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Hypocrisy undermines our credibility: Pope By Cindy Wooden THE CREDIBILITY of Christianity is undermined by pastors and faithful who preach one thing and do another, Pope Francis said. “One cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one’s life,” the Pope said on April 14 during a homily at Rome’s Basilica of St Paul Outside
the Walls. Before beginning the evening Mass, Pope Francis walked down to St Paul’s tomb under the main altar. He blessed the area with incense, and then bowed deeply in prayer for several minutes. In his homily, Pope Francis said people outside the Church “must be able to see in our actions what they hear from our lips.” “Inconsistency on the part of the
pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church’s credibility,” the Pope said. Pope Francis said St Paul teaches Christians that following Christ requires a combination of three things: proclaiming the Gospel; bearing witness to the faith in one’s life, even to the point of mar-
tyrdom; and worshipping God with all one’s heart. The proclamation of the faith made by the apostles, he said, was not merely or primarily in words. Their lives were changed by their encounter with Christ, and it was through their actions and their words that Christianity spread. In the day’s Gospel reading, Jesus tells Peter to feed his sheep.
“These words are addressed first and foremost to those of us who are pastors: We cannot feed God’s flock unless we let ourselves be carried by God’s will even where we would rather not go, unless we are prepared to bear witness to Christ with the gift of ourselves, unreservedly, not in a calculating way, sometimes even at the cost of our lives,” Pope Continued - Page 20
St Anthony’s drama brings Easter alive THE PARISH family of St Anthony’s Wanneroo increased this Easter with the welcoming of nine newly baptised parishioners. A mother and her baby child joined three others who were received into the Catholic Church, along with four others who completed their Sacramental formation following the completion of the RCIA program. Parish Priest, Fr John Daly, commented on the large number of parishioners who actively participated in the liturgies. He said that all Holy Week services were well attended, including the Easter Sunday Mass which saw the church filled to capacity. Fr Thomas Zureich, Assistant Priest, reported that the attendance at the Easter Sunday Mass, celebrated at Banksia Grove Catholic School, was so large that the supply of Easter eggs for the children was almost exhausted. The highlight of Good Friday was the professional dramatisation Continued - Page 18 Due to an error on the part of The Record, this story was inadvertently left out of last week’s special Easter issue - Ed.
Parishioners of St Anthony’s Parish in Wanneroo vividly brought the events of the Gospel to life in numerous ways, including re-enacting the Passion of Christ during their Easter program. Meanwhile, 14 catechumens and candidates were received into the Church through the parish. PHOTO: ST ANTHONY’S PARISH, WANNEROO
Student wins prestigious Waugh essay prize AN INTRIGUING essay about the country house tradition in wartime England has delivered an Arts graduate from The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus a “rare” and “outstanding” achievement in an international essay competition. Ellen O’Brien, now a current English Literature tutor in the Fremantle School of Arts and Sciences, won the essay competition sponsored by the Evelyn Waugh Society. Her prize winning essay, entitled Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited and the Country House Tradition, will be published in
the peer reviewed journal, Evelyn Waugh Studies. The novel, written by Evelyn Waugh, an iconic English author and famed convert to the Catholic Church, is set during World War II. The book deals with concepts of faith, especially Roman Catholicism, and the internal, and often unwitnessed, challenges that faced the English nobility who used to reside in elegant country houses. The novel was made into a popular BBC series in 1981. Ms O’Brien’s essay was originally part of her Honours coursework in preparation for the 2012 literary tour to England and Ireland as part
of a School of Arts and Sciences’ program. Whilst on the tour, she visited a number of English country houses which were of a similar nature to those featured in Brideshead Revisited. Associate Dean Professor Chris Wortham, said it was rare for an undergraduate student’s work to be published in an international peerreviewed academic journal. “The University is extremely proud of Ellen’s achievements and we wish her the very best in her move to England to study at the Royal Holloway College in the University of London later this year.”
An essay written by UNDA graduate Ellen O’Brien has won an international competition sponsored by the Evelyn Waugh Society. PHOTO: UNDA