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When Benvenuta (meaning "welcome") was born in Italy, her father said of his seventh daughter, "She too is welcome." Devoted to Mary from an early age, she vowed a life of chastity and joined the Third Order of St. Dominic. She was remembered by her companions as a sweet, austere contemplative who experienced visions and ecstasies. For years Benvenuta struggled with asthma and slept sitting up, but she was cured after she prayed to St. Dominic and lived out her days at her family home. The local Dominican nuns had extended to this medieval mystic a standing invitation to stay at their convent.
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Bishop Don Sproxton led a special prayer service and blessed the Stella Mans Seafarers' Centre in Fremantle on October 13 with the Deacons and volunteers who work for it. A group of volunteers and supporters gathered to welcome the Bishop. Stella Mans was reopened in 2007 in smaller premises and has steadily built an impressive record of service to the seafarers working on the ships that visit Fremantle port. Several hundred seafarers visit the centre each month to relax, phone their families and to use the Internet. The Chaplain, Deacon Patrick Moore, and the volunteers try to visit as many ships as they can and spend time with those seafarers who do not get shore leave. Bishop Sproxton expressed his delight in the progress that has been made to provide pastoral and spiritual care to seafarers in obedience to Jesus' call to 'welcome the stranger: More volunteers are required to assist the Centre to continue to grow and to extend its opening hours so that no seafarer is disappointed.
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Fight for woman who inspires BY ROBERT HIINI Parish Reporter
it>4) Fr Paul Pitzen BY ANTHONY BARICH Being part of a protest in a US federal building that drew national headlines and could have got him deported or imprisoned changed Fr Paul Pitzen's life. In 1976, US-born Fr Paul was a Servite Father, having trained in the US, Ireland and Rome, served in their Perth mission and, having gained his Australian citizenship in 1973, lost his US citizenship. He'd returned to the US to his Servite brothers in Berkeley, California, where one Confrere who had been organising accommodation for people with disabilities invited him to San Francisco. Fr Paul found himself out the front of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, where people with disabilities were protesting a new anti-discrimination law that was being watered down too much. Soon the protesters decided to storm the building, demanding to speak to the minister, who conceded he hadn't actually read the new law. So they vowed to stay until the law was passed in its entirety, minus the watering down. So he was in a federal building illegally without US citizenship. Suddenly Fr Paul, who went down to San Francisco for the afternoon, ended up staying for two weeks, including a hunger strike for that period. During this time he personally cared for two individuals, including one who couldn't lift his own head up. On Easter Thursday, as the Church celebrated Christ washing the feet of His disciples, Fr Paul was washing other parts of this poor individual, sleeping on the floor of the federal building. He's never been the same since. "I felt I was really celebrating Holy Thursday," Fr Paul says. "After Jesus washed His disciples' feet, He told them to do the same, and I felt that this was what He had it' mind." He hasn't missed a Holy Thursday celebration since, always drawing deeply into the mystery of Christ's solemn act. The next year when Fr
Paul returned to Australia thenAuxiliary Bishop Peter Quinn appointed him part-time chaplain of the deaf community which involved monthly Mass. Once he started this ministry, he realised a monthly Mass was inadequate and he became engaged full time. He has since been involved with the self-help Emmanuel Centre in Perth run for and by people with disabilities, their families and those who work with people with disabilities. Even in 1976, Fr Paul was no stranger to the concept of people with disabilities - his brother had severe epilepsy and his mother was deaf, not that he ever considered them people with disabilities. They were just his mother and his brother, immersed into the family with the full dignity they deserve as children of God. This vision would ideally negate the need for such a centre as Catholic communities would embrace people with disabilities - not just by installing ramps but by engaging and connecting with them, and involving them in pastoral activities, he says. Fr Paul's path to the priesthood did not follow a linear trajectory. When he was a civil engineer with the Highway Department doing surveys for potential bridge sites in Indiana, his mother returned from a pilgrimage to Chicago with a Servite flier. Curious about the Order as he realised his promotion possibilities weren't that exciting, he wrote to them for more information and they posted back an application form and invited him to visit them in Chicago. He had a near-death experience on the way - nearly getting cleaned up by a semi-trailer truck. "That was a 'God experience": he relates now. Once there, the Servites impressed him by the simplest acts. Though a very poor Order that ate the leftovers of a food company's deliveries to factories, they gave him the only egg in their fridge, as he'd been on a long journey just to see them. He was sold ... to a priesthood as a life of service and sacrifice.
WHEN Jane Pike's son-in-law handed her a copy of Rwandan Genocide survivor Immaculee Ilibagiza's book Led by faith, she had few expectations and little idea about how much the book would change her life. Trying to get to sleep one night, she found it impossible to put down the author's harrowing tale of brutality, survival and forgiveness in the aftermath of ethnic violence. Eight months later Mrs Pike, her sister Sheila Tracey and a dedicated committee of women are spearheading a fundraising campaign to bring the best-selling author to Perth to share her story with young and old, first hand. The author was a 20 year old engineering student when the ethnic violence which claimed over 800,000 Tutsie and moderate Hutu lives swept through her village in 1994. Sensing the horror that was to come, her father told her to run to the house of a Methodist Pastor, a hutu, to beg refuge from the violent militia who were terrorising the town. She entered the hiding place of the pastor's bathroom a healthy young woman but she emerged ill and emaciated 91 days later to find that her entire family, bar a brother who had been studying overseas, had been hacked to death by gangs of Hutu wielding machetes. Her subsequent books tell the story of her struggle to forgive the
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perpetrators, many of whom were people she had grown up amongst, and of the graces she received through the Rosary to do just that. A fter being inspired by her first book, Mrs Pike read about a pilgrimage Immaculee was leading in June to the sites of the Our Lady of Kibeho apparitions that are said to have taken place from the early to late 1980s, seen by some as a warning of the violence that was to visit the same area in which some of the visionary children were killed. The pilgrimage also included a tour of the author's hometown Kibuye where the pilgrims encountered some of Immaculee's old acquaintances. "She told us that the two men who were walking up the path had killed her cousins and she greeted
them so gently and they were quite humble with her," Mrs Pike told The Record. "You knew that she had forgiven them." Back in Perth, her sister Sheila had introduced the genocide survivor's books to her weekly prayer group. A little over a month ago, they discerned that the Holy Spirit was calling them to share Immaculee Ilibagiza's story with Australians as a means of evangelising and converting others to Christ and to devotion of His Mother. They think that Immaculee's story will be particularly interesting for young people looking for purpose and meaning, particularly given her subsequent work for the United Nations in helping to reconcile the ethnic communities of the post-genocide Rwanda and her work as a best-selling author and mother of two children. The first of their fundraising events happens this weekend with a private afternoon tea which will take place at Mrs Pike's family home on Saturday, October 24. Future public events will include an operatic prayer service and concert in South Perth and a film fundraiser, with the details of both to be made public soon. Her books are available from The Record Bookshop on 9227 7080 or via bookshop@therecord. com.au. Donations to the fund to bring Immaculee Ilibagiza to Perth can be made by phoning 9293 3968.
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Thornlie makes 50th day to remember BY ROBERT HIINI Parish Reporter PERTH Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton came to help honour and mark the 50th anniversary of Sacred Heart Parish in Thornlie on Sunday, October 4. Bishop Sproxton concelebrated Mass with Mgr Timothy Corcoran, Fr Pavol Herda and Fr Patrick Lim for this milestone in the parish's life. Other visitors included the Loreto Sisters, the original custodians of the parish school, and past principals of the school. Unfortunately, Fr Charles O'Malley, the parish's inaugural priest who now resides in a nursing home in Rockingham, was not well enough on the morning to attend. Fr O'Malley oversaw the building of the parish's present church after the Thornlie-Kenwick parish was redesignated as Thornlie sole, moving from Royal Street to its present location. The church was awash with colour given the celebration's multicultural character, a reflection of the multiplicity of ethnicities in the area, with many Mass-goers dressing in the clothing of their nationality. An historical display was set up in the Parish Centre, with presentations and photographic displays of various groups past and present within the parish. A shared lunch was held at the school before entertainment provided by the parishioners.
Enjoying the moment: Young members of Sacred Heart Parish in Thornlie relax during the post -Mass lunch and celebrations of the parish's 50th anniversary held on October 4. On hand were many former members and associates of the parish including the Loreto Sisters who were the original custodians of the parish school and former school principals as well. Mgr Timothy Corcoran and Bishop Don Sproxton, above, right, give communion during Mass.
Emmanuel launches its first Communi in the West BY ANTHONY BARICII National Reporter THE Catholic community known around the world as the Emmanuel Community has started in Perth, with 20 members meeting regularly at Glendalough parish. The Perth group started following an October 2-4 meeting at Eagles Nest retreat centre in Gidgegannup of Perth Catholics with ten Emmanuel Community members from Sydney and Melbourne explaining their lived charisms of Adoration, Compassion and Evangelisation. The Emmanuel Community started in Paris in 1972 as part of the Charismatic Renewal which spread rapidly through the Catholic Church following the Second Vatican Council. Today it has an estimated 8,000 members in 64 countries and comprises Catholics from all states of life: families, singles, priests, permanent deacons, seminarians and consecrated lay people living celibacy for the Kingdom.
Community members strive to respond to the call of God to serve and to proclaim Christ in the contemporary world. The Pontifical Council for the Laity established the Emmanuel Community as a Public International Association of the Faithful on June 20. At the end of the October 2-4 "Come and See Emmanuel" weekend in Gidgegannup, five young people took a step of 'Welcome and Discernment': Josh Stock, 26, Harsha Kandemulla, 29, Carmel Winton, 25, James Chua, 28, and Kayla Power, 30. Mr Stock said he was attracted to the community through his love for the Church and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. "You can see the Community is serious in its pursuit of holiness and entering into the heart of Jesus:' he said. Another participant said the weekend was an "oasis in the midst of life's hectic pace with its gentle, peaceful and joyful spirit"; while it also challenged people to live in a radical way the universal call to
Participants in the Emmanuel Community's October 2-4 initial weekend gathering in Perth. Twenty people have formed the first Emmanuel community in WA and meet regularly at Glendalough Parish.
holiness - the vocation of every baptised Catholic. Interest in the WA event was strong. In the month leading up to the event, retreat organiser Olivia Lavis, 29, said she was receiving one call a day from those wishing
to register for the weekend. Miss Lavis has previously spent time at the Emmanuel Community's School of Evangelisation in Rome. The weekend consisted of communal prayer, Adoration, Mass, talks and encouraging all present
to reflect on what type of relationship they desire with God and His Church. Participant Agatha Sadowska, 33, said she was inspired by the witness of the married couples sharing their family and community life, despite their own hectic lives. Many reported experiencing a deep personal encounter with God at the 'Mercy night' held on the Saturday evening, with consistent queues for the Sacrament of Reconciliation and many desiring to spend extended time in front of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Participant Rebecca Thomas, 25, described the sharing groups as "such a humble, prayerful way of sharing and giving thanks to God for all He has done for us. It was great to feel part of a community of Faith-filled members (and with most people being strangers before the weekend)". The first Community Day is on December 19. Visit www.en.emmanuel.info or contact Olivia Lavis on livlaohotmail.com or 0423 415823.
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Brother Robert renews vows
Chess teaches art of winning, and losing, with grace
BY MARK REIDY Parish News AFTER witnessing the lost fervour of faith on a recent trip to Europe, Archbishop Barry Hickey told those gathered at the Redemptorist Monastery on October 9 that the world needed more people like Br Robert McLernon. Addressing over 30 of Br Robert's family and his fellow members of the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community (HSOF) who had gathered for the renewal of his Personal Vows of Consecration, Archbishop Hickey said that such a commitment was a reminder to all of the importance and beauty of faith and the joy of knowing Jesus. Br Robert's vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience were a renewal of his 2007 commitment and he explained to The Record that he hoped to renew them again in 2011 before making lifetime vows in January 2013. Br Robert, based at the Holy Spirit of Freedom (HSOF) Community's mother house in Pemberton, made a promise of obedience to the HSOF's leadership Council under the guidance of Archbishop Hickey. He also pledged to "live a consecrated life loving and serving my brothers and sisters, especially the poor and needy". The HSOF, founded in Melbourne in 1986, reaches out
Holy Spirit of Freedom Br Robert McLernon with children of HSOF families and friends, above, and renewing vows before Archbishop Hickey, below
to those living on the streets of Australian cities. Often, these are people trapped in drug addictions. In an interview with The Record, Council Co-ordinator Marcelle Batticci said that Br Robert's dedication to daily prayer life and serving others, especially within his role as leader of Children's Ministry had been inspiring. She said that his humility and desire to deepen his relationship with God was a wonderful example to all those in the Community.
St Norbert College's top Year 8 chess students, Mitchell Papas, Dominic PHOTO§ COURTESY CEOWA Dator, Renz Masillones and Matthew Parkin
CHESS is an important part of school culture at St Norbert College, Queens Park. The Club caters for up to 16 players and it's a daily lunchtime ritual, either in the library or outside, using their giant chess set. Chess Club Coordinator, Anne Spinks, says "Chess teaches concentration and tenacity, students learn to follow rules and to wait for their turn as well as how to
win and lose gracefully ... It also helps students learn mindfulness and screen outside noises," she added. It's a valuable maths tool too, as it helps develop students' problem-solving skills. St Norbert's demonstrated their chess prowess at Carnevale and competed against other schools including Trinity's Junior School and Sacred Heart Primary CEOWA School, Thornlie.
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Woodvale lines up Xmas boxes BY ROBERT HIINI Parish Reporter PARISHIONERS of St Luke's, Woodvale are turning their gift of Faith into gifts of a different kind, expecting to deliver nearly 700 to Operation Christmas Child this year. Run by the Samaritan Purse, the parish and St Luke's School joined families, clubs, schools and other Christian denominations in WA to donate nearly 36,000 gift boxes last year to impoverished children in Thailand. The organisation says that boxes of simple gifts and school supplies provide joy to children in hardship, create useful networks for future cooperation and free up local funds for projects such as water sanitation. The initiative's website, samaritanspurse.gotdns.org, gives ideas of what to put in a box for boys or girls of suggested age groups. Participants are asked to support transport costs and are able to put in a note or photo as well. Regional Apart from Coordinators around the State, WA manager Julie Guelfi encourages a huge team of volunteers who work at the Balcatta warehouse receiving the boxes from around
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Bendigo Cathedral blueprint a go Car park, museum proposal tabled for Victorian landmark A PROPOSED redevelopment of the Bendigo Sacred Heart Cathedral's surrounds took a step closer last month, when a public meeting was held to discuss the proposal in the Victorian goldfields city. Parishioners and interested parties, including members of the Bendigo City Council, met on September 15 at the Cathedral's parish hall. The proposed redevelopment includes the removal of two commercial buildings facing High Street, the construction of a new parish hall, a museum, cafe, book shop and covered parking for 400 cars. Cathedral administrator Mgr Frank Marriott said that the proposed development would meet the needs of the parishioners, with better access, improved toilet facilities and access to parking. "The Cathedral possesses many items of liturgical use that are precious and beautiful," Mgr Marriott said. "There is no adequate space for display, or care for such items.
Hence, the concept of a museum, which with continued thought and planning could house a number of exhibits to celebrate 'Faith in the Goldfields": Great consideration is being given, the Monsignor said, to the civic importance of the Cathedral, which sits prominently at the entry to the city, as it were, welcoming all who come north. "The current precinct is outdated. The proposed concept allows the construction of a car park - not so much underground, but covered," he said. "The 'cover' enables a public space to be constructed to replace the existing public land and dying trees - green if it rains, dry and dusty if not, another victim to the drought. "This public space could become an additional 'presentation' platform for many events - with the attraction of parking for 400 plus cars on site." The images represented (left, below) only suggest what the site can carry, and are not intended to show the development's design. The design and consultation process is in its early stages, and further opportunities for community consultation will be available and advertised in SandPiper.
Above, below left, below centre: A design of Bendigo's Sacred Heart Cathedral seen from the air, including all adjacent amenities. Below right: The interior of the traditional gothic cathedral.
Catholic bioethics network taking baby steps before battling secular views New Catholic Health Bioethics Forum under construction THE new Catholic Health Australia Bioethics Forum's first formal meeting on October 13 fostered a new national liaison and closer networking of Catholic Bioethics centres and the Bioethics Committees of Catholic Hospitals
and Aged Care services around Australia. The Forum used the meeting to focus on how to address proposed euthanasia legislation in Western Australia and South Australia, and abortion law matters in both Queensland and Victoria. The tentatively agreed purposes of the Forum are to: • Share among members details of public policy developments that are occurring nationally or within
specific States and Territories that involve consideration of Catholic health care ethics and, where agreed, enable Forum members to coordinate their own public policy responses; • Undertake specific projects if they are agreed to be undertaken by the Forum; • Advise Catholic Health Australia on the provision of Catholic health and aged care ethics education programs and, where
appropriate, contribute to the delivery of education programs to CHA member hospitals and aged care services; • Be available for the provision of advice to the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference on public policy issues that involve the consideration of Catholic health care ethics. CHA chief executive Martin Laverty said in an October 15 statement that the Forum is in its
early and tentative stages of development, and further details will be available on the role and purpose of the Forum when its operating protocol is formally adopted by the CHA Stewardship Board. The concept for the Forum was generated at CHA's national conference in Hobart in August. Rev Dr Joseph Parkinson, director of Perth's LJ Goody Bioethics Centre, welcomed the Forum as a long overdue initiative.
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Chaplain numbers triple in public schools BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter THE number of chaplains in public schools has tripled since Federal funding was initiated in 2007, a landmark study into national chaplaincy has found. The study, carried out by Edith Cowan and New England Universities, surveyed 688 principals and 1,031 chaplains in primary and secondary schools in metro, regional and rural areas ranging in sizes from under 250 students to over 650. Parents, students, staff and principals were also interviewed in WA, Tasmania, Victoria, the ACT, Queensland and South Australia. In 2007, the then-Coalition Federal Government granted $165 million to provide chaplains in public schools over three years. Both government and nongovernment schools could apply for funding through the National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) to establish or expand chaplaincy services. A further longitudinal study is being considered, depending on whether the now-Labor Federal Government renews the funding. The study, commissioned by
the National School Chaplaincy Association (NSCA) in March, found that chaplain numbers had risen to 1,652 by March 2009 compared with 653 in March 2007, including about 90 in WA. Chaplains were paid prior to 2007. The study only focused on Christian chaplains placed in government schools by the NSCA's providers and so did not include chaplains in non-government schools, chaplains of other faiths nor non-religious support workers who could access the Government's funding. Morley-based NSCA convenor Stanley Jeyaraj said that this rise indicates that schools believe that the program contributes in a worthwhile way to their schools and that it must be continued. "It's more a calling in Christian ministry than employment, but we ensure people have satisfaction in their vocation," he said. The study also found a proportionately higher rate of male chaplains (41 percent) compared with male teachers (26 percent), the majority of whom work in secondary schools; while 29 percent of health and welfare workers are male. Most chaplains are under 40,
work for more days a week; and the survey found that many chaplains now work full-time. The study also found that Chaplains Stanley Jeyaraj were accessible and approachable, dealt with a wide range of issues ranging from behaviour management, social and family relationship issues to matters relating to social inclusion and racism, Mr Jeyaraj, of the Church of Christ, said. Chaplains indicated that the largest portion of their time (30 percent) was spent in informal meetings with students in the playground or in prearranged oneon-one sessions in an office. The Churches Commission on Education, the WA body also known as YouthCARE, seeks to persuade more members of the Catholic Faith to consider chaplaincy in public schools. YouthCARE also provides 250 volunteers to provide voluntary Christian Religious Education classes in public schools.
with 28 percent under 30; 25 percent were between 30 and 39; 23 percent between 40 and 49; 19 percent between 50 and 59 and 4 percent were 60 years of age or older. Chaplains come from a range of Christian backgrounds ranging from Catholic, Anglican, the Uniting Church and Orthodox denominations to the congregationally-oriented Baptist and Churches of Christ to Pentecostal and charismatic denominations. While no one denomination was dominant among chaplains, Mr Reyaraj said that among students, Catholics form the largest minority. It is understood that over half of Catholic students in WA attend public schools. There is a standard remuneration for chaplains and schools and communities could apply for $20,000 a year, covering costs including a minimum of two days chaplaincy service a week. While Catholic schools have priests as chaplains, 22 Catholic schools in WA have also accessed the funding. However, the Government encouraged schools to complement this so a chaplain would
Abortion laws reduce life to a commodity: new Sale Bishop BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter LAWS like that enacted by Victoria's Abortion Law Reform Bill reduce human life to a consumer commodity that is open to "designer babies", Bishop Christopher Prowse of Sale said. On the one year anniversary since the Victorian Abortion Law Reform Bill came into effect on October 24, 2008, Bishop Prowse said that for the unborn, such laws are "a new kind of slavery" and fail to offer encouragement or options for women with an unexpected pregnancy to keep the child. The law came under fire from Queen's Counsel and former Federal Judge Neil Young and former adviser to the Attorney General's office Peter Willis as a breach of Australia's international obligations on human rights laws as Clause 8 of the Bill removes conscientious objection for medical practitioners. Bishop Prowse (right) called for public action to urge the law to be repealed as "abortion is a scourge; it is a poison to true human free-
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WHAT CHAPLAINS DEAL WITH - 82% had run needs-based programs such as handling of grief or behavioural management; - 79% of chaplains said they had done off-site visits to parents and care-givers; - 73% had led in school events or special ceremonies and - 49% had participated in school camps. Chaplains indicated that in the two weeks prior to the survey, the following issues had been raised by students themselves, by staff in referring students to them, or by themselves in advising students: - 95% of chaplains reported dealing with behaviour management issues such as anger - 92% with bullying and harassment; - 92% with peer relationships and loneliness; - 91% with student-family relationship issues; - 85% with sense of purpose and self esteem; - 81% with grief and loss; - 77% with community involvement and social inclusion; - 76% with spirituality and 'big picture' issues of life; - 72% with mental health and depression; - 50% with alcohol and drug abuse and - 44% with self harm and suicide,
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What every parent must know. And do.
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hy do so many young people born into Catholic and Christian families leave the Church? There are several reasons which explain the decades-long drift from the Faith of the Church by young people of every denomination. Condensed to its simplest expression, study after study has demonstrated that the young see the Church, and especially its moral beliefs about what constitutes the truly good and virtuous life, as irrelevant. Pope Benedict has masterfully analysed the rise of moral relativism and the intellectual and cultural trends which powerfully influence and shape this phenomenon in the present era. Addressing this perception among youth should be a priority for the Church in Australia but no penetrating analysis of the specific factors leading to this exodus has been carried out. Therefore no solution has been proposed. Those who should understand these matters appear still largely ignorant. The most important person in a child's life from the time of birth is the mother. As her influence diminishes, a child's father comes more into play providing the formation that a father is more gifted to give his children. Together, in unity and complementarity, they provide the foundation for their children's lives in education, growth and in leading them to an experience of true Faith by their own example. But from the age of two or thereabouts, children are placed in front of television, which plays an increasingly important role in their lives, for much of the rest of their lives. Television is clearly malevolent towards our PO Box 75 children. Leederville WA 6902 From the age of four they cathrec@iinet.net.au enter the process of education, where they find most of Tel: (08) 9227 7080 their friendships. There, they Fax: (08) 9227 7087 are surrounded by friends who come from families of little or no faith or great ignorance of the Church. So, too, their teachers. Peer pressure, for better or worse, is the most powerful force in a child's life. Peers mimic and transmit what they see on television. Almost no child, however, has the character to stand up against peer pressure, especially over the span of years. Outside the context of friendships with others, there is the general influence of the media - the press, magazines, the Internet, radio, and movies. The media is meant to serve the common good of society. In Australia and around the world, it serves instead the primary goal of making money by providing news and entertainment. However, over several decades the media have become a usually malevolent force in the lives of the young; look at any average suburban news agency. Beyond the media there is the background noise of the culture in general, including politics, which is increasingly hostile to, dismissive of, or indifferent to formal religious belief unless it happens to be compatible with a temporary fashion such as a movie or pop song. This phenomenon is global, especially in affluent nations. In other words, after the influence of mother and father, every other influence in the life of a youngperson is generally hostile, often by way of ridicule or allure, to the traditional faith and values parents may wish to transmit to their children and lead them to. Increasingly, this may mean - and the statistics and trends of recent decades would seem to confirm it - that no matter how hard convinced Christian parents may try, the deck is stacked against them in their best efforts on behalf of their children. This problem, insofar as it can be defined, may be described essentially as isolation of the child from the formational love of parents and of the Church. But the problem, which is clearly pervasive, also offers a glimpse of the solution, a solution well within reach and one that should give every Christian spouse and parent reasons for hope. If isolation is the problem, and in essence it is, then the answer is ... communion, friendship, solidarity. Firstly, parents must act in unity. If this characteristic is missing, or largely missing, from a marriage because of factors such as selfishness, to take one example, their efforts are much more likely to fail. It is impossible to overemphasise the importance of unity in equality between spouses operating as partners and collaborators in the formation of their children. Secondly, parents must, in order to succeed, surround their own families and children with excellent people. As a child grows and sees his or her friends also going to Mass on a weekend, saying prayers before bedtime at sleepovers, and seeing friends or the parents of friends praying Grace before meals or praying the Rosary and the like, they will naturally absorb as they grow the lesson that its Christianity that is normality, not the tragically failed lives of movie and rock stars who are the examples others seem to follow. Parents can succeed. What this all means is that parents must act where others will not or cannot and form communities that stick to each other. But now we know: we can succeed. Courage.
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t would take some time to refute in detail the vile falsities contained in Bill Mathew's eructation of muck, "Apartheid Israel?" Here are a few brief points. Israel is not an apartheid state, although this disgusting libel is being peddled around the world today in a clearly orchestrated campaign. More than 20 percent of its population are Muslim or Christian Arabs. They have full human rights, voting rights, equality before the law, and a number sit in the Parliament. Israel's statehood was agreed by the UN, and supported by all the great powers of the day. There were no massacres of Christians and Muslims at the time of partition. Many Muslims left voluntarily. Several Arab armies invaded Israel with the intent of annihilating it and were defeated. "The 1967 war further dis-
possessed and enslaved the Palestinians ..." This makes it sound as if the 1967 war was Israel's fault. In fact, in 1967 the Arab states again attacked Israel with the intention of annihilating it, as they were to do again in 1973. The Palestinian refugee problem could be cleared up overnight if other Arab states agreed to resettle the Palestinians, as tiny Israel successfully resettled millions of Jews driven out of almost every Arab country at the time of its formation. Mr Mathew writes: "Many Christians have left Palestine for Western countries. Muslims have nowhere to go:' Just check out what planet you're living on, Mr Mathew - there are more than 20 Muslim nations, some of them very large and/or wealthy. If they won't take the Palestinians, but prefer to keep them as a weapon against Israel, just how is that Israel's fault? Israel remains a functioning democracy with a high respect for human rights, surrounded by enemies bent on its total destruction and the murder of its people in a second holocaust. It has recently been attacked continually by suicide bomb fanatics (who know also to strap bombs onto intellectually disabled children) and thousands of rockets fired indiscriminately into civilian population centres. Even in Jordan, one of the most moderate Arab states involved, it was a capital offence to sell land to a Jew until the 1990s, and even now is illegal. Sound like apartheid? And no, Mr Mathew, I am not Jewish. Hal GP Colebatch Ned lands
Our children's hurt
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he fact that the Federal Government needs to provide $19 million to help young children, some just toddlers, cope with stress and depression is most disturbing. It leads us to ask what changes in society could possibly have brought about or at least contributed to a situation which even ten years could not have been imagined. In the past ten years we have seen a dramatic increase in the breakdown and fragmentation of the traditional family based on marriage and the resulting family dysfunction. The trauma suffered by children as a result of the breakdown of their parents' marriage or relationship is well documented. Stability is an essential ingredient for the wellbeing of children. When parent(s) remarry or re-partner, the children are often shuttled between two parents and may have to adapt to new step-parents and siblings. The Breakthrough Britain Report 2006 found correlations between family breakdown and poverty,
educational failure, serious personal debt, crime, welfare dependency and addiction; stresses which inevitably affect everyone, including children. The last decade has also witnessed dramatic increases in the number of working mothers and, therefore, of children placed in childcare. Research shows that the physical, emotional and social development and welfare of the child is best served in the context of the two parent family of mum and dad, one of whom is a full time, stay at home parent. Obviously, it is more practical for this to be the mother in the early years. Women's presence in the workforce is not as valuable as their presence in the early years of their children's lives. Several child psychologists and experts in the area of child welfare (Biddulph, Cook, Manne, Hakim), have reported the detrimental effects for children of daycare, particularly long daycare. In some circumstances, it may be necessary for both parents to be in full time paid employment and flexible working hours as part of working contracts would benefit these families. Less emphasis on consumerism and materialism would also put less pressure on families to have two pay packets. Dramatic increases in the commercialisation of childhood are now clearly apparent. Children are turned into consummate consumers and enormous pressure is exerted on parents via 'pester power' to buy the latest toys, clothes and gadgets. Now our society also faces the disturbing phenomenon of the early sexualisation of children. Commenting recently on the case of a child assaulted by young boys, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, a Melbourne-based child psychologist, said that although such cases are rare he is disturbed by the early sexualisation of children in today's society. He said that children are bombarded in virtually every form of media with sexuality and that, being very impressionable, the case he was speaking about could be a case of 'monkey see, monkey do: No-one can deny the explosion of hardcore pornography on the internet and elsewhere contributing to the exploitation of children. Australia's greatest resource lies in its families and healthy marriages generate healthy families. The families of our nation need the full economic and legal protection of the Australian government and of the Australian society as a whole. While providing money for counselling may go some way to solving the problem of depression in young children, we need to seriously look at some of the real issues contributing to this most disturbing situation Gillian Gonzalez Vice President Australian Family Association, WA
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A Malawian miracle A boy from Malawi saves his family by building a windmill from discarded rubbish, writes Chinwuba lyizoba.
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n Africa, it seems that there is still much work to be done, compared with developed nations. Recently, the BBC ran a report about a young Malawian boy who invented a windmill. William Kamkwamba was forced to drop out of school because his parents couldn't pay $80 a year for his schooling. But he did not lose hope. Instead, he educated himself using a local library. In 2002, following one of Malawi's worst droughts which killed thousands of people and left his family on the brink of starvation, he built a windmill to pump water into his father's farm. "I was very interested when I saw the windmill could make electricity and pump water and I thought to myself: that could be a defence against hunger. Maybe I should build one for myself," William told the BBC. He described how he stumbled on a drawing of a windmill in a tattered book, and began to dream. He dreamt of bringing water to his father's farm - it was a matter of surviving or dying from hunger. So, against formidable odds and penniless, he began to work. With nothing more than a fistful of cornmeal in his stomach, he worked on his project mostly in the night, with no other light except a smoking paraffin lamp, enduring bites from the mosquitos and insects attracted by the light. The taunts of sceptical family and friends made things even worse. "Many, including my mother, thought I was going crazy," he recalled. "They had never seen a windmill before." For spare parts, Kamkwamba rummaged through dustbins and refuse dumps. He used bicycle spokes, a tractor fan blade, an old shock absorber and fashioned blades from plastic pipes, which he flattened by holding them over a fire. Neighbours, shocked to see him sifting through rubbish, concluded that he was on drugs. "People thought I was smoking marijuana," he said. Finally, Kamkwamba finished work: a 5m (16ft) tall, blue-gum-tree, wooden tower, swaying in the breeze, looked more like a tinker's folly than a work of engineering. "I received quite an electric shock climbing up that tower," Kamkwamba told the BBC. But, glory was to follow. The neighbours' jeers soon turned to amazement when Kamkwamba scampered up the tower and hooked a light bulb to the turbine and, as the blade began to spin in the wind, the light bulb flickered alive and the crowd of astonished onlookers went wild. Soon the whiz kid's 12-watt wonder was pumping power into his family's mud brick compound. Before long, locals were queuing up to charge their mobile phones and The Daily Times wrote an article on him. He expanded the 5m windmill to build a 12m model and a year later succeeded in bringing solar power to his village. Then he installed a solar pump. As the fame of his renewable energy projects grew, he was invited to the prestigious Technology Entertainment Design Conference in Arusha, Tanzania. By the middle of last year he had built a "Green
Machine" windmill for pumping well water. By last September he had received a scholarship to study in the elite African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa. The moral for Africans is clearly that we must learn never to give up trying to change our environment. Unfortunately, many Africans are still waiting for things to happen. Recent surveys show that 64 percent believe that success is determined by forces outside their own control. In my own country, Nigeria, the refrain is: "God will provide". Young William's story is a challenge to African youth who, often faced with incredible limitations, give in to despair. This example of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity should spur all Africans to get rid of lazy attitudes and start working, using personal study and self help to overcome the myriad of problems caused by deficiencies of education. As Victor Frankl, a concentration camp survivor, put it: "When we are no longer able to change a situation ... we are challenged to change ourselves. Difficulties test men's virtues and sometimes spur them to do the impossible." In short, Africans are called to do the impossible. In addition, William's story is a good example of why Africans should continue to have lots of children in the face of opposition from Western population control enthusiasts. William is the second eldest of Trywell and Agnes Kamkwamba's seven children (he has six sisters). Africans have lots of children, not because they have never heard of contraceptives or abortion pills. These arc available over chemist counters in Africa, and many young unmarried girls are familiar with them. We have children because we love them and we believe they provide our greatest potential. William has taught his family to maintain the windmill when he's away at school. His sister, Dolice, and cousin, Geoffrey, can quickly climb up the tower, as it sways and clatters in the wind, to make repairs - a living proof that people are the solution to Africa's troubles, not the problem. Every child comes with one mouth to feed, two hands to help and a brain to innovate. Poor countries don't need less children but more dynamic people. It is sad and ironic that in superrich countries people don't want children. The Americans, the Swedes and the French, on average are much richer than Ivorians, Ghanaians, and Togolese or even Indians, yet fertility in these countries is below replacement level. This often makes young people in such "advanced" countries comfort freaks. It can be argued that they are so spoilt by infinite luxuries and comforts from a tender age that even the smallest setback can become intolerable. The caving in of European societies to euthanasia and birth control is a result of Western culture's lost ability to cope with suffering, pain and self denial of any kind. As one American lady said to me:
"My biggest fear is suffering, and I am so scared of pain." Thus, the high suicide rates in these countries. In Nigeria, our large population creates a huge market for businesses. MTN, a mobile phone company in Nigeria that pioneered the GSM mobile phone here in 2001, making phones available to street vendors and artisans, declared $800 million profit early last year. Africans have hope because of their children - hope in the future, hope that one of the many little ones running around will be another Barack Obama or better still, another William Kamkwamba. Finally, the great margin for improvement in Africa is often a source of excitement and enthusiasm for the adventurous. I recall letters from a German friend who returned to his native Germany after spending one year in Enugu. "I feel like coming back to Nigeria immediately," he wrote to me. "I would be back in Nigeria this minute if! was given the chance." He says he is feeling choked by the infinite rules and regulations of Germany where everything seems to have already been done. He longed for Enugu, where he could be himself, where he felt needed and where he could contribute something. Challenges are important. The
abundance of challenges in everyday life - though trying and unpleasant - may directly or indirectly contribute to making Africans happier. William Kamkwamba, who has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal and flown to conferences around the world, is determined to return home after his studies and to bring power not just to the rest of his village, but to all Malawians, only 2 percent of whom have electricity. "I want to help my country and apply the knowledge I've learned," he says. "I feel there's lots of work to be done." Chinwuba lyizoba is an electrical engineer in Enugu, Nigeria. - Mercatomet.com
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"geared toward a vision of the person and the common good that reflects truly universal values." That means they need to focus on promoting human dignity, be "inspired by charity and placed at the service of truth," he said. Inspired by charity? That may sound overly idealistic to those familiar with some of the more popular talk-radio shows or blogs these days. Archbishop Claudio Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said recently that the Pope is not naive about what's out there. "He knows perfectly well what's circulating on the great networks of information. That's why he says we need to reflect on the distribution of words and images that are degrading to the human person, and put a halt to whatever fuels hatred and intolerance, or whatever wounds the beauty and intimacy of human sexuality," the Archbishop said. Archbishop Celli, who has pioneered some of the Vatican's new media initiatives, said that while the Pope wants to affirm the opportunities of the media explosion he will voice concern when needed. One example is the concept of friendship: The Pope believes it's an important element of the digital age, but risks being trivialised. "It would be sad if our desire to sustain and develop online friendships were to be at the cost of our availability to engage with our families, our neighbours and those we meet in the daily reality of our places of work, education and recreation," the Pope wrote in his annual message to communicators earlier this year. Pope Benedict faces a challenging task when it comes to communications. The 82 year old
Pontiff is definitely old school, preferring books to videos and expressing his most important ideas in documents that he writes out longhand. At the same time, his aides have gone to great lengths to portray the Pope as a friend of new media, featuring him in text messages, YouTube videos and podcasts. Yet Pope Benedict's teaching style is not easily reduced to sound bites or video clips. Even his off-the-cuff remarks come across as carefully reasoned. Moreover, the Pope has found that his core message - the importance of faith in God and the power of the Gospel to change lives - often fails to make the news. Media interest perks up when there's a Vatican controversy, but not when the Pope talks about the need for modern saints. Even the Pope's long-awaited encyclical on economic justice, timed for release as the world's leaders were meeting to tackle the global financial crisis, was bumped off network newscasts and relegated to the inside pages of newspapers by an event too big to ignore: the massive memorial service the same day for Michael Jackson. It's doubtful any of this surprises Pope Benedict. Several years ago, he commented on the Church's relationship with the media in his book Salt of the Earth. "The convictions and modes of behaviour that hold the Church together are located at a deeper level than the forms of expression and behavioural patterns that are imposed on us by the mass media," he said. That's no sound bite, either, but it reflects the Pope's caution against presuming that today's media culture is on the Church's wavelength. It also implies that the media themselves should be a major target of modern evangelisation.
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Farewell to a fellow traveller Well-known Perth Priest Father Simon Carson, a convert, died peacefully at St John of God Hospital Subiaco on October 17 at 2pm, aged 64
THE former Mundaring Parish Priest was recovering from recent surgery and had been ill since a seven-bypass heart operation in 2000. He was also suffering from cancer and had only recently retired from Mundaring Parish. Archbishop Barry Hickey informed Archdiocesan clergy of Fr Carson's death in a letter early this week. "Fr Simon was a hardworking and generous priest whose simplicity of life was an inspiration,"he said. The Archbishop also included details of a Vigil Mass and Funeral. Fr Simon Carson was born in Nottingham, England on May 18, 1945. The family moved to Australia and settled in Albany in 1949. His father David was known as Dr Murry. He opened his own practice as a GP in Albany. His mother Doreen (nee Robinson) was an Albany girl who travelled to England before WWII, where she met her husband. Simon was the youngest of three children. His older sister Angela and older twin brother (by seven minutes) Captain Nigel, are married to John and Geraldine. Simon was uncle to Rebecca, Simon, Sarah and Terry.
He attended the Albany primary and high schools, then St Charles seminary in Guildford and St Francis Xavier in Adelaide. He was ordained on September 1, 1973 by Archbishop Lancelot Goody. Close friend Fr John Jegorow of Ballajura, who was a fellow seminarian with the young Simon Carson, said he reminded him of John the Baptist. "He was not interested in possessions of any sort, lived a rather austere life and appeared at times like a monk of the desert," Fr Jegorow said. "He lived and died with very few material things. He may not have been as holy as John the Baptist and while he may have had a fault or two, (as we all do), he was a photographer's delight because he would always smile the moment a camera was pointed in his direction. Even in the last months of his life, he was not adverse to having his picture taken. "His greatest love of later years was his dog "Sticks". He was an avid Eagles and cricket follower. "He was very generous with his money by either supporting those in need or spending his money on parish projects. He worried too much about the debt in building the church at Ocean Reef." Fr Simon started his working career with Solomon's, a manchester wholesaler in Fremantle. Before entering the seminary he was a jackeroo in the far north of WA, riding horseback, repairing boundary fences and checking on wind-powered water pumps. He spent some time in England before returning to WA where he was received into the Catholic Church with his mother Doreen and sister Angela by Father Leo Leunig at Cottesloe. When his mother settled in West Perth the family found good friends in the Cathedral priests Fathers Pat O'Reilly and Barry Walsh. Father Jegorow said Fr Carson's `magnum opus' was the establishment of the new parish of Ocean Reef in the then outer northern limits of Perth's suburban sprawl. "It was in the days when house
and land cost $60,000 and a church and hall cost less than $750,000. Simon kept busy baptising and marrying and, as he would say half jokingly, 'being a river to his people": Fr Jegorow said. At his last parish at Mundaring (2000) he was well looked after by Dr Liz Wysoki, a parishioner and friend. Fr Simon stayed with the Wysokis until suitable accommodation was found at the St John of God Villa but he did not have much time to enjoy it. In the last few weeks of his life he moved six times: from the Mundaring Presbytery, to the Wysokis, to the Castledare Priests' Villa, to St John of God Villa, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and finally back to St John of God Hospital. Fr Jegorow described his friend as a man of few words but quick to say what he thought. "This got him into trouble at times. Like the time at Heathrow Airport when he said to the security person rifling through his bag "What! Do you think that I have a bomb in there?" This was not exactly the best thing to say after the Lockerbie bombing and he nearly missed his flight home as a result:' After being ordained in 1973, Fr Carson spent three months relieving at Kalgoorlie, followed by 20 months at Scarborough and four years at Northam, all as Assistant Priest. He was Parish Priest at Bruce Rock (1979-85) and then founded the parish of Ocean Reef (1985-1999). He celebrated his Silver Jubilee of priesthood at Ocean Reef before an interim year at Maida Vale and then at Mundaring from May 2000. As The Record went to press, Fr Carson's Funeral Mass was to be celebrated on Friday, October 23 at 10am in the Church of St Simon Peter, Ocean Reef, with burial at Karrakatta Cemetery afterwards. A Vigil Mass was to be celebrated in Sacred Heart Church, Mundaring, at 2pm on Thursday, October 22 to enable the school children to be present. His coffin was to remain in Mundaring church until 8pm on Thursday for private prayer.
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Sts Simon and Jude (d first century) are not two of the most wellknown of Jesus' apostles, but the New Testament writers did mention them both by name. Simon, who is not the same as Simon Peter, was called a zealous, or very enthusiastic, man because of his devotion to the Jewish law as a young man. Church tradition teaches that he died a martyr while travelling as a missionary. Jude was mentioned as "the brother of James," but the Bible does not give any more information. We honour both of these men, who left their own lives to follow Jesus, on October 28
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JESUS and some of His disciples had spent some time in Jericho, where Jesus preached. Here, as in many towns and villages that Jesus visited, large crowds of people gathered around Him or followed Him, wanting to hear Him or be healed by Him. Unaware that Jesus was coming, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus sat on the side of the road. Although he could not see, his ears told him there were many people around, and he hoped they would feel sorry for him and give him money. But he heard something else in the crowd noise, too. The name "Jesus." When he realised that Jesus was the reason for the crowd, he became excited. He had heard the stories of what wonders Jesus had performed. Maybe Jesus would do something wonderful for him. "Jesus," he called out, "son of David, have pity on me." Many who were in the crowd told the dirty beggar in tattered clothing to be quiet. But that did not stop him. He called out again and louder, "Son of David, have pity on me." When Jesus heard His name being called out, He stopped and looked around to see who had called Him. Jesus said to His disciples, "Call him." Some of the disciples made their way through the crowd until they reached Bartimaeus. They reached down and took him by the hands and said to him, "Take courage; get up, He is calling you." Bartimaeus threw off his cloak and stood up. Then he went with the disciples to meet Jesus. Jesus looked at Bartimaeus, who could not see Him in return, and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" Bartimaeus said simply, "Master, I want to see." Without hesitation, Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you." Immediately, Bartimaeus received his sight. Instead of going away, he stayed and followed Jesus with the rest of the crowd. After Jesus had separated from the people and was once again alone with his disciples, he sent them into a village where he told them they would find a colt tied up. Jesus planned to ride the colt into Jerusalem, and he knew the colt's owner would gladly loan it to Him. READ MORE ABOUT IT:
Peter often spoke about the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus, and those events are in Mark's Gospel. Important events in the life of Peter also are included, such as his call to follow Jesus, his presence at the transfiguration of Jesus and even his denial of Jesus.
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THE WORLD
Youth, Religious unite as tens of thousands protest Spain's abortion laws
MADRID, Spain (CNS) - Tens of thousands of people rallied against legislation that would allow girls as young as 16 to have abortions without parental consent in traditionally Catholic Spain. The nation's Catholic Bishops had urged people to !participate in the October 17 rally down a major boulevard in Madrid. In late September, the gov-
ernment formally approved the Bill on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy. Among other actions, the legislation would make abortion available on demand in Spain up to 14 weeks into a pregnancy as long as, at least three days before the procedure, the woman receives information about her rights and about the help she can
expect to receive as a mother if she continues her pregnancy. The measure still must be considered by the Spanish parliament. Abortion is currently allowed in Spain for the first 22 weeks of pregnancy, but only in cases of rape, genetic defect or threats to a woman's health. The Bishops' Permanent Commission said in an October 1 statement that the legislation
was "a step backward, as far as defending the right to life of those who are to be born is concerned. It means a greater abandonment of pregnant mothers and irreparable damage to the common good" Archbishop Braulio Rodriguez Plaza of Toledo said the bill paid "little regard to sexual health" and "presented abortion as if it was a right. The legislators of
Europe are engaged in a kind of contradiction, claiming on the one hand they want to expand the individual rights of the people, and on the other working against other rights such as the right to be born and the right to live". The Catholic Church traditionally claims the loyalty of 82 percent of Spain's 40 million inhabitants.
PapalNuncio debunks UNpopulation explosion myth UN Nuncio says people are `world's greatest resource' BY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE UNITED NATIONS - For nearly 100 years some have tried to blame food, energy and environmental crises on population growth, the Vatican's UN Nuncio said, but it has been "consistently demonstrated" that people are "the world's greatest resource," he told the UN General Assembly. Archbishop Celestino Migliore addressed the world body on October 12 as it marked the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt. He spoke about migration, women's health and development, and the needs of society's most vulnerable. At the conference in Cairo, many delegates were "under the impression that a population explosion was going to occur and hamper
the ability to achieve adequate global economic development," the Archbishop said. "Now, 15 years later, we see that this perception was unfounded:' Archbishop Migliore said in many countries the population has declined and some legislators are now encouraging an increase in birthrates to boost economic growth. "It has been consistently demonstrated by human ingenuity and the ability of people to work together that human persons are the world's greatest resource," he said. In 1994 in Cairo, the Vatican gave its support to the conference document's basic call for improved health care, economic development programs, the empowerment of women and support for the family. However, it withheld its approval of chapters promoting contraception and condom distribution in AIDS-prevention programs and said other chapters presented abortion as an acceptable method of family planning. "Together
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with so many people around the world, the Holy See affirms that human life begins at the moment of conception. That life must be defended and protected," said the Vatican's UN Nuncio at the time, Archbishop Renato R Martino. In his remarks, Archbishop Migliore restated the Church's
teaching on abortion, and said: "Suggesting that reproductive health includes a right to abortion explicitly violates the language of the (international conference), defies moral and legal standards within local communities, and divides efforts to address the real needs of mothers and children:' The Archbishop also stressed the importance of demographic policies that consider the needs of migrants. "Too often migration is seen by governments and individuals as an unwitting consequence of globalisation and negative stereotypes of migrants are used to promote policies which have a dehumanising effect and create unconscionable divisions within families," he said. Migrants often provide skills and talents to countries while at the same time giving valuable support to their countries of origin, he said. Countries should adopt policies that recognise the benefits of migration, he added. Archbishop Migliore also dis-
cussed the importance of states promoting and strengthening "the family as a vital element of producing greater social and economic development" He said the growing presence of women in the job market raised new challenges for women and the family at home and in the workplace. "Sexual and economic exploitation, trafficking of women and girls, and discriminatory practices in the job market have challenged governments to promote and apply policies to end these injustices and support the family in its proper responsibilities," he said. In addition to supporting women, Archbishop Migliore stressed that must states "assure the development especially of the most vulnerable within society" "Providing for the overall physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of children is paramount to ensure that future generations may know abject poverty and child mortality as a historical remnant rather than a daily reality:' he said.
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THE WORLD
High 'Ferocious onslaught on family' Irish Court clears
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Bishops criticise aid with strings attached as 'cultural imperialism' BY CAROL GLATZ Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY - Development aid that is tied to promoting abortion, contraception and cutbacks in social and educational programs represents a form of "cultural imperialism" from the West that must end, said some African Bishops. Nations and institutions, especially in the West, must stop trying to impose on Africa policies and ideas that fail to respect human dignity and life, said Cardinal Theodore-Adrien Sarr of Dakar, Senegal. These foreign concepts represent "a kind of cultural imperialism; he said. Cardinal Sarr, one of three delegated co-presidents of the Synod of Bishops for Africa, said that just because certain countries have determined such policies are good for their own countries does not mean those ideas and practices should be imposed on Africa. "We as a church and as Africans have great respect for life starting from conception," he said, lamenting the fact that some foreign organisations promote abortion as part of their reproductive health programs for women in Africa. He and three other Synod members spoke at an October 14 Vatican press conference. Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of Durban, South Africa, another copresident at the Synod, said funding for HIV and AIDS programs often mandates a certain portion of the money be spent on condoms. Also, approval for foreign aid to promote industry and development may require a government to cut back on education, welfare and health care spending, he said. "But the most insidious form" of this cultural imperialism is a shift in what determines what is moral, Cardinal Napier said. It used to be if something was against the common good it was considered objectively wrong and what was for the good of the wider community was objectively good, he said. "But there is a certain ideology coming in which is what is good for me is good and what is bad for me is bad and that's introducing an individualism that's taking us completely away from caring for others on the basis of some external standard of moral behaviour; he said. Cardinal John Njue of Nairobi, Kenya, said Africa finds itself in a
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difficult situation in which it needs aid in order to become self-reliant. But people's dependence on this aid must be treated with respect. "Anything that comes from abroad, even from the point of view of irk als, must also respect the culture and dignity of the human person." he said. Cardinal Napier said outside investors and developers must work with Africa as equal partners. Let the aid "be delivered in truth as real aid, not as something that has such strings attached that you're worse off than you were before you got the aid", he said. The Cardinal also said that one of the many cultural norms inherent to Africa is that sexual intercourse is meant for creating new life, "not so much for enjoyment:' But "the imperial culture is saying, 'No, it's for enjoyment: and pregnancy is almost a disease; he said. This mentality is part of the "irresponsible sexual behaviour" that is the root cause of the spread of HIV in South Africa, he said. The Church works to give young people and adults accurate information about HIV and what to do to avoid it, he said. Specifically, people should not engage in sexual activity before marriage and should stay faithful in marriage, he said. "But how to get this message across is where we haven't been at our best and we're trying in all kinds of ways to correct that problem; he said. The Vatican press conference came a day after the Synod of Bishops for Africa concluded its general discussions with a formal summary. In the 20 page report, the defense
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of the traditional family, the injustices surrounding the extraction of Africa's natural resources, and the need to help Catholics be credible witnesses of the Gospel emerged as major themes. The recording secretary of the Synod, Cardinal Peter Turkson of Cape Coast, Ghana, presented the report, which provided a summary of the nearly 160 speeches made during the first phase of the three week Synod. The report is also meant to offer guidelines for continued discussion as the Bishops break into small working groups to draw up proposals for the Pope. Things like contraception, sterilisation, new definitions of gender and same sex marriages all represent "dangerous ideologies" coming from sources outside Africa and represent "a ferocious onslaught on the family" and marriage, it said. The report said Bishops' conferences should set up specialised offices or "watch posts' so the Church can better "deal with new challenges, develop new actions or follow the evolution of certain situations or issues such as foreign
interference, greed, ethnicism all potential causes of ethnic conflicts:' The Synod said it would like to see "put in place an international judicial system which would aim at controlling the activities of multinational and transnational mining companies; which, in their "lust" for exclusive rights over natural resources, often foment armed conflict in Africa and hurt the environment. The Bishops would like to see better formation, especially of lay Christians involved in politics, it said. Local churches need to establish chaplaincies to help politicians exercise "servant leadership in a transparent and accountable exercise of power, respect of human rights and the administration of national wealth for public welfare; the report said. The key to bringing about peace, justice and reconciliation in Africa lies in a conversion of hearts, so that people live as true disciples of Christ, it said. The redemption of suffering in the world "requires a spirituality, and not a strategy; it said.
DUBLIN, Ireland - The Irish High Court has decided that a much-anticipated report on the handling of child sexual abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese should be published with the exception of one chapter. The redacted report is now expected to be released by the end of October. The report of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation, which was established in 2006, follows an inquiry into how abuse allegations were dealt with by church officials in Dublin between 1975 and 2004. Completed in July, the report was referred to the court for advice by Justice Minister Dermot Ahern after concerns that its publication could prejudice criminal trials. Three of the cases investigated by the Commission concern men - two priests and a former priest - currently before the courts on child abuse charges. The trials are not expected to conclude before summer 2010. Justice Paul Gilligan, ruling for the court, said that he had considered a range of issues, including the right to a fair trial, the community's right to prosecute and the public interest. Saying he balanced those considerations and others, Gilligan ruled that all but Chapter 19 of the report may be published. He said that he would reconsider in May the publication of Chapter 19, which includes the name of one abuse victim. The Irish government is expected to discuss the report at its scheduled cabinet meeting on October 27. Publication of the redacted text is expected to follow soon afterward. Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has already warned Catholics that the report's findings will be "shocking" and revealed that more than 400 children have suffered abuse at the hands of Dublin priests. The Commission began its work after the Diocese admitted that 102 of its priests were suspected of abusing children.
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Alan Ames Originally I came from London where I was born in 1953. My father was a violent alcoholic and as a result I grew up feeling a lot of anger. I joined a motorcycle gang and became violent myself, fuelled by alcohol. A fter I married and had children I moved to Australia with my family. The turning point in my life came in 1993. Because of a personal encounter with Jesus I became aware of my sins and the ways I had hurt God. He offered me forgiveness from the Cross whichI initially struggled with but in the end accepted. The Lord helped bring me back to accepting the Sacraments and the Church. He turned my hatred and pain into love. After my conversion I believe I was called by God to be one of His witnesses. He sent me to bring with Debbie Warner His love into the world. Since 1994 I have been speaking and praying for healing around the world. I have travelled to over 40 countries and my 16 books have been translated into 15 languages. The highlights of my ministry were in 2004 and again in 2006 when I gave talks at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth and St Catherine's, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. I have the support of Archbishop Barry Hickey in my healing ministry and he selected Father Richard Rutkauskas to be my spiritual director. My life, once one of misery and hopelessness, has been transformed into one of joy and freedom. The Holy Spirit has given me the gift of healing. After my talks, I pray to God and lay my hands on those seeking healing. With God and through GodI have seen miraculous changes in people's lives take place. In all cases I believe that God's divine will for us is best. Anyone can pray for healing. Healing through the Church begins with the Eucharist which is very powerful. This is complemented by the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Once, while I was in Switzerland, a 17 year old boy with quadriplegia came to my healing service. He was only able to move his eyes. After I prayed over him he was up and about, completely mobile. Another time I prayed over a man with liver cancer who was scheduled for surgery to remove the tumor. Afterwards he said he felt a tingling sensation in his abdomen and the back of his neck. The day before the surgery they were unable to locate the tumour with either ultrasound or x-ray. Four doctors later confirmed the tumour was no longer there. I cannot claim that these are miracles as they have not been presented to the Church for judgement. God answers all prayers for healing but not necessarily in the way we expect. Our crosses in life draw us closer to God. Suffering can be redemptive. When we offer our suffering up to Jesus we become part of His act of salvation. My whole day is a prayer. Now that I live for GodI feel complete, where before I felt empty. Each Catholic is meant to be a vessel of love to others. In living this way the Holy Spirit will fill the life of a person with His divine grace so that the light of God's love will illuminate the darkness in the world. If you have a story to tell please contact
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How does one go about becoming a saint? What are the boxes that have to be ticked? I searched Google for a "handbook for sainthood" but was none the wiser. There are over 10,000 of them officially canonised in the Catholic Church and they come in all shapes, sizes, colours, eras, vocations and degrees of past sin, but what is the common bond that ties them all together? Pope Benedict shed some light on the matter when he canonised five more last week. Before announcing the latest inductees he told the waiting crowd that a saint was one who didn't put themselves at the centre, but rather chose to go against the grain and live according to the Gospel. I think his greatest clue came when he referred to the rich young man who asked Jesus what he had to do to attain eternal life. "If you would be perfect", Jesus answered, "Go sell what you possess and give to the poor ... and come, follow me" (Matt 19:21). To give away your possessions in a culture that considered wealth to be a blessing from God was indeed, going against the grain, but there was more to Jesus' invitation than stripping oneself of worldly riches; he had also invited the young man to "Come, follow me". Jesus' call is not necessarily away from material possessions, but away from anything that may hinder us from loving God with all of our heart, mind
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and soul. To follow Christ is to follow His example. This is sainthood. It is to sacrifice one's life for love of God. It is not to merely fulfil the duties of what Jesus taught, but rather to love God with all our being and, as a result, choose to sacrifice ourselves accordingly. This is our sole purpose in life. To love Him with our every thought, word and deed is to put ourselves on the path to sainthood. That is not to say that saints did not stumble on their journey, but rather, in moments of weakness, they were able to fix their eyes and hearts on God and not on their failed humanity. They allowed His forgiving and merciful love to carry them another step down the path. Had the rich, young man chosen to follow Jesus, he would have found himself at the foot of the cross, witnessing the ultimate act of sacrifice. And he would have understood that it was surrendering to love, not blind obedience that motivated Christ's choice.
It was this love that allowed saints to confront, endure and overcome the most difficult of Christ's teachings, the ones that challenged the very core of their being. The decision to love their enemies, pray for their persecutors, forgive those who hurt them, turn the other cheek or not be anxious about tomorrow, did not come from a sense of duty to a distant deity, but from a personal relationship with a loving Father. To seek this relationship is what it takes to become a saint. Miracles, stigmata, visions or any other supernatural occurrences are not prerequisites for sainthood, but a passionate love for God is. And it is a relationship to which we are all called. It is probably best summed up by St Augustine, one of the most well known saints of all: "Love God and do as you please", he once said, because he knew that if one truly loved God, then they would only want to do what pleased Him.
Walk the walk of a Eucharistic faith Communion in an Anglican church Irecently attended the funeral of a close relative who had been an Anglican minister. The liturgy was an Anglican Eucharist. I was surprised to see about 20 Catholics receive Communion, some of whom are leaders in my parish. What does the Church teach about this?
By Fr John Flader Catholics should definitely not receive Communion in such circumstances, but let me explain. As a general rule, Catholics may receive the sacraments only from a Catholic minister. This is stated in Canon 844 §I of the Code of Canon Law: "Catholic ministers may lawfully administer the sacraments only to Catholic members of Christ's faithful, who equally may lawfully receive them only from Catholic ministers, except as provided in §§2, 3 and 4 of this Canon and in Can 861 42". The only relevant exception is the following paragraph, which says: "Whenever necessity requires or a genuine spiritual advantage commends it, and provided the danger of error or indifferentism is avoided, Christ's faithful for whom it is physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister, may lawfully receive the Sacraments of Penance, the Eucharist and Anointing of the Sick from nonCatholic ministers in whose Churches
these sacraments are valid" (Can 844, 42). In which Churches are the Sacraments of Penance, the Eucharist and the Anointing of the Sick valid? In general, the Orthodox Churches, sometimes referred to in the Code of Canon Law as "eastern Churches not in full communion with the Catholic Church" (cf Can 844 §3), have valid sacraments, inasmuch as they have preserved Apostolic Succession and with it a valid priesthood. Thus, under the circumstances mentioned above in Canon 844 42, Catholics could receive the Sacraments of Penance, the Eucharist and the Anointing of the Sick from Orthodox ministers. Even then there are certain considerations that must be taken into account (cf J Flader, Question Time, Connor Court 2008, p 134). In the case of the Christian communities that formed during the Reformation in the 16th century, including the Anglicans, Apostolic Succession was not preserved. As a result, sacraments that require a valid priesthood, such as Penance, the Eucharist and the Anointing of the Sick are not valid in those denominations and Catholics may not receive them from their ministers. In the case of the Anglican funeral you mention in your question, it is clear that Catholics should not have received Communion. In these situations, which can include not only funerals but also weddings, Catholics can sometimes feel that out of charity and respect for the non-Catholic family or minister they ought to go forward to receive Communion. They could think that it would show disrespect not to receive Communion. Such a way of thinking, while well intentioned, is misguided. First of all, their very presence at the funeral or wedding already shows charity and respect, and it will be much appreciated. Secondly, most non-Cath-
olics are aware that Catholics have a different understanding of the Eucharist and for this reason do not receive Communion in non-Catholic ceremonies. They might even be surprised to see us do so. Finally, there is definitely a "danger of error or indifferentism", as mentioned in Canon 844, if Catholics receive Communion in non-Catholic churches. To receive Communion in these circumstances would show that the Catholic was in error about the nature of the Eucharist, or at least it would reveal an attitude of indifferentism, as if there were no difference between the Eucharist in a Catholic Mass and in a Protestant church. That could easily lead other Catholics to receive Communion as well, and it could lead non-Catholics to think that the Catholic Church has changed its position on the matter. Fr Flader: directorCa)caec conau
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Whyis this gayguy Catholic? Finding the key Bein Hear By John Heard
'Beautiful Wounds' People often want to know why I am (still) a Catholic. The "still", of course, implies that a same sex attracted man should, as a default position, find the Church at best inhospitable and at worst totally repulsive. Indeed, I received an email the other day that was full of the most remarkable claims. You are "stifling" yourself, my interlocutor - a total stranger - wrote. You have "given up your own mind to allow a man who sits on a high chair in the centre of Rome, Italy" take over. I must be a slave to that "Vatican Church", he claimed, and recent events in Boston and a sordid history everywhere had shown it to have "inhumane attitudes about sex". In the mind of my reader, Catholicism is nothing more than a pernicious lie, a monstrosity that takes "glorious pleasure" and turns it into abuse, "soul-killing guilt", and shame. The exaggerated claims aside, what impressed me about the email was its literary richness. It is difficult for anyone with a public profile to avoid brickbats, but rarely are they so expressive. No one writes about "glorious" this, and "stifling" that, indeed, unless he is alive to beauty. No one bothers to write an email full of such things unless he suspects
the person at the other end is similarly alive, and might demonstrate some fellow feeling. That sense, that longing, I recognise and cherish. It is, of course, in discussions on the Catholic teaching on human sexuality, the first place to look for common ground. Typically, too, honesty - upfront, raw, and personal, if necessary - works wonders. Sometimes, indeed, when asked why I am a Catholic, I respond that I have been "wounded by Christ". Occasionally, depending on my interlocutors, I vary the wording: "I have been wounded by the crucified One" I say, orI have been "wounded by Him". This is not hyperbole; it is a condensed version of my re-conversion story, however purple the language. Still, I have learned that when speaking to those who are profoundly secular, whether willfully so (ie apostates) or because of their cultural and social experiences (ie closer to what Christians once called heathens, without malice, and some now refer to as neo-Pagans), it is best to speak to beauty first. Certainly, it might be better to say in some contexts - when asked about my faith and its continuance, that I have been wounded by Beauty. When people start to get alarmed (modernity abhors discomfort after all), there is an opportunity to introduce some other ideas: virtue, suffering, love, truth, and what Aristotle knew as telos (the end of things). From beauty, the discussion, then, can flower. Beauty hunts me, I might say - and, when we really get going - Christ hunted me down and would not let me escape Him. Of course, it is never as planned and formulaic as that, nor can a Catholic
aim for stilted phrases when speaking to non-believers. Rather, the goal is to be as eloquent and compelling as Francis Thompson. He wrote of the persistence of faith - the "unhurrying chase, And unperturbed pace, Deliberate speed, majestic instancy" - in his celebrated poem The Hound of Heaven. Here is the Holy Father on the same notion: "The beautiful wounds, but this is exactly how it summons man to his final destiny. [It] ... has nothing to do with superficial aestheticism and irrationalism or with the flight from clarity and the importance of reason. The beautiful is knowledge certainly, but, in a superior form, since it arouses man to the real greatness of the truth". The hound of heaven, the beauty that arouses man to the real greatness of the truth, these are things to offer when someone questions one's faith. In my experience, certainly, there are few people indeed who are totally dead to beauty. Even the most rabid anti-Catholic will know, then, and respond graciously to, an invitation to shift from polemic/ apologetic, to a less fraught mode. Especially in the context of a discussion about the Catholic teaching on human sexuality, it is usually better to start at beauty, to discuss truth and goodness, and then - when some agreement has been reached about those enduring topics - to invite one's interlocutor to wade out a little further in the waters of Christian thinking. This helps me answer the question: Why are you (still) a Catholic? Beauty, truth, goodness, Him. John Heard is an Australian writer johnnyheard@gmail.com facebook: dreadnoughters
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The British House of Commons has about 650 members. So far, about 325 of them, Labour, Tory and Liberal Democrat, have been found to have attempted to cheat the taxpayers of their country by claiming on expenses things that have nothing whatever to do with Parliamentary life and, on a far bigger scale, by "flipping" first and second homes to avoid taxes. One Tory grandee, sadly the son of one of the most respected men in British politics, put in to have his moat dredged at taxpayers' expense, as vital for his Parliamentary duties. Another charged to have a floating island built on his lake where his ducks might find refuge from foxes, stylishly decorated as a Chinese pagoda, apparently in his view a vital public matter. Then there was the Labour chieftain who gave "Champagne socialist" a whole new meaning by charging the taxpayer for champagne flutes, and the very senior Labour Minister who charged the taxpayer for her husband's hire of pornographic videos. But much of the corruption over real estate portfolios runs into five-figure sums, or perhaps more. The Prime Minister himself has shamefacedly agreed to pay back about $27,000 improperly obtained. However, many Members of the Mother of Parliaments, having been exposed, instead of exhibiting shame or contrition, are fighting tooth and nail to hang on to their illgotten gains. And yet, oddly, enough,I derive some hope from the present situation. Britain must have a general election by May. It seems likely that at that election the
The House of Commons has lately seen corruption, common among British MPs
thieves and criminals, from backbench and Ministry alike, will find their political careers obliterated under a tidal wave of public fury. Many in the Commons, and perhaps in the new Ministry, will be fresh and new and, one hopes and prays, imbued with a different ethic. Plainly, the House of Commons has become saturated with a culture of immorality, without standards or values. Whether or not this is the fault of the culture the government has imposed on Britain for the last eleven years is hard to prove, but I think it is more than probable. The decline of Christian values and the various official and quasi-official political and cultural attacks on Christianity (I have written several times in this column on the persecution of Christianity by government and quasi-government authorities in Britain) has also, I am sure, more than a little to do with it. This, like the eccentric and risible pronouncements of certain clergymen, must have some effect on public life, and not
only in Parliament. But what of the new people who will be entering Parliament by early next year at the latest? One certainly does not want too much idealism in politics (think of Cromwell or Robespierre!). They are bound to be, in some cases at least, callow and with impractical ideas or ideals. But at least it looks certain that there will be enough of them to mean the real possibility of a break with the present truly awful, ideal-less culture of amorality and shamelessness that has become so widespread among Britain's law-makers and people's representatives. I have written on Britain a great deal in this column because I believe it is the crucial point (the schwerpunkt, as our friends on the German General Staff used to say) of the great culture war between Christian civilisation and nihilism and moral relativism raging around the world today. It is there that the culture war is being fought with the greatest intensity, and what happens there will affect us. Pray for those new MPs.
to true meaning in the Eucharist S acrament of charity priest! Fr Erasto Fernandez SSS
Christ's Redemption Continued What meaning do we put into the four actions that Jesus asked us to do as a 'Memorial'? When one waves a hand to a person some distance away in a beckoning gesture, one thereby calls this person towards oneself. His gesture conveys a message to the other. Now, when referring to any gesture the right inner meaning must be linked with the external action. Thus, when we do the four actions of Jesus as memorial, the meaning we convey to the Father must be what Jesus Himself conveyed. Most Christians, however, are thinking of thanksgiving, petition, praise, offering and the like as the meaning to be put into the Eucharist. While all these are good and possible meanings, they are not precisely what Jesus' four actions expressed to His Father! His meaning was quite different! So, if our four actions do not have the 'identical meaning' (the right key to the lock) that Jesus intended, would we be doing a 'memorial' or rather something totally different? To understand Jesus' message to the Father, we re-visit the scene at Gethsemane. Faced with the prospect of a meaningless death, Jesus asks the Father to take away the cup of suffering if possible, but only if it is His will. In spite of the pain, He is ready to lovingly break of Himself rather than disobey the Father, even to the point of total acceptance of the cruel death on the Cross. So, when Jesus broke the bread (the bread, He said, was really His body, Himself, His very life) what He really broke was His own self(centred) plans and desires. It was this loving obedience of Jesus that made His sacrifice truly pleasing to the Father, and redemptive for us. Sin is Dis-obedience In the Bible, the primary meaning of sin is disobedience, a rejection of the Father's love. And so, if Jesus means to take away the sin of the world, then the only way He can do this is through an obedience that is total, unconditional and loving, faithful even unto death. This is what the Gethsemane scene brings out clearly. Also, to benefit all mankind it would have to be done in the name of all, as representative of all. Jesus fulfills this condition too, for He is the 'new Adam', the spiritual head of us all as Adam was the physical origin of mankind. Desiring that His redemption reach all mankind, Jesus said an unfailing Yes to the Father. But then, in each generation each of us has to somehow repeat that loving and obedient Yes, if we are to personally appropriate Christ's redemption. And that is why putting our obedient surrender as the 'meaning' of the outward gesture of 'breaking of bread' is absolutely crucial for the effectiveness of our Eucharist. Jesus
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Praise, thanks, offer, petition . What about surrender, the most crucial element?
Thus, no matter what else our 'taking, thanking, breaking and giving' might mean, they must include a very concrete surrender - if it is to become 'the memorial.' Besides, this surrender must refer to some concrete situation in which God's will demands something concrete of us which sometimes could go against our own likes and desires. It need not necessarily be regarding a fresh topic at each Eucharist, but it must be something concrete and consciously undertaken. This surrender is the only thing which Jesus asks from us, if our Eucharist is to be a 'making present' of His own sacrifice at the Last Supper and at Calvary.
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October 21 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. Saturday October 24 IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY PRAYER GROUP 3pm at Ss John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Road, Willetton. All are invited to the 13th Anniversary Celebration with Procession of Our Lady, Rosary and Benediction celebrated by Rev Elver Delicano. Enq: Anna 0412 545 292 or Linda 9364 6195 or 0402 421 526. Saturday October 24 VOICE OF THE VOICELESS MINISTRY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II 11.30am at Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Corner of Corfield Street and lsdell Place, Gosnells. Private adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, followed at noon by Healing Mass with the Voice of the Voiceless Music Ministry. Lunch 1pm bring a plate and later Fellowship. All are welcome to attend. Enq: 0437 286 301. Wednesday October 28 NORMA WOODCOCK TALK 10am at St Joseph's, Salvado Road, Subiaco in the Upper Room. She will speak at the Ladies' Prayer Meeting, following a short prayer time, on Peace at Any Price. All are welcome. Enq: Pam 9381 2516. Friday October 30 MEDJUGORJE EVENING OF PRAYER 7pm at St Pius X Parish, 23 Paterson Street, Manning. Prayer in thanksgiving for Our Blessed Mother's reported apparitions in Medjugorje commemorated with Adoration, Rosary, Benediction followed by Holy Mass by Fr Bogoni. Concluding at approximately 9pm. All welcome. Enq: 9402 2480. Saturday October 31 CELEBRATION MASS - CANONISATION OF JEANNE JUGAN 2pm at Infant Jesus Church, Morley. Little Sisters of the Poor Foundress, Jeanne Jugan, was canonised on 11 October in Rome. Celebrant Archbishop Hickey. Saturday October 31 NOVENA - OUR LADY OF GOOD HEALTH VAILANKANI 5pm at Holy Trinity Church, 8 Burnett Street, Embleton. The Novena will be followed by Vigil Mass at 6pm. Enq: Office 9271 5528 or George 9272 1379. Sunday November 1 TAIZE FOR ALL SAINTS 7pm St Ninian and St Chad Traditional Anglican Church, 11 Susan Street, Maylands. Enq: Harry 0417 180 145. Sunday November 1 ALL SOULS DAY MEMORIAL SERVICE 2pm at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park Crematorium Chapel. Please note, the Memorial Service will not include Mass. Everyone welcome. Enq: Office 9307 2776 or Leanne 9402 1582.
Friday November 6 PRO-LIFE WITNESS 9.30am at St Brigid's Church, Midland. Mass followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at abortion clinic, led by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Enq: Helen 9402 0349. Friday November 6 CATHOLIC FAITH RENEWAL EVENING 7.30pm at Ss John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Road, Willetton. Songs of Praise, talk by Mr Jean-Noel, Thanksgiving Mass, followed by light refreshments. All welcome to attend. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Maureen 9381 4498. Friday November 6 EUCHARISTIC HEALING MASS 7pm at St Peter's Church, 93 Wood Street, Inglewood. Praise and Worship, and Reconciliation followed by Healing Mass, celebrants Fr Roy Pereira and Fr Sam. Fellowship later. Friday November 6 THE ALLIANCE OF THE TWO HEARTS 5.15pm at St Bernadette's Church, Glendalough. Confessions, Mass at 5.45pm followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, hourly Rosaries, hymns and reflections etc. Concludes with Holy Mass at midnight in honour and thanksgiving of the coming reign of the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Father Doug Harris 9444 6131 or Dorothy 9342 5845. Friday November 6 to Sunday November 8 CREATION SPIRITUALITY RETREAT Friday November 6 to Thursday November 12 option also available. St John of God Retreat Centre, Shoalwater. Enq: Sr Shelley Barlow 9271 3873.
Mallia, Chairman of CCR Malta will conduct the healing sessions. All evening sessions commence with Mass. Collections taken to cover costs. Enq: Dan 9398 4973. Friday November 13 DIVINE MERCY THANKSGIVING MASS 2 to 4pm at St Jerome's Church, 36 Troode Street, Munster. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by Mass celebrated by Fr Paul Fox. There will be Divine Mercy Chaplet and Talk on Divine Mercy. All Divine Prayer Groups and everyone are invited to this celebration. End: Connie 9494 1495 or Edita 9418 3728. Saturday November 14 RICHARD AND JUDY PRIESTLY FARM GROTTO T WENTY FIRST YEAR - ANNUAL HOLY MASS 10.30am Mass. Directions; take Great Eastern Highway to El Caballo Blanco, turn south into Wariin Road, go 1.8km, turn east into Chingaanning Road and go 2.2km. Allow 40 minutes from Midland. Bring chair and hat. BBQ meat provided. Enq: 9450 2749 or 0428 502 749. Saturday November 14 to Sunday November 15 OVERNIGHT RETREAT 9am at St John of God Retreat Centre, 47 Gloucester Crescent, Shoalwater. The retreat will be on prayer as aiding spiritual growth. Retreat is for young women who long to grow in their relationship with Christ. Enq: Sr Ann 0409 602 927. Sunday November 15 A SSOCIATION OF SAN PADRE PIO 10am at St Lawrence Church, 392 Albert Street, Balcatta. San Padre Pio Feast Day Celebrations Mass will be celebrated in Italian. Procession at 2.15pm followed by Benediction and refreshments. Enq: Phone 9344 7066.
Saturday November 7 ST PIUS X CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL FETE 3 to 7pm corner Ley Street and Cloister Avenue, Manning. There will be lots of stalls and fun activities for the children as well as adults. Everyone is welcome. Enq: Margaret 9450 2797. Saturday November 7 VIGIL FOR LIFE 8.30am at St Augustine's Church, Gladstone Road, Rivervale. Mass, principal celebrant Archbishop Hickey who will lead the Rosary procession and prayer vigil at the nearby abortion clinic. All are invited to join in and witness peacefully to the dignity of human life. Enq: Helen 9402 0349.
Sunday November 1 SCHOENSTATT SPRING FAIR 2009 9.30am to 2pm, 9 Talus Drive, Armadale. You will be able to have November Masses offered up for the deceased members of your family. Enq: 9399 2349.
Saturday November 7 DAY WITH MARY 9am to 5pm at St Bernadette Church, Grand Ocean Boulevarde and Strasbourg Ramble, Port Kennedy. 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. For transport, Nita 9367 1366. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286.
Sunday November 1 DIVINE MERCY 1.30pm at St Joachim Pro-Cathedral, Shepperton Road and Harper Street, Victoria Park. Holy Rosary and Reconciliation followed with Sermon on All Saints by Fr Joseph Asnaban. Later Divine Mercy prayers and Benediction, refreshments will follow in the parish hall. Enq: John 9457 7771 or Linda 9275 6608.
Sunday November 8 THE COUNCIL OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS WA INC 5.30 to 6.30pm at the Sylvia and Harry Hoffman Hall, Carmel School, Cresswell Road, Dianella. Will commemorate Kristallnacht with music, drama and reflection. Guest speaker will be Rabbi Sheryl Nosan-Blank, of Temple David Congregation Inc. All welcome. Enq: ccjwa@aol.com.
Monday November 2 ALL SOULS DAY NOVENA Commencing 7.30am at St Bernadette's Church Glendalough. 9 Holy Masses for the Holy Souls will be celebrated at the following times, 8.15am, 9am, 10am, llam, 12.10pm, 2pm, 3pm and 5.45pm. Enq: 9444 6131.
Monday November 9 to Wednesday November 11 CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL 7.30pm November 9 and 10 at St Joachim's Church, Victoria Park, 10am, November 11 at 67 Howe Street, Osborne Park and 7.30pm at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church, Collick Street, Hilton in Italian. Dr John Bonnici
Fourth Sunday of the Month HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND RELIGIOUS LIFE 2 to 3pm at Morley Parish Church, 47 Wellington Road, Morley. Includes Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Our prayers are powerful in assisting those called to the Priesthood and Religious life to hear with a Disciple's ear the call of God for them. Come and pray. All Welcome. Enq: 9276 8500. First Friday of the Month COMMUNION OF REPARATION ALL NIGHT VIGIL 7pm to lam at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee Street, Mosman Park. Mass, Rosary, Confession and Adoration with Father Bogoni and also books for sale. Enq: 0400 282 357. First Friday of the Month HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD A ND RELIGIOUS LIFE 7pm at the Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins Street, Glendalough. Mass celebrated by Fr Saminedi followed by Adoration with Fr Don Kettle. All welcome. Third Sunday of the Month OBLATES OF ST BENEDICT 2pm at St Joseph's Convent, York Street, South Perth. Oblates affiliated with the Benedictine Abbey, New Norcia welcome all who are interested in studying the rule of St Benedict and its relevance to the everyday life of today for lay people. Vespers and tea conclude the meeting. Enq: Secretary 9457 5758. Saturday following the First Sunday of the Month DIVINE MERCY HEALING MASS 2.30 to 3.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, Windsor Street, East Perth. Reconciliation available with Fr Marcellinus Meilak OFM. Refreshments will follow afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771. A L-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. Enq: 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. Enq: 9457 7771,
Sunday November 15 HOLY SOULS MASS 3pm at St Joseph's Church, 20 Hamilton Street, Bassendean. Divine Mercy, Rosary, Litanies, Adoration and Benediction. Holy Mass for deceased relatives and friends, place their names at the altar. Also one month minor memorial Mass for Mary Scully - as per Irish tradition. BYO food. Tea and coffee provided. Enq: Des 6278 1540. Saturday November 21 ST PADRE PIO DAY OF PRAYER 8.30am at the Little Sisters of the Poor, 2 Rawlins Street, Glendalough. St Padre Pio DVD, followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Divine Mercy, silent Adoration and Benediction. Mass 11am, using St Padre Pio liturgy, celebrant Fr Timothy Deeter. Confessions available. BYO shared lunch. Tea and coffee provided. Enq: Des 6278 1540. Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation 2010 Enrolments/Scholarships Now open for full and part-time study at Acts 2 College for Semester 1. 16 week courses commence week of March 1 2010. All courses may be taken towards a Certificate IV in Christian Ministry - national code 51881. Acts 2 College has available one full scholarship and three part scholarships for study at the College in 2010. The full scholarship is through an essay competition; the part-time are based on financial hardship. Enq: Jane 9202 6859.
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 is open daily between 9am and 5pm Enq: SACRI 9447 3292. Every 2nd Wednesday YEAR OF THE PRIEST HOLY HOUR 7 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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Daily Mass Readings for the week
28 W Ss Simon and Jude, Apostles Feast Red Eph 2:19-22 God's household Ps 18:2-5 The glory of God Lk 6:12-19 Apostles named
25 S 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME I will comfort them Gr Jer 31:7-9 Ps 125:1-6 Like a dream Heb 5:1-6 A priest for ever
29Th Gr Rom 8:31-39 God made visible Ps 108:21-22.26-27.30-31 Help me, Lord Lk 13:31-35 Leave this place
Mk 10:46-52
26M Gr Rom 8:12-17 Ps 67:2.4.6-7.20-21 Lk 13:10-17
Have pity on us
God's children God who saves People overjoyed
271 Gr Rom 8:18-25 Ps 125:1-6 Lk 13:18-21
Freedom and glory Seemed like a dream A mighty tree
30 F Gr Rom 9:1-5 Ps 147:12-15.19-20 Lk 14:1-6
31 S Rom 11:1-2.11-12.25-29 Ps 93:12-15.17-18
Lk 14:1.7-11
Own flesh and blood Praise your God Jesus scrutinised
Chosen people People not abandoned Exaltation and humility
/Archbishop Hickey's introduction to understanding the Bible helps put Scripture back front and centre in Catholic life where it belongs. It's an excellent resource and guide for every baptised member of the Church - young and old. But it's also a great introduction to our Faith for those who are not Christian!'
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