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The Church’s role in Ukraine’s revolution holds a profound message for us all

Faith is the real peacekeeper

Bishop Peter Stasiuk CSsR, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy in Australia celebrating the sacred liturgy at St John the Baptist Church in Maylands, last Sunday morning (March 9).

THE HEAD of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy in Australia is praying Russia’s recent incursion into the Crimea does not signify the kind of expansionism that preceded the Second World War. The Melbourne-based Bishop Peter Stasiuk CSsR made the comment while preaching at the local Ukrainian Catholic Parish of St John the Baptist in Maylands last Sunday where he ordained local man Richard Charlwood to the Diaconate (full story and pictures will feature in next week’s Record).

Bishop Stasiuk decried Russian leg-

islation giving President Vladimir Putin the power to annex any part of any country where Russianlanguage speakers are present.

“This is a very dangerous piece of legislation,” Bishop Stasiuk told the packed Maylands church.

“The KGB killed hundreds of priests and brothers and sisters in the gulags in Siberia and we have the same character who was the head of the KGB, 20 years ago, who is trying to re-establish the Soviet Union,” Bishop Stasiuk said.

Contrary to the West’s hostility to religious faith, Ukraine’s recent

revolution was a “profound lesson” that faith is integral to life: “We saw hundreds of priests dressed in priestly robes praying and standing in between the guns and the people.

people and to stop beating them. It is somehow very hard to kill somebody or to hurt somebody when these people are praying,” Bishop Stasiuk said. “In my opinion, if the

If the priests hadn’t been there and it was left to politics, there would have been bodies piled high.

“Priests, in the loud speakers [at the site of anti-government demonstrations in Maidan Square] would pray the Our Father out loud. [It] forced the police to stop shooting at

priests hadn’t have been there, if this revolution had been left to politics, there would have been bodies piled high in the square where the revolution took place.” The positive role

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of religion in the recent crisis was also a reminder to the Ukrainian Catholic community in Australia of the importance of religion in the face of ever increasing secularising pressures. The absence of God was “a recipe for disaster” and “a recipe for a life which is disjointed from reality” the Bishop said.

“Today’s ordination is actually a reminder back to the fact that we are really one, body and soul. God is part of our culture. God is part of our life and it’s only when these two mix when we are complete human beings.”

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Young adults gaining graces from Marian cenacle

By Robert Hiini WHILE many parishes struggle to attract a younger demographic, a regular gathering at St Bernadette’s in Glendalough has been bringing young adults together with a heady mix of relaxed fraternity and strong Marian devotion.

The parish’s young adult cenacle takes place on the first and third Thursdays of the month, beginning at a local eatery and progressing to the parish church for prayer followed by refreshments.

Both the dinner and the cenacle, a recitation of the Rosary following a format used by the Marian Movement of Priests, have been attracting a strong crowd of mostly young professionals aged somewhere between 25 and 40 years old.

Viviana Boyle, 30, who helps facilitate the nights with a small group of dedicated volunteers, said she was inspired to put the idea of the cenacle nights to her parish priest, Fr Doug Harris after her own positive experience at a MMP retreat.

“Starting up a cenacle group for young adults kept coming up in my Holy Hour and prayer. So, I raised the idea with Fr Doug and he loved it and said “Please go ahead”,” Ms Boyle told The Record early last week.

“It’s built a sense of community and belonging for people from all different walks of life, where likeminded people are able to socialise and most importantly pray with other young Catholics. Our regulars have reported receiving many graces in their lives and a feeling of hope from attending these nights.

I have observed growth in people’s faith and even personal development.

“Some people come straight from work so there’s a chance to unwind with good company over

Some of the participants at St Bernadette parish’s young adult cenacle gathering, where relaxed fraternity mixes with Marian devotion.

impromptu get-togethers at one another’s houses.

At the event’s heart, however, is a desire to come closer to Christ through the example and intercession of his mother, something Ms Boyle said had been a great source of strength and encouragement in her own life.

“My daily Rosary has strengthened and deepened my faith and

a meal at 6.30, other people skip the group dinner and meet up at St Bernadettes for the cenacle at 8.00 followed by coffee and cake and a catch-up chat,” Ms Boyle, herself a lawyer working in Perth’s CBD, said.

A lot of strong friendships have formed as a result of the nights, spawning trips to Moore River and Dunsborough and organised and

has been a source of great peace and grace in my life,” she told The Record. “The cenacle is a way of encouraging and supporting people to turn to Our Lady and the Rosary for strength, grace and hope.”

Ms Boyle said the nights are open to all young adults interested in journeying in faith and friendship and new people are most welcome. One of the nights’ organisers,

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Catholic parishes a dying breed: PRO

By Matthew Biddle THE AUSTRALIAN Catholic parish is on the verge of extinction, almost 200 people were told recently at the Pastoral Research Office’s (PRO) national conference in Melbourne.

The Beliefs and Practices of Australian Catholics conference was held from February 19 to 22, examining the PRO’s research in the last five years, its implications and how the Church can respond.

PRO director Dr Bob Dixon’s told the ABC’s Religion and Ethics Report on March 5 the low level of Mass attendance in Australia is a situation that is “urgent and severe”.

“Over the years you can see a

gradual decline in the percentage of Catholics attending Mass,” he said.

“It’s gone down from when we first measured it at about 18 per cent in 1996 to 12.2 per cent in 2011.”

attenders in terms of their rate of attendance than Australian-born Catholics,” he said.

“We could say that Australianborn Mass attenders have declined by one third since 1996.”

Even if migrant communities

years time a very large proportion of those people will no longer be attending weekly Mass.

“It’s almost inevitable that there will be a continuing big dip in Mass attendance over the next 10 to 15 years.”

“We face a prospect where we have healthy institutions without a supporter base, and I don’t think that’s sustainable in the long term.”

Dr Dixon said while the change may not sound like much, the decline has been disguised by two main factors – the ageing of the community and the healthy rate of attendance of immigrants.

“Immigrants from non-English speaking countries are better

continue to flourish, the age demographic of Mass attenders means the parish system is in significant danger, according to Dr Dixon.

“Overall, the picture in the parish sector is not particularly healthy,” he said. “The highest age profile is between 65 and 75. In 15

While Catholic parishes struggle, Catholic health, education and social service institutions are doing well, Dr Dixon said, although such a situation is not ideal.

“My concern that I wanted to bring to the attention of the Church is that if the current trends con-

tinue, we face a prospect where we have healthy institutions without a supporter base, and I don’t think that’s sustainable in the long term,” he said.

“There [are] too many parishes facing, to put it bluntly, extinction.”

Reversing the trend of declining Mass attendance overnight would take something “extraordinary”, Dr Dixon said, unless new ways of viewing parish life were adopted.

“One of the proposals that I floated at the conference was that we look at a whole different way of staffing parishes, from the leadership perspective – in other words, not to automatically make a priest the parish priest,” he said.

Iona girls take to the surf to help the disabled A LARGE group of Iona Presentation College staff and students have recently spent some of their weekends volunteering at the Disabled Surfers Association at Leighton Beach in North Fremantle.

Principal Anne Pitos said the students are encouraged to volunteer their time and the response is always overwhelming.

“The girls work with other volunteers from the Disabled Surfers Association of Australia to help those with disabilities find friendship, support and for some, a renewed interest in surfing,” she said.

“These volunteer weekends become a highlight of our girls’ calendar and we are thrilled that they spend their time helping others.

“One of our students, Isabella Larard, was able to spend time with her brother Peter, and this captured the essence and the beauty of the day.”

The Disabled Surfers Association was formed in 1986 and has 15 branches across Australia and New Zealand.

Iona Presentation College is an all-girls Catholic school in Mosman Park that was founded in 1907.

Almost 900 children from Years 7 to 12 are enrolled at the school, with about 100 of these also being residential boarders.

The girls will be volunteering at the next disabled surfing day on March 15.

Students and staff from Iona Presentation College recently volunteered to assist the Perth branch of the Disabled Surfers Association.

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Workshop to explain, help discern personal charisms THE Called and Gifted Workshop will be offered at Queen of Apostles Parish in Riverton, on April 4 and 5.

The workshop has been used since 1993 by more than 75,000 lay, ordained, and religious Catholics around the world.

It is designed to help Christians discern the presence of charisms in their life. Charisms, or spiritual gifts, are special abilities given to all Christians by the Holy Spirit to give them power to both represent Christ and to be a channel of God’s goodness for other people.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (951), the Holy Spirit “distributes special graces among the faithful of every rank” for the building up of the Church.

The charisms we have been given are a major clue to who God is calling us to be.

The Called and Gifted workshop is a process that assists people to discern which charisms we have been given, and therefore to begin to discover where God might be calling us.

Beginning on a Friday evening,

a theological orientation is followed by participants completing an inventory, a tool for discovering patterns in how God has used us in our past experiences.

On the Saturday, there are sessions on what charisms are, how it feels to use one and descriptions of the 24 most common charisms.

Also included are steps to begin discerning charisms, common barriers to discernment and how to use our charisms as a clue to where we might be being called.

The Called and Gifted workshop is the only Catholic spiritual gifts discernment process. It is distinctly lay in its approach, spirituality and focus.

It is geared to the real lives of working adults, preparing them to be effective and creative apostles in the midst of their secular lives.

Contact Riverton Parish on 6188 6877 or qoariverton@ozemail.com. au for a brochure, further information or bookings.

There is no cost and everyone is welcome to attend this exciting new initiative for Perth.

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Classical music concert not to be missed PIPE ORGAN PLUS was established in 2001 to showcase Western Australia’s largest and most impressive pipe organ, bringing a wider audience to the organ through association with other musicians, while exploring the full spectrum of music from medieval to modern.

Opening the 14th Pipe Organ Plus concert season, Symphonique showcases the extraordinary talent of one of Australia’s most highly regarded pipe organists, Dominic Perissinotto. In this highly anticipated solo recital, Dominic explores the breathtaking works of a wideranging collection of composers.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in D minor BWV 596 after Antonio Vivaldi opens the recital, and is an example of Bach as a master arranger of music. Bach gives the performer multiple bra-

vura passages, while maintaining a reverence for the Italian style.

Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue in C Minor follows, and is an apt choice as the work was inspired by the contrapuntal style of JS Bach. Written in 1783, the classical Mozart harks back to something more Baroque in

bring a spirit of spontaneity, fun and freedom to the program.

Following the inter val, Perissinotto plays the work of the 19th century Frenchman LefébureWély. Sometimes sentimental, always lyrical, his Sortie in E flat is a wonderful example of the com-

The two-hour concert showcases the extraordinary talent of one of Australia’s most highly regarded pipe organists, Perth’s Dominic Perissinotto. this darkly intense work.

Move forward almost two centuries to a performance of Swiss organist and composer Guy Bouvet’s Trois Preludes Hambourgeois.

A respected scholar of historical organs, Bouvet’s works were originally improvisations, and as such

poser’s effortless, improvisational style.

British composer, violinist, and private tutor, Frank Bridge was known as a highly gifted, and technically precise musician. Despite not being himself an organist, his short pieces for organ, including

this Adagio in E minor, are some of his most performed works.

A fitting conclusion to Symphonique is Cesar Franck’s Grande Piece Symphonique.

An imposing work, it rivals the greatest orchestral works in its symphonic scope. Resonant, emphatic,unforgettable, Franck’s masterpiece is a fitting finale to this exceptional program.

Don’t miss this enchanting journey of musical discovery, presented by one of Perth’s finest performers.

The concert runs for approximately two hours and includes an interval where enticing, complimentary refreshments will be served.

Electronic tickets are available at www.trybooking.com/DWSI or for purchase at the door from one hour prior to the concert.

Parish visits Father’s Kenyan village

By Fr Ken Asaba WELL done! Well done! This I believe is the most appropriate way to express my gratitude to the Mission Group from Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Lesmurdie that has returned from its Mission experience in my home Village in Kenya just over four weeks ago.

I am very grateful to each and everyone in the group for their time and money, but above all for their love and patience, which they put into this wonderful experience.

I am very proud of the two young girls, Catherine (16 year old) and Isabella (11 year old) who were part of the crew, for their resilience in facing all the challenges of the experience, with love and courage.

They would have easily chosen to remain back in Perth for their school holidays, but they chose voluntarily to spend part of it in one of the remotest parts of Kenya, and to experience what it means to be in a third world country, with no hot showers, proper toilets, fridge and cooking facilities.

They never complained that their hair was not washed properly or that they had no access to the internet. This is the miracle, and the best part. And it just goes to show that anyone can do such an experience.

It doesn’t have to be only in Kenya, but any other place or country that will make us realize how blessed we are to live in Australia.

They say that you can’t choose where to be born, but you can choose where to live. However, this is not always true as most people in Kenya would have chosen to live in a country like Australia, with almost free education and free medical care. One of the most common questions we encountered from young people as we visited the local schools was: How can I come to Australia? And I can assure you the answer was not that simple. We had to leave Carrie to deal with that one as she works with the Immigration Department here in Perth. The point is that, there are so many needs in Kenya as in any third world country. But the fact of having seven ‘wasungus’ (white people) visiting one of the country’s villages, mingling with the people and sharing with them almost

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Seminarians to join Ordinariate Evensong The parish of St Ninian and St Chad, of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, will launch monthly Solemn Evensong and Benediction commencing on May 11 at 5.30pm. Assisting with the launch will be the seminarians of St Charles’ seminary, who will serve.

The sermon will be delivered by Mgr Kevin Long, rector of St Charles’ Seminary. Refreshments will be served afterwards. Evensong and Benediction consists of Evensong according to the Book of Common Prayer, followed by a sermon and then Benediction. It is noted for a deep sense of reverence, coupled with traditional hymn singing and the chanting of the psalms.

Evensong and Benediction is a traditional complement to the wonders of Mass, allowing a slower paced and more reflective time of encounter with our Eucharistic Lord.

The Ordinariate is the only setting where Evensong and Benediction is celebrated within the Catholic Church. For more information contact Fr Stephen Hill on 0401 699 574 or via email: fr.stephen@ me.com.

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Getting among the people: One of Lesmurdie parish’s participants in their recent trip to Kenya helps out with teaching a local community. The trip was part of the parish’s ongoing mission to the area.

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everything – food, culture, music, education etc, was a great source of hope and encouragement.

In this sense, I would say that our Mission has been accomplished. Cultural exchange and learning from each other was actually the main reason why the Mission Group was formed. I am sure each one in the group had the opportunity to assume both learning and teaching roles throughout our experience. However, Kerrian Bresser and Jennifer Stone seem to have particularly loved the classroom experience as they are both teachers here in Perth. Terry Hackett was also a great joy and inspiration for the kids in all the schools we visited. She also managed to learn a few local dance

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moves and ‘shakes’ from both the students and teachers. Music and dancing is in our blood. You could be at Sunday Mass for almost two hours and you couldn’t realize that the Mass was long.

Apart from the spiritual and cultural exchange, we managed to give some practical assistance to all the places we visited, thanks to our generous friends in Lesmurdie Parish and around Perth who helped us raise over 10,000 AUD from the fundraising Dinner Dance in October last year. In summary, we gave:100,000Ksh (1,400AUD) to Lwanaswa Primary School for School equipments, but the gate was a major hazard, so they used it to fix the school gate;100,000Ksh to Eregi Primary School for text books

in the school library;100,000Ksh to the Eregi Health Centre to buy a water-tank (plus 30 to 40 kilos of baby clothes and jumpers); 70,000Ksh (950 AUD) to Eregi Parish to train a Catechist for three years; 50,000Ksh (700AUD) to Eregi Parish for the Youth Activities and Projects; 50,000Ksh to Eregi Parish Women’s Group (CWA) for their income generating projects; 50,000Ksh to Shijiko Primary School for their School Feeding Program; 50,000Ksh to Imalaba Primary School for School Feeding Program and special support to orphaned students; 50,000Ksh to Imalaba Secondary School to help with their Science Lab and special support to orphaned students; 10 Laptops to Eregi Girls High School (donated by Corpus Christi College). We couldn’t get all the computers over due to limited weight allowance on the flight.

Some 2,000AUD went into Car hires for transport and other smaller donations to institutions, individuals and families who helped in various ways for the success of the Mission experience. On behalf of the people of Eregi and all the schools that we visited, I would like to thank each and everyone who generously supported this Mission.

With two parishes in Perth now run by the Order of Clerics Regular of Somasca (CRS), the Somascan Fathers are now looking to spread the spirituality of their founder, St Jerome Emiliani, to the wider Australian community. The Somascan Movement of Australia will be an alliance of religious and laity that invites all laypeople to join in living the Somascan spirituality through the provision of care and catechesis to the sick, poor and youth in need.

Like Somascan lay movements established in other communities around the world, this Australian chapter will also have a particular focus on bringing human dignity to those whom the rest of society have abandoned. The Somascan Movement will be inaugurated by the Order’s Superior General Fr Franco Moscone CRS at St Jerome’s Parish in Munster on March 27 at 7pm. The inauguration will be followed by an information session on the lay movement’s spirituality, ongoing formation and apostolic mission with refreshments provided.

The Somascan Fathers look forward to welcoming all interested and providing a greater insight into how the Somascan Movement can make a difference in the lives of the more fragile in our society.

New permanent diaconate coordinator Deacon Tony Aspinall has been appointed by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference as the national coordinator for the permanent diaconate. Deacon Tony is from the diocese of Sale in Victoria, and was ordained to the diaconate in 1998.

Prior to his ordination, he worked for the Shell company in Melbourne in the area of compliance and auditing.

Deacon Tony is married to June and is the father of two children and grandfather to nine. Deacon Tony is a member of the Diocesan Clergy Life and Ministry Committee, where he worked with Fr Paul Cashen MSC and Deacon Paul Simmons to update the guidelines for the Diaconate in Australia. “This is indeed a challenge for me and I hope to be a constructive and productive member of the diaconal community during my appointment,” Deacon Tony said.

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Sheen supporters rejoice as miracle is approved

By Matthew Biddle MEMBERS of Perth’s Fulton Sheen Society have greeted news that the canonisation of their patron is a step closer with great excitement.

On March 6 the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation in the United States confirmed that a team of Vatican medical experts have given the all clear to a miracle attributed to the intercession of Archbishop Sheen.

Founder and member of the Perth group Daniel Tobin told The Record he was overjoyed when he heard about the latest development.

“We’re thrilled about it, but I must admit, we did expect it to happen,” he said. “This is a very decisive move.”

The Vatican experts reported there was no natural explanation for the survival of a child who was delivered stillborn in 2010 and whose heart did not beat for more than an hour.

In a statement, the president of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation Bishop Daniel Jenky

CSC said the approval of the medical team was a “significant step in the cause for the beatification and canonisation of our beloved Fulton Sheen”.

“There are many more steps ahead and more prayers are needed. But today is a good reason to

If the miracle is affirmed, Sheen would be elevated from the status of ‘Venerable’ to ‘Blessed’. rejoice,” he said.

Mr Tobin, who credited his own conversion to the Catholic faith 50 years ago primarily to the inspiration of Archbishop Sheen, said there are people all over Australia, and indeed the world, who are hoping for his canonisation.

“A lot of people regard him as a saint even though it’s not official... it’s amazing really the level of interest in the man,” he said.

“His influence is right throughout the world.”

Mr Tobin’s own life has been dedicated to spreading the work of Archbishop Sheen, and even his children and grandchildren have taken up the cause.

With the help of his son Martin, Mr Tobin formed the Fulton Sheen Society in 1999, with one of its eight aims being to “promote the cause of the beatification of the Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J Sheen”.

Unlike the cause for the canonisation of Pope John Paul II, Archbishop Sheen’s cause has taken significantly more time since his death in 1979.

His cause for canonisation was officially opened in 2002, and in 2012 Pope Benedict XVI declared the renowned speaker ‘Venerable’.

The case will now be reviewed by a board of theologians, and, if approved, will be examined by cardinals and bishops, before Pope Francis determines whether a miracle can be affirmed or not.

If it is affirmed, Archbishop Sheen would be elevated from the status of ‘Venerable’ to ‘Blessed’.

With evidence of her son’s alleged miraculous healing boxed and sealed in front of a portrait of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Bonnie Engstrom gives a reading at a 2011 Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria, Illinois.

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UNDA scholars recognised

Professor Matthew Ogilvie with the School of Philosophy and Theology award recipients on February 20.

STUDENTS from the University of Notre Dame Australia were recognised for their academic excellence in philosophy, theology and ethics at the university’s School of Philosophy and Theology annual awards evening in Fremantle on February 20.

One of the foundation schools of Notre Dame, the School of Philosophy and Theology is responsible for the provision of the core curriculum to thousands of undergraduate and postgraduate students each year, reflecting the university’s objects.

It also offers degrees in philosophy and theology for those wishing to pursue vocations in the Church, and in religious, theological and philosophical education generally.

The award winners for the School of Philosophy and Theology were: • Dean’s Prize for ET100 – Aerin Newton-Creemers; • Dean’s Prize for PH100 – Aaron Carlin;

• Dean’s Prize for TH101 – Monica Gilhooley; • Pastoral Liturgy Prize – Angela Scott; • Sylvia Box Theology Essay Prize – Grant Gorddard Mr Gorddard, a seminarian at St Charles’ Seminary in Guildford, was recently recommended by the Church for admission as a candidate for priesthood in the Archdiocese of Perth.

ported me over my years of study,” Mr Gorddard said.

“As a seminarian, our academic studies are an important part of our formation for the priesthood.

“We need to know our Catholic faith well, and we also need to understand the contemporary issues of our culture so that we can engage with people’s concerns and share with them the love of Jesus Christ.”

“Not only did I feel great joy in this achievement, but also sincere gratitude to God, the saints, and to all those who have guided and supported me.”

He said it was a great honour to receive the Sylvia Box Theology Essay Prize for the best undergraduate essay in theology.

“Not only did I feel great joy in this achievement, but also sincere gratitude to God, the saints, and to all those who have guided and sup-

Dean of the School of Philosophy and Theology on Notre Dame’s Fremantle campus Professor Matthew Ogilvie congratulated the award recipients on their 2013 achievements and reiterated the university’s commitment to educating the ‘whole’ individual.

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“Employers often say that they think Notre Dame students are more holistic after their experience here,” Professor Ogilvie said.

“It’s something of which we’re proud because our core curriculum immerses students in the study and practice of wisdom, through which they can integrate knowledge and ethics, in order to determine what is truly valuable and worthwhile.

“Pope John Paul II makes it clear that a distinct faculty of theology is necessary to the identity of a Catholic university. The explicit practice of philosophy, ethics and theology is what makes us distinctive and which adds value to the educational experience at Notre Dame.”

The School of Philosophy and Theology seeks to strengthen Notre Dame in its Catholic identity and to enrich the university in its commitment to teaching and learning; research and service in light of Catholic faith and values.

Thailand trip life-changing for Seton students THE 2014 school year at Seton Catholic College began with a group of eight Seton students sharing their experiences of their visit to Thailand at the close of the 2013 school year.

This was the second visit by Seton’s Year 10 students and staff.

The inaugural trip took place in November 2012. The village of Khlong Lan, north east of Bangkok, was the chosen destination; the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition work in this village, among others in Thailand – teaching and assisting with the welfare and the needs of the poorer families.

With a relationship established between Seton and the village, the 2013 visit saw the Seton students and staff members immersing themselves in the realities of life in the village, living in a hot climate with no air conditioning and each student being hosted for four days by a family who didn’t speak English.

The students involved themselves in the village school, but their major project in Khlong Lan was spending a weekend in building a house for a Cambodian refugee and his two children. Their “home” was a meagre lean-to, a structure which afforded little shelter and less comfort. Villagers, sisters, school staff and Seton students lifted poles into place and set up the basics for the workers to build the main structure. This incredible communityinspired project was completed in two days.

It is hoped that in coming years, as the programme of annual visits continues, we will be able to further our efforts in assisting with housing.

The impact of these life-changing ten days was shared with the Seton community by student, Ciara Kerr who said she returned with a “new compassion, a new understanding, a new empathy for the lovely, friendly people that who had so little and yet gave us so much”.

“I remember them all: the smiles of pure happiness, of gratitude.

Smiles that made each and every one of us cry,” she said. “I will never forget that while we may not be able to change the entire world, it doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t try to make a little part of it better if we can.”

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Right, Year 12 Kolbe Catholic College students with special cakes for their school’s 25th anniversary.

Below and below right, numerous Kolbe staff, past and present, joined in celebrations.

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Kolbe on top of the world Founded by Christian Brother Pat Carey in 1989, Kolbe Catholic College celebrated a quarter century of

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olbe Catholic College gathered together on Friday, March 7 to acknowledge and give thanks for all that has been achieved over the past 25 years.

The day was filled with many memorable moments, from a whole school Mass, celebrated by Fr Geoff Aldous, Fr Gavin Gomez, Fr Brennan Sia and Fr Michael Separovich, to the design, construction and flying of kites from each Pastoral Care (PC) Group.

This provided a wonderful spectacle for the whole school to view and highlighted the connection college patron, St Maximilian Kolbe, had with Japanese culture.

During the day, students and staff participated in a whole school photo forming the number 25 with ‘KOLBE’ written underneath.

A huge cake was made to cel-

Above: Kolbe students hold an art work by college almnus Andy Quilty, a depiction of the college’s patron St Maximillian Kolbe.

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ebrate the College’s special day, with all students singing ‘Happy Birthday’, and being treated to a slice of it. The celebrations continued into the evening with an

There were many special components, but perhaps the most significant was that so many former and current community members came. address from former Principal, Egmont Melton, and a presentation from Michelle Chatfield, Parents and Friends President. This included the unveiling of the portrait of St

Maximilian Kolbe, commissioned from well known artist and former student Andy Quilty. Kolbe music students also launched the new Kolbe song. Throughout the evening guests were entertained with performances from current dance and drama students and from current and former music students.

There were many special components to our celebration, but perhaps the most significant was that so many former and current community members returned to remember and celebrate the many achievements of the College.

It was wonderful to catch up with so many and reminisce about days gone by, but to also hear of the successes of our former students.

There was a wonderfully buoyant and upbeat feel to the evening.

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as school marks 25 years achievement on Friday, March 7 and the building of strong and caring community, past and presnt.

Time of our lives: Past and present members of the Kolbe Catholic College community joined in a day of fun, liturgy and festivity.

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Paramount gambles on Noah

By Matthew Biddle THE AUSTRALIAN Catholic Film Office says movie company Paramount Pictures has taken a big risk with its production of the Biblical epic, Noah.

The film, which hits the nation’s screens on March 27, stars Russell Crowe as Noah and Emma Watson as his adopted daughter, and cost Paramount about $130 million to make.

Fr Peter Malone MSC from the Australian Catholic Film Office told The Record that since the highly successful 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, film companies have shown an increased willingness to produce Bible-based films. “[The Passion of the Christ] opened up, especially in the United States, an appetite for more explicit religious films, and that’s happened over the last 10 years,” he said.

“This is just a big-budget variation on that theme with the hope that people will go and see it.”

But matching the success of Mel Gibson’s film will be a difficult task.

“There’s not so much interest, at least in the Western world, in Old Testament stories,” Fr Malone said.

“I hope I’m wrong and that there is an interest, but I’d say it’s a big risk for the company to be spending $130 million on a Noah film.”

The film has already generated widespread discussion on how closely it aligns with the Bible’s account of the flood in Genesis, and Fr Malone said audiences should be prepared for an “imaginative rendering” of the story.

“Some of the Jesus films in recent decades have been able to combine offering some kind of an understanding of the background, and something of the themes, while telling the story, so I’m hoping Noah’s a bit like that,” he said.

Noah is one of several Bible-based films to be released in the next few years, with Exodus (December 12), starring Christian Bale, and Pontius Pilate (2015), starring Brad Pitt, among the others.

Fr Malone said although such films are based on events in the Bible, there was no guarantee that they would have a positive effect on audiences.

“I think people who have what’s generally called a simple faith, enjoy this kind of film, and it probably reenforces their thinking about God’s intervention,” he said.

“But for people who don’t have any Christian faith, it’s hit or miss.”

The NSW-based Missionary of the Sacred Heart said the way a film dramatises human values is vital in determining what makes a good film.

“That’s a key, whether it’s an explicitly religious film or an implicitly religious film, so that you don’t come out just thinking ‘Wow, that was a great action epic’. It has to be more than that,” Fr Malone said.

“My hope for Noah is that it tells the story, that it enables us to go

Australian Christians confident for Senate re-run

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Above and below, scenes from the much-anticipated film, Noah, which hits Australian cinemas on March 27. The film stars Russell Crowe as Noah and Emma Watson as his adopted daughter.

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back to that period and understand some of the religious experience of the times, relate it to our religious

“People who have a simple faith enjoy this kind of film... but for people who don’t have any Christian faith, it’s hit or miss.” experience, and trust the narrative rather than doing any heavy preaching.”

THE AUSTRALIAN Christians party hopes that the re-run of the WA federal senate election will result in its first representative making it to Canberra.

Australian Christians are the largest political party without a federal representative, but State director Gary Kleyn told The Record he was confident that could change when voters return to the polls on April 5.

“We were very pleased with the support we received at the [first] WA senate election,” he said. “Even with a significant increase in parties running, we managed to maintain the same level of voter support as in the previous federal election.”

At the September 7 election, the party’s lead candidate Jamie van Burgel secured a large portion of votes, however, he won’t be contesting this time.

“Unfortunately Jamie will not be running because he and his wife Janelle have just been blessed with their fourth child,” Mr Kleyn said.

“Last Friday the Australian Christians WA Council nominated national director and experienced campaigner Ray Moran to run as the lead candidate.

“Justin Moseley will be running again as our second candidate.”

Mr Moran said he hoped to improve on the 25,000 votes for Australian Christians candidates at the first senate election.

“We are hopeful of consolidating the Christian vote while also offering an appealing option for those that long for a return to a country with a moral and caring attitude,” he said.

The lead candidate added that the party has received strong support from WA Catholics, due to their shared values. “We have had candidates from many Catholic parishes and continue to have Catholic representation on our state council,” he said. “We believe this is due to our strong pro-life, pro-marriage stance; just two of many values the party shares with Catholic folk.”

Mr Moran said the party’s preferences would go to the likeminded parties, such as Family First and the Democratic Labor Party, rather than to parties with anti-life or anti-family policies.

“Our commitment to our supporters is to place our preferences firstly with Christianbased parties followed by the Liberal Party before going on to other conservative parties,” he said.

“This election is a great opportunity for all Christians to make a stand for traditional Christian values that have been largely abandoned or threatened by both major parties.”

Fr McCarthy appointed Bishop of Rockhampton

By Matthew Biddle FATHER Michael McCarthy has been appointed by Pope Francis on March 10 as the new Bishop of Rockhampton in Queensland, five months after the position became vacant.

The 63-year-old has been serving in the Archdiocese of Brisbane as the Episcopal Vicar for clergy and parish priest of Hendra and Northgate.

Fr McCarthy succeeds Bishop Brian Heenan, who retired on October 1 last year. Since that time, Fr John Grace has filled the role of

diocesan administrator.

The Bishop-elect said he was “humbled” by the appointment as the 10th Bishop of Rockhampton.

“I look forward to many years of service as Bishop to the priests, religious sisters and brothers and the Catholic people of the diocese,” he said.

President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Archbishop Denis Hart said he welcomed the appointment.

“Fr McCarthy has already shown distinctive leadership in the care of clergy and people in Brisbane,” he said. “I know he will receive a gra-

cious and enthusiastic welcome in his new diocese.”

Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge echoed Archbishop Hart’s words in congratulating Bishop-elect McCarthy. “[He] has been a great contributor to the Church in Brisbane and Queensland through the years, serving as parish priest, seminary rector, Vicar for clergy and director of Clergy Life and Ministry,” he said. “This wide pastoral experience means that he is unusually well equipped for what awaits him in Rockhampton. As a son of Toowoomba, he is no stranger to

the rural areas that lie beyond the capital.”

Archbishop Coleridge added that Bishop-elect McCarthy would be greatly missed in the Archdiocese of Brisbane.

“Our farewell to him will be tinged with sadness,” he said.

“But we rejoice with the diocese of Rockhampton that they now have a new chief pastor who will make his own unique contribution in the diocese and beyond.”

The dioces of Rockhampton has a population of more than 430,000, of which 24.8 per cent are Catholic, according to the 2011 census.

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Use scripture, not arguments, when tempted: Pope WHEN temptation comes your way, don’t try to “dialogue” or argue with the devil, Pope Francis said, but seek refuge and strength in the words of the Bible.

Addressing tens of thousands of people gathered for the Angelus in St Peter’s Square on March 9, Pope Francis spoke about the Gospel of Matthew’s account of Jesus’ temptation in the desert.

“The tempter tried to divert Jesus from the Father’s plan, which was the path of sacrifice and love, of offering himself in expiation, and instead convince him to take the easy way of success and power,” the Pope said.

Each time the devil tempts Jesus - asking him to transform stones into bread, throw himself from the top of the temple and see if

angels would rescue him, or worship Satan in exchange for earthly power - Jesus responds by reciting Scripture, the Pope said.

“He doesn’t dialogue with Satan like Eve” did in the Garden of Eden,

“The tempter tried to divert Jesus from the Father’s plan... and instead convince him to take the easy way.” the Pope said. “Jesus knows well that you can’t dialogue with Satan because he is so cunning.”

“Remember this,” Pope Francis told the crowd, “at times of tempta-

tion, in our temptations: No arguments with Satan; defend yourselves with the word of God.” Pope Francis said Lent is a time for everyone to set out on the path of conversion and to prepare to renew their baptismal promises, including “renouncing Satan and all his works and his seductions because he is a seducer - in order to walk the pathways of God.” The Pope also asked those gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray for him and his collaborators in the Roman Curia during their March 9-14 Lenten retreat.

With more than 80 Vatican clergy and officials, Pope Francis boarded a bus in the late afternoon to travel the 20 miles to a retreat house in Ariccia for joint reflection, prayer and silent meditation. - CNS

Pope Francis arrives for a weeklong Lenten retreat on March 9 with senior members of the Roman Curia in Ariccia, Italy.

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Prayers answered as nuns released THE RELEASE of at least 12 Greek Orthodox nuns who were abducted in Syria in December was an answer to prayers, said regional Catholic officials.

Melkite Patriarch Gregoire III Laham said on March 10 that he felt “a wave of joy” along with “thousands and thousands” of other people when he heard the nuns had been freed a day earlier.

Islamist rebels claimed responsibility for the abduction of the nuns in December from Syria’s ancient town of Maaloula, where Aramaic, the language of Jesus, is still spoken.

Two Orthodox bishops and three priests, including an Armenian Catholic and Italian Jesuit, also have been abducted in Syria and remain missing.

“I hope the initiative to release the sisters will be a door for more efforts to liberate the two bishops and also the priests,” Patriarch Laham told Catholic News Service.

The papal nuncio to Syria Archbishop Mario Zenari told Vatican Radio: “It was news we were waiting for. We prayed for the liberation of these nuns who were taken hostage”.

In Damascus on March 10, Christians gathered at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross for a prayer service of thanksgiving.

Reports the nuns had been liberated coincided with the release of a new report showing Syria’s ongoing civil war was taking an even larger toll on the country’s young than previously thought.

The report said that in addition to the estimated 10,000 young who have already perished in the civil war, thousands of Syria’s children were dying due to their country’s destroyed health care system.

Mother Plagia Sayyaf of Mar Thecla monastery in Maaloula, Syria, left, who along with at least 11 other nuns was freed after three months, attends a prayer service on March 10 at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross in Damascus.

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Cardinals, laity join Council for the Economy

Cardinal George Pell of Sydney arrives for Pope Francis’ Mass on February 23 with new cardinals in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

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POPE FRANCIS appointed an international group of eight cardinals and seven lay experts in the fields of business, management and finance to be the first members of the Vatican’s new Council for the Economy.

The new Council for the Economy was established on February 24 by Pope Francis to consider the policies and practices of the Holy See and devise appropriate policies and best practices.

The members were announced on March 8.

The council is an independent “authority for policy decisions and not merely an advisory organ” to the new Secretariat for the Economy, which will have authority over all economic and administrative activities within the Holy See

and Vatican City State, the Vatican announcement said.

The secretariat, headed by Australian Cardinal George Pell, implements the policies determined by the council and answers directly to the Holy Father.

The Pope established the council and the secretariat as part of efforts to simplify, consolidate coordinate and oversee management structures throughout the Vatican and to improve the governance, control and reporting of the financial activities of the Vatican’s different offices and bodies.

The head of the new council with the title of coordinator - is 60-year-old German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany. Cardinal Marx is also a member of the Pope’s

Council of Cardinals, an eightmember group advising him on the reform of the Roman Curia and the governance of the Church.

The changes came after recommendations by the Council of Cardinals for the study of the organisational and economic problems of the Holy See, which regularly reviewed the Vatican budgets.

While the council for the study of organisational and economic problems was dissolved upon the creation of the Secretariat and the Council for the Economy, all but two of the cardinals on the new council, Cardinals DiNardo and Marx, were drawn from the nowdefunct commission.

Each member has been appointed to serve a five-year term. - CNS

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Far left, Fra Oscar Aguilera OSM in action during the 2012 UCI World Cycling Tour in Perth, riding through Kings Park Avenue. Left and below, Fra Oscar changes a tyre and poses with some of his fellow riders.

The Servite priest says he often prays during his morning rides through Perth city.

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Fra Oscar Aguilera OSM spends several hours each week riding his beloved bicycle, but for the Servite priest, it's much more than just a hobby.

While competing in prestigious races is no longer his goal, Fra Oscar uses his time on the road to minister to people from all walks of life, as Matthew Biddle explains...

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F THE CATHOLIC Church held an international cycling competition between members of the clergy, Fra Oscar Aguilera OSM would probably win.

The 40-year-old priest is a well-regarded cyclist in Perth, who has competed in a number of large scale races, and even has several sponsors.

But winning races isn’t why Fra Oscar cycles.

He says his priestly ministry and his passion for cycling go hand-in-hand, perfectly complementing each other.

“I’ve done a lot of counselling on the bike, done a few unofficial reconciliations, done a lot of marriage counselling on the bike, I’ve arranged baptisms, I’ve done just about everything on the bike,” Fra Oscar says.

Although his fellow cyclists may not be Catholics, nor even believers in God, the Servite priest says he learns a lot from their company.

“I’ve got friends that come from very different walks of life, which is really cool for me, because it helps me to understand where people are at,” he says.

“That helps me also when I preach because I don’t preach to the converted only, I also try to engage those people... that only come [to church] once in a blue moon, so I’m able to engage them as well, so I love that aspect.”

The Chilean-born priest has always had a passion for cycling, ever since the days of his childhood growing up with seven siblings.

“We used to have one bicycle for all the children, so we used to take turns,” he recalls. “I was too little so I had to put my legs between the bars to cycle.”

His love for cycling continued through his teenage years and his family’s migration to Australia, and even during his studies for the priesthood when he was

in his 20s.

In 2005, Fra Oscar became the first Servite to be ordained for the Perth Archdiocese in more than two decades.

Fellow Servite Fr Leo Spicer OSM, who was one of Fra Oscar’s high school teachers, says his confrere’s passion for cycling was always evident.

“He’s been into cycling for a long time,” Fr Leo says. “He’s very passionate about it and he’s out on the road most days of the week before starting school.”

“When he came to the Order everyone knew he liked [cycling], it’s certainly one

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Every pedal stroke becomes a prayer. My pedals are equal to a bead, a full rotation is one Hail Mary."

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Although he still lives at the Tuart Hill friary, Fra Oscar is kept busy these days as the chaplain to Trinity College in Perth, and as an assistant priest at Sacred Heart Parish in Highgate.

But his duties don’t stop him from getting on his bike almost every day. He says he rides up to 500km every week.

In fact, according to his statistics on the cyclists’ tracking website, Strava, Fra Oscar cycled an average of 509km and more than 19 hours each week in January.

Most of his rides aren’t competitive any more, but Fra Oscar has taken part in numerous rides for charity from

Mandurah to Perth.

“I’ve been asked to do a lot of stuff, but because a lot of the races here in Perth are on a Sunday morning, that counts me out,” he says. “If it fits with my Mass schedule I’ll do it.”

On one occasion Fra Oscar finished a race just in time to say Mass, leaving his legs “feeling a bit like jelly” after minimal recovery time.

“We finished in the city, and then I cycled over to Highgate, had a quick shower and then got vested and stated celebrating Mass,” he says. “That was very close.”

Last month Fra Oscar travelled to Adelaide, as he has done for each of the past five years, for the annual ‘Santos Tour Down Under’, Australia’s biggest cycling event.

The six-day event is a world-class international cycling event, in which 140 riders from around the world cycle through South Australia.

Although he didn’t take part in the race, Fra Oscar rode more than 1,000km during the week – more than the length of the race itself.

“We were sort of the groupies of the tour, we’d ride to the start of the race, the half way point, and to the finishing line,” he explains. “To get there we’d do a loop of about 130km, so it was quite exciting.

“Last year there was only about four of us, but this year there were about 30 of us.”

Now that he’s back in Perth, Fra Oscar has resumed his routine of going for an early morning ride, before joining fellow Trinity staff for another ride before school starts.

He says there are several things about cycling he enjoys.

“It’s the mateship that you build up and the relationships that can be created,” he says. “It’s also healthy and keeps me

Above, Fra Oscar with Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey in 2010, and left, with his prized companion, his bicycle, after a ride in Perth.

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active.”

Additionally, cycling provides the Servite friar with a chance to forget about any pressing tasks and to simply relax.

“Because of the times that I go cycling, which is mainly very early in the morning, it’s a very spiritual time for me,” he says. “I can actually meditate as well and

it’s also my prayer time.

“It’s a time when I think and mould my homilies. Every pedal stroke becomes a prayer. My pedals are equal to a bead, a full rotation is one Hail Mary.”

Fra Oscar says he enjoys the solitude and peace of riding on his own, but he also thrives on the chance to assist fellow

cyclists.

“When I cycle with friends it can be a time of ministry, so I have to be attentive to what’s happening, not just on the road, but to being present to the people next to me,” he says. “Many people seek me out, they come and ride next to me and start asking me questions, which is

great. I love that they feel free to do that.

“For some of them it is their only contact with somebody of faith.”

A passion for cycling necessitates a passion for bikes too, and Fra Oscar owns several of them, including his present vehicle of choice, a Cannondale.

“Every bike that I’ve got has a history,”

he says. “My sister, who passed away two years ago, she used to go and see me race or compete in different events around Perth. So I brought a bike in honour of her and she loved tulips, so I’m going to get a tulip printed into the bike.

“Whenever I go on holidays I always take my bike. It’s always the first thing I pack.”

A regular at bicycle stores, Fra Oscar is well liked by staff, and has even initiated a new ministry at one store.

“One of the shops that I go to, TBE in Osborne Park, we’ve got a group we call the COP, which is short for the Church of Pain,” he explains.

“It’s basically kids that are kicking the

habit of drugs but we’re trying to keep them active, so we go riding with them.”

Fra Oscar says he can’t see himself hanging up the helmet anytime soon.

“A man I know who still rides is 55, and he’s in good shape, so I’ll be happy if I can do that,” he says.

“At my recent annual health check-up the doctor said my cholesterol and heart were better than average.”

The Servite priest also encourages others, whether lay or religious, to find a healthy balance between work, family and exercise.

He says, quoting Albert Einstein, that: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”

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The bicentennary of the birth of a towering figure in local church history, and of the history of Western Australia, saw an ecumenical gathering of more than 800 turn out to St Mary’s Cathedral on March 4 to pray together in celebration of Rosendo Salvado’s legacy. It marked the beginning of a year of celebrations connected with the founder of the New Norcia Benedictine community.

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HE soulful chanting of vespers by Benedictine monks and a congregation of over 800 led by the angelic voices of the Penrhos College Chorale made for an unforgettable night at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth, on Tuesday 4th March.

For the Benedictine Community of New Norcia and the Yued people, the local Aboriginal people of New Norcia, it was a wonderful opportunity to share the bicentenary of the birth of New Norcia’s founder, Rosendo Salvado, with the Western Australian community.

Rosendo Salvado was a major figure in Western Australia in the second half of the nineteenth century.

He was a leader in missionary work among the Aboriginal peoples, founding New Norcia in 1847 and building it into what his contemporaries believed was one of the most progressive and successful missions in Australia.

Over his 54 years at New Norcia, this Spanish immigrant monk became an abbot, bishop, educator, large landholder and public figure as well as a missionary and advocate for Aboriginal peoples.

The chance to launch the commemoration of the 2014 Salvado Bicentenary Year with an event that offered the opportunity for all faiths, and no faith, to come together was important to the monks.

In presence of the Archbishop of Perth, Tim Costello, the Abbot of the Benedictine Community, John Herbert, led the congregation which included representatives from many religious orders, political leaders, school children, friends of New Norcia and people of WA. The congregation heard story telling from Salvado’s own memoirs, listened to music by the eminent Australian composer, Peter Sculthorpe, written for New Norcia and played by the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia’s Brass Band, and they joined in the chanting of thanks giving psalms - a tradition followed by religions around the world.

The monks will be commemorating Salvado’s inspiring life throughout 2014.

A special exhibition was launched at New Norcia on Saturday 1 st March which features a range of outstanding photographs, artworks, maps, vestments and books – many conserved especially for his bicentenary.

For more information, visit the Bicentenary section of the New Norcia website at www.newnorcia. wa.edu.au or call 9654 8018.

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What is the story behind the foster father’s flora?

Why is it that St Joseph is often depicted holding a flowering staff?

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HE TRADITION of depicting St Joseph with a flowering staff, often with a lily, comes from sources that are not historically certain, even though the tradition has received widespread acceptance in Christian art.

Probably the earliest such source is the Protoevangelium of James, an apocryphal writing of the second century. It is from this work, by the way, that we have the names of Our Lady’s parents, Joachim and Anne, and the account of how Anne conceived Mary late in life after many years without being able to bear a child.

According to this work, Joachim and Anne took Our Lady to the temple in Jerusalem when she was three years old to have her raised and educated there along with other girls. When Mary was twelve, the age at which she could no longer remain there, the council of priests asked the high priest Zacharias to pray for guidance as to what was to be done with her. He prayed in the Holy of Holies and an angel revealed to him that Mary should be married to the man whose staff would show some special sign.

They then gathered all the widowers in Judea, each with his staff. The high priest took the staffs into the temple where he prayed, and then went to give them back to the men.

None of the staffs showed any special sign until he gave Joseph his staff, from which a dove emerged and came to rest on Joseph’s head. The high priest then realised that Joseph had been chosen by God to be Mary’s husband.

Another account comes in the Coptic Synaxarium, a calendar of saint’s days, for the third day of the month of Kiahk. When Our Lady had been twelve years in the temple of Jerusalem, having entered at three, the priests took counsel to decide who would protect her, taking into account that she was consecrated to God. They called twelve righteous men from the house of David of the tribe of Judah, among them Joseph, and took their staffs and placed them in the sanctuary of the temple. A dove flew down and rested on Joseph’s staff and so he was the one chosen by God. A third version comes in the private revelations of Blessed Anne Catherinc Emmerich, a German mystic who died in 1824 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2004. She too says that Mary as a young girl was living in the temple along with other virgins under the care of pious women. When she was fourteen they informed her that she must leave the temple to be married. She answered that she was consecrated to God alone and had no inclination to marry. She went off to

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pray and heard a voice which consoled her, making it clear that she was to marry.

An elderly priest was carried into the Holy of Holies, where he lit the sacrifice of incense and read some prayers from a roll of parchment. He was in ecstasy and his finger alighted on a passage from the prophet Isaiah which read: “A branch shall arise from the root of Jesse and a flower shall spring from this root” (Is 9:1). All the men of the family of David who were unmarried were then called to Jerusalem where they were presented to the Blessed Virgin. The high priest gave each man a branch, which he held during the prayer and sacrifice, after which the branches were placed on an altar before the Holy of Holies to see if any

Probably the earliest such source is in the Protoevangelium of James, an apocryphal writing. It is from the same source we have the names of Our Lady’s parents, Joachim and Anne. of them flowered. When none of them did the men were told that none of them was to be Mary’s husband.

The priests then went back to the register of families and found a record of six brothers from Bethlehem, one of whom, by the name of Joseph, had been absent for a long time.

They managed to locate him living near Samaria working for a master carpenter and brought him to Jerusalem.

They gave him a branch to hold during the prayers and sacrifice and it blossomed with a white flower like a lily. At the same time a bright light, like the Holy Spirit, descended upon him. The priests knew then that Joseph was the one chosen by God to be the husband of Our Lady. In the presence of her mother, Mary humbly accepted Joseph as her spouse.

Although we cannot be certain about the historical accuracy of these accounts, they do shed light on the tradition of depicting St Joseph with a flowering staff.

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3. As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was ____ so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.

1. And a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly ____ Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”

5. Six days later Jesus took ____ and the two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone.

Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone. As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was transformed so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light. Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus. Peter exclaimed, “Lord, it’s wonderful for us to be here! If you want, I’ll make three shelters as memorials - one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.” The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground. Then Jesus came over and touched them.

“Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” And when they looked up, Moses and Elijah were gone, and they saw only Jesus. As they went back down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man* has been raised from the dead.”

2. The ____ were terrified and fell face down on the ground. Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” he said.

4. Suddenly, Moses and ____ appeared and began talking with Jesus.

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Compassion Perth’s Catholic project Lent is a time for repentance and conversion through fasting and giving to others, a packed St Mary’s Cathedral heard at this year’s launch of Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion on March 2.

Far right, a Caritas volunteer hands out Project Compassion collection boxes after a Mass to launch the Caritas Australia program of giving in parishes.

Right, Caritas’ Lydia Stanley speaks at St Mary’s.

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Bishop Don Sproxton and Project Compassion coordinator Lydia Stanley with Caritas volunteers.

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t Mary’s Cathedral was packed to capacity on March 2 for the local launch of Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion, an initiative encouraging ordinary Catholics to support some of the world’s most marginalised communities and people.

Bishop Don Sproxton was the principal celebrant at the special Mass followed by Caritas volunteers handing out Project Compassion collection boxes and envelopes to cathedral parishioners as they exited the Cathedral.

In his homily, Bishop Sproxton echoed the words of Pope Francis in encouraging people to focus “more and more on God” and not on securing material things in our lives.

Lent was a season for living within our means wihtout anxiety.

“Project Compassion helps turn our gaze away from ourselves and

to others,” Bishop Sproxton said.

“Project Compassion’s aim is not just to find a solution to an immediate problem but turning off the reasons why they live in poverty and injustice.”

Project Compassion helps us turn our gaze away from ourselves and to others. Its aim is not just to find easy fixes but to turn off the drivers of poverty.

Bishop Sproxton recounted his experience of journeying to World Youth Day Rio in 2013 where he saw first-hand the living conditions of some of the city’s poorest residents in the favellas or slums.

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The national theme for Project Compassion 2014 is taken from the words of Jesus: “I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.”

When reflecting on the same verse in May last year, Pope Francis said: “Men and women of all times and all places desire a full and beautiful life... a life that is not threatened by death but that can mature and grow to its fullness.”

Caritas Australia will share stories of the projects it supports with parish throughout Lent, in countries such as Brazil, South Sudan, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Australia and Sri Lanka.

Project Compassion coordinator Lydia Stanley thanked Bishop Sproxton and St Mary’s Cathedral Dean, Mgr Michael Keating for making the launch possible.

For more information on Project Compassion or to donate, visit www.caritas.org.au.

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EDITORIAL

Imago Dei in Ukraine: Icons in the firing line My friends Fr Peter and his wife Olenka keep an espresso cup and saucer perched in their icon corner. No Greek Catholic home is complete without the icon corner; it’s a sort of “altar” for the domestic church where God becomes a member of the family.

These pieces of plaster are, for Fr Peter and Olenka, relics. They belonged to Olenka’s grandfather, Fr Mychailo. He was a married Greek Catholic priest in Ukraine, as is the tradition of the Eastern Catholic churches. He and his family were backed against an ultimatum: renounce the Catholic faith or go to the gulag. Fr Mychailo chose the martyr’s mile for himself and his family. Before they were sent to the trains, he ran to grab his “Mass kit” - this cup and plate. With these humble vessels that he smuggled to the Far East, he served the Eucharist to his family and to the other confessors for the Catholic faith in prison camps for six years.

Fr Mychailo and his family’s story is but a paragraph of a much larger narrative that took place in Ukraine during the 20th century.

The Greek Catholic Church was forced to disband in 1946 by the Soviet regime. Most of the bishops were arrested, the rest were poisoned. The remnant church continued in the pidpillja - the underground. In the oven of the catacomb church, Ukrainian Greek Catholics underwent the refiner’s fire, the kind that produced the soon-to-be saint John Paul II, who had to undergo clandestine priestly formation in communist Poland. John Paul II himself beatified 27 of these Ukrainian martyrs in 2001. Among these was Blessed Omilian Kovch, a married priest arrested for providing over 600 baptismal certificates for Jews during the Holocaust. He had the opportunity to leave the concentration camp but chose to stay and minister to the prisoners. He was gassed in 1944.

Icon corners like the Fr Peter and Olenka’s were then forbidden in homes. KGB agents could break in at any time and families could be arrested for unlawful worship. In the absence of icons, the church got creative: its faithful became icons.

Undercover bishops ordained men in apartments. These men returned home and with their families they opened the doors of their domestic church and gathered God’s family, the Church, around the Eucharist, at the risk of their lives. The Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine came out of the underground in 1989, and is PO Box 3075 now reaping a harvest of grace Adelaide Terrace sown by the blood of the marPERTH WA 6832 tyrs. The Church boasts about 6 million faithful worldwide.

The number of priests has office@therecord.com.au grown from 300 to 3,000 in the Tel: (08) 9220 5900 span of 20 years. It currently Fax: (08) 9325 4580 has 800 seminarians.

The power of Greek Catholic Church has gone global; it zeroed in on my pagan corner in Cleveland, Ohio, where the Church won my heart for the Lord 15 years ago, when I went into the baptismal font of a Greek Catholic Church and came out out a Christian. From there, God took me by the hand to seminary, to Rome, and eventually to my wife.

He even took me to Ukraine where I could pay my respects to one of these iconic priestly families in Uzhorod, a small city just west of the Carpathian Mountains. His name was Fr Josef. For 20 years, he celebrated the liturgy in his kitchen and baptized people in his bathroom sink. He died while I was there, so I went to the wake that was held in his bedroom. I stood in the jammed house, mingled among his children—biological and spiritual— and together we sang a memorial service from memory, a panachyda. After two hours I finally made it to his bed. There I kissed his hands, the hands that pulled God’s kingdom into a place it dare not be. His wife sat at bedside, whispering our hymns for the dead like a secret. She got a kiss on the cheek, too. I caught a tear on my lip. I was grateful; weeping icons often work the miraculous.

Now, the world has turned its attention to Ukraine, after a monthslong protest tragically turned bloody and fatal. Although the protests started off political, Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Borys Gudziak offered this insight: “It’s something rather transcendental and that is fundamentally spiritual—that every person is created in dignity in the image and likeness of God.” For Bishop Gudziak, founder and president of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv, the violence hits close to home. He just presided the funeral of one of UCU’s history professors, 29-year-old Bohdan Solchanyk, who was gunned down by a sniper as he protested.

The movement to defend the imago dei of the Ukrainian people has been supported by Greek Catholic clergy, who by now are specialists in dealing with these sorts of catastrophes. They set up camp alongside their people to pray with them, anoint their wounds and now to help bury the dead. Ukraine needs our prayers and support right now, without a doubt. But in a paradoxical way, in their corner of the world, amidst the broken mixture of shrapnel, soot, and uncertainty, they are for us an icon of the church worth contemplating - one we would do well to welcome into our own homes.

Outlawed, its people became its icons. The Ukrainian Catholic Church is reaping a harvest sown by the blood of martyrs.

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Andrew Summerson is a seminarian for the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma, Ohio. He is currently working on a licentiate in Patristics at the Augustinianum in Rome, Italy - www.wordonfire.org.

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Bravo to bishops brave and forthright I WOULD like to thank the Australian Bishops for considering the reintroduction of abstinence on all Fridays. It would be a great step back in the right direction – I say ‘step back’ because there seems to be a prevailing error in our modern society that thinks progress lies in moving forward only and discarding the ways (or morals) of the past.

It is refreshing to hear the Catholic Bishops being honest enough to accept or even entertain that some decisions made by the Church in the name of modernisation have been a “big pastoral and

spiritual mistake”.

Maybe this will lead our Bishops to take a more honest and courageous look at some of the other laws and practices introduced in the recent past. We as loyal Catholics need to get behind our Bishops and allow them to lead us once again, as a child is led by his father. May we be humble enough to recognise that the Church in the past may have had it right and now we have it wrong!

Bishop Peter Elliot said that he would support the re-establishment of Friday abstinence “but without the sin sanction”. I disagree - I would like to challenge the Bishops to challenge us, to remind us Catholics that we are bound by Divine Law (Can 1249) to do penance, and we sin if we do not.

How great is the need for us, as one body, to do penance for the scandals that have plagued Holy Mother Church in the last 50 years.

I would fear that without the sanction of sin, the gravity of this need for a united penance would be lost.

God bless our Bishops, may He give them the courage to lead – and us the courage to follow.

Troy Kiernan MAYLANDS, WA

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Shallow analysis in wake of Charlotte’s untimely death

A culture refuses to admit to the antecedents of sorrow it promotes.

Foolish Wisdom BERNARD TOUTOUNJI

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ADLY, Australia recently lost a well-known television personality to suicide. Charlotte Dawson was only 47 years old when she was found dead in her waterside apartment. Being a media personality, the story was given much coverage with an outpouring of grief from people across the entertainment industry. At her memorial service one of her closest friends said farewell to “one of the most beautiful and generous, sharp and witty, sparkling and effervescent, honest and uncompromising people ever put on the planet.”

Unfortunately I learnt more about Charlotte Dawson through death rather than through life.

Hers was a life that seemed so full of promise and possibility but in the end it was all too much for one person to bear. Charlotte left her home of New Zealand on the cusp of adulthood and spent ten years modelling in Europe and the USA before relocating to Australia. She worked in the fashion scene and eventually moved over to television making appearances on a range of shows including as a judge on Australia’s Next Top Model. It was the kind of life that fuels the sales of every gossip magazine around the world.

In 2012 Charlotte was admitted to hospital after trying to commit suicide. This incident stemmed from her being the target of a sickening and very public hate campaign waged over Twitter. When she did actually succeed in taking her life this year, the mainstream media blamed her death on depression resulting from the social media bullying. However, her battle with depression was nothing new and while the cyber bullying was the ‘straw that broke the camel’s back’, Charlotte herself identified an incident 15 years earlier as “my first experience with depression”.

In 1999 as an in-love 33 year old, Charlotte married Australian Olympic swimmer Scott Miller and just months later was excited to learn that she was pregnant.

The timing of the due date though was set to clash with the upcoming Sydney Olympics when her husband might be representing his country. Although Charlotte wanted the baby pressure was put on her to abort the child. She began to feel she was greedy for wanting the baby and that the fair thing to do was to compromise and terminate

An artistic rendering of Our Lady of Sorrows.

the pregnancy. Eventually she went to the abortion clinic; initially with her husband but he didn’t feel comfortable there and he left her alone to go through the procedure. Once Charlotte arrived home the gravity of what had happened settled upon her and she realised that “something had changed”. She became in her own words “a depressed mess… single, damaged and miserable”.

The following year Charlotte’s marriage ended. Her husband was found to be cheating on her and mixed up with drugs. He never even made the Olympic team, the focus of which had led him to sacrifice his own child. Charlotte lived the next 15 years in a series of transitory relationships including dating a man 24 years her junior. Her career moved forward but her inner life was never the same again.

Charlotte Dawson’s life and death may have been news but her story is not uncommon. Her socialite and celebrity friends mourned her in death but how many of them really listened to her story of love and then of loss? How many would dare to be as forthright as Charlotte and speak about the tragedy of her post-abortion depression? In the days following her death, one politician made reference to the sadness of her abortion and subsequent depression but was criticised as being disrespectful.

We live in a society that is sick, truly unwell. We defend the ‘right’ of parents to take the life of their unborn babies, telling ourselves that there will be no consequences; that we can kill one day and

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live happily the next. Studies that show an increased level of depression among women after an abortion are quickly dismissed as ‘antiabortion’. Acknowledgement of any type of post-abortion suffering continues to be ignored by both the American Psychological and Psychiatric Associations, whereas ‘caffeine withdrawal disorder’ and ‘internet gaming syndrome’ get a mention in their famed diagnostic manual.

We live in what we can accurately call a ‘culture of death’.

Contraception and abortion are the acceptable norms of our era and we fail to grasp why depression and suicide continue to rise.

Death breeds death. It is easy to lay blame on Charlotte herself, on those who pressured Charlotte to have that abortion, on her husband who put his pursuit of glory ahead of the needs of his wife and child, or, on the countless celebrities who live and promote a life so contrary to anything reminiscent of genuine love. But tragically all these people are as broken as each other.

There is hope though, and that hope, perhaps ironically, lies deep within human brokenness. It is the ever present truth that life is good, always good. Life is not always easy, but life is a joyful gift in all its forms.

The culture of death with its guilt and anger and hatred is the opposite of what a human being wants.

We often make mistakes in where we think true joy will be found, but it is always in the same place. Life, always life.

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A sure path to the chapel of God’s light

Faced with the gradual loss of her sight, Angela Boothroyd says Adoration has opened her heart to the love of God. How I Pray AS TOLD TO DEBBIE WARRIER

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AM ORIGINALLY from South Africa but immigrated in 1994 with my husband, Colin, first to New Zealand and then to Australia in 2001. We have two children Elena (15) and Gemma (12). I have a Masters in Microbiology and worked in that field until I had to stop as my visual impairment was affecting my work.

It is a condition in which the retina slowly degenerates through tunnel vision to blindness. I have promoted Perpetual Adoration to parishes alongside Father Doug Harris and Vivienne Watts for just over a year.

Father Doug invited me to speak after I experienced my own conversion whilst sharing that time of inner silence with Christ in the Adoration chapel. God healed my spiritual sight and then led me on a wonderful journey of faith, putting people in my path along the way to lead me to what I am doing now.

I like the description in the Catechism of prayer (CCC 2560) which says, “Prayer is the encounter of God’s thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for him.”

Jesus said to the Samaritan woman, “If only you knew the gift of God!” This was said at a well where she came to draw water. Christ comes seeking us to ask for a drink. Jesus thirsts for our love and this echoes the Father’s deep desire for us. The Catechism also says, “Humility is the foundation of prayer.” We have to realise that we have nothing to offer God. So this gift of God that Jesus mentioned at the well is the Eucharist. Jesus poured all of his love out on the cross and gives us all this love in the Holy Eucharist with which to love the Father.

So my best way to pray is to offer to God the perfect sacrifice of His Son during Mass, in Eucharistic Adoration and at anytime of the day I think of it. St Peter exhorted us to participate in our royal priesthood by joining Jesus at the altar and offering him spiritually to the Father for the salvation of the world.

This is the prayer that Jesus Himself gave to St Faustina: “Eternal Father, I offer you the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of your dearly beloved Son, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world. ” So I like to join myself spiritually to a Mass and say this prayer wherever I am and whatever I am doing.

In my early years, my mum had the biggest influence on my faith.

Not really by anything she said but by the example of how she practised her faith in daily life. More recently, through searching and desire, I like to think that Mary, our spiritual Mother, has brought me from a very immature understanding of my faith on this wonderful journey of discovering how rich and beautiful it is when seen through the rose colored glasses of the Eucharist.

To me faith puts one in touch with the great reality that is God. If we truly believe, as St Paul said, that “the reality is Christ” then He has to become the centre of our lives. I like the story in the Gospel of Luke about the woman with faith who believed if she just touched Christ’s garment, she would be healed. She did this and Jesus asked who had touched Him as He’d felt the power go out of Him. Today we are still able to receive his power through the Mass which is the renewal of Christ’s perfect sacrifice on the

Former microbiologist and mother of two teens, Angela Boothroyd says she things the challenge facing Catholics today is maintaining a spiritual life in a world that invests all meaning in materialist understandings and pursuits. She assists Perth priest Fr Doug Harris in promoting Adoration.

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cross and makes present the power of God, which is the power of love.

This love can transform the world and believing this gives me great hope and consolation in a seemingly negative world.

I think the challenge facing Catholics today is maintaining a spiritual life in a world that is predominately “of the flesh.” There is nothing worse than being made to feel you have no value and I think this is happening more and more in our world. Everything we do is judged purely on a material level – what we own, what we say, what we look like etc. We can never live up to all these expectations and so become disheartened and depressed. In a noisy and dispersive world we have also lost the capacity for inner silence and the ability to make time and space to listen to God. I found this inner silence and time for God about four years ago at our parish of St Simon Peter

in Ocean Reef when we started Eucharistic Adoration. I reluctantly signed up for an hour and found it very difficult at first to concentrate but I persisted and gradually began to look forward to my hour of peace each week. After a couple of months I sensed something was happening and I wanted to under-

I was praying, “Lord, I want to do your will but I don’t know what it is.

If you wanted to, I know you could heal my sight, but if not, then please show me what you want me to do.”

I think that it was during my first night time hour of Adoration that I felt the first stirrings of something and just knew I had to return the

After a couple of months I sensed something was happening and I wanted to understand it. So I began to pray. “Lord, I know there is something here. Let me see what it is.” stand it. So I began to pray, “Lord, I know there is something here. Let me see what it is.”

Because of my visual impairment I was at the point of feeling that my world was shrinking. I could no longer work and getting around in unfamiliar places was becoming more difficult. So at the same time

following morning when I woke.

It was still dark and pouring with rain but I made my way there (night blindness and all) tripping and stumbling to the light and warmth of the chapel. I immediately felt this deep joy and peace which I had never experienced before and a certainty that all would be well.

I went to Mass that morning and it was as if I was there for the first time – the readings made sense, the words of the whole liturgy were so beautiful and I just wanted more.

That deep sense of peace and certainty has never left me so I do take comfort from that. I also discovered the Secret of the monk Sereno – to maintain serenity always be very careful of the thoughts you pay attention to. This goes with the saying that “a heart full of gratitude has no room for anything else.” I know that God has a plan for my life and that if I’m open to that I can overcome any obstacles. I think sometimes God allows these hardships to rid us of our egos so that we become purified. What I see with the “eyes of my soul” is the inestimable value of the Mass which makes Jesus truly present in the Holy Eucharist where we can then get to know Him in Adoration by entering into profound communion with Him.

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Cathedral Cafe Cathedral Cafe open every Sunday 9.30am-1pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, downstairs after Mass. Coffee, tea, cakes, sweets, friendship with Cathedral parishioners. Further info: Tammy on smcperthwyd@yahoo.com.au or 0415 370 357.

Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Starts with Rosary, then Benediction. Reconciliation available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered at Mass every second Sunday of month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month.

Side entrance to Church and shrine open daily between 9am-5pm. Enq Sacri 9447 3292.

Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, cnr Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass.

Enq: Admin on admin@stdenis.com.au.

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Mass with Sign Language Interpreter and PowerPoint 9.30am at St Francis Xavier Church, 23 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Voice 9328 8113, TTY 9328 9571, 0401 016 399 or www.emmanuelcentre.com.au.

Latin Mass 8.30am at the Good Shepherd Church, 42 Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646.

EVERY FIRST SUNDAY Singles Prayer and Social Group 6.30pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St Georges Tce, Perth. Begins with holy hour followed by dinner at local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with others. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202.

EVERY SECOND SUNDAY Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence, Balcatta. Songs of praise and worship, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament and prayers for sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or office Tue-Thu, 9am-2.30pm on 9344 7066.

EVERY THIRD SUNDAY Oblates of St Benedict’s 2pm at St Joseph’s Convent, York St, South Perth.

We welcome all interested in studying the Rule of St Benedict and its relevance to the everyday life of today for laypeople. Vespers and afternoon tea conclude our meetings. Enq: Secretary 9457 5758.

Holy Hour with Exposition 3pm at All Saints Parish, 7 Liwara Pl, Greenwood.

Mercy Novena and Rosary during Holy Hour. Enq: Charles 9447 1989.

Divine Mercy Hour 3pm at St Pius X Church, 23 Paterson St, Manning.

Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Divine Mercy prayers, Rosary and Benediction. Please join us in prayer. Enq: Mrs K Henderson 9450 4195.

EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Shrine Time for Young Adults 18-35 Years 7.30-8.30pm at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon; holy Hour with prayer, reflection, meditation, praise and worship; followed by a social gathering. Come and pray at a place of grace. Enq: shrinetimemtrichon@gmail.com.

Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. Includes Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent prayer, scripture, prayers of intercession.

Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call.

EVERY LAST SUNDAY Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Bring a plate to share after Mass.

Enq: Fr Nelson 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 038 483.

LAST MONDAY Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Program 7.30-8.45pm at St Swithun Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie St, Lesmurdie (hall behind church).

Begins with songs of praise and worship, silent time, lectio divina, small group sharing and cuppa. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 0435 252 941.

EVERY TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by Benediction. Enq: John 0408 952 194.

Novena to God the Father 7.30pm at St Joachim’s parish hall, Vic Park.

Novena followed by reflection and discussions on forthcoming Sunday Gospel. Enq: Jan 9284 1662.

EVERY FIRST TUESDAY Short MMP Cenacle for Priests 2pm at Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Fr Watt 9376 1734.

EVERY WEDNESDAY Holy Spirit of Freedom Community 7.30pm at Church of Christ, 111 Stirling St, Perth.

We welcome everyone to attend our praise meeting. Enq: 0423 907 869 or hsofperth@gmail.com.

Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry 5.30pm at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Mass followed at 6.30pm with Holy Hour. Supper $5 and fellowship later. Enq: 9422 7912 or admin@cym.com.au.

Subiaco Ladies Prayer Meeting 10am in the upper room at St Joseph’s Parish, 3 Salvado Rd, Subiaco. We welcome you to join us for prayer, praise, and fellowship. Phone Win 9387 2808, Colleen 9245 3277 or Noreen 9298 9938.

EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, cnr Cassowary Dr and Pelican Pde, Ballajura. Begins with Mass, Novena prayers and Benediction.

Followed by healing prayers and anointing of the sick. Enq: Madi 9249 9093 or Gerry 0417 187 240.

EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY Chaplets of Divine Mercy 7.30pm at St Thomas More Parish, Dean Rd, Bateman. Accompanied by Exposition, then Benediction. Enq: George 9310 9493 or 6242 0702 (w).

Miracle Prayers 7.30pm at 67 Howe St, Osborne Park. An opportunity to receive prayers for healing of mind, body and soul. Enq: miracleprayers@disciplesofjesus. org or Michelle 0404 028 298.

EVERY THURSDAY Divine Mercy 11am at Sts John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for consecrated life, especially in our parish. Concludes with veneration of the first class relic of St Faustina. Enq: John 9457 7771.

St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm at the Legion of Mary’s Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Includes praise, song and healing ministry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@ flameministries.org.

Group Fifty - Charismatic Renewal Group 7.30pm at Redemptorist Monastery, 150 Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass.

Enq: Elaine 9440 3661.

EVERY FIRST THURSDAY Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7-8pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079.

Prayer in Style of Taizé 7.30-8.30pm at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach. Includes prayer, song and silence in candlelight – symbol of Christ the light of the world. Taizé info: www.taize.fr. Enq: secretary 9448 4888 or 9448 4457.

FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY Social Dinner (Young Adults aged up to 35) and Rosary Cenacle 6.30pm at St Bernadette’s Church, 49 Jugan St, Mt Hawthorn. Begins at 6.30pm with dinner at a local restaurant, followed at 8pm by a Rosary Cenacle, short talk and refreshments at the church. Great way to meet new people, pray and socialise! Enq: 9444 6131 or st.bernadettesyouth@gmail.com.

EVERY FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration at Schoenstatt Shrine 10am at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon. Includes holy Mass, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent adoration till 8.15pm. Join us in prayer at a place of grace. Enq: Sisters of Schoenstatt 9399 2349.

Healing Mass 6pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375, Alcock St, Maddington. Begins with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Healing Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Enq: admin 9493 1703 or www.vpcp. org.au.

Eucharistic Adoration - Voice of the Voiceless Ministry 7.30-9pm at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Eucharistic Adoration, beginning with praise and worship and reflection on the scriptures. All welcome. Enq: adrianluke1999@ yahoo.com.abibleu.

EVERY FIRST FRIDAY Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11am-4pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after Mass until 4pm, finishing with Rosary. Enq: Sr Marie MS.Perth@lsp.org.au.

Voice of the Voiceless Prayer Meeting 7.30-9.30pm at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Celebrant Fr Nicholas Nweke.

Starting with Rosary prayers followed by Mass, concluding with Exposition of Blessed Sacrament.

Enq: John 0404 342 596.

Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree.

Begins with Reconciliation, then 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189.

Pro-life Witness – Mass and Procession 9.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, cnr Great Northern Hwy and Morrison Rd, Midland. Begins with Mass followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic, led by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Please join us to pray for an end to abortion and the conversion of hearts. Enq: Helen 9402 0349.

Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Songs of praise, prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Ivan 0428 898 833 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com.

Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Loch St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Mirrabooka. Vigils are two Masses, Adoration, Benediction, prayers, Confession in reparation for outrages committed against the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357, Fr Giosue 9349 2315, John/ Joy 9344 2609.

Holy Hour 7.30pm at St Bernadette’s Parish, cnr Jugan and Leeder Sts, Glendalough. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, music and chants, silence, readings and meditative decades of the holy Rosary. Tea/ coffee and cake to follow. Enq: Sean Tobin of Bl Elisabeth of the Trinity Choir 0439 720 066.

EVERY SECOND FRIDAY Discover Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s parish centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity have lunch, then 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314.

EVERY SATURDAY Our Lady of Sorrows Rosary 9am at St Denis Parish Church, cnr Roberts Rd and Osborne St, Joondanna. A warm invitation to

those interested in praying Our Lady of Sorrows Rosary with us. Enq: Parish office 9242 2812.

EVERY FIRST SATURDAY Vigil for Life – Mass and Procession 8.30am at St Augustine Parish, Gladstone St, Rivervale. Begins with Mass celebrated by Fr Carey, followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic. Please join us to pray for the conversion of hearts and an end to abortion. Enq: Helen 9402 0349.

Mission Rosary Making at the Legion of Mary 9.30am-2pm at 36 Windsor St, East Perth. All materials are supplied. The Rosaries made are distributed to schools, missions and those who ask for a Rosary. Please join us and learn the art of Rosary making on rope and chain. Enq: 0478 598 860.

EVERY SECOND SATURDAY Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Succour) and Divine Mercy Chaplet (Chant) 8.30am at Our Lady of the Mission Parish, Whitford, 270 Camberwarra Dr, Craigie. Holy Mass at 8.30am followed by Novena. Enq: Margaret 9307 2776.

EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 11.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Bring a plate to share after Mass.

Enq: Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325.

GENERAL Divine Mercy Church, Lower Chittering Come join the “$500 club” by donating that amount towards completion of the Divine Mercy Church in Lower Chittering. Your name will be included in a plaque and you will share in Masses offered for benefactors. Donate online: www. ginginchitteringparish.org.au or send cheque to DM Church Building Fund, PO Box 8, Bullsbrook WA 6084. May God bless you!

Free Divine Mercy Image for Parishes High quality oil painting and glossy print – Divine Mercy Promotions. Images of very high quality.

For any parish willing to accept and place inside the church. Oil paintings: 160 x 90cm; glossy print - 100 x 60cm. Enq: Irene 9417 3267 (w).

Sacred Heart Pioneers Would anyone like to know about the Sacred Heart pioneers? If so, please contact Spiritual Director Fr Doug Harris 9444 6131 or John 9457 7771.

St Philomena’s Chapel 3/24 Juna Dr, Malaga. Mass of the day: Mon 6.45am. Vigil Masses: Mon-Fri 4.45pm. Enq: Fr David 9376 1734.

Mary MacKillop Merchandise Available for sale from Mary MacKillop Centre.

Enq: Sr Maree 0414 683 926 or 08 9334 0933.

Financially Disadvantaged People Requiring Low Care Aged Care Placement The Little Sisters of the Poor community is set in beautiful gardens in Glendalough. “Making the elderly happy, that is everything!” St Jeanne Jugan (foundress). Reg and enq: Sr Marie 9443 3155.

AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA 9325 3566.

Is your son or daughter unsure of what to do this year?

Suggest a Cert IV course to discern God’s purpose.

They will also learn more about the Catholic faith and develop skills in communication and leadership. Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation (National Code 51452). Enq: Jane 9202 6859.

Acts 2 College, Perth’s Catholic Bible College Is now pleased to be bble to offer tax deductibility for donations. If you are looking for an opportunity to help grow the faith of young people and evangelise the next generation of apostles, please contact Jane Borg, Principal at Acts 2 College on 0401 692 690 or principal@acts2come.wa.edu.au.

Abortion Grief Association Inc A not-for-profit association is looking for premises to establish a Trauma Recovery Centre (pref SOR) in response to increasing demand for services (ref www.abortiongrief.asn.au). Enq: Julie (08) 9313 1784.

Free Rosaries For The Missions If you or anybody you know are going to the missions and would like to send or take Rosaries to spread the faith locally or overseas or for school or First Holy Communion, please contact Felicia 0429 173 541 or Hiep 0409 128 638.

Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate Invite SSRA Perth invites interested parties, parish priests, leaders of religious communities, lay associations to organise relic visitations to parishes, communities, etc. We have available authenticated relics, mostly first-class, of Catholic saints and blesseds including Sts Mary MacKillop, Padre Pio, Anthony of Padua, Therese of Lisieux, Maximilian Kolbe, Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssra-perth@catholic.org.

PERPETUAL ADORATION Would You Not Watch One Hour with Me? Adoration - St Jerome’s, Spearwood Adorers are needed. Please contact the office on 9418 1229.

Holy Hour Slots at St Bernadette’s, Glendalough “Every Holy Hour we make so pleases the Heart of Jesus that it will be recorded in heaven and retold for all eternity” ~ Blessed Mother Teresa. Adorers needed for: Monday 2-3am; Tuesday 10-11am;

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