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crucifixes in schools Judgement attacks the symbols of Italy's history BY CINDY WOODEN VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican said it experienced "surprise and sorrow" when a European court ruled that the crucifixes hanging in Italian public schools violate religious freedom. The European Court of Human Rights ruled on November 3 that the crucifixes hanging in ever public classroom in Italy were "a violation of the freedom of parents to educate their children according to their own convictions and of the religious freedom of the students." Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, reacted to the decision saying, "The crucifix has always been a sign of God's offer of love and a sign of union and Please turn to Page 24
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Boys from Trinity College have raised $8,000 to help fund travel to India by fellow students which will see them spending time in centres run for the poor and handicapped by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity Sisters. One of their key fundraising events is the Un-Fair Day which saw a special raffle won by student PHOTO TRINITY COLLEGE Declan Hayward. The prize? Giving a haircut to Senior School head Martin Tobin, also known to the boys as 'Tobes: Story - Page 2
When it comes to MT, 80 percent are non-Catholic BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter THE NATURAL Fertility Australia (NFA) Board has called on the country's bishops to help expand their services across every diocese and improve what is in many cases poor knowledge of the reproductive concept among Catholics. As up to 80 percent of natural family planning (NFP) users are non-Catholic, the NFA Board made a verbal submission to the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference shortly after the prelates' May Plenary meeting
asking that local Bishops: - strengthen the advocacy of NFP to pre-marriage couples; - ensure that Catholic schools offer the Church's teachings on sexuality and sexual relations; - keep clergy in their respective dioceses updated on the availability of, and I.velopments in, NFP services. There was a "broad consensus" among the Bihops s that these should be carried out. "We would like the opportunity to expand our services so that they are available in all dioceses of Australia," Australian Council
of NFP (ACNFP) President Evelyn Brien told The Record. "Hopefully the Bishops can help us to achieve this. "We see many clients who may or may not be Catholic who are looking for a healthy alternative to contraceptive family planning for whatever reason, but usually for health reasons; and to those who are Catholic and to whom t Church teachings are very hI. we meet those needs important, also. "We always work within what our Church teaches. This is vital to us." Please turn to Page 17
The Australian Council of NFP has updated its website so couples can access more easily charting information. The site also puts them in personal t ouch with an educator to help them with the process. See the story on page 17.
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Fr Dat Vuong is the webmaster of the newly updated website for the Archdiocese of Perth. The new look internet portal to the Catholic Church in Perth has taken 18 months to conceptualise and be launched in cyberspace, and will see regular features such as weekly vodcasts - short videos - by Archbishop Hickey preaching the Gospel. PHOTO JUSTINE STEVENS
THE ARCHDIOCESE of Perth careered further into cyberspace last week with the launch of a new website. The site is the work of an eight person committee chaired by Bishop Donald Sproxton
which began its work just over 18 months ago. Speaking with The Record last week, Bishop Donald said that he formed the committee after having a conversation with Archbishop Barry Hickey about "the
need to upgrade and to provide a few more capabilities:' The Archbishop wanted the ability to vodcast, providing regular weekly video messages to website visitors with the help of Catholic Youth Ministry's Media Manager, Catherine Gallo Martinez. The other members of the committee were Communications Officer, Hugh Ryan, Sr Joan Smith RSM, Church Office workers, Jane Pilkington and Caroline Fouche and two Archdiocesan priests, Fr Greg Carroll and Fr Dat Vuong. Fr Dat has been appointed the site's webmaster, responsible for updating and maintaining the site. A fter looking at several different companies in Perth, the site was eventually designed by Melbourne -based Fraynework, a site commended to the committee by Archbishop Hickey after he heard good things about the company from fellow Bishops. Bishop Sproxton says that the site is still a work in progress with the web presence of other Catholic agencies in WA yet to be integrated. "Into the future, I can see that there are going to be more and more opportunities to bring tovther all the elements of the community, he said. Input and feedback from lay Catholics and from Catholic agencies can be provided to the Church Office at enquiries@ perthcatholic.org.au or to the webmaster at webmaster@perthcatholic.org.au. - Robert Hiini The new website can be viewed at
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TRINITY College in East Perth supports Missions in India and each year two major fundraising events are held to raise money to send to them. The events are a whole school Fun Run and a large fair for students, named an Un-Fair Day, this year held in the afternoon of Tuesday, 27 October, the latter of which raised more than $8,000. Every two years, a group of students go on a pilgrimage to India to spend time with the handicapped children at Mithra, Chennai, the indigenous people in Mandal, Gujarat State and at various centres run by Mother Teresa's Sisters in Kolkata. This is a life-changing experience for the boys, who, in most cases, have never been exposed to such poverty and despair. For Un-Fair Day, each Pastoral Care Group at the College ran a stall to raise money for the Mission programs that the school supports as part of their Indian Pilgrimage. Among the creative events held were a water slide, cake stall, fairy floss and hot dog stalls, plus many games of skill. First prize in a special raffle was the privilege of giving a haircut to Mr Martin Tobin, Head of Senior School. Year 7.2 student Declan Hayward won this raffle and undertook his prize at recess on the Wednesday, watched by a big group of students. Mr Tobin rose to the challenge with good grace and humour, a school spokesperson said.
unply # Jordan Pizzata, top photo, Michael De Felice, Bayley Smith, Marc Lane and Brandon Porcaro, shown with a sponge target were among those helping out with fundraising on the day. Meanwhile, Year 8 boys Liam Bisschops, Aaron Delaney, Mark Di Bartolomeo, Andrew Marrollo, Shayne Hille and Will Colreavy, bottom photo, employed their entrepreneurial skills selling food and refreshments. Many families also donated cakes for a cake stall. PHOTOS. TRINITY COLLEGE
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Clontarf's '09 graduates Healing for souls priests look ahead to new vista
Fr Nelson Po ministers to a patient during a round at Royal Perth Hospital. PHOTO- A BARICH Chaplains see a side to suffering most others don't.
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Three students from Clontarf Aboriginal College's Class of 2009: From left, Quaylin MaCauley, Jarlyn Spinks and Corey Walsh. They were part of a 30 strong body of Year 12 students graduating from the College on November 4. All three of the above students come from regional centres and communities outside Perth but have made the choice to stay in PHOTO- ROBERT HIINI Perth to pursue further career and training options.
BY ROBERT HIINI Parish Reporter ALTHOUGH their stories are unique, the emotions expressed by Corey, Quaylin and Jarlyn upon their graduating would be familiar to most: young and not so young. "Nervous," "excited" and "a little bit sad" were how the Clontarf Aboriginal College students described their feelings, speaking to The Record an hour before graduating in front of nearly 200 family members, friends and guests on November 4. The 17 year olds joined 13 of their College peers and thousands of students throughout WA as the Class of 2009 bade farewell to their teachers, looking forward to a world of new opportunities in study and work. Quaylin MaCauley, is waiting to see if there are any employment
opportunities with Ertech where he has participated in a civil construction traineeship since March - learning how to operate bobcats, excavators and loaders - planning to "hit the mines" if nothing materialises with the company. Jarlyn Spinks says she is thinking of extending by a year her twoyear Telstra traineeship in administration while Corey Walsh wants to learn sport and recreation at Tafe, hoping to eventually work in the area of training and coaching. During the graduation ceremony Jarlyn was presented with prizes for the highest scoring student in maths, outdoor education, food technology, as well as receiving an award for overall excellence and being announced Dux of the year. Corey took out Most improved student in Year 12 and the Clontarf Board Achievement Award while Quaylin was given awards in cross
country and athletics, an Australian Defence Award for leadership and the Clontarf Citizenship Award. All three of the students came to the College from towns outside Perth and plan to stay on in the city, at least initially. Jarlyn's first year at the College was her last. Hailing originally from Looma, a small community of 300 - 500 people, two hours out of Broome, she plans to stay on in Perth with relatives. While Quaylin is originally from Broome and has been with the College three years, Corey comes from Quairading, 180km east of Perth. Both young men are hoping to stay at accommodation provided by Clontarf's Football Academy. They say they want to keep in contact with their friends, and look forward to catching up with everyone again at Quaylin's 18th birthday party in January.
AT any minute, Royal Perth Hospital chaplain Fr Nelson Po will get a page from a doctor and he'll need to bolt across to the other side of the hospital to give 'last rites', or Anointing of the Sick, as it's called. Fr Nelson, 41, has an emotionally draining job. He deals every day with sorrow, pain, fear, death and anxiety - from patients, their friends and family members especially. "I have to find a way to stay detached to an extent from the suffering, otherwise it engulfs me; he says. While it's a very rewarding job, it's not just giving Holy Communion and blessing patients with the oil of Anointing of the Sick, both of which he keeps in a little satchel he carries wherever he goes in case he gets an urgent page. And it happens all the time, he says. It's pastoral care as well as a sacramental ministry, which means being there for patients and their families with compassion, empathy and a listening ear. Fr Nelson has been RPH chaplain since he returned from taking 12 pilgrims to World Youth Day in Sydney last year when assistant parish priest at St Mary's Church, Kalgoorlie. It was a strangely familiar sensation for Fr Nelson, who found his vocation at WYD 13 years
prior in Madrid in 1995, which he also attended as a 26 year old parish youth leader from his village in the Philippines. He grew up since age 10 with his "very religious" grandmother back in a village which rarely had Mass due to lack of priests. He became more active in church life by joining the parish choir when he moved to Tacloban City to study, then moved back to the village to work as an industrial engineer, but soon became disillusioned with office politics and bureaucracy. The year after he quit, WYD - and Pope John Paul II - hit Madrid, and he was never the same again. "The deciding factor in me becoming a priest was WYD," he recalls. "I can't explain it ... it's a phenomenon. It feels good (he noticeably used present tense) to be there with so many other young people. I felt an experience of the divine there. so I thought, 'why not give the priesthood a shot'?" Though his early life in his village prepared him well for the isolation of being posted to Kalgoorlie after being ordained with eight others in 2005, it was still a great shock. But he got through it as he considered the unusual posting a compliment from Archbishop Barry Hickey, who "must have trusted me to send me out there first-up".
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Kevin Clarke, a champion in all respects, dies suddenly
New Caritas director sets out growing need in the region BY ROBERT HHNI Parish Reporter
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Kevin Clarke is seen in these two photographs dating from the late 1 950s during his time playing for Carlton. In the top photo he is at far left tapping the ball away, while he takes the mark, at right, during one of his 57 games for the then VFL team. He died surrounded by members of his Rosary group.
BY BRIAN PFACHEY KEVIN Clarke was a champion athlete and played champion football for West Perth, Western Australia and Carlton. But of greater value, he was a champion father and a champion for Jesus and His Blessed Mother. Kevin Clarke died suddenly, aged 78, in Proserpine, Queensland on 31 October. He was born on 25 June 1931, the son of Ralph Clarke and Gwendoline McNamara. The family home was at 439 Newcastle Street, West Perth. His early education was at St Brigid's Convent in Fitzgerald Street and later at Christian Brothers College Leederville, where he excelled in athletics and football. He was sought after by the West Perth football club and played his first game for the Cardinals in 1949 during his last year at school when only 17. Such a young entry into the rugged senior WA football League may have been ill-advised. There was speculation, with the benefit of hindsight, that clashes with heavier mature ruclunen so early in his career could be the reason for the series of later injuries he suffered, which limited him to only 77 games with West Perth and six for the WA State side. The YCW Athletic Club from 1949 into the 1950s was the most successful athletic club in Western Australia. Kevin Clarke was an active participant. He equalled the junior high jump record of 1.8m held by John Winter who was Olympic high jump champion in 1948 and, with his good friend Brian Foley, was selected for special coaching by the WA Athletic Association. The club did more than dominate athletics in WA; it was socially active. Many lifelong friendships were formed, including marriages. There were the parties, the trips to places and the weekly popular dances in Highgate, Victoria Park and Subiaco. Some of Kevin Clarke's 'training runs' were regularly done in a 5km round trip from his home in Newcastle Street along Fitzgerald Street to the home of Jim and Molly Clune in Walcott Street. One of their daughters, a nurse named Marie, had captured his attention. It was friendship that blossomed into a lifelong romance. They were married in St Mary's Cathedral on 7 November 1953. It was the beginning of what was to become a large dynasty. Despite his youth, Kevin Clarke's football career blossomed as a high leaping tap-ruckman. He was selected with his athletic club member and friend, John O'Connell, to play
in the State side against Victoria twice in 1951 and lead the ruck for West Perth against the then most successful team in the WAFL, South Fremantle, to win the 1951 Premiership. In 1952 he was again selected to play against Victoria and South Australia and in 1953 he played for WA in the Australian Football Championship Carnival in Adelaide. Midway though the 1954 season his football career in Western Australia came to a sudden unwelcome end. Kevin who was employed by the Australian Customs Authority received an order to transfer to Melbourne. In an era when footballers were not paid the huge sums that present day players receive, the permanent job was paramount. The Authority ignored all pleas to reconsider including the fact that Marie was pregnant. Kevin and Marie spent the next six years in Melbourne where their family expanded. After a slow start Kevin continued his football career, playing 57 games with Carlton from 1955 to 1959. A much larger Clarke family with the addition of children Marcus, Catherine, Damian, Gabrielle, Dominic and Bernadette returned to Perth in 1961 to live in a house in Mt Hawthorne, which they soon outgrew. It was then that they purchased a larger house in Tuart Hill, commencing a long association with the Servite fathers. With ten children, there was a move in 1977 to wider open space on a ten acre rural property in Herne Hill. This partially satisfied Marie's yearning for the rural life to raise poultry and grow their own produce. But this idyllic dream was to only last for ten years and came to an end when Marie was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1987. With the support of their daughter and trained nurse, Bernadette, Kevin and Marie made a final prayerful pilgrimage to Rome, were they were blessed by Pope John Paul II and then to Fatima and Lourdes. Marie Clarke died on 19 January 1988. Kevin Clarke, who played at the highest level of football was, contrary to an image of a tough ruckman, a gentle man close to God with a deep love for his wife and family. With the loss of Marie, life changed. In many ways she had a dominant strength, perhaps only understood after her passing. His strength for the rest of his life was trust and dependence on God with daily Mass and the Rosary. Kevin Clarke is survived by nine of his children and 44 grandchildren for whom he had great love and pride in the number.
WITH the explosion of catastrophic weather events in South-east Asia and the Pacific, Caritas is working harder than ever, says the recently appointed Regional Coordinator for WA, Jim Smith. He spoke to The Record at a meeting of the organisation's Diocesan Directors in WA and the Northern Territory taking place at the Catholic Pastoral Centre in Highgate from October 29-30 The Directors met to plan for next year's Project Compassion Appeal and to share their own progress in local and national initiatives. Doubling as the Perth Diocesan Director, Mr Smith's new role, which he described as a "work in progress," is aimed at assisting the other directors and coordinating shared fundraising initiatives for the myriad of aid and development projects administered by Caritas throughout the world. He was joined by colleagues Ray Lowe of Bunbury, Trish Rogers of Geraldton and Br Joe Hughes FMS from Darwin. While describing the people of WA as "very generous," he says that Caritas is under constant pressure to increase aid overseas and that part of his role will be to maximise awareness of the great and increasing need in the region. The St Joseph's Subiaco parishioner comes to the role after 28 years as Principal in Catholic primary schools throughout Perth, as well as working at Notre Dame University's Broome campus and some relieving work in indigenous communities in the State's north-west.
Former Catholic school principal and now Regional Coordinator in Western Australia and the Northern Territory for Caritas Australia, Jim Smith, pictured with Bunbury Director, Ray Lowe, Geraldton Director, Trish Rogers and Br Joe Hughes from Darwin. Below, Marie Maunick receives a PHOTO ROBERT HIINI certificate of appreciation for 20 years of volunteering.
PRINCIPALSHIPS SACRED HEART SCHOOL BEAGLE BAY Sacred Heart School is a co-educational Catholic school catering for approximately 110 mainly indigenous students from Kindergarten to Year 10. Beagle Bay is situated 130kms north of Broome on the Dampier Peninsular. Sacred Heart, established by the Trappist Fathers in 1892, was the first Catholic school in the Kimberley. The Pallottines and Sisters of St john of God worked at the school throughout most of the 20th century. The school is committed to improving and raising the literacy and numeracy standards of the students and participates in the Kimberley Literacy Initiative, Reading Recovery and the Maths Leading Aligned Numeracy Development (LAND) programs. A strong partnership exists with the Beagle Bay and school communities. Aboriginal Teacher Assistants are valued members of the classroom and are also an important link between the school and family.
ST VINCENT'S SCHOOL PARMELIA St Vincent's School is a co-educational Catholic primary school catering for children from Kindergarten to Year 6. A second stream of Kindergarten, commencing in 2010, will bring enrolments to approximately 250. The school was established in Medina in 1956 by the hard work of the pioneer parishioners and the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition and was relocated to current bushland surrounds in Parmelia in 2004. St Vincent's has a special emphasis on literacy and numeracy development. The school is currently c onsolidating its involvement in the RAISe (Raising Achievement in Schools) initiative, this being its fourth year of implementation, and is involved in the Leading Aligned Numeracy Development (LAND) project. Early intervention programs in the area of literacy have been a feature of the school's education strategy in recent years, as well as the integration of Reading Recovery. Other specialist areas include physical education, music/ drama, library, Italian and information communication technology. The school has a strong commitment to achieving the seamless integration of computer technologies into class programs and there is an interactive whiteboard in each teaching area. St Vincent's has a vibrant and committed staff, which facilitates each student's development in a supportive and challenging learning environment. The school has a close and collaborative relationship with the parish and enjoys strong pastoral support from the Parish Priest. The School Board and Parents and Friends' Association work closely with the Principal to continue building strong community spirit. The successful applicants for these positions will be required to commence on 1 January 2010. Applicants need to be practising Catholics and experienced educators committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education. They will have the requisite theological, educational, pastoral and administrative competencies, together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification, and will have completed Accreditation for Leadership of the Religious Education Area or its equivalent. A current WACOT registration number and a Working With Children clearance form must also be included. Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia
The official application form, referee assessment forms and instructions can be accessed on the Catholic Education Office website www.ceo.wa.edu.au Enquiries regarding these positions should be directed to Helen Brennan, Consultant, Workforce Relations Team on 08 6380 5237 or email wrd@ceo.wa.edu.au All applications, on the official form, should reach The Director of Catholic Education, Catholic Education Office of Western Australia, PO Box 198, Leederville WA 6903 no later than Monday 23 November 2009.
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Sisters going, but not to be forgotten AFTER 131 years of service to the people of Albany, the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition were bid farewell by over 200 friends and confreres at Albany's Holy Family Parish on November 1. The community gathered to celebrate with a Mass led by Bishop of Bunbury, Gerard Holohan, and continued the farewell celebration afterwards with lunch in St Joseph's College Gymnasium. The Sisters opened the school in 1966 as Ave Maria College, having relocated from a site where they had been teaching since 1878. An amalgamation with a Christian Brothers school gave birth to the co-educational St Joseph's College in 1978. Since 1982, when the sisters handed over the control of the college to lay workers, they have concentrated their efforts on pastoral work - visiting the sick, providing catecheses in state schools and ministering to people in Bremer Bay, Mount Barker and Denmark. The decision to close their convent and vacate the diocese was made earlier this year with the aim to consolidate their communities and services in Perth and throughout Asia. Parish Pastoral Council chairman Bradley Hall introduced the farewell luncheon by saying that it was fitting to toast and farewell the sisters on their "home ground". Bishop Holohan spoke of the living commitment to the work of Jesus that the sisters manifested. Albany's Deputy Mayor Dennis Wellington, an old scholar of the Sisters, also spoke at the farewell; the City of Albany having convened a civic reception to farewell the sisters in the week prior. Provincial Leader Sr Margaret Ann Beech spoke of the sadness her community felt on the departure, saying she was happy, however, in the knowledge that their work would be continued by others. Holy Family Parish presented the Sisters with a Certificate of Service and a book of the history of the Sisters in Albany that was specially produced for the occasion. Bishop Holohan presented them with a Diocesan Certificate of Service and announced that one of the bells at St Patrick's Cathedral would be named the St Emilie Bell, in honour of the order's founder, St Emilie de Vialar. Earlier in the
A special farewell...
Bishop Gerard Holohan presents S r Margaret Anne Beech with a certificate of appreciation and recognition.
Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition, above, with Bishop Holohan, priests, deacons, acolytes and altar servers before PHOTOS: COURTESY ST JOSEPH'S PARISH, ALBANY the Mass celebrated at Albany's Holy Family Parish on November 1 .
Sisters Gemma Grant, Pat Bottriell a nd Elizabeth Rose Sanders lead prayers at the farewell Mass.
Among those participating in the historic event were Sisters Jeanette Hevron and Liguori Lee.
Sr Juliana, above, and Helen Rowe at the farewell luncheon. After Mass concluded, Sisters Krystyna Dzialosz, Mary Steele and Margaret Anne Beech were at the head of those leaving the Church to join the many Catholics who turned out to say an official goodbye and thanks to the Sisters for all the work the Order has carried out over 131 years.
week the Sisters were farewelled by the town's St Joseph's College at the annual Presentation Night on October 29. During the evening, College Principal Bradley Hall announced the name of the new Early Learning Centre under construction would be the Sr Julia Cabagniol Early
Learning Centre, named after the first Mother Superior at the Albany Convent and a woman revered for her service to the people of Albany. The presence of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition in Western Australia has been a longstanding one. Saint Emilie de Vialar sent a
party of sisters out to the Swan River Colony in 1855, led by her protege, the 25 year old Julia Cabagniol. Three of the sisters and a lay teacher were sent to Albany in 1878, one of whom was replaced by Mother Julia Cabagniol in November of that same year.
Cirila Adams, Vicky Southworth, Michael Matusiak, Sr Pat Bottriell, Casey Siemignowski joined the Sisters and fellow Catholics from in and around Albany on the day.
Leaving home is tough, but God's call stronger BY ROBERT HIINI Parish Reporter TEN years ago, neither Rodrigo Tomala or Benny Calanza had been anywhere near Perth - or heard of it - but on November 20 both men will be ordained to the diaconate for the Archdiocese. The two seminarians have been with the Neocatechumenal Way's Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Morley for nine and six years respectively, studying at Notre Dame University in Fremantle and making various stints in pastoral placement throughout WA and further afield. Speaking to The Record last week after Benny, 38, had just returned from a private retreat in Sydney and Rodrigo was preparing to head off for his, both were looking forward to assuming the office and ministry of deacon. Rodrigo, 39, hails from a family of 13 in Ecuador while Benny is the fifth of six children from the Philippine island of Negros Orientate. Leaving their families was hard, they say, but the call of God to serve was too great to ignore. After a career in human resources and administration, Benny spent three years in a
Looking forward to ministry: Rodrigo Tomala, PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI left, and Benny Calanza.
seminary in Manila before making his way to Italy, as is customary for Neocatechumenal vocations, where he was selected to go to Perth. Rodrigo, on the other hand, had been inclined to the "natural vocation" of marriage but read the lack of any resolution of his desire as a possible sign that his vocation lay elsewhere. "My faith had to mature and through the Neocatechumenal Way I experienced a personal relationship with God through the events of my life," he said.
The encouragement of an older sister and his mother's blessing at the airport whilc departing convinced him that he was making the right move. Benny said his mother and wider family were supportive but wished he was stationed closer to home. Both men said that their participation in Neocatechumenal communities back home paved the way for their discernment and eventual mission to Australia. While family life and communities arc much more tight-knit and connected back in Ecuador and the Philippines, they said they are comfortable being immersed in Australian and migrant cultures, having been prepared for all kinds of environments through their pastoral placements in the past five years. Benny spent two years in 2005-2006 work ing at an Aboriginal mission in the Northern Territory and served in Goomalling from February to June of this year before assisting a priest in a Melbourne parish for two months. Rodrigo spent 18 months at Broome's Cathedral and five months in an indigenous community in Darwin in 2004-2005. After another two years of study, he spent last year in Brazil as a catechist.
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Women's group wants female deacons BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter
Bishops can ask Rome for women marriage celebrants
THE Council for Australian Catholic Women (CACW) Perth wants the inclusion of women in the office of deacons, women to act as marriage celebrants and inclusive language to be used in all Church liturgy resources and documents. At an October 17-18 meeting at Highgate celebrating 10 years since the 1999 Woman and Man: One in Christ Jesus report, the CACW Perth identified several priorities for the Church to increase women's participation regarding liturgy, education, Canon Law, ministry, governance and priestly formation. The Bishops' response to the One in Christ Jesus report, the 2001 Social Justice Sunday Statement, made nine national and 31 diocesan proposals. The recommendations from CACW Perth's October 18 meeting were: • Liturgy: Inclusive language be used in all Church documents and liturgy resources, according to Decision 4c of the Bishops' 2001 Social Justice Statement. • Governance: That decisionmaking bodies give all members equal power of governance and not just a consultative or advisory function. • Priestly Formation: That priests are made aware of the importance that women place on participation in the life of the Church and of positive female role models. It was also encouraged that women be involved in priestly formation and in the inculturation of foreign priests. • Ministry: That the definition of ministries be widened; that national guidelines and accountability criteria for all ministries be established, according to Decision 3b of the Bishops' proposal. • Education: More professional formation for all lay ministries., and that women's spiritual formation be relevant and empowering and be parish or region-based (Decision 6).
INDIVIDUAL Bishops can apply to the Holy See to appoint lay marriage celebrants, but it is rare and otherwise under "very controlled circumstances", the Australian Bishops' representative on the Council for Australian Catholic Women said. Bishop Michael Malone of Maitland-Newcastle, NSW, told The Record that Canon Law does not permit a woman to be a deacon nor an acolyte, despite the CACW Perth requesting it as a matter of priority". Canon Law permits lay marriage celebrants under rare and tightly controlled circumstances as, in the strict sense, the couple confers the sacrament on each other. He said the Australian Episcopal Conference decided over 15 years ago that its Bishops could write to Rome individually seeking permission for their own diocese, but is unsure whether any have since taken up the opportunity. There has, he said, long been speculation about the possibil-
ity of women deacons as the last chapter of Paul's Letter to the Romans sees the Apostles commending to the Romans "our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae (the seaport for Corinth in Greece), that you
may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints". When the Woman and Man: One in Christ Jesus report was issued in 1999, the issue of women deacons was raised, but he said Australia's Bishops do not have
the authority to ordain them anyway, as Canon Law does not permit a woman to be a deacon or an acolyte. While he said "the jury is still out" about the true origins of this scriptural reference from Paul's Letter to the Romans, the current discipline of the Church is clear. Women are permitted to assist at the altar, he said, but are not commissioned as acolytes as men are; and there is "no intention within the Church either" to look at the possibility of women deacons or acolytes. Bishop Malone said that he received the Holy See's permission 12 years ago to appoint lay ministers, but when they wrote back two years later to see how he had progressed, Vatican officials withdrew their permission as he had not yet organised them. Bishop Malone has received nine priests from overseas over the past 10 months that has prevented the need for such an extraordinary measure as to require lay marriage celebrants or to conduct Eucharistic services without consecrating the Host.
• Canon Law: Inclusion of women in the office of deacons and acolytes and as lay preachers (Decision 4d regarding Canon 766 and 767 concerning lay preaching); that lay people act as marriage celebrants (Proposal 22 dealing with Canon 1112) and that guidelines be established for lay people to provide rituals to be used in prisons and hospitals in the absence of a priest (Decision 4a). A spokesperson from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) told The Record that the Bishops' Conference has asked the Holy See "on a number of occasions' whether Catholic women can celebrate weddings etc in dioceses
where priests are absent. "Although Canon Law says that in extenuating circumstances this can happen, the Vatican has said no on both occasions," the spokesperson told The Record. Canon Law does not allow for female deacons, but does, in specific, rare circumstances, allow for female lay preachers and wedding celebrants. Canon 766 says: "The laity may be allowed to preach in a church or oratory if in certain circumstances it is necessary, or in particular cases it would be advantageous, according to the provisions of the Episcopal Conference and without prejudice to Canon 767.1:' Canon 767.1 says: "The most
important form of preaching is the homily, which is part of the liturgy, and is reserved to a priest or deacon7 In regards to 'inclusive liturgy', the International Commission for English in the Liturgy is set to release a new Missal in 2011, which has been the subject of some debate as to what constitutes 'inclusive' and 'exclusive' language. The October 18 meeting also recommended that the 2001 Social Justice Statement be regularly reviewed and that indicators of achievements be published every five years. Sandie Cornish, a co-author of the One in Christ Jesus report and who was involved in the initial
planning for the project and in gathering information in the oral sessions held throughout Australia, presented two seminars hosted by the Perth Catholic Social Justice Council and the CACW Perth. She related the history of the national enquiry which is the largest undertaken by the Church in Australia. Ms Cornish, assistant Delegate for Social Ministry for the Australian Jesuits, discussed Inspiring a Framework for Social Justice, introducing the Pastoral Spiral Theology Method of dealing with a social justice issue, incorporating the 'see, judge, act' method of Young Christian Workers founder Cardinal Joseph Cardijn.
BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter
Bishop Michael Malone of Maitland-Newcastle
Catholicism a force for political unity in China: Pell SYDNEY (Zenit) - China is showing signs of a growing openness to faith, with some officials considering that Catholicism is a force for political unity, says Cardinal George Pell. Discussing China's evolving attitude toward faith when addressing the opening Mass for the October 11-15 Worldwide Overseas Chinese Pastoral and Evangelisation Convention (WOCPEC) IV, the Archbishop of Sydney noted that estimates put
the total number of Christians in China today at 130 million. Official government figures only had the number at 21 million in 2006, he said. While the conference focused on the evangelisation of Chinese descendants, the Cardinal lauded the theme: "We must hand on the treasures we possess to our young ones. We don't want them picking up bad Australian habits, as not every young Australian is interested in religion.
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"Chinese public opinion on religion differs from the terrible days of the Red Guards and Maoist hostility, with one survey showing one third of the population believes religion is important," the Cardinal said, citing God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge. While predictions put China as the largest Christian and Muslim nation in the world by 2050, he said the future of China "is full of uncertainty and even if present trends continue, such predictions might make more sense in 2075 or 2100". In any case, the Cardinal added: "Many in the Chinese leadership. recognise that a commonly accepted moral code, or codes, is needed to build a harmonious society. In October 2007, with the approval of President Hu, the Chinese constitution was amended to include the following exhortation that members are to 'rally religious believers in making contributions to economic and social development' He cited a 2002 essay titled Market Economies With Churches and Market Economies Without Churches, in which Chinese government economist Zhao Xiao concluded that America was commercially successful, not because of natural resources, financial sys-
Cardinal George Pell
tems or technology, but because of its churches. "He acknowledged that the market economy discourages idleness, but it can encourage people to lie and injure others. A moral underpinning is needed to bolster and regulate the economy; 'only through faith can the market economy have a soul ' Cardinal Pell said. "Apparently a majority in the Chinese politburo see Christianity, and especially Catholicism, as unambiguously compatible with
modernity and therefore potentially a significant force for good, for social cohesion and political unity," he said. He noted that on December 18, 2007, all 23 members of the Politburo had a day-long seminar on Christianity and announced publicly it was doing so. Cardinal Pell also cited Francesco Sisci in the journal First Things, affirming "one of the great ironies of our time. An officially atheist government looks to religion to fill the void that its discredited Communist ideology was once assumed to have eliminated and it asks the Catholic Church, the old enemy of Communism, to provide the best and most modern form of social cohesion:' "Life is sometimes stranger, and more beautiful, than fiction:' the Cardinal said. WOCPEC, whose aim is to help the various Chinese Catholic communities learn from each other's experiences, held its first meeting in 2000. The next gathering will be held in Peru in 2012. Keynote speakers at the Sydney meeting included Bishop Ignatius Wang, retired Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, and Hong Kongborn Salesian Fr Savio Hon, an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Theology.
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Order of Preachers surges as SA euthanasia Fisher to ordain two more success will 'send shockwaves around coun BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter
BY ANTHONY BARICH
National Reporter
SOUTH Australia's Parliament will "send shock waves throughout the country" if it defies the odds and passes proposed euthanasia legislation, an Adelaide Archdiocesan official said. Paul Russell, Family and Life Officer for the Archdiocese of Adelaide, told The Record that based on the second-reading debate, he expects the Greens' Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care (Voluntary Euthanasia) Bill to be defeated when votes are finalised on November 18 by 11 votes to 10, which he said is "too close for comfort". The State's Upper House late last week voted 11-10 to send the proposed legislation to be reviewed by a Parliamentary Committee. If passed again by the Upper House after this review, it will be sent to the Lower House for a conscience vote. While expecting to win this narrowly, the pro-life movement is soon to receive a body blow with the retirement of pro-life Liberal MPs Robert Lawson and Caroline Schafer at the March 2010 election. Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson said in a letter to Parliament that "once we seek to create exceptions such as euthanasia we effectively diminish the value of all human life". "If we begin to make value judgements about the relative quality of people's lives, we lose sight of the objective reality that all life is sacred," said Archbishop Wilson, also Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference President. He said a broader understanding of palliative care support services in the community would diminish the call for euthanasia, adding that legalising voluntary euthanasia would increase people's fears of what might happen to them. "They deserve reassurance and care, not simply the spectre of a hastened death," he said. If passed, the euthanasia legislation will be the first of its kind to be enacted in law since the Northern Territory legalised euthanasia in 1996, and was consequently overturned with Commonwealth legislation introduced by Liberal MP Kevin Andrews. The pro-life movement will be boosted, however, as the Democratic Labor Party has now registered in SA and will be running a euthanasia ticket, among other things, in the March State election, with Mr Russell as State President. • The Australian Christian
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Squalor probed Filthy, foul and slum-like living conditions are not uncommon in NSW, where many live in squalor. Catholic Community Services hosted the inaugural National Squalor Conference, whose
Lobby challenged the Tasmanian Government to now "step up palliative care support and resources" for people with terminal illnesses, particularly in regional areas, after the Greens' Dying with Dignity Bill was defeated on November 4. The Bill was comprehensively defeated 15-7 in Tasmania's Lower House, with Premier David Bartlett voting against it, saying it lacked legal and medical credibility. Catholic Health Australia (CHA), the national body representing over 680 health organisations, said the Bill was poorly developed, with "a very wide scope that fails to distinguish with clinical precision where death is certain and those who could continue to live". CHAs submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry said that the Bill also allows escape from an unwanted burden of care; lets doctors decide what is an acceptable quality of life; lets doctors determine the morality of their own actions and provides a "purely procedural response" to the problem of measuring subjective suffering. Hobart Archbishop Adrian Doyle said that while the Bill's failure seemed to be its legal and medical loopholes as highlighted by the Tasmanian Premier, the Catholic Church impacted heavily on the Parliamentary Committee's awareness of palliative care due to its practical experience in the field. The Archbishop, his Vicar General Fr Mark Freeman whose brother-in-law had palliative care during a terminal illness, and Calvary Health's chief anaesthetist Dr Gerard McGushin fronted the Committee on August 10. Southern Cross Care also made an influential submission, he said, but added that the debate highlighted pubic confusion about what palliative care is and how much support it provides. State Greens leader Nick McKim who introduced the Bill said that the "slow and humiliating suffering of those who could not be supported by palliative care is a bloody, bloody disgrace", The Mercury newspaper reported. Archbishop Doyle said that more assurance that palliative care is available would alleviate concerns reflected in opinion polls that often support euthanasia. After warning during the debate that Catholic hospitals and hospices would have been put in a difficult situation, he told The Record last week that by pushing individual rights, the euthanasia lobby was creating responsibilities for people working in Catholic healthcare to become involved in a practice "we view as abhorrent". theme was Pathway through the Maze in Sydney over November 5-6, which covered social isolation; societal structures; sustainable housing; accommodation and tenancy issues, ethical and legal issues; environmental, community and financial consequences; legislative and systemic issues; clinical issues like substance dependence, mental health, disability and aged care; plus evidence-based research.
THE Dominican Province of the Assumption's priest numbers will expand to 55 when Br Vincent Magat is ordained to the priesthood on December 12 at St Dominic's Church, Camberwell, Victoria. Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Fisher OP will ordain Br Vincent and will also ordain Br Paul Rowse to the deaconate on his journey to the priesthood. "It's breaking the drought for us, but we always have in mind that vocations have to be nurtured as the candidate and the Order discern, which takes time said Fr Anthony Walsh OP, Dominican Master of Students. "We live in an age of instant results, but vocations take something a bit more." Br Vincent's ordination will bring the number of Dominican priests in Australia to 35. the Province of The Assumption includes New Zealand, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. A number of candidates from the Order's Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea Vicariate also will complete their studies in Melbourne next year. Fr Anthony, 43, said the Order has enjoyed a surge of interest since World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, when Bishop Fisher was frequently seen in his Dominican habit, and then-Deacon Mannes Tellis, now a priest, proclaimed the Gospel at the closing Mass at Royal Randwick Racecourse. The Order has never been a major force in Australia, he said, even in the 1950s when other Orders received a surge in vocations, and the ordination of Br Mannes in December 2008 was the Order's first in Australia for over ten years when Fr Anthony and the Order's Vocations Promoter, Fr Dominic Murphy OP, were ordained. Br Vincent, 27, was born in Slovakia, moved to Australia aged 15 and joined Corpus Christi College, the seminary of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, upon graduating from Glen Waverley Secondary College. He developed a love of corn-
Br Vincent Magat, left, in his current role as a deacon, will be ordained a priest by Bishop Anthony Fisher OP on December 12. Br Paul Rowse, right, PHOTO COURTESY THE DOMINICANS will be ordained a deacon.
munity life and for study while at Corpus Christi, and was attracted to the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) charism, who are devoted to study and preaching the Truth of the one God who revealed Himself in Jesus, the Word made flesh. P articularly appealing to Br Vincent was the Order praying the Divine Office - the daily prayers of the Church - together as a community. Br Paul, 28, was drawn to the Dominicans through the Frassati Circle, a small lay faith discussion group with a discernment subtext started in the Parramatta Diocese in 2000. Both are drawn to a life of contemplation - no talking is allowed in the hallways of their dormitories - and they live a "semi-monastic" life, while staying involved in the community through university, school, prison and hospital ministry.
Dominican candidates spend six months as postulants studying theology before a one-year novitiate; then, after four years in temporary vows, make solemn vows. Then ordained a deacon, they spend half a year in pastoral placement and the other half in study, then are ordained priests. Br Vincent will be chaplain to the University of Notre Dame Australia's Sydney campus next year, while Br Paul will be on diaconal pastoral placement in the second half of next year after he finishes his Master's thesis. • Robert Galea, "the singing seminarian" from Malta who has been studying for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College and has released CDs of Catholic music, will be ordained to the Deaconate by Sandhurst Bishop Joe Grech at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bendigo on November 20. He will be ordained to the priesthood in Malta next year.
Prisoners delve into St Luke via e-conference BY ANTHONY BARICH
National Reporter
PRISONERS in Sydney's Long Bay and Silverwater Prisons joined thousands of people from across Australia and as far away as Rome, the United States, Britain and Ireland on November 4 to learn more about the Gospel of Luke via an innovative e-conference, called Luke: Come to the Table. It was the second of its kind, following the successful e-Conference on the writings of St Paul in June 2009, held at the close of The Year of St Paul that Pope Benedict XVI launched from June 28, 2008 to June 29, 2009. The e-Conference on St Luke's writings, a joint initiative of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) and adult faith centre The Broken Bay Institute, was webcast from Australian Catholic University's (ACU) Ballarat campus in NSW into about 200 sites across Australia as well as sites in Rome, Guernsey in Britain, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the US, as well as the Philippines, Korea, Fiji and New Zealand.
Fr Gerry Conlan, chaplain of the University of Nore Dame Australia's Fremantle campus, facilitates the Luke: Come to the Table e-conference. PHOTO UNDA
Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Canberra-Goulburn, Chairman of the ACBC's Commission For Liturgy, headlined the conference. Other speakers included Sister of Mercy Dr Elizabeth Dowling, who lectures in Biblical Studies at ACU. Participants at the various sites
took part interactively by emailing in questions for the speakers, which were then answered throughout the day. Ballarat Bishop David Walker, a member of the Bishops Commission for Mission and Faith Formation, said the e-conferences were tapping into a need for top-quality adult faith formation in an accessible format. Feedback from the previous e-conference on St Paul showed that those in remote areas around Australia were "especially appreciative as they did not have access to high-quality religious speakers". Dr Gerard Goldman, director of The Broken Bay Institute, said the conference provided faith formation for the prisoners and hoped that the Catholic Church could build on this outreach in the future. The e-conference also featured a panel discussion session in which three lay people Natalie Acton, Jason Rushton and Adrian Gomez - shared how they were "powerfully" inspired by the Gospel of Luke in their lives. The sessions will all be archived on The Broken Bay Institute's website www.bbi.catholic.edu.au.
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UK Anglicans make their move Ukrainian Catholic hero in film
BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter THE Traditional Anglican Communion's (TAC) Province in Great Britain has become the first to accept Pope Benedict XVI's Apostolic Constitution for Anglicans. All its members voted unanimously to come into communion with Rome under the terms of the new provision, which allows them to retain their Anglican patrimony. The vote included postal votes from those who could not be present. The resolution was passed at their October 29 Synod at St Catherine's Priory, a restored Monastic House destroyed by Henry VIII that will be the TAG'S headquarters in England. The TAC has spent over four million pounds restoring the Priory as a national cathedral, and the world-heritage rated monastic ruins are visible through plate glass sections of the floor in the restored church. Other buildings on the site that have been restored include the monastic refectory that serves as a hall and a youth training facility. Archbishop John Hepworth ordained a deacon there recently - the first ordination on the site since the Reformation. The resolution, passed in the presence of the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, Archbishop Hepworth of Australia,
TAC Primate, Archbishop John Hepworth, arrives to confirm a group of 400 of the faithful in Kenya.
read: "That this Assembly, representing the Traditional Anglican Communion in Great Britain, offers its joyful thanks to Pope Benedict XVI for his forthcoming Apostolic Constitution allowing the corporate reunion of Anglicans with the Holy See, and requests the Primate and College of Bishops of the Traditional Anglican Communion to take the steps necessary to implement this Constitution." TAC Bishop David Moyer - a former President of Forward in Faith North America, a worldwide association of Anglicans who are
unable in conscience to accept the ordination of women as priests or as Bishops - said that the Bishops, priests, ordinands and lay representatives at the Synod were brought to a place of "being in full accord and of one mind, as St Paul prayed for the Church in Philippi". "The questions and concerns that were expressed in regard to what had been read and heard about the forthcoming Apostolic Constitution were addressed by (Adelaide-based) Archbishop John Hepworth, Bishop Robert Mercer from Canada) and myself," Bishop Moyer said.
Notre Dame Centre of Ethics to trigger curriculum rethink
"The Resolutions unanimously passed by the Assembly were carefully written and clearly reflect the British TAC's corporate desire and intention. "All present realised that the requirement for the days ahead is patience, charity, and openness to the Holy Spirit." The vote took place in the birthplace of the Anglican Communion, and its members voted in favour despite the Apostolic Constitution clarifying the terms of the structure by which Anglicans would be accepted having not yet been published at that time.
The Catholic Ukrainian community is set to host a movie about one of its great Patriarchs who led the Church through a period of unparalleled persecution. Metropolitan Andrey, directed by Oles Yanchuk, will be screened at Reading Cinema, Belmont at 2pm on November 22. The film is about Andrey Sheptytsky (18651944), Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, who descended from an old noble family that included renowned military leaders, diplomats and politicians, and played a crucial role inUkraine's spiritual and political growth. He cultivated the Ukrainian character of the GreekCatholic Church and maintained its integrity during a time of severe persecution and repression by political regimes led by tsars and dictators including Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler. "In Central and East Ukraine people only know of him from Soviet propaganda, which suggested that he collaborated with the Nazis," Yanchuk was recently quoted as saying. "I wanted to present the true face of Shepytysky."
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Archbishop Bathersby to address Catholic prayer crisis
BY ANTHONY BAR1CH National Reporter THE University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) is set to adjust its curriculum around the country to improve the teaching of ethics and philosophy in all faculties. Associate Professor Sandra Lynch, founding director of UNDNs Centre for Faith, Ethics and Society which Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Fisher OP launched on October 22, said the Centre will expand its activity and research to interact with the secular community. The Centre will launch an online journal called Solidarity, where Catholic social thought will be debated with secular ideology throughout Australian secular universities. The Centre will also encourage staff conducting ethics-related research, for example the education faculty researching moral education of children. The Centre will fund research partnerships and get funding for grants for UNDA to do research of its own. "One of the first things we hope to do is to look at improving teaching of ethics across all schools in the university, and to look for funding to allow us to publish the research and have an impact more widely in the community," Associate Professor Lynch said. "The theory underlying research is we have staff competent in ethics and moral philosophy, and staff who are competent in their own areas of expertise. Often, in business and legal ethics, these people teach it within their own field, but we believe we can marry moral philosophers' contributions with the particular vocational and professional expertise of lecturers in the departments of the university."
Associate Prof Sandra Lynch
Bishop Anthony Fisher OP
This will lead to the curriculum being adjusted in all campuses in Fremantle, Sydney and Broome. The Centre also plans to facilitate public talks and seminars to open the university's expertise to connect with the wider community, giving the opportunity to comment on moral and ethical issues that arise in the community. This will open the Catholic Church up to scrutiny from secular sources but will provide them with concrete answers in ethics acrosg a wide range of faculties, including business, law and education. Launching the Centre, Bishop Fisher said the Church looks to higher education in tertiary institutions to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. Catholic ethics, he said, is the key to remedying polarisation in society as Catholics have the oldest and largest education system in the world, with over 200,000 schools and over 1,000 universities - an institution Catholics invented
through the Benedictines in the Mediaeval period many historians falsely consider the "Dark Ages". The prelate referenced Pope Benedict XVI's June Encyclical letter Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), in which the Pontiff teaches that academic research into the challenges of the physical environment, such as 'climate change' or the social environment like the global financial crisis, must go hand in hand with moral evaluation. "This requires us to bring both faith and reason to the task so as to engage the various academic disciplines in a harmonious, interdisciplinary whole. Wisdom - the principal resource of the university - will reclaim the unity of knowledge," Bishop Fisher said. The Centre's purpose is to promote the study of Catholic intellectual and moral traditions, with a particular focus on faith and ethics, and their application and integration into the broader life of society.
Brisbane Archbishop John Bathersby will host a three day conference next year to address the problem of Catholics not making time to pray or even knowing how to pray. The July 7-10, 2009 event called Pray 2010: Prayer and Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition, includes over 300 workshops, 40 keynote speeches and 130 presenters including globally popular Franciscan Friar of the Renewal Fr Stan Fortuna from the Bronx and Byron and Francine Pirola, the directors of Marriage Formation for the Pastoral and Matrimonial Renewal Centre Australia. "Too often, Catholics do not know how to pray, or indeed do not know how to pray," Archbishop Bathersby said. "If we are to change our own lives and make an impact for the better in the world, then it is essential that we cultivate a spiritual heart that gives us an awareness and willingness to respond to the promptings of the Holy Spirit." In 2005 he launched the Come Holy Spirit prayer campaign for the Archdiocese's renewal.
New Tasmania CEO director Dr Patricia Hindmarsh has been appointed as the new director for Catholic Education Tasmania, the position vacated by Dr Dan White. Dr Hindmarsh has taught at primary and secondary levels in WA, Victoria, NSW and Tasmania and has been involved in adult educational leadership in the Mission and Justice Education Program under the Archdiocese of Sydney. She also taught at the Warmun Aboriginal Community in WA and has been school principal at several primary schools, as well as having worked as a Senior Schools Consultant with 27 schools in the inner west and eastern regions of the Archdiocese of Sydney. She was also a house-parent in the Talamunde Youth Refuge for homeless youth in Sydney and was a member of the Catholic Bishops' Earthcare Advisory Committee from 2001 to 2005.
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THE NATION
NFP goes on the front foot for Catholics NFP seeks Bishops' support to strengthen families
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Natural Feu:4 Plait-ging Welcome to the Australian Council of Natur Natural Family Planning (NFP) is an effective, heal your fertility. Significant recent (medical/scientific) research has effectiveness as a method of family planning This website has all the information you need to st; Sympto-Thermal and Lactational Arnenoria methoc Family Planning. NFP is effective for couples in a situations • Avoiding pregnancy • Seeking help achieving pregnancy • Spacing children • Coming off hormonal contraceptives such as th4 or lmplanon. etc. • Breastfeeding
The national Natural Family Planning website, which helps couples in rural areas and gives them personal access to help with charting.
Natural Family Planning advice available online BY ANTHONY &MICH National Reporter RURAL couples now have access to natural family planning (NFP) advisors and online charting opportunities after the Australian Council of Natural Family Planning's (ACBFP) client services went online on October 27. While its website, www.acnfp. com.au, has existed for about ten years, their affiliated centres around Australia are mainly in city and regional centres, leaving outback and rural couples in the lurch. The website now gives couples all the information they need to start using the method and connects them via email with an accredited educator to provide ongoing support for the first six months. "It's an exciting new development bringing NFP into the 21st century"; said Evelyn Brien, President of ACNFP. "It will also give access to fertility education to many regional and rural couples wishing to use NFP to [regulate] pregnancy" she said. Sharon Young, Manager of Natural Fertility Services at CatholicCare Sydney, said people are using the web more to access services, don't want a face to face service, want something quick and
easy and the new site gives them the opportunity to learn themselves. "We prefer to have a connection with the clients so we can ensure they're understanding and interpreting information correctly, and by setting up this facility we can have a dialogue with the client by email; otherwise they're just reading a book or a website with no opportunity for clarification. "If they're unclear they have access to someone who can help them," she said. The website also gives access to fertility education to many regional and rural couples wishing to use NFP to achieve or avoid pregnancy. Mrs Young said the site teaches couples the Sympto-Thermal Method, a multi-indicator approach to natural fertility management that couples often confuse with the Rhythm Method, which was used 50 years ago. ACNFP President Evelyn Brien said that couples are also increasingly seeking NFP as a means of achieving pregnancy. On registering as a client, couples receive a comprehensive introduction to fertility and instruction on the indicators and how to chart them. The indicators can be recorded online, and one payment covers a client for six months who will be assisted by an educator during that time frame. The Federal Department of Health and Ageing provides funding to ACNFP to ensure natural fertility educators meet standards and accreditation requirements.
Across Australia NFP services are offered in many dioceses, where trained educators speak to couples in marriage education courses, to students in schools and face to face in diocesan centres. Mrs O'Brien said current Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that one in six Australian couples experience difficulty in becoming pregnant. "We would really like to expand to ensure that all Catholics know we exist, that NFP is effective and a very healthy choice Mrs O'Brien said. "Many of our clients are seeking to become pregnant and we have an excellent track record in assisting couples to achieve a pregnancy, simply by educating them about the fertile and infertile phases of the cycle. "When we speak to couples at marriage education courses they are very interested in finding out more about NFP as they have not previously heard much about it. "They really like the idea of a healthy, effective method of family planning that is in line with the Church and its teachings:' Derek Boylen, former ACNFP vice-president and chair of promotions and now director of Natural Fertility Services in the Archdiocese of Perth, told The Record that most couples who seek their services are non-Catholics or Catholics who have exhausted every other means of conception, including considering IVF. It is also often after the woman has come off the contraceptive pill, which sometimes hinders a woman's ability to conceive even after she has gone off it. He said while the 80 percent figure reflects the Australian demographic as only 20-25 percent of Australians are Catholic, "we could be doing a lot more to promote NFP in the place it's meant to be - among the people who are meant to be using it the most". This ignorance is largely due, he said, to a misconception among many Catholics that NFP is "Vatican Roulette", and who think it refers to the less-reliable Rhythm Method which was used 50 years ago. Natural methods have improved since then. A recent study by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology involving 900 women who contributed 17,638 cycles of information confirmed that the Sympto-Thermal Method, a multi-indicator approach to fertility was 99.6 percent effective when used to avoid pregnancy, an effectiveness level that put it on a par with hormonal methods
of contraception. Mr Boylen said that 40 percent of their clients are now Catholics as a result of his office's promotions work in schools and the wider community over the past year. Younger Catholics, he said, are more open to natural methods. The WA Catholic Education Office's curriculum mandates that students be taught the Catholic teachings of sexuality. This teaching is often delivered by NFS or Billings LIFE WA, to complement the work schools already do. Mr Boylen said that between the two organisations, most Catholic schools in Perth are covered, but while some choose not to avail themselves of their services, Billings LIFE WA manager Amanda Bowen said the demand is growing. The difficulty is resourcing organisations like theirs when it is not a highly paid job. Medical students from the University of Notre Dame Australia and the University of WA recently ran school programs for Billings as trained educators and saw it as a key part of their own development. The underlying problem among the faithful, she says, is that too many Catholics "don't even understand the reason why we should use it. They only know you can't use anything but NFP. There's a lot of naivety" she said. "We hardly see Catholic couples. They have this perception of what the Church says but don't understand why. "When we do have Catholic couples, they come as a last resort after having used the pill, as do non-Catholics:' She said a large responsibility falls on priests to be educated on the topic, "it should come from higher up". She cited an example of a Bishop in Malaysia who ensured that every Catholic couple who wanted to be married in the Church had to learn NFP and prove they've charted. "They cared that much that they put that policy in place. The Bishops should do more than say it's up to people's own conscience; has to be informed before you
leave it to people's conscience," she said. Mr Boylen said it can be a difficult topic to discuss in parishes, but research says that over 90 percent of people continued using NFP six months after the study. He said overall happiness in the relationship is also a good gauge of the effectiveness of NFP apart from conceiving or avoiding pregnancy. While abstinence is 100 percent effective in avoiding pregnancy, he said that most people aren't happy with that method as the Church encourages married couples to make love and express their love in that way, "so that's not conducive to couples' happiness", he said. Billings LIFE WA has programs for Years 9, 10 and 12 and have drafted a Year 11 program, while NFS provides programs for high school and primary school students from Year 6, but Mr Boylen said it is merely 'this is what's happening to your body' rather than 'how babies are made. Parents are also involved in the process, he said, and they are also given help in how to teach their children about Catholic teachings on sexuality in a sensitive way. Trish Beale, coordinator of Billings LIFE WA's Loving for Life school program, said most teenage boys still have dreams of marriage and commitment, but have little idea of what it is to be a man in a life-giving marriage. More regular follow-ups, rather than a one-off program, are needed to help teenagers combat the harmful influence of secular attitudes. "For example, a GP will never mention natural methods, just contraception ... the (negative) messages are everywhere," she said. "It's within young people's nature to want to know God, to look at ourselves as a whole being and to be loved, to be in relationship and for that to last, and they do dream that, but somehow their lived experience tells them they don't think it's possible. "We need to help them keep that dream alive:'
Letter from an engaged couple to their local Natural Fertility Services educator Natural Family Planning was suggested to us through family members who continue to use the method today. They hadfound success in the healthy natural method o family planning. As a young couple, we were encouraged to use hormonal methods of contraception such as the pill. Discouraged by the negative side effects, we decided to explore the NFP path. At first we were sceptical as to the effectiveness of the method, being afraid of the likelihood of an unplannedpre nancy. Using NFP has prevented- us from experiencing the health conditions that can result from oralforms of contraception. It has encouraged us as a couple to communicate about what is happening in the female body and heped both of us get used to noticing the various changes. Learning together formed a closer bond between the two of us. Although we have not been using .1\P for long we are confident that with co-operation and motivation it will be very beneficial. - From a then-engaged couple aged 18 and 24 who were married in September 2009.
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THE WORLD
Abortion out of US healthcare Successful inclusion of abortion ban spells success for health bill
Bishop who stood up to Stalin beatified
BY PATRICIA ZAPOR Catholic News Service WASHINGTON - The successful battle to include strict language prohibiting funding for abortions, led by pro-life congressional Democrats with the strong support of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, is what made the difference in the November 7 House vote to pass a sweeping health care reform bill. In a rare Saturday night vote, the House approved the Affordable Health Care for America Act, 220215, moving the legislation on to the Senate, which was expected to take up debate on its own health care bill later in November. Assuming the Senate passes a version of the legislation, differences between the two bills will have to be reconciled separately. That legislation would go back to both Houses of Congress for final approval. Key to passing the House bill was the approval of an amendment by Rep Bart Stupak, D-Mich, to prohibit the use of federal funds to pay for abortion, including barring abortion coverage from insurance plans which consumers purchase using government subsidies. The USCCB and other pro-life organisations had threatened to oppose any final bill that did not include such provisions. The final bill fell short of another element pushed strongly by the Church in recent weeks. It would bar people who are in the country illegally from receiving any government assistance to get health coverage. The US Bishops also had urged that the legislation allow all immigrants access to the health care system, regardless of legal status. What the bill does do is expand health insurance to an estimated 30 million people who currently lack coverage, meaning an estimated 96 percent of Americans would have access to more affordable health care. Various news sources as well as people involved on the Hill reported on the critical role of last-minute, behind-the-scenes negotiations among House leaders, White House staff, Catholic Bishops and their staff. Also essential were talks with Stupak and others who were holding firm on withholding their votes pending acceptance of his amendment.
Martyred Hungarian bishop beatified
Fr Norman Weslin, a priest of the Diocese of Ponce, Puerto Rico, who is working in the US, lies prostrate outside the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, on Capitol Hill during a protest against proposed health care reform legislation in Washington on November 5. PHOTO: CNS/KEVIN LAMARQUE, REUTERS
USCCB President, Chicago Cardinal Francis George, spoke with Pelosi on November 6, encouraging her to let Stupak's amendment come for a vote. Other Bishops also weighed in by phone with various members of Congress, including by encouraging Republican leaders not to try to block progress that was being made in getting the abortion amendment passed. When Stupak's amendment was allowed to come to the floor, it was approved by a vote of 240-194, with the support of many Republicans who did not ultimately vote for the legislation itself. Only one Republican voted for the overall bill, Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana, a Catholic and former Jesuit seminarian who was elected in December 2008 to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Democratic Rep William Jefferson, who was forced out of office in a bribery scandal. In a statement, Stupak, a Catholic who has spoken many times of his often lonely role as a pro-life Democrat in Congress, focused not on his successful abortion amendment, but on the overall bill, which he called the most significant reform to government and private health insurance programs since Medicare and Medicaid were created in 1965. His statement noted that the bill includes reforms for both the uninsured and those who already have insurance. Medicare recipi-
ents will receive additional prescription drug coverage and be entitled to full coverage for preventative care. Other components of the bill include: • Insurance companies would be prohibited from discriminating against people with preexisting medical conditions. They also would no longer be able to impose lifetime caps on benefits or cancel coverage for any excuse when policyholders become ill. • It would give tax subsidies to small employers to help them provide insurance for their workers. • It would create a health insurance exchange where people who are not currently covered through an employer-purchased plan, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans A ffairs or other government insurance, could get coverage through private or federal providers. In a November 8 press event in the White House Rose Garden, President Barack Obama said the legislation would "provide stability and security for Americans who have insurance; quality, affordable options for those who don't; and bring down the cost of health care for families, businesses and our government, while strengthening the financial health of Medicare. It is legislation that is fully paid for and it will reduce our long-term federal deficit:' He voiced his gratitude, "given the heated and often misleading
rhetoric surrounding this legislation," for the "courageous vote" of many members of Congress. Among those lauding the role of Stupak and his coalition in passing a bill with the abortion exclusion was Kristen Day, executive director of Democrats for Life. "The House of Representatives answered the call of history today when they passed health care reform," Day said. "While it would be tempting to call this a Democratic win, the truth is the American people are the winners of this hard-fought victory." She applauded Pelosi for clearing the way for the amendment and called Stupak and Republican Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind, "heroic:' Patrick Whelan, president of Catholic Democrats, said the vote signalled "a day for celebration among Catholics and all who believe that life's greatest test is how deeply we care for one another:' He encouraged other Catholics who didn't support the bill to follow Cao's example. "This reform represents progress in helping our nation to realise the Gospel imperative of making health and healing available to all Americans." Whelan said: "Catholics have an innate understanding of the role universal health care coverage will play in promoting the common good. Now is the time to build on the success of the House bill and pass legislation that codifies our belief that health care is a fundamental human right."
MARTYRED Suffragan Bishop of Esztergom, Zoltan Meszlenyi, who was tortured to death in a labour camp during the Communist era, was beatified on October 31. Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo, who celebrated a special Mass on October 31 for the beatification at Esztergom Baszilica, said that Bishop Meszlenyi is the first of the Hungarian victims of Stalinist anti-Church persecution to be beatified. Meszlenyi was assistant to Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty (1892-1975) of Hungary, and took over leadership in 1950 when Mindszenty was in prison and preached to the congregation to remain faithful to regime-persecuted Mindszenty. Meszlenyi was removed from his home at night by the Stalinist regime of Mat* Rakosi and taken to a forcedlabour camp in Kistarcsa, where he was tortured to death. The authorities kept his death secret for three years and only allowed his remains to be buried in a ceremony closed to the public 12 years later. Meszlenyi is the 28th Hungarian to be beatified by the Catholic Church. The period is a fertile one for martyrs as the region was occupied both by the German Nazis and the Soviet Communists. Salkahazi is also recognised by Israel as a Righteous Among the Nations. Meszlenyi's beatification was preceded by that of Sr Sara Salkahazi in 2006, who was murdered in 1944 by Hungarian Nazis for trying to protect Jews. Bishop Vilmos Apor was beatified in 1997 for giving his life while protecting young girls from rape by the Soviet Red Army in 1945.
Congress honours six slainJesuits, martyred for Christ Murdered Jesuits honoured WASHINGTON (CNS) Twenty years after they were killed at Central American University in San Salvador, along with their housekeeper and her daughter, six Jesuit priests are being honoured by the Salvadoran government, the US Congress and Jesuit institutions.
Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes announced in early November that the priests would receive the National Order of Jose Matias Delgado, the country's highest honour, on November 16, the 20th anniversary of the killings. Funes said the awards would be presented as a "public act of atonement" for mistakes by past
governments. Two Salvadoran military officers were found guilty in 1991 of ordering the murders. The US Congress, meanwhile, approved a lengthy resolution honouring "these eight spiritual, courageous and generous priests, educators and laywomen" and urging "the people of the United States, academic institutions and religious congregations to participate in local, national and international" commemorations of the anniversary. Such events were scheduled in November at the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States, and at other sites around the world. The eight killed in the early morning hours of November 16, 1989, were: • Fr Ignacio Ellacuria, 59, rector of Central American University.
• Fr Ignacio Martin-Baro, 44, vice rector and director of the university's Public Opinion Institute. • Fr Segundo Montes, 56, dean of the Department of Social Sciences and a Sociology professor. • Fr Amando Lopez, 53, a Philosophy and Theology professor. • Fr Juan Ramon Moreno, 56, a professor of Theology. • Fr Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, 71, founder and director of Fe y Alegria (Faith and Joy), which opened 30 educational centres in marginalised communities throughout El Salvador. • Julia Elba Ramos, 42, cook and housekeeper for the Jesuit seminarians at the university. • Celina Mariset, 16, Ramos' daughter. The Jesuits had "dedicated their
lives to advancing education in El Salvador, protecting and promoting human rights and the end of conflict, and identifying and addressing the economic and social problems that affected the majority of the Salvadoran population:' said the resolution passed by both the House and Senate last month. The resolution also noted that "the international and Salvadoran outcry in response to the deaths of the six Jesuits and two women and the subsequent investigations into this crime served as a catalyst for negotiations and contributed to the signing of the 1992 peace accords, which have allowed the government and the people of El Salvador to achieve significant progress in creating and strengthening democratic political, economic and social institutions:'
Artwork at the University of Central America in San Salvador depicts martyred Jesuit priests and the complicity of the nation's business and political leadership.
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Ordinariate to protect Anglican identity Papal document safeguards Anglicans from 'absorption' by Roman Church By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY - Former Anglicans entering the Catholic Church can preserve their liturgical traditions, stay married priests in some circumstances and even keep a shade of their consultative decision-making processes, according to Pope Benedict XVI's document on new structures for welcoming the former Anglicans. The Pope's apostolic constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus ("Groups of Anglicans") was published on November 9 at the Vatican along with specific norms governing the establishment and governance of personal ordinariates," structures similar to dioceses, for former Anglicans who become Catholic. As previously announced by the Vatican, the constitution said there could be exemptions to the Church's celibacy rule to allow married former Anglican priests to be ordained as Catholic priests. However, it emphasised that this would be done on a "case-by-case basis." An accompanying Vatican statement said the possibility of having some married clergy under this special arrangement "does not signify any change in the Church's discipline of clerical celibacy." The ordinariates will be established by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in consultation with the National Bishops' Conference where the ordinariate is to be based, the text said. The Pope will appoint the head of each ordinariate, although he will choose from a list of three candidates nominated by the jurisdiction's governing council, the norms said. The council will be made up of at least six priests belonging to the ordinariate. A commentary published by the Vatican with the constitution and norms said the role of the governing council in choosing an Ordinary, giving consent for a candidate to be ordained to the priesthood and establishing parishes and seminaries is a sign of respect for the synodal tradition of Anglicanism." Anglican Within the Communion, synods are made up of clergy and laypeople and they directly elect Bishops and set policy. The Ordinary, even if he is not a Bishop, is automatically a tt
member of the National Bishops' Conference and is required to make an ad limina visit to the Vatican every five years to report on the status of the ordinariate, the constitution said. The Pope's apostolic constitution and the norms for implementing it repeatedly state a preference for celibacy for priests in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church. "The Ordinary, in full observance of the discipline of celibate clergy in the Latin Church, as a rule will admit only celibate men to the order of presbyter" or priest, the constitution said. The Ordinary may petition the Pope for an exemption to allow married men to be ordained Catholic priests, it said. The norms explicitly exclude the possibility of ordaining married Anglican priests who previously were ordained as Catholic priests as well as excluding Anglican priests who are in "irregular marriage situations," such as those who have been divorced and remarried. Only celibate former Anglican Bishops may be ordained Catholic Bishops in keeping with the tradition of both the Catholic Church and the Orthodox churches, the new norms said. Unmarried men who want to be ordained "must submit to the norm of clerical celibacy:' the constitution said. According to the norms, new seminarians must be part of the personal ordinariate or be former Anglicans who have established full communion with the Catholic Church. They may not be originally baptised Catholics who later became Anglicans or joined the personal ordinariate. In fact, the norms said, "Those baptised previously as Catholics outside the ordinariate are not ordinarily eligible for membership" in the ordinariate itself "unless they are members of a family belonging to the ordinariate." The norms called for the new personal ordinariates to provide an adequate salary, pension and insurance for their priests, but the rules also recognise that may be a challenge with priests who are married and have children. The norms allow for priests, with the permission of their Ordinary, to engage in a secular profession compatible with the exercise of priestly ministry." In the apostolic constitution, dated November 4, Pope Benedict reaffirmed his commitment to promoting Christian unity and said that as the one chosen "to preside over and safeguard the universal communion of all the Churches:' he had to find a way to accept
Sr Catherine Grace Bowen, left, Sr Mary Joan Walker, Mother Christina Christie and Sr Hannah Smith, All Saints' Sisters of the Poor, exchange the sign of peace during their reception into the Catholic Church on September 3 in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The former Episcopal nuns cited unity and orthodoxy as their primary reasons for choosing to become Catholic. Pope Benedict XVI has established a special structure for Anglicans who want to be in full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving aspects of their Anglican spiritual and liturgical heritage. PHOTO: CNS/OWEN SWEENEY III
the request of Anglican individuals and groups who wanted "to be received into full Catholic communion." While the former Anglicans will be able to celebrate the Latin-rite Mass like any other Catholic, he said, members of the ordinariate also will be able "to celebrate the holy Eucharist and the other sacraments, the Liturgy of the Hours and other liturgical celebrations according to the liturgical books proper to the Anglican tradition, which have been approved by the Holy See." In order to join the personal ordinariate, he said, former Anglican laypeople and religious must manifest this desire in writing," while former Anglican priests are admitted by the Ordinary according to the rules in canon law for being incardinated into a diocese or other church jurisdiction. The Vatican commentary, written by Jesuit Fr Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a canon lawyer and rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University, said the constitution and norms respond to two needs: maintaining the spiritual and liturgical traditions of the former Anglicans while integrating them fully into the Latin rite of the Catholic Church. Fr Ghirlanda said: "These personal ordinariates cannot be con-
Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, head of the Anglican Communion, presents a gift to Pope Benedict XVI during their meeting at the Vatican in November 2006. The Vatican announced on October 20 that the Pope has established a special structure for Anglicans who want to be united with the Roman Catholic Church. PHOTO: CNS/UOSSERVATORE ROMANO
sidered as particular ritual churches" - like the Ukrainian, Maronite or Coptic Catholic churches - "since the Anglican liturgical, spiritual and pastoral tradition is a particular reality within the Latin Church" while the Eastern churches developed separately. Establishing the ordinariates and
allowing former Anglicans to maintain some of their traditions, he said, ensures that they "are not simply assimilated into the local dioceses in a way which would lead to the loss of the richness of their Anglican tradition, which would be an impoverishment of the entire Church."
End to Holy Land conflict must be secured, not imposed: Pope's Nuncio to UN UN nuncio urges significant negotiations to end Holy Land conflict In a lasting peace in the Holy Land, the Vatican's Nuncio to the United Nations urged the international community to facilitate significant negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "Only with a just and lasting peace, not imposed but secured through negotiation and reasonable compromise, will the legitimate aspirations of all the peoples of the Holy Land be fulfilled," Archbishop Migliore told the UN Special Political and Decolonisation Committee on November 2.
Israeli border police officers walk together during a patrol in Jerusalem's Old City in late October. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio to the United Nations, says the international community must get involved in significant negotiations to end the Holy Land conflict. PHOTO. CNS
The Archbishop told the committee that resolving the conflict in the Holy Land is "key to resolving so many of the situations that
bring chaos to the region of the Middle East and which have serious worldwide implications." He said there has been a fail-
ure of the conflicting parties to "engage in significant and substantive dialogue ... in order to bring stability and peace to the Holy Land:' He said it is imperative for the international community to help broker negotiations, while at the same time maintaining a balanced approach and avoiding preconditions on either side. He said the lasting solution must also include the status of Jerusalem, which Israelis and Palestinians view as their capital. Due to "numerous incidents of violence and challenges to free movement posed by the security wall, the Holy See renews its support for internationally guaranteed provisions" that would ensure freedom of religion and unhindered access by all - no matter their religion or nationality - to the holy
places, Archbishop Migliore said. Israeli's security wall to which he referred is a series of barbed wire fences, security roads and cement slabs which, if completed as planned, would stretch more than 400 miles and restrict the movements of 38 percent of residents of the West Bank. According to the UN, Israel has completed 256 miles to date. He also raised concern for the "tragedies and difficulties currently endured by the refugees" in the Holy Land. He said the Vatican was grateful for the service of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees, but the agency was created as a temporary body and "now, six decades later (its) very existence is a reminder that the question of Palestine refugees remains unresolved:'
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Chaplain describes 'total chaos' after Fort Hood shootings
Vatican defends its sex abuse response Vatican envoy to UN defends Church's response to sex abuse By SARAI-1 DELANEY Catholic News Service
Tears stream down US Army Sgt Major Leroy Walker Jr's face during a candlelight vigil at Hood Stadium at Fort Hood in Texas on November 6. Army psychiatrist Maj Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly opened fire on November 5 at a medical building on the Fort Hood base killing 12 soldiers and one civilian (CNS photo/Jessica Rinaldi, Reuters).
Chaplains on front line as nation mourns army base attack BY MARK PATTISON Catholic News Service WASHINGTON - Two months into his new posting as an oncall chaplain at the United States' largest Army base, Fr Ed McCabe had the longest day of his military chaplaincy. Fr McCabe was 10 minutes into a weekly chaplain staff meeting at Fort Hood when the clergy got word of the shooting spree taking place at the base. "We ended the staff meeting and came to the hospital and that's where we stayed:' Fr McCabe said, "because that's where the wounded were. And then I went over to the crime scene to comfort the people who were there." Of the 13 who died in the shooting, Fr McCabe said he anointed 11. He said he didn't have time to anoint the 30 wounded. "No, not really other than just a quick prayer. It was total chaos," he said. "I was actually on call when the incident took place - actually not too far from my office, the crime scene site:' Fr McCabe told CNS in a telephone interview from Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas on November 6, the day after the rampage. Maj Nidal M Hasan, 39, a psychiatrist on the base suspected to be the sole gunman, emptied two handguns in the attack. He was wounded, placed into custody and hospitalised. A priest of the Archdiocese of Boston, Fr McCabe, who holds the rank of colonel, had celebrated Mass at noon at Fort Hood, giving him about 30 minutes between the end of Mass and the chaplain staff meeting. The typical Thursday routine flew out the window once he got word of the shootings, which began around 1.30pm Central Standard Time. After going to the crime scene - a "soldier readiness facility" at
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the 65,000-troop base - "I went to the local hospital (Darnall Army Medical Centre) to where the wounded were taken," Fr McCabe said. "One died there, a captain. He had been shot three times." The priest said he didn't recognise any of the wounded. "The wounded, they all had IVs in," he added. "I just couldn't see faces." Following the off-base hospital visit, Fr McCabe returned to the Fort Hood mortuary to attend to the transportation of the bodies. His day didn't end until after 2am on November 6. "I had done an interview with the BBC in London,I think I should have gone to bed sooner," he said. He woke up after a short night of sleep with a bad case of laryngitis. Fr McCabe was waiting for a base doctor to treat him while talking with CNS. Fr McCabe has served as a chaplain for the Army in Afghanistan and Iraq, but asked if he had witnessed anything overseas that compared to the scene at Fort Hood, he replied," No, no, no, no, no, not at all:' Fr Adam Martinez, pastor of St Joseph Parish in Killeen which has a substantial military component among its nearly 3,000 registered households, said he first knew something was wrong when "I heard the sirens?' "My association with the sirens is tornado or bad weather coming. It was the middle of the day and there were no clouds or bad weather," Fr Martinez said. "I thought,
'That's funny: Just then the (parish) finance officer came running over and said, 'There's something going on at Fort Hood. I think someone's been killed: That was what told me something was amiss.' He scheduled a November 8 memorial Mass for the victims. "For two hours (after the shootings) there was a calmness and a quietness. No traffic," Father Martinez said, adding that people were experiencing "fear - are we safe? ... It's affected the psyche, people don't feel as safe. I think the psyche of the city itself has been changed?' Asked if he knew of any parishioners among the victims, Father Martinez told CNS, "Not yet, not yet." The same "not yet, not yet" answer was given by Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Fr Richard O'Rourke, pastor of St Paul Parish in Harker Heights, Texas. He estimated that 80 percent of his 1,000plus registered families have an active or retired military member in them. "I was horrified and aghast" upon hearing of the shootings, Fr O'Rourke told CNS on November 6. "The news was pretty slow on filtering through. Then they (base officials) tried to confiscate the cell phones of some people," he said. "They didn't want any news to get out in case it was a terrorist attack. It wasn't until yesterday afternoon that the lockdown was lifted:' which had included nine schools on the base.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican has defended its response to the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests, saying that the Church had been "cleaning its own house" and that other religions and institutions were similarly tainted. The Vatican delegation to the UN Human Rights Council said in an oral statement on September 22 in Geneva that Church authorities fully understand the gravity of the issue of child sex abuse by clergy and have taken measures to eliminate the problem. The statement was delivered on behalf of Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vaticans representative to UN organisations in Geneva, as a formal reply to criticism of the Church by the International Humanist and Ethical Union, a London-based organisation. Keith Porteous Wood, IHEU representative, accused the Church of covering up allegations of the sexual abuse of children, seeking to reduce criminal sanctions and monetary compensation to victims, and avoiding full assumption of responsibility. Jesuit Fr Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, said that, as the Vatican's envoy, Archbishop Tomasi exercised his right to reply to "a very hard and unjust attack?' The statement, read by Monsignor Hubertus van Megen, a member of the Vatican delegation to the Human Rights Council, said, "The Church is very conscious of the seriousness of the problem" and cited canon law, which calls for punishing priests involved in sexual abuse, including removal from the priesthood. The statement cited a 2004 study by the US Department of Education that concluded sexual abuse of students in US public schools by school employees "appears to far exceed the clergy abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church?' According to the Vatican statement, "we now know that in the last 50 years somewhere between 1.5 percent and five percent of the Catholic clergy had been involved in sexual abuse cases?' The Vatican statement quoted a Christian Science Monitor article that reported on a 2002 study
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Enhancers distort sport's true nature VATICAN CITY (CNS) Athletes must avoid practices that damage human health, especially the use of performance-enhancing drugs, said Pope Benedict XVI. Sports play an important role in providing the well-rounded education that youth urgently need, he said in a message to a Vatican-sponsored seminar on
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by Christian Ministry Resources, which concluded that "most American churches being hit with child sexual abuse allegations are Protestant," and that a similar rate was found within the Jewish community. "As the Catholic Church has been busy cleaning its own house," the Vatican statement said, "it would be good if other institutions and authorities, where the major part of abuses are reported, could do the same and inform the media?' The statement also said that in an upcoming report by the Vatican to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the UN body that monitors countries' implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, "a paragraph will be dedicated to the problem of child abuse by Catholic clergy:' Archbishop Tomasi's statement also distinguished between pedophilia, adult sexual attraction to prepubescent children, and ephebophilia, adult sexual attraction to adolescents. • It said that of all the priests involved in abuse cases, 80-90 percent "belong to this sexual orientation minority which is sexually engaged with adolescent boys between the age of 11 and 17 years old". The International Humanist and Ethical Union reacted to Archbishop Tomasi's reply on its website by saying that the Vatican was "comprehensively missing the point" by arguing that sexual abuse of children occurred in other religions and institutions. "No doubt there are abusers in all walks of life," the new statement by the humanist group read, "but our point was not the abuse itself but the cover-up in which some of the highest officials of the church were implicated?' The union describes itself as a world umbrella organisation embracing "humanist, atheist, rationalist, secularist" positions. sports. However, athletes must avoid anything that distorts the true nature of sports such as "turning to practices that damage the body as is the case with doping," he said. The Pontifical Council for the Laity's church and sports desk organised a November 6-7 gathering dedicated to Sports, Education and Faith: A New Season for Catholic Sports Associations. In his written message, the Pope asked that the church continue to support athletic activity for young people and to highlight its positive aspects, such as its "capacity to stimulate competitiveness, courage and the tenacity to fulfill one's goals?'
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Dying before the coming Christ "Limbo of the fathers" Ihave always wondered where good people from the Old Testament like Abraham or Moses went after they died. It seems they could not go to heaven because Christ had not yet redeemed them from original sin, but they should not have gone to hell either.
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Ben Le Roux I am originally from South Africa. Both my parents were Dutch Reformists and I was baptised in that religion. When I was growing up preaching was all fire and brimstone. As youngsters we were taught to distrust Catholicism. As an adult I was free to practise whatever faith I wanted, and because my wife Jenni is Catholic, I decided to follow the Catholic religion. By going to Church and bringing our three children up in this way, I became familiar with Catholicism. As time progressed the political situation in South Africa became increasingly tense and we lived day to day in a world where we hoped bad things wouldn't happen. It was harder to say thank you to God surrounded by fear and uncertainty. Close to six years ago we made a family decision to move to Australia. As we relaxed into the safe and peaceful environment, I became increasingly fascinated by the Catholic Faith, especially the Eucharist. On most Sundays we went to Church as Jen is very committed to her Faith. I wanted to find out more about Catholicism. My mother in law encouraged me to pursue this and that was how my conversion started. I was interested in the mysterious aspects of the Catholic Church. I read the Bible a fair bit as a youngster and as an adult the saints' lives were inspirational, especially St Joseph. There is not much written about him but he was the father of Jesus and a model for caring and protective fatherhood. Catholicism has lasted for 2,000 years and there is a long history of good people doing good work inspired by their Faith. I wanted to be a part of that. As well as the Eucharist I was drawn to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. It is a chance to say, "I messed up." Reconciliation is a wonderful outlet to release and talk about bottled up issues that are normally difficult to let go of. The Catholic Faith has been providing parishioners this release and it truly is a blessing to be participating in it. About four years ago I was officially welcomed into the Catholic Church. It was very special and the start of a new life. There was a sense of relief too. I feel I am now associated with a larger family and community. I had always been a Christian so I did not change personally in a radical way. However, I do feel that I have become more sensitive and considerate in many ways. The Holy Spirit guides me and when I listen to His inner voice everything becomes easier and less complicated in life. Being Catholic is a reminder of what life should be like. My wife andI go to Mass regularly and our Rosaries are kept near our bedsides. The Eucharist and the Rosary give me a sense of peace and a feeling of being connected. Prayer provides a sense of direction and resuscitates my soul. My daily walk by myself along our coastline provides me with an opportunity to be closer to God. It is a very special and prayerful time of day for me. I often thank God that our family can live in this beautiful country that we have made our own and for my conversion.
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This is a frequently asked question and the answer given by the medieval theologians is that the good people of the Old Testament went to what they called the "Limbo of the Fathers". The word "limbo" means a border and is used here to refer to the border of hell. As you say in your question, as a consequence of the original sin of our first parents it was not possible for anyone to go to heaven until Christ came to redeem humankind. That is, Adam and Eve lost for themselves and for their posterity the supernatural gift of sanctifying grace, which was a sharing in God's own life and a state of intimacy with Him. That loss deprived the descendants of Adam and Eve, all of humanity, of the Beatific Vision of heaven. This is a dogma of faith defined in two ecumenical councils, the Second Council of Lyons (1274) and the Council of Florence (1438). Those councils declared: "The souls of those who die in original sin as well as those who die in actual mortal sin go immediately into hell, but their punishment is very different." The word "hell", as used here, is a translation of the Latin word "infernum", meaning the "lower region" or the "realm of the dead" in general, not the hell of the damned. It means the state of deprivation of the Beatific Vision of heaven. That is why the councils say "but their punishment is very different". The souls of the
just who were in original sin but died in God's friendship suffered only the loss of the Beatific Vision and were very happy, while the souls of the damned suffered in addition the eternal pains of hell. Before Christ's redeeming death on the cross, then, no one could go to heaven. But it is clear that while some people may have deserved to go to the hell of the damned, there were also many who deserved to go to heaven, but were unable to do so. Among them would be the many figures of the Old Testament like the ones you mention, but also people from the time of Christ like St Joseph and St John the Baptist. All of these souls remained in that state of natural happiness known as the "Limbo of the Fathers"; awaiting Christ's death and resurrection. After Jesus died on the cross to redeem us from original sin, His soul too passed into the realm of the dead while His body remained in the tomb. It is of this that we speak when we say in the Creed that "He descended into hell" or "He descended to the dead". According to the Tradition, while He was in the realm of the dead, or the "Limbo of the Fathers", Jesus announced the good news of redemption to the souls detained there. For example, St Ignatius of Antioch, who died in 107, writes to the Magnesians that Christ "awakened the
prophets from the dead, who were His disciples in spirit, and who awaited Him as their teacher on His arrival" (Magn. 9, 2). St Irenaeus, later in the second century, quotes an apocryphal passage from the prophecy of Jeremiah, in which he sees Christ's descent to the dead foretold: "The Lord, the Holy God of Israel, thought of His dead who slept in the earth of the grave, and He went down to them in order to announce to them the salvation" (Adv haer IV, 33, I, 12, and V, 31, I). In the 13th century, St Thomas Aquinas wrote in the Summa Theologiae: "Consequently, when Christ descended into hell, by the power of His Passion he delivered the saints from the penalty whereby they were excluded from the life of glory, so as to be unable to see God in his essence, wherein man's beatitude lies, as stated in the I-II, 3, 8. But the holy Fathers were detained in hell for the reason that, owing to our first parent's sin, the approach to the life of glory was not opened. And so when Christ descended into hell He delivered the holy Fathers from there (STh III, 52, 5). The Catechism of the Catholic Church sums up this teaching: "It is precisely these holy souls, who awaited their Saviour in Abraham's bosom, whom Christ the Lord delivered when He descended into hell" (CCC 633).
Do this in memory of me? Sacrament of chari Memorial means to 'make present again: But what exactly do we make present in the Eucharist? The obvious answer is, not just some actions of Jesus but Jesus himself, personally, whole and entire. Further, Jesus is really present to us as Risen Lord in seven different ways: sacramentally as in Eucharist, the Word and Sacraments; and personally: as in the community of baptised, the 'poor; each baptised and in the hierarchy. We are asked to 'make present again' the total JESUS - both sacramentally in the bread, but also personally, in flesh and blood in our own lives, in each baptised, and in the whole Church. Thus, whoever comes in contact with us will encounter the Saviour; through our generous surrender allowing him to direct our lives, Jesus continues the work of redemption. In In 14:12 Jesus says: "he who believes in me will do the works that I
do." And the reason for this seems obvious. To 'believe" is to "be a 'living' Jesus." So, if we believe in Jesus we commit our lives totally to Him and He lives in us. Now, the characteristics of Jesus are: 'though He was the Son of God, He emptied (broke) Himself for the benefit of His brethren, becoming obedient even unto death ..: (Phil 2:5-11). If! am a living Jesus, then this attitude of breaking myself for others should characterise me too. The concrete way we are called to do this is shown in Job 29:15-16 where Job says: "I became (made myself) eyes to the blind, feet to the lame, a champion of the cause of the widow and orphan ..." This means not merely helping a blind person across the street once in a way, but literally placing oneself at his disposal 24 hours of the day, serving as his eyes whenever he needs to see. A very demanding challenge indeed! Like Job, a Christian celebrating the Eucharist places himself 24 hours of the day at the service of 'Christ',, reaching out to every needy person around him - this needy person is Christ in flesh and blood today. What the result of all this would be in a community of Christians (believers) is described in Acts 4:32-35: 'The company of believers was of one mind
and one heart ... they placed all their possessions at the service of the community ... there was not a single needy person among them: If we could all live up to this ideal wouldn't that be really heaven? A Christian believes that whatever he personally possesses has been received from God as a gift and is meant to be shared with others. So, he places himself at the service of his needy brethren in love and obedience, literally dispelling all their material, social and other deficiencies. They are accepted as integral members of the community. Thus, to meaningfully celebrate Eucharist as 'memorial' is to truly make present again the total Christ in the ordinary circumstances of our daily living. Then, there would not be a single needy person in our Christian communities. To celebrate Eucharist then is not just half an hour's ritual; it engages us 24 hours of the day as we break and give of ourselves for others. It is only when we make this the very pattern of our lives, as individuals and as a Church 'body; that Jesus will be 'substantially' present to our world and form it. Can you be bread broken for a new world?
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November 11 2009, The Record
A roundup of events in the Archdiocese
Panorama entries must be in by 12pm Monday. Contributions may be emailed to administration@therecord.com.au, faxed to 9227 7087, or mailed to PO Box 75, Leederville WA 6902. Submissions over 55 words will be edited. Inclusion is limited to 4 weeks. Events charging over $10 will be put into classifieds and charged accordingly. The Record reserves the right to decline or modify any advertisement. 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 T WENTY FIRST YEAR ANNUAL HOLY MASS 10.30am Mass. Directions; take Great Eastern Highway to El Caballo Blanco, turn south into Wariin Road, go 1.8km, turn east into Chingaanning Road and go 2.2km. Allow 40 minutes from Midland. Bring chair and hat. BBQ meat provided. Eng: 9450 2749 or 0428 502 749. 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 TAIZE PRAYER SERVICE 7 to 8pm at Sisters of St Joseph Chapel, 16 York Street, South Perth. Join last Taize Prayer service for this year, in prayer around the Cross -, lighting candles for our family members and friends we remember in November in the Communion of Saints. Experience peace and stillness in a candlelight atmosphere, chanting songs, and time for intercessory and silent prayer. Everyone welcome. Eng: Sr Maree Riddler 0414 683 926. 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. Eng: 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 Celebration 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. Wednesday November 18 LESMURDIE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING SUPPORT GROUP 7.30pm Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall, 207 Lesmurdie Road, Lesmurdie. Will be discussing, The Purpose of Christmas. He planned when it would happen, how it would happen, where it would happen and why it would happen. Since it was God's idea, we should find out what he had in mind. All welcome. Admission free. Eng: Barbara 9328 8113. Wednesday November 18 VOICE OF THE VOICELESS PLANNING MEETING 7.30pm at Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Parish Centre, Gosnells. Meeting to discuss and plan the way ahead for 2010. Voice Of the Voiceless needs volunteers to fulfil its mission and asks anyone interested
to come along to the meeting and provide their input, both with ideas and commitments to help. Eng: John 0437 286 301. Wednesday November 18 THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTMAS Christmas is Celebration, Salvation, Reconciliation Reflection. 7.30 to 9pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Hall, 207 Lesmurdie Road, Lesmurdie, or 7 to 9pm, 26 November at Infant Jesus Parish Hall, 47 Wellington Road, Morley, or December 10, Good Shepherd Parish Hall, 40 Streich Avenue, Kelmscott, 12 noon to 2pm. Since Christmas was God's idea maybe we should find out what He had in mind, presenter Barbra Harris. Light lunch provided at Kelmscott. Eng: Barbara 9328 8113. Friday November 20 to Saturday November 21 CHRIST THE KING - RETREAT AND HEALING RALLY 7.30pm Sacred Heart Parish, Pemberton. A Retreat and Healing Rally presented by the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community. Eng: Joyce 9776 1397 or hsofpemberton gmail.com. 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 1 lam, using St Padre Pio liturgy, celebrant Fr Timothy Deeter. Confessions available. BYO shared lunch. Tea and coffee provided. Eng: Des 6278 1540. Saturday November 21 HOLY ROSARY SCHOOL JUBILEE CELEBRATION 7.30pm at Holy Rosary School, Williamstown Road, Doubleview. Tickets available from the school. Contact Kerry 9446 4558. Sunday November 22 CHRIST THE KING - EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION 10.30am Sacred Heart Parish, Pemberton. In conjunction with the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community, Mass followed by a Eucharistic Procession to Karriholm - God's Sanctuary, Benediction and Blessing of the Sick. A light lunch will be served. Sunday November 22 VOICE OF THE VOICELESS - ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF CHRIST THE KING CELEBRATION 5pm at Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Gosnells. Celebration will include Eucharistic Procession, Adoration and Healing Mass, followed by a communal supper. Bring a plate. We invite everyone to join us in joyous celebration. Eng: John 0437 286 301. Wednesday November 25 PERTH WILDCATS AT CONQUEST 7.30pm at 67 Howe Street, Osborne Park. Conquest Young Adult Ministry is holding an evening with the Perth Wildcats discussing Faith in Professional Sport. CEO Nick Maurin and star import Kevin Lisch will be present. Eng: Mario 0411 641 245. Friday November 27 MEDJUGORJE - EVENING OF PRAYER 7 to 9pm at Holy Trinity Parish, 8 Burnett Street, Embleton. An Evening of Prayer with Our Lady Queen of Peace, Adoration, Rosary, Benediction concluding with Holy Mass. Free DVD on Fr Don Calloway's conversion story from drugs, alcohol, crime, living a total life of sin to the priesthood. Eng: Eileen 9402 2480. Sunday November 29 ADVENT DAY OF REFLECTION WITH THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER WA 10am at the Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor Street, East Perth. You are invited to join members of the Secular Franciscan Order in WA for a day of prayer, reflection and Mass. BYO to share for lunch. Eng: Anne-Marie 94474252 after 6pm.
Friday December 4 EUCHARISTIC HEALING MASS FOR THE SEASON OF ADVENT 7pm St Peter's Church, 93 Wood Street, Inglewood. Praise and Worship followed with Reconciliation. Healing Mass followed by fellowship. Eng: Catherine 0433 923 083 or Priscilla 0433 457 352. Saturday December 5 DAY WITH MARY 9am to 5pm at Immaculate Conception Church, Canning Highway and Preston Point Road, East Fremantle. 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. Parking on Preston Point Road. Eng: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. Sunday December 6 DIVINE MERCY 1.30pm at St Joachim's Pro-Cathedral, Shepperton Road and Harper Street, Victoria Park. Rosary and Reconciliation followed with Sermon on The Immaculate Conception with Fr Hugh Thomas CSSR. Later Divine Mercy Prayer and Benediction, refreshments will follow in the parish hall. Eng: John 9457 7771 or Linda 9275 6608. Monday December 7 CHRISTMAS PARTY 11.30am at Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor Street, Perth. Christmas Carols, come along to share with Archbishop BJ Hickey in preparation for Christmas. Join in the singing and meet other people of Emmanuel. Children welcome. 12 noon lunch; bring a small plate of finger food to share. Close 2pm. RSVP by 27 November. Wednesday December 9 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION MASS SERVANT OF GOD ARCHBISHOP F J SHEEN'S DEATH 7pm at Trinity College Chapel, Trinity Avenue, East Perth. This Mass is part of a worldwide celebration being held on this day. Supper provided afterwards. RSVP: Daniel sheensociety@globaldial.com or 9291 8224. Every Sunday PILGRIM MASS - SHRINE OF THE VIRGIN OF THE REVELATION 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Road, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation is available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation, last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to the church and shrine open daily between 9am and 5pm. Eng: SACRI 9447 3292.
Every Monday LUNCHTIME MEDITATION Christian Meditation Comes to the City. 12.15 to 12.45pm, Wesley Uniting Church, corner William and Hay Streets, Perth. Ecumenical Christian meditation, in the tradition of the Desert Fathers and Mothers. All welcome. Eng: christianmeditation@iinet.net.au, www.christianmeditationaustralia.org or 9444 5810. 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 Via nney, Patron Saint of Priests. Light refreshments later in the Parish Centre. First Friday of the Month COMMUNION OF REPARATION ALL NIGHT VIGIL 7pm to lam at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee Street, Mosman Park. Vigil will have Mass, Rosary, Confession and Adoration with Father Bogoni. Eng: Vicky 0400 282 357. First Friday of the Month HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD A ND RELIGIOUS LIFE 7pm at the Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins Street, Glendalough. Mass celebrated by Fr Saminedi followed by Adoration with Fr Don Kettle. All welcome. 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. 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. A L-ANON/ALATEEN FAMILY GROUPS If your home is unhappy because someone drinks too much, we can help you. For understanding and support to families and friends of problem drinkers. Eng: 9325 7528.
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.
SACRED HEART OF JESUS - PIONEERS Any Pioneers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus out there in society, we invite you to attend if you would like to meet other members in prayer and reflection. Eng: 9457 7771.
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.
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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.
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The veteran who met the Saint BY MATTHEW RAREY
came from the same part of Italy with the same dialect — and we finally convinced him to get one of those bandages if we promised not to tell anybody — including Padre Pio. He got us one small bandage and divided it in three. We came back to the monastery not so long after, and Padre Pio stopped us in the hallway. "You naughty boys," he said, really stern. "You caused one of my brothers to commit sin!" "Come on, Padre Pio," says Joe. "what did we do?" "You know what you did," he said. "You had Fr Ignatius sneak into my room and take one of the bandages and give it to you." Nobody told him, but you couldn't fool Padre Pio. He just knew things, which is why he was such a popular confessor.
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have a story to tell like Mario Avignone. His life was changed during World War II when he was stationed near the monastery inhabited by St Pio of Pietrelcina. Avignone, a salt-of-the-earth Chicagoan, and two fellow soldiers befriended the stigmatic miracle worker. Since then, he expressed his devotion to the saint by sharing his experiences with others, visiting the sick, and praying with the aid of relics. A fter a talk Avignone gave at St Mary of the Angels Church on the city's North Side, the 90 year old veteran, over a meal of salmon and gnocchi cooked by his grandson David, spoke of the saint as if he were in the room. Indeed, his enthusiasm and the relics and other devotionals that adorn his home made the holy man's presence seem palpable.
In the presence of a Saint: Famously averse to having his picture taken, St Pio granted this rare exception in 1944: Padre Pio with future priest Leo Fanning (beside him), Joe Asterita and Mario Avignone, the sole survivor.
How did you meet him? When I was stationed in Italy at Cerignola [with the 304th Bomb Wing of the 15th Air Force], we were pretty close to Padre Pio's monastery [at San Giovanni Rotondo]. I knew him for about a year, and after the war, we kept in contact through letters. But how didI meet him? In 1944 the monsignor there at the church we'd go to by our post could speak a bit of English, and he asked us if we'd ever gotten to see Padre Pio yet. And we asked, "Who is Padre Pio?" So he told us about the stigmata, how he was so popular in Italy. So the four of us went to the monastery one morning. My buddy Joe served at the Mass with Padre Pio. It was almost two hours long.. They say that when he said Mass he was with Christ being crucified. You could see the tears going down his face. Afterward, he spent almost the whole day listening to people's confessions.
When he said this, was he truly angry or saying it with a twinkle in his eye? Oh, he was serious. But then he shook his head and his face sort of softened. He said to Father Ignatius, "I forgive you, Father. And I forgive you boys, too, but don't go telling anybody. I wore those bandages over my heart. Go in peace." And we did.
Did you ever see St Pio after the war? I told him that it'd be great to come back and bring along my wife and kid. "Don't waste your money," he said. "Every time you receive Communion at church, I'll be at your side:' But a year or so after he died, in 1968, my wife and I went to pay our respects. When we went to visit his tomb at the church, my wife said I was in ecstasy, tears streaming down my face while I was there at his tomb, kneeling down and praying. She said I was talking out loud, carrying on a conversation with Padre Pio, but she couldn't hear his voice, just mine. But I could hear his voice. He said he was happy I came to see him.
You say you have helped people over the years by praying with them and putting them in contact with these relics. Do you believe they have worked actual miracles? Yes. Well, there was the undertaker. He wouldn't like me to give you his name, but I still see him around the neighbourhood. His wife called me up one day, and she was crying. She said, "My husband's been diagnosed with cancer, and we wonder if you could have him come over and say some prayers to Padre Pio and bless him with the things you've got." So he came over to my house. We went down to the basement with my little altar there. And we prayed together to Padre Pio to ask him to help cure my friend's cancer. About ten days or so later, his wife called me up. She was crying and laughing and told me, "My husband just got home from the doctor and told us the cancer is gone." And then she asked me, "How can I thank Padre Pio?" "Don't thank him, thank God," I tell her. "He's his boss." Then there was the day a long time ago when a couple came to my house with a baby that was very sick. I didn't know what I was going to do, not having really done too much of this yet. After all, I'm just a guy who works at the office at the paint factory and just happened to know Padre Pio personally. So we said a prayer to him, and I touched the baby's forehead with Padre Pio's bandage. And a couple of weeks later, they told me the doc said the baby's okay.
You could hear him speaking to you? You say it so matter-of-factly. Nothing surprises me anymore. Not for a lon time. Heck, whod have thought a kid from the South Side of Chicago would end up back in Italy — you know, where my family came from, in the Piedmont — get wounded when a German plane bombed our Liberty ship in the bay in Naples, and end up having a saint as my friend and spiritual father. No, nothing surprises me. You returned home with relics of St Pio that seem to have miraculous properties, curingpeople of terminal illnesses through his intercession. How did you come by them? Just before we left in '45, Leo, Joe and I were at the monastery, and they were having a birthday party for Padre Pio. After the party was
Why should we know St Pio? Of course, there's nothing in Church teaching saying you've got to believe in Padre Pio. When he was alive, a lot of priests in Italy itself resented him. They said he was a fake. They were proven wrong. But why should people know Padre Pio? I guess for the same reason that people know and trust in Christ and our Blessed Mother even though they've never met them in person. Padre Pio is powerful, a great intercessor, a friend on our behalf. He changed my life and made most of my 90 years pretty happy since I met him in the war. He brought so many people during his own lifetime back to the Church. And he still does. - National Catholic Register
The exhumed body of St Padre Pio lies in a glass sepulchre in the crypt of the saint's shrine in San Giovanni Rotondo, southern Italy, last year. While St Pio's body was almost completely incorrupt, including his face, silicone was applied to parts of his face. PHOTO CNS/ALESSANDRO BIANCHI, REUTERS
over, Joe saw one of the monks, Father Ignatius, and told him that we'd like to have something special to remember Padre Pio by. What we really wanted was a piece of one of his bandages that he'd worn over his stigmata. "Oh, no!" he said.
"We don't give the bandages away. Padre Pio keeps them locked up in his room. What you're asking me to do is forbidden, and I could get into a lot of trouble:' But we kept talking with him — Joe translating, like always, since his family
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welcome for all humanity. It is sad that it is being considered a sign of division, exclusion or limitation of freedom. That is not what it is and that is not the common feeling of our people:' In his statement on November 3, Father Lombardi said, "It also is surprising that a European court is intervening so heavily in a matter that is deeply tied to the historic, cultural and spiritual identity of the Italian people." The case was brought to the court by a Finnish-born Italian citizen who had been trying since 2002 to get the crucifixes removed from the school her children attended in Abano Term, Italy. Italy's minister of public education, Mariastella Gelmini, announced the government would appeal the decision, saying the presence of the crucifixes "does not mean adhesion to Catholicism, but is a symbol of our tradition. The history of Italy includes symbols and removing them would be to remove a part of ourselves." Father Lombardi said it was particularly serious that the European court wants to remove from educational institutions "a fundamental sign of the importance of religious values in Italian history and culture." Religion, he said, contributes to the moral education and growth of individuals and is "an essential part of our civilization:' Father Lombardi said it appeared that the court was trying to deny "the role of Christianity in the formation of European identity, which has been and remains essential." The Italian bishops' conference issued a statement on November 3 saying the court was looking at the crucifix with a partial and ideological vision" that ignored the fact that it is not only a symbol of faith, but also a symbol of one of the major influences on Italian culture. In addition, the bishops said, the decision did not take into account the fact that as recently as 1984 the Italian government formally approved a treaty with the Vatican defining the principles of Catholic faith as "part of the historic patrimony of the Italian people:' The ruling risks promoting "hostility to any form of religion's political and cultural relevance" in public life, the bishops' statement said. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state, was asked about the court decision November. 4 during a visit to a Rome pediatric hospital. The cardinal said, "This Europe of the third millennium has left us only the pumpkins of the recent holiday and has taken away our most precious symbols:' "This is really a loss," he said, adding, "we must try with all our strength to preserve the signs of our faith:' - CNS