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October 2014
ISSUE 184
Sion Sister’s gold jubilee
SR Mary Lotton NDS in front of the historic Our Lady of Sion Convent, Sale, which is now part of the Sion campus of Catholic College Sale. By Colin Coomber
SALE - Fifty years as a professed Sister of Our Lady of Sion was celebrated by Sr Mary Lotton on October 7. Fr Peter Bickley celebrated Mass in the historic Sion chapel where the jubilarian was surrounded by fellow sisters, her extended family and friends. It was fitting that Sr Mary’s celebrations be back in Sale where she attended secondary school and entered the novitiate. She grew up in the bush at the family farm at Munro and attended primary school there
but when it came for her to enter form one, he father bought a home in Sale close to Our Lady of Sion College so his three girls could attend the school. Her elder sisters had been boarders at Sion but now it was their father who made the daily treks to the farm and back. After leaving school Sr Mary worked briefly for Sale solicitor Bob Rolland and then real estate and insurance agent Ern Ronchi. Ronchi was an agent for Victorian Insurance Company and she went to Melbourne to work for that company before returning to Sale in August 1962 to enter the novitiate.
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She was professed on October 3, 1964 and took the name Sr Evangelist, after a late Sion Sister who had instructed her Presbyterian mother on the Catholic faith prior to her parents marrying. Several years later, she and most of the sisters, reverted to their real names in the changes brought about by Vatican 2. Her early life as a Sion Sister was spent teaching in Melbourne and most of her religious life she has been in Melbourne where she has been heavily involved in Jewish-Christian relations, a cornerstone of the Sion charism. She returned to Sale in 1971 to
spend a year as principal at the rapidly growing St Thomas’s Primary School. Following that she had the opportunity to go to Rome as secretary of the Our Lady of Sion Secretary General and it was here that her love for dialogue with the Jewish faith really took hold. Strong connections with the Centre for Jewish-Christian Dialogue, whet her appetite for more and she took the opportunity to go on to Jerusalem for 18 months to study Judaism. She then returned to Melbourne and has spent many years working closely with
Jewish dialogue in various capacities. She spent 11 years as secretary to the Council of Christians and Jews (Victoria). After Mass Fr Peter Bickley presented her with a framed map of Galilee to recognise her strong ties with the region and the people to whom Jesus preached. Speakers at the afternoon tea included Sr Mary’s cousin Fred Lotton, Munro, and Sr Patrica Watson NDS. She was joined by her sister Margery Canny, Maffra, to cut the jubilee cake and was toasted by guests with a nip of champagne.
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In this Issue Schools combine for Aussie saint Page 4 Swan Reach Centenary celebrations Page 5 Veteran Salesian priest dies Page 6 SFX teacher scales Mt Kilimanjaro Page 7 Don’t sell your first born child Page 11
A new focus on consecrated life BISHOP Prowse last year launched a pastoral plan for the diocese. It was to give a focus on the family, and to develop over the years. We have been following the first year of this plan throughout 2014 with its emphasis on family prayer. A diocesan prayer for the family was written and many of you have been praying it. Some of you have taken one of the prayer cards to use throughout the year. You may continue to use the prayer into the future. Other projects connected with this special year are still in train. We hope to publish a book of family prayers which will be a help and an encouragement to prayer. Much work has been done towards the production of a DVD on the subject of prayer in families; this will feature people from around the diocese. There are also plans to produce place mats with prayers on them. All of these projects are partly advanced. All of that has been worth doing during this year of transition. Families are significant in the growth in faith of children and, indeed, of all members. However it has now been decided not to proceed to year two of the pastoral plan. Bishop Prowse’s departure from Sale meant that his direction of the plan is not here. It is also the case that the incoming bishop should be free to make his own decisions about the next pastoral steps the diocese should take. So we can still look forward to the projects already begun coming about; the prayer book, the place mats and the DVD. These will be in their own time and belong to stage one of the plan. Stage two and further stages will not be going ahead at this time. One thing that will go ahead is a focus on consecrated life. Pope Francis has named 2015 as dedicated to that form of the Christian life. There are plans to celebrate a Mass in Traralgon on December 3. All the consecrated religious in the diocese are to be invited to attend and participate. Parishioners will be most welcome to attend this Mass. Ideas about events to mark the many expressions of the vocation to consecrated life will be sought on
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Dominican new Sydney Archbishop By Colin Coomber
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this occasion. This should lead to a number of other celebrations next year. You will be able to read more about this in Catholic Life as plans are made. Meanwhile I encourage you all to look for ways to thank and encourage those people in consecrated life whom you know. Pope Francis has called us all to live the joy of the Gospel. Appreciation and thanksgiving are related to joy. Recently the priests of the diocese gathered at the seminary in Carlton for our annual in-service. These days together have been held for at least 40 years and most priests attend if they possibly can. We heard Fr Frank Moloney SDB share some of the fruits of his years of work with the Gospel of John. In particular he helped us look at key texts heard at Mass in Lent and on Holy Thursday. We were grateful to receive his insights into these significant passages about the woman at the well (John 4); the man born blind (John 9); the raising of Lazarus (John 11); and the washing of feet (John 13). Then we benefited from Fr Ian Waters sharing helpful thoughts on our ministry in the sacrament of reconciliation and outside it. He also indicated our responsibilities when working with Catholics who belong to Eastern Churches. This material should prove helpful as should the attention we gave to diocesan initiatives of various kinds. We are grateful to our parishioners who encourage us at times like this, and keep the parishes alive while we are away.
BISHOP Anthony Fisher OP will be installed as the ninth Archbishop of Sydney on the evening of November 12. He replaces Cardinal George Pell who has taken up a senior position at the Vatican.
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Restoration floored by generosity BAIRNSDALE – Parish priest Fr. Peter Bickley was completely floored by Leonard Fenning, of Fennings Sawmill Bairnsdale when he offered to supply all the floor boards to replace the existing floor of St Mary’s Church. The church is undergoing a massive renovation. Mr Fenning said, “The church is an icon of the region and believed to be the only church in Australia that exhibits classic murals of European style in such vastness. It must be preserved for future generations and I am happy to make this contribution to its posterity”. Through structural and engineering inspections a number of urgent issues were identified to protect and maintain the integrity of the magnificent murals contained in the roof and walls of the historic building. The restoration committee immediately set about addressing water ingression into the building and major works are to begin next year to treat masonry and roofing failures that are likely to cause ongoing problems. Fr Bickley said “I have been buoyed by the generous hearts and spirits of the community that have enabled stage one of the project to become a reality within a year of the launch.” During the course of
WELCOMING the announcement of the gift of the flooring are (from left) restoration committee members Don Roderick and Martin White, parish priest Fr Peter Bickley, Fenning Timber Bairnsdale representatives Leonard Fenning and Rob Natty, and restoration committee chairman John Fallon. investigations it was discovered realisation.” letter from him seeking some that the original softwood The committee regarded assistance - and assistance flooring had become severely floor replacement as a major he did provide, with an offer affected by borers, so much problem. Replacement would to replace the flooring with so, that the floor has actually clearly be very expensive hardwood timbers specially collapsed in several spots and and logistically challenging, designed for the church to had to be treated with remedial because the existing flooring maintain its longevity. repairs. size was not compatible with “It is an absolutely amazing “These borers have a long current, available floor profiles. and generous contribution to incubation period and thoughts In short, the new flooring would our restoration efforts,” said Fr of treatments were abandoned need to be specially cut, dried Bickley. as the realisation of the current and moulded for a replacement. The restoration appeal has so condition and ongoing cost Mr Fenning contacted Fr far raised more than $300,000. of treatment became the Bickley after he received a
Famous bioethicist to speak in Maffra MAFFRA - A special afternoon with Professor Nicholas TontiFilippini, family man and bioethicist of international acclaim will be held in Maffra on Sunday, December 7. The afternoon will commence at 2.30pm, at Maffra Memorial Hall, Foster St.. Doors open at 2pm for refreshments. Professor Tonti-Filippini will present on the topic “ To Love Until the End: Guiding Your End of Life Decisions” – a subject he knows only too well, not just from his academic background and expertise but also personally. At the age of 21, while pursuing a career in forensic science, Professor Nicholas was
diagnosed with an auto immune disease resulting in acute renal failure and other complications which greatly impacted and changed the course of his life, a change which in turn has significantly enriched the lives of so many. In 1983 Professor TontiFilippini started a bioethics centre at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne which led him to become Australia’s first hospital ethicist. He has committed his life to asking and answering the difficult questions. Professor Tonti-Filippini has raised a family with his wife, built an international reputation as a bioethicist, contributed greatly to the international
life of the Church – a fact recognised in 2009 when he was appointed a Papal Knight by Pope Benedict XVI – all while suffering from an acute, terminal illness. His endurance of faith along with his life witness is inspiring not only to those who face end-of life-complexities and decisions but to those who care and walk that difficult path with their loved ones. Admission to the event is free but donations will be gratefully accepted. Those planning to attend should contact Elaine on 5144 2762, Rosemary 0412 365 377 or email actionforlife1@gmail. com no later than November 30
to assist with organisation and catering. This important event is an initiative of profamily, prolife group Action for Life established in the Heart Region of the Catholic Diocese of Sale last year.
A SERIES of healing Masses will be held in Sale Diocese next month by Marist missionary priest Fr John Rea SM. Sponsored by Catholic Charismatic Renewal, he will be in the diocese for six days from November 16. Fr Rea will conduct healing Masses at St Agatha’s Cranbourne, on Sunday, November 16 at 6pm, Star of the Sea, San Remo, on November 17 at 7pm, St Laurence’s, Leongatha, on November 18 at 7pm, St Joseph’s, Iona, on November 19 at 7pm, St Michael’s, Traralgon, on November 20 at 7.30pm, and Our Lady Help of Christians, Narre Warren, on November 21 at 7.30pm. More information about his visit is available from Michael and Wendy Power on 5678 2271 or powerfarmbass@ hotmail.com. This weekend the diocese retreat led by Fr Babu Antony, assistant priest at Traralgon and Yarram, will be held at St Michael’s, Traralgon. Fr Antony is a Vincentian from India who holds a Licentiate in Scripture and a Masters in English Literature. His specialisation is on the Holy Spirit as presented in John’s Gospel. He was administrator of the world’s largest retreat centre in Kerala where he preached spiritual retreats for up to 20,000 people a week. He has preached retreats and conducted counselling services in more than 20 countries and had a TV ministry.
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Beaver fever
THE Irish folk song Molly Malone has become popular for a couple of young children and they often request their grandfather to sing it to them. Poppy was explaining to them that earlier this year he had visited Dublin’s fair city and walked the streets broad and narrow where Molly pushed her barrow. Master five was enthralled, asking “Did you see the beaver?” “What beaver?” replied Poppy. “You know, the one that killed her!” the young boy answered. It took a while for the penny to drop, which it finally did, when Poppy recalled the last verse where Molly died of a fever. After having it explained that a fever was a really high temperature, the lad was disappointed to learn that Molly’s demise had nothing to do with being attacked by wild beaver as he had imagined.
Christmas gift idea
NOW here’s an idea when it comes to a Christmas present for someone who has everything. Why not make a donation to our own charity Trinity Families in that person’s name? We will send you a card acknowledging that the gift has been made and you can present it to the person at Christmas.
Lakes and Orbost combine to celebrate Mary MacKillop Many people will appreciate the gesture more than a token gift of socks or hankies. And you can be sure your monetary gift will be used to support services for families in our region. Call executive officer Colin Coomber on 5622 6688 to discuss your sponsored gift.
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Grand final trap
A TRAP for those planning events this time next year is that the AFL grand final will be on October 3 and not the last Saturday in September. We know of one planned event which organisers hope to quickly move to another date to avoid the clash. And for those interested at the other end of the season, it begins April 2, the night before Good Friday.
COMMUNITY spirit was alive and well as students from the two schools enjoyed their day. Pictured are Ruby Timms, Matilda Sumner and Ruby Sumner from St Brendan’s and Kelilah Fitzgerald from St Joseph’s. LAKES ENTRANCE - The one being at Penola in South Cross MacKillop through a feast day of Australia’s first Australia. range of stories, poems, plays, saint, Saint Mary of the Cross Beginning with meagre PowerPoint presentations, MacKillop is celebrated on resources, Mary soon found that posters and explanations. A August 8 each year. she needed assistance to cater lunch of pizza and hot chips In her day, Mary saw a need for the children who flocked to was enjoyed by all. for an education system to her door. She enlisted the help Students and staff members cater for poor children. On this of other young ladies who also of the two schools were thrilled premise, she sought assistance wanted to give their time and to be joined in the celebrations to begin teaching children energy to her cause. by our two local sisters of in Catholic schools, the first These ladies formed the St Joseph, Sr Maureen Philp first congregation of Josephite of Lakes Entrance and Sr sisters, the order that founded Madeleine White of Orbost, and St Brendan’s Catholic Primary several Josephite Associates School, Lakes Entrance and from both towns. St Joseph’s Catholic Primary Catholic community spirit, School, Orbost. and indeed the spirit of Mary The two schools joined MacKillop, was evident in together this year to celebrate abundance as each group took the feast with Mass, a variety of supporting and leading roles in fun activities and an assembly the Eucharist and throughout where groups shared their the day. knowledge of St Mary of the
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Lumen Christi welcomes spring CHURCHILL - Parishioners of Lumen Christi Churchill celebrated the new life of spring with a Spring into Spring parish dinner held at the Churchill Hotel recently. More than 80 people came together to share a high quality meal and socialise among themselves. The youth of the parish and Lumen Christi School staff were also represented at the function as well as some members of Sacred Heart Parish, Morwell. Parish administrator Fr Francis Otobo said “The congregation gathered in the community instead of in our usual place, the church, and celebrated
God’s gift of new life and the friendship of our parish family. It was a warm and beautiful experience.” Master of ceremonies for the evening was Peter Junker who kept the lively evening going with stories and trivia questions and entertainment was provided by Paul Devlin on guitar and John Bennet on vocals. The function, arranged by the parish council, was such a success that consideration is being given to making it an annual event each spring. The dinner follows a successful stewardship program recently completed in the parish.
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Centenary at Swan Reach SWAN REACH - Half way between Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance there is a little old church, the St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Swan Reach. Unless you know or look for it, you will probably miss it. It is an old, modest church built in 1914 and never refurbished. It now absolutely requires urgent repairs. It is probably the church that Pope Francis has in mind when he talks of “a poor church for the poor people�. It was built by good people for the purpose of worshipping God, no luxuries needed at all, not even heating in winter or cooling in summer. It is poor and simple, but for 100 years it has done a splendid job and several generations of congregations have found God’s peace in it, and in it they have heard Jesus’ teachings and revelations. Several times a newcomer has said that in that church there is something different, something difficult to describe, a mysticism all around. Others comment on the thick faith of the congregation, “so strong, that can be cut by a knife�. One person said “There is such a beautiful feeling here, a something that I have never found in other places, even in large cathedrals�. Fr Peter Bickley, administrator for the parish is enthusiastic about the future of St Joseph’s Church. “What a wonderful humble history our St Joseph’s Church has. Like parishioners of 100 years ago who built this hum-
Fellowship for director of Catholic Ed. DIRECTOR of Catholic Education in Sale Diocese Maria Kirkwood has been awarded an honorary national fellowship by the Australian Council for Educational Leaders in recognition of her 38 years working in Catholic education. The award was presented at the Melbourne Convention Centre on October 2. She has been director since 2012 but prior to that worked in the Melbourne Catholic Education Office, and spent 19 years as teacher and principal at various schools. She has provided professional and pastoral support to principals and through the Vicar General’s Office in Melbourne Archdiocese she provided support and professional development for priests and parish staff. Maria was a member of the Ministerial Advisory Council for the Victorian Institute of Teaching and served on the VIT as a representative of the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria. She was awarded an ACEL Victoria fellowship in 2008 for her outstanding contribution to study and practice of educational leadership.
ble intimate church, we the parishioners and visitors of today in our turn undertake, to strengthen it, to make it safe, and to enhance the interior with works of repair, that help us all say - Lord it is wonderful for us to be here.� The repairing works have been under way for some time and hopefully they will be completed in time for the celebration of the centenary of the church, this Sunday October 19, first with a Mass at 10.30 followed by lunch at the Tambo Hotel opposite. In addition to current parish-
ioners, it is hoped that as many as possible of past parishioners will be able to participate to the celebrations, and the invitation is extended to the community at large, as this is the celebration of 100 years of history of East Gippsland. The greatest problem now is financial, and any donation will be gratefully accepted, small or big, but only if you can afford it. Cheques made out to St Joseph’s Church can be posted to “St Joseph’s Restoration, Swan Reach 3903�, or they can be made at the Mass on Sunday.
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Veteran Salesian priest dies in Bairnsdale THE dry Irish wit of Fr Dan O’Sullivan SDB was recalled at his Requiem Mass at Sunbury on September 9. Fr O’Sullivan, 96, who died on August 30 was the oldest Salesian in the Australian Pacific Province. He came to Sale Diocese in 1991, to teach religious instruction, mathematics and Italian at Nagle College, Bairnsdale. Failing health forced him to leave the Salesian residence and move to Maddock’s Gardens nursing home in 2006. Fr O’Sullivan was a Salesian for 76 years and a priest for 62 years. While his priestly life was served out in Australia, perhaps the most colorful part of his career was in India where he was a Salesian brother during World War 2. Born in Cork, Ireland, he
Fr Dan O’Sullivan SDB entered the Salesian juniorate in Limerick at age 15, and began novitiate training before moving to England in 1937
where he was one of 52 men in the novitiate. He recalls that in those days Ireland and England were part of the same province but the bulk of those in the novitiate were Irish. In 1939, he was one of eight to volunteer to work in the missions and was sent to a community near Sonada in North India. Fr O’Sullivan fondly remembered the area as one of the most beautiful places he had seen, 2600m up in the foothills of the Himalayas, and almost in Nepal. The outbreak of World War 2 occurred in his first year in India and this had a dramatic effect on the Salesians as the Germans and Italians, who made up the bulk of the Sonada community, were interned. After completing his philosophy studies Fr O’Sullivan was sent to Calcutta as a teacher at a boarding
school. Japanese air raids made the nights tiring with staff having to get boys out of bed and into the slit trenches surrounding the school every time the warning sirens sounded. Often this occurred two or three times a night. Towards the end of the war he was transferred to Shillong in the north-east of India which was on the main rail line to Burma. The area had been greatly opened up by war with the rail line duplicated and new roads driven deep into the area by allied troops. After the war things began to return to normal and in 1948 he began to study theology, returning to Gloucestershire, England to complete his studies in 1951-52. After being ordained a Salesian priest in 1952 he came to Australia, at first teaching in Adelaide.
Fr O’Sullivan moved around various Salesian schools teaching for a few years at each in Hobart, Chadstone and Sunbury. He returned to Hobart to spend about eight years there before serving in Port Pirie for another eight. In 1989 he came back to Victoria to live at Lysterfield, but the newly established Bairnsdale community beckoned him and at age 72 he moved to Gippsland where he remained. A memorial Mass was held at St Mary’s, Bairnsdale, on September 3, followed by the requiem Mass at Salesian College Rupertswood, Sunbury on September 9. The eulogy was delivered by long-time friend, former Nagle College principal Fr Frank Freeman SDB. Fr O’Sullivan was buried in the Salesian cemetery in the college grounds.
Our diocesan youth are simply ‘unstoppable’ By Cassie Gawley FOR three days during the second week of the school holidays, 67 young people from around the diocese gathered at Forest Edge Christian Youth Camp to participate in the Youth Ministry Office’s annual youth camp. This year the three-day camp was titled Unstoppable and challenged the young people to be an unstoppable force of God’ grace to the world around them, by focusing on the conversion, life and ministry of St Paul the Apostle. We were blessed with wonderful weather for the first two days, which allowed the young people to take part in the flying fox activity during free time. We were very lucky to have Fr Joseph Abutu, Fr Darek Jablonski and Fr James Fernandez visit on the Tuesday and offer the young people an opportunity for the Sacrament of
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Reconciliation. The second day concluded with a wonderful Mass lead by Fr Abutu and the youth choir from St Agatha’s parish, Cranbourne. A special thanks goes to the Melbourne NET Team, Lindsay Sant from St Francis Xavier College, Liz Mitchelson from St Brendan’s parish, Lakes Entrance, Paul Zaher a seminarian for the Diocese of Sale and Gavin Besterwitch from St Agatha’s parish, Cranbourne who very kindly volunteered their time to come along and share their insights with the young people. Unstoppable Youth Camp was a wonderful success and I look forward to our youth camp in October next year. More photos from our Unstoppable Youth Camp can be found on the Sale Youth Ministry Facebook page www.facebook.com/saleyouthministry
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Returning to our own Galilee ANOTHER year is passing. Not long to go now - we hardly had a chance to get used to it! Like every year, 2014 is filled with ups and downs, Calvaries and Bethlehems and even a Pentecost when perhaps inspiration brought about a change in direction. It may have been a year like mine, when a new child was born in your family and someone close died. Perhaps it was a year in which you made a new start, found new employment, entered a new phase of life, got married, or maybe it was the year when you retired. Perhaps it was not a good year healthwise, or….well, whatever it has been so far there is a time in every year when looking back and taking stock becomes essential to going forward. Too often we leave anything like that to the end of the year and it gets lost in the Christmas rush, the holidays or just the busyness of life at that time. Every year is different – beginnings and endings, illness and health, frustrations and the joys of success, stagnation on some fronts, growth on others. Hopefully, we can take some time to make sense of it all. Making some quiet times give
Reflections by Jim Quillinan us the opportunity to look back on what has gone before, otherwise we cannot chart a path to the future. It is easy to drift along rather than making the space to begin again and in the midst of the demands of work and family, of money-making worries and to fix the eye of the mind and heart on the really important things of life. During his Easter homily this year, Pope Francis issued a real challenge. He asked us all ‘to return to Galilee’, to return to where we first experienced the call to follow Jesus, where God’s grace touched us. “In the life of every Christian, after baptism there is also a more existential “Galilee”: the experience of a personal encounter with Jesus Christ who called me to follow him and to share in his mission .... “Today, tonight, each of us can ask: What is my Galilee? Where is my Galilee? Do I re-
member it? Have I forgotten it? Have I gone off on roads and paths which made me forget it?” I wonder how many of us have taken the time to do that. Where did we first experience the call to follow Jesus? We need to spend some time asking ourselves what Jesus means to us, why we call ourselves ‘Christian’ and how that translates into what we do, what we believe, what are the really important things in life for us. If we are to make progress in our spiritual journey, we need to spend some time remembering and reflecting on what we say are our intentions in life, and what we can clearly see are becoming the patterns and actions of our lives. Often there is a big difference. Lord, help me: tell me what my Galilee is; for you know that I want to return there to encounter you and to let myself be embraced by your mercy.
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Teacher scales Mt Kilimanjaro
CLIMBING Africa’s tallest mountain has been ticked off the to-do list by Michele Knight who is director of religious education at St Francis Xavier College’s Officer campus. She undertook the climb of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania during the recent school holidays as a fundraising effort for Caritas. She arrived back in Australia last week, exhausted but at the same time elated. Mrs Knight is a parishioner of 20 years at Our Lady Help of Christians in Narre Warren. The money raised from this adventure will support communities in need in Africa. The climbers of Mt Kilimanjaro with Caritas are committed to assisting children and fami-
lies in need in order for them to access better water, food, education, medical health and better safety. They are especially committed to helping women and children who have been denied personal rights, freedom or education or who have suffered abuse of any kind. Mrs Knight trained for the climb for a year and was looking forward to meeting the other participants from all over Australia. She raised around $4000, all of which goes directly to Caritas to support communities in Africa. It is still not too late to sponsor her. Go to: http:// my.caritasfundraising.org.au/ micheleknight
$200 subsidy for couple courses COUPLES seeking to build a stronger relationship can take part in a trial involving 100,000 couples Australia. The Federal Government has initiated the Stronger Relationships trial and is making available a $200 subsidy to committed couples on the first come first served basis. The aim of the trial is to encourage the couples to take part in some form of relationship education or formation as a way of supporting marriage and family life. The subsidy can be used for marriage education, parenting or relationship education or couple counselling. Couple can register for the trial via the Department of Social Services website www.dss.gov. au and they will then receive via email an electronic certificate with a unique code that is in effect a $200 voucher that can be put towards the costs of an approved service. Couples then enrol in an education or counselling service using the subsidy. Services that are eligible must be those of approved organisations and generally fall into two categories - andeducation course of at least five hours or a counselling of minimum two
hours. The education courses can include marriage preparation, marriage enrichment and parenting. All couples preparing for marriage in the Catholic Church should apply for the $200 subsidy to be put towards their courses. CatholicCare Gippsland runs regular pre-marriage courses. Various marriage enrichment courses are on offer through the Church and people undertaking those should also apply for the subsidy.
Theological union has open day YARRA Theological Union, a Catholic College of the University of Divinity is holding an open day this Sunday October 19 from 2 – 5pm. Undergraduate and postgraduate courses are available at the college. All welcome to visit 98 Albion Road, Box Hill. For more information phone 9890 3771 or email: admin@ ytu.edu.au .Website: www.ytu. edu.au
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Warragul CWL hosts annual general conference WARRAGUL - Sale Diocese hosted the 2014 annual general conference of the Catholic Women’s League of Victoria and Wagga Wagga at the West Gippsland Arts Centre Warragul on August 27-28. Theme was ‘’To remember the past with gratitude.’’ Opening Mass was celebrated at St Joseph’s Warragul at 9.30am on the Wednesday followed by registration and morning tea at the Fountain Room at the Arts Centre where the conference was held. General president Jewell Start opened conference after which league prayers were recited. Diocesan president Pat Allway welcomed all to our part of the world and Baw Baw Mayor Cr Murray Cook officially opened the conference. Diocesan administrator Fr Peter Slater is kept very busy at the present time as a Bishop for Sale has not been appointed as yet. He reminded us of the important part the CWL play in the life of our parishes. First speaker was Jean Topps who has three children with disabilities. She has been an unpaid carer for over 50 years. She said there were 2.7 million unpaid carers in Australia saving the government 42.7 billion a year. CWL has decided to campaign for the carers and a collection taken up for this cause raised $323. Jane Munro spoke of gender
equality and that India was a perfect country for seeking surrogacy as women were so poor. There were 137,000 women living with genital mutilation. Sylvia Neaves, the WUCWO representative urged deligates to make sure Women’s Voice was read in all branches. The reflection was given by Sr Rose Duffy. God is revealed to us through Jesus.It is through Jesus we get to know God. Second speaker was executive director of Dalgamo Institute Shane Varcoe who said 80 to 90 percent of clients had drug or alcohol problems. Crystal meth was out of control. Day two began with WUCWO mass at St Joseph’s. Registration and cup of tea followed at the Arts Centre. League prayers were said and adoption of annual report . Guest speaker for the morning was Thurston Inga one of the founders of Olivia’s Place which is a pregnancy and a resort centre for families. The vision for Olivia’s Place is a fully operational pregnancy and parenting support centre. They run quarterly clothing stalls and provision of baby bundles to local parents in need. Warragul business group is supporting Olivia’s Place and they can now operate for another two years. Special works reports were given after which the committee for 2015 was announced. Raf-
fles were drawn. Mary Glowrey raffle was won by Jane Brannigan, Benalla; 2nd prize Erin Collins, Doncaster; 3rd Betty Delany, Timboon. Conference raffle: 1st Gerty Mangan, Ballarat; 2nd Marie Pheland. The 2015 hosts for general conference will be Wagga Wagga. A big thank you to Marist Sion College, Warragul, for the use of their two school buses for ferrying members to and from venues and to Deacon Mark Kelly and his wife Hilary, who is a member of the DrouinWarragul branch, for driving the buses. Congratulations to Anita Toner and Robyn Fahey who both won the Mary Glowrey Award.
ANITA Toner receives her Mary Glowery Award from CWL general president Jewell Start.
Marian pilgrimage next month SALE - The annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sale, will take place on Sunday, November 23. Parishioners from across the diocese traditionally travel to Sale for the annual event. Normally it starts with prayers at the marian statue and processes into the cathedral where the icon hangs. Details will be distributed to parishes in the coming weeks. For more information please contact Cassie Gawley at the Youth Ministry Office on 5622 6686.
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Loch honors its patron saint teacher, leader, and champion of the poor and yet despite all of this, he was human, just like us. Born into a peasant family in the late 16th century, he achieved so much in his 80 years, in an era of very limited communications and only basic transportation. A brilliant student, ordained at age, St Vincent De Paul endured capture by pirates, sold into slavery many times over, including as a farm hand in France. During this time he passionately chanted the words of Psalm 137 By the Rivers of Babylon followed by Salve Regina. His captors were so impressed that this proved to be a turning point in his eventual release and return to freedom. The great St Vincent de Paul; so much inspiration, his zeal was boundless, and one good work grew out of another. He was a great innovator, having
humility in an era where humility was not a fashionable virtue. St Vincent De Paul demonstrated much leadership by example, and because of this Mr Loughnan posed a challenge to the congregation. “After celebrating his feast day, are we motivated to do something to help others? It is up to each of us individually – ideally that should be sustainable, on-going works of charity�. Bob Dempster, president of Korumburra Conference added to the celebrations by speaking of the great work undertaken by its members, giving some examples and citing their needs in order to continue their valued work in current times. As a final tribute to St Vincent De Paul’s feast day, By the Rivers of Babylon was sung, followed by a friendly cuppa, sandwiches and cake.
ROSEDALE – Parishioners celebrated the feast day of St Rose of Lima as the normal Saturday night Rosedale Mass fell on the feast. The town’s small church is named St Rose of Lima.
After Mass 20 parishioners adjourned to the Rosedale Tavern for a meal, accompanied by Fr Stephen Onuoha. Here Fr Onuoha and parishioner Eddie Barnes chat while waiting for meals.
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Pallottines seek to light fuse
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By Br Lindsay SAC DETONATING dynamite is a constructive job which can be compared to one facet of being a religious today. If you work with someone who actually uses dynamite you will see it is not simply a destructive thing isolated in itself, but a step in the process of “pulling down and (for another sometimes) of building up” – holding a prophetic echo. The dynamite is carefully placed to clear the ground for deeper excavations, foundations and building. This is at the very heart of being a religious, though some will have a particular gift for excavation and rebuilding. Each shows a face of religious identity. St Vincent Pallotti was prophet and thorn in the Church of his day. The thorn was healed largely during Vatican II where
his insight into the equal dignity of all vocations was proclaimed and prophetic because some of his more radical ideas still remain unrealised today. Pallottines – priests and brothers in Australia, work in equal collaboration with laity, many of whom take on key roles of leadership in partnership for ministry. Pallotti College in Millgrove is one major example of worldwide volunteers, working under the leadership of lay managers. For decades young German volunteers also courageously worked with indigenous in Western Australia and through an international Pallottine program continue working in Millgrove. Whether in hospitality, spirituality, parishes or or chaplaincies you see the Pallottine family widely represented. In outreach we sometimes work in collaboration with oth-
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ers where they already recognise a universal self-worth. Indeed, working with others was emblematic of Pallotti’s work. Your gift may be lighting the fuse, holding the stick steady, seeing to its careful storage, but together, sharing many gifts, we can through grace and prayer, seek to make the Gospel ever something that destabilises our fears and calls us to new intimacy with God and neighbour. To find out more about the Pallottines and their work see the advertisement below.
Newborough fete is coming up NEWBOROUGH – St Mary’s Primary School, Newborough, will hold its annual school fete at the school on Sunday October 26 from 10am to 2pm. There will be a trash and treasure stall, spinning wheel, Devonshire teas, barbecue, rides, an animal nursery, face painting, book and plant stalls, showbags, a cake bake off and lots more activities form all the family.
St Sofia day fun at Koo Wee Rup KOO WEE RUP – The annual St Sofia Festival will be held at St John’s Church, Koo Wee Rup on October 26. The Italian Mass will be at 9.30am with St Anthony’s Choir leading the hymn singing. The procession after Mass will be accompanied by Bellini Bras Band and then following a bring your own lunch, Something To Talk About will entertain the crowd, followed by the popular auction. Entry to this fun event if free and everyone is welcome.
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15 – St Theresa of Avila 18-19 – Diocesan retreat led by Fr Babu Antony VC, Traralgon 18 – St Luke 19 – Difference to Eternity marriage enrichment program, Warragul 19 – Mission Sunday Appeal 19 – Centenary of St Joseph’s Church, Swan Reach, Mass 10.30am followed by lunch at hotel 22 – South Region meeting, 11.15am, Leongatha 26 – Valley Region meeting, Noon, St Mary’s Church meeting room, Newborough 26 – St Sofia Festival, Koo Wee Rup, Mass 9.30, followed by procession, entertainment, BYO lunch and auction 26 – St Mary’s, Newborough school fete, 10am to 2pm 28 – Sts Simon and Jude
NOVEMBER 1 – All Saints 2 – All Souls 4 – Melbourne Cup public holiday 9 – Dedication of the Lateran Basilica 9 - The 2ofUs CatholicCare pre-marriage education program, Warragul 11 – Remembrance Day 11 - Diocesan Pastoral Council meeting, 9.30am, Room 58, Sion House, Warragul 16 – Healing Mass with Fr John Rea SM, St Agatha’s, Cranbourne 6pm 17 - Healing Mass with Fr John Rea SM, Star of the Sea, San Remo, 7pm 18 - Healing Mass with Fr John Rea SM, St Laurence’s, Leongatha, 7pm 18 – Central Region meeting, 7.30pm, Trafalgar 18 – East Region meeting, 10.30am, Orbost 19 - Healing Mass with Fr John Rea SM, St Joseph’s, Iona, 7pm 20 - Healing Mass with Fr John Rea SM, St Michael’s, Traralgon, 7.30pm 21 - Healing Mass with Fr John Rea SM, Our Lady Help of Christians, Narre Warren, 7.30pm 23 – Feast of Christ the King 23 - Annual diocesan pilgrimage to shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help at St Mary's Cathedral, Sale, 2pm 29 - Victorian State Elections 30 – Advent begins 30 – St Andrew
DECEMBER 1 – Deadline for December Catholic Life 3 – St Francis Xavier 3 – Mass to celebrate consecrated life, St Michael’s, Traralgon 4 – Valley Region Christmas lunch, Morwell Club, Helen St 6 – St Nicholas 7 – Afternoon with bioethi-
cist Professor Nicholas TontiFilippini, Maffra Memorial Hall, 2.30pm. 8 – Immaculate conception 10 – Catholic Life published 14 – St John of the Cross 18 – Christmas holidays begin 24 - Sion House closes for Christmas break 25 – Christmas Day 26 – Boxing Day 26 – St Stephen 27 – St John 29 – Holy Family Feast Day 31 – New Year’s Eve
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1 – New Year’s Day 1 – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God 4 – Epiphany 5 - Sion House reopens 11 – Baptism of the Lord 17 – St Anthony 24- St Francis de Sales 25 – Phillip Island Motorcycle Grand Prix 26 – Australia Day 28 – First term begins 28 – St Thomas Aquinas 31 – St John Bosco
FEBRUARY 2 – Presentation of the Lord 5 – St Agatha 11 – Our Lady of Lourdes 14 – World Cup cricket begins 17 – Shrove Tuesday 18 – Ash Wednesday
MARCH 9 – Labor Day holiday 15 – Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix 17 – St Patrick 19 – St Joseph 25 – Annunciation 27 – Term one ends 29 – Palm Sunday 29 – World Cup cricket final
APRIL 2 – AFL season begins 3 – Good Friday 4 – Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil 5 – Daylight saving ends (turn clocks back one hour) 5 – Easter Sunday 6 – Easter Monday Holiday 12 – Divine Mercy Sunday 13 – Second term begins 25 – Anzac Day (Centenary) 29 – St Catherine of Siena
MAY 10 – Mother’s Day 14 – St Matthew 17 – Ascension 24 – Pentecost Sunday 25 – Our Lady Help of Christians
JUNE 7 – Body and Blood of Christ 8 – Queen’s Birthday Holiday 12 – Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 13 – Immaculate Heart of Mary 24 – Nativity of John the Baptist
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The Devil’s in the detail - Don’t sell your first born HOW many of us have gone to a website and just ticked the box to accept the terms and conditions so that we can move to the next page? How many of us have read the fine print in our mobile phone contracts? And really, how many of you have read the small print in any of your insurance contracts? I don’t think there are many of us who can answer yes to these for all occasions; we all like to skip the boring bits and get straight to the good stuff, don’t we? Now that I’ve started this article with four questions (my late English teaching mother would be aghast) let’s get down to what you may be letting yourself in for. A recent experiment in England showed that people agreed to exchange their first born child for free public wi-fi. Really. A university used a wi-fi café and tested mobile phone and computer users with an
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outrageous set of terms and conditions. Most users just ticked the box to accept the conditions and went on to use the wi-fi. Very few actually took the time to read them! I’m sure it’s the same in Australia. I know, on travel sites I just tick the box and keep going. There are problems in doing this, though, and we only realise how great these problems are when it’s too late to do anything about them. As many people in Queensland and Victoria discovered just a few years ago, most usual insurance policies don’t cover floods. That was listed in every policy but it was in the fine print list of
exclusions. Have you read your credit card terms and conditions? While these are regulated in Australia, the fine print will still scare you. It gives the issuers enormous power to change things after you have agreed to one set of terms, simply by giving you notice. You do read those letter that come with your monthly statement don’t you? You don’t have to agree. You can’t change the conditions, though. Are you on Facebook? If you are, they own the data you put on it and can use it as they see fit. It’s in their terms and conditions you must accept to use that platform. Yes, they can
sell your personal detail if they choose. When we use hotel booking websites we give them our information which if we’re not careful, they can use as they see fit. They can sell your details to other businesses and subject you to a lifetime of spam. The other problem that keeps rearing its head is the downloading of unwanted programs. In many cases we’ll download a virus checker, or an update to our PDF reader and we don’t read the conditions and find we’ve downloaded three new programs, changed our home page and our computer works differently. We have to uninstall all the programs and start again, remembering to “untick” the little box that’s inconspicuous on the front page. Many of the sites we may access are not based in Australia. This means that they are not subject to Australian laws and you don’t have any legal protection here.
Unlike insurance companies which are, but if you don’t know what you’re covered for you may find that you’ve wasted your money. Again, phone companies have had a history of having contracts that are weighted in the provider’s favor, to the user’s expense. While you may not be able to change the conditions you will at least be aware of what you’re letting yourself into. Read the fine print – the devil is in the detail. There’s another reason to do this. You’ll really frustrate the salesman if you know more about it than they do! And they can’t do anything but wait until you have. It’s your time, so use it wisely. • This report is intended to provide general advice. In preparing this advice, David Wells and Baillieu Holst Ltd did not take into account the investment objective, the financial situation and particular needs of any particular person. Before making an investment decision on the basis of this advice, you need to consider, with or without the assistance of an adviser, whether the advice is appropriate in light of your particular investment needs, objectives and financial circumstances.
Moe gardening project aids Sudanese migrants MOE – African migrants struggling to find employment in the Latrobe Valley could find a future career in Gippsland’s growing farming sector, through hands-on horticulture training program. The Green Patch Gippsland will see a hectare plot on Moe’s northern outskirts converted into a community garden through which migrants can receive pre-accredited vocational training in horticulture. Run through CatholicCare Gippsland, in partnership with Moe-based Gippsland Employment Skills Training, the Green Patch project began last month. The green light for the project comes after the announcement of a funding boost from Regional Development Australia’s Regional Growth Fund. It is the second such program that CatholicCare Gippsland has been involved in after suc-
cessfully initiating a similar program in Pakenham for Sudanese migrants last year with strong financial support from the Sale Diocesan charity Trinity Families. More than a dozen students have been selected for the project and CatholicCare Gippsland manager Anthea Dacy said participants had been learning horticulture skills in the classroom before putting them to practice at the garden site. She said male Sudanese migrants would be specifically targeted for the training, due to known employment difficulties for the demographic. “Sudanese males are generally the head of the household and their families in their culture but what is happening when families arrive in Australia is that the females are finding the work more readily than the males in field such as aged care
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idle and mum’s got work. They have large families and he wants to be the bread winner and she
wants to be home with the kids but it doesn’t always work out that way here.”
INSPECTING the Green Patch land being used to train African migrants are (from left) project officer Theresa Jones, Gippsland Employment Skills Training chief executive officer Diane Carson and CatholicCare Gippsland manager of family relationships programs Anthea Dacy. Photo courtesy Latrobe Valley Express
Christmas auction aids church appeal BAIRNSDALE – St Mary’s Parish, Bairnsdale, is having a Christmas dinner auction on December 6 as a fundraiser for the restoration of the church. It will be at Bairnsdale Sporting and Convention Centre from 6pm and the cost of $50 per head will include a two course meal. Drinks will be at bar prices. There will be great Christmas auction items to suit all tastes. Get a table together now and contact Pattie Pruscino on 5152 2942.
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Australian Catholic Lives focus of new book AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC LIVES by Edmund Campion, published and distributed by David Lovell Publishing, paperback, 228 pages, rrp $24.95. THE author is a well known Jesuit priest and author who has 63 year experience as a priest. Over the years he has written many books including Australian Catholics, Catholic Voices and Great Australian Catholics.
This book gathers together a collection of more than 70 Australian Catholics whose stories he covers briefly by dedicating a few pages to each. Some of those chosen are well-known on the national scene while others would hardly be known beyond their local patch. Including people from all walks of life acknowledges that each of us makes a contribution in our own small way. Catholic Life readers will be heartened to know that Prue McGoldrick of Paynesville features. She was a contributor to the original Sale Catholic Life and is an author in her own right. In fact Campion bases his chapter
on her on her 1994 book My Paddock, about growing up a Catholic at Sunshine during the Great Depression and Second World War. There may be others with Gippsland links. The book makes an interesting read and there is a good balance between religious and laity, sinners and saints. SHORT STORIES BY JESUS by Amy-Jill Levine, published by Harper Collins, hardback, 313 pages, rrp $39.99. THE sub title of this book The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi give a good indication of where it is heading. The author draws on what she sees are short-comings of many traditional explanations of the parables Jesus told. She points out that the New Testament makes mention in various places that the disciples did not really understand the parables, so how can we be sure that our modern slant on these stories is correct. We have to understand the Jewish way of speaking in parables, the relationship between the Jews and Samaritans, cultural expectations of father-son relationships, and the normal contractual obligations between employers and vineyard workers which existed at the time. To truly understand the messages we have to know more of the historical context otherwise we are in danger of getting the wrong message. She also stresses the need to have a Jewish mindset when hearing these parables. Those hearing Jesus would be understanding through their experience of related passages in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). A Jewish audience hearing
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th Prodigal P di l S ld bbe off the Son would reminded of other men and their two sons, such as Adam with Cain and Abel, Abraham with Ishmael and Isaac, and Isaac with Jacob and Esau. The author states the uses of the word "prodigal" (which is not used in the passage) to describe the son, colors our understanding and that of countless homilies since the term was first used. In Eastern Christian circles the parable is often referred to as the Lost Son, which can be taken to refer to either son, or the Clever Son. It is a fascinating book which we can recommend to those wanting to understand their Bible a bit more and open their mind to other interpretations. Levine is an American Jew but is well qualified to express her views as a university professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies in Nashville and an affiliated professor at the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations at Cambridge. THE CATHOLIC PRAYER BOOK, published by Servant Books, paperback, 319 pages, rrp $21.95. THIS is a revised and updated version of a prayer book which
will be familiar to many readers. It was first published 30 years ago and copies found their way into countless homes around the world. Catholics are used to formal prayer and so this book will again find favor with most. Within its pages are a prayer for almost any occasion and therefore its use becomes personal, tailored to the tastes and needs of each individual reader. There are prayers from the Mass, prayers for vocations, thanksgiving, the sacraments, to the Holy Spirt, God the Father, God the Son, Our Lady, angels and saints, daily prayers, and those for special needs. There is a good introduction explaining ways people may choose to use the book. One of the best features is a size of the book which is ideal for tucking in a handbag or glovebox. JESUS THE EVANGELIST, A Gospel Guide to the New Evangelization by Allan F. Wright, published by Franciscan Media, paperback, 162 pages, rrp $21.95. THIS book follows the teaching of St John Paul II that evangelisation should not impose our beliefs on someone else. Instead, it should promote the Christian Gospel and the person of Jesus. The author shows us how Jesus was the ultimate
Learning about force and motion MORWELL EAST - As part of the P/1 unit on Force and Motion, Prep / One W, Prep/ One A and Prep/ One BC from St Vincent de Paul School in Morwell, combined to have a fun day constructing their machines from boxes. The children had previously been asked to study what constitutes force eg: pushing and how this relates to movement, the effect of the force that has been exerted on an object. The children explored the way objects move, using wheels, rails, treads and why this was effective in making it easy for objects to move. All grades asked their children to individually design a machine that could perform a service and move in theory, eg: a car, truck, robot. Then the children were put into groups of three to come up
with a common, effective design using elements from each individual child’s ideas. On the day we made the constructions, each team used boxes, tape staples and bonding materials to follow their plan and create their machine. Wheels were drawn on and some enterprising groups cut holes in the bottom of their boxes explaining their feet would provide the force necessary for their cars to move. We had robots, helicopters, cars and cranes, all constructed from the materials at hand and using the children’s knowledge and imagination. As a culmination of the day, we took the finished machines out and had a machine race in the playground. A fun day was had by all.
li t and d hhow hi d evangelist his lif life and teachings form the blueprint for our own efforts at sharing the Gospel. The book looks first at the Church's essential mission of evangelisation which is to proclaim the good news of Jesus to every person and in every situation. It refers to the teachings of Paul VI and John Paul II who both wrote encyclicals covering the issue. It also explains the term new evangelisation and how it means re-evangelisation of the baptised Christians who really have no sense of faith. The book then takes an indepth look at the evangelists John, Luke, Mark and Matthew - who wrote the Gospels. A separate section is devoted to each example of the call to evangelisation from the Gospels.
Funding announcement soon for Trinity DETAILS of charities to receive funding from Trinity Families annual disbursement will be made soon. An overwhelming number of applications this year will means available funds will not be able to cover all requests. Charities which have applied for funding will be notified of their success or otherwise in the next few weeks. Details of projects funded will be made available on the website www.trinityfamilies. org.au and also in December Catholic Life. Contact will be made with successful applicants to discuss release of the funds and ways of promoting projects funded by Trinity Families. Funds can only be allocated to registered charities operating programs to aid families in the Greater Gippsland area.
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Instability plays into hands of Militants destroy about 200 churches the extremists, says bishop By Reinhard Backes BOSNIA-Herzegovina urgently needs reforms and a rapprochement with the European Union. The Bishop of Banja Luka, Franjo Komarica, explained this while talking to staff of the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need on October 2. People voted last weekend in the two parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the 10 federal units called cantons, to re-elect the parliaments and the three-member presidency. In the view of observers the economic and the political situation of the country is extremely critical. Unemployment is more than 50 per cent; nearly three quarters of young adults are unable to find work. Dissatisfaction in the population, comprising three ethnic groups – Bosnians, Croats and Serbs – has grown enormously with the majority rejecting their own country. Bishop Komarica is deeply concerned: “We are living in an absurd situation. Bosnia-Herzegovina is not moving forward, either politically or economically. “The country has a number of constitutions which obstruct one another. The number of ministers is astronomical, an indulgence which no other allows itself. The people are longing for a new organisation of the state.” Because of the political logjam, lack of legal certainty and the growing dissatisfaction there is the danger, Bishop Komarica believes, that parts of the country will become radicalised. “There are people here who could exploit the instability.
BISHOP Franjo Komarica of the Diocese of Banja Luka. © Aid to the Church in Need
And we mustn’t ignore the dark clouds arising in the south-east. This region is a region where destructive, radical forces from the Arab world can flourish and they can very easily settle here.” The background is that before the last Balkan war the people in Bosnia-Herzegovina lived peacefully with one another regardless of their religion or denomination. This fundamental consensus was destroyed by war and violence and has to be built up again. In order to overcome the persistent instability, Bishop Komarica believes that a greater commitment on the part of the international community, and specifically the European Union, is absolutely essential. In his words, the Catholic Church is making a positive contribution in Bosnia-Herzegovina: “We need more justice,
reconciliation and willingness to work together.”
angry with each other, they have made each other cry and that there had always been anxiety of a looming failed marriage. “Gradually we came to see that the only feature that distinguishes our sacramental relationship from that of any other good Christ-centred relationship is sexual intimacy, and that marriage is a sexual sacrament with its fullest expression in sexual intercourse,” the couple emphasised. They called attention to the fact that church documents on family doctrines were written with difficult language seemingly “from another planet” and “not terribly relevant” to people’s real life experience. “We need new ways and relatable language to touch peoples’ hearts,” they said. They pointed out one common element about church and
and create an Islamist state. The recent raids also have displaced local government officials, throwing the region into chaos as the insurgents have taken over government buildings. The violence has forced thousands of Catholics to flee the region and has delayed the start of the school year, Fr Obasogie said. “Our children have not yet been fed well or clothed; so resumption to school is practically out of our calculation. “In our opinion, if thousands of Nigerian children can’t go to school … then their future is at stake, quite bleak. The health condition of our people is truly troubling in their displaced camps.” The statement offered no solution to the crisis in the region, but said that the problems posed by the insurgent movement must begin to be addressed globally.
Iraq not aiding Christians IRAQ - The Government of Iraq is guilty of not helping Christians desperate to flee Islamic State militia, according to a leading Catholic bishop from the country. Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil said Iraq’s national government in Baghdad “has done nothing, absolutely nothing” for 120,000 Christians seeking sanctuary away from areas terrorized by the extremists. Archbishop Warda said displaced Christians in his diocese and the nearby Dohuk region were becoming increasingly concerned for the future two months after leaving their
Family Synod draws to close VATICAN - The Synod on the Family will conclude in Rome this weekend. The fortnight long Synod has been attended by about 250 bishops from around the world and has also heard from lay people, mainly couples. An Australian couple Ron and Mavis Pirola, from Sydney spoke openly about their opinions, heeding the call of Pope Francis to be open and frank on all matters. The couple told the Synod that it was their desire to have sex that brought them together when they first met 57 years ago. It is also sex that kept them married for 55 years now. The couple was hand-picked by the Vatican for the synod to hear about the day to day experience of Catholic families. The Pirolas said that like all married couple, they had been
NIGERIA - Nearly 200 churches in the Maiduguri Diocese in north-eastern Nigeria have been destroyed or razed by Boko Haram insurgents since August, a diocesan official said. Fr Gideo Obasogie, director of social communications in the diocese, said last week that violence has affected 186 churches in 14 parishes in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. Some parishes lost as many as 25 churches and worship sites, Fr Obasogie said. “As a Church, we are really going through a severe moment of persecution. Our ecclesiastical circumscription is facing a sharp disintegration.” The diocese attributed the violence to Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The organisation is in the fifth year of a violent campaign that has included bombings, attacks on churches, assassinations and abductions in an effort to overthrow the Nigerian government
family - both face the challenge of upholding the truth while expressing compassion and mercy. As way of example, they shared the story of their Catholic friends who have a gay son. The son asked for his partner to join them for the Christmas family gathering. This friend couple believed the church’s teaching about homosexuality, yet have acted with compassion and mercy for the gay son. They allowed for his partner to join them, after all “he is our son.” They also spoke about their divorced friend who had always felt unaccepted in her parish. Despite the isolation, she attends mass regularly. They also told the synod about an elderly widow who has a son with Down syndrome and schizophrenia. They said she fears death because his son will be left alone.
homes in Mosul and the Niniveh Plains. As IS forces advanced, they fled at a moment’s notice leaving all their belongings behind. The archbishop said that Muslim leaders had failed to give an unequivocal condemnation of the violence carried out in the name of Islam which had resulted in the ejection of all Christians from their ancient Biblical homeland. Quoting instances of longtime Muslims neighbors looting the homes of Christians who had fled their homes, Archbishop Warda said many of his faithful felt “betrayed” and were now more likely to flee the country. In an interview with Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Archbishop Bashar
Warda said: “The reality is that Christians have received no support from the central government. They have done nothing for them, absolutely nothing.” “Usually, the central government is the first to take responsibility for helping people forced to leave their homes. “The central government is to blame,” he said, adding: “It has not fulfilled its commitment to the people.” He also said: “The government in Baghdad received a lot of help from the international community for the displaced people from Mosul and Nineveh but there has been no sign of it here.” He said Baghdad was helping Muslim displaced people but not Christians.
New website for Pope’s Philippines visit MANILA - The official website of the papal visit to the Philippines has been launched. The website, at www.PapalVisit.ph, “aims to bring the Holy Father closer to the Filipino digital generation, with features on the life and teachings of the Pope and his message of Mercy and Compassion. Pope Francis will visit the Philippines from January 1519 and many Filipinos living in Australia are expected to return home for the occasion. The new online portal has been commissioned for the Papal visit through the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the
Philippines and its media office. It will have the latest updates on the forthcoming apostolic journey, covering breaking news from the Philippines and the Vatican, as well as the latest videos and photos including from social media. It also aims to be the main resource for catechesis, official prayers, songs, and liturgy guides. The site will also handle media accreditation and will be the official source of statements, press releases, homilies, speeches and publicity materials.
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For the Young and Young at Heart Colour Christopher Columbus Time for a Laugh DAN was a single guy living at home with his widowed father and working in the family business. Knowing he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed to find a wife with whom to share his fortune. One evening, at an investment meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away. “I may look like just an ordinary guy,” he said to her, “but in just a few years, my father will die and I will inherit $200 million.” Impressed, the woman asked for his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother. Women are so much better at financial planning than men.
A TOURIST park needed a major landscaping job done and arranged for three companies to be shown what was required and makes quotes. The park manager took the three representatives down to the site. The first company’s representative took out a tape measure and make various calculations which he tapped into his laptop and then announced the job would cost $90,000. The second representative also carefully calculated the size of the job and worked frantically on his calculator before announcing he could do the job for $70,000. The third company’s representative just wrote $120,000 on a piece of paper and handed it to the manager. “You didn’t even measure like the other guys, made no calculations and have come up with a figure much higher than either of the other companies. Can you explain that?” asked the manager. “That’s easy. $25,000 for you, $25,000 for me, I get the second guy to do the job as a sub-contractor and your boss will be none the wiser.”
would be normal for such mail. Moved by the child’s impassioned plea for the $100, the mail worker resealed it and forwarded the letter on to the Prime Minister. When the Prime Minister opened the letter, he was impressed and asked his secretary to send the boy $5 as a contribution. The boy was delighted by the $5 and so wrote another letter to God. “Dear God, thank you for the money that you sent but for some reason you sent it via Canberra and as usual they deducted $95!” A MAN goes to the police station and asks to speak to a burglar who had been charged with breaking into his house. The police sergeant said that would not be possible as he could not have the prisoner being threatened. “Oh no, you mistake me,” said the man. “I just want to ask him how he got into the house without waking my wife. I’ve been trying to do that for years.”
A YOUNG man shopping in a supermarket noticed a little old lady following him around. If he stopped, she stopped. Furthermore she kept staring at him. CHRISTOPHER Columbus is recognised as discoverer of America in 1492 but some think She finally overtook him at the Vikings may have beaten him. Here he is with one of his ships. Colour it in for a chance the checkout, and she turned to win a prize. to him and said, “I hope I haven’t made you feel ill at Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Age . . . . . ease; it’s just that you look so much like my late son” He answered, “That’s Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . okay.” “I know it’s silly, but if School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you’d call out ‘Good bye, Mum’ as I leave the store, Send entries to Catholic Life Colouring Contest. c/- PO Box 1410, Warragul 3820. it would make me feel so happy.” She then went through the checkout, and as she was on her way out of the store, the man called out, “Goodbye, Mum.” JUDGING the winner of the best colThe little old lady waved ouring sent in of Noah hurrying to and smiled back at him. finish the arc before the rains started Pleased that he had was an extremely difficult task. brought a little sunshine into We received lots of class lots from A YOUNG boy wanted someone’s day, he went to those in the lower grades which was $100 to buy the latest fad pay for his groceries. fantastic to see. toy. His parents wouldn’t “That comes to $121.85,” Some added dark clouds, others give him the money so he said the clerk. rainbows and the arc was painted in a wrote a letter addressed to “How come so much? I full range of colours. “God, Heaven” and posted it. only bought five items.” After much deliberation we have The clerk replied, “Yeah, The letter made its way to selected the entry of Caitlyn Reid, the dead letter office where but your mother said you’d 7, who attends St Thomas’s Primary the worker decided to open be paying for her things, KRISTIE Blundell, from St Brigid’s, Officer, disSchool in Sale. it instead of binning it as too.” plays the prize she won from Catholic Life. We will deliver her prize soon.
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Green thumbs for St Michael’s veggie garden TRARALGON - The St. Michael’s Primary School environmental team together with a Bunnings’ team and David McKenzie have created their very own veggie garden. The environmental group is made up of students who are passionate about the environment. They give up their time to clean the school yard of rubbish and leaves. They meet with the principal regularly to discuss environmental related issues and initiatives. Bunnings were instrumental in the planning of the garden as well as donating their time, manpower, garden liner, fruit trees, vegetables seedlings, herbs and mulch. They also provided the wheelbarrows and shovels to move the garden soil. Stockland generously paid for the raised garden beds. Some of the students were asked about their experience.
Grade 6 students, Liam replied, “I enjoyed digging, the teamwork and working with my friends” and Claudia said, “I liked getting dirty, planting and getting out of work for half a day.” Grade 2 students, Kai said, “Planting the lettuce was fun and I got to play in the dirt” and Riley said, “I like the shovelling and stuff. “Grade 3 student, Isobel said, “Each of us was put in a team and designated a garden bed and given plants to plant. The Bunning’s team were helpful and made it fun.” School principal Cathy Blackford said,“There was such excitement as the day had finally arrived and we could put our plan into practise. It has been a wonderful community building process and engaged all ages for the entire session.”
ISOBEL, Noah and Ben planted the orange tree in St Michael’s Primary School garden.
MITCHELL putting mulch around the passionfruit vine.
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St Vincent’s stages school spectacular MORWELL EAST - After two terms of hard work and constant practice, the children of St Vincent de Paul Primary school in Morwell presented their parents and invited VIP guests with a spectacle of color and coordinated movement. The theme for the concert was building resilience bouncing back from adversity. Classes chose a Disney related song/ songs applicable to this theme. Each class’s performance reflected a different perspective on this common theme. Students from Grade 5 and 6 introduced each item with a skit written by the very talented teacher, Miss Bell. Chloe Hassler very generously volunteered her time and expertise to assist classes with their dance movements which was appreciated by staff, students and parents. This event was a demonstration of parents working in partnership with the school as many
parents volunteered their time in making props and costumes, organising dance moves, coordinating and selling the raffle tickets as well as taking on the role of ushers on the night. Feedback from parents was that they had a fabulous night. Parents, teachers and children were very proud of everyone’s efforts.
Two selected for Gallipoli service A TEACHER and student from Catholic schools in our diocese have been selected among 80 people to be sent to the Anzac Day centenary celebrations at Gallipoli in April. They are St Francis Xavier College teacher Jacqui Dunstan and Marist Sion College student David Saultry. The State Government is sending 80 people from the education sector to represent it at the historic dawn service.