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Bishop Harry Entwistle, the Traditional Anglican Communion's Bishop for Western Australia.
BY ANTHONY BARICH AND ROBERT HIINI PERTH Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) Bishop Harry Entwistle would be happy to serve as a priest under the new provisions set out on October 20 by the Vatican. The prelate, who is married with two children aged 34 and 37, said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's establishment of a structure for Anglicans who wish to be in full corporate
communion with the Holy See was "beyond the wildest dreams" of the TAC, believed to number approximately 400,000 worldwide. The structure to be created by Pope Benedict is an Ordinariate, something like a diocese without geographical boundaries which exists wherever its members and clergy are. One Ordinariate already exists in Australia. The Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate is led by Bishop Max Davis in Canberra and its clergy minister to Catholics in all branches of the armed forces. The Anglican Ordinariate in the Catholic Church would be headed by 'Ordinaries,' almost certainly Bishops. Bishops of the Ordinariate will not be married under Pope Benedict's structure. Please turn to Vista 2 A moment of grace : John Heard Page 13 Benedict's audacity - Vista 1
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Sculptor Gerry Darwin, a parishioner of St Francis Xavier Parish in Armadale, works on his latest creation, the Stations of the Cross, for St Mary's Cathedral. The face of Mary in this station is taken from his wife, Bridget. PHOTOS: ROBERT MINI
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NEW STATIONS A labour of love for a Perth sculptor has seen the faces of people in his life incorporated in new Stations of the Cross to be installed in St Mary's Cathedral
Catherine McAuley Oration to be delivered by founder of Emily's List, the ALP lobby established to promote legalised abortion BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter
and equal pay. In November 2003 Dr MERCYCARE, the Sisters of L awrence Mercy's health and community was elected not-for-profit arm, has invited President of high-profile legalised abor- the ALP after tion advocate and former WA shifting to Premier Dr Carmen Lawrence Federal polito deliver its annual Catherine tics in 1994 McAuley Oration at Mercy as Member Dr Lawrence Hospital, Mount Lawley at for Fremantle 7.30pm on November 12. and was appointed Minister for The Oration is named for Health and Human Services Catherine McAuley, the foun- and Minister assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women. dress of the Sisters of Mercy. Dr Maria Harries, Chair Dr Lawrence, the first woman Premier of WA, was a founder of of the MercyCare Board of Emily's List Australia, a network Governance, told The Record she formed specifically to increase had briefed Dr Lawrence on the the number of women Labor history of the Oration and the politicians who are willing to previous speakers, and asked her support legal abortion, childcare Please turn to Page 2
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hese are not Gerry Darwin's first Stations of the Cross but the sculptures that will be installed in St Mary's Cathedral for its December 8 opening are surely among his finest. While thousands of the Jesus is comforted by his mother and the other women in this photo of the same Faithful have seen his sculpstation shown above.
tures of John Paul 11 (1986) and Mother Teresa (1998) in St Mary's over the past two decades, his newest creations will be mounted on glass panels and displayed under large stained glass windows in the north and south transepts. The project, he says, is the 81 year old Lancashire native's swansong and utilises elements that he has made his own throughout his 60-year career. Mr Darwin was commissioned for the work by the Cathedral Committee just over a year ago and is currently adding the final touches to the traditional 14 Stations cast in reinforced resin after being moulded from clay originals. The artist has used reno vating polish to darken the crevices of each sculpture, bringing expression to the faces of the station's wellknown characters. He decided that, rather than trying to imagine what Please turn to Page 4
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AFTER being cut off mid-song when singing a number at St Charles Seminary during his student days, Archbishop Barry Hickey finally got to complete one during an October 18 fundraiser for St Mary's Cathedral and the current students. Archbishop Hickey, an experienced singer who performed with the St Mary's Cathedral choir in his youth, sang Fr Frank Anderson MSC's Rivers of Babylon and Summertime, by George Gershwin. He related to the over 250 attendees gathered on the banks of the Swan River outside the seminary that, when still a student there, he sang the (then) morecontroversial On Top Of Old Smokey, which included the lyrics "they'll hug you and kiss you". He was cut off mid-song and ordered off stage. Mgr Michael Keating, the Chairman of the St Mary's Cathedral Appeal who was a student with the Archbishop at the time, later recalled how the then-Rector's voice boomed from the back of the room "Mr Hickey", to the great mirth of the assembled crowd on October 18, who together raised approximately $4,000. The money will be split between the Cathedral Appeal and the seminary student fund. The Archbishop's performance while still a student was part of what Mgr Keating described as 'talent nights: During one such event the Monsignor recited a poem which the Rector said he recited "like it was a Papal Bull" - not, he suspects, meant as a compliment. Mgr Keating said that about $5 million remains to be raised for the Cathedral Appeal. The Cathedral will open on December 8. Archbishop Hickey noted that current third-year seminarian and experienced pianist Mark Baumgarten who hosted the October 18 event, got away with more than he himself would have in his student days. Two of Mark's songs were about wooing a girl and another about the heartbreak of breaking up with a girl. Another poignant song described his discernment process, and could serve, he said, the purpose of
Above, Mark Baumgarten performs on the grounds of St Charles Seminary; below left, seminarians chant the Magnificat as they do for Evening Prayer; bottom right, Archbishop Barry Hickey performs during the fundraiser. PHOTOS: ANTHONY BARICH
answering the question of why he decided to enter the seminary. The song bids farewell to the life he might have had, while embracing the Church that he fell in love with after previously being sceptical. First -year seminarian Stephen Gorddard sang a duet with Mark of the Beatles' Yesterday, before they performed a stunning duet The Prayer, made famous in recent times by Josh Groban and
Charlotte Church. Their effort prompted calls for an encore. None was forthcoming, bar a fitting finale that saw all the current seminarians sing the Magnificat - sung in Gregorian Chant style as taught to them by Andrew Cichy. Tai, a fifth-year seminarian from Vietnam, performed on keyboard the French classic Balade Pour Adeline, made famous once more by instrumental pianist Richard Clayderman.
Carmen Lawrence to deliver Mercy talk Continuedfrom Page 1 to "find something challenging for us". Dr Harries told The Record she hopes the address would "continue challenging all of us and our friends in the community of MercyCare about matters of social justice and rights - issues that would be dear to the heart of Catherine McAuley". "I'm really looking forward to the Oration. It's wonderfully exciting," she said. "It's a very significant event on the calendar of MercyCare." When asked whether Dr Lawrence's abortion stance was a concern or consideration in inviting the former Premier, who retired from federal politics in 2007, to speak, Dr Harries said: "I don't think I'd be prepared to enter into that debate:' She said she was prepared to address the issue at a later date. The decision to invite Dr Lawrence to
speak on behalf of a major Catholic health care provider appears similar in some respects to the decision by Notre Dame University in the US when it came under fire for inviting President Barack Obama to give the commencement speech at its May graduation event. At least 70 US Bishops said Obama's support of legal abortion and embryonic stem-cell research made him an inappropriate choice to be commencement speaker at a Catholic university. Previous speakers of the Catherine McAuley Oration include indigenous leader Prof Colleen Haywood last year and former Chair of the St Vincent de Paul Society Robert Fitzgerald, the Commissioner of the Australian Government Productivity Commission, gave the Oration in 2007. Catherine McAuley, an heiress then aged 50, founded the Sisters of Mercy as a Catholic Religious Order for women
in Dublin in 1831. In 1846 she sent her friend Sr Usrula Frayne to lead a small group of pioneer Sisters of Mercy who accompanied Bishop John Brady to the Swan River Colony in WA. Today, there are two Mercy Congregations in Perth known as the West Perth Congregation and the Perth Congregation. MercyCare is involved in aged care, health care, education, and family and community services. Mercy Aged Care delivers services to over 1,400 people in Perth, while Mercy Hospital, Mt Lawley, is licensed to treat 244 patients. Mercy Family and Community Services
delivers services from 11 sites across the Perth metropolitan area including childcare, employment programs, youth, training and family services. Santa Maria College and Mercedes College were welcomed under the management of MercyCare in 2005.
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Kolbe students trial Record Media player STUDENTS trialling the new Mediaplayer on The Record's website were intrigued to discover that unicorns are mentioned in the Bible - as wild bulls. The information emerged from a podcast loaded on the Mediaplayer that some students in a Year 11 Religion Education class at Kolbe Catholic College listened to last Monday morning as part of their Religious Education class. In fact, there were once eight references to unicorns contained in the Bible, Paulist Fr Larry Rice told listeners in his podcast. But modern interpreters have translated the Hebrew word used in the King James Bible as `wild bull' or 'oxen'. The students were trialling the new CNS Mediaplayer on The Record's website, and posting their feedback on a special website as their class progressed. They gave the Mediaplayer, which offers video reports from journalists in Rome, podcasts and written reports, a mixed review that was generally positive. The class trialled the Mediaplayer at the request of The Record; Kolbe RE teacher Patrick Branson set up the wiki page - an internet page intended for a limited audience - so that students could post their feedback. "The discovery of the unicorns in the Bible was interesting. I think these resources were good in finding out new information, however I would have liked a little bit more time to be able to watch more videos and I was a little lost in the instructions," wrote Kolbe student Taylah Reynolds. Three students, Daniel, Jordan and Gail, posted their response to the CNS video reports on the current Synod of Bishops for Africa being held in Rome. "The African Synod message on CNS wants to ensure peace and justice for all families in society. It was good to have these resources as they were very insightful and showed us what was happening around the world. It also showed us how the Church gathers everyone together to discuss and determine a better life for our Catholic community," they wrote in a post by one member, Gail Panopio. Some students also researched the online edition of the printed version of The Record as part of their class activity. "In today's lesson, Eamonn, Nathan and I researched how
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Students at Kolbe College try out the Mediaplayer on The Record's website during their Religious Education class, led by teacher Patrick Branson.
the Word gathers," wrote Chantel Dybell. "In the most recent edition of The Record, we discovered how the Word gathers and unites religious and non-religious peoples of all nations, race and gender; "The recent debate in Spain on abortion laws caused the unified approach and rally against the wickedness of the law. The new law would allow foetus' to be terminated at 14 weeks. In The Record, through media files, we see just how far people will go to save a life:' On the negative side, some students said that a search engine on The Record's website would have
been helpful. Record Editor Peter Rosengren said the exercise had been thoroughly worthwhile. "We believe the Mediplayer delivers important information the print edition of The Record can't do as well; he said. "We wanted to trial the Mediaplayer with younger people who are far more conversant with the Internet and mobile media than their contemporaries who are older, and hear what they really think. I appreciate their honest and their advice, and we look forward to developing The Record website to complement the print edition even more," he said.
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THE prayer life of his family led by his father pulled Fr John Piumatti through the distractions of teenage years to accept the calling to the priesthood. Fr John, 44, remembers quite distinctly the prayer life of his childhood, where his father would lead the family in short prayer each day, and take the family to Mass. He felt the call to the priesthood quite early - while in primary school - but the usual things that occupy the minds of many teens - sport, girls distracted Fr John too, until he decided to join the seminary and study for the priesthood. Fr John grew up in Sydney during his primary school days before moving to Perth for high school. He was ordained by Archbishop Barry Hickey at St Mary's Cathedral in 1998. "I remember very well my father leading us in short, set prayers of the Church, which kept us centred; he says. He encourages this in family life today, as he says it helps people then focus at the climax of their week, the Holy Mass, where the Eucharist is, which the Church describes as the Source and Summit of our faith. "Parents can pass onto their
children the teachings of the Church, but without an active prayer life, a personal relationship with God, those teachings will not be able to have great impact in their lives." Now Fr John, pictured here with the Vespa he drives around, is parish priest of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Willagee. He likes to put emphasis on the simple things in the sacramental side of his ministry that help the faithful - praying the Mass slowly and deliberately and giving people plenty of time in the confessional when and if needed. This is a reaction to some memories in his youth when Mass could be a come-and-go affair, where it appeared to be rushed; while, in the confessional, he sometimes felt that some priests were always in a hurry. "The Mass is the most important thing that we do. It's at the heart of our faith, so we don't want to rush it," he says. "Of course, the graces received through the Mass are independent of the way it is celebrated. "However, saying the Mass slowly and allowing time for prayer allows people to enter more deeply into the mysteries of the Mass, and then they are better able to live out their faith in the world;
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Gerry pours heart into Cathedral stations Continued from Page 1 they would have looked like, he would use the faces of his family members and friends from the parish of Armadale, where he has been a parishioner since arriving in Australia with his family in 1979. Armadale Parish Priest Fr Kazimierz Stuglik has been cast as the face of Pilate while a younger version of the artist's wife, Bridget, has been reproduced as the face of Mary, in the station "Mary meets his mother:' Acolyte, Bernie has been cast as a centurion and fellow daily Mass goers, Cam and Henk as soldiers with the architect of the refurbished St Mary's, Peter Quinn, and glass designer Peter Bowles featuring in Mr Darwin's depiction of Christ being taken down from the tomb, along with the artist himself and his grandson Josh. His fellow parishioners Helen, an Englishwoman and Nancy, from Malaysia, are depicted as the women of Jerusalem. Christ's various expressions of concern, shame, terror, sadness and agony are captured with dramatic effect. Gerry Darwin has never been short of commissions from churches, Catholic and Protestant, throughout Australia. In the early 1980s, shortly after arriving in Australia, he was commissioned by Armadale's then Parish Priest, Fr Beyer, to sculpt Our Lady after the previous statue was destroyed in a fire. One of the priest's friends, the then-editor of Madonna magazine liked it so much that he put it on the front cover. He has been in demand ever since. In December 2006, he was commissioned by the Knights of the
Southern Cross to make a bust of Blessed Mary MacKillop to give to the Sisters of Joseph in December of the following year, who would in turn, present it to Pope Benedict XVI upon his visit to Sydney for World Youth Day. His sculpture and six others commissioned for the Josephites, Sydney Cardinal George Pell and Perth Archbishop Barry Hickey, were cast by his friend and fellow Roleystone resident, Andrew Kay. He was there for the Pope's 15 minute visit to Mary MacKillop's tomb where his Artist's Proof (the original sculpture) was presented. "I thought to myself, "this is a very gentle person." He seems to be almost shy. He's certainly not like the hard, rigid Cardinal Ratzinger that I used to imagine; Mr Darwin said. He discovered his calling to be an artist early in his adult life. From the age of 14 to 21 he underwent formation in a Mill Hill Fathers' Seminary, eventually discerning that God was not calling him to be a priest. After graduating from St Mary's Teacher Training College in London and several years teaching in several English colleges, he taught art at a training college in Kenya and at a later stage of his life for three years in Swaziland. He took up sculpture full time after arriving in Australia. He says moving to Perth was the best thing he could have done for his five children, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. With religious works in over 30 Catholic churches and chapels throughout Western Australia and many more further afield, it would seem the move was mutually beneficial.
Artist Gerry Darwin was recommended for the job by St Mary's architect, Peter Quinn. He is pictured above with the 9th station, "Jesus falls the third time." Below left, Gerry Edwards shows the original clay and the finished product. Below right, faces of the artist's wife, Bridget, and fellow parishioner Bernie were used for the 2nd and 4th stations.
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Iona students take a stand to focus on poverty's extremes STUDENTS and teachers from Iona Presentation College stood side by side in solidarity on Friday, October 16 as part of the 'Stand Up' initiative, reading 'the pledge' and calling on world leaders to take urgent action towards achieving the Development Millennium Goals (MDG). Students have raised $1,275 so far with more donations to come. The eight MDGS agreed at the United Nations Millenium
Summit in 2000 are directed towards ending extreme poverty and radically improving health and education in the developing world by 2015. In an impromptu gesture, teachers and students donated $2 each to provide practical assistance to areas affected by the recent earthquakes and tsunamis with around $2,000 being raised in total. "Every day 50,000 people die of easily preventable and treatable causes," the College's
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Priest's education gift spans the globe ROBERT HIIN1 Local Affairs WHEN Fr Peter Hung Tran CSsR speaks of the sense of hopelessness that young people without educational opportunities experience, he knows what he is talking about. At an October 17 fundrais ing dinner for his Overseas Fund for the Education of Children in Vietnam (OFEC) he shared his own story of despair and hoperegained and explained to the dinner's 300 guests the difference that their donations were making: through the educational scholarships given to impoverished young people in Vietnam. His position in the Archdiocese as a priest, moral theologian and bioethicist stands as a testimony to the power of education and in stark contrast to his prospects in earlier years. In 1981, aged in his early 20s, he was living alone in a Southern Vietnamese jungle, hiding from the Communist regime's secret police having escaped the regiment he was forced to join after being found out as an underground seminarian. Unable to pursue his vocation and fearing for his family's security and his own, he found passage on a boat to anywhere else - having no idea where he would end up - swearing that if he were ever in a position to provide the hope of education to impoverished children and young people back home, he would do so. A fter eight months in a Malaysian refugee camp and 15 years of study and formation as a Redemptorist priest in Australia, he decided in 1997 that the time was right to make his promise a reality. OFEC was begun in conjunction with inaugural chairman, Neville Warde, and has benefited from the support of Mr Warde's fellow Knights of the Southern Cross who supply ongoing administrative support and the considerable skills of many of its members. The fundraising dinner, which took place at the Jade Palace Restaurant in Northbridge, raised over $20,000 for the cause through individual donations and an auction of donated gifts conducted by Mr Peter Keenan. The night's musical entertainment, provided by the Dynasty Band, was punctuated by addresses from distinguished guests and supporters.
Above left, OFEC committee member Paul Bui and fiancee Belinda Sim, right, with friends Lan Doan, far left, and Nguyen Nguyen, centre. Above right, founder Fr Peter Hung Tran CSsR addresses the night's 300 guests, telling them about the positive effects of OFEC's scholarship program. Below left, fundraising auctioneer Peter Keenan and wife Patricia speak with Fr Peter and his religious Superior, Fr Joseph Carroll CSsR . Below right, Fr Peter consults the night's Master of Ceremonies, Joseph Nguyen.
Mr Warde, as outgoing chairman of the funds managing committee since 1997, spoke of the challenges of the early years of getting the association incorporated and of Fr Peter's enthusiasm for the cause, before wishing the incoming President well. Fr Peter's Superior, Fr Joseph Carroll CSsR, spoke of the Redemptorists' solidarity with the poor and the enduring presence of Australian Redemptorists in Vietnam and of Vietnamese Redemptorists serving in Australia. In his address to the dinner guests, Fr Peter gave a practical example of the difference that OFEC support was making in the life of a young woman, Yen Bui,
studying to be a primary school teacher. Born into a large family in a small rural village where education was considered an unattainable luxury, Yen Bui dreamed of being able to teach the children in her village how to read and write. Although none of her three brothers and five sisters had the opportunity to study, Yen's parents made great sacrifices so that she could attend school. Aware of the precious opportunity, Yen Bui was a scholastic performer throughout her years at school, eventually passing the entrance examination to the University of Da Nang City. Forced to live away from home to
study, her family struggled to pay for her tuition, food and accommodation before OFEC stepped in to provide financial support which will continue til the end of her university studies. Every summer holidays, Fr Peter told the diners, Yen goes back to her village to spend time with her family and to volunteer to teach the local children how to read and write in Vietnamese. In the final address of the night, KSC President Peter Lewis said that Yen Bui's giving of her learning to her own community represented the multiplying effect that OFEC was having on current outcomes and future possibilities. "The greatest gift we can give
to students who find themselves in hopelessness is education, the great tool to break the cycle of poverty and ignorance," Fr Peter concluded. "The future belongs to the young people in Vietnam. Education can give Vietnam self-esteem and selfrespect and people can build their self-confidence." In terms of his own future, Fr Peter's journey in education will continue in 2010 with the priest being scheduled to teach at New Zealand's national seminary, Good Shepherd College, having been resident at the L J Goody Bioethics Centre for the past two years and having authored three books and countless journal articles.
Redemptorist justice group feeds - and welcomes - the multitudes the of ORGANISERS Redemptorist Monastery Social Justice Group in North Perth were delighted to find themselves swamped by more than 250 acceptances to a barbecue to welcome people from war-torn backgrounds they thought they would only get 30 or so people to last Sunday. While invitations had been sent to Catholic contact groups, the word spread quickly through local TAFEs where many refugees from places such as Africa are studying to develop their employment opportunities. The group hosted a sausage sizzle to welcome guests, including more than 100 children, who have come from poverty-stricken and war-torn countries in Africa and the Middle East. "About 150 came on two buses from the Edmund Rice Centre in Mirrabooka, while the remainder
One of the many African families who responded to the weekend barbecue and were welcome by the North Perth Redemptorist Social Justice Group.
came via TAFE central and our local Church community," group member Fran Ellyard told The Record. The sausage sizzle is an annual event that has been hosted
by the social justice group for the past nine years. Many of the refugees had heartrending stories to tell, Mrs Ellyard said. "Kadiatta is a beauti-
ful woman from Mauritania in her late thirties who looks no more than 25 years of age. She is a widow with two children and a granddaughter to care for. "Her husband was killed in conflict. She lived in a camp in Senegal with thousands of other refugees for 17 years before coming to Australia 18 months ago. She would like to bring her sister's five children to Australia. Her sister died in the refugee camp and her sister's husband was killed. Their children are being cared for by their very elderly grandmother in the camp,' she said. Some remarkable meetings occurred during the barbecue as well, Mrs Ellyard told the paper. "An interesting story of the Spirit at work is Agnes. I met Agnes in the waiting room of Royal Perth Hospital trauma clinic five weeks ago. Agnes is from Zimbabwe and is visiting her sister and her family
for a few weeks. "Agnes told me she wanted her 25 year old son to get a visa to study in Australia because the universities in Zimbabwe have closed down, andI saidI would see ifIcould find someone to help her. "I sent her an invitation to our sausage sizzle and she and her sister and two children came. To her surprise she met a relative she didn't know was here. Agnes also met another woman from Zimbabwe who is part of our social justice group and she knows someone who may be able to help. "I thought all these connections were quite amazing," she said. Most of those attending the barbecue, held in near-perfect early summer weather, wore the colourful cultural dress of their respective countries, including Eritrea, Mauritania, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, The Philippines, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, China, and Vietnam.
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Youth okwith same-sex Referendum needed for 'undemocratic' marriage: Fr Brennan charter of rights BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter
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SAME-SEX marriage is an issue for many older, married Australians but it is not a problem for the younger generation, Fr Frank Brennan SJ told ABC TV's Q&A program on October 1. On the episode titled God, Sodomy and the Lash, Fr Brennan was asked what his views are on same-sex marriage and why Christian and Islamic societies seem to be against it. Fr Brennan, Professor of Law at Australian Catholic University, replied: "My own view is, moving around the country (as chair of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee examining whether Australia needs a Bill of Rights), I think that younger Australians ... don't see (same-sex marriage) as a problem. It's not an issue. I think that for a lot of older Australians it's still an issue and, guess what, a lot of them happen to be married:' "So in terms of a free and democratic society, for those who are civilly married, then we've got to bring them with us as we look at any change on that issue." As to why Christianity seems to be against same-sex marriage, he said: "People of a religious disposition may have a view about the sacramentality of marriage:' However, the Australian Family Association, which was founded by Catholic intellectual Bob Santamaria, told The Record that organisations such as theirs have not used sacramentality as an argument in the public forum for the past 20 years, instead defending traditional marriage to promote the common good, including children's right to a mother and a father, if it can be helped. In his book Battle Lines, former Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott said that if society is going to recognise same-sex marriage it should also "surely be capable of providing additional recognition to what might be thought of as traditional marriage" Fr Brennan said he sees the sacramentality argument as a sepa-
A REFERENDUM should be held to determine whether Australians want a human rights charter, Australian Christian Lobby director Jim Wallace said. The National Human Rights Consultation Committee recommended on October 8 that Australia should adopt a Human Rights Act and give the High Court power to issue "declarations of incompatibility" over federal laws. However Mr Wallace said that by giving judges power to make such declarations, the recommendation "incorporated the most undemocratic aspects of a bill or charter of rights". He said it was ironic that Victorian Christians had just spent nine months fighting a human rights-inspired review of equal opportunity laws which threatened the right to religious freedom guaranteed in international law. Former NSW Premier Bob Carr told a group of church leaders in Melbourne recently that he strongly believes the first thing that will happen if a Charter of Human Rights is introduced in Australia is that particular interest groups will challenge the exemptions enjoyed by Churches in state and federal anti-discrimination laws. National Civic Council president Peter Westmore expressed doubts about the Committee's claim of overwhelming public support for a federal Human Rights Act. While it said 29,153 submissions were in favour and 4,203 were opposed to it, the report added that it was the question of a Human Rights Act that prompted Get Up!, Amnesty International Australia and the Australian Christian Lobby to conduct public campaigns during the consultation: of the 29,153 submissions in favour of a Human Rights Act, 26,382 were campaign submissions:' "If one excludes the 'campaign submissions', only 2,771 were
Fr Frank Brennan Si, left, appears on ABC TV's Q&A show with atheist author Christopher Hitchens
rate question from the civil institution of marriage. "In terms of the civil institution of marriage, I think one of the welcome developments in Australia is we've got to the stage of saying that discrimination against people on the grounds of their sexuality should be wiped out completely and that we're a better society for that being the case; he said. "In terms of the next step, whether or not in civil law there should be a recognition of the bond between two men or two women as being the same as marriage as it's presently understood, the real issue, I think, is whether or not that decision is best made by our elected politicians or whether it's made by our elected judges." Waleed Aly, Politics lecturer at Monash University, where he also works for the Global Terrorism Research Centre, responded to the question on behalf of Islam by saying there is no definitive teaching on such subjects as "you can't centralise authority to make definitive statements on behalf of God in the Islamic tradition". When asked by panel moderator Tony Jones whether homosexuality is a sin and whether, according to the Catholic Church, it is something one could go to hell for, Fr Brennan said that homosexuality is not a sin, but a disposition. "If you want to argue whether particular homosexual acts are appropriate for an individual in a
moral context, that would require a pastoral discussion with that individual; he said. Whether a society should have same-sex marriage, he said, is not an issue to be resolved by determining what the Catholic Church says to its own members on what it regards as moral or immoral. "They're quite distinct questions; he said. In response to the. current inquiry into the federal Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide said that, "while recognising that there are many different relationships in our society, we can not give them all the same special and sacred status as marriage between a man and woman". In reference to the current Senate inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill, the Australian Bishops' Commission for Pastoral Life takes the position that "the centuries' long tradition of marriage is not unfairly discriminatory to anyone and so should not be changed. In a pluralist society, if people wish to have different relationships to the tradition of marriage then society allows them to have such relationships. "However, society should not allow them to change long standing traditions in order to suit their particular requirements or lifestyles".
in favour of a Human Rights Act and 4,203 opposed it on the Committee's calculations - a far cry from the overwhelming support claimed by the Committee," Mr Westmore said. The Committee also commissioned a report from Colmar Brunton Social Research to gaugc the views of the broader community, and found that 10 per cent of people reported that they had ever had their rights infringed in any way, with another 10 per cent who reported that someone close to them had their rights infringed. Their research also found that "64 percent of survey respondents agreed that human rights in Australia are adequately protected; only seven per cent disagreed; the remaining 29 per cent were non-committar Mr Westmore says these fit; ures reveal that most people believe human rights in Australia are adequately protected and those who made submissions to the inquiry are, on the whole, not representative of mainstream Australia. The Committee reported that human rights in Australia are not being adequately protected, particularly in relation to the Northern Territory intervention in Aboriginal communities, asylum seekers and in the operation of national security laws. However, Mr Westmore said that of the 35,000 submissions received - most from the "human rights industry" - only a "tiny minority" dealt with these issues. Chapter 15 of the Committee report revealed 1,309 (4 percent) raised concerns about racism, 581 (1.7 per cent) about indigenous rights, 235 (0.7 per cent) the Northern Territory intervention and 191 (0.5 per cent) the Racial Discrimination Act. "It is clear that the consultation was hijacked by political and human rights activists, and its conclusions reflect their views and not those of a majority who, the Committee acknowledges, believe that Australians live in 'one of the world's great democracies": he said.
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CATHOLIC organisations in Victoria have scored a major win, being allowed to discriminate on the grounds of sexuality, parental or marital status and gender identity. Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart welcomed Victorian Attorney General Rob Hulls' announcement of changes to the Religious Exemptions and Exceptions Clauses in the State's Equal Opportunity Act 1995 that allows these exceptions. Discrimination on the grounds of race, disability, age or physical features will not be permitted by reference to religious belief. Such discrimination, Mr Hulls said, "is not something religious groups want or need in relation to practice of their beliefs". The decision follows months of lobbying by over 50 representatives of Christian denominations and the Jewish faith. The Archdiocese of Melbourne had also been in discussions with
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the Victorian Government seeking to preserve a balance between competing rights consistent with the intent and spirit of Victoria's Charter of Equal Rights and Responsibilities. This is the same Charter, however, which failed to preserve Catholic medical practitioners from freedom of conscience with the passing in October last year of the Abortion Law Reform Act, which forces medics opposed to abortion to refer the client seeking one onto another medic with no opposition to the practice. The Victorian Bishops issued a Pastoral Letter in July, Threat to Religious Freedoms, also alerted their faithful to the threat posed by the Victorian Parliamentary
inquiry into the exemptions contained in the Equal Opportunity Act. The exemptions subject to review under the inquiry enable the Church's education, health, welfare and aged care agencies to conduct their activities in accordance with Church teaching. Archbishop Hart said that it is especially urgent in this secular age that the Church's views on the dignity and identity of the human person from the start to end of life, inspired by the life and teachings of Christ, be allowed to permeate its services. He said parents have a fundamental right to choose a religious education for their children in an environment where the Faith and values of the Church are clearly evident in teaching, learning and pastoral service. "Staff in Catholic schools are expected to give positive witness and stand as role models to the Catholic Faith and its values," he said. The right to religious freedom is fundamental to the health and development of society, he said.
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Disabilities work needed in Church
Bishops wait before carrying out threat Victorian Catholic maternity wards remain open a year after warning BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter
Emmanuel Centre chaplain Fr Paul Pitzen with Janette Turner, one of the many people with disabilities cared for at the Centre, which is run by and for people with disabilities and their families. PHOTO: ANTHONY BARICH
BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter THE number of children with disabilities enrolled in Catholic schools has tripled over the past six years. This revelation has come to light just as Australia's Bishops have challenged an "increasing societal attitude that sees disability as a burden rather than a blessing". In an October 13 statement pre-empting the Bishops' launch of International Day of People with a Disability on December 3, their Delegate for Disability Issues, Bishop Peter Elliott of Melbourne, said the focus is ensuring people with disability in remote and rural areas, new immigrants and those struggling with the recession are supported and encouraged in the most practical and appropriate manner. Barbara Harris, co-ordinator of the Emmanuel Centre in Perth run by and for people with disabilities, told The Record that societal attitudes that deem employment as synonymous with one's value and the outdated Catholic thought that associates disability with sin remain as hindrances. Fr Paul Pitzen, Emmanuel Centre chaplain, said that if the Church and society accepted the Catholic concept that all are made in the image and likeness of God, there would be no issues. Ms Harris said that Archbishop Barry Hickey's 1999 Pastoral Letter One in Christ on people with disabilities was "prophetic and tremendously influential" in the thinking of the Church in Perth, which in many respects is ahead of the Church in other areas of Australia in fostering acceptance of such people. Ms Harris noted that the Archbishop said in the letter that the Church needed to go "beyond the ramp" - beyond just providing physical assistance and actively engage people with disabilities. It is only then, she said, will the Catholic community accept people with disabilities as part of the Catholic family and "they will never be the same again". She said much still needs to be done in the Church, and welcomed the call of Bishops' Delegate for Disability Issues, Bishop Peter Elliott, for the Church to reflect on itself. Bishop Elliott said that December 3 is a chance to consider and promote a pastoral response that recognises each person as part of the Living Body of Christ. "We are called and challenged to take action to ensure our communities are open and active in promoting opportunities that include people with a disability:' he said. The theme is meant as a timely challenge to an increasing societal attitude, which sees disability as a burden rather than a blessing. Ms Harris said that priests, as leaders of Catholic communities, must provide the lead for the continuing improvement within the Church in regards to accepting people with disabilities. She also noted that the Catholic Education Office of WA says 3,000 children with disabilities integrated into Catholic schools is
Barbara Harris well under par considering 10 percent of the population is statistically believed to have a disability. Maureen Thomson, CEO Team Leader of Students with disABILITIES, said that while the general estimation of students with learning difficulties/disabilities is accepted as approximately 10-12 percent, this applies to a broad definition. She noted that education authorities in WA, similar to those in other states, agree that there are 2.5 to 3 per cent of students who have a significant disability that requires significant support. She said the number of students enrolling in WA Catholic schools has tripled over the past six years as parents don't automatically take advice for their children to attend a special school or special education setting but want them to share education with their neighbours and siblings. This rise is also due to parents' increased awareness of their rights, she says, and because schools are more aware and accepting of their legal obligations in regard to accommodating students with disabilities. Students in Catholic education with disabilities are eligible for pick-up and drop-off to their nearest education support placement, but not to mainstream schools, and are eligible for concessions for public transport as are students in government schools. Catholic parishes across Australia will be encouraged to prayerfully consider the link between disability and poverty as the focus for this year's celebration of the International Day of People with Disability on December 3, coinciding with the start of Advent. It will focus on promoting issues affecting those living with disability and affirming their unique contributions to the Church and the world. The theme this year is Empowering people with disabilities and their families, focusing particularly on people with disability who live in poverty. This theme recognises that people living with disability are among the poorest both nationally and internationally. To coincide with the International Day for People with a Disability on December 3, the Australian Bishops Commission for Pastoral Life has prepared a bookmark to be distributed to parishes in the coming weeks, with a version of the Beatitudes written especially for those living with disability.
VICTORIA:S Catholic Bishops have pointed to "extraordinary hypocrisy" in hospitals where people's lives are being saved in one section while babies are being killed in another. In a 2,000-word October 22 statement marking the one-year anniversary of the Victorian Abortion Law Reform Act 2008, the Bishops told the faithful to continue lobbying politicians on the lack of protection for women and the loss of medical practitioners' right to conscientious objection. While Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart said in September 2008 that "it is difficult to foresee" how maternity and emergency departments in Catholic hospitals could continue to operate under the circumstances imposed by the abortion bill, Catholic hospitals in the State remain open a year later. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Philip Wilson also warned that the future of Catholic social services were now in doubt after the bill was passed. In their October 22 statement this year, Victoria's Bishops said they are still waiting for medical regulations that would implement the Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 and which will indicate the extent of the legal difficulty doctors and nurses face. They added that the legality of this coercion is open to question. "The medical profession is corrupted when doctors and nurses are entangled in the taking of innocent life, either by abortion or euthanasia, both of which are strongly promoted by elements in the media and some politicians:' they said. "Medical students are compromised when abortion becomes an essential component of their training. Are pro-life Victorians to be excluded from obstetrics and gynaecology?" Archbishop Hart said: "Every human life
deserves our reverence, love and respect. From the beginning of human history, we have not been free to kill the innocent" Legalising abortion contributes to public acceptance of the practice, the Bishops said, and further corrupts and confuses people and may make it harder for a woman to resist abortion, especially if family or partner do not support her motherhood. "It is a grave and serious lack of love and compassion to offer women abortion rather than care they said. "Many women who have had an abortion say that they would have continued the pregnancy if someone, partner, family or friend, had supported them. Sadly our society abandons women to abortion, often providing no step along the way by which they might be offered alternatives and support. "Without those safeguards they are not really free The prelates vowed that the Catholic Church would continue to pray and work to overturn the decriminalisation of abortion in Victoria and to better protect women from being coerced to accept abortion as a necessary evil. They said that Victoria's law, believed to be one of the most aggressively radical abortion laws in the world, is not an isolated problem but symptomatic of a "profound crisis of culture" based on the "false view of freedom" given by the dictatorship of relativism. They called on Catholics to press for reform of a "brutal situation" and help transform Australia's culture to a civilisation of love by following the blueprint set out by Pope John Paul II. The late Pontiff said that culture must be founded on "the incomparable value and dignity of every human being regardless of age, condition, or race", especially the poor, weak and defenceless. The October 22 statement marking the one-year anniversary of the Victorian Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 was signed by Archbishop Hart, Sandhurst Bishop Joseph Grech, Ballarat Bishop Peter Connors, Sale Bishop Christopher Prowse and Melbourne Auxiliary Bishops Peter Elliott, Timothy Costelloe and Leslie Tomlinson VG.
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Rare viewing of liturgical gems Local opportunity to view everything a parish could need PEOPLE may be used to a deluge of catalogues advertising everything from flat-screen television sets to roof insulation but how often are they offered the chance to browse through the options for everything from vestments to chalices and altars? An unusual and rare presentation of vestments, chalices and a range of other articles used for liturgical events and produced by expert craftsmen and women in Spain is on offer to parish priests in early November. Granda Liturgical Arts will be offering presentations to parish priests, deacons, parish council members and parishioners on November 9 and 10 at the Infant Jesus Parish Centre in Morley. Although not widely known in the English-speaking world, Granda is a Spanish company established in the late 19th century by Fr Felix Granda for the purpose of producing liturgical items of excellence. Since then it has gone on to develop something of a reputation as the 'Giorgio Armani of liturgical design, a name associated
with style, attention to detail and great taste. Mater Christi Parish in Yangebup recently installed a tabernacle created by Granda's artisans in its church, an event reported by The Record. Granda artisans, artists, craftsmen and craftswomen such as seamstresses produce every item that could possibly be needed by a church. Sydney-based Granda representative Mary Roth told The Record she would bring items such as chasubles, albs and chalices to Perth to display. She urged parishioners to consider the possibilities for their Parish Priest or Parish church. She will also give presentations on Granda's history and its present-day operations, including information on how the company s designers also assist the design and decoration of church interiors. An example of Granda liturgical style was on view when Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Kenthurst retreat centre before commencing a week of World Youth Day activities last year. The vestments of all priests, the candlesticks on the altar and the chapel's tabernacle were all created by Granda artisans. Sessions will be at 10.30 and 2.30 on November 9 and 10.30 on November 10.
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LifeLink Appeal funds have never been more urgent BROTHER Peter Negus and Julie Williams, coordinators of the Maylands outreach agency Shopfront, say that the funds donated by ordinary Catholics through the Archbishop's annual LifeLink Christmas Appeal have never been more urgently needed. They were speaking to The Record at the launch of the Appeal at St Brigid's Church, Northbridge, where 75 parish representatives gathered with Archbishop Barry Hickey and LifeLink Chairman, Bishop Don Sproxton to pray for those in need and the Appeal's success. Those representatives will organise the Appeal in parishes on the weekend of November 14-15 to raise a target to assist 13 Church agencies operating in the areas of indigenous, disability and emergency relief services, amongst others. The agencies are expected to serve 35,000 West Australians this year with Appeal organisers hoping to raise $500,000 to assist people into next year. The numbers of people visiting Shopfront, which provides food and friendship to its visitors and relies almost entirely on LifeLink funds, have escalated dramatically since being reported in this paper last year. Br Peter and Ms Williams say that there have been around 1,500 visitors each month in 2009, up from around 600 in October 2008 with noticeably more mainstream visitors who have never needed the assistance of social agencies before. Br Peter told the launch congregations of one New Zealand couple with five children, aged 3 to 12, who found themselves homeless after mining jobs dissipated in the wake of the financial downturn. The family approached LifeLink after being forced to live for six
Archbishop Hickey a week before the Appeal will take place (7-8 November). In other LifeLink news, Xavier Catholic School in Hilbert has been chosen as the recipient of the 2009 Archbishop's Spirit Award for LifeLink, given each year as a special acknowledgement for a school's outstanding participation in LifeLink Day. It is not based on the amount a school has contributed but on how comprehensively a school embraces the goals of
LifeLink in imbuing an ethos of love for the less fortunate. The school raised $700 for LifeLink during its Morning Melodies for LifeLink event which took place on Sunday, June 7. On November 13 at 2.30pm, Bishop Donald Sproxton, Chairman of LifeLink, will be attending the schools assembly to present the award to Xavier Catholic School Principal, Mrs Catherine Bauer, and all the teachers and students.
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are uneasy about positions their Church is taking, yet they would not want to become Roman Catholic. "This will not resolve their challenges, and we in the Church of England have to continue to engage with that," he said. Cardinal Levada told reporters he met personally on October 19 with Archbishop Williams, who had been told about the new arrangement a month earlier. In a letter to top Anglican leaders, Archbishop Williams said, "In the light of recent discussions with senior officials in the Vatican, I can say that this new possibility is in no sense at all intended to undermine existing relations between our two communions or to be an act of proselytism or aggression. It is described as simply a response to specific inquiries from certain Anglican groups and individuals wishing to find their future within the Roman Catholic Church." "For those who wish to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church in the near future, this announcement will clarify possible options, and we wish them God's strength and guidance in their discernment," the Anglican leader said. Cardinal Levada also said Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, had been informed about the Pope's decision. Asked on October 15 about the possible entrance of groups of former Anglicans into the Catholic Church, Cardinal Kasper said, "We are not fishing in the Anglican lake; proselytism is not the policy of the Catholic Church. But if there are people who, obeying their consciences, want to become Catholic, we cannot shut the door." Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments and former undersecretary of the CDF, spoke at the press conference with Cardinal Levada. "We have been praying for unity for 40 years. We
find now that the prayers we have had are being answered in a way that we did not anticipate. So the Holy Spirit is at work here and the Holy See cannot not respond," the Archbishop said. In 1993, the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales asked the Vatican not to implement special structures for former Anglicans in their country, saying that the formation of Anglican-identity Catholic parishes would only further fracture the Christian community and would make the eventual unity of the Catholic Church and Anglican Communion more difficult. Participants in the Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue also have expressed concern in the past that the movement of Catholics to the Anglican Communion is making the Anglican Communion more liberal, while the movement of Anglicans to the Catholic Church is making the Catholic community more conservative. Archbishop Di Noia said, "The ecumenical movement has changed. There has been a tremendous shift" in the prospects for full, complete union.
"We have been praying for unity for 40 years. We find now that the prayers we have had are being answered in a way that we did not anticipate. So the Holy Spirit is at work here and the Holy See cannot not respond." Many Anglicans already consider themselves to be Catholic, Archbishop Di Noia said, and the Pope's new initiative will make "explicit the bond that is already implicit." In 1980, the Vatican made a special pastoral provision for members of the Episcopal Church, the US province of
the Anglican Communion, who wanted to become Catholic after the Episcopalians began ordaining women priests. The provision included permission for entire parishes of former Episcopalians to use elements of their liturgy in the Catholic Mass. Archbishop Di Noia said only a handful of parishes took advantage of that special permission, and in 2003 the Vatican approved The Book of Divine Worship for their liturgical use. But he said many of those now seeking communion with Rome wanted a stronger affirmation of their Anglican heritage and a guarantee that it would continue to have a place in the Catholic Church, which is why the Pope ordered the establishment of personal ordinariates. The number of ordinariates and their headquarters will be determined by the number of Anglicans seeking full communion, Cardinal Levada said. The head of each ordinariate will be a former Anglican clergyman, who will not necessarily be ordained a Catholic Bishop. New priests for the ordinariates will study in seminaries with other Catholic seminarians, but an ordinariate can "establish a house of formation to address the particular needs of formation in the Anglican patrimony", Cardinal Levada said. In general, married Anglican priests and Bishops who become Catholic will be ordained Catholic priests, as will married Anglican seminarians, he said. But an unmarried man ordained a Catholic priest will not be permitted to marry, and the Pope's apostolic constitution will state a clear preference for a celibate clergy, Archbishop Di Noia said. Cardinal Levada told reporters that he realises "for some people it seems to be a problem" that the Vatican is allowing married former Anglicans to be ordained Catholic priests, but will not allow Catholic priests who have left to marry to return to ministry. "They are two different circumstances," the Cardinal said. Respecting "the authenticity of the call to service" of Anglican clergy who were married when they came to the decision to become Catholic is different from the case of "a Catholic who knowingly commits to a celibate priesthood and then decides for different reasons to leave the priesthood for married life". "I do not think it is an insurmountable problem:' Cardinal Levada said, adding that the Church needs to educate Catholics that the dispensation for former Anglican clergy is an exception and that the Church continues to uphold the virtue of celibacy.
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Timeline - The English Reformation 1534 Henry marries Anne Boleyn, appoints Thomas , Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury, Cranmer Anne Boleyn grants annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
1529 Henry summons Parliament to deal with the annulment.
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The effects of the English Reformation were long-lasting and profound, for European civil and religious history. Today, many people are aware only of the
vague outline of its central events. Here is a timeline of English history created hy Record staff covering approximately 100 years and some of the important events and their consequences. Much information, such as the English martyrs and the efforts of orders such as the Jesuits, could not be included.
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Cromwell executed. Henry marries Anne of Cleves, several months later the marriage is annulled. Henry sanctions destructions of shrines to the saints. Henry marries Catherine Howard.
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Dissolution of the monasteries begins under Cromwell. Lands sold to the gentry and nobility over the next four years. Cromwell Anne Boleyn executed. Parliament passes the Ten Articles; Act Extinguishing the Authority of the Bishop of Rome. Henry marries Jane Seymour.
Henry claims, and is granted, 100,000 pounds against clergy of Church of England for Praemunire (loyalty to a foreign ruler).
1532 Henry demands the Church should renounce all authority to make laws, including Canon Law, Royal Supremacy of English Throne over the Church recognised by clergy.
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Happy: Bishop Harry Entwistle outside the TAC Church of St Ninian and St Chad in Maylands. PHOTO: ANTHONY BARICH Lesmurdie, Albany and Brentwood, he is based at the Church of St Ninian and St Chad in Maylands, purchased from the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth when it was the East Maylands mission of the Catholic Maylands parish, called St Pius XII Church. In Australia, the TAG'S regions are the West (WA), Central (South Australia, Northern Territory), South (Victoria, Tasmania) and North (Queensland, NSW and New Zealand). Bishop Entwistle arrived in Perth in 1988 as an Anglican chaplain for Fremantle Prison, coming from similar duties at Wandsworth Prison, south London - "a tough prison". He was later Rector at St Patrick's Anglican Church in Mt Lawley. In 2006 he joined the TAC after concluding the Anglican Communion had "abandoned the Catholic Faith". Bishop Entwistle made the decision to move to the TAC when those he describes as the "ultraliberal" movement within
the Anglican Communion, once on its fringe, began leading it. With women and openly practicing homosexual priests and later bishops being ordained, Bishop Entwistle had enough. With women and openly practising homosexual priests and later Bishops
being ordained, Bishop Entwistle had enough. These changes, however, were merely the more public signs, he said, of a wider theological and philosophical malaise in the Anglican Communion which saw challenges to basic tenets of the Catholic Faith such as the Incarnation and radical reinterpretations of Scripture. "Once you entertain the idea that Christ isn't the Incarnate God, you deny the classic understanding of the Trinity," he told The Record. Now, the promise of Popes dating back to
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BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter THE Traditional Anglican Communion is growing too fast and its Corporate Communion with the Holy See will not be an easy path, Perth TAC Bishop Harry Entwistle said. Archbishop John Hepworth, Primate of the global TAC movement and Ordinary to the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia, told a meeting of its Queensland Synod Australia at St Stephen's Anglican Catholic College in Coomera in July that "we have grown too fast. What we have done was planned by God". TAC communities have been using public halls and, in some cases, sympathetic Catholic dioceses and parishes have given them churches and halls
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to conduct their Masses in around the world. Archbishop Hepworth told the Queensland Synod that TAC's major problem has been that it has not had the infrastructure and the financial resources to cope and service the demands of new churches and missions worldwide. "We are experiencing the growth of God amongst his faithful people in an Anglican Catholic way," he said. "Had we designed it, our endeavours would have been much easier to manage, but what we have done was planned by God." Bishop Entwistle, who like Archbishop Hepworth will need to be demoted to a priest in the new provisions set out by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on October 20, said the TAC's largest growth is in South America, Africa and India. After
Bishop Entwistle and the TAC's world Bishops signed and submitted a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to the Vatican in a sign of total submission asking for Corporate and Sacramental Communion with the Holy See, Vatican officials told them not to ordain any more Bishops until a decision was made. Since then, they have been "managing" without more Bishops while their flock, initially estimated to number around 400,000, has exploded. Archbishop Hepworth said at the Queensland Synod that the intensity of persecution by mainstream Anglicanism and wrongful use of Canon law continues in the Anglican communion. "Much of what we do in Australia has changed with the introduction of women Bishops, and Catholics cannot relate to bishopesses," he said.
Arrangement recognise a special history he relative ease with which groups of Anglicans can be welcomed into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church owes much to the unique history of the Anglican Communion. Even before the formal Anglican-Roman Catholic theological dialogue began working on ways to restore unity, the Second Vatican Council singled out the Anglicans when talking about the Christian communities born in the 16th century. "Among those in which Catholic traditions and institutions in part continue to exist, the Anglican Communion occupies a special place," the council said in its Decree on Ecumenism. Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for
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Paul VI in the 1960s for Anglicans to be welcomed into the Catholic Church through "unity without absorption" has been honoured in CDF Prefect Cardinal William Levada's October 20 announcement, Bishop Entwistle said. Adelaide-based Archbishop John Hepworth, himself a former Catholic priest, heads the global TAC movement. He is currently in London beginning a visit to each of the general Synods of the TAC provinces. If, as expected, all accept the provisions of the new Ordinariate structure, a formal application on behalf of the global TAC movement will be made for corporate communion into the Church. Individual members will then decide whether they wish to enter the new Anglican Ordinariate. While The Record had previously speculated that groups like the TAC would be welcomed into the Church as a Personal Prelature similar to Opus Dei, a semi-autonomous group with its own clergy and laity, "What we seem to have been offered is a Rite in all but name," Bishop Entwistle said. The TAG'S ideal was to be received as a Rite similar to the Eastern Rites, but were open to whatever the Holy See recommended, he said. The TAG'S Mass is based on the 1928 Prayer Book with the English Missal, though he speculated that his flock may be given a liturgy based on the Sarum Rite which was used in England prior to the English Reformation.
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Malaise clarified choice for tradition Catholic parishes help with churches, schools continuedfrom page 1 Bishop Entwistle speculated that there could be a possibility for priests such as himself to be local ordinaries, as one Bishop leading the whole country may be impractical. Details are to be specified in the forthcoming Apostolic Constitution. Existing Catholic prelates like Melbourne Auxiliary Bishop Peter Elliott and Lismore Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett, both Anglican converts, might be ideal candidates as Bishop of this new "Ordinariate" for the understanding and knowledge of the Anglican faith they would bring to such positions. Bishop Entwistle was one of the TAC bishops who signed a copy of The Catechism of the Catholic Church together with an accompanying letter in October 2007 which they presented to Vatican officials as a gesture of unconditional submission. In the letter, the Bishops stated they would do whatever the Holy Father required to be received into the Church. The new provisions announced by the CDF enable the TAC to maintain its Anglican traditions and spirituality, including liturgy, while being in communion with the Holy See. "It's groundbreaking:' Bishop Entwistle told The Record. "(The changes) are (the Vatican) trying to heal the breaches of the Reform with those Anglicans who have tried and wish to continue to live the Catholic life and disciplines." Currently in charge of about 10 priests and 120 TAC faithful in WA in
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the Doctrine of the Faith, announced on October 20 that Pope Benedict XVI would allow the formation of "personal Ordinariates" - similar to dioceses - to oversee the pastoral care of Anglicans who want to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church while preserving elements of their Anglican liturgy, tradition and spirituality. In fact, the Cardinal said, the liturgy used by most Anglicans was developed within the Latin rite of the Catholic Church and continues to resemble closely the text of the Mass celebrated by most Roman Catholics. While a new apostolic constitution will make the special concessions to former Anglicans, the liturgy celebrated within the personal Ordinariates will be completely valid for all Catholics, Cardinal Levada said. However, he
said, it would not make sense to welcome into the Ordinariates "Catholics who have not come from the Anglican church" since the idea is to preserve an Anglican patrimony and not "have it submerged by Catholics who know nothing about that Anglican patrimony." What is today the Anglican Communion was born in England from the one Christian Church in the West headed by the Pope. The occasion for the split between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church was King Henry VIII's request to Rome that his marriage to Catherine of Aragon be annulled (see timeline above). Pope Clement VII refused his request, so the King divorced her and declared himself head of the Church in England. The tension between the
King and the Pope took place while the Protestant Reformation was in full swing in Europe, dividing the Western church between those who recognised the authority of the Pope as it was being exercised and those who did not. In the newly independent Church of England, pastors and theologians adopted and contributed to some of the key aspects of the Protestant reform, including an emphasis on the importance of the Bible, gradual use of the vernacular for liturgy and an emphasis on collegial decision-making. But the Church of England also maintained many traditions held in common with the Catholic Church, especially in the liturgy and in Church structure. Given their history, Anglicans often describe their Church as both Catholic and reformed.
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Bishops, clergy signal the move is on
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he Anglican Bishop of Chichester has announced he is considering becoming a Roman Catholic in a move that could spark an exodus of hundreds of clergy, though most are waiting for the exact details of the new apostolic constitution to be published, reported the British newspaper, The Sunday Telegraph. Bishop John Hind said he would be "happy" to be reordained as a Catholic priest and said that divisions in Anglicanism could make it impossible to stay in the Church. He is the most senior Anglican to admit that he is prepared to accept the offer from the Pope, who shocked the Church of England last week when he paved the way for clergy to convert to Catholicism in large numbers. In a further blow to the Archbishop of Canterbury's hopes of preventing the Anglican Communion from disintegrating, other Bishops have cast doubt over its survival. The Rt Rev John Broadhurst, the Bishop of Fulham, even claimed that "the Anglican experiment is over". He said it has been shown to be powerless to cope with the crises over homosexuals and women Bishops. In one of the most significant developments since the Reformation, the Pope last week announced that a new structure would be set up to allow disaffected Anglicans to enter full communion with Rome, while maintaining parts of their Anglican heritage. The move comes after secret talks between the Vatican and a group of senior Anglican Bishops. Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was not informed of the meetings and his advis-
Bishop John Hind, the Anglican Bishop of Chichester in England, says he is ready to enter the Roman Catholic Church. ers even denied that they had taken place when the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph broke the story last year. Now Bishop Hind, the most senior traditionalist in the Church of England, has confirmed that he is willing to sacrifice his salary and palace residence to move to the Catholic Church. "This is a remarkable new step from the Vatican," he said. "At long last there are some choices for Catholics in
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A FINAL version of the apostolic constitution that would allow disaffected Anglicans to come into full communion with the Church has yet to be written, as canonists from around the world continue to iron out some key canonical concerns, the National Catholic Register has learned. Church lawyers are grappling with a whole new section of the Code of Canon Law, which will need to be added to ensure the new structures function as planned. The current code is without any reference to the
the Church of England. I'd be happy to be reordained into the Catholic Church." While the Bishop stressed that this would depend on his previous ministry being recognised, he said that the divisions in the Anglican Communion could make it impossible to stay. "How can the Church exist if Bishops are not in full communion with each other," he said. Conservative Archbishops and Bishops have "personal ordinariates," and so the apostolic constitution is designed to ensure that they mesh with Church law. The new norms need to set out, for instance, the nature of the relationship between the Anglican Bishop in the new structure and the Catholic Bishop. However, the promise made by Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, that the apostolic constitution will be published in the next two weeks, still stands. Once the final text is finalised, one of its fruits may be a major contribution to the re-conversion of England. - EDWARD PENTIN/NCR
broken ties with their liberal counterparts following the US Episcopal Church's consecration of Gene Robinson, the first openly practising homosexual Bishop. Bishop Broadhurst said that the Pope has made his offer in response to the pleas of Anglicans who despair at the disintegration of their Church. "Anglicanism has become a joke because it has singularly failed to deal with any of its contentious issues," said the Bishop, who is chairman of Forward in Faith, the Anglo-Catholic network that represents around 1,000 traditionalist priests. "There is widespread dissent across the [Anglican] Communion. We are divided in major ways on major issues and the Communion has unravelled. "I believed in the Church I joined, but it has been revealed to have no doctrine of its own.I personally think it has gone past the point of no return. The Anglican experiment is over." The Rt Rev Martyn Jarrett, the Bishop of Beverley, welcomed the announcement. "The offer from the Vatican is momentous and I felt a great sense of gratitude that the Roman Catholic Church is thinking about the position of traditionalist Anglicans." Fr Ed Tomlinson, vicar of St Barnabas, Tunbridge Wells, said that he would be following the lead of Bishop Hind. "The ship of Anglicanism seems to be going down," he said. "We should be grateful that a lifeboat has been sent. "I shall be seeking to move to Rome. To stay in the Church of England would be suicide." Hundreds of traditionalist clergy could join the exodus, though most are waiting for the details of the new apostolic constitution.
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Christian Brother, teacher and rose grower, Patrick Bruno Doyle, 87, died at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, the day after admission, on September 24. BY GLYNN1S GRAINGER Record Contributer HE was born at Subiaco on February 23, 1922, to Lucy and Edmund Doyle, a tram driver, who had seven children, the last one, Richard, bein one of the celebrants at his brothers Requiem Mass at Aquinas College Chapel, on October 1. Br Bruno started school at St Joseph's (now Mercedes), then progressed to St Patrick's in Wellington Street. He left school at the end of second year and worked for 12 months with the WA Fire Brigade Board as a junior clerk. In January 1939 he left to enter the Christian Brothers at St Endas, Strathfield, where he met young Patrick O'Doherty, who became his friend and companion for the next 70 years. Br Pat died less than a month ago. A fter Strathfield juniorate and Minto novitiate, which he began in February, 1942, he made his first vows in 1943, aged 21, when he was granted registration to teach any primary class in Victoria. He made his final vows on Christmas Day, 1949. He returned to WA in 1950 and had stints at Clontarf, Bindoon, Kalgoorlie, Albany, Tardun (1969), Bindoon, Leederville, Aquinas College (198189), and also spent time at Wembley. Br Bruno was the driver of the Tardun bus which crashed with a truck on a bridge near Serpentine on December 5, 1955. One boy, Michael Bowman, was killed while four others lost one or two legs. His time at Tardun was followed in 1975 by an international Tertianship in Rome (1975), including a visit to Ireland, where he met his relatives and 43 cousins of Br Pat O'Doherty. Br Pat arranged a sabbatical to celebrate his and Br Bruno's golden jubilee and they completed a biblical formation program at Ecce Homo in Jerusalem. They also visited the shrines of Our Lady in Medjugore, Lourdes, Fatima and Knock and enjoyed the hospitality of the monks and relatives in Ireland. He was also fortunate some years later to be in the pilgrimage led by Fr Pat Cunningham in 1996 to the beatification of Edmund Rice. Br Bruno's last years were spent in the vegetable gardens of Tardun or being well looked after at Edmund House, Wembley, where he had a keen mind and good memory right to the end. • Little Sisters of the Poor Sr Catherine de St Clotilde Fallon also died on September 25, aged 89, at their Glendalough nursing home, nine days short of her 90th birthday. She was born Maureen Agnes Fallon on October 4, 1919 at Inglewood, Victoria, to Margaret and Robert Fallon.
October 28 2009, The Record
THE PARISH
Mission Mass brings home key message BY ANTHONY BAR1CI1 National reporter CHILDREN are powerful and need to be guided to use their powers to build the Kingdom of God, Archbishop Barry Hickey told the seventh annual Mission Mass at St Simon Peter Church, Ocean Reef on October 21. At the Mass, the theme of which was "All children are sacred", the Archbishop said that children's power should not be to get what they want materially, but harnessed so they use the honest, compassionate and loving values they are taught at home according to the mind of Jesus. He said that children are influenced by many sources, including the media, society, the Internet and their friends, but the values from these sources are sometimes harmful. The values that children learn from the home are probably the best, he said, and they must learn to take them into the world. Contemplating Mission is crucial, he said, as the world needs to realise that every person is made in God's creative power, is sacred and is offered an eternal destiny through the death and resurrection of Jesus. The Mass Gospel, which told of Bartimaeus' confident plea for Jesus to heal him of his blindness, and Christ's compassionate response, showed God giving the man something for this life physical healing - and a greater gift of faith for the next life. He said the Mission Mass should inspire students to go
Left, Clontarf College students participate in a "Welcome to country" ceremony before the Mission Mass. Right, Prendiville Catholic College students perform a liturgical dance before the Mass. PHOTOS: ANTHONY SAWN
beyond their comfort zones and be active to heal injustices in the Spirit of God's love for everyone, out of concern for others, with a heart full of the love of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit, to do more than we usually would". Student representatives from 71 schools attended the Mass, with 12 schools involved in the day's celebration, including hosts Prendiville Catholic College, Currambine Catholic School and Simon Peter Catholic Primary School. A liturgical dance preceded the Mass, and another one focused on the Cross was performed before the final blessing. Students from Clontarf Catholic College participated in a "welcome to country" ceremony with traditional instruments before the Mass. Between the "Lord
have mercy" and "Christ have mercy" of the Penitential Rite, Lumen Christi and Sacred Heart College students shared testimonies of their mission experiences in third-world countries. The Gospel was read by a Prendiville Catholic College student while other students acted out the story before the altar; then Permanent Deacon Paul Russell closed it with "This is the Gospel of the Lord". One of the Communion hymns was Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, which included the line "Maybe there's a God above". Archbishop Hickey presided over the Mass, concelebrated with 10 priests, with two Permanent Deacons assisting. WA Catholic Education Office Director Ron Dullard was also in attendance.
However, Catholic Mission Director Francis Leong said that despite the "wonderful liturgical celebration", it would all fail to make a difference unless "we all go forth and make a difference in the world". He told The Record that the Mass, traditionally held the Wednesday after Mission Sunday, was to help students feel a sense of solidarity with the poor around the world. The celebration, understood to be one of the biggest Catholic Mission celebrations in Australia, is Perth's version of what happens in many other countries, where Children's Congresses are held with thousands of participants. It has been part of the Catholic tradition for about 200 years since the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood was formed.
Mary: Someone who went the extra mile Mary Colleen Scully - born September 18, 1942, Invercargill, New Zealand; died September 24, 2009, Perth BY ROBERT HIINI Parish Reporter MARY Scully, co-founder of Perth's Padre Pio Prayer Group, had taken four weeks off and was due to travel to Rome for the canonisation of Little Sisters of the Poor founder, Jeanne Jugan, when she fell ill and passed away suddenly on September 24. "God wanted her to have a front row seat:' husband Des recounted a Little Sisters nun saying after Mary's Requiem Mass and burial at Guildford Cemetry on October 1. His beloved wife and mother of their three daughters and son had a strong devotion to the saint, having worked with the Little Sisters at their nursing home in Glendalough for the past ten years where she was well loved and respected by staff and residents alike. Her association with the Little Sisters began in Kalgoorlie after moving to Australia from New Zealand in 1994 to join her husband and son who were working in the mines. Over 400 people attended Mrs Scully's Vigil at St Joseph's Church, Bassendean, on September 30. Attendees of the Vigil were invited to stay for all night Adoration, with adorers praying in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament and the body of their departed friend.
Mary and Des Scully outside Arrowtown Catholic Church May 2008 PHOTO COURTESY OF DES SCULLY
Mr Scully said the turnout to her Vigil and a similarly sized congregation the following day was a sign of how much love and respect she had attracted through her work at the Little Sisters and in organising pilgrimages for hundreds of Perth Catholics to Bullsbrook, Toodyay, Gin Gin and New Norcia over the past three years. That first pilgrimage to New Norcia with Bassendean Priest, Fr Jim Sheldon, on September 23, 2006 would prove the catalyst for what Mr Scully describes as "the most spiritually uplifting years" of their lives. The pilgrimage took place on the Feast Day of Padre Pio and attracted an unexpected fourbusloads of people. The following month, Des and Mary Scully picked up an application form the Padre Pio Prayer Group headquarters in San
Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, while attending the 50th anniversary celebrations of the House for the Relief of Suffering that the famed confessor and stigmatist founded. The group was inaugurated at St Mary's Leederville with a Mass concelebrated by Archbishop Barry Hickey and Vicar General, Brian O'Loughlin, on May 25 2007 with over 400 people in attendance. They began meeting monthly in churches throughout Perth in February 2008 and held four to five pilgrimages a year, attracting many Marian devotees and members of Perth's many Italian communities. News of prayers and Masses said for Mary and for her family at St Peter's in Rome, Padre Pio's Tomb in Italy, and in the United States and New Zealand, was evidence that Mary had "networked the world" in her efforts to pro-
mote devotion to St Padre Pio, Mr Scully said. He told The Record that he is grateful for the prayers and support of all their friends and fellow Catholics, especially the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate who help run the Padre Pio Prayer Group; two of whom were present at the hospital praying with a statue of the saint up until the time of Mary's death. Sr Rosemary of the Cross LSOP, who worked with Mrs Scully, described her as "a very committed, very outgoing and loving person who went the extra mile", saying that she was attentive to the deeper needs of the Little Sisters Glendalough residents. "There was a blanket over the house when she died. The residents and we sisters miss her very much," Sr Rosemary said. Mr Scully pointed to the words of Padre Pio, Wonder Worker editor, Brother Francis Mary FFI, when describing the life of his wife: "When our Father gives a daughter the inspiration to do something, He is never stingy in giving her the talents, experience and expert outside help necessary to follow through," echoing the well-known saying of Padre Pio to pray and work, and to not worry but trust in the Lord. Mr Scully says he is thankful for the prayers of Padre Pio and those who have offered their condolences which he says are helping him get through this difficult time. "I can truly thank God for being chosen to walk beside her, during her life," he wrote in dedication. "God bless you, Mary. May you rest in peace."
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BIBLE ACCENT: The Bible is a collection of biographies, historical documents, poems and letters that tell the story of our Christian heritage and beliefs. God inspired the writers, and scholars have assembled the writings into a book that is easy to refer to. Each book has a title, but it is broken down further into chapter and verse numbers. These numbers are only there to help us find Bible passages. For example, John 3:16 means the Book of John, Chapter 3, verse 16. Without these reference numbers, we would have a very hard time finding what we are looking for in the Bible. The collection of books that tell about the time from creation to before Jesus was born is called the Old Testament. The New Testament opens with the birth of Christ and ends with Revelation, a book that prophesies about the return of Jesus for his kingdom. We should read from our Bible andpray every day.
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St Theuderius Theuderius (d 575) was a monk from France who was ordained a priest. He and several of his disciples chose to lead quiet but religious lives where they had time to pray and meditate. At first they lived in very plain cells, but eventually they built a monastery near the city of Vienne. A custom that had been followed for a long time was for the people to choose a monk who would live a life of solitude. This was considered a great honour, in spite of the sacrifice required. Theuderius was asked to make this commitment, and he did so gladly. God also blessed the monk with a gift of miracles, which only caused his reputation as a holy man of God to spread throughout his country. We honour him on October 29
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PAUL had been thinking about his friend, Timothy, and sat down to write him a letter. "Timothy, my dear child," Paul wrote,"grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. ... I yearn to see you again, recalling your tears, so that I may be filled with joy, as I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and that I am confident lives in you." Paul wished he could talk to Timothy face to face. There were so many things he wanted to tell him about, warn him about. A Christian can face many difficulties trying to follow God's commandments, and Paul did not want Timothy to be discouraged. "Proclaim the word," Paul continued in his letter, "be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching. For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine but, following their own insatiable curiosity, will accumulate teachers to suit their own likings and will stop listening to the truth and will be diverted to myths." Paul spoke out loud as he wrote, as if he were speaking directly to Timothy. "But you, be self-possessed in all circumstances; put up with hardship; perform the work of an evangelist; fulfill your ministry ... the time of my departure is at hand. I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the first judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but to all who have longed for his appearance." In spite of how much he wanted to encourage Timothy, Paul himself felt alone. Most of his travelling companions had gone on to other places. Demas went to Thessalonica, Crescens went to Galatia, Titus went to Dalmatia and Tychicus, at Paul's request, went to Ephesus. Only Luke remained with Paul. "Try to join me soon," Paul invited his friend. "Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is helpful to me in the ministry. ... When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus in Troas, the papyrus rolls, and especially the parchments." Paul closed his letter saying that, in spite of all the hardships and treachery he had experienced, God had protected him. "At my first defence no one appeared on my behalf, but everyone deserted me. ... But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength." READ MORE ABOUT IT: 2 Timothy 4
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October 28 2009, The Record
THE WORLD
Abusers lauded while Church reviled Will equal justice just have to wait? BY WAYNE LAUGESEN National Catholic Register GENEVA - A Vatican delegate to the United Nations caused a minor furore when he defended the Church's record on handling cases of sexual abuse among its clergy. The delegate, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, also pointed out that other religions and organisations have done much more poorly in preventing sexual abuse. Archbishop Tomasi, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations in Geneva, said available research showed that 1.5 to 5 percent of Catholic clergy were involved in child sexual abuse. He spoke on September 22 in response to criticism of the Church's handling of sexual abuse allegations made earlier to the Human Rights Council by the International Humanist and Ethical Union. The Archbishop quoted from The Christian Science Monitor, which reported that most US churches hit by sexual abuse allegations were Protestant and that sex abuse in Jewish communities is common. According to a major 2004 study commissioned by the US Department of Education, nearly 10 percent of US public school students have been targeted with unwanted sexual attention by school employees, the Archbishop added.
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The Catholic Church continues to be a target of criticism despite Church leaders pointing out the corrections they've made and the prevalence of sexual abuse in other circles. "The Catholic Church has paid an enormous price," said Sherry11 Kraizer, executive director of the Denver-based Safe Child Program and an expert witness in child sexual abuse cases. Others don't pay such a high price, and Kraizer is worried that the culture may be trivialising child sexual abuse cases - unless they involve priests. Some see a double standard in society and the media tolerating abuse of children by some and not others, especially in the wake of recent cases involving celebrities. "We have a lot of high-profile child sexual abuse cases showing up right now, yet it's not something that's appearing as a concern
on most people's radar," Kraizer said, referring to cases involving Hollywood stars. "Instead of reacting with concern and outrage, and demands for justice, it's as if the culture is on a sightseeing trip. "We're admiring the problem instead of worrying about it." About 100 of Hollywood's biggest directors and actors who say they're dismayed by the arrest of Roman Polanski signed a petition recently demanding his release. The film director was arrested in Switzerland last month in connection with the 1977 rape of a 13 year old girl. Polanski pleaded guilty to statutory rape in order to avoid possible conviction on a forcible rape charge. He fled the country before he could be sentenced and has lived and worked in France ever since. Some news reports and celeb-
rity reactions have cast Polanski as a victim. On ABC's The View, actress Whoopi Goldberg downplayed the nature of his crime, saying: "I know it wasn't a rape-rape. I think it was something else, but I don't believe it was rape-rape." Meanwhile, actress and singer Mackenzie Phillips, best known for her role in the 1973 hit film American Graffiti, told Oprah Winfrey that her rock-legend father, the late John Phillips, raped her as a teenager. She said routine sexual encounters between the two eventually became consensual and culminated in an abortion. "Here we had Mackenzie Phillips on Oprah, saying, 'My father raped me, and basically it wasn't that bad,'" Kraizer said. "We had this same kind of downplaying of sexual abuse with all the claims about Michael Jackson. Parents continued dropping children off at his house to spend the night." Shelly, an incest victim whose last name has been withheld, watched the Phillips interview and says she was appalled. The wife and mother of four was molested as a young teenager by a relative. "It almost seemed like she was glamorising it; Shelly said. "It was surreal. It was like there was some question as to whether this was really such a bad thing." L Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Centre, said that the trivialising of sexual abuse is standard hypocrisy on the part of media and celebrities who like their own friends but don't like the Church.
"Because of a relative handful of very bad people in the Church, mostly decades ago, Hollywood can't get enough denunciations of the Church: said Bozell, a Catholic who serves on the board of directors of the Catholic League. "Yet when they know of someone they admire who did about the most awful thing one could do to a little girl, they rally around him. "It is vomitous. Finding hypocrisy in this is like finding ice on the polar ice cap." The surfacing in 2002 of decades-old cases of sexual abuse involving priests was met with outrage. That spring, newspapers published 160 new stories a day on the Church scandal. Lawsuits ensued, and some dioceses filed bankruptcy and sold property as a result of settlements. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops established a new agency in Washington devoted to preventing abuse of children and young people, overseen by the Secretariat for Child and Youth Protection. Kraizer says that Hollywood stars lining up to defend Polanski - and Phillips telling audiences she came to enjoy sex with her father - sends the wrong message to children. "I worry that children don't have the skills to get out of some of these situations; Kraizer said. "It would be helpful if someone like Phillips would just rail against her perpetrator and explain that incest is never okay, and that nobody should have sex with a parent, and that children aren't capable of consent. But I wasn't hearing that."
Palestinian beatification gives hope
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Prospect of one of their own being beatified thrills Palestinians
Manual for proper Mass celebration produced
JERUSALEM (CNS) - The Palestinian students of the Rosary Sisters' High School in East Jerusalem's Beit Hanina neighbourhood are eagerly and prayerfully awaiting the beatification of one of their own. Sr Soultaneh Maria Ghattas, founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, will be beatified on November 22 in Nazareth, Israel. Born in Jerusalem in 1843, she founded the first and still the only Palestinian women's religious congregation. She was given the name Marie Alphonsine when she entered religious life. "Mother Marie Alphonsine is Palestinian and she is from here, so we feel like she is connected to us, and we feel more connected to her: said Tala Zananiri, 16, whose cousin is one of the girls involved in the miracle that cleared the way for the nun's beatification. Her cousin, Natalie Zananiri, a former student of the high school, was among the five girls rescued from a collapsed septic tank six years ago. The girl's mother had prayed to Mother Marie Alphonsine earlier in the morning asking her to protect her daughter, and the rescue was credited to the late nun's intercession. Mother Marie Alphonsine was given credit for a similar miracle in 1885. Serving with her order in Jaffa, in what is now Israel, she threw her large Rosary to a young girl who had fallen into a deep cis-
Palestinian first graders exercise in gym class at the Rosary Sisters' High School in East Jerusalem on September 24. The school is run by the order whose founder, Mother Marie Alphonsine, left, is to be beatified in November. She started the first and only Palestinian women's Religious community in the late 1800s. PHOTO: CNS/DEBBIE HIL
tern filled with water and invoked Mary to help the girl. Rescuers saved the girl. Mother Marie Alphonsine will be the second local Catholic to be beatified. The first was Carmelite Sister Mariam Bawardi, a member of the Melkite Catholic Church from the northern Israeli village of Ibillin, who was beatified in 1983. Pauliana Hallac, 16, another student at the Rosary Sisters' High School, said she feels a special connection to Mother Marie Alphonsine, who may have answered her prayer for her Muslim friend's mother. Hallac said her friend's mother had been struck with an illness that had paralysed her arms and legs, which deeply saddened the entire family. After learning more about Mother Marie Alphonsine's life in religion class and reading about her at the beginning of the school year, Hallac said she decid-
ed to pray to her. "I don't know why I said it, but I did.I didn't tell my family or any of my friends:' Hallac said. "WhenI got home my friend sent me a text message that her mother had moved her hand. I was really surprised. I didn't believe it at first. I don't know if it was a miracle." She has continued praying to Mother Marie Alphonsine and talked about her experience to her schoolmates in September. "I did believe in miracles before, but I didn't think it would happen with me.I didn't expect it. Even now I can't believe it:' Hallac said. "Now every night I pray to Mother Marie Alphonsine, firstly because she is Palestinian and secondly because she is the one who helped me when I needed her." At 14, Mother Marie Alphonsine became a postulant of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition.
A fter professing her vows in 1862, she was assigned to Bethlehem, where she taught religion. She said Mary inspired her to found the Rosary Sisters. When the congregation was begun, Fr Joseph Tannous Yamine was appointed director and rented a house for the five postulants who entered July 24, 1880. Mother Marie Alphonsine got a dispensation three months later from her vow of obedience to her superiors in the St Joseph order so she could enter the new congregation. Mother Marie Alphonsine served in cities, towns and villages throughout the Holy Land until 1917 when she moved to Ein Kerem - today a part of Jerusalem - where she lived a life devoted to prayer. She spent the last years of her life in Ein Kerem, dying March 25, 1927, while praying the Rosary with her sister, Sr Hanneh Ghattas, a member of the Order.
VATICAN CITY (CNA) Prefect of the Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal Antonio Canizares presented Pope Benedict XVI with the Compendium eucharisticum, aimed at helping priests to properly celebrate Mass on October 21. The compendium, published on October 19, is a collection of study materials, prayers and meditations related to the celebration of the Eucharist. Cardinal Canizares said it is "a response to the desire of the Holy Father and the request made by the Bishops during the 2005 Synod on the Eucharist". The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said that the document "puts together texts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, prayers, theological explanations of the Roman Missal's Eucharistic prayers and everything that may be useful for the correct understanding, celebration and adoration of the Sacrament on the altar." The Vatican paper also explained that the Pope's desire is that the Compendium will help both priests and laity in "believing, celebrating and increasingly living out the Eucharistic Mystery." The Compendium has been published in Italian by the Vatican's publishing house and will soon be available in other languages, including English.
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Africa fighting 'slavery of ideology Billions spent while faith-based agencies bypassed
Young people in Yaounde, Cameroon, cheer for Pope Benedict XVI during his visit in March this year. Bishops and other church leaders will participate in the Synod of Bishops for Africa that just closed at the Vatican. Potential topics of discussion included ethnic conflict, the family, traditional values, environmental protection and economic justice. CNS
Synod proposals call for change of heart to meet Africa's challenges; clarifies Church teachings on sexuality regarding AIDS pandemic BY CINDY WOODEN Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Meeting the challenges of Africa - from protecting the environment to stopping the spread of AIDS - requires an individual change of heart, better education and cooperation based on respect for African and Christian values, said Cardinal Peter Turkson of Cape Coast, Ghana. The Cardinal, whom Pope Benedict XVI named as President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on October 24, presented the 57 propositions formulated by the Synod of Bishops for Africa and offered as suggestions for a document the Pope may write about the work of the Church on the continent. Cardinal Turkson, 61, had served as recording secretary of the October 4-25 Synod. Presenting the propositions at a press conference, Cardinal Turkson said Synod members had looked at Africa's challenges from the point of view of "the work that the Church, as the family of God, has to do:' While many of the problems involve bad government, ancient ethnic tensions, disease, exploitation by multinational companies or the cultural agenda of foreign aid organisations, he said, the Bishops believe they cannot be resolved without "a spirituality that unleashes signs on a social, economic and political level in our countries; Concern for the family was present in many of the propositions, including one on HIV and AIDS. The Bishops said the disease cannot be handled solely as a medical problem or "solely as an issue of a change in human behaviour; because both are necessary. The proposition committed the Bishops to working against anything "that helps the spread of the disease, such as poverty, the breakdown of family life, marital unfaithfulness, promiscuity and a lifestyle that is devoid of human values and Gospel virtues."
As far as condoms are concerned, the Synod reaffirmed a position taken by Cardinal Turkson at the Synod's opening press conference on October 5. The Synod's proposition called on the Church to provide "a pastoral support, which helps couples living with an affected spouse to inform and form their consciences so that they might choose what is right with full responsibility for the greater good of each other, their union and their family." The Cardinal told reporters on October 24 that pastors have an obligation to counsel such couples and explain Church teaching to them so they can make their decisions in good conscience. Whether, as some people say, a condom in that situation should be seen as a method of protecting the other spouse or is still a means of contraception unacceptable to the Catholic Church is an issue that "is still being discussed" by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Turkson said. One of the strongest Synod propositions condemned a section of the 2003 Maputo Protocol on women's rights in Africa for encouraging the continent's governments to provide abortion services in cases of rape, incest or danger to a woman's physical or mental health. The protocol adopted by the Africa Union at a meeting in Maputo, Mozambique not only violates Church teaching, the Bishops said, but it "is in contradiction with human rights and the right to life. "It trivialises the seriousness of the crime of abortion and devalues the role of childbearing; While thanking international aid agencies for their assistance, the Bishops also insisted that more be done to ensure that aid reach the people for whom it is intended. They called for an end to aid that does not meet real needs or comes with strings attached that violate the recipients' moral and cultural values. Bishop Edmond Djitangar of Sarh, Chad, told reporters that Africans did not want to "be slaves of an ideology" spread or imposed by people outside Africa. "We want to remain ourselves; he said, especially when it comes to the definition and role of the family. The propositions spoke of the famil as being of "capital importance' for protecting human life and for learning and practising forgiveness, peace, reconciliation and
harmony. Yet they also said the family is under threat because of abortion, the denigration of childbearing, "the distortion of the notion of marriage and the family itself; and divorce. The Bishops called for better education of Catholics in the meaning of Christian marriage, improved marriage preparation programs and better support for families. Another issue raised often during the Synod was the need to defend the dignity of women and to promote their role in Church and society. "The Synod Fathers condemn all acts of violence against women; including "the battering of wives, the disinheritance of daughters, the oppression of widows in the name of tradition, forced marriages, female genital mutilation, trafficking in women and several other abuses such as sex slavery and sex tourism," one of the propositions said. Synod members promised to promote the education of girls and women, open shelters for those who are abused and bring women into Church decision-making structures. They also asked that a special commission on women in the Church be established within the Pontifical Council for the Family. The Synod decried the exploitation and mistreatment of too many of the continent's children, listing "aborted babies, orphans, albinos, street children, abandoned children, child soldiers, child prisoners, physically and mentally challenged children, children accused of witchcraft (and) children sold as sex slaves; During the Synod, many Bishops had condemned multinational companies for exploiting Africa's natural resources in a way that does not benefit local populations and, in fact, leaves behind environmental destruction. The Synod proposals not only called for national and international legislation to manage resources and ensure the fair distribution of mining and petroleum revenues, but also called on pastors to educate the faithful in respecting nature and encouraged all Africans to plant trees. Saying the death penalty demonstrates a lack of respect for human life and is too often used "to eliminate political opponents," one proposition stated simply: "This Synod calls for the total and universal abolition of the death penalty."
Mgr Robert Vitillo, Caritas Internationalis' Special Advisor to the UN, embraces a child at the Mai Tam Centre in Vietnam for mothers and children living with HIV, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, in this September 2008 photo. He visits the centre once a year or more PHOTO COURTESY OF MGR VITILLO when necessary.
More recognition needed for faithbased agencies who do the bulk of work BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter GOVERNMENTS are bypassing faith-based organisations that do the bulk of the work with AIDS victims while spending billions of dollars on AIDS relief, Caritas Internationalis' (CI) Special Adviser to the United Nations on HIV and AIDS said. Monsignor Robert Vitillo, in Sydney to address local Caritas and health care workers, told The Record on October 26 that governments need to recognise faith-based organisations who are not receiving the funding to carry out their essential work. He said that while the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has committed US$10 billion to support programs for these diseases over the past two years, only five percent of this goes to faith-based organisations. This is despite the fact that, in Africa, between 40 and 70 percent of health care is delivered by faith-based organisations, he said. "There's a big difference between the burden of care and the funding for them to be able to give an effective response to HIV; Mgr Vitillo said. Mgr Vitillo, a Special Advisor for CI which has 165 member organisations working in 200 territories and countries, said that while sub-Saharan Africa is "still the epicentre of the AIDS pandemic; CI is also heavily involved in Asia and some parts of Oceania, especially Papua New Guinea to Australia's north. Mgr Vitillo, a diocesan priest of New Jersey, said that when CI as a confederation made HIV/ AIDS one of its top priorities of action in 1987, it was among the first agencies to do so. He urged Church-based organisations to respond to HIV in collaboration with programs tackling tuberculosis, as half of AIDS victims die of the infectious bacterial disease that
spreads through the air, as their immune systems are down. It is important that Catholic agencies work in partnership with others, including government agencies with conflicting ideologies, he said, as "no one organisation can solve HIV/ AIDS. There may be areas of disagreement, but we need to work on what we agree on, and we hope that funding groups like the Global Fund and governments will recognise better the strong role the Church plays in responding to HIV/AIDS, and will provide funding for an even more effective response". "Government agencies often bypass faith-based organisations even though they're doing the bulk of the work; he said. Mgr Vitillo said that the response to HIV/AIDS should be within a wider response to ongoing development and health problems, as those who live in poverty have poor nutrition and compromised immune systems which may influence their vulnerability to HIV. "We can't do women's empowerment programs, for example, without also including men in telling them how to prevent spreading HIV; he said, adding that, as a Catholic organisation, Caritas promotes the Church's teaching that, as sexual activity spreads HIV, it should be restricted to a permanent and mutually faithful relationship in marriage. If one partner within a marriage has HIV, he said it is a matter for private pastoral care between the couple and a priest, citing two Bishops from the continent who recently made statements to that effect. Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has become the main source of finance for programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, with approved funding of US$15.6 billion for over 572 programs in 140 countries. Based in Geneva, Mgr Vitillo currently heads the Global Catholic HIV and AIDS Network and, while assisting governments and the UN in policy development, is also leading discussions with pharmaceutical companies to lobby for more child-friendly medication.
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Becoming Catholic an evolution in self
Those who have gone before us All Saints Day Iknow that on All Saints Day we commemorate all the saints in heaven, but can you tell me something of the history of the feast? For how long has it been celebrated?
Kate Mepham I wanted in on the glow and self-confidence that Catholic people seem to have. At first it was curiosity and I wanted to learn about the Catholic religion from a student point of view. However, I got so interested and involved in it I ended up doing three Catholic study units as part of my Bachelor of Education degree. My reasons for becoming Catholic evolved and many small reasons all came together to make it feel right and something that I truly wanted to do. I am fourth generation Australian. My father is atheist and my mother grew up Catholic but let it go when she was in her with Debbie Warner late teens. She chose not to baptise my brother, my sister and me. We had very little to do with Church as a family. Now I am 22 years old and have been with my partner for five years. He is Catholic and his family is too. He had a big influence on my decision because we plan on getting married, having kids and bringing them up Catholic. I wanted to convert for him as well as myself. Also my grandma and aunty (on mum's side) are strong Catholics and were very supportive of my decision. Initially, my father was concerned I was converting just because of my partner but when he understood why I wanted to convert he supported me. I wasn't really sure what to expect from becoming Catholic. I went to Church about twice growing up for weddings and had no idea what was going on.I went to public schools and was hardly exposed to religion of any form. ThenI met my partner and went to Church with him a few times. That's how I got curious. I found out about the RCIA at my parish and it started from there. I met some absolutely inspirational people during my RCIA experience and really enjoyed it. We share a special bond and really hope to get together more often. The night of my baptism I felt truly special and part of an extraordinary and happy group of people. It was one of the most positive and uplifting moments of my life. I became a Catholic in Easter 2009 at John Paul Church, Willetton. Since my baptism I generally feel more optimistic. I feel like my life has direction. I feel the presence of something great and beyond human. It makes me feel at ease in a way I didn't feel before. I feel more balanced and that everything happens for a reason. Now I feel like I have something special with me that I wasn't aware of before. I met a lot of new people and have a stronger relationship with my partner and my family members. I feel a lot more knowledgeable about the Catholic religion and have more meaning in my life. I feel like I want to share my new, fresh knowledge and understanding with young children as a primary school teacher. I can't wait to begin. John Paul Church is a fantastic and uplifting Church that has some amazing people involved. It's by going to Church those initial few times, seeing the people's glowing faces and listening to the wonderful singing that fed my curiosity and made me want to be Catholic.
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The feast has a long history, a very long history, and it is quite fascinating, going back to the early Church. The first saints to be honoured liturgically were the martyrs, including of course the apostles. In the early centuries, the Church celebrated the anniversary of a martyr's death at the place of the martyrdom, but around the fourth century dioceses would share relics of the martyrs with other dioceses and celebrate the feast on the same day. Even without relics, neighbouring bishops sometimes gave permission for the veneration of the martyr in their own diocese. During the persecution under the emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the fourth century the number of martyrs became so great that a separate day could not be assigned to each one, so the Church established a common feast day for all the
martyrs who had no proper celebration. In Antioch this feast was celebrated on the Sunday after Pentecost. At the end of the fourth century,both St Ephrem and St John Chrysostom mention the feast. In the West too, St Maximus of Turin in the fifth century preached in honour of all the martyrs on the Sunday after Pentecost. At first only martyrs and St John the Baptist, whose sanctity was proven, were honoured by special feast days. But then other saints were gradually added, especially the great confessors of East and West. The word "confessor" in its broadest sense, came to mean any saint who was not a martyr. In the Eastern Church the first ones to receive public veneration as confessors after the persecutions were Saints Anthony (d 356), Hilarion (d 371) and Athanasius (d 373). In the West the first confessors venerated as such were Saints Sylvester (d 335), Martin of Tours (d 397), Severus (d ca 409), Augustine (d 430) and Apollinaris (fifth century). Since the number of confessors grew rapidly, as early as the year 411 there was a common commemoration in the Chaldean calendar of all confessors on the Friday after Easter. The first mention of a feast to honour all the saints on November 1 seems to have come during the pontificate of Pope Gregory III (731-741). In 732 he consecrated a chapel in the Basilica of St Peter dedicated to "all the apostles, martyrs, confessors, and all the just and perfect who are at rest throughout the whole world" and fixed the anniversary for November 1.
The feast on that date soon spread to England and Germany. A century later Pope Gregory IV (827-844) extended the celebration on November 1 to the universal Church. In the ninth and tenth centuries the feast was listed in Sacramentaries as the Natale omnium sanctorum, or birthday of all the saints. The feast was so important that from the beginning it was celebrated with a vigil and, from the time of Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84), with an octave. 'Me vigil, or liturgical celebration on the day before the feast, came to be known popularly as Halloween, hallowed evening. Both the vigil and the octave were suppressed in 1955. So the feast has a long history, going back in its present form to the eighth century. It responds to the desire of the Church to commemorate all the saints, especially those who have no proper feast day of their own. Today the feast of All Saints is celebrated as a Solemnity, a feast of the highest rank. It is listed as a holy day of obligation in the Code of Canon Law (cf Can 1246), but it is up to each Episcopal Conference to decide whether it is to be a holy day in their territory. In Australia, the feast is no longer a holy day. The feast commemorates the "great multitude which no man could number" (Rev 7:9) of saints in heaven, and is also a reminder that all the baptised are called to the fullness of love and holiness. Fr Flader director,acaeccom.au
It's good to fete the virtuous BY JOHN ZMIRAK I nside Catholic
The wisdom of a Catholic literary giant is food for the soul When somebody says "poetic justice," what that really means is the kind of justice dished out by poets; in which case, you'd better hope the poet's a person like Dante or T S Eliot, and not some maniac like Marinetti who wanted to burn Italy's libraries or a nattering paedophile like Scream author Allen Ginsberg who held, essentially, that one's sex life begins at conception. The saints have better things to muse on. Still, it is right and just to counterpoise Josef Stalin, exemplar of Wrath, with his victim Alexander Solzhenitsyn as a paragon of the opposite virtue, Patience. A decorated war hero in the Red Army that beat back Hitler's genocidal invasion of Russia, Solzhenitsyn ran afoul of the Soviet tyrant by writing a letter to a friend in which he criticised Stalin's moustache and a thing or two about Stalin's conduct of World War II, which the Russians nearly lost thanks to Uncle Joe's secret crush on Adolf Hitler, who would never, never think of invading the Soviet Union. Having seen his friends butchered in combat, or taken prisoner by the Germans and then, at war's end, sent to labour camps in Siberia for "treason," Solzhenitsyn sent a single imprudent letter - and for that crime he was tortured and then sentenced to eight years in a labour camp and "internal exile" for life. During that exile, he contracted cancer and nearly died in a third-rate Soviet hospital. But along the way, in the years he spent chopping wood barefoot in the snow, living on fish-head soup, and witnessing brutal beatings of helpless prisoners by soldiers of "progress" and "liberation, Solzhenitsyn re-discovered his childhood Christian faith.
Despite, or in part because of, all his suffering, Solzhenitsyn crafted novels that will endure as literary masterworks. He will always be best remembered for The Gulag Archipelago, which documents the lives and deaths of the millions who suffered in slave camps and whose very existence was doubted for decades by "fellow travellers" in the West. Its appearance in 1973 made Solzhenitsyn's life in Russia almost impossible, and he was forced into exile in 1974. It was in the West that Solzhenitsyn had to learn another side of Patience. First hailed by liberal anti- (and ex-) Communists, Solzhenitsyn soon became the target of their barbs. He sought for Russia a rebirth of Christian Faith and traditional patriotism and didn't look to the secular, childless West as a moral model. This made him, in the eyes of recent converts from some form of Marxism, a dangerous reactionary, even, some assert without real evidence, an anti-Semite. His books began to fall out of print; one volume of The Red Wheel, last time I checked, had still not been translated into English. But Solzhenitsyn's reputation really began to darken in Western eyes when he made his infamous, prophetic speech at Harvard in 1978. Trying to make friends with the media, he said: "Destructive and irresponsible freedom has been granted boundless space. Society appears to have little defence against the abyss of human decadence, such as, for example, misuse of liberty for moral violence against young people, motion pictures full of pornography, crime and horror. It is considered to be part of freedom ... "Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic disease of the 20th century and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press ... Without any censorship, in the West fashionable trends of thought and ideas are carefully separated from those which are not fashionable; nothing is forbidden, but what is not fashionable will hardly ever find its way into periodicals or books or
be heard in colleges!" Next he celebrated Western consumerism: "The majority of people have been granted well-being to an extent their fathers and grandfathers could not even dream about; it has become possible to raise young people according to these ideals, leading them to physical splendour, happiness, possession of material goods, money and leisure, to an almost unlimited freedom of enjoyment. "So who should now renounce all this, why and for what should one risk one's precious life in defence of common values, and particularly in such nebulous cases when the security of one's nation must be defended in a distant country? ... Even biology knows that habitual extreme safety and wellbeing are not advantageous for a living organism." Instead, he offered the following, which ought to be familiar to readers of Dostoevsky - or the Gospels: "If humanism were right in declaring that man is born to be happy, he would not be born to die. Since his body is doomed to die, his task on earth evidently must be of a more spiritual nature. It cannot be unrestrained enjoyment of everyday life. It cannot be the search for the best ways to obtain material goods and then cheerfully get the most out of them. "It has to be the fulfilment of a permanent, earnest duty so that one's life journey may become an experience of moral growth, so that one may leave life a better human being than one started it:' It wasn't bitterness or hunger for vengeance that Solzhenitsyn took away from his decades of suffering, but the simple lesson, given above, which a Russian babushka might have taught her toddlers as they prayed before an icon. It's the wisdom he wrung from the grapes of wrath that makes Solzhenitsyn an icon of Patience worth emulating. You can call on that virtue as you work your way through the thousands of pages the great man has written. Every word is worth it.
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That we might be one By John Heard "This is a moment of grace, perhaps even a moment of history, not because the past is undone, but because the past is transformed." - Archbishop John Hepworth, Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion When I lived at Newman College, the Jesuit-led residential community at the University of Melbourne,I had an AngloCatholic friend. That is,I always thought of him as specifically Anglo-Catholic, rather than something else, because he attended services in both chapels, sang in the (Anglican) Trinity College choir and listened to Gimmel recordings of early sacred (Catholic) music. Certainly, he wavered between what he saw as compelling and, in some respects, competing traditions. He was raised in the Anglican Communion, but I know he was drawn to Catholicism intellectually and spiritually (doctrinally, he was quite sound). Still, he was not sure - when I knew him - whether or not one could find the one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church in Rome, attached to the See of Canterbury, or somewhere in the Christian East. The poignancy of his situation, living as he did in a college named for one of the most famous Anglican converts to Catholicism, was not lost on him (and it was not lost on me). I frequently urged him to "come home".
Regardless, I have known few men of a more profoundly Christian sensibility. His witness, important during my formative years, was impressive and serious. He introduced me to Lectio Divina. It was my Anglo-Catholic friend who encouraged me to study the debates that swirled, in the early Noughties, around the Radical Orthodoxy school of theological and philosophical thought, an engagement which led - in turn to a thesis in natural law. And it was he, ambling down the hall, rumbling at my door (he had a distracted, donnish mien), asking me to come aside and pray evening prayer with him, who first showed me what Catholicism might mean, what it might demand of those who profess to "hold and teach the Catholic faith that comes to us from the Apostles". I thought of my old friend this week when I read about the Holy Father's plans for individuals and whole communities from the Anglican tradition. I thought of him, a man I have always considered a spiritual brother. I thought of him, someone who was a signal guide in my own journey of Faith and obedience, even though we mostly lost touch when he went up to Cambridge. What a wonderful thing the Pope has wrought, I thought. This gesture of tremendous solicitude, this great gift to Anglo-Catholics, this is - in part - for him. It is also, however, for us - for Catholics everywhere. In the same way that my friend's witness and example surely strengthened my Faith, the witness and example of those who choose to return under these provisions will strengthen and sustain the whole Church. Particularly in Englishspeaking countries, the closer union and
collaboration of Catholics, the witness of diversity, the bond of unity, God-willing - these may flower and bear much fruit. Of course, some will fuss. Some Catholics will think to bring up thorny issues at first instance, and complain about married priests. Some Anglicans, on the other hand, will point to the Catholic teaching on Anglican Orders (ie they are invalid - Apostolicae Curae), but in the main, the quotation from John Hepworth describes how many people are feeling. The past cannot be undone, but by this gesture, the Holy Father has moved decisively to transform the history of English-speaking Christianity. It is perhaps no coincidence, then, that the website for the Cause of Canonisation of John Henry Newman had this message as its "thought" for Wednesday, October 21, 2009: "To the narrow-minded and the bigoted, the history of the Church for 18 centuries is unintelligible and useless; but where there is Faith, it is full of sacred principles, ever the same in substance, ever varying in accidentals, and is a continual lesson of 'the manifold Wisdom of God-. Ever the same in substance, ever varying in accidentals, the faith is rich, pure, and true. It is with great joy, and profound gratitude, then, that Englishspeaking Christians everywhere will receive, and prayerfully support, the Holy Father's gesture. Our beloved brothers and sisters are home at last. "Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers." John Heard is an Australian writer emaildreadnought@gmail.corn. www.johnheard.blogspot.com Facebook: Dreadnoughters
Heroes of Dark Ages needed for another In clear view By Guy Crouchback
Shortly before the Second World War an over-the-hill British ex-Minister, out of office and washed-up, began a history of the English-speaking people. Of the Ninth Century, the dark heart of the Dark Ages, when every English kingdom but Wessex alone had been conquered by the Vikings and dragged into their barbaric empire of emptiness, he wrote that the fact that, miraculously (perhaps literally miraculously!) Wessex did not succumb was due: "as almost every critical turn of historic fortune has been due, to the sudden appearance in an era of confusion and decay of one of the great figures of history" Later generations might find in these words a strange resonance. The man Winston Churchill was writing about was, of course, Alfred the Great. Read what you will. More than 11 centuries of scholarship and revisionism have failed to find evidence that might threaten to topple Alfred from what Churchill called his "pinnacle of deathless glory." Noblest of all English kings, he beat back the Vikings, not only winning final victory after countless shattering defeats, and from a low point as a hunted fugitive in the marshes of Athelnay, but persuading the leader of the Great Viking Army, Guthrum, later known as Athelstan, to not only accept Christianity but to follow it in truth. It was of this victory that Chesterton wrote: "You andI were saved from being savages forever." Throughout England, Alfred restored learning which he had found dead,
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restored the decayed monastic life and monasteries shattered by the Viking raids, introduced new and better laws, translated important works of literature and moral philosophy into English for the first time, reformed weights and measures and founded the British Navy. All this was in spite of a debilitating chronic illness, possibly malaria. Unusually for a great man, he left sons and grandsons of a strength, generosity and wisdom comparable to his own. Though I am ill-qualified to pronounce on such matters,Ibelieve the case for his canonisation could be strong. Recently, however, the forces of political correctness have begun chipping at Alfred's memory, at least in his capital of Winchester. It has been reported that Alfred was considered out-of-date, and "Focus Groups" set up to find a more up-to-date image for the town. Ms Eloise Appleby of the Winchester Tourist Board was quoted as saying: "King Alfred represents the past. His image is not forward-looking enough for
today's cut-throat commercial market place. Winchester is a town with many creative artists and new buildings and Alfred doesn't tell the whole story." Cut throat? It was Alfred who saw the throats cut, in a very literal sense, as he fought for years against armies of gentry rejoicing in names like Eric Bloodaxe, Thorfinn Raven-Feeder (not to be confused with his professional colleague Thorfinn Skullsplitter), and Sigurd Worm-in-theEye. There was, to be fair, one particularly gentle Viking known as "the children's man:' for his eccentric habit of allowing children to live. Not only did many people come to Winchester precisely and solely because of its associations with Alfred, Arthur, and other figures of high and heroic nobility, chivalry and romance, whose memory may still inspire and uplift, but it might well be argued that the nobility, piety, valour, goodness, and love of learning and science which Alfred epitomised were qualities of which we today stand in special need.
Free from indulgence Is celibacy a life of sexual repression? Recently, a former Catholic priest appeared on Oprah to defend his choice of leaving the Church in order to get married. This priest had battled with desire for this woman for several years and finally decided his only options were to marry her or repress his sexual desires. Indeed, as he announced to a national audience, "repression" is the only choice for a person who remains celibate. Is this true? Are our only options when it comes to sexual desire to "indulge" it or "repress" it? Granted, B Christo her West to a world bound by sexual lust, life-long celibacy seems absurd. The world's general attitude towards Christian celibacy might be summarised like this: "Hey, marriage is the only 'legitimate' chance you Christians get to indulge your lusts. Why the heck would you ever want to give that up? You'd be condemning yourself to a life of hopeless repression." The difference between marriage and celibacy, however, must never be understood as the difference between having a "legitimate" outlet for sexual lust on the one hand and having to repress it on the other. Christ calls everyone - no matter his or her particular vocation - to experience redemption from the domination of lust. Only from this perspective do the Christian vocations (celibacy and marriage) make any sense. Both vocations - if they are to be lived as Christ intends - flow from the same experience of the redemption of sexuality. First, marriage is not a "legitimate outlet" for indulging our sexual lusts. As Pope John Paul II once pointed out, spouses can commit "adultery in the heart" with each other if they treat one another as nothing but an outlet for selfish gratification (see Theology of the Body 43:3). I know it's a cliche, but why do so many wives claim "headache" when their husbands want sex? Could it be because they feel used rather than loved? This is —.what lust leads to - using people, not loving them Liberation from the domination of concupiscence - that disordering of our appetites caused by original sin - is essential, John Paul II taught, if we are to live our lives "in the truth" and experience the divine plan for human love (see TOB 43:6, 47:5). Indeed, Christian sexual ethos "is always linked . . . with the liberation of the heart from concupiscence" (TOB 43:6). And this liberation is just as essential for consecrated celibates and single people as it is for married couples (see TOB 77:4). It is precisely this liberation that allows us to discover what John Paul II called "mature purity:' In mature purity, "man enjoys the fruits of victory over concupiscence" (TOB 58:7). This victory is gradual and certainly remains fragile here on earth, but it is nonetheless real. For those graced with its fruits, a whole new world opens up another way of seeing, thinking, living, talking, loving, praying. The marital embrace becomes a graced experience of the holy, rather than a base satisfaction of instinct. And Christian celibacy becomes a liberating way of living one's sexuality as a "total gift of self" for Christ and his church. John Paul II observed that the celibate person must submit "the sinfulness of his humanity to the powers that flow from the mystery of the redemption of the body ... just as every other person does" (TOB 77:4). This is why he indicates that the call to celibacy is not only a matter of formation but of transformation (see TOB 81:5). The person who lives this transformation is not bound to indulge his lusts. He is free with what John Paul II called "the freedom of the gift." This means his desires are not in control of him; rather, he is in control of his desires. In short, authentic sexual freedom is not the liberty to indulge one's compulsions, but liberation from the compulsion to indulge. Only such a person is capable of making a free gift of himself in love - whether in marriage or in a life of consecrated devotion to Christ and the Church. For the person who is free in this way, sacrificing the genital expression of one's sexuality for so great a good as the Eternal Marriage of Christ and the Church not only becomes a possibility, it becomes quite attractive.
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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. 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. Eng: 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 5pm at Holy Trinity Church, 8 Burnett Street, Embleton. The Novena will be followed by Vigil Mass at 6pm. Eng: 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. Eng: 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. Eng: Office 9307 2776 or Leanne 9402 1582.
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. Eng: 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. Eng: Sr Shelley Barlow 9271 3873. 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. Eng: 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. Eng: Helen 9402 0349. 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. Eng: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286.
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. Eng: 9399 2349. 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. Eng: John 9457 7771 or Linda 9275 6608. Monday November 2 ALL SOULS DAY NOVENA St Bernadette's Church Glendalough. Nine Holy Masses for the Holy Souls will be celebrated at the following times, 7.30am, 8.15am, 9am, 10am, 1 lam, 12.10pm, 2pm, 3pm and 5.45pm. Eng: 9444 6131. 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. Eng: Kathy 9295 0913 or Maureen 9381 4498.
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. Eng: ccjwa ol .com 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 Mallia, Chairman of CCR Malta will conduct the healing sessions. All evening sessions commence with Mass. Collections taken to cover costs. Eng: 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. Eng: Connie 9494 1495 or Edita 9418 3728.
Saturday November 14 RICHARD AND JUDY PRIESTLY FARM GROTTO TWENTY 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. Eng: 9450 2749 or 0428 502 749.
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. Eng: Secretary 9457 5758.
Saturday November 14 to Sunday November 15 O VERNIGHT 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. Eng: Sr Ann 0409 602 927. Sunday November 15 DOMINICAN LAITY OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY PARISH 2pm at St Catherine's Convent, 31 Williamstown Road, Doubleview. Visitors are welcome. Enq: Jeff 9446 3655. Sunday November 15 ASSOCIATION 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. Eng: Phone 9344 7066. 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. Eng: 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. Eng: 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. Eng: Jane 92026859. 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. Eng: 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. Eng: 0400 282357. First Friday of the Month HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND 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.
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. Eng: John 9457 7771. 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 Eng: 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. AL-ANON/ALATEEN FAMILY GROUPS If your home is unhappy because someone drinks too much, we can help you. For understanding and support to families and friends of problem drinkers. Eng: 9325 7528. SACRED HEART OF JESUS - PIONEERS Any Pioneers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus out there in society, we invite you if you would like to meet other members in prayer and reflection. Eng: 9457 7771. STATUE OF MOTHER AND CHILD OR HOLY FAMILY If any parish or person has one extra to their needs, please ring Mrs Gay Morey 9091 8403 or Fr Joseph 9021 2100 or email stmarys@emerge.net.au.
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