness, rather than wasting energy on trying to erase the word 'man' from the English language. A medieval Anglo Saxon legend, speaking of the martyrdom of St Agatha, reports that her last prayer was: 'I thank you God that You have made me a man': Matt Bruekers Lesmurdie Editor's note: Do not be afraid! A number of letters, notably on Medjugorje and inclusive language in the Mass were received and, space permitting, will appear in forthcoming editions.
September 9 2009, The Record
James and tviaggit- o'Brien's descendants gather on August 30 at the little chapel of ease designed CY. MCC ,onn Hawes - a chapel over 200 of them restored l- y raising $10,000.
Powerhouse family unites • By Anthony Barich
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over 500 descendIrish of ants migrants Michael Hanora and O'Brien will gather in Geraldton for a historic family reunion. But to many of them, it won't be as important as a much smaller annual gathering in a tiny chapel in the middle of nowhere, 30km east of the regional centre. On August 30, The Record was invited to a comparatively smaller but intimate and emotionally-charged gathering at St James Chapel, Kojarena, nestled at the base of a hill on the property of James O'Brien, one of Michael and Hanora's sons. The gathering was to celebrate the restoration of St James' Chapel which over 200 descendants of James and wife Maggie's 11 children restored and saved from disrepair in 2007 by raising $10,000. Maggie fundraised by holding euchre (card) parties and raffles among the local community to help build the 'chapel of ease' that legendary priest-architect Monsignor John Hawes designed in 1933 and built two years later with locally quarried stones carted to the site by locals. By 1982 it stopped being used for weekly Mass due to priest shortages and, by 2007, termites had made inroads and birds had taken up residence inside. Pat Mills, one of James and Maggie's granddaughters, and her siblings marshalled their relatives and the chapel was restored. In 2007 and 2008, over 200 attended the Mass celebrated by Mullewa's Fr Michael Morrissey. They came from all over WA; many also came from the Eastern States. This year half that number attended due to age and infirmity but the younger generation are showing a renewed interest in celebrating their family's heritage, deeply steeped in a
Catholic culture. This year they came from Busselton, Bunbury, Bruce Rock, Mandurah, Perth, Walkaway, Mullewa, Northampton, Mingenew, Morawa, Kojarena, Geraldton and Darwin. And that was just a fraction of the descendants of Michael and Hanora O'Brien who migrated to Geraldton 150 years ago. The June 6 reunion will likely include many Geraldton families, as, of their six children, the four daughters married into the Driscoll, McGuinness, Stokes and Heelan families. Some of the descendants are legendary in the Pilbara, including Bernie Clune, a former Greenough Shire president before it was recently merged with the Shire of Geraldton. There's a road named after Bernie - relative of Perth Archbishop Patrick Clune down the road from St James' Chapel. It's something you could write a book about and one has been written. The 400 pager will be launched in November. Fr Michael Morrissey, who has known the family for years, is in a privileged position. Geraldton priests are lining up for the honour of celebrating the annual Mass at St James' Chapel. This year, as Fr Morrissey had a baptism to perform, Bluff Point parish priest Fr Brenton Taylor got a guernsey. He was honoured and joked that he may have shocked the crowd as he actually wasn't related. He said the Israelites fleeing captivity in the Mass reading are about as numerous as the O'Brien clan. "There's a saying up here that if you offend an 0 Brien, or a Griddle or a related family, you offend half of Geraldton," he told The Record. The Mass was a special opportunity to not only reminisce but to pray for their descendants, "on whose shoulders we stand. This part of the world would not have progressed if not for you and your descendants," he told the congregation. Since Pat Mills organised the event, the phone has been ringing off the hook with calls from cousins she had
rarely spoken to since her childhood but all of whom used to love their trips to grandma's house, down the hill from St James Chapel that was made from the same stone. Every Christmas they'd come together as kids and find somewhere in the house to sleep - a tough job considering how many of them there were. For a 90 year old granddaughter of James and Maggie who was attending, and for many others, it was very emotional. Some hadn't been there for over 50 years. The Record left mid-afternoon after sharing in the 11.30am Mass and subsequent picnic but about 20 cousins stayed on, telling tales around the campfire until 8pm. They loved watching their kids climb up the adjacent hillside just as they had all done as kids. "I told one older cousin who couldn't make it this year, "you'll have to be there for the June 6 reunion"; but he said the reunion doesn't mean as much as Kojarena'. The James O'Brien family was so close," said Pat, 74, one of about 58 grandchildren of James and Maggie. The event was a success, in more ways than one. After the chapel had fallen into disrepair prior to 2007, one couple at the August 30 picnic booked the church for their wedding; another for the baptism of their child. "Too often these old churches fall into disrepair, but it's an important part of our heritage Fr Taylor said. "But it's ideal for a baptism or a small, intimate wedding." To book the church, contact the Geraldton Cathedral office on 08 9921 3221. R ight - from top down: An O'Brien descendant reads during the August 30 Mass; children play on the hill near the chapel; Pat Mills with the accordion inscribed with her great-grandparents' names that was used during the celebrations 70 years ago.
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There's a growing range of products that claim astonishing results in aiding general health or treating oftenincurable diseases, and highlighting their connections with the faith of the Church. But can they really deliver? Maybe - maybe not. Such products include complementary medicines or dietary supplements and appear to claim success where science has either failed or not yet succeeded. DEIRDRE FLEMING looks at some recent appearances and reflects on whether their astonishing claims can be scientifically verified.
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The other way is to take the advice of Jesus in Matthew 10:16 when He said, "Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be cunning as snakes and yet innocent as doves." Or, as CS Lewis put it in Mere Christianity, "Many Christians have the idea that, provided you are 'good,' it does not matter being a fool. Christ never meant that we were to remain children in intelligence: on the contrary the fact that you are giving money to a charity does not mean that you need not try to find out whether that charity is a fraud or not." Obviously the same applies to medical claims. The only trouble is that most of us do not have the ability to assess the reliability of a medical claim. Let's use these two examples of so-called cancer treatments to give some guidelines about checking the facts.
hen Amy was pregnant with her second child, Benjamin, she noticed that a mole on her leg had increased in size. It turned out to be melanoma. That was five years ago and since then, Amy has undergone surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Not only has Amy received the conventional cancer treatments but friends have also encouraged her to try various alternative therapies. "Faith drops for instance. So many people have put a lot of pressure on me to use these because 'it's this miracle cure." The friends who tried to convince Amy to use Faith drops are described by her as "very religious Catholics." She observes that 1. Seek professional advice "somehow they have the perspective that According to Professor Gavin Frost, Dean conventional medicine is the greater evil of Medicine at Notre Dame University, and that God gave us everything that we Fremantle, if patients are offered a quesneeded in nature. My argument was that tionable cancer treatment, their first step that's a New Age ideology." should be "to seek the advice of their cancer People struggling with cancer are often specialist." swamped with suggestions from well meanBy this he means "someone who has ing friends about treatments that hold undergone probably 15 years of training out hope for their recovery. How is one to as a specialist in cancer. Specialist training separate the wheat from the chaff when occurs around six years after you graduate assessing possible remedies, especially from medical school - and probably longer when every treatment carries with it an - and (involves) an additional three to four opportunity cost? With a limited amount years." Therefore a chiropractor, naturopath of money to spend, which treatment is the or any other health professional does not most beneficial? qualify unless they have undergone equivaAnd what is one to think when cancer lent training. cures claim to have the support of the 2. Find out if the drug is listed Church? In January this year, Zenit, the Catholic Newsagency which specialises in Is the drug listed by Australia's Therapeutic reporting on the Holy See, ran an article Goods Administration (TGA). "If it's a on a product called CellAdam which purcomplementary medicine and if it's makportedly had a "75 per cent success rate in ing a therapeutic claim, then it needs to be treating cancer". on the Australian Register of Therapeutic In an interview with Zenit reporter Goods in order to be supplied to the pubEdward Pentin, Maria Delgarno, public lic," explains an advisor with the TGA. relations officer for the company behind According to her, neither CellAdam nor this product and also a member of Avemar is listed. Focolare, said, "We feel in a lot of ways that That does not mean you can't use them Our Lady has really inspired us. We put - you can buy them for personal use but it our work daily under the protection of Our is illegal to sell them to others. "It's actually Lady." really to allow the public to have access to According to Zenit, the manufacturers of medicines that are not available in Australia CellAdam, Biostemworld, were negotiating - or I guess it's more about respecting the with a religious order which "has 400 canpatient's right to import. A person can cer researchers in Italy to carry out human import any therapeutic product that they and animal research on the medicine." wish to provided that it's not included on Due to commercial sensitivities they the Prohibited Imports List that is adminiswouldn't name the order, and attempts by tered by Customs." So why is Avemar being The Record to contact them since have elicmarketed in Australia by the Queensland ited no response. company, Medimpex? Surely they have Another product, Avemar, also uses heard of the TGA's requirements? divine intervention as a selling point. 3. What is in these products? According to the alternative medicine magazine, Townsend Letter, the developer Avemar is a fermented wheat germ extract while CellAdam is variously described as of this product, Mate Hidvegi, "being a devout Catholic, prayed to Mary, Mother a fatty acid complex and a lipopolyamine of God, for guidance and an investor: 'Ave complex extracted from sunflower and soy. Maria, if it is your will that this research These products fit into that group of reashould be continued, please send an invessonably new, ten-year-old group of foods which claim some pharmaceutical, drugtor.— The next day, an entrepreneur whom Dr Hidvegi had never met offered him the like properties, the so-called nutraceuticals. necessary funding. In thanks, he named his And it is also clear that most of the regulanew product "Avemar." tory authorities don't know what to do with Its Australian website cites "more than them. Since they are extracts of common 100 published papers" which review the (and easily available) foods, one wonders extract and have been published in "prestig- why their price tag is so high. ious journals." It then links to pages of research data on 4. Research the studies the compound's anti-tumour, anti-metaThe link to research papers on the Avemar static and immunomodulatory effects, with website produces dozens of seemingly scithe obvious implication that this product entific references, some of which have ceris a successful cancer treatment. There are tainly been published in technical journals. two ways for Catholics to respond to such Intriguing phrases abound, such as "attenuclaims: one is to accept them on trust simates the growth of sensitive and 5-FdUrd/ ply because of their invocation of divine Ara-C cross-resistant H9 human lymphoma assistance. cells through induction of apoptosis."
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The most important questions, however, are whether there have been any Phase III clinical trials that are (a) randomised; (b) double-blind and (c) placebo controlled? Randomised means that the drug is randomly allocated to subjects. 'Placebo controlled' means that half of the subjects will receive a harmless sugar pill and half will receive the test drug. Placebo-controlled studies counter the placebo effect where the patient's expectations of the drug's effectiveness can influence his or her reaction to it. "We know up to 30 per cent of people will be better if you give them an unnamed medication which actually contains no active ingredient," explains Professor Frost. Double-blind indicates that neither the doctor nor the patient knows whether the drug being administered is the test drug or a placebo. A Phase III study is a large scale study which has been carried out to determine a drug's effectiveness compared with whatever the current 'gold standard' of treatment is considered to be. This usually involves 300 to 3000 people. To obtain approval from the TGA in Australia for conventional pharmaceuticals, there must be at least two successful Phase III trials demonstrating a drug's safety and efficiency. For complementary medicines, however, (into which category both Avemar and CellAdam would fit) the situation is less clear. For example, with traditional medicines, the applicant may only need to provide evidence that the substance has been used traditionally for a specific health-related purpose for at least three generations. As far as can be ascertained at the time of writing no clinical trials have been carried out on CellAdam Sifting through the 100 or so published papers on Avemar, however, I found two papers that could be classed as clinical trials, one researching its effect on rheumatoid arthritis and one investigating its effect on high-risk skin melanoma patients (see table). Neither of these was a Phase III or definitive study and both were open-label, ie both the doctors and the patients knew what they were receiving. Therefore, the findings take no account of the conditioning effects which are known to occur in
the sample size was small. "I would like to know how the people were chosen for each group: were they randomly allocated or did they, by design or by chance, choose to place people with a greater likelihood of long term survival into one group rather than the other? "For example, if one group was bedbound and given the apparently active ingredient then they're not the same group as the people who walked to the surgery to get it. There are all these things we would look at in research methodology to see if you're comparing like with like before they make sweeping statements like 44 months (overall survival) in one group and 66 in the other. Is that a real difference?I don't know. The results for the treatment group fit within the confidence interval of the control group which means that it is possible that some of the people in the control group - those without the Avemar - might have done just as well." Furthermore, the rheumatoid arthritis study using Avemar was carried out by the manufacturer of the drug and has not yet
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APPARENTLY ASTONISHING results claimed by medicines or complementary therapies hold great attraction for all of us, especially when we're ill. The interest is particularly strong for Catholics when such products claim a 'Catholic' pedigree. But Perth public health researcher Deirdre Fleming urges caution in assessing their claims. Such products may work or may not be as effective as they claim. The absence of standard forms of scientific assessment means they should be treated PHOTO- PETER ROSENGREN cautiously, she writes.
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(including labels) for therapeutic goods must not contain, expressly or by implication, a representation regarding the treatment, cure or prevention of neoplastic (cancerous) diseases. The only exception to this is the claim usually found on sunscreen lotions regarding the prevention of skin cancer by the use of 15+ sunscreens. As mentioned above, Avemar's Australian website links to dozens of research papers describing Avemar's trials in cancer treatment. The website also uses in its head tags - words used by internet search engines to find sites - a host of words related to cancer treatment. "I'd have to have it investigated," we were informed by Neil Branch from the Federal Health Department when we queried the legality of this. "If they're in breach of law I'd have to take legal advice on that and also speak to the investigations unit of the TGA and the Advertising Standards Council." According to the TGA advisor, "if they're saying it's supposed to help with health and wellbeing, that's not really making a therapeutic claim; that's not saying it's treating cancer, etc so there is a grey area in terms of how they're making the claim. It depends on how good they are at sidestepping the Advertising Act."
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non-blinded studies. In addition to this, it is important to note that the application of Avemar in the melanoma study involved only 26 subjects and was used as a concurrent therapy together with chemotherapy but it did not replace the chemotherapy. "There are a couple of questions as a professionalI would ask," says Professor Frost. "Is that difference significant given the small number of people involved? Otherwise, it's a bit like saying he tossed coins and got three heads;I tossed coins and got two heads. Well, you know, if we'd kept tossing, things might have been very different. Professor Frost also noted that
been confirmed by a study independent of the manufacturer. The melanoma study does not disclose who the study's sponsors are. Add to this the fact that both clinical studies have emanated from Eastern Europe (Hungary and Russia), an area of the globe not renowned for regulatory robustness, making the picture more cloudy. Further independent studies carried out in places such as Europe, Australia, Japan or the US, for example, would assist potential users to reach conclusions.
5. The Therapeutic Goods Act?
According to the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code 2007, advertisements
I XTEEN-YEAR-OLD shortstop Miguel Sano is the hottest prospect that US baseball scouts have seen in a long, long time. But nearly six weeks into the international signing season, he is still cooling his heels in the Dominican Republic. Why? Because baseball's impresarios want to check whether he is really 16. If he is 19, a s some suspect, he could be much less valuable. "In the eyes of baseball, there's a huge difference between 16 and 19 years old," an international scout told the New York Times. "It's night and day:' Mr Sano is being asked to have DNA testing to check whether he is really the child of his parents and a bone scan to determine his age. His sister is also being tested as a cross-check. A lot is at stake. If he really is a youthful 16, he will have at least six suitors and a good crack at a US$3 million contract. But this alarms some bioethicists. Is DNA testing being used for discriminatory purposes? A s the Times notes, the new Genetic Information N ondiscrimination Act (GINA), which is scheduled to take effect in November, prohibits US companies from making DNA testing a condition of employment. The information could be used to determine susceptibility to disease or ill-health. Some ethicists think that Mr Sano's case is different: it's a matter of protection against identity fraud. But others say that baseball authorities could use the genetic information to see whether they are getting a healthy player. "It's a tough area to figure morally and in all kinds of directions,"one scout told the Times. "Can they test susceptibility to cancer? I don't know if they're doing any of that. But I know they're looking into trying to figure out susceptibility to injuries, things like that. If they come up with a test that shows someone's connective tissue is at a high risk of not holding up, can that be used? I don't know. I do think that's where this is headed." Since GINA has not come into effect yet, it is unclear whether it will be against the law to do genetic testing on foreigners. In any case, the baseball player who set the record for most career grand slams of all time would never have passed a DNA test. His name was Lou Gehrig and he is remembered today as much for giving his name to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as his sporting prowess.
One can reasonably assume that if one is being charged a seemingly high amount for a fermented wheat germ extract - not usually considered technically challenging from a manufacturing perspective (for example, Vegemite) then the product may be untrustworthy in other areas as well. Medimpex's website advertises Avemar at $239 for a pack of 30 x 17g, which amounts to $469 per kg. Celladam is even more expensive: US$65.50 for 15m1, which comes to $4,367 per kg - not your everyday sunflower oil. The Catechism of the Catholic Church's exhortation that "recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify ... the exploitation of another's credulity" (2117) would
probably apply equally to complementary medicines and pharmaceutical quackery in general. It is one thing to exploit another's gullibility but an order of magnitude worse to exploit those who are already weakened by illness. Fortunately, Zenit issued a disclaimer a few days after the original CellAdam report by journalist Edward Pentin, saying that Zenit "cannot and does not officially endorse the treatment" and that the writer "had been impressed by the faith and sincerity of the company's Catholic directors." The lesson is that those impressed by apparently remarkable medical cures should always be cautious, prudent and wary. While the reports may be correct, they also might not. Chaucer's corrupt 14th century Pardoner makes money by preying on the poor with his fake relics, which included pigs' bones. "And in a glas he hadde pigges bones. But with thise relikes, whan that he fond A povre person dwellynge upon lond, Upon a day he gat hym moore moneye Than that the person gat in monthes tweye; And thus, with feynedflaterye and japes, He made the person and the peple his apes." In fact, it is surprising that there are not a great number of unscrupulous businesses exploiting the ready-made Catholic market of around one billion souls. Having fallen into the modern myth that faith and reason are incompatible, purveyors of snake oil assume that the corollary of this is, "If Christians believe in miracles, why not miracle cures?" But, of course, when we hope for miracles, we should not expect them to come with a price tag.
DEIRDRE FLEMING is a former Science educator currently undertaking postgraduate studies in Public Health at Curtin University in Perth.
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Light at Midnight Tony Paganoni, Scalabrinian
Across denominational and ethnic boundaries. t is not only within the Catholic Church that a re-awakening is taking place. Some of the Catholic lay movements which have been already mentioned trace their origin to the charismatic movement which grew parallel with the Pentecostal and charismatic movements within Protestantism. Outside the Roman Catholic Church, other Christian bodies have also offered imaginative responses to the grim forecasts about the Christian future. The growing revivalist movement in Germany is one such example. It is called Pro-Christ and it makes extensive use of electronic mediurns. a., ' It holds revivals at central locations which are then broadcast to thousands of local centres scattered across the European continent. Most studies place Great Britain and the Netherlands at the leading edge of European secularisation. And yet some of Britain's most flourishing evangelical congregations either are Anglicans or involve Anglican alliances with other traditions, such as non-conformist churches that were once so powerful a force in British politics and culture. Reports on the collapse of Christianity neglect the growing number of immigrant churches, a gathering force for African, Asian and Latin American immigrants. In the face of the most alarmist view of the fate of Christianity among Europe's old-stock white populations, these thriving new churches represent an exciting development. Some enthusiastic observers have called it a new evangelisation! The story runs across denominational and ethnic boundaries in England, France, Belgium, Germany and other European countries. In Italy, during the last three decades, close to 1000 places of worship and fellowship have been set up and run by the Catholic Church for Catholic immigrants. These stand alongside or are connected with the network of parish facilities. The same story is repeated in Spain and Portugal. There have been some controversies surrounding the beginning of these new experiments in Catholic traditions, but the results are there for anyone to see. If Australia has been born out of different waves of immigrants, so has the Catholic Church, which numbers close to half its members from ethnic origins other than the AngloIrish initial stock. Are these developments looked upon optimistically as an opportunity for growth or, adversely, considered a mild nuisance? In the Australian context, is the ground on which intercultural exchanges occur, even if at times marred by misunderstandings and mutual suspicion, to be viewed as holy ground or a minefield? To be continued...
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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.
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n the morning I pray for the conversion of my family, the sick and myself.I say all those special prayers for the souls in purgatory because I'm banking on them helping me - it's a two-way street. On Mondays, I usually go to Mass and Adoration. Tuesdays, I do Mass and Rosary. Wednesdays, I attend a Latin Mass if I can. Thursdays, I pray with a Charismatic prayer group. Fridays I attend a wonderful prayer group out at Maddington. Saturdays, I do a Novena. Sundays, I attend a Latin Mass.
I am into everything. So long as God's there I am there. I love the Latin Mass. I can sense God there. When it's the sung Mass I say to Him, "I don't want to be anywhere else but whereIam right now." I loved it as a child and I love it now as an adult. I can be moved to tears because it is just so beautiful. In the mid-80s I became a member of the Australian Labor Party. Around 1995 I resigned from the ALP because of its pro-choice legislation amongst other issues. This year I joined the Democratic Labor Party. I love Australia and I hate to see what is happening to the Church. In the last couple of months I have been getting a message in my head when I attend Adoration. The message is, "Lead my people." I am passionately pro-life and I think God is asking me to lead others in this cause. Recently I spoke at a Marian Movement Cenacle. My talk was on the need for Catholics to stand up against abortion. Father Paul Fox encouraged us to do so during Mass that same day. It was like a confirmation that I was on the right track. I am starting a petition for amend-
ments to pro-choice legislation addressed to the West Australian Legislative Assembly.I want every Christian to sign. It is our right to do so. The pro-choice stance is unconstitutional and a breach of liberty which includes the right to life. If the baby lives before an abortion and this is verified by the doctor present, the mother is entitled to a bereavement payment. If our Members of Parliament don't believe abortion causes the death of a baby, why is that so? It is a baby. It is life from the very beginning. Those wishing to sign the petition can contact me on 9440 3661. The undersigned will be using their legal and lawful duty to let Parliament know their will. I plan to present the petition to Parliament in person by May 26, 2010. I would like to arrange a rally and Mass that same day. Why should we give politicians the right to decide life or death? Before facing those who legalise this culture of death I always say my Hail Mary's. I find that the words just flow and believe it's God speaking. I know I can't do it alone. I want people to understand their rights and know that we are in control, not the politicians. In the constitution it is written that the law must be humbly interpreted according to God's principles. Knowing the constitution will help people know that God is with them. We must reclaim our faith. If you have a story to tell please contact Debbie via dwarrier754gmail.com
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God First Loved Us. A friend of mine - I'll call him "Joe" - recently came to me in distress asking me to help him process the counsel he had been receiving from a Catholic therapist. "You need to love God more was his therapist's repeated advice. Sounds fine. Don't we all? But as Joe shared more, I began to understand why his stomach was in knots. Joe is a man profoundly in touch with that deep "ache" in his soul, that human desire for happiness, love, fulfilment. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church makes clear, this yearning "is of divine origin: God has placed it in the human heart in order to draw man to the One who alone can fulfill it" (CCC 1718). Like most of us, though, Joe, by his own admission, has looked to fulfill that desire in wrong ways. One of his goals in going to a Catholic therapist was to learn how to direct his desire rightly. Over several sessions, the impression Joe got from the therapist was that his hunger, his "need" itself was the problem and somehow it needed to be annihilated. His therapist said he was being selfcentred; he shouldn't be thinking about his desire at all but should focus on serving God more, on loving God more. Of course, we often are self-centred and need to focus more on God. Acknowledging that, Joe tried dutifully to put his therapist's counsel into practice. It didn't work. And the more his therapist insisted that he "love God
more," the more Joe felt like a failure, until one day Joe erupted: "I can't love God more! I try and try but I don't have it in me." Joe is right. In and of ourselves, we aren't able to love God. Our loving God can only be a return of the love he pours out on us. "This is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us" (1 Jn 4:10). As the Catechism states, "God's initiative of love always comes first; our own first step is always a response" (CCC 2567). My point here is not to pounce on Joe's therapist. There may well be more to the story. Rather, Joe's situation presents the opportunity to reflect on a widespread "trap" we're prone to in the spiritual life - the trap of thinking it's up to us to "be good", to "be holy", to "love God more." When we think this way we're actually forgetting our basic status as creatures. In his book Faith, Hope, Love (1997, Ignatius Press), Catholic philosopher Josef Pieper put it this way: "Need-love, whose goal is its own fulfilment, is also the nucleus and the beginning in all our
loving. It is ... set in motion by the act that created us. Hence, it is fundamentally impossible for us to control it, let alone annul it." "The call for an utterly disinterested, unmotivated ... love that wishes to receive nothing ... simply rests upon a misunderstanding of man as he really is. "The error, it must be noted, consists not so much in mistaking man's empirical imperfection as in failing to recognise that the human condition is that of a created being." In other words, this deep need that Joe experiences is not the result of some stubborn imperfection that he must strive to overcome. It's something God put there to lead Joe to heaven: that is, to invite Joe to open himself to divine love, the one and only thing that satisfies the ache. We have nothing to offer God (or anyone else for that matter) that we have not first received. This is why, in the biblical analogy of spousal love, we are always the "bride" (even men!) and God is always the bridegroom. For, according to the theology of our bodies, the bride is the one who receives the gift of the bridegroom and conceives life within. As John Paul II put it in his Theology of the Body (Pauline), "the husband is above all the one who loves and the wife ... is the one who is loved" (92:6). So, how can we love God more? By letting him first love us more. How can we serve God more? By letting him first serve us more. For Christ came not to be served, but to serve (see Mt 20:28). We must let him serve us. We must let him wash our feet" or we can have "no part in him" (Jn 13:8). Mary is the one who shows us how to receive this kind of love, this kind of service. Mary, Mother of God, pray for my friend Joe that he would learn how to open his desire to the One alone who can satisfy it, just as you did. Amen.
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How do you fit 100 Pikachu onto a bus? Poke 'em on! What do you call a low fat Pokemon? Butterfree! Which Pokemon can you order at an Italian restaurant? Pizzachu!
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Which Pokemon would you get if you put a parrot into a washing machine? Polly-whirl! (Poliwhirl) What did Pikachu say when it was playing hide'n'seek with Togepi? Peek-a-choo! Why didn't Chikorita cross the road? Because it was chicken. Who are the two most famous people in the whole world? Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, since they have Pokemon named after them (Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan) Annabelle Ring, 5, of Good Shepherd Primary School.
What's Pikachu's favourite dessert? Shock tarts! What's Pikachu's favourite treat? Shock-chip cookies. What do naughty Pikachu do? Peek-at-chu [= Peek at you]
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What does the word 'Bible' mean? A derivative of the Latin, biblia, meaning collection of books.
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September 9 2009, The Record
THE WORLD
The Kennedy funeral: our latest scandal • Comment By Phil Lawler
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week after the death of Ted Kennedy, the relevant question is not whether the Massachusetts Senator deserved a Catholic funeral but whether he deserved a ceremony of public acclamation so grand and sweeping that it might, to the untutored observer, have seemed more like an informal canonisation. We cannot know the state of Ted Kennedy's soul when he finally succumbed to brain cancer. We are told that he was visited regularly by a priest in his last days; we assume that he made a sincere confession and received absolution. We can and should and do pray that he receives the same sort of merciful judgement that we wish for ourselves. That indeed is the purpose of a Catholic funeral: not to honour the deceased but to pray for the salvation of his soul. Yet, that central purpose was never acknowledged during the long, elaborate ceremony last Saturday in Boston's basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help: the beautiful structure known to local residents as Mission Church. From the first greeting to the final commendation, the ceremony was a celebration of Kennedy's life and his public career. There was never a hint that Kennedy might need prayers, that his eternal salvation could be in question - that he, like the rest of us sinners, can only rely on the compassion of an all-merciful God. On the contrary, at several points during the service, priests and eulogists stated flatly that Ted Kennedy was already in heaven, enjoying the rewards of a virtuous life. The great, unanswered question hanging over the congregation in Mission Church, and in the minds of the millions who watched the funeral Mass on television, was how the Catholic Church could arrange such a highly public tribute to a man who, over the years, was arguably the most powerful political opponent of the Catholic position on the central moral issue of our time: the battle to protect human life. Boston's archdiocesan newspaper, The Pilot, muddled that point in its coverage of Kennedy's death. The story began: "Senator Edward M Kennedy, who died late August. 25 at the age of 77, stood firmly on the side of the Catholic Church on a wide range of issues from immigration reform to the minimum wage during his 47 years as a US senator from Massachusetts. "But the youngest son of one of the nation's most famous Catholic families ran into criticism from leaders of the US Catholic Church for his stand on abortion:' That story is misleading in two important respects. First, there is no single Catholic position on questions like immigration reform and the minimum wage; these are issues on which loyal Catholics can and do differ. Second, regarding the clear moral issue of abortion, the Pilot story does not forthrightly say that Kennedy's stand was tragically wrong but only that he "ran into criticism." Thus the archdiocesan newspaper almost trivialised the problem. But the millions of observers who watched the funeral did not make the same mistake. All America saw that the Catholic Church was prepared to honour a politician who flouted clear, direct, and repeated public statements from the hierarchy.
A strong argument can be made for the proposition that Senator Kennedy should not have been allowed a Catholic funeral - not because of his personal failings but because his public stands put him in conflict with the Church. Unlike private sins, which can be absolved in sacramental Confession, serious public sins require some form of public amendment to address the scandal that they create. Ted Kennedy never recanted his support for abortion and so he remained in open conflict with his Church. To allow a public funeral for him meant allowing the perception that the Church is not really serious about the abortion issue and thus creating a new public scandal. But Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley did not accept that line of reasoning and his opinion was the only one that mattered. There would be a public funeral. (In order to avoid still further scandal, the funeral organisers did prevent television cameras from showing which of the prominent people in attendance received Communion.) Although he did not mention Senator Kennedy's abortion advocacy during the funeral itself, while the television cameras were on him, Cardinal O'Malley did raise the issue later in an entry on his blog at the archdiocesan web site. He acknowledged that some Catholics felt a public funeral was inappropriate, but added: "In the strongest terms I disagree with that position" The cardinal went on to warn that "zeal can lead people to issue harsh judgements and impute the worst motives to one another:' Then, in a harsh judgement of his own, he added that those zealots by implication the ones inveighing against the Kennedy funeral - "do irreparable damage to the communion of the Church:' While he preserved his silence on the great unanswered question during the funeral, on his blog Cardinal O'Malley's approach was revealing: "Given the profound effect of Catholic social teaching on so many of the programs and policies espoused by Senator Kennedy and the millions who benefitted [sic] from them, there is a tragic sense of lost opportunity in his lack of support for the unborn." A "lost opportunity?" A "great disappointment?" The cardinal's language suggests that Kennedy's failure lay only in what he failed to do to save the lives of the unborn. In fact, Senator Kennedy never lost any opportunity to advance the cause of unrestricted abortion on demand. He compiled a "perfect" 100 per cent voting record, as judged by the abortion industry. He savaged Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, denouncing the legal scholar especially for his prolife views. He accepted the "Champion of Choice" award from the National Abortion Rights Action League. During his wake at Boston's Kennedy Library, a woman wearing a "fetal feet" lapel pin was stopped at the door and informed that prolifers would not be allowed to view the Senator's casket. Nor was abortion the only issue on which Senator Kennedy fought against the moral directives of the Church. He was also a stalwart supporter of embryonic stem-cell research. He encouraged the export of contraceptives to needy countries, and their distribution among American teens. He indicated his sympathy for "right to die" legislation that would pave the way for euthanasia. He was a strong
Boston Cardinal Sean P O'Malley presides over the prayers of final commendation during the funeral Mass for Sen. Edward M Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston on August 29. PHOTO. CNS/BRIAN SNYDER, REUTERS
advocate for legal recognition of same-sex unions. After his death, the Boston gay newspaper Bay Windows revealed that Senator Kennedy had made a series of quiet phone calls to persuade state lawmakers that they should scuttle a citizen's petition to reaffirm traditional marriage - thus thwarting the democratic process, denying citizens their constitutional rights and enshrining homosexual relationships as the legal equivalent of sacred matrimony.
"No rational person can reasonably be expected to take seriously Catholic opposition to abortion when a champion of the Culture of Death, who repeatedly betrayed the faith of his baptism, is lauded and extolled by priests and prelates in a Marian basilica." Maybe Catholic leaders wished to overlook the Senator's public stands, but his political allies did not. At the time of his death, the leading public advocates of legal abortion and homosexual rights extolled Kennedy as their greatest legislative champion. His intense and enduring support for their causes was not an incidental matter - not a minor aspect of his legislative record. Ted Kennedy was universally acknowledged as a public foe of Catholic teachings. So in honouring him at Mission Church, Catholic leaders sent out a very disturbing message to the world: a message that could even be construed as surrender. CJ Doyle of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts issued a statement that was withering in its intensity, but persuasive in its logic: "No rational person can reasonably be expected to take seriously Catholic opposition to abortion when a champion of the Culture of Death, who repeatedly betrayed the faith of his baptism, is lauded and extolled by priests and prelates in a Marian basilica:' When the funeral cortege left Boston, and arrived in Arlington, Virginia, for the burial service, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick made yet another effort to cam-
ouflage the political impact of Kennedy's public career and to downplay the importance of the abortion issue. Without actually mentioning abortion directly, the retired Archbishop of Washington said: "Sometimes, we who were his friends and had affection for him would get mad at him when he roared at what we believed was the wrong side of an issue which was important to us, but we always were touched by his passion for the underdog, for the rights of working people, for better education and for adequate health care for every American:' Well, not "every American," your Eminence. Not the unborn. By identifying abortion only as "an issue which was important to us," Cardinal McCarrick managed to convey the impression that this was a pleasant disagreement among friends, rather than a desperate battle to prevent the slaughter of innocent children. And the cardinal continued to build on that impression by quoting, with evident approval, from the letter that the ailing Senator Kennedy had sent to Pope Benedict XVI earlier this year. In that letter Kennedy had said: "Ihave always tried to be a faithful Catholic, Your Holiness, and though Ihave fallen short through human failings, I have never failed to believe and respect the fundamental teachings:' By quoting that passage without correcting it - without pointing out that Kennedy did not respect the fundamental teachings of the Church regarding the sanctity of human life and the duties of Catholic politicians - Cardinal McCarrick implicitly gave his endorsement to the late Senator's warped idea of the responsibilities of a Catholic legislator. Cardinal McCarrick revealed only portions of Kennedy's letter to the Holy Father. We don't know what other sentiments the late Senator might have expressed, what requests he might have made to the Pontiff. But we do know, from bitter experience, that Cardinal McCarrick is perfectly capable of withholding certain key portions of a letter in order to advance his own side of an argument. In 2004, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote to the American bishops, advising that prominent Catholics who "reject the doctrine of the Church" should not receive the Eucharist. That statement was clearly addressed to the situation of politicians who supported legal abor-
tion: politicians like Ted Kennedy, in fact. But Cardinal McCarrick, to whom the Ratzinger letter was addressed, did not convey that message to his brother bishops in the US; instead he presented them with a bowdlerised version of the letter, carefully vetted to suggest that the Vatican had not recommended withholding Communion from abortion advocates. On the occasion of Kennedy's funeral, however, Cardinal McCarrick did not censor a letter from the Vatican. Quite the contrary. The cardinal read a letter from the Vatican Secretary of State, creating the impression that it was a friendly personal letter from the Pope. Yet avin, the net result of the cardinal s action was to suggest that the Church - in this instance the Pope - retained a warm sympathy for Senator Kennedy despite his support for the culture of death. Actually, Pope Benedict has avoided any public comment whatsoever on Senator Kennedy's death. Presumably, the Pontiff has his reasons for choosing to be silent and indeed it is not difficult to imagine what those reasons might be. If only the American hierarchy had opted for a similar silence - praying for the soul of Ted Kennedy, certainly, but not extolling his public life - the Church might have avoided another grave public scandal. Courtesy of Catholicculture.org. Printed with permission
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Cross removals Cardinal Odilo Scherer of Sao Paulo has blasted a proposal to remove religious symbols in Brazil's largest city. "The state's secular status is invoked too often and too easily, and in a mistaken way. Surely it does not authorise the repression of ideas or religious manifestations, unless they are clearly criminal, as in the case of incitement to violence or the promotion of dishonest acts. Nor could it promote the discrimination of citizens who profess a religion, denying them free access to public functions or to its exercise:' An estimated 84% of Brazil's population is Catholic.
September 9 2009, The Record
THE WORLD
Legionaries recovering from scandal
Fr Marcia! Made? Degollado, founder of the Legionaries of Christ, greets Pope John Paul ll in St Peter's Square in this 2000 file photo. Pope Benedict XVI has ordered an apostolic visitation of the institutions of the Legionaries of Christ following disclosures of sexual impropriety by Fr Made?. PHOTO' CNS/CATHOLIC PRESS
Legionaries' letter to lay members details reforms order has made. • By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON (CNS) The Legionaries of Christ have initiated a number of reforms since publicly acknowledging on February 4 that the order's founder, Mexican Fr Marcial Maciel Degollado, fathered a child, two US Legionaries priests said in a letter to members of the order's lay association, Regnum Christi. The reforms include the training of Legionaries on best practices when dealing with minors to protect children from sex abuse; reconfiguring business and management practices; and altering the depiction of Fr Maciel in the order's communications, including Web sites and publications, Fr Scott Reilly, director of the order's Atlanta territory, and Fr Julio Marti, director of the New York territory, wrote on September 1. In February, Legionaries' officials said they had only recently learned their late founder had fathered a child. In the past, Fr Maciel had been accused of sexually abusing young seminarians in the order. Fr Maciel died on January 30, 2008 at 87. In May 2006 the Vatican decided after its own investigation against conducting a canonical trial, but rather ordered the then-frail Fr Maciel to withdraw to a life of prayer and penance. The two priests acknowledged that more recent allegations of "other relationships and other children" have been made, but they declined to comment specifically about them. "Given the partial nature of the information available and the impossibility to evaluate immediately and in a definitive manner these complex allegations, the Legion of Christ cannot, at this time, make a statement regarding them," the priests wrote. While mentioning the Vaticanordered apostolic visitation the order is undergoing, the letter offered few details of the proc-
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ess, which began on July 15. The priests said Archbishop Charles J Chaput of Denver will be visiting Legionaries' seminaries and religious houses in the US, but offered no timeline for the visits or a date when his report will be forwarded to the Vatican. Tracy Murphy, associate director of communications for the Archdiocese of Denver, said on September 4 details of the visitation are being kept confidential. Jim Fair, US spokesman for the order, told CNS on September 4 the letter was sent to Regnum Christi members to provide an update on what the order was doing since it became public that Fr Maciel had fathered a child. He said the letter was sent to offer "reassurance to our members because it obviously has been a real challenging time:' The six-page letter, posted on www.legionariesofchrist.org, was sent after a visit to the US by Legionaries Fr Alvaro Corcuera, director general of the order and of Regnum Christi, who presided over the August 29 profession of vows of a group of novices and men religious in Cheshire, Connecticut. Fr Marti and Fr Reilly offered an apology to "all those who have been harmed or scandalised by (Fr Maciel's) actions. To all, we extend a special apology on behalf of the legion and our general director, Fr Alvaro Corcuera, who has, in fact, begun to reach out personally and in private to those he knows may have suffered most, offering his heartfelt apology and consolation:' They did not address specific allegations against Fr Maciel. Recognising that "this unexpected turn of events has been traumatic," the priests also acknowledged that many with Legionaries of Christ connections have experienced "shock, anger, disbelief, denial and fear:' "These emotions, the vast tangle of information, supposition, speculation and opinion, the different cultural sensitivities and the Christian duty not to publicise the sins of others, have made it difficult to publish the sort of direct statement that many expected of us," the priests said. "What we do learn, we will address, respecting the privacy of those who request it of us."
Church's AIDS fight in South Africa impresses US prelates
Women cheer as Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde on March 17. The Pope said that the Catholic Church can help bring answers to the continent's chronic problems, including poverty, AIDS and tribalism.
PHOTO: CNS/ALESSIA GIULIANI, CATHOLIC PRESS
US bishops' delegation impressed with AIDS work in southern Africa. • By Bronwen Dachs PRETORIA, South Africa (CNS) - Members of a US Catholic bishops' delegation visiting southern Africa said they were impressed with the Church-run programs that treat and care for AIDS orphans and those infected with HIV. Bishop John C Wester of Salt Lake City said he was particularly "touched by the number of volunteers" involved in the efforts, noting that they "make it possible to get the services to the people" who need them. The bishop was part of a US bishops' delegation visiting southern Africa from August 26 to September 6. Participants visited Zimbabwe from August 26 to 28, then travelled to South Africa, where most remained until September 6. Cardinal Theodore E McCarrick, retired Archbishop of Washington who joined the delegation on August 31, and several others travelled to the landlocked kingdom
Catholic book urges prayer before sex LONDON (CNS) - A prayer for couples to recite "before making love" has been included in a new British book of prayers for married couples. The 64-page Prayer Book for Spouses contains prayers for every station of family and married life, including engagement, planning a family, raising children and caring for sick and dying relatives. The booklet, published by the Catholic Truth Society, a London-based publisher and charity, also includes a "Prayer Before Making Love:' The prayer reads: "Father, send your Holy Spirit into our hearts. Place within us love that truly gives, tenderness that truly unites, self-offering that tells
of Swaziland and saw households where orphaned teenagers are raising their younger siblings. They visited St Philip's Hostel for AIDS orphans, run by the Cabrini Sisters, who also care for victims of rape. "It was wonderful to see the courage of these children, andI am grateful that people in the US have a role to play in helping them:' he said, noting that this help "is a great blessing for everyone:' Swaziland has a population of 1.2 million, two-thirds of whom live in chronic poverty. It also has the world's highest HIV-positive rate. Members of the bishops' delegation also met with staff at the US Embassy to Swaziland in Mbabane in an effort to arrange for US government funding for churchrun HIV and AIDS projects. The US President's Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, provides extensive funds for the AIDS projects run by the Southern Bishops' Catholic A frican Conference, which includes the bishops of Swaziland, South Africa and Botswana. Bishop Wester, who visited AIDS projects in the Tzaneen Diocese in South Africa's Limpopo province, said he was "very impressed" with the parish-based services, including HIV-prevention programs,
antiretroviral treatment and homebased care. The Tzaneen Diocese runs three AIDS projects - funded by the US bishops' Catholic Relief Services - that provide HIV testing, counselling and antiretroviral drugs. The diocesan clinic in Tzaneen has "grown by word of mouth" since it opened in 2004, said Sister Anita O'Leary, a member of the Sisters of St John of God who is responsible for the dioceses AIDS work. "People see their neighbours getting better and so they come here to be treated," she said. Those who have the support of their families and are open about having HIV "have the greatest success:' Sister O'Leary said, noting that there is still much stigma associated with AIDS in local communities. Anastasia Brown, director of refugee programs for the US bishops' Migration and Refugee Services, said she was impressed by one woman waiting in a line for antiretroviral drugs at the Tzaneen clinic. The woman stood up and said, "You can take my picture," when the US delegates said they would not be photographing patients because of privacy concerns. The woman's words "show one needn't hide in the shadows," Brown said.
the truth and does not deceive, forgiveness that truly receives, loving physical union that welcomes. Open our hearts to you, to each other and to the goodness of your will. "Cover our poverty in the richness of your mercy and forgiveness. Clothe us in true dignity and take to yourself our shared aspirations, for your glory, forever and ever. Mary, our mother, intercede for us. Amen:' Auxiliary Bishop Paul Hendricks of Southwark, Chairman of the Truth Society, said he thought the inclusion of the prayer was "a bit brave but very good.' He said it was important that the Church affirmed the value of marriage and the family and that the prayer might help Catholics recognise that God is at the heart of the relationship between the spouses. Bishop Hendricks said he was delighted by the overall quality of the publication, which "has got some beautiful
prayers in it. The prayers remind us what is fundamental to the relationship:' The book "is very thorough and I'm very glad to see that". The prayers, written by a variety of authors who are unnamed, are interspersed with sections of Catholic teaching on marriage and the family. The book, which costs approximately $3.50, encourages its readers to view marriage as an exclusive and lifelong relationship and as a fundamental value to the common good. "To all those who consider it too difficult, or indeed impossible, to be bound to one person for the whole of life, and to those caught up in a culture that rejects the indissolubility of marriage and openly mocks the commitment of spouses to fidelity, it is necessary to reconfirm the good news of the definitive nature of that conjugal love that has in Christ its foundation and strength:' it says.
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Helping decision-making, guidedby love While today's women do not face the same obstacles to higher education as their grandmothers, they still face a darkness that it is the role of Catholic institutions to help them move through, UNDA Vice Chancellor Celia Hammond told the Catholic Women's League Australia national conference. The following is an edited version of her speech.
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delighted to be speaking at this conference. My father's mother, (Noreen Hammond, nee Kelliher) my grandmother, who died when I was 6, was a devoted member of this association many years ago. Although my father did not elaborate, I suspect that this association, the friendships she formed through it and the community it gave to her were vital to her during her adult years. Although I was very young when she died, I still have warm memories of my grandmother, her house in Kimberley Sreet, Wembley, her piano and the stairs leading up to the front door. I still remember the day she died. I, at age six, was out bouncing a ball on the red painted patio of our house in Northam when my mum came out to tell me. I don't recall my response, but the fact that I remember being told suggests that it was a defining moment in my young life. From what I know, like many, many women of her generation, my grandmother did not have an easy life. She raised five children, 16 years apart in age, with a husband who was frequently away working. I know that money was tight, and that my father and his siblings had to do things tough (eg - like walk miles to school - a memory that my father frequently refers to when trying to explain to us all how easy we have had life). It is almost impossible for me to compare my life with what I imagine to be the life of my grandmother. Indeed, it is very difficult for me to compare the life I have led to date with the lives led by my parents at a similar point in time. The world in which I have grown up is vastly different from the world of my parents, and almost unrecognisable from that of my grandmother. While not over indulged with material goods, and while having comparatively strict parents, I cannot remember life without a television or a telephone. I have no idea of what it is like not to have enough to eat. I always had good clothes - albeit, being the third of four girls I did suffer a number of "hand me downs", but this was not common. I had ballet lessons,I did Little Athletics,I had piano lessons and tennis lessons (I hasten to add - not all at the same time ... we had strict rules about "one extracurricular activity"). We went out to dinner most Friday nights - or had takeaway fish and chips. My parents both had cars - not fancy - but good, solid family cars. We went on holidays to Rottnest every couple of years and we had the occasional outing to the movies. We went to Mass every Sunday and while we didn't have "Sunday best" clothes, the wearing of jeans was strictly taboo. However, it is not only the comparative affluence in which I grew up which distinguishes my life from that of my grandmother's.
A very significant difference is that I was born into an environment in which there was access to education and that educational achievement was encouraged. Education was valued. The pursuit of knowledge and understanding, of truth and wisdom, was not only legitimate, but indeed encouraged and fostered. This was brought home to me recently when, in one of those strange twists of fate, I met a distant relative from Queensland. He made the observation that my great-grandfather, a poor potato farmer from Ireland, came to Australia with very little education and simply a desire for a better life. A couple of generations later, his grandson, my father, became a judge and his great-grand daughter became a lawyer and is now a Vice Chancellor of a Catholic university. His point was not to sing our praises, but rather to sing the praises of Catholic education in this country. He rightly pointed out that this story is not unique. Australia has a very long and successful history of Catholic schooling. The nuns, brothers and priests who came to Australia in the early years created a system, first of primary Catholic education and then secondary education, which has flourished over the last 200 years. It has flourished despite (or perhaps in part because of) the battles fought by many over the years to ensure that the right to choose Catholic education was retained and to ensure that there was funding for it. In recent years I have met and worked with some of these "fighters", including Peter Tannock, Br Kelvin Canavan and Mgr Tom Doyle. They were not alone - but they are shining lights in the history of Catholic schooling in Australia.
Higher education and women
Icould speak at length about the vitality and importance of Catholic schooling and what it has provided to men and women over the years. Today, however, I would like to focus briefly on higher education: more specifically, on women in higher education and the significant role a Catholic university can play in the post-school education of women. • Today, in Australia, approximately 55 per cent of all students enrolled in higher education are women (and it should be noted here, women make up 50.3 per cent of the total population of Aust: 10,700,779). In 2006, there were 984,100 university students - domestic and international in 39 universities, and 1,600,000 VET students. • 7.47 million Australians have post-school qualifications (both higher education and VET) and of these, 3.65 million (or 52.6 per cent) are women. • Women with post-school qualifications are more likely to have Bachelor level qualifications and males are more likely to have Cert • Women are more likely to have qualifications in Management and Commerce (a third of all women qualifications); then Society and Culture and finally Health and Education (3:1 women to men) • Men are more likely to have qualifications in Engineeringrelated technology, then Management and Commerce and Architecture and Building. The 2006 Census of Australia clearly shows that the rise of females in post-school education has been comparatively recent. The census shows that in 2006:
One role of Catholic higher education, says University of Notre Dame Vice Chancellor Celia Hammond, pictured below, is to help young women make decisions for themselves, with love, that will benefit society and others.
• Of those born before 1946, 13 per cent of women had bachelor level qualifications or higher compared with 18.5 per cent of males. • This discrepancy evened out for those born between 1947 and 1966 - where 20 per cent of women had Bachelor level or higher qualifications compared with 19 per cent of males. • The truly dramatic change occurs in the group born after 1966: in 2006, 28 per cent of women had bachelor level qualifications or higher compared with 21 per cent of males.
The impact of women's participation in higher education
When you consider these statistics, the obvious question arises: what is the impact, and what are the consequences of women's increasing participation in higher education? While this is the obvious and indeed a very interesting question, it is also inherently dangerous because a simple reliance on these statistics alone, without a wider consideration of all other sociological information, would be misleading and wrong. For example, I can tell you without fear of statistical contradiction: • Women get married later, have children later and have fewer children. • They are more likely than ever before to co-habitate with a partner before marriage. • The divorce rate, while dropping slightly in recent years, is far higher than 30 years ago and almost half the divorces in Australia involve children under the age of 18. • Women born between 1947 and 1986 are more likely to be in paid employment outside the house than to be out of the paid workforce. But, as I just noted, it would be
misleading, wrong and dangerous to draw the conclusion that all of these facets of modern life are attributable to the higher level of education undertaken by women. I do believe that education is one of many factors that contributes, at the very least, to the workforce participation rates, the later marrying age and the lesser number of children - born at later periods in life. However,I do not assert this as a fact - nor wouldI ever attempt to "calculate" the significance of education in this. From my perspective, the greatest and most significant impact which higher levels of participation in post-school education have provided to women is choice and opportunity. At a school graduation ceremony last year,Imade the observation to the young women who were graduating that "their" world was one of almost limitless choice and opportunity. On walking out of the school doors, they could: • Choose a career in health, law, business, education, engineering, aeronautics, the arts, politics; • Choose not to pursue a 'career' as such, but rather to join the workforce; • Choose to marry, choose to be single; • Choose if and when to have children; • Choose to travel; • Choose to pursue fame, celebrity and/or notoriety by going on a reality TV show or simply uploading a video onto YouTube or pictures on Facebook or MySpace.
Responsibility and higher education
As truly wonderful as the choice and opportunity education provides to young women is, it is not without its "catch". With choice, with opportunity, comes responsibility. You have to make a choice. Your life's path is not set out nor dictated to you. The freedom to choose comes with the responsibility to choose. And it is here I would say that, unless the education which has been provided to young women, which has opened up this choice and opportunity to them, has also provided them with the reasoning and ability to make "good" choices, the choice and opportunity are at best meaningless, and at worst dangerous. It is imperative that our young women are educated about how to make decisions and how to make choices. They need to know more than the concept of "opportunity lost" - we need to teach them to be able to make good choices, to be able to make confident and responsible choices. Education in this day and age needs to be more than the 3 Rs. It needs to be more than skill acquisition. Young women need to be able to reason, to weigh up the pros
and cons of actions. They need a framework of values in which they can exercise their choice. While compassion, decency, honesty and integrity are all seemingly old fashioned values, they are values that can and should be integrated into a sound and thorough, holistic, integrated education. It won't surprise you to hear me say that a Catholic university, one which is dedicated to Christ and to both practising and teaching Catholic faith and values, is - or should be - the place in which this can happen. Catholic education is, at its core, concerned with a holistic education; an education of all aspects of the human person: the intellectual, the social, the physical, the human, the moral, the cultural, the spiritual and the religious. Catholic education is based on the education of a 'whole person', not one or two aspects. It is education in its full sense. While a Catholic university, just like a Catholic school, cannot stop young women from making mistakes and errors in judgement, it can continue to reinforce Christian values of dignity, humility, mercy, forgiveness, self-analysis, respect, compassion, justice and love for self and others during their transition into the adult world. The Catholic university can guide, support and nurture young women - in what is almost a counter cultural way - and allow them to reach their potential, realise their humanity, and make their way in the world.
Conclusion
By way of conclusion, I would like to refer to this conference's theme: the quote from St Paul's letter to the Corinthians: We walk by faith not by sight. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (second edition paragraph 163-164) explains this in the following terms: "Faith makes us taste in advance the light of the beatific vision, the goal of our journey here below. Then we shall see God 'face to face', 'as he is Now, however, 'we walk by faith, not by sight', we perceive God as 'in a mirror dimly' and only 'in part".' Even though enlightened by Him in whom it believes, faith is often wed in darkness and can be put to the test. The world we live in often seems very far from the one promised us by faith. Or experiences of evil and suffering, injustice, and death, seem to contradict the Good News; they shake our faith and become a temptation against it. In today's world, the "darkness" facing our young women, the darkness which puts 'faith' to the test for young women is found in all of the choices and opportunity which is provided to them. Some of these include: • scientific advances • technological advances • moral relativism • materialism • cult of the celebrity • education focused on skills • people ('human resources'). Ultimately, the increasing number of women involved in higher education is only truly positive if the education they are receiving helps them to shed light on the darkness of the world in which they live. It is the role of Catholic higher education to help young women to see and understand the good that their education can achieve in this world by making choices guided by love for themselves, for their neighbour and for God, and to avoid the "dark" temptation of exercising their choices, of utilising their opportunities, in purely ways which will not lead them into the world promised us by our Faith.
September 9 2009, The Record
Paul Raven, teacher Much-loved teacher, musician, composer and selftaught CD producer, Paul Raven, 48, of Denmark, passed away after a threeyear battle with melanoma on July 11.
A special memorial Mass was held at the Queen of Apostles church, Riverton, on 20 August, attended by family and friends, though his widow, Pauline, was unable to get any more time off from her teaching job, so could not be there. The Mass was concelebrated by Fr John Luemmen, who had known Paul since he was a baby and Fr John Flynn, who had known Paul since he was a child, both Pallottine priests. Paul had earlier been cremated in Denmark on 15 July. The memorial Mass was held a month later because Fr Flynn had been in Derby and Paul's mother had been in hospital. Paul Gerard Raven was born the middle of three sons to Lal (Eulalie), nee Collins, and Lou (Louis) Raven, on May 28, 1961, at South Perth Community
OBITUARIES Hospital. He attended Catholic schools, including Trinity College, and studied at Claremont Teachers' College, where he met his brideto-be, Pauline Laven, 28 years ago. The similarity between their names was uncanny as was their birth dates, as she was born on the 2/8 and he on the 28th. A Catholic-school educated girl, Pauline and Paul were "best friends" for five years, before they married at the Pallottine Chapel, Rossmoyne, on 13 December, 1986. A talented musician and composer like her husband, Pauline is a music specialist at Denmark Park primary school and Paul and she would have been teaching for 25 years each, had he not been ill with cancer for the past three years. Pauline is a pianist, composer and singer and owns a digital piano, which she played for recording her CD. Until 2006, Paul taught at a number of schools, with the last being St Joseph's College in Albany, where he was a music teacher. He played 25 instruments, including international flutes and drums, percussion and recorder, many self-taught. Paul was assistant principal at St Bernadette's Primary School at Port Kennedy and, while teaching at Star of the Sea school, Rockingham, studied externally for his BA degree. He also taught at Queen of Apostles school, Riverton, CBC Fremantle and Lockyer primary school, Albany. The legacy he left his wife was three CDs, all of which he produced and did the sound engineering while he was ill; two of his own music and one of Pauline's. The first CD is titled Second Chance, the second Matam Express, and Pauline's is called Every Day is Precious. They are on sale in Albany and
Denmark. "We were so proud and fortunate that he was able to do them (the CDs), the first two produced at home in Denmark," Pauline told The Record. "The Orchard Company in Melbourne have a portfolio of his music, which can be used internationally and he is on the Internet with itunes for composers. "Four-and-a-half years ago he went to Guinea in West Africa to learn African drumming in a fiveweek course. "In June 2006 he took 45 Year 7 and 8, 12 and 13-year-olds to the Sydney Opera House for the Australian International Music Festival, where they came second and received a silver medal." Pauline continued: "Paul was good at photography, canoeing, he was good at everything. "He played hockey and tennis in his younger days, before I met him. "I have got that music (the CDs) forever; I am very proud of him. "We always did everything together. "He was terminal for 17 months (which is) unheard of for melanoma cancer. Four weeks before he passed he was still working on my CD. "He was a very fit and healthy man. "Paul was very courageous and never complained about the pain." A world-renowned flautist told Paul: "I could never teach you anything. You are a natural flautist." Paul wrote in the notes on the Matam Express CD: "To know my music is to know me. Music has always been my passion ... the summation of my life. "My music is not about ego but sharing who I am while I have the capacity to do so." He is survived by his wife Pauline, brothers Brian and Luke and their families, and mother, Lal.
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NORTH BRIDGE 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. MIRRABOOKA St Gerard's Parish.
Mondays and Thursdays, commencing September 14. Venue: Parish Hall, Majella Road, Westminster. COTTESLOE Mary Star of the Sea Parish. Mondays and Fridays, commencing September 14. Venue: Parish Hall, corner of McNeil Street and Stirling Highway. ROCKINGHAM Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. Tuesdays and Fridays, commencing September 15. Venue: Parish Hall, Swinston St.
Charles Hugh Francis AM QC RFD July 15, 1924 — August 14, 2009
Australia loses great champion of the unborn. Distinguished barrister, former parliamentarian and long-time champion of the unborn, Charles Francis AM QC RFD, died at 12 midday, Friday, August 14, aged 85. Charles grew up in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges in the township of Belgrave where his father was the local doctor. Charles was sent to board at Camberwell Grammar and then to Melbourne Grammar. After leaving school, he joined the RAAF and served as an airgunner during World War II. He received a commission and, after the war, rose to the rank of group captain, later serving as deputy judge advocate general. After the war, as a returned serviceman, Charles studied law, arts and commerce at Melbourne University and graduated in all three. He was admitted to the bar in 1948. In 1953, Charles set sail for England and met his future wife Babette after she boarded the ship in Bombay. Within a fortnight they were engaged to be married. The wedding took place not long afterwards at the Brompton Oratory in London. Because of the then White Australia policy and Babette's Indian birth, Charles could only initially obtain a five-year entry visa into Australia for his new bride, who has now been here for over 55 years. Charles and Babette later named their Toorak family home Stratheden after the P&O liner on which they met. Charles continued a distinguished legal career at the Victorian Bar, which eventually spanned 53 years before he retired from practice at the age of 78. He took silk in 1969, was a member of the Bar Council and served as chairman in 1987-88. Current chairman of the Victorian Bar, John Digby QC, said of Charles: "The span and success of his practice was enormous, from the Royal Commission into the activities of the Communist Party in 1949, through 46 murder trials, the HG&R Nominees case in 1997 (that set major precedents in contracts, mortgages, guarantees, sureties, professional negligence and indemnity insurance), to a large personal injuries verdict in March and a settlement (of) over a million dollars in August 2002, shortly before retirement." Charles was also deeply interested in politics. In 1976 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Caulfield. However, his parliamentary career lasted barely three years. He became disillusioned with the behaviour of the Liberals and refused to compromise on matters of principle. Charles and a
fellow Liberal MP, Doug Jennings, criticised their government, under long-serving premier Sir Rupert "Dick" Hamer, for allegedly covering up corrupt land deals by the Housing Commission of Victoria. Charles thereafter aligned himself with the National Party in which he played an active part until the end of his life. Marriage and family were central to Charles's life. His daughter Prue recalls: "He died happily anticipating his 19th grandchild and two more greatgrandchildren all due to be born in the coming months. He greeted the birth of each child with great joy and was a very proud father of eight. My father was a handson father in an era when many men were not particularly involved with their children. When we were young, he seemed to prepare a hot breakfast for us, 365 days of the year." In retirement, Charles was in great demand as a speaker. He was a fine raconteur and loved to entertain his audiences with a story or a joke. He continued to write articles on aspects of law, history and human rights, with his very last article appearing in News Weekly on the very day he died. During the last three years of his life, Charles suffered declining health as a result of cancer. Despite a long illness and increasing disability, he remained remarkably cheerful. Denise Cameron, president of Pro-Life Victoria, paid tribute to the prominent role he played in the pro-life movement. She said: "Charles was a great supporter of his fellow pro-lifers, keenly interested and encouraging of all they did for unborn children, unselfish in the legal assistance, speeches and advice he gave over many years. "Two lasting images of Charles were of him, weakened by illness, but cheerfully attending campaign meetings against the legalisation of abortion last year and of him writing opinion pieces while hooked up in hospital to intravenous feeding." In the months before he died, Charles wrote a series of authoritative articles warning his fellow Australians about the dangers to religious freedom from misguided equal opportunity, racial and religious vilification laws and charters of rights. He believed that citizens' freedoms were best protected, not by increasing the powers of our equal opportunity and human rights bureaucracies, but by rediscovering Australia's Christian heritage. In 1995, he addressed the Society, Christian Lawyers' Melbourne, observing: "We often ask ourselves today why we have no great leaders. "May I suggest the greatest leaders are not produced by political systems but rather by a deep and abiding Christian philosophy? We fail to honour — and risk forgetting — our Christian heritage at our peril. "We need to remember God and our Christian heritage with humility and gratitude. For a little more than 200 years we have, as compared with the rest of the world, indeed been 'the lucky country': but if we as a nation fail to serve God and obey his commandments, our civilisation must inevitably wither and fail." (Reproduced in News Weekly, March 1, 2008). Obituary written by John Ballantyne, editor of News Weekly. REFERENCE: Francis, "Why Charles Australia's Christian heritage matters", News Weekly, March 1, 2008. URL: http://www.newsweekly. com.au/articles/2008marOl_a. html
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September 9 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 put into classifieds and charged accordingly. The Record reserves the right to decline or modify any advertisement. Wednesday September 9 CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCY 7.30pm at St Thomas More Catholic Church, Dean Road, Bateman. A beautiful, prayerful, sung devotion accompanied by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and followed by Benediction. All are welcome. Eng: George 9310 9493 home or 9325 2010 work. Thursday September 10 KELMSCOTT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP 12 noon at Good Shepherd Parish Hall, 42 Streich Avenue, Kelmscott. Everyone welcome. Eng: Clive 9495 1919 or Ann 9291 6670. Thursday September 10 to Sunday September 13 FEAST OF OUR LADY MARIA SANTISSIMA DEL TIN DA RI 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, by principal celebrant Mgr 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 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 vincentiansperth@yahoo.com. 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 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 9443 3963 or Angela 9275 2066. 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. Wednesday September 16 LESMURDIE MENTAL HEALTH GROUP 7.30pm to 9pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall, 207 Lesmurdie Road, Lesmurdie. Everyone welcome. Eng: Ann 9291 6670. Friday September 18 HEALING MASS FOR CANCER SUFFERERS Are you or a loved one affected by cancer? You're invited to a healing Mass with the Sacrament of Anointing and veneration of the relic of St Peregrine, Servite Friar and Patron Saint of those suffering from cancer. Sacrament of Reconciliation from 7pm, Mass at 7.30pm at Pater Noster, Myaree. Eng: Fr Michael, Archdiocesan Centre for Evangelisation, 21 Victoria St, 9223 1351 /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 Colboume OFM Cap. Bookings, Angela 9275 2066.
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. Saturday September 19 STATIONS OF THE CROSS 11am 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 2.30pm. Eng: Fr Wilson 9349 5798. Saturday September 19 F EAST OF THE STIGMATA OF ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI 2.30pm at Redemptorist 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 September 19 ST PADRE PIO PILGRIMAGE - TOODYAY 8am depart, 10.15am 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, lvana 9279 7261; Morley, Joan 9276 9439; Leederville, Leena 9444 6317; Balcatta, Rosa 9276 1952; Glendalough, Mary 6278 1540; Victoria Park and Girrawheen, Nita 9367 1366. Sunday September 20 ST JEROME'S SCHOOL/ PARISH FETE 9am to 2pm at St Jerome, 38 Troode Street, Munster. A variety of stalls, rides, hot food, refreshments, raffles, chocolate wheel, entertainment and much more. Eng: Brenda 9418 5998 or 0417 905 634. Sunday September 20 AWAKENINGS - A GOD EXPERIENCE RETREAT 8.45am to 4pm, The Patrist House, 7 Warde Street, Midland. BYO lunch and a friend. Tea and coffee provided. Eng: 9250 5395. Sunday September 20 TAIZE STYLE OF PRAYER International Day of Peace September 21. 7pm-8pm at St Joseph's Convent, 16 York Street, South Perth. You are invited to come and join in the Prayer for International Day of Peace using the chants from Taize, peace readings, silent prayer and time to light a candle for peace in our world. Eng: Sr Maree 0414 683 926.
Wednesday September 23 REMAINS OF SISTER COLOMBIERE SMALL BRIGIDINE SISTERS 10am at Karrakatta, the remains of Sr Colombiere Small will be placed in the grave of Sr Claire Small with a small ceremony. Sr Colombiere died in Sydney on 24 July 2009. Eng: 9381 1669. Friday September 25 MEDJUGORJE-EVENING OF PRAYER 7pm at St Brigid's Church, 69B Morrison Road, Midland. An Evening of Prayer with Our Lady Queen of Peace with Adoration, Rosary, Benediction concluding with Holy Mass. Approximate conclusion 9pm. All warmly welcomed. Eng: Eileen 9402 2480. Thursday October 1 BOOK LAUNCH 7pm at 67 Howe Street, Osborne Park. After the Heart of God by Bishop Julian Porteous will be launched by Bishop Don Sproxton. Book signing and light refreshments. For catering purposes RSVP by 24 September to Jane 9202 6859 or principal@acts2come.wa.edu.au. 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. Thursday October 1 to Friday October 2 NATIONAL CATHOLIC CONFERENCE - PERTH Society of Catholic Teachers Australia and Acts2 College are hosting a conference for all those involved in education, evangelisation or just interested in the teachings of the Church. Speakers include Bishop Porteous and Robert Haddad from Sydney and Archbishop Hickey. This event will be held at 67 Howe Street, Osborne Park. Eng: Renato 0428 106 481. Friday October 2 THE ALLIANCE, TRIUMPH AND REIGN OF THE UNITED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY 5.15pm at St Bernadette's Catholic Church in Glendalough. Confessions, Parish Mass 5.45pm followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, hourly Rosaries, hymns and reflections, etc. Vigil concludes with 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 October 2 PRAISE AND WORSHIP 7pm at St Peter's Church, 93 Wood Street in Inglewood. Reconciliation, praise and worship, followed by a Special Healing Mass for those affected by cancer. Fellowship later, all are welcome.
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.
Friday October 2 CATHOLIC FAITH RENEWAL EVENING 7.30pm at St John and Paul's Parish, Pinetree Gully Road, Willetton. Songs of Praise, talk by Father Erasmus on A Personal Relationship with Jesus, followed by Thanksgiving Mass. Light refreshments later. All welcome to attend with family and friends. Eng: Kathy 9295 0913, Rose 40402 200 720, Maureen 9381 4498.
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.
Friday October 2 to Sunday October 4 BROTHER ANDREW'S NINTH ANNIVERSARY 7pm Friday to 2pm Sunday at God's Farm. Fr Paul Glynn will celebrate Br Andrew's Anniversary on Feast of St Francis of Assisi. He will also speak on St Francis' gift of wonder, Br Andrew and Spirituality versus Atheism. Hired Bus. Eng: Yvonne 9343 1897 or A/H Cheryl 9409 8747 and Betty 9755 6212.
Saturday October 3 DAY WITH MARY 9am to 5pm at St Jude Catholic Church, Barnstone and Prendiville Way, Langford. Day of prayer and instruction, based on the Fatima message. 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. 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. Saturday October 17 REUNION FOR LA SALLE COLLEGE Class of 1974/76 Enq: Sue Wester (Sweeney) sue.wester@iinet.net.au or 0407 985 935 or Liz Bradley (Butcher) Ibradley@iinet. net.au 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 OFM. 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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135 24TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Gr Not be put to shame lsa 50:5-9 Ps 114:1-6.8-9 Glory to God's name Both faith and works Jas 2:14-18 Mk 8:27-35 Who do you say I am? 14 M The Triumph of the Cross Feast Red Num 21:4-9 We have sinned Ps 77:1-2.34-38 Heed my teaching Phil 2:6-11 Death on a cross in 3:13-17 To save the world 15 T Our Lady of Sorrows (M) Wh Source of salvation Heb 5:7-9 Ps 30:2-6.15-16.20 I trust in you, Lord in 19:25-27 This is your son [Alt. Lk 2:33-35 Pierced by a sword]
16 W Ss Cornelius, pope, and Cyprian, bishop, martyrs (M) Visible in the flesh Tim 3:14-16 Red 1 Lord's works great Ps 110:1-6 Like children shouting Lk 7:31-35 17 Th St Robert Bellarmine, bishop, doctor of the Church (0) A spiritual gift 1Tim 4:12-1 Gr Justice and truth Ps 110:7-10 Your sins forgiven Lk 7:36-50 18 F 1 Tim 6:2-12 Sound teaching Ps 48:6-10.17-20 Do not fear Gr Their own resources Lk 8:1-3 19S St Januarius, bishop, martyr (0) Honour, power for ever 1 Tim 6:13-16 Gr Serve with gladness Ps 99:1-5 See but not perceive Lk 8:4-15
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