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Tasmanian Catholic - Volume 6 Issue 2 2010
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Mather Brown’sResurrectionunveiled
Volume 6: Issue 2 2010A publication of the Archdiocese of HobartComplimentary
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NEWS
Centacare’s Aged Care Housing
FEATURES
St Brigid’s shines once more
12 - 13
FEATURES
Year of the priest
14 - 15
Editor
Pip Atkinson
(03) 6208 6230
Production and Design
Cherie O’Meara
Published six times per year by the Archdiocese of
Hobart, The Tasmanian Catholic is distributed to
Catholic schools, hospitals, retirement villages and
parishes statewide.
We welcome contributions, but no guarantee of
publication can be given because of demands on
available space. Hard copy versions of items for
publication cannot be returned so please keep
a copy. Photographs submitted for publication
will only be returned if accompanied by a pre-
addressed stamped envelope.
Contributions, advertising or other enquiries may
be made by email to [email protected]
or sent by mail to The Tasmanian Catholic,
GPO Box 62, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001.
Catholic Church Directorywww.hobart.catholic.org.au
The Office of the Archbishop
Phone: (03) 6208 6222 Fax: (03) 6208 6293
Business Manager
Peter Cusick CPA
Phone: (03) 6208 6227 Fax: (03) 6208 6292
Catholic Development Fund
Phone: (03) 6208 6260 Fax: (03) 6208 6290
Liturgy Office
Phone: (03) 6208 6257 Fax: (03) 6208 6299
Marriage Tribunal
Phone: (03) 6208 6250 Fax: (03) 6208 6297
The Office of Church Life and Mission
Phone: (03) 6208 6272 Fax: (03) 6208 6299
Tasmanian Catholic Justice
and Peace Commission
Phone: (03) 6208 6271 Fax: (03) 6208 6299
Towards Healing Help Line
Phone: 1800 356 613
Museum and Archives
Phone: (03) 6231 4740
Heritage Office
Phone/Fax: (03) 6224 5920
Catholic Diocesan Centre35 Tower Road New Town 7008, GPO Box 62 Hobart 7001
Phone: (03) 6208 6222 Fax: (03) 6208 6292
Vicar General
Fr Mark Freeman VG
PO Box 62 Cygnet 7112
Phone: (03) 6295 1239 Fax: (03) 6295 1013
Chancellor
Fr Terry Rush VF PP
PO Box 42 Richmond 7025
Phone/Fax: (03) 6260 2189
Catholic Youth Ministry Chaplain
Fr Richard Ross
Phone: (03) 6326 1970
Catholic Education Office5 Emmett Place New Town 7008
Phone: (03) 6210 8888
Vocations Ministry
99 Barrack Street, Hobart
Phone: (03) 6234 4463
Centacare Welfare Services
Hobart 35 Tower Road New Town 7008
Phone: (03) 6278 1660
Launceston 201 York Street, Launceston 7250
Phone: (03) 6332 0600
Burnie 108 Mount Street Burnie 7320
Phone: (03) 6431 8555
Devonport 85 Best Street Devonport 7310
Phone: (03) 6423 6100
Willson Training
35 Tower Road New Town 7008
Phone: (03) 6208 6000
Diocesan Ecumenical Commission
Phone: (03) 6335 4708 A/H: (03) 6335 4826
DEADLINE FOR NEXT EDITION : May 18, 2010
All material in this publication is copyright and must
not be reproduced without the written permission of
the Archbishop of Hobart or his authorised delegate.
Printing
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Launceston
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INSIDE THIS ISSUEThe Resurrection 1
News in Brief 2– 4
Archbishop Doyle writes 5
Feature
Centacare steps in to Aged Care Housing 6
News
Eureka Street’s essay competition 7
Feature
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ by Fr Dudley Perera 8-9
Social Commentary
The Bread of Life 10
Parish News
Josephites celebrate opening of History Centre 11
St Brigid’s shines once more 12-13
Feature
Life as a Priest: Fr Mike Delaney 14-15
Pastoral Life
Fr Peter’s return to the Holy Land 17
My Camino by Terry Smee 18-19
Parliament of World’s Religions 20
International News
Traditional Communion host makers hurt by competition 21
Pastoral Life
Celebrate the gift of ageing 22
Make Aged Care an entitlement 23
TCJPC 24
Lifestyle
Book and film reviews 26–27
Kids’ Page 25
School and College News
GYC students whistle for solidarity 29
The Question Box 30
Weddings
Emily Finch and Shaun Woods 31
Obituary
Mary Guy 32
A section from Mather Brown’s painting of The Resurrection, 1830, which has spent the last two years being restored. For the full image and story see adjacent page.
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This Easter this magnificent painting, The Resurrection, will be
unveiled by the Passionists at St Joseph’s Church, Hobart, after
having spent two years in Melbourne undergoing restoration.
The restorer, George Giannis, said the painting had suffered
extensive water and moisture damage, which had in turn caused parts
of the linen painting to rot. Another problem was the darkening and
yellowing of the varnish over the entire painting, almost completely
obscuring the figures on the lower half of the painting.
Mr Giannis said the only portion of the painting which was relatively
clear was the figure of Christ Himself, although this portion, too, was
affected by discolouration.
“We are very, very happy with the result, however. There would
be no one in Tasmania now who has seen the painting as it originally
appeared, up until now,” said Mr Giannis.
The two large important oil
paintings of The Resurrection
and The Adoration of the Wise
Men, by the early American artist
Mather Brown, are a precious
link with the earliest days of the
Catholic community in southern
Tasmania.
Of the major early American
artists, painter and portraitist
Mather Brown (1761–1831) is the
least known. Born and reared in
Boston, Massachusetts, Brown
began a successful career in London
where he became the favourite
portrait painter of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and the official
portraitist of two of George III’s sons, Frederick Augustus, Duke of York,
and the Prince of Wales, later King George IV.
He was one of only two American painters to hold a Royal
appointment. His 1788 portrait of Adams and his 1786 portrait of
Jefferson are regarded as major items in the iconography of the United
States of America. His large historical compositions, including a series
based on the British war in India, brought increased recognition when
engraved as prints.
Although initially highly successful, his fortunes changed with the
wartime economic depression of the early 1800s. A devout man, many
of his latter paintings were of biblical subjects. Two of the last were The
Resurrection and The Adoration of the Wise Men. Both were huge works
over three and a half metres high, painted using live models.
The Resurrection was painted in 1830 and exhibited at the British
Institution, London, No. 480. In a letter of 6 July 1830 Brown wrote: ‘I
have recently compleated [sic] an historical Painting twelve feet high,
representing the Resurrection of our blessed Saviour, with many figures,
which was placed in a centre situation in the Institution Pall Mall’.
Mather Brown died in reduced circumstances in a London boarding
house on 25 May 1831. In his will, written on 20 April 1831 and proved
on 3 June 1831, Brown left all but two of his unsold paintings to ‘William
Henry Back, the pupil of Mr Thomas Christopher Hofland (in whose
house I now reside)’. Two of these, The Adoration of the Wise Men and
The Resurrection, were shipped to Van Diemen’s Land in 1838.
When they arrived in Hobart Town the paintings were displayed in
the Argyle Rooms and were much praised in the local press. The Argyle
The ResurrectionBy Brian Andrews, Heritage Officer
“The Resurrection was painted in
1830 and exhibited at the British
Institution, London.”
Rooms were being used by Fr John Joseph Therry as a temporary
chapel pending the construction of St Joseph’s Church, Macquarie
Street. The Adoration of the Wise Men was purchased for the then
huge sum of £200 for the one-year-old St John’s Church, Richmond.
Of The Resurrection the Hobart Colonial Times for 22 May 1838 had
the following to say:
The price is so moderate – only £65 – that we cannot, for a moment,
suppose The Resurrection will be allowed to leave the Colony. The
inhabitants of Richmond have shown a good example in the purchase
of one, let us, of Hobart Town, follow that example, and purchase the
other; it would ample adorn any religious edifice in the Colony.
The Resurrection was acquired for £65 and hung in Fr Therry’s
temporary chapel, finding a permanent home in St Joseph’s, Macquarie
Street, upon its completion in December 1841. It has hung on the rear
wall behind the altar ever since.
Mather Brown (1761–1831)
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Fr Frank Brennan, Jesuit priest and
Professor of Law at Australian Catholic
University (ACU), has been appointed an
official advocate to raise awareness and
drive change for the health and welfare of
disadvantaged Australians.
He will be the ‘Catholic Advocate in
Residence’ for the St Vincent de Paul Society,
Catholic Health Australia, Catholic Social
Services Australia, and ACU’s Public Policy
Institute.
The four organisations, with the help
of Fr Brennan, have committed to work
together to improve the lives of people
who are disadvantaged and marginalized
by addressing issues that undermine their
health and welfare.
In 1995, he was awarded an Order of
Australia for his services to Indigenous
Australians and was named a Living National
Treasure in 1998 for his work on the Wik native
title debate.
Fr Brennan has worked with refugees
in East Timor and recently chaired the
Government’s National Human Rights
Consultation Committee.
Australians show compassion
Project Compassion donations have
exceeded $1 million in two weeks.
Australians have given more than $1 million
to Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion
during the first two weeks of the campaign
in a strong display of the nation’s commitment
to eradicate global poverty.
Project Compassion, the largest annual aid
and development fundraiser in Australia, was
launched nationally this February. Having
raised over $8.7 million in 2009, Caritas
Australia’s CEO, Jack de Groot, hopes to exceed
expectations setting a target of $10 million for
this year’s fundraising campaign.
“Donations assist Caritas to work in
partnership with communities who are
improving their own lives through projects
which focus on education, health, water and
sustainable agriculture: priorities which are
set out in the United Nations Millennium
Development Goals,” he said.
“Project Compassion also supports our
emergency relief efforts in disaster-stricken
nations like Haiti and Chile, ensuring an
immediate and efficient response to
communities in crisis.”
“We’re thrilled with the generous support
we’ve received from parishes and school
students so far, but we’ve set the bar high
this year and there’s a way to go,” Mr de Groot
said.
Donations can be made to Project
Compassion by phoning 1800 024 413,
on-line at www.caritas.org.au or by post
to GPO Box 9830 in your capital city.
Frank Brennan appointed advocate
Open Door weekend at St Pius X
Taroona’s St Pius X Church
will form part of Heritage
Tasmania’s Open Doors over the
weekend of Saturday 29th and
Sunday 30th May, 2010.
The distinctive building was
designed by renowned Hobart
architect Esmond Dorney and
blessed by Archbishop Guilford
Young in November 1957.
St Pius X is on the Register of
the National Estate, a nationwide
list of places with heritage
significance which is compiled by the
Australian Heritage Commission. It is often
visited by architecture students.
Pius X Church is located at 100 Channel
Highway, Taroona. The Open Door
opportunity is part of the Heritage Festival
occurring during the month of May, 2010.
For further information call parishioner
Paul O’Brien on (03) 6227 8948.
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Over many years, Australian Catholics
have contributed very generously to
the Good Friday Holy Land Collection. Last
year, you contributed $1,100,000.
Christians in the Holy Land need our
prayers and financial support more than
ever. Many have found their living conditions
intolerable. The scarcity of housing and even
evictions from their family homes and the
constant threat of violence and hatred have
forced many to abandon the Holy Land and
to seek a better life elsewhere.
The Holy Land Collection is spent on
charitable programmes for the poor: projects
for youth, support of families and of parish
communities and schools, as well as building
apartments for the poor and young couples,
plus a variety of cultural projects, educational
and pastoral programmes.
Pope Benedict XVI remarked, “The
value that St Paul attributes to this gesture
of sharing is so great that he seldom calls
it merely a ‘collection’. Rather, for him it is
‘service’, ‘blessing’, ‘gift’, ‘grace’ and even
‘liturgy’. Particularly surprising is the latter
term which gives a value that is even religious
to a collection of money: on the one hand it
is a liturgical act or ‘service’ offered by every
community to God and, on the other, it is a
loving action made for people.
Please pray for them on this Good Friday
and, where possible, assist them by giving
generously to the Good Friday Collection. You
can be assured that your donation is much
appreciated and very well spent.
Good Friday Collection 2010 for the Holy Land
Dear Editor,
The Vision and Mission Statement for the Catholic Church in Tasmania are marvellous
and comprehensive documents produced by the Working Party after much hard work,
I’m sure. But why is there no mention of the greatest prayer of all – The Mass?
It is the very basis of the our faith and the powerhouse of everything mentioned in
the documents.
Yours faithfully,
Margaret Cummins
Dear Editor,
I am a ‘Cradle Catholic’, brought up in the time of changes wrought by Vatican II and I’m
thoroughly imbued with the spirit of that massive shift in the expression of our faith.
I don’t know Latin, I can scarcely remember receiving Communion on the tongue and
I enjoy reading the Bible for myself without priestly censure. Mass is a place where I go to
be spiritually fed and renewed. I am used to the English translation of the sacred words.
I see Latin as an esoteric anachronism with no place in mainstream Catholic worship in
Australia today.
Having said that, it is with much dismay and apprehension that I read of the new
revisions of the English Mass Texts. Changes appear to be made to the English translation
to better conform to theological niceties and the grammatical structure of a different
language than English. Anyone who has been involved in translation projects would know
that often the spirit of an original is lost if literal word-for-word substitution is chosen.
It is a specialist job to capture the essence of thought and realise it in another culture’s
idioms and ideas of beauty and elegance. I can write prose reasonably well, I believe, but
I certainly don’t have the expertise and talent to write poetry. Our liturgical language
deserves to be the best, most apt and most beautiful we can rise to, not a prosaic work
of ignorant hacks.
I wonder how much better my experience of the liturgy will be when I say that Jesus
is “begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father.”
When the priest has to switch from “This is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new
and ever-lasting covenant; it will be shed for you and for all” to “ For this is the chalice of
my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for you
and for many.” How will my faith be enhanced?
If these proposed changes go ahead, let’s hope there is lots of education, or should
I say indoctrination, on their meaning and value. Personally, I just see it as a centrist
regressive move with more about Church politics than about the relationship between
Jesus and me.
Yours sincerely
Margaret Jones
Letters to the Editor
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The Way Across Tasmania Pilgrimage
Indigenous owners recognized in unique ceremony
3000 people, their Aboriginal heritage is of
great importance and something they wish
to have recognized by the members of the
non-Aboriginal community”.
Archbishop Doyle said that the Catholic
Education Office makes a very significant
effort to highlight the importance of
Aboriginal culture to both Indigenous and
non-Indigenous students.
“This has been a long time in gestation
and I am grateful to Rev Grant Finlay and the
Elders for the advice and encouragement they
had given to the project”.
The ceremony was conducted outside the
main doors of St Mary’s Cathedral where the
plaque now sits on its sandstone plinth.
The arrival of the World Youth Day Cross
and Icon in May 2008 generated a range
of interest across Tasmania, but it was one
particular idea which is now bearing some
fruit. The construction of Australia’s first
permanent pilgrimage route, the 610km
Way Across Tasmania from Smithton in
the State’s north-west to Hobart, in the
South.
The official launch of the Way Across
Tasmania in February 2009 was undertaken
as a bus pilgrimage around the fourteen
crosses dotted across Tasmania with a
wonderful reception at these crosses by the
local communities.
The walking of The Way Across Tasmania
this year becomes a step closer to reality
with two separate walking pilgrimages “The
Southern Circuit” and “The Northern Traverse”.
The pilgrimages are to be undertaken between
21st – 28th March, 2010 and 5th – 11th April,
2010. As this edition of The Tasmanian Catholic
is to be issued after The Southern Circuit, this
article focuses on The Northern Traverse.
The Northern Traverse as mentioned above
is between Monday 5th April and Sunday 11th
April, 2010 and travels from Smithton, Rocky
Cape, Burnie, Forth, Sheffield, Mole Creek,
Longford to Launceston (188km on foot). The
support of local communities with the offer
of billets and meals, allows the pilgrims to be
immersed into the pilgrimage.
Parts of this pilgrimage are open to the
public to participate with the pilgrims however
some parts are unsafe at this point in time
and can only be travelled by the pilgrims.
While not everyone is able to participate
in a walking pilgrimage you are invited
to follow the pilgrimage day by day via a
written blog, video blog and photos at www.
wayacrosstasmania.com or praying for or
with the pilgrims as they traverse across the
northern parts of Tasmania on the journey
of The Way Across Tasmania.
If you would like to register as a pilgrim for
part or the entire journey visit either the CYM
www.cymtas.org.au the Way Across Tasmania
www.wayacrosstasmania.com websites or
contact Michael Hangan, Youth Ministry
Coordinator (03) 6208 6270.
By Michael Hangan
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This was a simple gesture but one
which resonated across the Tasmanian
community – and it was a personal project
of Archbishop Doyle.
Recently His Grace unveiled a plaque at
St Mary’s Cathedral, acknowledging the
traditional owners of the land.
“It is the fulfilment of a dream for me – to
begin here at the Mother Church and to
make some gesture of public recognition of
the presence of the original owners of this
particular land, the mouheneenner people,”
Archbishop Doyle said.
The unveiling was conducted in the
presence of Elders from the Tasmanian
Aboriginal communities, including Auntie
Eva Richardson who gave the “Welcome to
Country”. Students from St Mary’s, Guilford
Young College and St Virgil’s Junior School
also attended the ceremony.
“Since I became a bishop, I have become
much more conscious of the presence of the
Indigenous people both here in Tasmania and
in the whole of Australia”.
“I also became aware that for 3% of the
Catholic population in Tasmania, some
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Archbishop Doyle Writes
“It has been
said that more
frequently we lose
track of Jesus in our
lives, rather than
that he is stolen
from us.
Dear Friends in Christ,
At some time or other in our lives, all
of us are faced with the reality of
bereavement. It may be the death of a
parent, a partner in marriage, a child of
the marriage, a close friend, or a young
child. All of us have to face that experience,
some more often than others. Anyone who
has suffered bereavement will know the
emptiness which comes as a result.
It was that experience of bereavement
and emptiness that was dominating the lives
of Mary Magdalene and her companions
immediately following the death of Jesus.
The traditions of the time required that all
burial activities cease for the Sabbath, and
while the hope would have been that all
requirements were completed by nightfall,
it seems that they could not finish the task in
time. “They have taken the Lord, and we don’t
know where they have put him.”
The lament of Mary is the lament of
those who are not able to mourn fully and
completely. The case that comes to mind is
when the loved ones are never found. Even
in recent times, discoveries have been made
in Flanders which has finally allowed relatives
to bring their grieving to an end some ninety
years after the events of World War I.
While the Easter message is one of hope
and victory over death, it does not resile from
the pain of death. The picture we have of
Mary Magdalene is of a person who will not
be happy until she uncovers the truth about
Jesus. She wants to find him at all costs, and
she ran to engage Peter and John in the task.
The disciples found it hard to keep up with
her as they ran back to the tomb, so keen was
Mary to find the answer.
The first indication that something
unexpected had occurred was the empty
tomb, with just a woven garment lying
there on the stone floor. It was possible that
a crime had been committed, and the body
of Jesus has been stolen. But a more likely
explanation is that such garments were no
longer necessary. At the same time the sun
begins to rise, and the disciples begin to
believe.
It has been said that more frequently we
lose track of Jesus in our lives, rather than that
he is stolen from us. We become busy with
the demands of life, and the pace of it can
overtake us. We find ourselves trying to see
with just a low powered light and our vision
becomes blurred.
The question could well be asked:
“Where would we be if Mary had remained
silent?” The wonderful account of the events
of Easter morning would have been lost,
had it not been for her. Mary herself, as the
tradition tells us, was lost, engulfed in a life
of a woman of the night. She may well have
wondered whether anyone would believe
her, as she ran back to the town to tell people
of her discovery, and to seek their assistance
to overcome her grief.
The person to whom she turned, St Peter,
did not offer much hope, given that just two
days earlier, he had denied that he even knew
Jesus. St John might have been a better
prospect, but he was still very young. St Paul
would later become the strongest proponent
of the truth of the Easter events, but at the
time they were occurring, he would not have
been very interested at all.
The conclusion is that God chose the most
unsuitable people to be the Easter people.
That has continued to be the case from that
time right till the present day. For those of
us who believe in the Easter message, I hope
that we will take heart from the celebration
that occurs at this time, despite our short-
comings.
All of us suf fer the emptiness of
bereavement, some more deeply at this
very time, and my hope is that the wonderful
Easter message will help us to lift the weight
of sadness from our shoulders, and through
us from the shoulders of others.
May the Risen Christ give us strength and
hope, as we celebrate again the victory of
Easter with our faith communities and with
our families and friends.
ADRIAN L. DOYLE AM
Archbishop of Hobart
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In another exciting step for community housing, Centacare has
just completed the purchase of 54 elderly persons’ units from
Australian Red Cross (ARC). The 54 units are located in Burnie,
Westbury, New Norfolk, Richmond and Kingston.
The units were originally constructed for ARC in the 1970s and early
80s in response to the difficulties being experienced by older people
at the time, some of which was caused by the bushfires in southern
Tasmania. ARC has continued to provide this accommodation service
since that time.
With the ever changing landscape of community services, ARC had
taken the decision to move out of this last area of accommodation
provision they had so they could focus on other services.
In an excellent example of inter-agency cooperation, Centacare
and ARC worked together over some months resulting in the total
purchase of the units by Centacare.
Most of the units are already tenanted. Accordingly, the tenants
had concerns about their future. Would the properties be sold to
developers and would they be moved on? Centacare and ARC were
able to spend time travelling to meet with all the residents throughout
the state offering them the security they so desperately wanted and
assuring them that their long term residency was secure.
Sheila Locke, 89, is one of the long-term residents at Richmond.
She was a volunteer at the Red Cross shop in Hobart for more than 20
years before coming to live in the Coal River Valley units.
“I don’t know where I would have gone if we’d been asked to
move,” said Mrs Locke. “This has been my home for so long. It’s lovely
living here.”
Mrs Locke and her fellow residents said that currently, the lack of
transport was the major problem they faced.
Centacare are reviewing the units to put in place some maintenance
work to improve the comfort for the residents and the overall
environment. We also want to take the opportunity to introduce the
broader Centacare services to the residents so they are able to access
them if the need arises.
Centacare steps in to Aged Care Housing
“Centacare doesn’t just want to be a landlord to the residents,”
said Centacare Tenancy Officer, Donna Haas.
“This is their home and we want the residents to feel comfortable,
secure and confident in the knowledge that there are a range of
services available to them if the need arises,” said Ms Haas.
“Some residents have lived in their unit for many years and in our
trip to visit them we met some people who had lived there for 16, 17
and 18 years and in one instance over twenty years,” she said .
“It is Centacare’s hope that the residents will continue to remain
with us in their home for as many years again, said Ms Haas.
At the time of writing, there were two vacant units at the Richmond
site.
The units in the five separate locations have historically been
called “the Red Cross “units and while Centacare recognises the great
contribution made by ARC not only to these units but to the broader
Tasmanian community, at an appropriate time there will be steps
taken to change the name.
Each of the blocks of units are a centre point for branches of Red
Cross and Centacare have willingly offered to continue to support
the Red Cross branches by providing use of the common facilities for
meetings etc. Agency supporting Agency can only have benefits to
the community, even if it is through small steps.
“Some residents have lived in their
unit for many years... we met
some people who had lived there
for 16, 17 and 18 years”
Residents (L-R) Sheila Locke, 89, Mavis Broughton,81, Josephine Daniels, 91, Michael Newman, 68 and Margaret Davis, 81.
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This year’s Eureka Street/Reader’s
Feast Award for Social Justice/Human
Rights Writing calls on Australian writers
to examine the topic of racism.
Two years after the National Apology,
Indigenous Australians continue to suffer
systemic injustice and social disadvantage.
Australia’s multiculturalism is a point of
pride, yet international students are subject
to violence on our nation’s streets. Some of
the harsher aspects of our asylum seeker
policy have been abolished, but an increase
in the number of refugees arriving by boat
prompts fears of a perceived threat to our
border security.
The 2010 Eureka Street/Reader’s Feast
Award (30+ age category)
The 2010 Eureka Street/Reader’s Feast
Award will be presented to the writer of the
essay that best explores the theme, ‘Australia
Eureka Street’s essay competition 2010: Australia – a racist country?
– a racist country?’ in the context of one or
all of these and related issues. Essays should
feature a strong humane perspective, provide
criticism of current situations and suggest
positive outcomes or alternative ways forward,
within 2000 words.
The award of $5,000 is open to any
Australian writer aged 30 or over as of
January 1, 2010.
Margaret Dooley Award for Young Writers
2010 (under-30s age category)
Eureka Street’s Margaret Dooley Award
is offered to support the development of
young writers. Entrants should submit a
piece of writing that offers reasoned ethical
argument based on humane values. This
could take many forms, for example: advocacy
or criticism of current ethical frameworks; an
ethical response to a contemporary social or
political issue; ethical exploration of personal
experience or cultural phenomena. Note:
Entries to the Margaret Dooley Award DO
NOT NEED to reflect the theme of the Eureka
Street/Reader’s Feast Award. The piece of
writing should be no longer than 1,500
words.
The award of $1500 is open to any writer
under the age of 30, as of 1 January 2010.
Second place in the award is awarded $350,
and third $150.
All entries must be received by 5pm Friday
11 June 2010.
The winner’s essay will be announced
and presented during the Reader’s Feast
Crime and Justice Festival, taking place in
Melbourne on 16, 17 and 18 July 2010, and
will be published in Eureka Street.
Please visit www.eurekastreet.com.au/
article.aspx?aeid=19573 for more submission
guidelines.
GENERAL NEWS
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Even Mary Magdalene thought that the Risen Lord was a gardener. Only when Jesus
took the initiative and called her by name that she recognised Him. Not by physical
sight but by the eyes of faith given to her by the Risen Lord Himself.
One of the great emotional experiences of a Christian pilgrim to
the Holy Land is the visit to the tomb where Jesus was supposed to
have been buried. Some very often kiss the empty tomb. As Christians,
we believe the Resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of our faith.
But the empty tomb by itself does not prove the Resurrection. It is
even true today. If a tomb is found empty one does not immediately
conclude to a resurrection of the dead body.
Some Biblical and Theological Perspectives
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
By Fr Dudley Perera OMI, Parish Priest, Bridgewater-Claremont-Brighton parish
Easter is the most pivotal time of the year for those who view the world through the eyes of faith.
In the Easter ceremonies we recall the events that happened and the mysteries that have been passed
on to us in unbroken tradition over two thousand years. From rabbits to eggs to fruity buns, we attempt
to capture in flesh an experience that is overwhelming. We metaphorically wade through the waters of
baptism – our Exodus. We light the Easter fire and light our individual candles to celebrate the victory of
light over darkness. In Australia we may sometimes struggle with a season that belongs in Spring in the
Northern Hemisphere, yet new life in Jesus is always ours regardless of the season.
Fr Dudley opens up the scriptures for us and challenges us to be part of the great mission to pass on the
wonder and re-assurance of the Risen Lord who remains with us today.
Biblical DataAll four Gospels relate the story of the women disciples’ visit to the
tomb where Jesus was buried. This was in the next morning after the
burial of Jesus. All the women found the tomb empty. However it was
the by the heavenly messengers at the tomb that made the women
believe in the Resurrection of Jesus. The words of the messengers
went like this: “He is not here, He is risen”. The women disciples were
the first to learn about the Resurrection of Jesus. They were asked
by the heavenly messengers to go and announce this good news to
the male disciples.
Mary Magdalene was one of the women standing by the cross of
Jesus. She was one of the women disciples who visited the tomb. The
Gospel of John mentions only one woman who visited the tomb on the
morn after the Sabbath. She was Mary Magdalene. She immediately
ran and told the Peter and the Beloved Disciple this astonishing find.
The two disciples ran to the empty tomb. It is said that out of the two
disciples it was the Beloved Disciple who went into the tomb after
Peter, who saw and believed. Mary was still standing by the tomb
after the disciple left. The Risen Lord appeared to her. At the end of
this brief encounter the Risen Lord Himself sent Mary to announce
this good news to others.
Because of this great privilege accorded to her by the Risen Lord
Himself, Mary has been called by early Christian tradition the Apostle
of the Apostles. The apostle literally means one who is sent (hence
the title). Subsequently the resurrected Christ appeared to the male
disciples and made them apostles of this good news.
Paul was not a disciple of Jesus in his earthly life. However he
calls himself an apostle because he has seen the Risen Lord. “Am I
not an apostle? Have I not seen the Risen Lord” (1 Cor. 9/1). The Acts,
Apostles and his own writings tell us how Paul was converted. Paul
understood his conversion to discipleship also as a missionary call.
Hence he went and preached the good news to the Gentiles (non
Jewish communities). In Christian tradition, he is rightly called the
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Theological Reflections.The appearances of the Risen Lord sealed the faith of the disciples
in the Resurrection. However, faith was born in the disciples not by
physical sight but by the eyes of faith. Even in his earthly life many
people saw Him. Only a few of His disciples who had some type of faith
in Him believed there was something divine in Him. It was after the
Resurrection and the appearances of the Risen Lord to the disciples
that made it possible for them to have fuller faith in His divinity.
Not all people were given the privilege of “seeing” the RisenChrist.
Even His closest disciples did not recognise Him when He appeared to
them. Luke 24 tells of the two disciples going to Emmaus who imagined
the companion who joined them on their journey was an ordinary
man. It was only when the stranger later broke bread for them that
their eyes were opened. The initiative of the Risen Lord generated
faith in them and they went back and announced the good news to
the other disciples in Jerusalem. Even Mary Magdalene thought that
the Risen Lord was a gardener. Only when the Jesus took the initiative
and called her by name that she recognised Him. Not by physical sight
but by the eyes of faith given to her by the Risen Lord Himself. Faith
in the Resurrection is a gift given by the Risen Lord to those whom
He calls to be His followers.
Disciples of the Risen Lord TodayIn John 20, the Resurrected Christ told Thomas: ‘Blessed are those
who have not seen but yet believe’.
Every Sunday we recite in the Creed: “I believe in One, Holy, Catholic
and Apostolic faith”. It is through the faith of the first Apostles that we
believe. The Apostles were sent by Jesusto go and preach. When the
apostles preached the Resurrection, faith was born in some people
who heard the good news. Faith came from hearing.
It was through the power of the Risen Christwho promised to be
with the apostles that the people’s faith was born. Why faith only in a
few and not in all listeners?.The only possible answer is that’s how God
works and chooses Hisown.The apostles preached and bore witness
to their faith. They in turn sent others to preach. These others went
and preached and communities of disciples grew. Moreover, most
importantly some of the first disciples wrote down their experiences
in what we call the Sacred Scriptures. Together with preaching and
witnessing, these Sacred writings (which enshrined the Apostolic Faith)
helped generation after generation to consolidate their own faith and
evangelize others. This is our calling and our mission.
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Last year I tasted camel for the first time.
It arrived frozen from WA. I ate it with
friends who live in a remote community
where hunting and eating camel, kangaroo
and lizard are part of daily life. We ate it
deliciously stewed and curried. This week
the same friends turned up with a road-
killed possum, and roasted it on a fire in
the back garden with sweet potatoes. When
you’re used to meat sanitized from the
butcher’s, it takes a certain aplomb to eat
a possum leg with the claws still attached.
I got another food shock when I gave
lemons to an African
friend. She immediately
peeled one and ate
it, remarking that in
Sudan she’d season it
with chilli first.
What a complex
b u s i n e s s f o o d i s ,
involving health, ethics,
culture, economics,
politics, ecology, fashion and fads. I try and
keep flexible, keep questioning.
By and large, I choose to not eat anything
that has a face. If I eat meat I want to know
it’s not been factory-farmed. I grapple with
the sustainability of sea-food. Battery eggs
and anything genetically modified are out. To
limit the harm I do to earth, air and water, I try
and eat locally grown, in-season, chemical-
free produce.
Yet I own two carnivorous cats, routinely
set beer-traps for slugs, squash caterpillars
eating the broccoli and try to dispatch snails
as kindly as my godmother, who says “Go
to God,” as her boot crunches down. My
neighbour’s teenage daughters are on the
side of the slugs and empty the beer out
of his traps.
Who’s to say whether the life of the cat or
the butterfly is more or less valuable than the
cow’s? I have no doubt that the camel’s life
matters to her as much as mine does to me,
and that she wants to die as little as I do.
It’s not so much moral arguments
that shape my food choices, but
the justice issues
The Bread of LifeBy Annie March, Cathedral Parish
Ben’s Divine Bread
Ingredients
3 cups bread flour
(I use Kialla bread-mix)
1 cup seeds and grains
(Eumarrah 7 grain mix)
1 tsp instant yeast
1 tsp salt
1½ cups water
Soft rolled oats
Equipment
Heavy deep baking dish with lid
Tea-towel or old flour-bag
With a wooden spoon mix the first 4
ingredients in a good-sized bowl. Add the
water and stir till all the flour is absorbed.
Cover the bowl and leave the dough to rise
at room temperature for 18 hours.
Flour your work surface. Tip out the dough,
dust it with flour, shape it roughly into a
square an inch deep, then fold 3 times into
a strip 4 by 10 inches. Let it rest for 10 minutes.
Rub flour then oats into the tea-towel. Fold
the dough into a cube, smooth, then place
carefully onto the towel. Cover, and leave in
a warm place to rise for 2 hours.
30 minutes before the rising’s finished, put
the baking dish with its lid into the oven and
set at 425 ̊ F. When the oven’s heated, tip the
dough carefully into the hot dish, and replace
the lid. Bake for 30 minutes, then remove
the lid and bake for 20 more minutes until
the loaf is rich brown. Put on a rack to cool.
Devour reverently…
involved. Thirteen vegetarians can live off the
same area of land as one meat-eater. When
you live on a planet whose population is seven
billion – one billion of them short of food – it
seems only fair to move over and make room.
A child dies of hunger-related causes every
five seconds. It takes 13 kilograms of grain to
raise one kilogram of meat. So cutting down
on meat, and feeding the grain to the hungry,
seems a sane, sustainable and just solution.
Then there’s the relationship between
diet and climate change. Meat production is
carbon intensive. While it takes between two
and three calories
of fossil fuels to
produce one calorie
of protein from soy
beans or grains, it
takes 54 calories of
fossil fuels to produce
one calorie of protein
from beef. Reducing
my carbon footprint
seems to me a moral imperative. Perhaps part
of the challenge for Catholics is to broaden
our concept of ‘pro-life’ to include the health
and wellbeing of future generations?
Another simple way to reduce carbon
emissions is to cut down on ‘food miles’ – the
distance food travels from factory/ farm to our
kitchens – by growing fruit and vegetables.
I’m getting just like my mother, who’d go into
the garden ‘for five minutes’ and emerge filthy
and happy three hours later.
I don’t understand why I love growing
food but am bored witless by cooking. There
are signs that this is changing. I’ve always
liked the idea of making bread, but found
it arduous, time-consuming. I got flour
everywhere and ended up with a couple of
mud-bricks. Then my son sent me a recipe he
claimed was almost labour-free, foolproof and
superb. Incredulous, I tried it. He was right.
It was so simple and so mouthwateringly
delicious that I now make bread every week.
It will be part of my Easter ritual because it’s
about transformation – death and rebirth
– in the kitchen. Flour, yeast, salt and
water dance themselves into a living
dough that’s sheer sensuous pleasure
to touch and smell, then evolves into
delectable, fragrant loaves which our
bodies transmute into work, play,
prayer...
“What a complex business
food is, involving health,
ethics, culture, economics,
politics, ecology, fashion
and fads. I try and keep
flexible, keep questioning.”
minato
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On Sunday, March 14, 2010, the SSJ Centre
at Sacred Heart College New Town was
filled to overflowing with Josephite sisters
from many parts of Australia, their friends,
colleagues, family, former students and
present students of schools where they
have worked throughout Tasmania. In 2010,
the co-founder of the Tasmanian sisters
of St Joseph, Blessed Mary MacKillop, will
be canonized and this was a fitting way
to celebrate her legacy. The sisters also
acknowledged the enormous contribution
of their other ‘parent’, Fr Julian Tenison
Woods.
Provincials and congregational leaders
from all over Australia came to support the
Tasmanian sisters in the Blessing and Official
opening of the Josephite Mission and History
Centre. There were representatives from both
the Federation and Central groups of sisters.
The Congregational Leader of the Sisters of St
Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Sr Anne Derwin,
was present as well as representatives from
New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.
There was a particular welcome for the Sisters
from the Goulburn Branch who have recently
agreed to form one congregation with the
Tasmanian sisters.
The new initiative of the sisters is housed
in the former convent on the corner of Clare
and Cross St. This historic building has stood
as a New Town landmark for 123 years. It has
been truly and most valuably recycled!
The new centre beautifully and
professionally tells the story of what God
has done and continues to do through the
lives of the sisters in Tasmania: From the first
journey of Sr Francis McCarthy from Perthville,
NSW to Westbury, Tasmania in 1887 through
the establishment of schools all over Tasmania
to present day initiatives where the sisters are
involved in adult spiritual direction, tertiary
education, administration, social work, parish
work and so on in Tasmania and other places.
The story is told through text, pictures and
artefacts in an historic and welcoming setting
and the centre will be a wonderful resource for
schools, historians, pilgrims and the general
Catholic population.
A feature of the lovely opening ceremony
was a large wooden map of Tasmania.
During a narration of the story of the sisters
by Noreen le Mottee, students from Sacred
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Josephites celebrate opening of Mission and History Centre
Heart and McKillop Colleges placed markers
(‘foundation stones’) on the places around the
state and beyond where the sisters have had
an influence. Candles were also lit to mark the
spread of the light of Christ with the sisters as
they travelled. Needless to say, the map and
the candle holder were soon full!
The new centre is most deliberately
termed the Josephite Mission and History
Centre. The term ‘Josephite’ encompasses
not just the sisters, but their families and lay
supporters and anyone wishing to investigate
the Josephite charism; ‘Mission’ is placed
before ‘History’ to emphasise the ongoing
living nature of the Josephite story. The
specially written response sang by the choir
of sisters during the official opening captures
the essence of the Josephites’ story: Lift up
your hearts and carry the torch!
In his blessing, Archbishop Adrian
prayed:
Blessed are you Lord God of all creation
In your kindness hear our prayers.
Bless the building now known as the
Josephite Mission and History Centre and all
who will visit and work in it.
May all who enter be blessed with wisdom,
peace and love.
By their experiences in this place of memory
and mission may they give witness to your Gospel
and bear abundant fruits for your kingdom.
May this centre lead others to live the spirit
of Joseph, Blessed Mary MacKillop and Julian
Tenison Woods and be inspired by their example
to follow Jesus more closely.
Grant this through Christ our Lord, Amen.
After the opening and blessing, everyone
was invited to view the Centre and enjoy some
of the lovely afternoon tea provided by Mrs
Robyn Thompson and her clever student
cooks and charming waiters from Sacred
Heart College.
To contact the sisters and arrange to view
the Centre, you can call 6278 1503 or email
Congregational Leader Sr Anne Derwin.
Sisters of St Joseph singing at the opening.
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The newly restored St Brigid’s Church at
Tunnack in the Midlands was blessed
by Archbishop Adrian Doyle on March 13,
2010.
The charming and humble timber Church
seemed to be gleaming proudly in the
bright Autumn sun as her pews were full to
overflowing once again for the special Mass
and blessing.
Former St Brigid’s Convent School student,
Paul O’Brien, said “It was a fantastic event
as there were many former students who
returned to see these restoration works on
the Church and priest’s cottage.”
Following the blessing, the congregation
met at the Tunnack community centre across
the road for a shared barbeque lunch. Many
memories were exchanged and relived over
the congenial get-together, as former students
pored over the photographs researched and
provided by Mr O’Brien and members of the
St Brigid’s historical committee.
For many decades, St Brigid’s Catholic
Church was an integral part of the lives of
many Catholic families living in the Oatlands
Municipality, with an attached convent school
educating generations of children from local
Catholic and non-Catholic families over nearly
100 years.
“In previous days, Tunnack had both a state
school and St Brigid’s Convent School which
covered Grades 1 – 7 as many students left the
education system at the age of 14 years.”
Mr O’Brien said a group of former students
are researching a historical book on St Brigid’s
Convent School, the Tunnack State School
and the former Church of England.
“We are putting this information together
so the history and legacy of these educational
St Brigid’s shines once more
institutions which now are long gone isn’t
forgotten. The convent school, which closed
in 1963, was later removed across the football
oval to sit next to the local hall as a public
building.”
“What is unique about St Brigid’s Convent
School is the numbers of students who went
onto excel in many fields. Also this was first
school run by the Sisters of St Joseph in
southern Tasmania who took it over in 1891.”
Over the decades, St Brigid’s Convent
School produced a Lord Mayor of Melbourne
(Thomas Nettlefold 1942-45), senior police
officer (Clarence Byrne), Supreme Court judge
(Robert Nettlefold), and Queen’s Counsellor
(Brian Nettlefold) before closing in 1963.
“There are many more students who went
to have very successful careers in nursing,
education, industry and farming. Some even
joined the Church as priests and nuns and
many served overseas in WWI and WWII.”
The restoration of the Church has been
carried out through the Central Parish with
the interior completely stripped back, electrics
re-wired, plaster redone, furniture cleaned,
and the altar retouched. The original Priest’s
cottage has also been revamped, and set up
as a meeting facility.
If you are able to share some history for
the new historical book on Tunnack,
the committee would love to hear from
you over the next few months. Please
contact Paul O’Brien (03) 6227 8948 or
Maria Rodgers (03) 6272 5952.
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Archbishop Doyle blessing the refurbished priest’s cottage.
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YEAR OF THE PRIEST
When I think back over the almost 35 years since my ordination I
can only be amazed at the direction that my journey has taken and
thank God that I have been richly blessed by family and friends who
have supported me through the journey thus far.
My earliest real memory of thinking about being a priest occurred
in 1964. I can remember speaking to a Christian Brother in Geelong
as my family prepared to return to Tasmania that I needed to study
Latin, as I was thinking about being a priest. There had been a number
of priests up to that time who had been family friends and who had
influenced me - the one who was to continue to be significant in my
life was Fr John Wallis who had been the parish priest at Glenorchy
before we moved to Geelong - but it was when we came back to
Tasmania that I became involved in Young Christian Students (YCS)
and met and was influenced by a whole series of young men who
had been ordained in the 1960s.
These men were vibrant and full of energy and seemed to have so
much to offer. I suspect I was also more than a little in awe of Archbishop
Young but, at that stage, never felt intimidated by him.
The journey to the seminary and my studies for the priesthood
started more than a little strangely - at least to me. I was with a group of
friends and the conversation turned to what we were doing next year
- the supposition being - what subjects were we doing at Uni. When
it was my turn I simply said I was going to the seminary - the thought
had been in my mind but I had not spoken to anyone about what this
might mean nor how or what I needed to do to make it possible.
Later that week I spoke to Sr Julianne Dunn and she arranged for
me to see Archbishop Young a few weeks later on a Thursday after
school. I was welcomed into his study and he simply talked about
when he’d asked to go to the Seminary and what had been involved
for him. He then gave me some papers and said that he would be in
touch with my parents and so the
journey started.
My time in Werribee, the
first three years, was not easy
as I struggled with the study of
philosophy as well as the loneliness
of not having any family who might
visit. I was fortunate that I made
some really great friendships with
my year mates who allowed me to
join them for holidays during the
term breaks when it was not possible
to get back to Tasmania.
After ‘surviving’ Werribee I went
to Glen Waverley for one year and then to the new Corpus Christi
College at Clayton. When I had been at Glen Waverley for a few
months I finally did the psychology tests that others in my year had
done before going to the Seminary to see if I was a suitable candidate
for the priesthood. Luckily no one goes to the Seminary unless these
evaluations have been completed and they are now and integral part
of the interview and discernment process.
If that wasn’t different, it wasn’t until after I’d been ordained a
Deacon that I finally told that the results suggested that I might have
some character flaws that needed work before I progress any further.
Thankfully, my moderator and the rector (as well as Archbishop Young)
thought that these areas of my life had been well and truly worked
through and that I was ready for ordination. Some people today
might say that there might need to be some further thought about
that presumption - but who is perfect anyway?
My ordination in 1975 was in the August after the Tasman Bridge
collapse but, in spite of it being a
wet and windy winter’s night, the
Cathedral was filled with family
and friends, many of whom had
come from the Eastern Shore, as
well as my brother priests from
Tasmania and the mainland. The
support of my family at that time
was, and is, important to me and
it has enabled me to be open to
the challenges of the Priesthood as
my life has evolved. The prayerful
example of priests I have worked
with encouraged me to have a deep
prayer life and over the years the prayerful support of the people I
have had the pleasure of serving as a priest has continued to sustain
me in what being a priest today means.
In 1977 Archbishop Young asked me to go to a training session for
Chaplains to Industry and thus began a 30+ year involvement with
Industrial Chaplaincy. During the next 17 years I worked (part-time) as a
Police Chaplain, Fire Services Chaplain and Chaplain to Humes Concrete.
During that time and in the period since I have been involved at both
State and National Level with Boards of Management and currently
serve as a member of the National Board of Converge International
- the Company that continues the work of the Inter-Church Trade and
Industry Mission (ITIM) founded 50 years ago.
Life as a PriestBy Fr Mike Delaney
“I was going to the seminary
– the thought had been in my
mind but I had not spoken to
anyone about what this might
mean nor how or what I needed
to do to make it possible.”
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Not long after that the Archbishop asked me to attend an Annual
Meeting of the Tasmanian Council of Churches (TCC). Through the
years I have held a number of roles within the Council and currently
am serving as President. The involvement of Catholics in this body is
significant in the Ecumenical history in Australia and the world through
the leadership of Archbishop Young - and the present day Council is
still strongly supported by substantial Catholic involvement, and I’m
proud to be part of that journey as well.
Through my involvement with the TCC I attended a National
Forum of the National Council of Churches in Australia where I was
appointed a member of the Christian World Services Commission
(CWS) - not as a member from the TCC but as a representative of the
Catholic Church. The appointment is from ‘Forum to Forum’ and
the next gathering is July this year so I will wait to see whether my
involvement continues with CWS.
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last September, priests throughout Australia were invited by
Harvest Pilgrimages to be part of a “Year of the Priest” special
Pilgrimage.
So, I replied and joined 30 other priests from around Australia for
a ten day Pilgrimage in February. I wondered if this experience of the
Holy Land as a Pilgrim would be as good as the time spent as part of
last year’s study group. Once again it was a wonderful experience as
we once again walked in “The Footsteps of Jesus” visiting many of
the same and new places not included last year.
It was a real privilege to visit the places named in the Scriptures, to
have time to reflect and celebrate Mass. As we gathered around the
altar at Mt Tabor we thought of St Peter’s words “Lord it is good for us
to be here.” During our Mass celebrated on a traditional sailing boat
we recalled Jesus calming the storm and appearing to the apostles
walking on this very water. Once again I experienced a deeper link
with the gospel accounts of places we all know by name and events
now linked to places where they occurred.
Harvest Pilgrimages gave us a memorable experience and saw to
every minute detail, with an excellent guide, comfortable bus and
great accommodation. No doubt many of the priests will be keen to
return to the Holy Land once again with people from their parishes
and diocese as chaplains.
I hope Tasmanian Catholics not only have a wish to visit the Holy
Land, but consider the twelve day Archdiocese of Hobart Pilgrimage
in September. As chaplain, I am delighted that already a number of
Bellerive - Lindisfarne parishioners have decided to join this pilgrimage,
and I hope there will be a good representation from across the
Archdiocese.
Fr Peter’s return to the Holy LandBy Fr Peter O’Loughlin, Parish Priest Bellerive–Lindisfarne
If anyone would like to know more about the Pilgrimage, please feel free to contact me and I will answer any questions and send
you a brochure. My phone number is (03) 6245 0501, or email [email protected]. I can promise an experience of a lifetime.
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How wonderful it is that we are all unique
and how awe inspiring it is the way the
Holy Spirit works in each of our lives.
Recently I was fortunate enough to
be sponsored by the Tasmanian Catholic
Education Office to travel to Jerusalem, where
I spent one month at Ecce Homo in the Muslim
Quarter of the Old City participating in a
Biblical Course, “In the Footsteps of Jesus”.
You may have read some articles about
this experience already published in this
magazine.
As I had this opportunity, and I was due
some long service leave, I
decided to stay on overseas for
a few months. I wanted to visit
an old school friend in Rome
and to do part of the Camino in
Spain. I enjoy walking and I had
heard of this pilgrimage to the
shrine of St James through my
position as Religious Education Coordinator
at St James Catholic College in Cygnet. It
did not occur to me at the time that I had
chosen the three prime places of pilgrimage
for Christians. My trip took me to other places,
beyond these, and even there, the sense of
being on pilgrimage continued. I felt this
especially in my experiences in Croatia on All
Souls Day and sharing time in Britain with a
friend. My friend annually visits monasteries at
Mount Athos in Greece and who is translating
a book into English for a community there.
Though passionate about my faith and
my relationship with God and following the
example of Jesus in my life, I often feel a bit
of a misfit concerning “religion”. Personally
My Camino – a personal religious By Terry Smee, RE Coodinator, St James College, Cygnet
I class myself as somewhat of a heretic;
not quite fitting into the Catholic mould,
whatever that might be today. I am always
reluctant to appear in anyway superstitious
or over emotional about my experience of
the “transcendent” in life. Yet my pilgrimage
at the end of last year changed this in some
way for me.
Perhaps I can explain through my Camino
story. After leaving Jerusalem, I travelled to
Rome, which was to be my base for the various
places I was to visit in Europe. I did visit the
Vatican, but like a number of the Churches in
Jerusalem, in all honesty this was not really
a pleasant experience for me. Though awe
inspiring in its art and architecture, I found the
opulence disconcerting and as I am somewhat
claustrophobic, I found the crowds stifling and
the ‘tourism’ aspect over-the-top. So getting
out of Rome, out into the countryside of Spain
was something I was looking forward to. Little
did I know it was to be much more.
My Guardian Angels
Like many things in Rome, the transport
system did not always run to schedule. After
a long delay at Campino Airport, I arrived in
Madrid with very little time to catch a train
to Leon. From there I was to make my way
to Villafranco di Bierzo, to start my Camino. I
could only spare one week for my pilgrimage.
Though many walk a much longer distance,
you can receive a certificate if you have walked
for 100 kilometres on consecutive days and
you have had your credential stamped twice
each day. I had less than half an hour to make
my way to the train station, purchase a ticket
and find my train…all without knowing more
than one or two words of Spanish. I did it
with a minute to spare. But when I found the
train, I was parched and in desperate need
of a drink. And wouldn’t you know it? The
water machine in the train was out of order. I
found my carriage and seat and sat
to contemplate how I would make
the 5 hour plus journey without a
drink.
In the sparsely occupied carriage
an African priest sat across the
aisle from me. I said “Rome” as I
recognized him as one of my fellow
passengers, who had to wait in the long line
during the delay. That was the beginning of
a wonderful conversation, which included
the canonization of one of his order and the
tardiness of the United Nations in fulfilling
their promises of aid to countries such as his
birth country – the Congo. This companion for
the journey’s name was Deogratias Kahuranyi
or Deo.
In my planning for the Camino I actually
wanted to start walking from O’Cebriero as
the 30 kilometres from Villafranca del Bierzo
to O’Cebriero was one of the toughest legs
of the whole Camino across the top of Spain.
However I was only able to get a bus as far
as Villafranca. So I had to start there. I arrived
‘Jesus’ attempted to start a conversation but
as my Spanish was all but non-existent, he
decided to sing while winding our way up
through the high, winding hills of Galacia
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experienceat about 9.30am the following morning after
spending a night in Leon. Once in Villafranca
I made my way to the closest Albergue (basic
accommodation for pilgrims) and asked if
there was anyone who could speak English.
I simply asked to use the toilet and to be
pointed in the right direction to start my
trek to Santiago, the burial place of St James.
After having a drink which they kindly offered
me and freshening up I was informed by
the lady, who spoke English, that Jesus A
Jato, the man who ran the albergue thought
that the section between Villafranca and
O’Cebriero was too much for me (I had not
said anything about my original plans to
begin my Camino at O’Cebriero) and would
I accept a lift to the next town? How could I
refuse? I waited until this rather rough looking
character finished cleaving what looked like
bones for his dogs, before we set off on our
journey. In a miniature European panel van
we set off up into the hills. Jesus attempted
to start a conversation but as my Spanish
was all but non-existent, he decided to sing
while winding our way up through the high,
winding hills of Galacia, which reminded
me very much of the green coastal regions
of Tasmania. This singing was interrupted
from time to time with the winding down
of his window and spitting, a habit I would
normally find gross but something you accept
in another place and culture. We stopped
at a small village, where Jesus deposited
some bags, obviously belonging to other
overburdened pilgrims. I went to leap out of
the car, only to be signalled to wait. I was to
be taken all the way to O’Cebriero.
Some measure of communication is always
possible regardless of language barriers and
once we arrived Jesus managed to establish
that I was a Christian. He took me by the hand
and led me into a little stone church where the
Blessed Sacrament was exposed. There were
two kneelers before the Blessed Sacrament…
so there we prayed for a little time. I followed
Jesus out. In the foyer sat some women who
would stamp your credential. I had not even
really started my Camino, yet Jesus picked
up every stamp he could and stamped my
credential numerous times. The women
thought this very amusing. We exited the
Church only to be confronted by the Civil
Guard, but that is another story I did not get
to the bottom of. Jesus bid my farewell and
blessed me for my journey.
I then came across the only Australians I
met on my journey, who pointed me in the
right direction to start my Camino. Later in
the day, once I was in a rhythm of walking
and could reflect on all that had happened,
I chuckled out loud realizing that my two
guardian angels for the beginning of my
Camino had been Deo (God) and Jesus. After
this experience how could I not feel loved
and protected?
Another character I met on my journey
was Rui, from Portugal. I spent the equivalent
of two days with Rui. I had met him at a
crossroads, where I was confused about the
direction to follow. I had missed the sign – one
of the continuous yellow arrows that pointed
the way. I was amazed at what I shared with
this total stranger on my journey. We talked
about many things; personal and worldly,
“...my two guardian angels
for the beginning of my
Camino had been Deo
(God) and Jesus. After this
experience, how could I not
feel loved and protected?”
and what was wonderful was the deep level
at which we were able to communicate. In
the normal circumstances of our lives, I could
not foresee such an opportunity, but being
on pilgrimage places people together who
are open and searching and allows small
miracles to happen. The extra bonus for me
was that Rui was young and energetic and
helped carry my backpack as I was suffering
from tendonitis, having overdone the distance
my aging body could manage comfortably.
I left Rui on the outskirts of Santiago de
Compostella, and limped very slowly into the
city toward the Cathedral. It was raining and
to soothe myself I sang “would I ever forget
you my people”. To my delight as I passed the
sign “Santiago” a beautiful rainbow spanned
it. I knew that rainbow was for me. It was not
until months later that I thought of the word
for spirit being “ruah” so much like Rui. Could
he have been my third guardian angel?
Throughout the whole journey I took from
early September to late November I had an
overwhelming sense of being loved, cared for
and protected. I guess the signs are there for
us everyday, but for me, I had to be removed
from my usual circumstances and busy life
to really see.
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Many Tasmanians recently participated in a most extraordinary
event held in Melbourne - The Parliament of the World’s
Religions. The event gathered together the world’s religious
and spiritual leaders from around the world, including our own
Indigenous leaders, working together to examine the main theme
Make a world of difference: Hearing each other, healing the earth.
The event brought together such leaders as Prof Joy Wandin
Murphy, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Cardinal George Pell, The Dalai
Lama, Hans Kung, Sr Joan Chittister, Rabbi David Saperstein, Dr Tariq
Ramadan and so many others that the mind boggled!
The seven sub-themes of the conference were: Healing the earth
with care and concern; Indigenous people; Overcoming poverty in
an unequal world; Securing food and Water for all people; Building
Peace in the pursuit of justice; Creating social cohesion in village and
city and finally, Sharing wisdom in the search for inner peace.
The programme was then divided into Evening Plenary sessions,
intrareligious Engagement sessions and symposia which included:
Religion and ecology, connection to Copenhagen, Poverty and
development
War and the role of Religion in a just and sustainable world
Sacred sites
Sacred solidarity
Science and religion
Educating religious leaders for a multi-religious world
Enhancing religious leadership for the future
Australian schools: educators and students
Voices of Latin America
Parliament of World’s ReligionsBy Terry Sussmilch
However, specially significant for this time of the year, one of
the sessions was about peace building in the West Bank and Gaza.
Representatives of the groups Jerusalem Peacemakers and Abrahamic
Reunion discussed the extraordinary work they are doing to build
peace in the Middle East. This news does not often reach the public.
The presenters were asking for the moral support in meditation and
prayer from people of faith around the world. If you would like to read
about a truly uplifting movement, which, daily, is building peace and
understanding in an extremely challenging environment, visit:
jerusalempeacemakers2008.jerusalempeacemakers.org
www.uri.org/CC_News/Multiregional/abrahamicreunion.html.
Those wonderful people will appreciate your thoughts and prayers,
particularly over the holy season.
There were also many exhibitions and visual arts presentations,
musical and sacred dance performances and off-site events, such as
community nights.
There was just simply a feast for everyone, no matter what people
were looking for – almost too much to comprehend.
The office of the Parliament is currently creating a DVD of the
highlights of the event. To obtain an idea of some of the richness
and wisdom shared by the world’s indigenous peoples and sacred
traditions, you can visit www.parliamentofreligions.org. These
excerpts catch a little of the tremendous goodwill generated by
the open-hearted discussions. This goodwill is being continued
through such organisations as Religions for Peace and through
the blog www.peacenext.org
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Carmelite nuns who traditionally produce communion hosts
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imported Polish hosts produced by a secular workforce.
In a battle that threatened to
take the bread from their mouths,
nuns producing communion
wafers for French churches
were shocked to learn that the
religious authorities at Lourdes
were contemplating buying
cheaper hosts from Poland, the Guardian reports.
Sister Marcelline, from the Carmelite convent at Carmel de Saint
Germain-en-Laye just outside Paris, said: “Foreign producers, namely
those from Poland, have undercut the market.”
For many of France’s 36 religious communities who make 140
million host wafers every year, and the additional 30 groups who
live off the dwindling sales, the income is vital for their survival, the
report said.
The Lourdes church has since announced it would continue
to buy wafers made in France – but only after negotiating a price
reduction.
“nuns producing communion wafers for French churches were shocked to learn that the religious authorities at Lourdes
were contemplating buying cheaper hosts from Poland...”
In order to spread the word the convents have launched a publicity
campaign video entitled Les boulangères de Dieu (God’s Bakers).
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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We need a radical overhaul of
much of our thinking about
ageing. For a start, we need to
liberate ourselves from the belief that
life is a linear experience, one made
up of chronological years following
each other along a singular, straight
line of steps and stages that lead to
one final end.
We, as a society, would need to
embrace the belief that life is indeed
a lateral experience, one made up of
constant new beginnings, possibilities
and challenges that can occur in any
order, at any stage of life.
We would be required to open ourselves to the present moment
and the slow, inevitable dawning of our own potential wisdom. For
these are the years when we can, at last, liberate ourselves from past
anxieties, fears and frustrations. As we gently let go, life reveals to
us what really matters and invites us to live more deeply within its
eternal, spiritual truths.
As well-known Benedictine Sister and international lecturer, Joan
Chittister tells us in her book, The Gift Of Years, the gift of ageing is
not merely being alive, it is “the gift of becoming more fully alive
than ever”.
Within the context of Catholic Healthcare, Chittister guides us to
an attitude of life and care that more fully reflects our mission and
values as an organisation founded on Christian principles.
As managers, directors, personal carers, healthcare workers, social
workers, therapists, nurses and volunteers, we are called upon to be
awake to this spiritual dimension of people as they age.
Through this mysterious journey, we accept the invitation to allow
each moment to reveal Christ as a constant, ever-present reality.
Celebrate the gift of ageingBy Chris Rigby, Managing Director, Catholic Healthcare
“life reveals to us what really matters and
invites us to live more deeply within its
eternal, spiritual truths”.
If church and values-based organisations such as Catholic Healthcare
do not lead in this area, who will?
Across our residential aged, health and community services, we
need to remember that healthy aged care cultures and environments
are based on people and life-enhancing relationships.
We may offer excellent clinical care, the latest aids, furniture,
and devises, even a glass of wine with dinner. Yet all that pales into
insignificance without quality, spiritually nourishing relationships
between staff and our residents and clients.
It’s about education. We need to create environments that foster an
understanding in our employees that the functional side of their role
is but one dimension - understanding that being matters every bit as
much as doing. As an industry, we must strive to create spiritually alive
communities of friendship for our residents, clients and staff.
In this, we can all grow, every day, with each passing year. Moments
can arise between us where we can just be, where Christ’s infinite
gentleness and wisdom is manifest.
Let us imagine a society that honours the ageing process and reveres
those passing through it. By doing so, we could truly thank older people
and all generations would truly have something to celebrate.
Catholic Healthcare (catholichealthcare.com.au) is the largest
Catholic provider of residential and community aged care services
in Australia.
Catholic Healthcare provides aged, community and healthcare
services within the Archdioceses of Brisbane, Canberra-Goulburn and
Sydney and the Dioceses of Bathurst, Broken Bay, Lismore, Maitland-
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according to a community aged care policy
blueprint released today by the nation’s
largest non-government provider of hospital
and aged care services. Helping more ageing
Australians to live in their own homes longer
would reap huge psychological rewards for
individuals, save taxpayers money, and free
up hospital beds, Catholic Health Australia
(CHA) CEO Martin Laverty said in releasing
the policy blueprint.
“Australia has a rapidly ageing population
and not nearly enough residential aged care
to accommodate them,” Mr Laverty said.
“Most people would choose to stay in their
own home for as long as possible, if given
the choice. At the moment, many don’t have
that choice.
“Access to aged care should be an
entitlement, not a privilege.”
CHA’s community aged care policy
blueprint, A Better Way Forward, outlines
CHA: Make aged care an entitlement like Medicare
“Most Australians assume aged care is
available to all. It’s not.”
how older Australians can achieve a better
quality of life while allowing Government
to save money by broadening access to at-
home aged care.
“Most Australians assume aged care is
available to all. It’s not. Under an old Howard
Government formula, it’s rationed,” Mr Laverty
said.
“This is not understood until a crisis hits
a family and there is a scramble to find care.
It’s time we did away with the rationing
system. “The Federal Government’s aged
care program currently allocates only 22 per
cent of its care support to enabling people
to live in their own homes.
“If Government instead adopted consistent
care package across community care and
residential care services, people would be
able to choose whether to stay at home or
move into a residential service.”
The blueprint recommends:
Scrapping the Howard Government’s
Aged Care Act 1997 allocation formula
for funding aged care places, and replacing
it with a ‘Medicare’ style entitlement;
Setting care payments in both residential
and community care services at equal
amounts, to create choice as to whether
care is delivered in a person’s home or in
a residential aged care facility;
Abolishing the current Aged Care
Assessment Team structure, and replacing
it with a nationally administered network
of aged care access centres.
A Better Way Forward is available for free
download at www.cha.org.au/policy
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which consists of a group of dedicated volunteers and a part-time
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of social issues that concern Tasmanians and try to discern how the
Social Teaching of the Church is best applied to our situation.
The aim of the Commissioners is to educate Tasmanian Catholics
about the principles of Catholic Social Teaching. They create and
distribute resources to that end, bring specialist speakers to Tasmania
and speak up politically in the light of Catholic teaching when that
is deemed appropriate.
Meetings are held several times a year in different parts of the
state. The current practice is to start the year with a weekend retreat in
February. This year, the group met at beautiful Maryknoll in Blackmans
Bay on February 12 -13. Members from across the state took the time
to meet each other and renew friendships over Friday evening.
On Saturday, Fr Denis Allen provided a reflection time for the group
based on Psalms 41, 86 and 94.
In one of these, Psalm 86, verse 10-11, the Psalmist writes:
For you are great and do wondrous things;
You alone are God.
Teach me your way O LORD, that I may walk in your truth;
And give me an undivided heart to revere your name.
Reflecting with Fr Denis helped inspire everyone to try to walk in
God’s truth and decide directions and plans for 2010. During the day,
Archbishop Adrian joined in the discussion and added his support
and counsel.
Some priorities identified are:
Supporting the work of the Inter-Church Gambling Task Force
and TASCOSS in combating the problems of gambling addiction,
particularly in regard to poker machines
Monitoring conditions in the prison system and liaising with
agencies involved in prisoner support
Providing a new issues sheet on the importance of health care in
our community
Looking at the effects of climate change on the vulnerable and
educating others as to responsible stewardship of the Earth.
Providing an issues sheet on ecology, especially in light of Pope
Benedict’s message for the World Day of Peace 2010
Giving Tasmanian voters some material from a Catholic perspective
on issues involved in the coming elections
Supporting young people with our involvement in initiatives such
as Justice Action Day
Bringing more young people on to the Commission
Keeping our communications up to date and available to all
through our website: http://www.hobart.catholic.org.au/TCJPC,
the Tasmanian Catholic and our newsletter: JustNet .
Promoting the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Sunday
Statement through a local launch and guest speaker.
The current members are Dr Paul Crowe, Maria Gill and Susan Ikin
from Launceston; Sue Hyslop from Burnie, Richard Chapman from
Latrobe; Gloria Lonergan from Middleton and Leigh Delaney, Sue
Tooth and Dr Gerry McGushin from Hobart.
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Between the lines
LIFESTYLE
Joan Chittister, In My Own WordsAuthor: Mary Lou Kownacki
ISBN: 9780764817533
Publisher: Ligouri Publications
RRP: $24.95
Sister Joan Chittister entered the
Benedictine Sisters of Erie in 1952. She
has become a well-known speaker and
writer. Depending on the point of view
of the commentator, she is described as
“prophetic voice” or “a dissident nun”. This
volume is a sampler of her writings and
public speeches over the years.
To review it I have had to read it in one go.
Much better would be to slowly go through it
daily in your quiet time. The chapter headings,
all posed as questions, cover faith and prayer,
contemplation, hope, sin, women. They ask
‘How can we live in peace? and ‘What does
it mean to be human?’
The compiler, Mary Lou Kownacki, says it
would be a mistake to picture Joan sitting
at a computer and posing questions as a
philosophical or theological exercise. “All her
questions erupt out of lived experience.” It’s
because of this that Sr Joan’s words resonate
within you and lead you to make sense of
your own experiences, both the negative
and positive ones.
To illustrate this I will talk about an
unexpected reaction I had to a piece early on
in the book. Sr Joan talks about coming home
from school in Grade 2 after her teacher, a nun,
has told the class that non-Catholics will go to
hell. Little Joan tells her mother about it and
her mother encourages her to think it through,
using Joan’s knowledge of her stepfather as
a good person to work out that Sister is not
correct. Like Joan, I too am a product of a
‘mixed marriage’ – in those days a term for a
marriage that wasn’t two Catholic parents.
As a young child our family had a routine
of daily Mass and Benediction three times
a week to convert my non-Catholic father
so that he didn’t go to hell. Unfortunately
he died unconverted while I was a teenager
and still held those beliefs. That passage of
Sr Joan’s resonated with my childhood pain
but brought a freedom too that the theology
of time was simply incorrect.
Kownacki says that Sr Joan knows that
she speaks not only for herself. “I simply say
out loud” she said “the questions that are
bothering people everywhere, eating out
their hearts and eroding their commitment
to both Church and State.”
It is because Sr Joan’s words can touch your
heart in unexpected ways that this is a book
to dip into daily rather than read all at once.
Sr Joan describes God as “the magnet of our
lives, the breath of our hearts, the stuff of our
lives.” She writes about keeping alive hope in
the face of injustice and oppression. “…the
idea of never allowing the destructiveness
of the present to defeat our commitment to
achieve the ideal is essential.”
Because she is widely travelled and has had
many important roles, she can give personal
insight into current events that we just see on
the news. There is a very moving account of
her conversation with Iraqis who have fled the
war and who are cared for by a community
of Basilian nuns. And a lovely story about
reconciliation between Palestinian and Jewish
women, with a young Palestinian telling the
older Israeli that she is confused. When asked
why, she replies “I’m just confused. I don’t
know what to do now that my enemy has
become my friend.”
In My Own Words is an ideal springboard
for getting to know Sr Joan Chittister, or a
way to get to know her ideas better if you are
already familiar with her writings. If you are
one of the people who see her as a dissident
nun, it’s probably best to avoid this volume!
But from this book you would learn that she
would be the first to acknowledge your right
to question what she has written here ‘in my
own words’.
Reviewer: Teresa Murty
The Mass – A Guided TourAuthor: Thomas Richstatter
ISBN: 9780867166460
Publisher: St Anthony Messenger Press
RRP: $34.95
The title of this book is a sign of what lies
inside. This is a light but imaginative
guide to explain the Mass. As the cover
says: ‘The Mass is a central mystery of our
Catholic faith, but that does not mean that
everything about it has to be mysterious.’
This would be useful for RCIA candidates
in their initial acquainting with the liturgy,
but also useful for seasoned Catholics
wanting to enrich their understanding of
what is sometimes taken for granted. I’d also
recommend study of this book regularly by
parish liturgy groups.
The book is starts as a ‘pilgrimage’ around
four sites: Christmas, Holy Thursday, Good
Friday and Easter Sunday and then takes a tour
through the ‘Symphony in Four Movements’
- which is the Mass. Those movements, taken
from a scriptural pattern, are Gathering, Story
Telling, Meal Sharing and Commissioning. The
book covers liturgy, Church history, theology
and personal reminiscence.
Although this book was written by an
American Franciscan, the universal themes
and the user-friendly style will resonate
with Australian readers. Enjoyable and
enlightening.
Reviewer: Mary-Anne Johnson
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LIFESTYLE
Fr Richard Leonard SJ presents
new to DVD titles. He is the
director of the Australian
Catholic Film Office
Lights, camera, action!
New Moon (The Twilight Saga: New Moon)Starring: Kristen Stewart,
Robert Pattinson, Billy
Burke, Taylor Lautner,
Michael Sheen.
Director: Chris Weitz.
Rated M (supernatural themes). 131mins.
Since the four novels by Stephanie Meyer
have sold gazillions of copies, the market
of teenage girls (and, so we are informed, of
40-something mothers) is at the ready for
this DVD. The first film Twilight was such a
success that it was an instant cult movie. A
year later, New Moon was released and there
is only a wait of seven months before the
next sequel arrives, June 2010, Eclipse (and
for the astronomically minded, the fourth
novel is called Breaking Dawn).
Both screenplays so far have been written
by Melissa Rosenberg. She has a great talent
for capturing the moods of teenage romance,
the language of teens. Director Chris Weitz
(The Golden Compass – as well as American Pie!)
has the skills to pace the action and dialogue
to the timing and pace for the niche audience.
This means that many adults are going to
find it slow going at first with all the teenage
romantic angst. When the huge wolves do
appear, the film perks up considerably with
some unexpected action and some good
special effects.
There is also an excursion to Italy to meet
the Volturi, the ancient upper class leaders of
the vampire clan, led by Michael Sheen taking
time out from being Tony Blair or David Frost
(and speaking his lines clearly which can’t be
said for the leads).
Kristen Stewart is a strong presence as Bella,
even if she has to do a whole lot of mournful
mooning. Robert Pattinson disappears for a
lot of the film except for some brief ethereal
apparitions but earns his billing in the final
half hour. Taylor Lautner provides a good
contrast with the vampire. And the film ends
with a finely dramatic question...
So, it looks as though New Moon does
exactly what it set out to do, please the huge
number of readers, provide a female teenage
audience with a film that is theirs, and makes
a case that, despite the Dracula history,
there can be some nice and honourable
vampires.
Reviewer: Fr Peter Malone MSC
Mao’s Last DancerStarring: Chi Cao, Joan
Chen, Wang Shuang Bao,
Amanda Schull, Camilla
Vergotis, Chengwu Guo,
and Huang Wen Bin.
Director: Bruce Beresford.
Rated PG. 117 min.
An inspirational and true story of the
discovery of a prodigious talent in
an 11 year old boy, Li who became one of
the great dancers of the world. Almost by
chance, and upon a seemingly casual gesture
of a sympathetic teacher, Li is selected from
a village school in China by recruiters from
Madame Mao’s ballet academy in Beijing.
On the hunt for talent to demonstrate
the worth of the Cultural Revolution, they
failed to foresee Li’s passion for freedom,
as well as for dance, that led him to defect
dramatically to the West in 1981, while
performing on a short-term cultural
scholarship with the Houston Ballet in
the US. Li, brilliantly played in the film by
Chi Cao, danced with the Houston Ballet
for many years, before joining other ballet
companies for a period of time, including the
Australian Ballet.
The real force of this film comes more from
the magic of dance than from Li’s journey from
poverty to fame. The film exposes us through
flashbacks to Li’s poverty as a boy, and the
drama builds up pace with the defection
scenes involving Li’s first wife, Elizabeth
(Amanda Schull), and Li’s later marriage to
his second wife and dance partner, Australian
Mary McKendry (Camilla Vergotis). The dance
sequences were choreographed by Australia’s
Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon and
involving members of the Australian Ballet
and the Sydney Dance Company. The dance
sequences are superb and they are captured
beautifully by the film’s cinematographer,
Peter Jones, who makes excellent use of slow
motion in his camera work, and Beresford
powerfully uses audience-reaction to Chi
Cao’s dancing to capture the artistry that
unfolds. The performances of Cao, who is
Principal Dancer with the Birmingham Royal
Ballet, manage to achieve extraordinary
emotional impact.
Ballet fans will love this film. Wider audience
response, however, is virtually guaranteed by
the fact that Li’s dramatic story is well told.
Chenwung Guo, who plays the teenage Li
in the film, now dances with the Australian
Ballet, and Li himself works as a stockbroker
and motivational speaker in Australia, and
lives in Melbourne with his wife, and their
three children. Mary gave up her dance career
to look after one of their children, who was
born profoundly deaf.
This is a film that will hugely entertain. Its
philosophical and cultural underpinnings
provide edifying moral messages, and the
movie is a welcome return of Bruce Beresford
to Australian cinema.
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KIDS’ PAGE
Cl ©Courtesy of Creative Ministry Resources (Liturgy Help/Cathnet)Lk 19:28-40 Lk 23:1-49
Passion Sunday, Year C
BLESSED IS THE KING WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!
Help fill in the details of the important events of Holy Week.
Crowds of people saw Jesus ride a donkey into the city of Jerusalem. The people cheered, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”
Draw some of the symbols of Passion Sunday.
HOLY THURSDAYWrite down what you know about the last supper.
After the last supper, Jesus led his disciples to the garden at Gethsemane to be with him while he prayed. It was here that Jesus was betrayed by Judas and arrested by soldiers.
Draw some of the symbols of Holy Thursday.
PASSION SUNDAY
Write down what you know about Pontius Pilate. Jesus carried his
cross through the streets until he arrived at Calvary where he was crucified. With the sky dark he died on the cross.
Draw some of the symbols of of Good Friday.
GOOD FRIDAY
HOLY SATURDAY
Holy Saturday is a quiet time when we reflect on the death of Jesus.
Draw the closed tomb where Jesus’ body lay.
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EXTRA TIMEWARR4NTYˆ YEARS
Ash Wednesday acknowledges the beginning of the Lenten
Season for Catholics universally and for the community of
Guilford Young College it was the opportunity to gather as one to
participate in the life of the Church.
This year the focus was solidarity with the people of Haiti in response
to the recent devastation caused by the earthquake in their country.
Fr Laurie Moate led the ritual inviting the community to be present
to and accept the challenge that the Lenten season is a time for all to
focus on a ‘change of heart’, to be more fully open to opportunities
to reach out and ‘be more’ rather than want more for ourselves. The
student leaders decided to show their solidarity -as the people of Haiti
did not suffer in silence, but with noise, and so proposed to beat the
world record for blowing the number of party whistles at one time,
thus to say we are one with others, even at their lowest time.
GYC students whistle for solidarity
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Question Box – Questions about the Catholic faith
Is there something about the Catholic faith you want answered?
Contact: Catholic Enquiry Centre
Ph: 1300 4 FAITH (1300 432 484)
QUESTION BOX
Q I am a Catholic and I go to Church every
Sunday. I even served as an acolyte for
several years now. Before I came to Australia
in the 1980s, I was married with four kids. In
1993, I got divorced and re-married again.
With my second wife, we were married by
a marriage celebrant only.
Then a few years ago I completed the
acoylte training course and have been
serving every Sunday or whenever they
need me.
Then out of the blue, the priest and the
staff of the church told me that I can not
serve as an acolyte anymore because I was
married and divorced and re-married again.
Their term is I should be “incummunicado”,
and I should not take communion, because
of my situation.
Therefore, I want to know if they are
right or not. Because for me I just want to
serve God. So if they are right, there are a
lot of people who go to Church and should
be incummunicado too because they are
divorced and living with a new partner.
They also take communion. Can you please
enlighten me on this topic please?
A Thank you for your question. If I
understand your story so far, this is
what has occurred: You first got married in
a Catholic wedding. Later you got a divorce
and remarried in a civil ceremony. If this
is the case when you took your marriage
vow you did so in the knowledge that your
marriage was a permanent arrangement.
In the eyes of the Church you are separated
from but still married to your first wife. Divorce
is a civil law matter and relates to legal
obligations between people and the status
of the relationship in the eyes of the State.
There is no sin associated with the
separation and divorce. The concern relates
to your current living arrangements. As noted
earlier in the eyes of the Church you are still
married to your first wife and as such you
are living with a woman who is not your
wife and you are therefore
not in accordance with the
Church’s teachings.
As you are aware, an
acolyte acts in an important
public role at Mass. Once the
parish priest became aware
of your situation he had little
choice other than to stop
you acting as an acolyte. If he
did not do this he could be
seen as publically endorsing
your actions with regard to
your second marriage.
The above is the problem.
Let us see if we can work
towards a solution.
Obviously, you are man
who takes his faith seriously. If this was not
the case you would not have volunteered to
act as an acolyte at Mass. If this is the case
you might want to investigate applying for
an annulment, or decree of nullity with regard
to your first marriage. An annulment is not
a Catholic divorce, it is a judgment made
by a competent authority that the marriage
that you and your first wife entered into was
not a valid sacramental marriage. There are
a number of reasons that this judgement
may be made but there is no guarantee
that it will be made. Whereas a divorce is an
arrangement between partners, an annulment
is the result of a considered judgement of a
competent authority following a thorough
investigation.
If you were granted a decree of nullity
(and it is not dependent upon the number
of children nor the length of the marriage)
you would then be free to marry you current
partner in the Church and return to acting
in the role of acolyte. If you wish to start the
annulment process (it is not quick and it is
not easy, but it is ultimately worthwhile) you
need to contact the Marriage Tribunal in the
diocese in which you were married.
In terms of what other people do. I cannot
comment. After investigation you may find
that a number of the people that you think
may be acting in a manner contrary to
Church teaching have in fact gone through
the process of an annulment. The real issue
however is not what others do but what you
do and your standing before God while you
lovingly care for your current partner. In short,
there is some sorting out to do. It won’t be
quick and it may not be easy but if you stay
with the process you might just find that you
have grown both in your relationship to God,
the Church and to your partner.
Q This year my Mum will have been
teaching in Catholic Schools for 50
years. Is it possible to get a Papal blessing
for this accomplishment? If so what is the
process I would need to follow.
A What a wonderful idea. What you
need to do is to make contact with the
Chancery in the Diocese that you live in.
The Chancery is the central administration
office for the diocese and the phone number
should be available through the internet.
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Emily Finch and Shaun Woods.Emily is the daughter of Elizabeth and Dennis Finch from Burnie and Shaun is the son of Michael and Vicki Woods of Zeehan.Married at the Burnie Rhododendron Gardens. Saturday, 9th January 2010. The celebrant was John Girdauskas, who is also Emily’s uncle.
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Mary Guy’s was not an ordinary life. Former Senator Nick
Evers wrote of her some years ago: ‘She’s one of the most
inspiring people I’ve known. Tough, yet tender; passionate, yet
clinically objective when the occasion demands; belligerent, bawdy,
persistent...scrupulously honest and loyal to a fault; and aggressively
positive”.
I find myself using a similarly long list of adjectives: strong,
courageous, fierce, determined warm, caring, loyal, intelligent.
Many of us have known Mary for her very public role as an advocate
for social justice, against any form of discrimination. Mary worked
with politicians, administrators, public servants, heads of agencies
at all levels of Government and in the not-for-profit sector. Of all the
successes achieved she was probably most proud of Minister Judy
Jackson’s introduction of personal care for people with disabilities,
through in-home support as a very special breakthrough.
Mary was the single most influential person in the development
and growth of Community Based Support (CBS), which grew from a
budget around $65,000 21 years ago to over $10m now.
As a long serving alderman at Glenorchy City, Mary made it her task
to transform this City into the first place in Tasmania where everyone
can access the footpaths, the roads and the businesses. While that
work is not complete, it is well on the way.
Mary Guy: Not an ordinary lifeBy Adriana Taylor, Mayor of Glenorchy
them, from an early age, to provide her with a social life and with
educational and creative opportunities. She went on to become
an accredited coach and judge of baton twirlers at national level, a
College teacher and an accomplished artist who sold her paintings
internationally.
She was always inventive and clever. She was a warm and happy
and generous person. In many ways Mary became the lynchpin of the
family because she was always there. The restrictions placed on her
physically also made her the perfect observer and confidant.
She has many friends because she was herself a generous and
loyal friend.
Mary’s primary aim was to change attitudes. And in the end that’s
what Mary will want to be remembered for, that she changed the
society she lived in, for the better.
She was a good woman who loved well and was deeply loved.
Mary wasn’t too keen on institutions and rules, but she knew God as
a God of love and compassion and justice. Rest peacefully now Mary
in the arms of that God you served so well.
We would like your comments, suggestions or general feedback on issues covered within the magazine.
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Mary’s primary aim was to
change attitudes. 28 March 1942 – 2 February 2010
Mary’s interest was not limited to Access issues. She loved young
people and took an active role in supporting our Youth Task Force
and our youth initiatives, and was well informed on and debated all
issues on the Council agenda. Mary was not at all partisan and focused
always on issues, not on personalities. Her Council colleagues, staff and
Aldermen, admired and respected her and are sad at her passing.
Mary was fiercely independent and fought to be seen as a person,
not as a victim and not through her disability. Indeed, soon the
wheelchair became invisible. We were too busy dealing with the
challenges she presented, or fulfilling the expectations she had, or
enjoying her conversations about life, love and the universe.
It is right to talk about Mary’s achievements, but let me also tell
you about Mary the woman. Mary loved beautiful things including
clothes and watches. She loved to shop and noticed and commented
on what the rest of us wore.
Mary’s family and friends were very important to her. There were
many people she loved, and was deeply loved by. Mary was an
extraordinary woman because they allowed her to be. She needed
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