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From a far off land... a Pope of Here is the text of Pope Francis’s first words to the crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square and to the world following his election as the first Latin American and first Jesuit Pope.

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ear brothers and sisters, Good evening.

You know that the duty of the Conclave was to give Rome a bishop. It seems that my brother cardinals picked him from almost the ends of the earth. But here we are!

I thank you for the warm welcome.

The diocesan community of Rome has its bishop. Thank you! First and foremost I would like to say a prayer for our Bishop Emeritus Benedict XVI. Let us pray together for him, that the Lord bless him and the Virgin keep him.”

After leading the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Gloria, Pope Francis again addressed the crowd saying: “And now let us begin this journey, bishop and people, this journey of the Church of Rome, which is the one that leads all the churches in charity. A journey of fraternity, of trust between us. Let us always pray for one another. Let us pray for the world so that this might be a great brotherhood. I hope that this journey of the Church that we begin

Pope Francis, left, appears on the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica after being elected in the conclave at the Vatican on March 13.

today, and in which my Cardinal Vicar here present will assist me, will be fruitful for the evangelisation of this beautiful city.”

“Now I would like to impart the blessing, but first, first I ask a favour

of you. Before the bishop blesses the people, I ask that you pray to the Lord that He bless me: the prayer of the people asking a blessing for their bishop. Let us pray in silence, this your prayer for me.”

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Pilgrims holding umbrellas, above, wait for smoke to rise from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on March 13. The world’s cardinals meeting in conclave at the Vatican elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, a 76-year-old Jesuit, as pope. Half a world away, Valentina Bruner of Peru, below left, and Florencia Silva, right, share a webcast of newly-elected Pope Francis I at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.

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Moment of joy also challenge to renew our faith in Jesus

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t is with a sense of real joy that I welcome the election of Pope Francis I as the successor to Pope Benedict XVI. Like all Catholics I am very excited and encouraged by this news. Pope Francis is widely admired as a man of simplicity and humility and he brings to the papacy extensive pastoral experience from his time as the archbishop of Buenos Aires.

The Pope’s choice of “Francis” as his new name evokes for us the spirit of poverty and simplicity of St Francis of Assisi. Perhaps, too, given that Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope, he is directing us to the great evangelising energy of the Jesuit St Francis Xavier.

The great challenge for Pope Francis is to help us all to re-awaken our faith in Jesus Christ, who proclaimed himself as the Way, the Truth and the Life, and to lead us as we seek to deepen our commitment to Christ and to his Church.

All the challenges currently faced by the Church come down to this.

We are meant to be disciples of Christ and living signs and instruments of his continuing presence and action in our world. This is our great gift to the world. I look forward to Pope Francis recalling us to this urgent task and helping us to live it in concrete ways.

In the name of the Catholic

Archdiocese of Perth I pledge our obedience and loyalty to Pope Francis.

We know that it is only through our communion with the whole Church, symbolised and made concrete through our communion with the Bishop of Rome, that we can be faithful to God’s call and confident of our fidelity to the task of offering to the world the precious gift of Christian faith in all its integrity, a gift which we believe the world desperately needs.

I invite all Catholics to pray for the new Pope as he begins his daunting task and I hope that all

I invite all Catholics to pray for the new Pope as he begins his daunting task. our fellow Christians will join us in this prayer. The cardinals have elected Pope Francis after much reflection, discussion and prayer.

We can be confident that the Holy Spirit will now assist Pope Francis as he seeks to lead and guide the Church in its ongoing journey at this challenging time.

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A heart for the poor, the Church and public transport At home in Buenos Aires he is known by many simply as ‘Father Jorge’

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rgentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, now known as Pope Francis, is the first pope in history to come from the Western Hemisphere and the first non-European to be elected in almost 1,300 years. The Jesuit was also the first member of his order to be elected pope, and the first member of any religious order to be elected in nearly two centuries.

The election on March 13 came on the second day of the conclave, on the conclave’s fifth ballot. It was a surprisingly quick conclusion to a conclave that began with many plausible candidates and no clear favourite.

The new pope was chosen by at least two-thirds of the 115 cardinals from 48 countries.

His election was announced in Latin from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, to a massive crowd under the rain in the square below and millions watching around the world.

White smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 7:05 pm, signalling that the cardinals had chosen a successor to retired Pope Benedict XVI. Two minutes

Pope Francis I addresses the crowd after after appearing for the first time on the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on March 13

later, the bells of St Peter’s Basilica began pealing continuously to confirm the election.

At 8:12, French Cardinal JeanLouis Tauran, the senior cardinal in the order of deacons, appeared at the basilica balcony and read out in Latin: “I announce to you a great joy: We have a pope! The most eminent and most reverend lord, Lord Jorge Mario, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Bergoglio, who has taken for himself the name Francis.”

The crowd in the square responded with cheers, applause and the waving of rain-soaked national flags.

Ten minutes the later the new pope appeared. He sought prayers

for Pope Benedict and spoke of the journey the church was about to begin.

“Now I would like to give my blessing. But first, I will ask a favour. Before the bishop blesses his people, he asks that you pray to the Lord to bless me, the prayer of the people for the blessing of their bishop. Let’s pray for me in silence,” he said.

Celsa Negrini, an older woman from Rome, said the new pope’s choice of name was “beautiful.

Francis is the patron of Italy. It’s a humble choice, a choice of one who will reach out to the poor.”

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi told reporters it was “beautiful that

a Latin American was chosen.” “I don’t know him well, even though we are part of same religious family,” he said. “I greeted him the other day, but didn’t expect to see him again dressed in white.”

A respected Italian journal said Pope Francis I had the secondhighest number of votes on each of the four ballots in the 2005 conclave.

Pope Francis has had a growing reputation as a very spiritual man with a talent for pastoral leadership serving in a region with the largest number of the world’s Catholics.

Since 1998, he has been archbishop of Buenos Aires, where his style is low-key and close to the

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people. He rides the bus, visits the poor, lives in a simple apartment and cooks his own meals. To many in Buenos Aires, he is known simply as “Father Jorge.”

He also has created new parishes, restructured the administrative offices, led pro-life initiatives and started new pastoral programs, such as a commission for divorcees. He co-presided over the 2001 Synod of Bishops and was elected to the synod council, so he is wellknown to the world’s bishops.

The pope has also written books on spirituality and meditation and has been outspoken against abortion and same-sex marriages.

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the first Latin American country to legalise same-sex marriage, Pope Francis encouraged clergy across the country to tell Catholics to protest against the legislation because, if enacted, it could “seriously injure the family.”

He also said adoption by same-

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sex couples would result in “depriving (children) of the human growth that God wanted them given by a father and a mother.”

In 2006, he criticized an Argentine proposal to legalize abortion under certain circumstances as part of a wide-ranging legal reform.

He accused the government of lacking respect for the values held by the majority of Argentines and of trying to convince the Catholic Church “to waver in our defense of the dignity of the person.”

His role often forced him to speak publicly about the economic, social and political problems facing his country. His homilies and speeches are filled with references to the fact that all people are brothers and sisters and that the church and the country need to do what they can to make sure that everyone feels welcome, respected and cared for.

While not overtly political, Pope Francis has not tried to hide the political and social impact of the Gospel message, particularly in a country still recovering from a serious economic crisis.

After becoming archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, he created new parishes, restructured the administrative offices, taken personal care of the seminary and started new pastoral projects, such as the commission for divorcees.

He mediated in almost all social or political conflicts in the city; recently ordained priests have been described as “the Bergoglio generation”; and no political or social figure missed requesting a private encounter with him.

Jorge Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital city, on December 17, 1936.

He studied and received a master’s degree in chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires, but later decided to become a Jesuit priest and studied at the Jesuit seminary of Villa Devoto. The last pope to have belonged to a religious order was Pope Gregory XVI, a Benedictine elected in 1831.

He studied liberal arts in

Santiago, Chile, and in 1960 earned a degree in philosophy from the Catholic University of Buenos Aires. Between 1964 and 1965 he was a teacher of literature and psychology at Inmaculada high school in the province of Santa Fe, and in 1966 he taught the same courses at the prestigious Colegio del Salvador in Buenos Aires.

In 1967, he returned to his theological studies and was ordained a priest on December 13, 1969. After his perpetual profession as a Jesuit in 1973, he became master of novices at the Seminary of Villa Barilari in San Miguel. Later that same year,

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he was elected superior of the Jesuit province of Argentina.

In 1980, he returned to San Miguel as a teacher at the Jesuit school, a job rarely taken by a former provincial superior. In May 1992 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires. He was one of three auxiliaries and he kept a low profile, spending most of his time caring for the Catholic university, counselling priests and preaching and hearing confessions.

On June 3, 1997, he was named coadjutor archbishop and installed as the new archbishop of Buenos Aires in February 1998.

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Two Saints Francis – what’s in a name?

St Francis of Assisi was the founder of one of the greatest religious orders in the Church, the Franciscans.

Born in the late 12th century, St Francis was a simple, humble figure, compassionate and full of charity for the poor. He famously gave all he owned to others. His bodily sufferings were intensified when, on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14), he received the stigmata – physical wounds in his hands, feet and side that resembled the wounds of Christ.

He was a reformer of the Church, renewed youth in their faith and rekindled the love of God in the hearts of all. At a time when the Church suffered from widespread corruption, Francis sought to help

St Francis of Assisi depicted in a stained glass window.

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He was also known for his great love of nature, and towards the end of his life composed the Canticle of the Sun – a poem still revered.

St Francis Xavier was born in Navarre, Spain on April 7, 1506 and died near the coast of China on December 2, 1552. Regarded as the greatest missionary since the apostles, his zeal to spread the faith was remarkable. In 1542 after more than a year at sea, he arrived at Goa in India, where he ministered to the sick in the hospitals and preached to children on the streets. He spent almost three years in Western India, where he established missions as well as a novitiate and a house of studies. In 1549 he travelled to Japan where he preached and converted an extraordinary number of people.

The patron saint of missionaries in foreign lands died while travelling to China. His body is incorrupt and was eventually returned to Goa. He was canonised in 1622. n

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Hours into papacy, the agenda is already set

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HE VATICAN spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, began a briefing about the election of Pope Francis I, a Jesuit, by apologising that he was a bit in “shock.”

Speaking to reporters about an hour after Pope Francis had come out onto the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica and given his blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world), Father Lombardi said the new pope had already spoken by telephone with retired Pope Benedict XVI and planned to visit him “in the coming days.”

In the middle of the briefing with reporters late on March 13 Rometime, Father Lombardi received a phone call from the regent of the papal household providing him with Pope Francis’ initial schedule: l Sometime on March 14, the new pope will pay a private prayer visit to a Marian church or shrine.

Information will be released after the visit. l At 5 pm (midnight, Perth-time) on March 14, Pope Francis was due to celebrate Mass with the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel. The Mass was to be closed to the public, but it

Fr Lombardi said that although he had greeted his fellow Jesuit a few days earlier he hadn’t expected to see him dressed in white... would be televised. l At 11 am (6 pm) on March 15, the pope will meet with all the cardinals, including those over 80 and not involved in the conclave.

The meeting will take place in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace. l The pope will meet at 11 am (6 pm) on March 16 with the estimated 5,600 members of the media who covered the conclave and his election. l Pope Francis will recite the Angelus at noon Sunday with visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square. l The new pope will be formally installed at a 9:30 am (4:30 pm) Mass on March 19 in St Peter’s Square.

The following day, Pope Francis will meet with the “fraternal delegates” from other Christian churches and communities who will come to Rome for his installation. Father Lombardi told reporters that Jesuits

Magic moment: Pope Francis I appears for first time on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica.

generally resist being named bishops or cardinals, which makes him think that the cardinal electors must really have pressed their call for Pope Francis to accept his election.

He also said that choosing a Jesuit who takes the name Francis – recalling Francis of Assisi – is a “radical response” to those who tried to paint a conclave as power game.

Father Lombardi said it was “beautiful that a Latin American

was chosen,” especially given the fact that such a large part of the world’s Catholics live in the region.

He said although they are both Jesuits, they do not know each other well.

They did participate together in the Jesuit general congregation that elected Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach as superior general in 1983.

Father Lombardi said he briefly

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greeted his confrere a few days ago during the general congregation meetings that preceded the conclave, “but I didn’t expect to see him again tonight dressed in white.”

The spokesman also said he found it “beautiful” that Pope Francis, coming out onto the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica for the first time, “asked the people to pray for him and bowed to receive their blessing before blessing them.” - CNS

Australian Jesuits are happy

By Matthew Biddle JESUITS around Australia have expressed both surprise and excitement at the news of the election of Pope Francis I. As a young man, Jorge Mario Bergoglio went to the Jesuit seminary in Argentina before his ordination as a priest of the Society of Jesus in 1969.

Australia’s provincial Fr Stephen Curtin SJ said the result of the conclave was a strong endorsement for the order.

“We’re really delighted, the Jesuits are very happy and rather proud to think that one of our own has been elected Pope,” he said.

“There are times when the Jesuits get criticised, but to have a Jesuit as the Pope gives everybody confidence that this is a good way of life.”

Meanwhile, in the Perth Archdiocese, Jesuit superior Fr John Prendiville SJ said he was pleased that, for the first time in the Church’s history, a Jesuit had been chosen as Pope.

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Jesuits carved out a formidable reputation The Society of Jesus was founded

by St Ignatius of Loyola in 1540.

Following in the footsteps of St Ignatius and St Francis Xavier, the order is well regarded for its missionary activities, particularly in its early years when it actively sought conversion in countries where Christ was not known. The society’s stated object is to spread and strengthen the Catholic faith everywhere.

Historically, the Jesuits have played an important role in the Church. The order was almost single-handedly responsible for winning the CounterReformation for the Church, and for preserving the Catholic faith in a number of countries such as France.

At the heart of Ignatian spirituality are the famous ‘Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola’ – a series of meditations, prayers and mental exercises which are normally

A sculpture of St Ignatius of Loyola.

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The flag of Argentina is seen as the crowd in St Peter’s Square reacts to white smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney on March 13.

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HE TENS of thousands of rain-drenched pilgrims who filled St Peter’s Square on March 13 joyously cheered the new leader of the church, Pope Francis I. Cheers of “Francesco! Francesco!

Francesco!” resounded throughout the square as he greeted the exuberant crowd in Italian and blessed them from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica.

When the name of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was initially announced, the crowd was momentarily quiet and visibly puzzled about who he was, but they clapped and cheered when they heard the name Francis, even if they still didn’t know much about him.

“The choice of the name was beautiful for us. St Francis is the patron saint of Italy,” said Celsa Negrini of Rome, who was in the crowd.

“It was a beautiful evening. We’re so happy to have an Argentine pope and it was about time we had someone from Latin America.”

“He seems very humble; his demeanor seems very positive. He will be a pope who evangelises people’s consciences,” she added.

The crowd, many of whom had

already waited for hours in the rain to see if there would be smoke from the Sistine Chapel, waited another hour after shouting and cheering about the white smoke and rushing to get as close as they could to the front of St Peter’s Basilica to catch a glimpse of the new pontiff.

The crowd noticed every indication that the new pope would be appearing.

They cheered when the marching band walked up to the steps of St Peter’s and again when the lights went on in the second floor of the basilica and later when curtains moved on the balcony. By this time the pouring rain that had gone on all day had come to a stop.

The crowd was even more thrilled when Pope Francis, in fluent Italian, led them in praying the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be. When he asked for their silent prayers for him the crowd responded by praying in absolute silence.

For the first time in hours at the square, distant police sirens could be heard.

That feeling of community lingered after the pope said his words of greeting, ending with “have a good night and have a good rest”

in Italian, and the crowd dispersed.

Some hugged each other; many took pictures; many were talking excitedly about what they had just seen.

The streets were filled with people in a very party-like atmosphere.

Although no one who spoke with CNS seemed to know much about the new pope, it did not dissuade their enthusiasm.

Father Elievev Israel Sandoval Espinoza of the Archdiocese of Monterrey, Mexico, said it was an “historic day without a doubt for the whole world, not just Latin

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America.” Like so many in the crowd who liked the new pope’s name, he said the name signifies many things such as change, faith and prayer.

Father Simon Gras, a priest from Barcelona, Spain, said the announcement of the new pope was “a great joy, an immense joy.”

He was pleased that the pope was from Argentina, and a Jesuit, but above all, that he took the name of St Francis: “a man who has no fear. His name is about humility and poverty.”

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at their confrere’s election Latin American, and a man with a great love for the underprivileged, the poor and the needy,” he said.

Parish priest of East Fremantle Fr Stephen Astill SJ said he was greatly surprised when he woke to the news on Thursday morning.

“I’m delighted as a Jesuit that one of my brothers has been elected Pope,” he said.

“He is very much committed to social justice as all Jesuits try to be and because of that background he is in an ideal position to address the issues that do, in some ways, polarise members of the Church.”

Fr Astill said the Jesuit spirituality was very close to the heart of the Church.

“Ignatius has never been a popular saint like St Francis of Assisi or St Dominic but he has been extremely influential in the consti-

tutions of religious congregations and orders,” he said. Fr Joseph Sobb SJ, parish priest of Nedlands, said Pope Francis’ election would cause Catholics to learn more about the history and mission of the Jesuits.

“This will certainly be an opportunity to know something of what we do and what the Society’s mission is,” he said.

Fr Sobb said the new Pope would bring some unique traits of the order to his papacy.

“It’s unusual for us to be even made a bishop … but it’s even more unusual to be made a Pope,” he said.

“I imagine that his Jesuit contribution will be his spirituality and training in the Ignatian spiritual exercises.

“Having been part of the order for so long, he’ll bring the fruit of that to his papacy.”

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completed over a period of between 28 and 30 days. Furthermore, the Jesuits are renowned as an order of outstanding scholars, theologians and academics, formed in a rich intellectual environment. There are almost 200 Jesuit universities or places of higher learning around the world. Science is one field that the Jesuits have been particularly prolific in. Seismology – the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the earth – is often referred to as the ‘Jesuit Science’; and there are 35 craters on the moon named after Jesuit priests who were outstanding astronomers.

It is estimated that there are about 18,000 Jesuits in more than 100 countries around the world today.

The Latin motto of the Society of Jesus is “Ad majorem Dei gloriam,” which means “for the greater glory of God.” n

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Argentina’s not crying but rejoicing in election VATICAN CITY – “I am very happy that a Latin American has been elected. We know the hopes that it would have been someone from the continent that has the majority of Catholics [in the world],” were the first words of Fr Federico Lombardi, SJ, director of the Holy See Press Office, commenting on the election of the new Pope to reporters.

“The choice of the name Francis is very meaningful,” he said. “It is a name that has never been chosen before and evokes simplicity and an evangelical witness.

“His first, simple appearance in public testifies to both. It is a sign of great spirituality to ask the people’s blessing for him before giving his own. It is a spirituality that recalls that of his predecessor.

“His pastoral sense of relationship with the Diocese of Rome should also be noted. It is the Pope’s diocese and [he chose] to pray the Church’s simplest prayers with the People of God at a moment like this.”

“Cardinal Bergoglio,” he added, “is a Jesuit. Jesuits are characterised by their service to the Church, collecting all the charisms that the Lord gives us wherever they are needed, but trying to avoid positions of power.

“For me this election takes on the meaning of a call to serve, a strong call and not a quest for power or authority. I am absolutely convinced that we have a Pope who wants to serve. His election was the election of a rejection of power.”

“The new Pope has already spoken by phone with Benedict XVI,”

Argentinians celebrate election of Pope Francis at Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 13.

Fr Lombardi finished, moving on to information of the new Pope’s first acts On Sunday at 12:00pm (7pm Perth-time) he will recite the first Angelus of his papacy as is customary, in St Peter’s Square.

The Mass to inaugurate the new papacy will be held on Tuesday, March 19 at 9:30am.

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Retired Cardinals kept media briefed VATICAN CITY - While the 115 cardinal electors were locked in the Sistine Chapel voting for a new pope, the elder members of the College of Cardinals were sitting out the election.

Ninety of the world’s cardinals are 80 years old or older and, according to reforms enacted by Pope Paul VI in 1970, they were excluded from the closed-door election proceedings. The cutoff date was if they turned 80 prior to a pope’s death or, in this case, the pope’s resignation date. That did not mean these cardinals were not involved in the conclave process.

Many of the older cardinals were at the Vatican for the pre-conclave general congregations, and 65 of them attended the March 12 Mass before the cardinal electors entered

US Cardinal Edward Egan provided commentary to NBC News.

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the conclave. Ambrogio Piazzoni, vice prefect of the Vatican Library, told CNS during the last conclave

that the ceiling on the voting age serves a practical purpose because it helps the pope always maintain a consistent number of voters for his successor.

He noted that if a pope knows that by a certain year a number of cardinals will have turned 80 and will no longer be eligible to vote, then he could start preparing to elevate more cardinals to take their place.

He called the age limit wise because it keeps conclave numbers steady and predictable and voters relatively young. Otherwise, with no age restrictions, “you wait for a cardinal to die before you can replace him,” he said. There can only be 120 cardinal electors, although Blessed John Paul was known to surpass the limits for short periods of time.

Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, pictured above, says Pope Francis knows and loves the traditions of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

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By Robert Hiini THE newly appointed pontiff, Pope Francis has a love for Eastern Catholic liturgy and a history of supporting Eastern Catholic communities, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk has said. In welcoming his election, the Patriarch praised Pope Francis as a humble man, recalling that his connection with the Ukrainian Catholics goes back a long way.

“Pope Francis was mentored by one of our priests, Stepan Chmil,” Patriach Shevchuk said.

“During his time as a student of the Salesian school, [he] awoke many hours before his classmates to concelebrate at our Divine Liturgy with Fr Stepan. He knows our Tradition very well, as well as our Liturgy.

“The last time I had an opportunity to see him was as I was preparing to leave Argentina for Ukraine ... The Holy Father very well knows not only of our Church, but also our liturgy, our rites, and our spirituality. Apart from this, Pope Francis, as archbishop of Buenos Aires, was assigned as ordinary for Eastern

Catholics, specifically those who at the time did not have members of their own hierarchy.

“Our Eparchy in Argentina is ... suffragan to the Archbishop’s seat of Buenos Aires ... Cardinal Bergoglio, always took care of our Church in Argentina; and as a young bishop, I took my first steps in episcopal ministry under his watchful eyes and help.

“Because of this, I am positive that the Holy Father will be a great help to our Church, and I expect that great things await our Church with this Pope.

“In regards to the personality of the new Holy Father - he is an incredibly modest person. He mostly stands out in his enormous care for the less-fortunate, visiting the most impoverished neighborhoods. He is a person, I would say, of great pastoral foundation.

“Pope Francis is an incredibly deep intellectual. I can attest to the fact that his homilies are quite short, sometimes no longer than five or six sentences, but he manages to fill them with such deep meaning, always leaving the faithful in silent contemplation upwards of five-to-seven minutes.”

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Priesthood joy for Victor and friends

By Robert Hiini IN FRONT OF hundreds of members of the Neocatechumenal Way, Deacon Victor Lujano was ordained for the Archdiocese of Perth last Friday night at St Mary’s Cathedral

by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB. The momentous occasion was celebrated first-hand by an enthusiastic congregation, made-up mostly of local followers of the Neocatechumenal Way, an ecclesial movement with communities and associates in parishes throughout Perth.

Several of the Venezuelan-born priest’s relatives, including his mother and sister, travelled from the South American country especially to celebrate his ordination.

Fr Lujano received his seminary formation at the Neocatechumenal Way-administered Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary in Morley.

Fr Lujano’s presence, Archbishop Costelloe said, was a function of God’s “extraordinary fidelity”.

“As each of us looks back on our own, sometimes puzzling and surprising, and perhaps, at times, disappointing story; we will see, if we look hard enough, that it is the extraordinary faithfulness of God which is that common thread running through the ups and downs of our lives,” the Archbishop said in his homily.

“Victor, as you stand on the verge of this extraordinary moment of grace in your life and as you contemplate the enormity of what will lie ahead of you, you can afford to put your trust in God because God is always faithful.”

A priest is someone who is ordained and sent out to be a living sign of God’s love for his people, the Archbishop said.

“We will not be able to be all that God is asking us to be unless we have the ministry of the ordained priesthood to assist us.

Following ordination, Fr Victor Lujano concelebrates his first Mass with Vicar General Fr Peter Whitely, left, and Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB.

“It is you Victor who, through your priesthood, will enable the rest of us to be and become, what God is calling us to be and become.

flock; calling us together; leading us to good pastures; protecting us against those who would attack us and would destroy us.

We will not be able to be all that God is asking us to be unless we have the ministry of priests.

“It is through you, together with your brother priests, in communion with you bishop and the Universal Church that the Good Shepherd will continue to be among his

“All of this will only be true to the extent that you love him with all heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. And only if you continue

to love his people as you love yourself,” Archbishop Costelloe said.

During established ceremony, Fr Lujano’s hands were annointed with the sacred oil of chrism by Archbishop Costelloe for the exercise of his priestly ministry.

The parishioners of Good Shepherd Lockridge, where thenDeacon Lujano had been based, raised almost $4,000 to bring his mother and sister from Venezuela to Perth for his ordination, as reported in The Record earlier this

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month. Looking delighted after his ordination, Father Lujano received his family in one of the chapels of the Cathedral to give them his first blessings as a Catholic priest.

Afterwards, hundreds of friends gathered for a reception in the Cathedral’s parish centre.

Fr Lujano celebrated his thanksgiving Mass at Good Shepherd parish last Sunday morning.

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Ordination celebrates courage, vision and unity

By Robert Hiini STEPHEN Hill, a former Traditional Anglican Priest, was ordained to the Catholic priesthood at St Joseph’s Subiaco on March 1.

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB of Perth ordained Rev. Hill for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, at the request of Ordinariate head, Fr Harry Entwistle.

Formed last year, the Ordinariate is one of three throughout the world allowing former Anglicans a means by which they can enter into full communion with the Catholic Church while retaining their Anglican patrimony.

Archbishop Costelloe welcomed Ordinariate members as “brothers and sisters in one, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic faith”.

The night, he said was a celebration, not only of Fr Hill’s ordination, but of the unity that subsisted across the entire congregation.

The night was a testimony to the foresight of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who approved of the ordinariates’ establishment.

Fr Hill’s parents travelled from Queensland for the occasion, joining parishioners from the Ordinariate parish of St Ninian and St Chad, other Catholics from the surrounding area, and seminarians from Perth’s archdiocesan seminary, St Charles’, in Guildford.

Speaking at the end of the ceremony, the leader of the Ordinariate, Fr Harry Enwistle reminded Fr Hill and the congregation of two British saints whose feast days occurred

Stephen Hill prepares to process into St Joseph’s Church, Subiaco, for ordination to the Catholic priesthood on March 1.

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around that time. While St David was known for having argued against heresies and the imposition of the Latin rite on Celtic Christians, St Chad was known to have agreed to a second consecration as bishop after concerns about the validity of his first.

“Today, we celebrate the ordination of another Catholic priest and for that we thank God because Church unity for those who hold, believe and teach the Catholic Faith has moved a step forward,” Fr Enwistle said.

“For us in the Ordinariate, it is vital that there can be no doubt whatsoever about our ordination as Catholic priests because we can never have any doubt about the validity of the Sacraments we

administer ... It is important that Catholic clergy and laity understand that we in the Ordinariate share the same priesthood; the same sacraments; and are engaged in the same mission as every other Catholic throughout the world.

“We may have our own diocese with our own leader, and we are permitted to use our own form of worship based on our Anglican heritage, but we are true members of the Holy Catholic Church, in communion with the See of Peter.

“As Archbishop Timothy said in his address we owe that to the courage and the vision and the willingness to take a risk of Benedict XVI.” Both men thanked Fr Joe Walsh and St Joseph’s parish for their outstanding hospitality.

Ordinariate head Fr Harry Entwistle prays over Fr Stephen Hill, a priest ordained for the Personal Ordinariate of the Southern Cross.

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Clockwise from right, seminarians from Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Morley prepare for the opening procession; Archbishop Timothy Costelloe lays hands on (Fr) Victor Lujano; then-Deacon Lujano stands with his mother and other family members.

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In recent days we have read about possible deals among the Cardinals regarding the election of the new pope. Is this possible?

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The Good Shepherd's hands and feet Victor Lujano was ordained a priest at St Mary's Cathedral on March 8. His mother and sister and followers of the Neo-catechumenal Way were there to celebrate it with him.

Clockwise from above, Fr Victor Lujano takes a moment to be photographed with his family and friends following his ordination; priests from throughout the archdiocese pray for Fr Lujano during the ordination ceremony; then-Deacon Lujano lies prostrate during the Littany of the Saints.

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NCE again, journalists can sometimes present as fact what are only rumours, or even exaggerate matters and give them a twist they never had in reality.

As you say, there have been news reports of Cardinals talking about electing a Cardinal from a particular non-European country provided he agrees to choose as his Secretary of State someone from a particular European country.

Likewise, there were reports of Cardinals agreeing to commit the newly elected Pope, whoever he may be, to agree never to resign.

All such reports should be regarded as without foundation. While some Cardinals may indeed think in this way, Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis which sets out the norms to be observed when the Apostolic See becomes vacant, positively forbids any such agreements.

The Constitution states clearly: “I likewise forbid the Cardinals before the election to enter into any stipulations, committing themselves of common accord to a certain course of action should one of them be elevated to the Pontificate.

These promises too, should any in fact be made, even under oath, I also declare null and void” (n. 82).

Thus, if for any reason a Cardinal should agree to do something once elected, such a promise would be null and void and he would be under no obligation to fulfil it. That being the case, all Cardinals would be aware of the foolishness of entering into such an agreement in the first place.

The next paragraph of the Constitution is in a similar vein, forbidding taking human motives into consideration in the election of a Pope: “With the same insistence shown by my Predecessors, I earnestly exhort the Cardinal electors not to allow themselves to be guided, in choosing the Pope, by friendship or aversion, or to be influenced by favour or personal relationships towards anyone, or to be constrained by the interference of persons in authority or by pressure groups, by the suggestions of the mass media, or by force, fear or the pursuit of popularity. Rather, having before their eyes solely the glory of God and the good of the Church, and having prayed for divine assistance, they shall give their vote to the person, even outside the College of Cardinals, who in their judgement is most suited to govern the universal Church in a fruitful and beneficial way” (n. 83).

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What is paramount in the choice of a Pope, as this paragraph makes clear, is the glory of God and the good of the Church. The Cardinals, before entering the Conclave, pray for divine assistance in the Mass “for the election of a Pope” in St Peter’s Basilica in the morning, and in the chanting of the Veni Creator Spiritus while they process into the Sistine Chapel in the afternoon.

Even on putting their ballot into the box on the altar in the Sistine Chapel, each Cardinal says aloud, by way of an oath, “I call as my witness Christ the Lord who will be my judge, that my vote is given to the one who before God I think should be elected” (n. 66). He then places the ballot on a plate, with which he drops it into

Cardinals are banned from entering into any pre-determined course of action should they be elected to the See of Peter.

They are null and void. the box, bows to the altar and returns to his place.

It should be remembered that the altar in the Sistine Chapel is just in front of Michelangelo’s large fresco of the Last Judgment, a potent reminder of the seriousness of what is involved in the election of a Pope and of the fact that each Cardinal will be judged by God for his actions.

As paragraph 83 makes clear, the Cardinals do not need to choose one of their own number as Pope. Rather, “they shall give their vote to the person, even outside the College of Cardinals, who in their judgement is most suited to govern the universal Church in a fruitful and beneficial way.”

As regards rumours of possible deals and commitments, they can only be speculation, since the Cardinals and all others involved in the meetings before the Conclave, known as General Congregations, “are forbidden to reveal to any other person, directly or indirectly, information … about matters discussed or decided concerning the election of the Pope in the meetings of Cardinals, both before and during the time of the election” (n. 59).

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The Marist Brothers are one of the great teaching orders in the Church in the last two hundred years, and they’ve This week’s article is the first in a series looking back over the WA Marist Brothers’ century.

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T MARCELLIN Champagnat founded the Marist Brothers on January 2, 1817 at La Valla in the Archdiocese of Lyons in Southern France as part of a Marist project envisaged as priests, nuns, brothers and lay people to help the Church in France recover from the wreckage of the French Revolution.

Fr Champagnat was committed to the Brothers because of his sense of the need for education for rural youth, and in 1863 they were approved by Rome as a separate Religious Institute. The Brothers arrived in New South Wales in 1872 and quickly established themselves as outstanding educators, spreading to Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and New Zealand.

They came to Western Australia in 1913 at the request of the Benedictines who had built St Ildephonsus College (SIC) at New Norcia and needed teachers to conduct it. The agreement to staff SIC was reached by Lord Abbott Torres and the Superior General of the Marist Brothers, Br Stratonique, in Europe in 1912. The College itself was, and still is, a very impressive building, a tribute to the skills and the faith of the Benedictine builders. However, it was isolated and suffered from inadequate transport and unreliable supplies of water, power and refrigeration which made life difficult for Brothers and students alike. The Benedictines had also built St Gertrude’s College for girls and it had been operating under St Mary MacKillop’s nuns since 1908.

The greatest religious advantage of New Norcia was that Benedictine priests went to the College every morning to say Mass, the Brothers led the Rosary every evening, the Monks had built the chapel in the heart of the college so that students could easily make visits to the Blessed Sacrament as they moved about the premises, and there were regular prayers during the classroom day.

SIC was officially opened on February 22, 1913, and the College quickly became a valuable addition to Catholic education facilities in Western Australia. Despite the historical myth that girls’ education was ignored in favour of boys, sisters from various Orders had opened more than 80 schools in WA before SIC started. One day, history may give sisters (teachers and nurses) their rightful place as the true heroes of the early settlement of WA. Marist Principals The first Principal at SIC was Br Stanislaus Healy, an outstanding Religious and educator.

After receiving the Habit from Archbishop Polding in 1874, he was Master of Juniors (1876-1890) Director of St Joseph’s (1890-94), Provincial of Australia and New Zealand (1903-06) and Master of Novices (1906-12) before coming to WA. Unfortunately, he died of heart trouble in 1916 at the age of 59. Br Stanislaus was accompanied by Br Sebastian Hayden from Napier, NZ, and the College’s first lay teacher Mr Roy McKechnie, of

South Australia, who later joined of Br Stanislaus meant he was the Brothers. A second contingent required at SIC for three years. In of Brothers arrived from Europe 1920 he was chosen by the Brothers on January 25, 1913. They were Br as Delegate to the General Chapter Columban Cooke, 32, an Irishman at Grugliasco, Italy. On his return who became the cook, Br Edward he was appointed Principal of Hurley, 23, born in London but St Joseph’s (1921-23) and then raised on the Continent with little returned to Auckland where he English, and Br Priscillian Blanc, died at the age of 48 in 1926.

16, Italian, and Br Emile Nuber, While in Sydney he was 18, German, both of whom had just President of the Catholic Teachers’ completed their novitiate.

Association and a life member of In its 52 years, SIC had 13 prin- the GPS Headmasters’ Association. cipals, all of them impressive men. Following Br George was Br Borgia These brief summaries of their careers show how remark- Those classes of 1955-56 recognised a ably successful the Marist Brothers master teacher at work in Brother were in spreading high quality Guibertus Browne and all of them Catholic education around Australia passed his subjects. and New Zealand in a relatively short time.

Coughlan, 1920-21, who was Br George O’Meara followed Br regarded as an outstanding educaStanislaus from 1917-1919. Born in tionalist wherever he went. Born in Portland, Victoria, he entered the New Zealand in 1878, he held many juniorate at 14 under Br Stanislaus. significant teaching posts, includAfter a year on the staff of the ing Principal of Darlinghurst, of Marist flagship, St Joseph’s College, St Joseph’s and of Sacred Heart Hunters Hill, Sydney, he was sent to College, Auckland (twice) and was New Zealand for 19 years, gaining Provincial of South Africa 1930his MA with Honours in English 36 and of New Zealand 1946-53. and Latin at Auckland University.

He made his Second Novitiate in On his return to Sydney it was Grugliasco, attended the Sorbonne, intended that he become inspec- and was a member of the General tor of Marist schools, but the death Chapter of the Order in 1946. A

year after completing his term as Provincial of NZ, he died in Auckland at the age of 76 after 60 years as a Marist Brother.

The next principal was Br Guibertus Browne, one of the great figures among the Australian Brothers. Born in Bendigo in 1881, he began his outstanding teaching career in Sydney schools before being appointed to South Australia where he gained his Master of Arts degree. He spent the six years 192227 at New Norcia as Principal and spoke of this time affectionately, as he did of a similar period spent at Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria. He also taught at Mosman, St J o s e p h’s , Mittagong, Forbes and Broken Hill before being appointed Master of Novices in the NZ province at the mature age of 61.

After nine years he returned to Australia and was appointed to Bendigo where he continued teaching until ill health forced him to retire. However, retirement did not sit easily with Br Guibertus and he re-appeared at New Norcia in 1953 to keep the College books and to manage the bookshop.

In 1955 he coached the Leaving French class for its Alliance

Francaise exams and taught the Leaving Latin class for the whole year.

In 1956 he taught a small Leaving Latin class which included Michael Naisbitt who became the first permanent deacon after the Vatican II decision to re-introduce that order, and who eventually fulfilled his lifelong desire to become a priest.

Those classes of 1955-56 recognised a master teacher at work and all of them passed his subjects. He left New Norcia at the end of 1956 and was still making himself useful at Assumption College in 1962. Br Guibertus was 87 when he died in St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne in 1968.

New Zealand-born Brother, Joseph Henry McAteer, had the shortest reign as Principal at SIC. Appointed in 1928, he returned East the following year. Br Joseph was a brilliant all-round scholar and his teaching skills in the Sydney schools soon had him appointed to St Joseph’s.

He was transferred to Victoria in 1908 and in 1916 he began a very fruitful 9-year stint as Principal at Sacred Heart College, Glenelg, where he expanded the College and built the chapel. On his return to Hunters Hill in 1930, a fatal fall deprived the Brothers of an attractive and energetic personality. He was 50 years old.

To be continued next week.

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It’s through work that we build the world Many - perhaps most - of those who are employed see work as a burden or a means to an end. Actually, work dignifies people too.

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Above: A scenic view of ‘Notre Dame de L’Hermitage’, the birthplace of the Marist Brothers Order and its founder, St Marcellin Champagnat, in France. Left: A segment of an official portrait of Marcellin Champagnat from 1840 by M. Ravery.

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E ALL know people - in fact you may be one of those people who live for the weekend. Every work place has people who function like countdown clocks perennially sharing the news of how much time is left before Friday rolls around. Mondays are the most painful day of the week because it is the longest time until the weekend, on Wednesdays relief is in sight and Friday … the whole day is a bustling excitement awaiting the clock to strike five. It is the weekend that gives such people hope and keeps them focused.

Now of course everyone enjoys resting from work, that is natural, but are we really supposed to live our work lives just waiting to be set free like prisoners on weekend release?

For most of us, work will occupy a third of the prime years of our lives, and about a fifth of our entire lifetime will be spent working in some capacity. Work is therefore a fairly dominant part of most lives. The question is, should we understand work as something that merely gets in the way of our real lives, an activity that allows us to survive, or, should we consider work as a more valuable occupation, something that defines who we are and builds us up as people?

I was recently watching a documentary on the making of potato chips in the largest chip factory on earth. From the potatoes that arrived fresh from the farm we were led by one of the workers through the processes that churned out pallets of chips to soon be consumed from parties to playgrounds.

What struck me was the commitment this man had to his work, he clearly felt a great passion for what he was doing and he took his responsibility seriously in doing his part to producing their particular product line. While, at the end of the day, the man is not working to nurse the sick or relieve hunger (in fact his product is more than likely contributing to obesity in many places) he is finding dignity in what he is doing. His work helps define him and our work helps define us. While our value is not dependent on our ability to work or what type of work we do, our work allows us to contribute to humanity in some way. Work helps us to be included in the community of mankind. So long as the work is honest and upholds the dignity of the person, it does not even matter how great or small it might seem. From shoe shining to raising children to designing buildings, all work

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serves to build up ourselves and those around us.

To work is actually a privilege, just ask someone who, due to disability or circumstance, is unable to work. Few things are more harmful to the human spirit than the inability to contribute. Ongoing unemployment brings about a feeling of uselessness and can be debilitating. For those who do work, periods of rest are most certainly needed, but without work those periods of rest can become laziness and an unfair reliance on others to meet our needs. Even those who don’t need to work to survive are most often engaged in some sort of activity; no one can sit by the pool drinking cocktails their whole life.

Of course, not everyone can spend their career in their dream job and some jobs are

Work is a unique opportunity to live within the human community and leave our mark, big or small, on humanity. most certainly less ‘interesting’ than others, but to know that in some sense we are contributing to society should allow us to find a goodness even in the most menial tasks. It is our capacity as human beings to work that distinguishes us from animals who only ‘work’ to fulfill their immediate needs. When we are engaged in fair and just work we provide for ourselves and our families, but perhaps even more importantly, we identify ourselves as part of the human family with the ability to offer something to others.

To live for the weekend, to see work as simply a means to pay the bills and have a good time turns work into something that more closely parallels the animal kingdom (of course one can also go too far the other way and worship work as if it is the sole purpose of their lives). Work is not a ball and chain that is bolted around our ankles for fifty years. Work is a unique opportunity to live within the human community and to leave our mark, however large or small, on humanity.

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4. ‘Master, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery, and in the Law Moses has ordered us to ____ women of this kind. What have you got to say?’

6. As they persisted with their question, he straightened up and said, ‘Let the one among you who is

____ be the first to throw a stone at her.’

Down 1. Has no one condemned you?’ ‘No one, sir,’ she replied. ‘Neither do I ____ you,’ said Jesus. ‘Go away, and from this moment sin no more.’ ’ 2. The scribes and ____ asked Jesus this as a test, looking for an complaint to use against him.

5. At daybreak ____ appeared in the Temple; and as all the people came to him, began to teach them.

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Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At daybreak he appeared in the Temple again; and as all the people came to him, he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman along who had been caught committing adultery; and making her stand there in the middle they said to Jesus, ‘Master, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery, and in the Law Moses has ordered us to stone women of this kind. What have you got to say?’ They asked him this as a test, looking for an accusation to use against him. But Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger. As they persisted with their question, he straightened up and said, ‘Let the one among you who is sinless be the first to throw a stone at her.’ Then he bent down and continued writing on the ground. When they heard this they went away one by one, beginning with the eldest, until the last one had gone and Jesus was left alone with the woman, who remained in the middle. Jesus again straightened up and said, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ ‘No one, sir,’ she replied.

‘Neither do I condemn you,’ said Jesus. ‘Go away, and from this moment sin no more.’ ’

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For many years, Bernard’s life was spiralling out of control. Thanks to your support, Red Dust Healing helped him see the world in a whole new way.

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ERNARD grew up in Gu mb ay ng g i r r (Nambucca Heads), on the north coast of New South Wales. The youngest of 13 children, his father left when he was only one and Bernard always felt it was his responsibility to keep everyone together.

“There were arguments in the family and there were problems with the drink and drugs. I did what I could to comfort my mum as much as possible,” said Bernard.

From a young age, Bernard had a strong bond with his mum whom he loved deeply.

However when his cousins called out for their dad on family camping trips, Bernard realised how important a father is to a household, and as he got older, he thought more about his dad.

For many years, Bernard bottled up his feelings. He managed to do very well at school and in 1996 he became the second ever Aboriginal school captain at Nambucca Heads High School.

However two years later, his beloved mum passed away.

“That really hit me hard. I was so close to her. We would sit down and talk about anything, mostly on our fishing trips. I would always tell Mum I loved her; when she cried, I cried – and then she was gone,” said Bernard.

After losing his mum, Bernard also lost direction in his life.

In an attempt to forget the pain, he turned to drugs and alcohol, with his addiction lasting many years. In 2005, at the age of 25, Bernard was admitted to hospital.

While there, one of his brothers contacted his father, who came to visit. His dad told Bernard that he’d never forgotten about him, so together, they made plans for a fishing trip on Father’s Day. Although his father was back

Family is central to Red Dust Healing’s philosophy of identity and belonging. Bernard and Tahlee often spend time with their daughter, Aila (10 weeks), in a park near their home.

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in his life and Bernard was feeling Crescent Head, NSW. The program “if we do not know who we are and more comfortable with their new encourages participants to examine where we come from, then how do found relationship, he still desper- their own personal hurt and allows we know where we are going?” ately grieved the It is targeted at the loss of his mum. heart, not the head A close friend “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their and focuses on a spirtold Bernard itual understanding about To m children, and the hearts of the children to their of self, identity, love, Powell’s Red belonging, family, Dust Healing – a fathers.” - Malachi 4:6, security, hurt, hearthealing program ache, good times and for Indigenous laughter. men and women. them to heal from within; without The program provided a safe Bernard was invited to spend drugs or alcohol. space to talk and Bernard said it four days at Red Dust Healing in Red Dust Healing’s philosophy is changed everything.

“Now I know how to express how I feel. I know that it’s good to talk about things, to get it out and not bottle it up inside.”

He still remembers the pictures and stories that Red Dust Healing used to help him, like the image of a tree: “You can poison (the roots of a tree) with anger, resentment and jealousy and all those negative things that will harm the tree …

Good nutrients are love, respect, belonging, sacrifice, morals, shelter, nurturing and sharing. They are the things that make your life work and they let you have good relationships. Now I just keep going back to that. I just build them into my life.”

Bernard also found his cultural roots. During a six-day festival in northeast Arnhem Land, he was adopted by a traditional and spiritual family.

A proud Gumbaynggirr man, Bernard’s now a Court Support Officer for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service and recently became a father.

Determined to always be there for his daughter, Aila, he understands how important his role within family life is.

“I want to keep the good nutrients coming into my home … without Tom and Red Dust Healing I don’t know where I would be today,” said Bernard.

“Thanks to Tom and Caritas Australia, because Red Dust Healing has taught me about being a man and being a father.”

Your donation to Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion works towards the creation of the just and compassionate world that God desires.

To donate, support or fundraise for Project Compassion 2013 please visit our website at www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion or Ph: 1800 024 413

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What’s wrong with this picture?

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little-noticed item appeared and then passed in the national media during the week which deserves urgent and far closer attention than it is likely to receive in the foreseeable future.

Sadly, because it is not a politically correct or fashionable issue to address, a general lack of interest in tackling it across almost all levels of government, academia and the media means will lead to families across the nation experiencing greater and greater internal stress and dislocation which hurt children and society. But this is Australia, where key issues often go unaddressed while the causes celebre of the political class hog the limelight.

School principals, it was reported, have spoken out on a growing trend they have noticed of younger children spending up to 11 hours a day at school as their parents use before and after-school care for child minding. Paradoxically, while the nation’s political parties punish each other in the lead-up to the next federal election on the comparatively unimportant issue of how to handle a few thousand people attempting to annually gain illegal access to Australia, the destruction of families, family time and the increasingly intolerable social, personal and financial pressures placed upon the family unit by the nation’s economy and it political establishment has almost no chance of becoming an issue to be debated.

At any given time the wellbeing and welfare of the Australian family unit - the foundation of society - is the most important policy issue facing the nation, yet it is a measure of the relative illiteracy of Australian politics that it rarely, if ever, is treated with the respect it deserves. A further dimension of the problem is that when one talks about families one is also talking about marriage and how it is faring in a society increasingly indifferent to its existence and oblivious of why the family and marriage are fundamentally important inter-connected issues for the welfare of individuals and the nation in general, including the economy.

The mini-baby boom and a surge in demand for childcare, it was additionally reported, has led to an increase in businesses which provide care for children out of school hours, with Australia’s largest provider reporting a 9.5 per cent increase in enrolments of fiveand six-year-olds in the previous 12 months.

Almost no-one, except PO Box 3075 school principals, appears to Adelaide Terrace have noticed that there may PERTH WA 6832 be something very wrong with this picture. Where does one start? That families are being office@therecord.com.au forced to increasingly place Tel: (08) 9220 5900 four and fiver-year-old chilFax: (08) 9325 4580 dren in care and to pay for it up to 11 hours a day is a scandal. That the trend is now to enrol three-year-olds and younger is almost beyond parody but it is certainly a clear sign of an inhumane economy and a political class devoid of any apparent awareness or concern as to what is essential for the wellbeing of individuals.

What is essentially happening in a process that is now decades-long is that there is no longer such a thing as a family wage. If there is no longer such a thing as a family wage which can be sufficiently earned by one individual, usually the male, it means that both parents must work in order to afford to own a family home or, in Perth, to rent a family home. If both parents must work on a full-time – or near fulltime – basis, it follows quite logically that parents are being dragged further and further away from their children in their earliest years at precisely the time when centuries of common sense and all the available data from the social sciences tell us that the most important factor in the lives of infants are their parents, beginning with the mother.

In short, many mothers can no longer afford to have children and, if they want to choose the option, to stay at home with them for such time until they feel they wish to re-enter the workforce. In any other language this might be described as social dysfunction but in Australia it is considered a desirable state of affairs. The irony is rich. Australia prides itself on being a resource-rich country which weathered the GFC of 2008 better than most but the truth is that it discriminates not only against families but especially against women who wish to be mothers.

Being a mother is now increasingly unaffordable for the vast majority of the nation’s families and a significant part of the problem is a culture which is convinced that the role of being a home-maker and a mother is a second-class occupation while the participation of women in the workforce is glamourised. Although they are naturally drawn to establishing their own families numerous women now fear childbearing and rearing for the financial and career obstacles that these will bring. Partly because of the political correctness which envelopes this urgent but unaddressed issue, the nation’s political leaders and parties are unwilling to address it, fearing they would be branded as attempting to discriminate against women.

It is a deeply disturbing aspect of Australian society and culture that it prides itself on having liberated women yet the increasing profusion of childcare centres as substitutes for motherhood is clear evidence that our society is increasingly failing not only women but children as well.

Three, four and five year old children should not be forced into childcare centres so that their mothers must work in order to afford the fees.

If there is no longer a family wage it means both parents must work.

Where do children go?

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The hurdles rural schools keep having to jump Schools far away from the city face a complex range of issues, including negative perceptions from teachers and communities, writes Greg Clune.

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N AN URBAN society, the question ‘who wants rural schools? may appear to be a rhetorical one. There is no clamorously resounding response of ‘we do!’ – unless one is very close to the rural community which answers. In the case of Catholic rural schools, that answering voice can be a relative whisper couched in tones of uncertainty.

What is the apparent evidence confronting Catholic rural schools?

Falling enrolments, staffing reductions, unattractiveness to urbanoriented – especially experienced – teachers, a limited supply of teachers, comparatively inadequate plant and resources, a smaller range of curricular offerings and options, reduced funding and with falling enrolments – all these are part of the litany of rural schools and the challenges facing local and system administrators.

The mythological images of rural schools is another factor acting as a barrier to effectiveness. Urban perceptions of rural communities and schools are often negative, perhaps neutral, but only occasionally positive. The difficulty of staffing rural schools, including those in larger towns/cities, is symptomatic of these negative perceptions.

Consequently, teachers in rural schools are often in transit – early career teachers who could not gain an offer of employment in urban schools but who will transfer to metropolitan schools as soon as possible; spouses of people for whom regular transfer is a fact of life; teachers for whom the teaching salary supplements the farm or business income; younger, urban, middle-level teachers learning the principal’s trade in the country prior to picking the tempting fruits of urban principalship (or, even, central office managerial plums).

Whilst these are people of dedication and expertise who strive on behalf of their pupils they are, largely, temporarily committed since the staff of the rural school is transient.

The perception of urban policy

makers is often negative in that the statistics show the economic nonviability of rural schools which become fair game for rationalisation or closure in the safe knowledge that any rural whimpers will not be heard or, if they are, won’t persist. If permitted to remain open, the fate of the rural school can be to suffer neglect and disrepair since the cost of maintenance is sheeted home to the local community for whom the cost of maintaining the school is beyond its means.

There is system coresponsibility support for so many rural schools but, eventually, the question of educational and economic viability has

The future of rural schools is a challenge for Australia and the Church. City-country co-responsibility may have to be increased. to be addressed and the tough decisions made.

In the case of Catholic rural schools, they operate with extremely tight financial margins. Neither the Church nor the system has the capacity to underwrite the school’s future ad infinutum.

Negative perceptions may be, and often are, a factor for rural school communities. Working in sometimes revamped, usually antique school buildings, teachers perceive they are disadvantaged by a comparatively unfavourable professional environment.

The constant assault of urban images on rural youth and parents reinforces a sense of social and cultural isolation in which ‘urban is best’ and ‘rural is to be endured until escaped.’ In this context, rural schools are seen to be inferior alternatives to urban education so that those who can afford to do so

send their children to city boarding schools – thereby reinforcing a sense of educational inferiority and isolation.

Small Catholic rural schools are, additionally, confronted by local perceptions that they are diluting the quality of the local government school since the latter would be better staffed if it enrolled the former’s pupils – and the community would benefit educationally.

A form of siege-mentality, which affects teachers, pupils and parents, can be engendered.

Parental attitudes to a rural school can also be ambivalent.

They accept schooling is linked to the possibility of employment and that a local Catholic education is better than the alternative.

However, they see the more affluent members of their community send their sons and daughters to the city where they will, it is supposed, receive ‘a better education and start in life’.

Consequently, the future horizons for rural students are narrowed or limited since they, together with their parents, perceive their education will fit them for the unglamorous jobs rather than the elite professions.

The added fact of high unemployment among rural school leavers reinforces the notion of taking the first job (or apprenticeship for the lucky ones) which comes along.

The future of rural schools is a challenge for Australia and the Church. If the Church and/or the system deems options such as country boarding are essential, then they may have to increase the level of coresponsibility to ensure it continues as a real choice for those who seek it.

While the Catholic sector in Western Australia does well for the moment, rural Catholic schools may seem to some to be an unsustainable luxury. After Nagle College, there is only one Catholic rural boarding option remaining for country people at Catholic Agricultural College, Bindoon.

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Father Ratzinger’s forgotten prophecy

In a now-forgotten series of talks in 1969, a young German theologian had some interesting thoughts on the future of the Church.

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umours, innuendo and lies have plagued many Papal elections since St Peter was first handed the keys to the Kingdom, however modern technology has ensured that Pope Francis arrived on the scene with far more intrigue than most.

Many readers will have heard of the alleged prophecies of 12th Century Irish Archbishop St Malachi, who is purported to have, in a vision, been privy to a series of short, cryptic Latin phrases representing the next 112 Popes.

According to St Malachi’s “prophecies”, Benedict XVI was the 111th and now Pope Francis will conclude the list. The Irish Saint’s prediction for our current leader is a grim one, “In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills (Rome) will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The End”.

It’s not the most encouraging welcoming note one could receive as they take on the responsibility of over one billion Catholics, but fortunately our new Pope will give no

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credence to the well-publicised predictions. The Church has already done her homework and concluded long ago that the “prophecies” are a 16th century forgery.

The list was first published in 1595 by a Benedictine, Arnold Wion, claiming that St Malachi’s “vision” had been recorded in 1139 and then disappeared into Vatican secret archives, before re-emerging in 1590.

A number of Church historians have since agreed the high level of accuracy before the 1595 publication compared to the high level of vagueness and inaccuracy after it, is evidence the list was created around the end of the 16th century.

Pope Francis, therefore, despite any other concerns he may have, can at least go to sleep at nights without being haunted by thoughts of end times for the Church.

He may, however, not want to completely dismiss the 16th cen-

tury fabrication, especially in context of far more recent predictions concerning the Church.

On Christmas Day in 1969, a little known German theologian outlined his own assessment on the future of the Catholic Church during a radio broadcast. Mankind was at a turning point in history, he said, and the Church was fighting against a force which intended to annihilate it definitively. The theologian’s name was Joseph Ratzinger. He

today’s crisis will emerge a Church that will have lost a great deal”.

Structures that had been built in times of prosperity would be lost and numbers would decrease, he stated; he Church would “pretty much have to start all over again”.

Ratzinger, however, then suggested “when all the suffering is past, a great power will emerge from a more spiritual and simple Church”. He believed there would be small groups and movements

Joseph Ratzinger saw the Church set to lose almost everything it had – but also deeply renewed. predicted that the Body of Christ on earth would be undermined by the temptation to reduce priests to social workers and the Church’s work to a mere political presence.

During his speech, which came shortly after the socially and morally revolutionary tumult of 1968, while the ramifications of Vatican II were emerging and secular influences were fervently desiring to “liberate” themselves from the “shackles” of religious and social institutions, Ratzinger said, “From

arising and a minority who would make faith central to experience.

“It will be poor and will become the Church of the destitute”, he said.

So perhaps when the late 16th century “prophecy” was being fabricated, the Holy Spirit was already, unsuspected by the forger or forgers, at work.

Perhaps the Church, as we know it now, will come to an end and we will be given the opportunity to start over.

Our new Pope has taken the

name of Francis, symbolic perhaps of the great 13th century saint who was called by God to “rebuild My church”.

Pope Francis, himself, has been described as a man of simplicity, with a heart for the most vulnerable. He may not have taken the name “Peter”, as predicted by the 16th century list-makers, but perhaps he will bring with him something akin to the simple, humble and pure spirit of our very first Pope.

A young Joseph Ratzinger predicted over 40 years ago that Catholics remaining faithful to the Church during turbulent times would become beacons of hope for those who have ignored or abandoned Her. He predicted that those who had lost their way would see the “small flock of faithful as something completely new… as a source of hope for themselves, the answer they had always secretly been searching for.”

These words would have resonated in the hearts of both St Peter and St Francis of Assisi and perhaps too, they will echo throughout the reign of our newly elected Shepherd. m.reidy@therecord.com.au

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Pope Francis reminded Michael Cook of John Paul II on his election night. Their agendas may end up being similar, he writes. nce again Catholics have a new Pope and once again he comes from a far country. The spiritual head of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics hails from Argentina. He is the first Pope in about 1,300 years who is not from Europe, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere.

“You know that the duty of the Conclave was to give a bishop to Rome,” Pope Francis told the throng in St Peter’s Square. “It seems as though my brother cardinals went almost to the end of the world to get him. But here we are.”

John Paul II used almost the same words in his balcony address, too. “And now the eminent cardinals have called a new bishop of Rome. They have called him from a far country.”

Their agendas may end up being even more similar than their words. What Pope John Paul did to the dominant ideology of Communism, Pope Francis could do to the secular humanism which dominates political life in the West.

When Karol Wojtyła became Pope, the dominant reality of world politics was the power of a self-confident and expansionist Marxism.

The decay and sclerosis of the Soviet Union was hardly apparent at that stage. Communism was the ideology of half of the developed world. Its promise of equality, order and prosperity was seducing governments in Africa, Asia and Central and South America.

Even in the Catholic Church, Communism was making in-roads.

Rebel movements supported by liberation theologians combined a romantic struggle against injustice with the traditional piety of the peasants.

Wojtyła brought this to a screeching halt. In Moscow the Politburo was horrified and greeted his election with frigid courtesy. John Paul knew their secrets. He knew how hollow were the promises of Communism. The dead hand of bureaucracy had demoralised the people, denied them their liberties, told them lies about God - and in

A 2009 Solidarity memorial meeting in Gdansk, Poland, a movement Pope John Paul II championed.

return left them wallowing in gritty poverty. In his visits to Poland, John Paul encouraged his countrymen to hope for freedom.

The restless Poles listened and threw off the Communist yoke.

Two years later the Soviet Union fell apart.

What led to the fall of Communism is a complex question, but John Paul obviously played a key role. Compared to Marxist posturing he was the true revolutionary.

Francis stands in a similar position. He has become Pope almost a generation after the fall of Communism. A new ideology, even more seductive and in some ways even more destructive, has replaced it, secular humanism. It is a complex phenomenon, but its two central dogmas are absolute personal autonomy and the irrelevance of God. This is what has led to the erosion of traditional moral values in many Western countries and

beggar-my-neighbour egotism in economic and social life. Argentina has been no exception to this. In many ways it is a deeply Catholic country, but there has always been a strong secular streak among the intelligentsia which is evident in the government of Cristina Kirchner.

Gay marriage was introduced in 2010. Abortion is making inroads

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horrified by the news from Rome.

Her message of congratulation was stiff and frosty. Bertoglio has been fighting against the dehumanising aspects of secular humanism ever since he became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998. He has been a champion of the poor and a stern critic of the vast inequalities in Argentine society. He led the

What Pope John Paul II did to the dominant ideology of Communism, Pope Francis could do to the secular humanism that dominates the West. in the legal system, although it still is not unequivocally legalised.

As the leading Catholic churchman in Argentina, Bergoglio’s relations with the Kirchner government spanned the gamut of emotions from bad to awful. Like the apparatchiks of the previous generation, La Presidenta must have been

Church in apologising for clerics who collaborated with the military dictatorship during the “dirty war” of the 1970s.

His ferocious words in a letter shortly before the passage of Argentina’s gay marriage bill have often been quoted in the last 24 hours: “We are not talking about a

mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.” This makes Bertoglio sound like a fundamentalist. However, as his deeply humane book Sobre el cielo y la tierra makes clear, his opposition is philosophical as well as religious.

He believes that marriage between a man and a woman is supported by thousands of years of tradition and will disadvantage children.

Similarly, with abortion, he argues that it is not a religious issue but a scientific one. He is not afraid to engage secular humanism with facts and reasoned arguments.

What makes the new Pope’s challenge persuasive is that he lives by what he believes. When he was on his way to be made a cardinal by John Paul II, he recalled something his father had told him: “when you are on your way up, wave to everyone; they’re the same people you’ll meet on the way back down.” Gentle, austere and simple, he gained the respect of the people of Buenos Aires as a champion of the poor.

On the day after he had denounced the government’s plan for same-sex marriage, he visited a slum where he gave a jeremiad against the exploitation of the poor.

The city was controlled, he said, by “big mafias of very elegant gentlemen” who lived on bribes and who had turned it into “a factory of slaves and a meat-grinder” for people who were forced into prostitution, scavenging in rubbish tips and jobs in grimy textile workshops.

The new Pope is no mere theoretician of Christian social action.

If there is anyone who can begin to roll back the dominance of secular humanism, it is a man like Pope Francis. Communism looked as though it would last forever, but a decade after the election of John Paul II it vanished almost completely in Europe. Secular humanism also appears to be the hegemonic ideology – how long will it last under the hammering of a Pope like Jorge Bergoglio?

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SATURDAY, MARCH 16 St Patrick’s Mass 10am at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth on the eve of St Patrick’s feast day. Principal celebrant and homilist Fr Lawrence Murphy SDS. Organised by the Irish community of WA working with the Archdiocese of Perth. Parking under the Cathedral, and free Red Cat bus service from West Perth stops outside Cathedral. Enq: 9446 3784 or pltanham@ tpg.com.au.

Lenten Silent Meditation Day 9am-4pm at Redemptorist Monastery Retreat Centre, Vincent St, North Perth. Fr John Herbert OSB, Abbot of New Norcia, will talk about “Monastic Wisdom for the Contemporary Christian Journey Towards God”. Christian Meditation will be introduced. This is a silent retreat day. BYO lunch, tea provided. Cost: donation. Enq: 0429 117 242 or christianmeditation@iinet.net.au.

Catholic Charismatic Renewal – Intercessory Prayer Workshop 9.30am-5pm at the Faith Centre, 450 Hay St, Perth. Conducted by Mrs Kay Rollings from FMI, the workshop teaches the skills and principles involved in intercessory prayer. Primarily aimed at establishing a CCR Intercessory Prayer Team, but all interested are welcome to attend. Please bring pen, notepad, Bible and lunch to share. Cost: $10.

Enq: Kay 0412 605 502 or Dan 9398 4973.

Sacred Music Concert and Reflections in Honour of St Patrick 3.30pm at St Anne’s Church, 11 Hehir St, Belmont.

One hour concert with music from Lumina choir. Music to be sung includes composers such as William Byrd, Orlando Lasso, Giovanni de Palestrina and other motets and inspiring music. Afternoon tea to follow cooked by Fr Brian Limbourn. All welcome. Enq: Fr Michael Rowe 9444 9604.

UPCOMING SUNDAY, MARCH 17 St Joseph’s School Waroona 70th Anniversary Celebration Mass 10am-3pm at St Joseph’s School, Millar St, Waroona. Inviting all past students, staff and families to help celebrate its 70th anniversary at the school. Begins with Mass celebrated by Fr Chiera, Vicar General of Bunbury Diocese, and will be followed by a day of fun, food and festivities.

Please pass on this information to anyone you know from the school in the last 70 years. Enq: Admin 9782 6500 or www.stjoeswaroona.wa.edu. au.

Meditative Prayer in the Style of Taize 7-8pm at Sisters of St Joseph Chapel, 16 York St, South Perth. Includes prayer, scripture, song and silence in candlelight. Bring a friend and a torch.

Everyone welcome. Enq: Sr Maree Riddler 0414 683 926 or www.taize.fr.

100 Year Celebration for Catholics in Armadale The parish of St Francis Xavier, Armadale, 271279 Forrest Rd, Hilbert (formally Brookdale) will celebrate 100 years since the blessing of the original Catholic church. Past priests and parishioners are invited to join our celebration BRUNCH, following 9.30 am Mass. BRUNCH will be held in the undercover area at Xavier Primary (next to the church). RSVP by March 13 on 9399 2143 or email sfx6112@westnet.com.au (for catering purposes).

ACIES Fremantle Curia Renewal of Consecration to Mary, Queen of the Legion, 2pm at St Jerome Church, Troode St, Spearwood. Members (past, present and Auxiliary), friends and supporters of the Legion of Mary are invited to join with us for the service and fellowship after the service with afternoon tea.

Enq: Mrs Kaye Seeber, 9586 4134.

TUESDAY, MARCH 19 Lenten Sessions: Spirituality and The Sunday Gospels 7-8pm at St Benedict’s school hall, Alness St, Applecross. Presenter Norma Woodcock. Accreditation recognition by the CEO. Everyone is welcome. Cost: collection. Enq: 9487 1772 or www.normawoodcock.com.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 “Nurturing my inner life” Ignation Spirituality 7.30pm-9pm at John XXIII College, MacKillop Room (multi-pupose room). Presenter is Murray Graham, Inigo Centre Director. Introducing ‘contemplation in action’, aiming to give a ‘taste’ of the famous ‘Spiritual Exercises’ of St Ignatius of Loyola, to enrich Adults in Spirituality and relationships. Enq: 9383 0444 or graham.murray@ johnxxiii.edu.au FRIDAY, MARCH 22 Medjugorje Evening of Prayer Group 7-9pm at All Saints Chapel. 77 St. Georges Terrace, (Allendale Square) Perth. In thanksgiving for Our Lady’s reported daily appearances in Medjugorje since 1981, the Medjugorje evening of Prayer Group travel each month to a different parish to spread her messages to us all. Enq: for pilgrimages or free DVD’s ph: 9402 2480, 0407 471 256 or medjugorje@y7mail.com.

FRIDAY, MARCH 22 TO SUNDAY, MARCH 24 Retreat for Couples 7.30am at Penola by the Sea, 27 Penguin Rd,

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Safety Bay. It is a unique way to help Christian couples make a good marriage better as they discover God’s plan within it. The Retreat is led by the Vincentian Fathers. Three days live in.

Registration and Enq: Melanie 0410 605 743 or vincentiansperth@yahoo.com.

1.30pm at St Patrick’s Church, South Street, York.

Tickets $20. Target to raise $12,000 to complete the task as enough has been raised for work to begin soon. Afternoon tea in Parish Hall. Bookings essential. Enq: Josie 9641 1477 or 0488 064 044 or stpatsyork@westnet.com.au.

SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Lenten Retreat Morning: Dancing into Passover 9.30am-12.30pm at St Catherine’s House of Hospitality, 113 Tyler St, Tuart Hill. With St Mary Magdalene as our guide, contemplation flows into dance. Jesus’ Passover inspires our own. Led by Shelley Barlow RNDM. Enq: 9271 3873.

FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Priestly Ordination of First Malaysian Premonstratensian Canon 7.30pm at the Priory Church of St. Joseph, 135 Treasure Rd, Queens Park. Archbishop Costelloe is the main Presider. As a sign of Ordination of Bro. Christopher Jacob Lim, O. Praem, the bestowal of the White Biretta will take place at Vespers on Saturday 20 April at 5.30pm followed by Rev Christopher Lim’s first Thanksgiving Mass at the same Church. RSVP 9458 2729 or 9451 5586.

Day of the Unborn Child – 8th Annual Day of Prayer and Rememberance 10am at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Perth. Holy Hour followed by Holy Mass, with Emiterus Archbishop BJ Hickey as principal celebrant. Enq: Pregnancy Assistance 9328 2926.

SUNDAY, MARCH 24 Latin Mass 2pm at Good Shepherd Church, Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646.

GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 29 Desolata Service – Keeping Vigil with Our Blessed Mother 7.30pm at St Denis Parish, cnr Roberts Rd and Osborne St, Joondanna. Bring a photo of any loved ones you may wish to pray for, or a flower to place on the altar at the foot of the Cross of Our Lord. Enq: Fr Peter 9242 2812 or admin@stdenis. com.au.

Stations of the Cross - Mount Schoenstatt Grounds 10am at 9 Talus Drive, Mt Richon. Walk an Outdoor Way of the Cross with Jesus at a place of grace led by St Francis Xavier Parish. Booklets provided; please come with enclosed shoes and sun protection. Enq: Sr M Rebecca 9399 2349.

Good Friday Ceremonies, Bindoon 11am at Catholic Agricultural College, Bindoon.

11am-Stations of the Cross. 2.30pm-Solemn ceremony of the Lord’s Passion. Confessions from 10am-1pm. All welcome. Enq: 9571 8068 GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 29 TO SATURDAY, APRIL 6 Divine Mercy Chaplet and Novena 3pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375 Alcock St, Maddington. Divine Mercy and Novena followed

by Good Friday service. March 30 from 2.30-3pm, confessions, followed by Chaplet and Novena with preaching on Divine Mercy and prayers for healing. Enq: 9493 1703.

SATURDAY, APRIL 6 Day with Mary 9am at Our Lady of Lourdes, cnr Lesmurdie and Glyde Rds, Lesmurdie. A day of prayer and instructions based on the Fatima messages.

9am video; 10.10am holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, sermons on Eucharist and on Our Lady, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Stations of the Cross. Finish approx 5pm. BYO lunch. Enq – Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286.”

SUNDAY, APRIL 7 Feast of Divine Mercy Celebrating 21 years of Devotions in the Archdiocese of Perth 1.30pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth.

Reconciliation 1.30pm followed by holy Mass at 2.30pm. Main celebrant His Grace Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and other priests are welcome to concelebrate. 3.30pm Benediction.

Concludes with veneration of two first class relics of St Faustina Kowalska. Parking for clergy will be available outside St Mary’s Presbytery. Enq: John 9457 7771.

5th Annual Celebration of the Feast of Divine Mercy 2-6pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375 Alcock St, Maddington. 2-3pm Confession followed by procession with Divine Mercy icon, Eucharistic Adoration, Divine Mercy Chaplet and healing prayers. Solemn Feast Mass starts at 5pm. Enq: 9493 1703.

Feast of Divine Mercy 2pm at All Saints Catholic Church Greenwood.

Begins with Prayers, Devotions, Confessions and Novena to St Faustina Kowalska. 3 pm-Novena, with Holy Mass to follow. Enq: Charles 0416 226 943.

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 St. Padre Pio Prayer Day 8.30am at Infant Jesus Church, Wellington St, Morley. Begins 8.30am with DVD on St Padre Pio in parish centre. 10am–Exposition of the Blessed, Rosary, Divine Mercy, Silent Adoration and Benediction. 11am-Holy Mass, St Padre Pio Liturgy. Confessions available. 12pm-Bring a plate for shared lunch, tea and coffee supplied. Enq: Des 6278 1540.

The Alliance of the Family International Day of Recollection 11am at LJ Goody Bioethics Centre, Jugan St, Glendalough. With Fr Jorge de Chavez, day ends with Holy Mass at 3pm. Please bring a plate to share. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357, Nick 0428 953 471 and John/Joy 9344 2609.

SUNDAY, APRIL 14 South African Gospel Choir Fundraising Concert for St Patrick’s York

SUNDAY, MAY 5 The 2013 Busselton May Rosary Celebration in honour of Our Lady 12.30pm at Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine, Bove’s Farm, Roy Rd (off Bussell Hwy), Jindong, Busselton. 12.30pm - Hymn singing; 1pm – Holy Concelebrated Mass led by Fr Tony Chiera. Rosary procession and Benediction following Mass.

Afternoon tea provided. Enq: for bus bookings from Perth Ph. Francis Williams 0404 893 877 or 9459 3873.

REGULAR EVENTS EVERY SUNDAY Gate of Heaven Catholic Radio Join the Franciscans of the Immaculate from 7.309pm on Radio Fremantle 107.9FM for Catholic radio broadcast of EWTN and our own live shows. Enq: radio@ausmaria.com.

Cathedral Cafe Cathedral Cafe is now open every Sunday 9.30am1pm at St Mary’s Cathedral parish centre, 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.

Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction.

Reconciliation available before every celebration.

Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to 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 admin@stdenis.com.au.

EVERY FIRST SUNDAY Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St Georges Tce, Perth. Begins with Holy Hour (Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and teaching) followed by dinner at local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with other single men and women. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202.

EVERY SECOND SUNDAY Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, 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 9344 7066.

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

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

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: Schoenstatt Sisters 9399 2349.

Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley.

Includes exposition of Blessed Eucharist, 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. Please bring a plate to share for socialisation after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson Po 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.

Bible Study at Cathedral 6.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, Victoria Sq, Perth.

Deepen your faith through reading and reflecting on holy Scripture by Fr Jean-Noel Marie. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: 9223 1372.

Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry Mass at 5.30pm and Holy Hour (Adoration) at 6.30pm at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Enq: www.cym.com or 9422 7912.

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).

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 every Thursday 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.

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.

Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Songs of Praise and Prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com.

Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Westminster (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.

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.

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 FIRST SATURDAY Healing Mass 12.35pm at St Thomas Parish, cnr Melville St and College Rd, Claremont. Spiritual leader Fr Waddell.

Enq: Kim 9384 0598, claremont@perthcatholic.org.

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.

EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 11.30am at Holy Cross Church, Hamilton Hill.

Begins with Songs of Praise, followed by Mass.

Please bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq: Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325.

EVERY LAST SATURDAY Novena Devotions – Our Lady Vailankanni of Good Health 5pm at Holy Trinity Parish, 8 Burnett St, Embleton.

Followed by Mass at 6pm. Enq: George 9272 1379.

GENERAL

EVERY FIRST THURSDAY 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.

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).

Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7-8pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach.

All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079.

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.

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, Mount 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 THIRD THURSDAY Auslan Café – Sign Language Workshop 12.30pm at St Francis Xavier Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, Perth. Its Australian Sign Language - Auslan Café is a social setting for anybody who would like to learn or practise Auslan in a relaxing and fun atmosphere. Light lunch provided. Enq: Emma at emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au.

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. In this Year of Grace, 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.

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.

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 041 4683 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 the suburb of Glendalough.

“Making the elderly happy, that is everything!” St Jeanne Jugan (foundress). Registration and enq: Sr Marie 9443 3155.

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.

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

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.

Enrolments, Year 7, 2014 La Salle College now accepting enrolments for Year 7, 2014. For prospectus and enrolment please contact college reception 9274 6266 or email lasalle@lasalle.wa.edu.au.

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CLASSIFIEDS Deadline: 11am Monday RELIGIOUS PRODUCTS

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Shop 12, 64-66 Bannister Rd, Canning Vale. Open Mon-Sat.

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Mike Murphy Ph 0416 226 434.

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Fra Elia (Stigmatist) Civitavecchia (miraculous Madonna shrine) Subiaco/Medjugorje five countries. Exceptional value all inclusive $6,890. Fr Bogoni (Spiritual Director), Yolanda 0413 707 707 / Harvest toll free 1800 819 156 - 23 days.

RICH HARVEST - YOUR CHRISTIAN SHOP Looking for Bibles, CDs, books, cards, gifts, statues, Baptism/Communion apparel, religious vestments, etc. Visit us at 39 Hulme Ct (off McCoy St), Myaree. Ph 9329 9889 (after 10.30am Mon to Sat).

We are here to serve.

KINLAR VESTMENTS www.kinlarvestments.com.au Quality handmade and decorated vestments: albs, stoles, chasubles, altar linen, banners.

Ph Vickii on 9402 1318, 0409 114 093 or kinlar.vestments@ gmail.com.

MEMENTO CANDLES Personalised candles for Baptism, Wedding, Year 12 Graduations and Absence. Photo and design embedded into candle, creating a great keepsake!

Please call Anna: 0402 961 901 or anna77luca@hotmail.com to order a candle or Facebook: Memento Candles.

BOOKBINDING RESTORATION BOOKBINDING and Conservation; General Book Repairs, Bibles, Breviaries and Liturgical. Tel: 0401 941 577.

Now servicing the South-West @ Myalup.

TAX SERVICE QUALITY TAX RETURNS PREPARED by registered tax agent with over 35 years’ experience.

Call Tony Marchei 0412 055 184 for appt. AXXO Accounting & Management, Unit 20/222 Walter Rd, Morley. Trade services.

ACCOMMODATION HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION Esperance holiday accommodation, 3-bedroom house, fully furnished. Phone 08 9076 5083.

SERVICES RURI STUDIO FOR HAIR Vincent and Miki welcome you to their newly opened, international, award-winning salon. Shop 2, 401 Oxford St, Leederville.

9444 3113. Ruri-studio-for-hair@ hotmail.com.

BRENDAN HANDYMAN SERVICES Home, building maintenance, repairs and renovations. NOR. Ph 0427 539 588.

WRR LAWN MOWING AND WEED SPRAYING Garden clean ups and rubbish removal. Get rid of bindii, jojo and other unsightly weeds. Based in Tuart Hill. Enq: 6161 3264 or 0402 326 637.

BRICK RE-POINTING Ph Nigel 9242 2952.

PERROTT PAINTING Pty Ltd For all your residential, commercial painting requirements. Ph Tom Perrott 9444 1200.

MEMORIAL FR KEVIN BARTLET. A Memorial Mass celebrating the life of an exemplary priest who devoted his ministry to the Aboriginal Taiwanese people in the mountains of Taiwan. Mass 11am, Thursday, March 21 at St Thomas More Chapel, Crawley.

Enq: Betty Foster 9386 3735.

OFFERED ST. MARY’S PARISH GUILDFORD has an electric organ (with two keyboards), which is in fairly good condition. It is 105cm wide by 90cm in height.

We would prefer to dispose of it to some church or religious group needing an organ. A donation is welcome if possible. To view the organ please ring Fr Blasco on 9279 4226 and leave a message.

WANTED TO BUY CHURCH PEWS Katanning Historical Society want to purchase pews for a Church that they have restored in Katanning.

Contact Gerry Watson 98 211 648 or Ainsley Evans 98 211 447 with details if any available or kghevo@bigpond.com ,photos welcome.

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We offer reasonable fees, excellent service, no hidden costs.

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Check our website on www. excelsettlements.com.au.

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C R O S S W O R D ACROSS 1 He shares a feast day with Simon 3 Commits a capital sin 7 “For my flesh is ___ food…” (Jn 6:55) 9 Fear of the Lord 10 The ___ Dolorosa 11 Catholic actor who played Peter Maurin in “Entertaining Angels” 12 Solemn holy day 13 Early landing place 14 Catholics Ted Kennedy and Alec Guinness 17 “…the kingdom of heaven is like a ___” (Mt 13:47) 20 Make up for sin 23 “…from now on will all ___ call me blessed.”

24 Church section 25 “___ Regina” 28 Diocese 29 At the Chrism Mass the bishop may ___ the feet of 12 of the priests 31 Pope during Vatican II 33 First bishop of Canada 35 David married his widow 37 “O Deus ego ___ te” 38 Animal of sacrifice in the Old Testament 39 Marian color 40 Prayer spot?

41 Paul preached in ___ Minor DOWN 1 Where Jerusalem was 2 Kind of Carmelite 3 “You are the ___ of the world.”

(Mt 5:14) 4 “___ Lord, we are perishing.” (Mt 8:25) 5 Esau and Jacob, for example 6 The ___ of Galilee

Continued from Page 18 Acts 2 College, Perth’s Catholic Bible College Is now pleased to be able to offer tax deductibility for donations to the college. 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.

Divine Mercy Church Pews Would you like to assist, at the same time becoming part of the history of the new Divine Mercy Church in Lower Chittering, by donating a beautifully handcrafted jarrah pew currently under construction, costing only $1,000 each. A beautiful brass plaque with your inscription will be placed at the end of the pew. Please make cheques payable to Divine Mercy Church Building fund and send with inscription to PO Box 8, Bullsbrook WA 6084. Enq: Fr Paul 0427 085 093.

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 our services (ref.www. abortiongrief.asn.au). Enq: Julie (08) 9313 1784.

RESOURCE CENTRE FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT - 2013 COURSES Resource Centre for Personal Development Holistic Health Seminar The Instinct to Heal Tue 3-4.30pm; RCPD2 Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills Tue 4.30-6.30pm, 197 High St, Fremantle - Tuesdays 3-4.30pm. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585. Bookings essential.

1) RCPD6 ‘The Cost of Discipleship’ This course combines theology with relationship education and personal/ spiritual awareness by teaching selfanalysis.

2) ‘The Wounded Heart’ Healing for emotional and sexual abuse promotes healing and understanding for the victim and the offender. Holistic counselling available - http://members. dodo.com.au/~evalenz/.

Religious item donations for Thailand Church Fr Ferdinando Ronconi is the parish priest at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Phuket, Thailand. He is in need of religious items such as Rosaries and holy medals for his local congregation and visitors. If you are able to help, please

post items to: PO Box 35, Phuket 83000, Thailand or, if you are on holiday in Phuket, bring your donated items with you to church and stay for Mass! Fr Ferdinando can be contacted on tel: 076 212 266 or 089 912 899 or ronconi.css@gmail.com.

Would You Not Watch One Hour With Me? Perpetual Adoration From Ash Wednesday, 24 Hours a day, seven days a week (outside Mass times) at St Jerome’s, Munster. Jesus will be adored in the Blessed Sacrament and this will be the only church in the southern suburbs where there is Perpetual Adoration. We hope we will be able to continue allowing Jesus to be adored day and night as he desires. Enq: Mary 0402 289 418.

Art Exhibition and Sale at St Mary’s Cathedral by Margaret Fane After all Easter Masses and the Masses on the weekend of April 14. All proceeds to the Cathedral. Enq: 0432 834 743.

Panorama The deadline for Panorama is Friday 5pm

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“Bring Flowers of the ___” Commandment carrier, and others 11 “For our ___, he was crucified…”

12 ___ will 15 There was no room here 16 Communion banister 18 First place 19 We should enter by the narrow one 21 Hosea, in the Douay 22 Prayer petitioning God to send the Holy Spirit 25 The ___ of Confession 26 20’s US Catholic politician 27 State in which the Diocese of Salt Lake City is found 28 Catholic dancer/actor Patrick 30 One of the two natures of Jesus 31 These were waved at Jesus when he entered Jerusalem 32 Country in which Mother Teresa founded her order 34 First shepherd 36 Priscilla and Aquila left here because the Jews were ordered out (Acts 18:2) 37 Shepherd-turned-prophet

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

APERTURE

Newly-elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, smiles after praying at the Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome on March 14. People celebrate the election of a new pope, above, at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 13. PHOTOS: LEFT: ALESSANDRO BIANCHI, REUTERS; ABOVE: ENRIQUE MACARIAN, REUTERS

Habemus Papam

We have a Father A woman in St Peter’s Square is overcome with emotion as white smoke pours from the roof of the Sistine Chapel.

PHOTO: PAUL HARING, CNS

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atin Americans said the election of the first pope from the region is recognition of the role the global South plays in the church’s future. Pope Francis I, the 76-year-old Argentine who served as archbishop of Buenos Aires as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, comes as both a surprise and a source of hope for Latin American Catholics.

“This is the news of the century.

This is a moment of happiness for all of us,” Archbishop Oscar Vian Morales of Guatemala City told a news conference on March 13. “We have received the news with great joy.” Pope Francis, who reportedly finished second in the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005, has long advocated for a better life for Argentina’s poor, carrying a message of social justice that resonates in a region where roughly

three in 10 people are poor. “We’re very happy. ... This is a man who has always represented the interests of the impoverished,” said Jesuit Father Jesus M. Sariego, representative of the Jesuit mission in Central America, based in El Salvador.

“In terms of what this represents in the world, this is a signal of the importance and support” for our work.

“While church participation wanes in areas of the world where it had long flourished, such as Europe, Latin America is home to nearly 40 percent of the world’s Catholics, and Africa is the church’s fastest-growing region.

“The global South is where the church should focus,” Father Sariego said. Although millions of Latin American Catholics have defected to evangelical sects or secularism, more than 70 per cent remain Catholic.

More photos online A girl is held aloft by a happy parent after the name of the new pope is announced.

PHOTO: PAUL HARING, CNS

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