Tasmanian Catholic - Volume 4 Issue 1 2008

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FEATURES

ProjectCompassion

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Restorative Justice FeatureLiftout

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SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Apology

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Volume 4: Issue 1 2008A publication of the Archdiocese of HobartComplimentary

Just want Justice: Project Compassion ‘08

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Catholic Diocesan Centre

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Phone: (03) 6208 6222 Fax: (03) 6208 6292

Vicar General

Fr Mark Freeman VG VF

PO Box 362 Devonport 7310

Phone: (03) 6424 2783 Fax: (03) 6423 5160

Chancellor

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PO Box 42 Richmond 7025

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Catholic Education Office

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St Vincent de Paul Society

State Administration

Phone: (03) 6333 0822

Centacare Tasmania Welfare Services

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DEADLINE FOR NEXT EDITION : APRIL 7, 2008Cover: This photo was taken in the township of Beswick, NT. Photographer: Sean Sprague

INSIDE THIS ISSUENews in Brief 2– 3

Your Letters 4– 5

Features 6–11

The apology

Why Easter is early this year

“Just want justice” –

a call to action: Project Compassion ’08

Archbishop Doyle writes 7

Pastoral Life 12–17

Ministry – much more than a name

Taizé brother visits Tasmania

Pentecost Mass

Commission promotes restorative justice

Features 18–19

Restorative Justice liftout

General News 20–24St Vincent de Paul Society opens Marillac House

Inspiring portrait launched

Walking with loveThe year ahead for CWL

Pine Gap four convictions quashed

Burnie/Somerset Knights of the Southern Cross at work

Social Commentary 25

Reimagining Noah

Diary Notes 26

Kids’ 8

The Question Box 29

Lifestyle 30-33

Book and film reviews

Destinations

Rites of Passage 34

Weddings 35

Barbara Helen Morgan: 1917 – 2008 38

O Lord, s o s ti r up i n your chur ch, i ndeed i n each of us, that Spiri t of adoption and reconci liation that i s made pos s i b l e by your g rac e r eveal ed i n Jes us the Chri s t, that we bei ng r enewed i n both body and mi nd, may worship and s erve you i n s i nc eri ty and truth.

We pray thi s i n the name of the same Jes us Chri s t our Lord who l ives and r ei g ns wi th you and the Hol y Spiri t, one God, now and forever.

Amen

NEWS IN BRIEF

St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart will be closed after Easter to

enable urgent electrical work to be completed safely.

From April 7 to June 16, all Masses will instead be held

at Sacred Heart Church, Cross Street, New Town.

St Mary’s Cathedralclosed after Easter

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Farewell to Fr Bede

The Archdiocese of Hobart farewells Fr Bede North from Kings

Meadows parish after seventeen years of faithful service.

Fr Bede is a keen golfer and will no doubt be missed not only

by the parish but also by his fellow golfers. The next step in

Fr Bede’s faith journey will be to attend the Monivae College in

Hamilton, Victoria.

St Attracta’s REUNION

St Attracta’s Convent School, Smithton are

holding their 57th anniversary reunion

(usually every 5 years, missed two years ago)

Saturday April 26, 2008

Get together at St Peter’s Chanel

school in Smithton 1pm

Dinner at Irishtown Community Centre

Sunday Celebration Mass 10:30am

Open to all past pupils and teachers

There will be no invitations sent, by word

of mouth only but please if you could RSVP to

Margaret O’Halloran (03) 6456 1350 by April

12, 2008 for catering purposes.

Carmel Shop – coming to a parish near you

The Carmel Shop has been in operation since July 2006 and our

presence is becoming more widely known across the north of

the state.

The shop caters for all sacramental occasions – Baptisms, First

Communions, Confirmations etc., with a wide variety of Catholic items

including: statues, candles, rosary beads, medals, cards and we also

carry a extensive range of books for both children and adults.

The shop has many volunteers who will happily travel to parishes

to give a presentation of items suitable as gifts for First Communion,

Confirmation etc. If your parish is interested in utilising this service,

please contact the shop staff on (03) 6331 3463.

The Carmel Shop is located at the Carmelite Monastery, 7 Cambridge

Street, Launceston. Open Wednesdays from 11:00am to 4:00pm. The Carmel Shop

SacredHeart School, Geeveston

FAIRSunday April 20

10:30 – 2:00pm

At the school grounds

Hot Food BBQ Cold Drinks Fun & Games

Competitions Plants Cakes & Lollies

White Elephant & lots more…

ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND

No – not Elizabethan madrigals! More news from the St Mary’s

Cathedral Gregorian Schola, which has doubled in size since

its inception in May 2007.

The next opportunity to hear the Schola will be on the weekend of

April 12-13. On April 12, the Schola will be promoting Gregorian chant

in an unlikely setting, as part of Medieval Mayhem at the Heritage

Park, Geeveston. For details see www.medievalmayhem.com

The following day, Sunday April 13, the schola will present a short

Twilight Concert at 4.30 pm at Sacred Heart Church, New Town. The

concert will feature a varied selection of chants from the liturgies of

Advent to Pentecost..

Admission $10/$5For information regarding membership of the Schola, contact

Elizabeth Eden: [email protected]

“Sing we and chant it”

NEWS IN BRIEF

The Edmund Rice Centre (Sydney) and the Catholic Education

Office in Wollongong, have collaborated to produce a CD

featuring 18 original songs. Each song is aimed at raising awareness

of the effect climate change has on low lying islands in the Pacific

Ocean and Torres Strait.

The CD is suitable for primary and secondary schools or for adult

and community groups who want to feel inspired, challenged and

entertained by thought-provoking contemporary music.

Featured artists include: Deborah Dare, John and Jane Littrich,

Bede Ritchie, Louise Robards, the Dogmatics, Kate and Mark Raue

and several islander choirs.

The CD retails for $25.00 with all proceeds from the sale supporting

the Pacific Calling Partnership through the Edmund Rice Centre in

Sydney. Please contact (02) 9745 9700 for a copy.

Climate Change CD “Turns down the heat”

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Holy Land Good Friday collection

An appeal for Catholics has been made to give from the heart to

Holy Land Christians on this annual Good Friday collection.

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri has written to all Catholic bishops asking

them to demonstrate solidarity by helping Christians of the Holy Land

“to see a hopeful future”.

Facing significant obstacles at home, many Christians living in the

Holy Land are leaving their homeland. Working to curb this trend, the

Franciscan Friars are providing care and ministry in health, education,

housing and employment.

Our support for this collection is a meaningful sign of the

spiritual link which unites all Christians to Jerusalem and the Land

of Jesus.

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Our Heritage Officer, Brian Andrews,

is hoping to find out if any copies

of this statue are in Tasmania.

The statue would be made of plaster

and stands 40cm (16 inches) high.

If you think you have a copy Brian

would be grateful to hear from you.

Have you seen this statue?

St Joseph’s School, Rosebery to celebrate

Golden Jubilee

All past students, teachers and religious are warmly invited to celebrate

St Joseph’s School’s fifty year anniversary from April, 11 – 13.

Friday April 11 Thanksgiving service, lunch and speakers 10.00am – 2.00pm

Saturday April 12 Photographic display, afternoon tea 2.00 – 4.00pm

Dinner Rosebery Football Club $35 p.p. 7.00pm for 7.30pm

Sunday April 13

Mass at St Joseph’s 11.00am – Archbishop Doyle

Further inquiries: (03) 6473 1393

Brian can be contacted on (03) 6224 5920

or [email protected]

Week of prayer for Christian Unity

4-11 MAY 2008 – 100th Anniversary

Theme: “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

A reminder that resources are available from the

TCC office (03) 6234 2543 or [email protected]

More information from www.churchestogetherinprayer.org.au

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Thanks due to Passionist community

I wish to publicly thank the Passionist community of Hobart for all

their unfaltering hard work in the Archdiocese of Hobart.

More often than not we don’t recognize publicly the hard work

our priests do, as it is considered part of the job. But week after

week the Passionist Fathers and Brothers are there ministering to

our Archdiocese.

Fr Graham Orwin (community leader) and Fr Gerard Glynn (parish

priest) lead a dedicated group of pious, holy and inspiring men, who

provide daily mass (twice a day and confession) and Sunday Mass.

Amongst all those parish commitments they provide the Mass to our

rural Christian brothers and sisters, to those who are sick in hospital

or those unwell requiring communion/last rights, all the time at any

time!

Of special mention is Fr Gerald Quinn, who, through his tireless

work has championed the rights of the unborn. Fr Quinn has been

instrumental in the success of the Human Life Protection Society.

Nick Williams, Moonah

Justice, openness and faith grow together

The Project Compassion theme “Just want justice”, focuses

our thoughts on how wide and devastating are the effects of

injustice and how we have an individual role to play in our local,

national and international communities. It also highlights how

injustice is fomented by ignorance, lack of understanding, a failure

to empathise and an eagerness to respond to the fear of people

and things that are different.

Your correspondent, N. Williams (Vol 3, Issue 5), derides you on the

inclusion of feature articles on the other major religions describing it

as “touchy feely notions” and urges a “return to core principles”.

Loving, living harmoniously and walking with all our brothers

and sisters who share this planet IS a core principle of our faith. Christ

gave us this example in word and action on numerous occasions. Our

individual and collective faith cannot grow, nor Christ’s message be

spread, by taking an insular, ‘navel gazing’ approach. We must open

our hearts and minds to listen to God speaking to us through those

who walk a different path and share our faith’s wisdom with them.

If our faith is not strong enough to stand with and learn from

other religions then falling Mass attendances are the least of our

worries. We do need to learn more about our own tradition but this

is enhanced by being open to how and why others think, feel and

believe the things they do. Perhaps the Holy Spirit is asking us to see

ourselves, our faith and our Church in a new way in the light of 2,000

years of experience.

Far from derision, I believe accolades are your due.

Leigh Delaney, Taroona

The next edition of The Tasmanian Catholic will feature part three in our

faith series, on Buddhism. Ed.

Your letters

Thank you

To the Archbishop and my brother priests for their support and

attendance at the Mass of Christian Burial for mum, and for their

prayers and condolences, I wish to express a sincere thank you.

To all who have been so supportive in prayer and expressions of

condolence, I ask you to take this as a personal thank you.

This I extend on my own behalf and that of my family. Your words

meant so much to us at a time when we needed it most. We knew

you were with us in spirit and that gave us strength to go through

the hard days. They are still with us.

To the editor and team of The Tasmanian Catholic, thank you for

your Obituary for mum.

Fr John McKay on behalf of the family, Scottsdale

The social side of parish life

I have recently been aware of priests decrying the social side of

parish life. One parish group was reportedly forbidden its annual

Melbourne Cup event because ‘it is too social’; another priest judged

his parishioners as too interested in the social group instead of just

worshipping God.

Since when are Catholics such wowsers? When did ‘community’

become a dirty word? The greatest things about the Catholic Church

for me are the support and encouragement in my life and faith

journey from real people in real buildings, offering cups of tea, kind

words and good social interaction. That might be during a scripture

study night or a line dancing afternoon or a quiz night. It’s all about

community and it all celebrates the God of Love who lives in the

Trinitarian community.

Margaret Jones

Mass times

I am very grateful that you send me The Tasmanian Catholic. My

sister sends me The Southern Cross (the South Australian Catholic

monthly) and in the back of this newspaper they have local Mass

times for every Sunday of the year.

As a regular traveller to Tasmania, I seem to have lost touch with

Mass times. Could you please insert a copy of Mass times or give it

some consideration for travellers to Tasmania?

George Hamm, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria

We have considered printing Mass times in The Tasmanian Catholic,

however seasonal and other changes to Mass times make it impractical to

publish the times on a bi-monthly basis. If you have access to the internet

they are published on our website at www.hobart.catholic.org.au. Ed.

Papal portrait winnersNick Williams and Leigh Delaney will both be receiving a framed

photograph of Pope Benedict XVI.

We would l ike your comments ,

suggestions or general feedback

on issues covered within the magazine.

Letters to the Editor [email protected]

Postal address:

The Editor, Tasmanian Catholic

GPO Box 62, Hobart TAS 7001.

YOUR LETTERS

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Winner book giveaway

Having only just

rece ive d the

Christmas copy of The

Tasmanian Catholic way

over here on Tarawa

Atoll, in the mid-Pacific slightly north of

the equator, so I may be too late to enter

the Grace Giveaway, but I so enjoyed two

of your articles that I felt I’d like to write

anyway.

The story that caught my immediate

attention was A small town in Uganda (Vol 3,

Issue 6, pg 18) with its photos of the Brereton

family amid the beautiful faces of the African

people.

Having spent 2005 and 2006 working with

Palms Australia at a Christian Brothers’ high

school in Tanzania (East Africa), I could readily

identify with the many things the Breretons

mentioned – the frightful state of the roads,

the never-ending grind for women and girls

to fetch and carry water, the deep desire

for education, the back-breaking labour in

the fields, the huge numbers of orphans,

the many deaths caused simply for want

of two or three dollars for a life-saving

operation.

I sensed that the Breretons marvelled

at the way people cope: I certainly do so.

But even greater than their innate resilience

is their Faith. The Breretons saw it in Uganda:

I experienced it in Tanzania.

My experience there and in other

developing countries where I’ve worked

has brought home to me the ‘catholic’ mark

of our Church – its universality.

I remember once seeing a wall-hanging in

Our Lady of Lourdes Church in my hometown,

Devonport, it read, “Strangers are friends we

have never met. ” That has stayed with me,

but at the same time taken on an even deeper

meaning – “Strangers are the brothers and

sisters we have yet to meet”. It has been my

experience that the language of our Faith

transcends all barriers. I can participate in

Holy Mass without knowing all the vernacular

used; I can sit beside an old lady who speaks

not a word of English and we can share a

smile that shows we each recognize the other

as a sister in God’s family.

The other article that greatly influenced

me also concerned Africa. It was Josephine

Bakhita: patron saint of Sudan (Vol 3, Issue

6, pg15). How fitting she is as a symbol for

the African continent and even beyond.

So many people in today’s world agonize

under injustices meted out by the greedy

and powerful, just as Saint Bakhita did, yet

once she knew of the Lord who loved her,

who even suffered and died for her, she had

hope: “I am awaited by the Love, and so my

life is good.” Can we say that? Do we ever

think about it? I believe there’s food for much

thought in Bakhita’s story.

May The Tasmanian Catholic continue to

present to its readers stories of inspiration

and hope; stories like the Brereton family’s

account which may well be the inspiration

in future years for some young people (or

retirees too) to go abroad to a developing

country where they can share their skills, share

their Faith and learn so much themselves; and

stories like that of St Bakhita who gives hope

to her African brethren and others, ”in this

vale of tears”.

Helena Charlesworth, Sacred Heart School,

Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati.

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6 SOCIAL COMMENTARY

At the beginning of his recent encyclical letter, Pope Benedict challenges the whole Church

to embrace the present in a spirit of hope. The present, even if it is arduous, can be lived and

accepted if it leads to a goal, if we can be sure of this goal, and if this goal is great enough to justify

the effort of the journey (Spe Salvi n.1). The pope is directing our attention to the hope we share

in the fullness of life that is God’s promise.

A sense of hope filled me as I listened to the words of the recent apology offered to the Stolen

Generation by the Federal Parliament. I was deeply moved as I listened to these words. Further reflection

on the words spoken increased my hope in the possibility that all people in Australia could share the

same dignity and honour.

At the same time I realise that it is very easy to use fine words. What these words are seeking

to address will only become real if the whole nation is prepared to grow and change in a way that

embraces everyone.

Not any one of us can change the reality of what has happened in the past. However, the honest

acknowledgement of inadequate responses and the mistakes of the past gives us the freedom to move

forward in a way that opens up new possibilities to promote the dignity and worth of each person.

During his speech the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, used the following words: “We today take this

first step by acknowledging the past and laying claim to a future that embraces all Australians.” The

apology is a first step. It is a hope filled first step because it says that the goal is worth the effort of

the journey.

The apology to the Stolen Generation is, I believe, a milestone in the story of this Great South

Land of the Holy Spirit. It is one point in a very long journey. But it is a reminder to us who put our

faith in Jesus Christ that we are called to live our lives always looking toward our ultimate goal – our

unity in the life and fullness of God.

The apology gives me heart. It also challenges me to acknowledge, on a personal level, my own

past mistakes and inadequate responses so that I am free to journey forward toward the goal I seek;

that goal to which the Lord calls me.

The hope for the future of Australia expressed in the words of the apology can serve as a reminder

to all believing people of the magnificent hope that is ours in Christ. “In hope we were saved”

Romans 8:24. As people of hope we have so much to offer our nation, our world, our human family.

May we be unafraid to embrace any effort required to reach our goal of fullness with God.

The apologyBy Fr Mark Freeman, Vicar General

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Archbishop Doyle Writes

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May this year be a time

of spiritual growth for

us all, ... in the way we,

as Pope Benedict says,

“grow in charity and

recognise in the poor,

Christ himself”.

Dear Friends in Christ,

After a more relaxed period during

January, the pace of the year has picked

up very quickly. Already this year, Lent has

begun, and now the schools are underway

once again.

In our observance of Lent, we join with

Christians throughout the world who value

the importance of this period of 40 days of

prayer, fasting and charitable works. In the days

before Lent, Pope Benedict XVI issued a Lenten

message in which he reflects on the spiritual

significance of this period each year.

Pope Benedict makes the point that we are

not owners, but rather administrators of the

goods we possess. As such, they are not there

for our exclusive use, but we are called to be

stewards of the providence of God in relation

to our neighbour.

At a further point in his letter, the Pope

repeats the reminder of Scripture that there

is more joy in giving than in receiving. “When

we do things out of love, we express the truth

of our being; indeed, we have been created

not for ourselves but for God and our brothers

and sisters.”

At the conclusion of his letter, Pope

Benedict says that “Lent invites us to ‘train

ourselves’ spiritually, also through the practice

of almsgiving, in order to grow in charity and

recognise in the poor Christ himself.”

For a period of 40 years now, here in

Australia, we have entered into the spirit of Lent

through our support of Project Compassion.

That support helps enormously in the work

of Caritas Australia, the arm of the Catholic

Church for overseas aid and development.

Last year, the amount of $8.9 million was raised

through the generous support of the Catholic

community in Australia. Caritas is hopeful that

this support will be maintained, and indeed

increased during Lent of 2008.

I am writing this letter on the eve of a

most important event in Australia, when

the Prime Minister will make an apology on

behalf of the Government of Australia to the

Indigenous people who are members of the

Stolen Generation. It is a gesture of enormous

significance, and one which I wholeheartedly

support.

Here in the Archdiocese of Hobart, there

are over 3,000 Catholics who are of indigenous

descent. I have met with some of them on

occasions in the past, and I intend to continue

those meetings on a regular basis. I think

it is very important for me to create the

opportunities to meet, and to hear of their

sufferings and their concerns.

I am very aware of the initiatives in

Aboriginal education in our Catholic schools,

and when visiting some of those schools, I have

tried to spend some time with the students

who are involved in this special education

initiative.

The year 2008 will be a very special time

for the Catholic Church in Australia, with the

celebration of World Youth Day in Sydney,

on July 21, in the presence of Pope Benedict

himself.

Our Tasmanian pilgrims are entering into

the process of spiritual preparation for their

time in Sydney, which, I am sure will be an

experience they will never forget.

Associated with World Youth Day is the visit

to Tasmania, from 11 to 18 May, of the World

Youth Day Cross and Icon. Preparations are well

in hand for the journey of the Cross and Icon to

many centres around the state during the time

they are in our care. I hope that everyone will

take advantage of these special opportunities

which are coming in the near future.

May this year be a time of spiritual growth

for us all, and in particular, in the way we,

as Pope Benedict says, “grow in charity and

recognise in the poor, Christ himself”.

ADRIAN L. DOYLE

Archbishop of Hobart

FEATURES

By Cathy Murrowood



Why Easter is early this yearThis year Ash Wednesday fell on almost

the earliest day possible, February

6, leading many to ask, “Why is Lent so

early?”

The answer relates not to Lent but to the

date we celebrate the Solemnity of Easter,

also know as the Triduum (meaning three

days). These sacred days are the culmination

of the Church’s liturgical year – which is the

Christian expression of God’s time – and the

celebration of Christ’s death, resurrection

and coming again.

Unlike Christmas, the Solemnity of Easter

does not fall on the same day each year. It

is closely aligned with the Jewish Passover

and the time of Christ’s passion and death.

It also has a powerful cosmic underpinning;

the movement of the heavens are integral to

the timing of the celebration.Calculating Easter: equinox,

full moon and Sunday

The date of Easter relates to the

convergence of a number of elements: the

Spring equinox, the Paschal full moon and

Sunday – Easter Sunday must always be the

first Sunday following the Paschal full moon,

which can occur any time between March 22

and April 25.

Holy ThursdayIn the liturgy of Holy Thursday we have a

sense of the passion and the resurrection of

Christ by celebrating his self giving on the

cross and his life as an example of service

to others.

The local community gather in union

with the whole Church, fulfilling Christ’s

commandment at his last supper, “... do

this in memory of me”. The readings speak

powerfully of service, self sacrifice, unlimited

love and our gratitude before God.

The ritual washing of the feet expresses

Christ’s new commandment of love and

service, and example for his disciples to

follow. The faithful are moved to practical

love and service of their neighbour, imitating

the actions of Christ.

Good FridayThe liturgy of Good Friday, a day of

mourning and fasting, begins without music

or greeting – it is a continuation of the Holy

Thursday celebration. The Church meditates

on the passion of Christ and intercedes with

the risen Christ for the needs of the world. The

act of prostration by the ministers conveys the

grief and sorrow of the Church, the Gospel is

proclaimed without greetings or candles.

In the early Church this liturgy was no

Eucharist, it revolved instead around the

Psalms and a proclamation of the Passion of

Christ. In the fourth century, a description of

the Good Friday ritual in Jerusalem included

details of a procession and veneration of a

relic of the Cross – likely the origins of the

veneration of the cross we celebrate today.

The Easter celebrationThe Solemnity of Easter does not begin until nightfall on Holy Thursday – the vigil of Good

Friday. The participation of all in the sacred mysteries that unfold over the three days of the

Triduum, unites the faithful with Christ’s passing from death into glory.

So important is this celebration that the Church encourages small communities to join

together and combine all available resources for the three days, unifying and amplifying this

single feast.

The Spring equinox, meaning equal

time, has a powerful cosmic context for

the celebration of Easter. Being the day

when the hours of day and night are equal

– in the northern hemisphere – it marks

the turning point after which the days

will become longer and warmer with the

promise of spring growth and new life. The

images resonate with our liturgical texts and

traditions.

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Easter VigilDuring the Vigil the Church keeps watch

and celebrates the Easter sacraments with

joy. It is the night for initiation; when the

catechumens (unbaptised adults and older

children) who have completed their Lenten

preparation become fully incorporated into

Christ and the Church. Baptism and new life

infuse the celebration.

The Vigil has four parts: the service of

light; the liturgy of the Word; the celebration

of baptism; then finally the liturgy of the

Eucharist.

The service of light, follows the ancient

practice of carrying the newly blessed Paschal

candle into the Church, followed by the Easter

Proclamation – the Exsultet. As the people’s

candles flicker, this seventh century chant calls

on earth to unite with heaven as the Church

joyfully proclaim Christ’s resurrection.

In the liturgy of the Word, the Church

meditates on the wonderful works that

God has wrought. The transition to the New

Testament is marked by the singing of the

Gloria. Soon after, the first joyful alleluias of

Easter ring out.

Did you know?

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and

concludes as daylight falls on Holy

Thursday.

The three Solemn days of Easter are

Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter

Sunday.

In our tradition Sundays and holy

days begin at dusk the previous day,

Good Friday for example begins on

Thursday evening.

Easter Sunday begins on Saturday

evening as soon as night has fallen.

The Gregorian Calendar reform in

1582 included “dropping’ 10 days (so

that the calendar would be aligned

with the solar year) and creating a

leap year every fourth year.

The Paschal full moon date as

calculated by the Church, may differ

from the astronomical calendar date

by 1 to 3 days.

The Paschal full moon, is the second

cosmic influence. Its importance stems from

the fact the Hebrew Calendar was based on

the cycles of the moon, with Jewish Passover

celebrated in the first month of the year when

the moon was full.

The significance of the Passover stems from

the references to it in the Synoptic Gospels of

Matthew, Mark and Luke, that establish the

last supper as the Passover meal.

The celebration of Sunday (the Lord’s

Day), has been the hallmark of Christians

since his resurrection, it is an encounter

with the risen Lord, a weekly anniversary of

his resurrection and the foundation of our

Liturgical Year.

The Solemnity of Easter celebrates Christ’s

passion as well as his resurrection. These two

saving events are present in each of the three

Holy Days – beginning with the Mass of the

Lord’s Super on Thursday evening.

The Church views the three days as one

celebration, rather than three separate days

commemorating separate events.

The Baptismal liturgy revolves around

adult initiation, although infants may also

be baptised. Through the saving waters of

baptism, candidates are plunged into new

life in Christ and then confirmed in the Spirit.

In the Eucharistic liturgy that follows, the

newly baptised come to the Eucharistic table

for the first time as part of Christ’s Body, the

Church.

While Easter dates and cosmic calculations

are intriguing, for Christians the death and

resurrection of Christ hold much more interest,

they are ‘life changing’ events. Over the course

of the three sacred days we are plunged yet

again into the mystery of Christ who died

and rose in glory. Renewed, strengthened

and invigorated we are transformed by the

risen Lord, to become joyful bearers of the

Good News.

been in use since the time of Julius Caesar. The

new Gregorian calendar (which is our current

calendar) utilised advances in astronomy and

mathematics at the time and have remained

the basis for calculating Easter in the West.

Despite all these reforms over the centuries

the great Easter feast is not celebrated at

exactly the same time by all Christians.

Orthodox Christians have chosen not to

calculate the date of Easter in exactly the

same way as Roman Catholics (this year the

Orthodox Church celebrates Easter Sunday

on April 27), however in most years the dates

vary by no more than a week or so.

As the ‘movable’ centre of the Liturgical

Year, Easter becomes the point from which

other seasons are ‘built’. The seasons of Lent

and Easter have a fixed number of days but

the two periods of Ordinary Time (before Lent

and after Easter) vary in length each year. This

can be a little confusing, especially for those

who do not have access to a liturgical table

or the annual Australian Liturgical Calender,

known as the Ordo.

Problems with the dateIn the early years of the Church, there

were disagreements about the date of

Easter. Although the celebration of the

resurrection occurred every Sunday in the

Apostolic Church, many writers believe an

annual commemoration of Christ’s death

and resurrection gradually developed its own

character and emerged from celebrations

associated with the Passover.

Conflict arose between those who believed

that the annual celebration must include

Sunday and therefore be a movable feast and

those who sort to establish an annual date.

The conflict was finally settled in 325 at

the Council of Nicea. The council affirmed the

need to incorporate the three elements of the

Spring equinox, full moon and Sunday when

calculating the date for Easter. A formula was

determined to predict the dates on which

the celebration would occur, however, as

the science of astronomy at that time was

unreliable problems continued.

It was not until 1582 that Pope Gregory

XIII reformed the Julian calendar, which had



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A recent inquiry to The Tasmanian Catholic made reference to the

names the Church uses to refer to liturgical ministries. In the

past few years there has been discussion about the name we give

to lay people who distribute communion to the faithful at Mass

and to the absent members of our community who are sick. The

discussion has emerged because we are aware that the names we

give to roles powerfully convey the meanings we attach to them.

The ordinary or normal person who distributes the Eucharist is the

ordained minister. The priest presides at the Eucharist

and is therefore a Minister of the Eucharist. Those

who are not ordained are not ordinary Ministers of

the Eucharist.

In every parish of our Diocese men and women

have responded to the needs of celebrating

communities by assisting with the distribution of

communion. The Church’s earnest desire that the

faithful receive from the cup has been taken to heart

throughout the Archdiocese and is cause for great joy.

Those who come to the Eucharistic table are invited

to receive both the Body and Blood of Christ.

The men and women who assist in this role are

called Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion,

although there have been various names used in

reference to this ministry over the years.

The ministers are aware that they do not

simply take the place of the priest. When there are

concelebrating priests they would not normally

be needed to distribute communion. They are

rarely required in places with only small numbers

of communicants. They are reverent and carry out

their tasks with dignity and respect.

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion do not

preside at the Eucharist, so we do not refer to them as Ministers of

the Eucharist, nor do we refer to them as Ordinary Ministers. The

Church uses the term ‘extraordinary’ to denote that they are not the

normal ministers – they are only there if needed.

Sometimes the term ’extraordinary’ has been considered a mouthful,

and many may have heard the term ‘special’ used. The difficulty is

that ‘special’ has many meanings and is often associated with the

idea that something is nobler or of a higher status. This is far from our

understanding of the role of a Extraordinary Minister of Communion.

Few Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion would see themselves

as special or better than anyone else because of their role, in fact most

would recoil at the thought. It is a holy task that serves the prayer of

their community.

A similar discussion has emerged around the term ‘Lector’. The

liturgical ministry of Lector is one that is instituted by the bishop.

Most frequently it is associated with those who are on the path to

ordination, and as such is only open to men.

There are many men and women who faithfully

proclaim the scriptures every Sunday to those who

gather to hear the Word of God. In most cases

they have they have undergone formation and

training and take their part in the liturgy in order

to serve the celebrating community.

Sometimes they are referred to as ‘readers’,

which, although accurate, does not fully express

the nature of their task, which is to faithfully

proclaim the Word of God. For this reason there

is a preference for using the term ‘Ministers of the

Word’, a name which more accurately expresses

their role. They are not instituted lectors and they

are more than readers.

Although this term ‘Minister of the Word’ is not

always used in Church documents, it is one that

the Archdiocese has embraced for the reasons

outlined. Those who proclaim the scriptures in

the liturgy desire to do more than read well, they

should be vessels of the Holy Spirit, enabling the

people to respond to the Word of God in their

hearts.

Both these names refer to two important

liturgical ministries, without Ministers of the Word

and Communion the community does not celebrate well.

Titles are most helpful when they are able to convey the meaning

we attach to a particular ministry. The title ‘Extraordinary Minister

of Holy Communion’ and ‘Minister of the Word’, do help convey this

meaning. But ministry is about much more than a name, it is about a

desire to serve God and those who gather in God’s name, it must also

deepen our understanding of the liturgy and our ministerial role.

Parish formation sessions are freely available for Ministers of the

Word and Ministers of Holy Communion through the Liturgy Office.

Ministry – much more than a nameBy Cathy Murrowood, OCLAM

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On February 25, thirteen Guilford Young College Year 11 and

12 students were lucky enough to travel up to Westbury for

an experience that will stay in our hearts and our minds for a long

time.

We started at the beautiful Saint Mary’s Anglican Church in Hagley.

Not knowing what to expect, we began the experience with an

introduction by Br Ghislain, a monk from the Taizé community, and

his story of Taizé. Taizé is an ecumenical

community in France where people

come from all walks of life, religions

and cultures to reconcile, meditate and

celebrate together.

After dinner at the Uniting Church

Hall in Hagley, we went to Holy Trinity

Catholic Church in Westbury. Our

surroundings were magnificent: a

beautiful church, low lights and bright

candles that brought religious symbols to life. The beauty of the church

seemed to create an atmospheric, spiritual, calming feeling that was

experienced by everyone. In the church we proudly sang meditative

chants that soothed our minds. We also listened to readings about life

and about important values in our world such as love, reconciliation

and celebration of God. It was not a traditional Mass - the emphasis

was on singing and what God can bring to peoples’ lives.

The night only got better from there, after meeting with many other

people who came for this moving experience, including students

from different schools. Dr Drasko Dizdar, a Benedictine Monk living in

Westbury, gave up his time to speak with all the GYC students about

religion, life and the question that got us all thinking – What is our

relationship with God and who is God?

We learnt a lot over the

less than twenty four hours

we were there. We saw some

beautiful churches, met

some inspiring people, and

experienced meditation in a

simple, calming yet moving

way.

Personally, if I could go

to Taizé tomorrow I would,

simply because you leave the church feeling alive, passionate, intrigued

about life and excited about your future.

On behalf of all the students who went I would sincerely love to

thank Mr Eamonn Pollard, Miss Simone De Smit and Mrs Mary-Anne

Johnson for taking such good care of us and allowing us to be open

with the experience and ask as many questions as we wanted!

Taizé brother visits TasmaniaBy Brittany Szlezak, Year 12 Guilford Young College

“Once, we spoke of God in black and

white terms, then we recognised there

were shades of grey, but as our spirituality

deepens we begin to see the full spectrum

of beautiful colours,” Drasko Dizdar

The best thing about the “Taizé experience”

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“I am better for the experience. I had

no idea there were people like this out

there!” Christian Street

“The community that grew between

complete strangers over 24 hours.”

Maddie Sheehan

“Hearing different people’s perceptions

of Christianity, and the bond that grew

between our group.” Hailey Sinclair

“The experience of sharing this with my

peers was an eye opener into their lives,

learning more about each other while

learning about yourself.” Kara Kelly

“Talking with Drasko was an amazing

experience.” Petronella Van Tienen

“I had doors opened for me that I never

thought possible.” Tom Reale

“Taizé was a fantastic experience.

It was an amazing form of meditation

through chanting that allowed me to free

my mind from everyday thoughts. Talking

with Drasko gave us the chance to ask

questions about religion and spirituality

without holding back. A very worthwhile

and memorable trip.” Amelia Johnson

“Sitting in the church with all the lights

out and singing in such a harmonious

way! I’ve never sung so loud and proud

in a church before. Also gaining an

understanding of what it means to believe

in God and that it doesn’t have to be black

and white but as colourful as you want

him to be” Brittany Szlezak

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MUSICIANS & CHORISTERS WANTED FOR PENTECOST MASS

Sunday May 11

Welcome of the Cross and Icon to Tasmania– East Devonport foreshore

Archdiocesan Pentecost Mass – Handover of the Cross and Icon to the Archdiocese of Hobart & Commissioning of Tasmanian pilgrims to WYD

Pilgrimage to Church of Apostles via the Carmelite Monastery & the Gorge

Monday May 12

St Patrick’s College

Procession from Devonport foreshore to St Brendan-Shaw College

Evening at St Brigid’s Wynyard

Tuesday May 13 Marist Regional College

Travel to St Joseph’s Rosebery

Evening at St Joseph’s Queenstown

Wednesday May 14 Wilderness encounter onboard the Lady Jane Franklin II

Evening in New Norfolk

Thursday May 15 Morning at St Paul’s Bridgewater

Visit to Risdon Prison

Mass at Corpus Christi, Bellerive

Friday May 16 Student Procession & Stations of the Cross from

Parliament through Hobart streets

Evening Concert – Derwent Entertainment Centre

Saturday May 17

Port Arthur guided refl ective tour & Mass

Procession & Evening prayer at Kingston

Sunday May 18

Dawn on Mt Wellington

Pilgrimage to Hobart

Festival of Faith – Guilford Young College

Monday May 19 Morning Mass at St John’s Richmond & primary school visit

Travels to the East Coast

Departure for Archdiocese of Perth

Journey of the

WYD Cross and Icon

Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart

Pentecost MassWe invite you to set aside Sunday May 11 to help us celebrate two very special occasions, the arrival of the WYD Cross and Icon in Tasmania and the commissioning of Tasmanian Pilgrims for WYD in Sydney.

Parishioners are encouraged to begin arriving at the Silverdome from 9.30am, to share in the vision, sounds and atmosphere that will shape this exciting occasion. The days programme will include:

Handover of the WYD Cross and Icon from Melbourne Pentecost Mass Commissioning of Pilgrims Veneration Shared Lunch Pilgrimage to Carmelite Monastery Liturgy with the Carmelite Sisters Pilgrimage to Church of the Apostles via the Gorge Evening Prayer and Meal at St Albie’s HallFor further details check Parish Newsletters & www.cymtas.org.au

When: Sunday, May 11, 2008Where: Silverdome, LauncestonTime: Gather from 9.30amWho: ALL TASMANIANS

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We are inviting experienced choristers and musicians from every parish to join together to form the Pentecost Choir and Orchestral to perform on Sunday May 11.For performance and rehearsal details please contact Tracey Owers 0408 061 080 or [email protected]

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The Tasmanian Catholic Justice and Peace

Commission has launched the fifth

issues sheet in the Fairer Tasmania series,

on restorative justice, to wide acclaim.

Following on from the previous issues

sheet on prisons and rehabilitation, it

recognises the positive work of Tasmanian

Police, where conferencing and cautioning

young offenders has resulted in fewer

convictions and recidivism in the juvenile

justice system.

Restorative justice is founded rather on the

restoration of peace and right relationships

in the community than on judgement and

punishment of others. As such, it is aligned

closely with gospel values.

The five basic principles of restorative

justice are:

1. The victim is a central part of the

process.

2. Justice requires offenders to accept

responsibility and accountability for their

actions.

3. The restoration of good from harm and

the reparation of relationships is the goal

of restorative justice.

4. Restorative justice focuses on the crime

and its consequences rather than the

person who committed it.

5. Crime occurs between people.

The Commission researched the topic

thoroughly over many months, searching

scholarly papers and speaking to local and

national practitioners. Restorative justice is

not a panacea to problems within society,

but it is a useful and caring tool that deserves

to be considered carefully by parents and

teachers, in the workplace as well as in our

justice system. Restorative justice is used in

many Tasmanian Schools, including Catholic

schools.

Dr Dan White, Director of the Catholic

Education Office says, “from my experience

the concept of restorative justice has made

a real difference to the manner in which

Catholic School communities have addressed

major discipline problems, especially issues

associated with bullying. Instead of punitive

approaches that simply suppress behaviour,

the philosophy of restorative justice assists

young people to face up to the mistakes they

have made and seek genuine reconciliation.

We have found that, whilst the restorative

process initially takes greater time and

effort, the results have lead to real and

sustained attitudinal change and greatly

improved relationships between students

who had previously been in regular conflict

situations”.

The latest issues sheet is presented as

a lift out in this magazine. Our website,

accessible at either www.tasjustice.org or

www.tasjustice.org.au, has PDF copies of

all five issues sheets and the latest JustNet.

Previous topics are: unemployment, gambling,

mental health, and prisons and rehabilitation.

These are also available as hard copies through

your parishes or on request from our resource

officer Mary-Anne Johnson on 6208 6271.

The year aheadArchbishop Adrian Doyle has appointed

five new members to the Tasmanian

Catholic Justice and Peace Commission. The

Commission welcomes Sue Tooth, Jane Fist,

Jan Perigo, Paul Crowe and Leigh Delaney.

They join Doug Rutledge (chair), Kim Chen

(treasurer), Sue Hyslop, Vivienne Luke and

Ona Kaukenas, pbvm.

After a successful launch of the Bishops’

Social Justice Sunday Statement last year, the

commission has invited the national CEO of

St Vincent de Paul, Dr John Falzon, to speak

at the launch in September this year. This

year’s theme is ‘Poverty and Affluence in

Australia.’

The Commission envisages its role as

educative, as a catalyst to action by individuals

and groups within the archdiocese and as

providing affirmation of the good work already

happening. We pledge to be a listening ear

to aspirations, suggestions and problems.

LET US KNOW YOUR CONCERNS.

Commission promotes restorative justiceBy Mary-Anne Johnson

L-R Back Row: Vivienne Luke, Sr Ona Kaukenas, Sue Tooth, Kim Chen & Sue Hyslop. Front Row: Jane Fist, Jan Perigo, Leigh Delaney, Archbishop Doyle, Doug Rutledge & Paul Crowe.

PASTORAL LIFE

RESTORATIIssues Sheet Five: Fairer Tasmania Series

TASMANIAN CATHOLIC JUSTICE AND PEACE COMMISSION

When someone has been hurt, ask:

What did you think when you realised what had happened?

What impact has this incident had on you and others?

What has been the hardest thing for you?

What do you think needs to happen to make things right?

When things go wrong, ask:

What happened?

What were you thinking of at the time?

What have you thought about since?

Who has been affected by what you have done and in what way?

What do you think you need to do to make things right?

Restorative justice can complement or replace retributive justice. It is a relational approach that focuses on repairing harm and strengthening

relationships. Based on the traditionals of Maoris and other Indigenous people. Its use has been growing during the last two decades in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Those involved in conflict situations meet to identify and address harms, needs and responsibilites. They work together to heal the situation as much as possible. In a conference, usually gathered as a circle, a trained convener leads members of the group to answer questions like:

A civilisation of love“Social life becomes more human the more it is characterised by efforts to bring about a more mature awareness of the ideal towards which it should be

oriented, which is the ‘civilisation of love’.”

The Compendium of Social Doctrine in the Church, #391.

“My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness”.Galatians 6:1

A great step forward for humanity“We are still a long way from the time when our conscience can be certain of having done everything possible to prevent crime and to control it effectively so that it no longer does harm and, at the same time, to offer to those who commit crimes a way of redeeming themselves and making a positive return to society. If all those in some way involved in the problem, tried to... develop this line of thought, perhaps humanity as a whole could take a great step forward in creating a

more serene and peaceful society.”

Pope John Paul II, July 9, 2000.

The use of restorative practices in schools, correctional institutions, business and community organisations can bring about positive cultural, organisational and behavioural change. It can build relationships, foster understanding and promote peace.

VE JUSTICE

What can you do?1 Become more aware of what type of justice practices operate in your own family, school and workplace.2 Support moves to bring more restorative justice practices into our prison system.3 Subscribe to JustNet our email newsletter, [email protected] or contact us to have a printed copy sent to you.4 Spread the word about this Issues Sheet

and the TCJPC.

How to contact usTasmanian Catholic Justice and Peace Commission

GPO Box 62 Hobart 7001Phone: (03) 6208 6271Fax: (03) 6208 6299Email: [email protected]: www.tasjustice.org

Useful websiteswww.socialjustice.catholic.org.au

www.realjustice.org

www.smith-institute.org.uk

www.restorativepractices.org

www.iirp.org

www.jss.org.au

www.safersanerschools.org

www.jldrestore.com.au

Tasmania Police recognise that the introduction of restorative practices within the education setting, particularly in the primary years, minimises the likelihood of young people becoming involved in crime.

In Tasmania, when a young person is apprehended

for committing an offence, police have the option to caution them, (formally or informally), arrange a community conference in collaboration with Youth Justice Services or place them before a court. Community conferences involve the offender, the victim, their respective supporters, and a police officer. The conference is convened by an independent facilitator, contracted by the Department of Health and Human Services. See graph below for the effects of this policy.

“We have found that, whilst the restorative process initially takes greater time and effort, the results have led to real and sustained attitudinal change and greatly improved relationships between students who had previously been in regular conflict situations.” Dan White, Director Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Hobart.

FACT FILE

“The power of this (restorative approach) comes from the inner belief humans have had since we sat around with fire sticks and talked about our problems, by putting the problem in the middle rather than the offender. That’s the way human beings are happy interacting with each other. When we don’t, and we work punitively, we drive these kids into the subculture. They’re the ones burning

down our schools.”

(David Vinegrad, Education Consultant. Quoted in Rewriting the

Rules by A. Jones, The Age, 15 August, 2005, page 7.)

Juvenile Justice Tasmania 2006/2007

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2007



St Vincent de Paul Society opens Marillac HouseSt Vincent de Paul Society is breathing new life into an historic

Launceston building with the launch of Marillac House. The

Victorian style property formally used as a private bed & breakfast

is located at 32 Brisbane Street.

Marillac House will operate as subsidised accommodation and

support for patients and their families travelling to Launceston for

medical treatment.

The Society will also assist in

providing comfort and support

to Tasmanians dealing with the

trauma of sickness.

A s i t was ev ident that

services for families dealing

with serious illness are greatly needed in the region, a national

fundraising effort (co-ordinated from Vinnies in Tasmania) raised

the funds to purchase a suitable property. This money came

from Tasmanian donations and bequests, and interstate

contributions.

Vinnies is also working directly with medical practitioners, including

specialist doctors and general practitioners, to address the highest

needs areas and has liaised with hospitals around the state to coordinate

services with their patient transport staff.

We are also working closely with other service groups to ensure

that the community members most in need of help are best served

by our efforts.

One of the main goals of Marillac

House, is to provide comfortable

surroundings at a minimal cost

to patients and their support

providers. The Society is working

carefully within a limited budget

to create a comfortable and homely environment.

Room rates range from $40 – $80 per room per night.

The capital commitment of this project has greatly stretched the

resourses of the Society, therefore any financial assistance from the

community would be sincerely appreciated.

“...it was evident that services for

families dealing with serious illness are

greatly needed in the region.”

Marillac House

welcomed guests

from December

17, 2007.

For any queries or

accommodation

bookings, please

phone

(03) 6331 0405

or fax

(03) 6331 0556.

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Tel 03 6235 5155 Fax 03 6231 0352Email [email protected]

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On February 21, 2008, around 200 people

gathered with the Missionary Sisters

of Service at St Virgil’s College, Austin’s

Ferry to celebrate the launch of their book

Around the Kitchen Table.

The book, writ ten by the

former e ditor of The

Standard newspaper,

Penny Edman, is an

inspiring portrait

of the spirit and

heart of the only

Tasmanian-bred

congregation of

Religious women.

Around the Kitchen

Table recounts the stories of the

sisters as they travelled “into the highways

and byways” of rural and outback Australia, to

families beyond the reach of Catholic schools.

The stories are real and feature personalities

known by many Tasmanian Catholics. Their

sense of humour, along with their ability to

be with people in their everyday lives, was

and still is, the hallmark of their call.

Sisters, families and friends from near

and far celebrated together throughout the

evening in a setting the sisters had

prepared that was rich in

loving prayer, sharing

and socialising.

In remembrance

of the beloved

Fr John Wall is ,

Margaret Morse

carr ied his o ld,

battered briefcase on

to the stage, opening it

to reveal the launch copy of

Around the Kitchen Table. Fr John had a great

love of learning and shared books from his

briefcase with people wherever he went.

Many times that sharing was literally, around

the kitchen table.

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Inspiring portrait launched

L-R Back Row: Srs Pat Brain, Stancea Vichie, Mary Cleary, Lorraine Groves, Julianne Dunn. Front Row: Srs Corrie van den Bosch, Bernadette Wallis, Margaret Kenny, Paul Coad, Monica Franklin, Frances McShane, Barbara Hateley, Bernadette Madden, Carmel Hall. Author Penny Edman

GENERAL NEWS



During the past 40 years, abortion has become part of the

Australian way of life. Millions have experienced an abortion or

have close ties with those who have. Many are left with a gnawing

pain in their heart that will not go away. It’s a subject that many

Australians shy away from discussing, or even thinking about.

It is welcome news then, that in response to recommendations made

by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference taskforce on abortion,

symposiums are being conducted in all capital cities to introduce a

new educational programme called Walking with Love.

Walking with Love aims to educate all people of goodwill on how to

respond with love and gentleness in their encounter with vulnerable

pregnant women and those who suffer the effects of abortion.

It seeks to educate Catholics and the wider community about the

Church’s teaching and pastoral responses to pregnancy and abortion.

It also seeks to foster closer working relationships among those who

work in this area.

Symposium project officer, Angela Lecomber, says one in four

pregnancies in Australia ends in abortion, evidences suggest that

one of the key reasons behind this figure is the fact that women

frequently find they have conflicting desires and emotions in relation

to motherhood.

“This is a time where a woman feels uncertain about many aspects

of her life – her relationship, finances, housing, study, employment,

her own mental resilience and her beliefs. So, when a woman finds

herself pregnant in complex circumstances, she needs a listening

ear, affirmation that she is capable of being a competent mother and

non-judgmental advice. If she perceives that she is abandoned and

unsupported, abortion may present itself as an attractive option.”

says Angela.

Walking with loveAlternatives and responses to abortion

Walking with Love will help us to learn about life-affirming alternatives

to abortion and promote the Gospel ethos of love and forgiveness to

all those who have lost a child through abortion.

It offers practical and compassionate suggestions as to how Catholics

can support women and girls facing a difficult pregnancy or suffering

the effects of abortion.

It is hoped that that it will bring new hope to women who have

experienced an abortion, and to their families and friends.

The symposium will be of particular interest and help to parents,

teachers, health care professionals, priests and pastoral workers.

There is also a DVD available, which is an excellent educational

tool-designed for discussion in small group settings. It contains

documentaries of women faced with unplanned pregnancy, the

effect of abortion on them, together with an appropriate responses

in each case.

‘I’m pregnant and I don’t know what to do! They are saying I should have an abortion’ She was crying when she told me. What could I say? How could I help her?

Your invitation to: The Hobart symposium

Admission free, lunch provided

Saturday April 5, 2008 Time: 10.00am (for 10.30 am start) – 3 pm

Murphy Room, Catholic Diocesan Centre,

35 Tower Road, New Town, Hobart.

Please RSVP to Anne by email

[email protected] or Phone (03) 6208 6272.

A resource pack will be available at the event,

consisting of a practical guide (free of charge)

Or you may wish to purchase a DVD for $35.

The Catholic Women’s League, Tasmania had a busy and successful

year in 2007, with members across sixteen branches engrossed

in many aspects of social, community and Church life.

Instead of a State Conference in 2006, a facilitator was engaged to

work through with members the way ahead, increasing relevance and

helping plan for the future.

Catholic women’s voices are being heard at the World Union of Catholic

Women’s Organisations (WUCWO), with it being given the status of a

“Public International Association of the Faithful” by the Vatican. Each,

branch will be celebrating WUCWO Day during May this year.

The state executive realises the need to educate Church teachings,

while being nourished by the Eucharist, in order to transmit authentic

Catholic values to the world. The Social Issues Committee, under the

leadership of Mrs Pat Gartlan, is ever ready to scrutinise contentious issues

and put Catholic views forward to both State and Federal Governments.

These issues include: embryonic stem cell research; supporting the

The year ahead for CWLinternet filtering trial; and the case to fight legalisation of brothels. CWL

also has representation at the United Nations.

CWL Tasmania has undertaken to support our youth and their

initiatives for World Youth Day 2008. Members support their fundraising

activities and will be opening their homes to provide accommodation

and hospitality to overseas visitors.

Every aspect of charitable work in Church and community life sees

members giving of their time, skills and energies. To mention just some:

visiting the sick in hospitals; their homes and nursing homes; Caroline

House; refugees; Project Rachel; international efforts – raising money

$1372 for the victims of obstetric fistula; knitting for AIDs babies in Africa;

and supporting a foster child.

CWL Tasmania has lost some of its faithful members to eternal life.

However, we welcome new and young members and members from

different cultures knowing that our future lies in our motto “Glorifying

God in all we do”.

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L-R: Bryan Law, Ron Merkel, Adele Goldie, Russell Goldflam, Jim Dowling, Donna Mulhearn.

Pine Gap four convictions quashed

Shade of the classic Australian movie

The Castle were played out recently in

the Northern Territory Court of Criminal

Appeal, when on February 22, the full bench

unanimously acquitted four Christian peace

activists.

The four defendants: Mr Jim Dowling, a

Catholic Worker veteran of 30 years standing;

Ms Donna Mulhearn, a former ‘human shield’

in Iraq; Mr Bryan Law, a taxi driver from Cairns;

and Ms Adele Goldie, all voluntarily returned

to Darwin and had been imprisoned for up

to two weeks prior to the appeal.

The four had been found guilty of using

bolt cutters on a high security fence and

entering the joint US-Australian spy bas near

Alice Springs in December 2005. They were

convicted in June 2007 and together fined

more than $3,000.

It was the first time intruders had reached

the technical support area and the federal

Attorney-General, Phillip Ruddock, approved

the use of charges under the Defence (Special

Undertakings) Act 1952, which carried a

maximum prison sentence of seven years.

The four, calling themselves Christians

Against All Terrorism, had claimed they

entered the facility because it played a role

in the targeting of missiles within Iraq and

by doing so was involved in “crimes against

humanity”. Ms Mulhearn said the protesters

had sort to put Pine Gap on trial. To argue

it was in fact an instrument of aggression

and not of defence. But Alice Springs judge

had ruled they could not debate the point

in court.

The Commonwealth Director of Public

Prosecutions appealed against what it said

was the leniency of the sentence, while

the defendants appealed against their

convictions.

The three appeal

judges hearing the

case, in February of

this year, agreed with

the submission by the

legal team defending

the activist, that there

was a miscarriage of

justice because the

defendants had not

been able to bring

e v i d e n ce b e f o r e

the jury about the

function of Pine Gap.

Chief Justice Brian

Martin said, “The defendants were deprived

of a possible defence, mainly establishing

that the facility was not necessary for defence

purposes”.

The David vs Goliath outcome was a result

of the excellent work of the activist’s legal

team. The allusion to the movie The Castle,

comes from the fact that the four activists are

all committed to social justice and enhancing

the lives of the poor and have little themselves

in terms of economic clout. Through out their

early trial they relied on donations and their

own verbal skills – they simply couldn’t afford

top lawyers to argue their case. Enter Ron

Merkel QC, a former Federal Court judge,

who offered to act pro bono for the group

By Jim Consedine

for their appeal – it doesn’t just happen in

the movies! And what a performance he

gave along with two other lawyers, Rowena

Orr and Russell Goldflam. The four accused

were unanimous in their praise of their legal

team, describing them as “brilliant, stunning”.

“They were committed, focused, absolutely

brilliant,” said Ms Mulhearn.

There were other grounds to the appeal

of a more technical nature. The judges will

publish detailed reasons for their decision

in coming weeks.

The Commonwealth immediately sought

a re-trial, but was quickly rebutted. “What

would be achieved for these individuals or the

community if there is a re-trial?” asked Justice

Riley rather sternly. The judges unanimously

ruled there would be no re-trial. The fact the

four had already served prison time for refusal

to pay their fines was a significant factor in

the judges’ decision.

The result raises significant questions for

the Federal Government about the use of the

Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 – under

which the activists had become the first and

almost certainly the last to

be charged.

It is a victory for fairness

and common sense. A slap

in the face of prosecutors

who sought to use

draconian legislation

to respond to pacifists

partaking in non-violent

civil disobedience.

Outside court, Mr

Law indicated some of

the protesters planned

another incursion at Pine

Gap on Anzac Day, he said,

“...we are going to walk across the desert,

into the Pine Gap base, into the the technical

area and challenge the government’s right to

maintain a terror base in our country... Pine

Gap is not a base for the defence of Australia.

Pine Gap is an instrument of international

aggression.”

Ms Mulhearn raised questions about the

legitimacy of an outdated Act. “It’s a draconian

law and it was an extremist move that the Act

be used against us,” she said. “It means the

Federal government will have to look at the

Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 and the

application it has now for any other activists

who want to participate in non-violent civil

disobedience at Pine Gap.”

“The defendants

were deprived of a

possible defence,

mainly establishing

that the facility was

not necessary for

defence purposes.”

GENERAL NEWS



Burnie/Somerset Knights of the Southern Cross at work

For inquiries contact: Steve Dobbie,

Branch Chairman on 0419 235 698.

A new year begins and on February 13

the Burnie/Somerset branch held its

first meeting for the year.

The evening was a very special time for

us as we celebrated the newly conferred Life

membership of one of our members, Douglas

Charles Beer.

and Jim Southwell. He has served in many

leadership roles over a number of years at a

local and state district level.

Doug, who has been proud to be a Knight

for the past 51 years, has particularly enjoyed

the fellowship of the Knights along the North

West Coast.

He supported the branch over many years

on many projects including the construction

of the church for the Port Sorell/Hawley district

and the building of a large retaining wall for

the widow of a deceased member.

Doug has always been very concerned

with the welfare of fellow members and their

families and he has also done a great amount

of work over the years for his Church.

All members of the Burnie/Somerset branch

congratulate Doug for being bestowed with

the honour and privilege of Life Membership

of the Order. It was wonderful that Doug’s

wife, Anne, and his son where able to join us

for this great presentation.

World Youth Day (WYD)We continue to answer Archbishop Doyle’s

challenge to support our Youth preparing for

their pilgrimage. We remember them in our

prayers and members have also shown their

practical support by raising approximately

$3,000 to date to assist.

Stations of the Cross ProjectWith Somerset being honoured as a site

for one of the commemorative WYD Stations,

our branch has offered to coordinate the

erection of our Cross.

This and the ongoing fund raising activities

for WYD are the main focus of our members

at the moment.

We continue to seek new members to join

our happy band of merry men, enjoying each

others company and working for our Church

and fellow parishioners. Doug joined the Burnie branch of the

Knights of the Southern Cross on 14 October,

1956, after being proposed by Bern Jacobson

L-R: Anne & Doug Beer

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SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Reimagining NoahHow did Noah react, I wonder, when he was told to build an

ark? Was he terrified? Did he resist furiously? Was he plagued

by doubt and nightmares? How did he handle the neighbours

scoffing?

In hindsight, it’s very clear what he had to do, and why. A cataclysm

was coming. Surviving it was going to require great courage, vision

and faith; the ability to take unprecedented risks; and a willingness

to be radically changed.

Revelation in the past is easy. But it seems to me that Noah’s story

loses its point if it doesn’t become a template for our engagement

– risky, scary, profoundly uncomfortable – with the urgencies of our

own time.

“To guard against the 1% chance of a terrorist attack, Australians

have accepted a raft of measures ranging from the inconvenient to

the draconian. In the face of an 80% chance of climate change, of

planetary suicide, we do nothing.” Heard on ABC Radio National.

The scientific consensus is now overwhelming; if we don’t first

cap our carbon emissions by 2015, then reduce them drastically by

2050, global temperatures will rise by a catastrophic two degrees.

(A corresponding drop would be enough to trigger an ice age.) Even

that threshold is too little too late; two billion people are predicted to

be in water famine by 2025, and four billion in water shortage; global

food supplies will already be seriously disrupted; a quarter of all species

will be on the way to extinction; there will be floods, storms, wildfires

and drought; the Himalayan glaciers will melt, flooding then drying

up the great rivers that are the lifeblood of Asia; rising oceans will

turn millions of people into environmental refugees. Compound that

with all the other ways we continue to degrade the Earth – pillaging

resources, poisoning air, soil, rivers and oceans, clearing forests, waging

war, over-populating, creating mountains of waste – I doubt if even

Noah’s nightmares were that bad.

The cause of this coming mayhem? Not the four horsemen of the

Apocalypse, but each and every one of us. We have sold our souls,

our birthright, for the right to go anywhere and buy anything at any

time. Mobility and shopping depend on fossil fuels. Consuming fossil

fuels generates more carbon dioxide than the planet can assimilate.

The result is climate change.

“Who pays?”A sustainable annual carbon quota per person is 0.4 tonnes. That’s

for all purposes; work, play, food, travel, clothes, housing, waste. The

average Australian currently uses 9 tonnes per annum.

Everything I buy, every book, CD, garment, gadget has a carbon cost

associated with the extraction and processing of its raw materials, its

manufacture, marketing, use and disposal. Switching on an appliance,

throwing anything in the garbage, particularly each and every car

journey, all generate carbon dioxide. Our food is grown, harvested,

packaged and transported in ways that squander fossil fuels. Bringing

Queensland mangoes, Californian oranges, NZ avocadoes to Tasmania

actually uses more energy than I get from eating them.

Each passenger on a flight from Australia to Europe generates 0.98

tonnes of carbon, more than twice an annual quota. How can it then

be loving or just to fly to Geneva to visit my son, if by that journey I’m

defrauding my unborn grandchildren?

I personally think that buying carbon credits to offset emissions

is a licence to pollute, as inauthentic as sinning with the intention of

going to confession afterwards.

“Titanic or Ark?”Do we love or fear? Hope or despair? Evolve or perish?

If we choose hope, we must tackle some impossible, inevitable

tasks.

Reworking radically all the ways we interact with other humans,

and with the Earth whose health is inextricable from our own.

Unveiling the lie of an economic system accountable only to profit

and based on pollution, pillaging, slavery and war; and building

in its place an economy whose yardstick is ecological and human

wellbeing.

Reimagining love, so that it’s no longer private and tribal, concerned

with what I want here and now, but a commonwealth committed

to “all the children of all species for all time.” (Bill McDonough).

Being willing to change the minutiae and structures of our lives in

the light of this dawning truth, accountability, relationship.

As we are all part of the problem of climate change, we are all part

of the solution. In Noah’s time, one man and his family was enough.

In ours, humankind is Noah, each and every one of us.

I cannot see the way. What I do know is that I passionately refuse

to despair. I choose to change, to pass on to the children, to the future,

a whole, healed, holy Earth.

ResourcesSustainable Living Tasmania

1st floor, 102 Bathurst St, Hobart 7000. Sustainable Living has

skilful, generous staff, and many resources including a library.

Ph: (03) 62345566.

www.sustainablelivingtasmania.org.au

An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore. (Film/ book that lucidly

outlines climate change and the consequences of doing

nothing.)

Heat by George Monbiot. (The problem and the solutions.)

www.carbondiet.org (Measure your carbon output.)

www.up2me.com.au (A website that inspires change in our

every day lives.)

By Annie March, Cathedral parish



DIARY

April 16 Images of God

10.00am – 12.00noon. Our images of God are the

language of our deepest selves – our souls speak the

language of symbols and images.

Contact: Emmanuel Spirituality Centre Moonah,

Sr Angela Dance (03) 6278 1460.

Presenter: Angela Dance lcm. Cost: Donation

April 19,20 Golden Jubilee of St Bernard’s Church

Saturday: 10.30am, Mass at St. Bernard’s Church

followed by an Open Day at Holy Rosary School

untill 3.00pm. 7.00pm for 7.30pm, Golden Jubilee

Dinner at the Claremont RSL Club, Bilton Street,

Claremont.

Sunday: Jubilee Mass at St. Bernard’s Church at

10.30am, followed by morning tea in St. Bernard’s

Hall, Claremont. Contact: June Duigan (03) 6249 2670

April 20 Friends of Our Labyrinth

3.30-4.30pm Sunday. One year after the Blessing,

and close to Earth Day (April 22), join us for

the chance to pray, walk the Labyrinth, have a

cuppa, and to talk about our experience. Contact:

Emmanuel Centre (03) 6334 1082. Cost: Donation.

Sacred Heart School, Geeveston Fair

Sunday April 20, 10.30–2.00pm. At the school

grounds. All welcome to attend.

April 24 St Mary’s College Hobart 140th birthday

Inaugural Nano Nagle Mass.

Representative membership of all original

Presentation Schools in Tasmania have been invited.

May 4-11 Week of prayer for Christian Unity

Theme: Pray without ceasing. More information

www.churchestogetherinprayer.org.au

Diary notesApril The Psalms

1,8,15, 22. In God’s Own Words: The Psalms as Prayer.

Presenter: Dr Drasko Dizdar.

Contact: Emmanuel Centre (03) 6334 1082. Cost: $30

April 3,17 Accepting the Embrace of God – The Ancient Art

May 1,15, of Lectio Divina

29 10.00am–11.30am. A continuation of Morning Prayer

sessions based on Lectio Divina, the ancient practice

kept alive by the Benedictines, which cultivates

the ability to listen deeply, to ”hear with the heart”.


Sr Angela Dance lcm, (03) 6278 1460.

Presenters: Team. Cost: Donation

April 4 Food and wine Fair – St Patrick’s College

5.00pm–8.00pm, 282 Westbury Road, Prospect.

Contact: Gordana (03) 6331 1674

April 5 Walking with love

10.00am for 10.30am – 3pm. Murphy Room, Catholic

Diocesan Centre, 35 Tower Rd, New Town, Hobart.

Contact: Anne (03) 6208 6272 or [email protected]

April 11 Reflection & Prayer in Botanical Gardens

9.45am – 12.30pm. A time to enjoy the blessings of

Nature. Venue: Training Centre, Botanical Gardens.

BYO lunch. Tea & coffee provided.


(03) 6260 2474. Presenter: Jenny Coe. Cost: $7

April Golden Jubilee of St Joseph’s School, Rosebery

11,12, 13 Celebrations with Mass celebrated on Sunday

April 13 at 11.00am by Archbishop Adrian Doyle.

Contact: St Joseph’s School, Rosebery,

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3rd Sunday of Easter, Year A

FaithLife is like being on a journey of

faith, but sometimes we encounter obstacles along the way.

What are some of the toughest obstacles on your path of life?

Jesus is alwayswith us

How does Jesus help you and guide you along that path?

Colour the shapes that contain a white dot in red. Colour the remaining shapes in colours that you find

in a loaf of bread.

Jesus is always with us, even when we don’t realise he is there.

Where or when can we recognise Jesus in our everyday life?

Lk 24:13-35

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Question Box – Questions about the Catholic faith

QUESTION BOX

Q I am a Catholic and have recently

become engaged. Is it true that

Catholic marriages are not held during

Lent?

A There was an old rule requiring

special permission to get married

during Lent. This rule no longer applies.

While there is a preference in the Church

that weddings do not occur during Lent

there is no specific regulation as such.

There is a regulation forbidding flowers

in the Church during Lent. It is the practice

in some churches for flowers to be placed in

the Church for the wedding and immediately

removed following the ceremony. In some

cases the practice is that the flowers are given

to the priest for the presbytery.

These practices vary from church to church

so you will need to check with the priest who

is to witness your marriage.

Q I am interested in using Scripture

in my prayer. Is there a daily

Bible reading program that you would

recommend?

A Thank you for your enquiry. With

regard to a daily Bible reading

program I suggest the following:

Private reading of the Bible is a form of

prayer. When we join with others in prayer

we are participating in Liturgy. The Church

has an ancient reading program called the

Divine Office. Once only read by monks, nuns,

religious and priests the Divine Office is now

accessible to all Christians.

The Divine Office is a collection of Psalms,

Scripture and other readings written by Saints

and other wise and holy people.

Q I have had a very difficult life

and find it hard to see how God

can allow that to happen. Everything in

me tells me that God has abandoned me.

How can I keep praying to a God who has

deserted me?

A It is difficult for me to comment much

on the particular circumstances which

have caused so much distress for you.

The Lord has told us that we must bear

our cross, just as he carried his, and that

there is great redemptive significance in

accepting suffering and uniting it with his

own passion.

Jesus himself felt in some way distant

from God as he was about to die, crying

out “My God, my God, why have you

abandoned me?”. So your feeling that

God seems far away is a common human

experience.

Praying the Divine Office is liturgy even

if you are praying the Psalms and readings

by yourself. The reason it is liturgy is that in

praying this prayer of the Church you are

joining in with other Catholics all around

the world who are praying the same set of

prayers on that day.

The full Divine Office, is designed to

sanctify the day. As liturgy, it also follows

the liturgical seasons of the year, including

feast days and solemnities are each celebrated

with special prayers.

Praying the Divine Office daily not only

fills your mind and heart with God’s word, it

also connects you in a very tangible way to

the Church as the whole Church prays for the

needs of the world.

There are a number of versions of the

Divine Office, with the most popular being

the single volume, Morning and Evening Prayer

with Night Prayer. The complete Divine Office

consist of three volumes.

It can take a little time to work out how

to use this liturgical prayer resources, but it

is well worth the time and effort.

I suggest that you begin with the Morning

and Evening Prayer with Night Prayer and in

time move towards the complete three

volume version. There is also a shortened

and simplified version for busy people on

the run.

You should be able to purchase these books

at any good Catholic bookstore or through

one of the Catholic online bookstores.

Our Christian faith, however, assures us that

God is intimately present to each one of us at

every moment of our lives, and Jesus assures

us that our prayers are always answered, even

though at times these answers are somewhat

hidden.

All the wonderful things in the world could

not have just ‘happened’. A further logical step

is that God is a loving God who cares deeply

for all those whom He has created in His own

image and likeness. Never forget this, and

never despair that the Lord is absent.

We are all indeed utterly dependent on

God, and God has no dependence on us.

To live in a God-fearing way in the light of

this reality is not to be selfish, rather, it is to

acknowledge reality for what it is. God wants

us to depend on Him and to live holy lives,

full of faith in Him and His Son, and to abide

always by His commandments.

Is there something about the Catholic faith you want answered? Contact: Catholic Enquiry Centre

[email protected] Ph: 1300 4 FAITH (1300 432 484)



LIFESTYLE

Between the lines

Teresa of Avila Author: Shirley Du Boulay

Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd Year

ISBN: 9780974240527

RRP: $24.95

Teresa of Avila is a 2004 biography written

by Shirley Du Boulay, for many years a

producer of religious programs for the BBC.

It is thoroughly researched and the historical

background fascinating.

Born in 1515, Teresa lived in Spain at a time

of slavery, anti-Semitism, ethnic cleansing

and, of course, the Spanish Inquisition. On

one occasion the carriage she and her fellow

nuns were travelling in was immobilized

outside the walls of Alcazar, the headquarters

of the Inquisition, who were at that time

examining Teresa’s autobiography on

suspicion of heresy. In 1575 Teresa and her

nuns suffered persecution and Teresa herself

was excommunicated. She is now revered as

a Doctor of the Church.

Teresa is a product of her theological

background which sometimes sits uneasy

with a modern reader, a fact that Du Boulay

acknowledges. It is hard to understand these

days a motivation for seeking God and leading

others to Him that arises from a fear that you or

others (in Teresa’s case especially the followers

of Martin Luther) will end up burning in hell

“forever and ever and ever”. This fear was fed

by Teresa’s horrifying visions of flames and

perpetual torture, raising questions for us now

which probably have no answers.

But we read mostly of her visions of a God

that loved her deeply, her “transverberation”,

ecstasies and levitation, her relationship with

her spiritual directors, including Gracian and

St John of the Cross, her intimate “union”

with God that affected her so physically. The

reader can’t help contrasting this with Mother

Teresa, who in her recently published letters

describes 50 years of feeling the absence

of God. You just have to surrender to the

mystery of it all.

In this biography, Teresa emerges as a

lively, joyful, deeply human, deeply spiritual

woman whom you would love to meet. You

follow her journey from a golden childhood

that ended with the death of her mother when

Teresa was 13, to old where she described

herself at the age of 64 as “an old crone.”

At 66, she exclaimed, “God help me – the

further I journey in this life the less comfort

I find.” One can imagine just such a phrase

from many a modern senior being placed in

a nursing home!

In her 30s, Teresa had a period where she

could not pray; you read of her doubts about

her prayer life and her visions. Straight after

she successfully founded the first Discalced

Carmelite foundation, St Josephs at Avila

in 1562, she was beset with doubts about

whether it was really the will of God. It’s such

a human response. And I chuckled when I

learnt that she sewed the habits of her first

four nuns with her own hands.

Here I must confess a special interest in

Teresa of Avila because I was named after her.

My older brother by two years, Joseph, died

at birth. My mother started to miscarry when

she was carrying me and decided to spend

some quiet time at the Tasmanian Carmelite

Monastery. There things settled down. When

I was little Mum followed the customs of her

Catholic boarding school in India, and every

October 15 I would return home from school

to a lovely cake baked for my feast day.

“Her remarks on

relationships between

men and women are

tongue-in-cheek and

delightful.”

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So I grew up with the language of scapulars,

discalced and unmitigated rule, all of which

I left behind me at adolescence. I have only

understood it all after reading this book.

And then it turns out that discalced means

barefoot, and Teresa’s nuns wore sandals of

the poor, and were never barefoot at all.

I was also horrified to learn that the

mitigated (relaxed) rule, of 1432, that Teresa

later reformed, still required that the nuns

scourge themselves three times a week.

But there is so much that is modern about

Teresa, a highly intelligent, energetic and

enthusiastic administrator. Her remarks on

relationships between men and women are

tongue-in-cheek and delightful. Underlying

all her actions is her unwavering commitment

to the will of God.

The book gives a synopsis of her writings

including The Interior Castle of 1577. Here

is a woman’s voice from the 16th century

encouraging us to detach ourselves from

even our good works and learn to be and

listen to God’s voice.

I feel that through this book I have

discovered a marvellous woman who made

the radical choice to reject the values of

the world and follow the God she grew to

love with all her heart. She combined the

contemplative prayer of the mystic with the

actions of a successful reformer. I now feel

privileged that her life and legacy touched

mine at its very beginnings. You too will

find this biography engaging, sometimes

unsettling, thought provoking but, above

all, a great read.

Reviewer: Teresa Murty

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LIFESTYLE

Fr Richard Leonard SJ presents

new to dvd titles. He is the

director of the Australian

Catholic Film Office

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Cate Blanchett,

Geoffrey Rush,

Clive Owen and

Abbie Cornish.

Directed by

Shekhar Kapur.

Rated M. 114 mins.

It is 1585 and Elizabeth I is still in trouble.

Spain is breathing down her neck. Mary,

Queen of Scots, is plotting against her. It

would be better if Elizabeth marries and

produces an heir to her throne.

Walter Raleigh returns from Virginia in

the New World and charms the queen. He

also charms Bess Throckmorton, the Queen’s

Lady of the Privy Chambers. Bess and Walter’s

relationship was to be both their downfalls,

at least for a time.

After Elizabeth dispatches Mary Queen of

Scots to eternity in 1587, she faces her former

brother-in-law Philip II of Spain’s Armada in

mid August, 1588.

Internet sites have already gone into

meltdown over the historical inaccuracies

or otherwise of this film. Either way, it could be

a very profitable exercise for history students

to sort out the fact from the fiction.

After a slow start, Elizabeth: The Golden

Age has a huge music score (too big),

sumptuous costumes (too much), and

stunning cinematography (too overpowering).

The problem is that it is an epic sequel looking

for a genre. It can’t decide if it is a primarily

an historical drama, a romance or political

thriller. It straddles all three and never

satisfactorily rides any one of them home

as a winner.

William Nicholson and Michael Hirst’s

screenplay is surprisingly clumsy at times,

with some awful dialogue, but the four main

actors (three of them Australians), do a more

than decent job.

Of most interest to Catholic readers,

however, is the claim that this film is anti-

Catholic.

The portrayal of the Catholics in this film

enables me to have even more sympathy

toward Muslims who object to how fanatical

modern Islamic terrorists are presented in

some recent western films.

The most galling thing is the contrast

between Philip’s zealotry and Elizabeth’s piety.

She is made out to want religious tolerance

in a multi-faith England. Unfortunately for

the veracity of this line, even the last film

had Elizabeth demanding of parliament to

pass the Act of Uniformity, which forbade all

Catholic devotions and sacraments in her

realm and demanded that everyone attend

the Church of England. She made sure it was

enforced too.

Moreover, keep an eye on how Elizabeth is

always pictured as praying privately, quietly

and peacefully before a stark altar. Then notice

how the dreaded and dreadful Catholics are

usually with their grand or gross priests

chanting Latin, praying rosaries, processing,

crying out and swinging thuribles before

statues of the Madonna and Child. I wonder

which one appears saner?

By the end of this film the victorious so-

called “Virgin Queen” concludes this golden

age with the line, “Unmarried, I have no

master; childless, I am mother to my people.

God give me strength to bear this mighty

freedom”.

All I could think was that Shekhar Kapur had

turned her into “the very model of a modern

Major General”, well before her time.

Reviewer: Fr Richard Leonard

Across the UniverseJim Sturgess, Evan,

Rachel Wood, Joe

Anderson and

James Urbaniak.

Directed by Julie

Taymor. Rated M.

133 mins.

An intriguing question is to ask who is

the target audience for this film. The

poster is rather psychedelic, taking us back

40 years. But, who under 40 is going to want

to go back to those times? Clearly, those

who have a hankering after the 1960s will

be keen to see the film and perhaps those

for whom the 60s were a mystery or a time

of change, war and protest. Whatever the

case, this is all highlighted in Across the

Universe.

The title is from a Beatles’ song which

features towards the end but, surrounding

it, are more than 30 other Beatles songs, some

very well known, others much less well known,

but all picked to offer lyrics which explain the

characters and the plot.

The screenplay was written by the British

team of Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais, who

were writing for film and television in the 60s.

Their angle is quite nostalgic.

The director is American, Julie Taymor, who

made Titus and Frida and directed the stage

version of The Lion King. The costume design

makes creative use of masks and other devices

used on stage in The Lion King. Some very

stylised sets and action pieces are inserted

into the realism of the rather straightforward

plot: Liverpool lad (whose name is, hey, Jude)

goes to America meets a young girl, Lucy

(and, yes, it is sung during the cosmic final

credits) with a brother, Max, who is drafted

and serves in Vietnam. They all live in New

York with a singer and her guitar-playing

boyfriend. Lucy gets involved with the peace

movement. Jude is deported, but… ‘All you

need is love’.

Beatles’ fans may relish the opportunity to

find the characters frequently bursting into

song – though the principals sing well, there

are some interpretations from Joe Cocker and

Bono which may raise eyebrows (aping the

Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, Transcendental

Meditation phase).

But, what the film does do is take us back to

an overview of the 1960s in the US, Vietnam,

protests, drugs, the hippy experience, and

the beginnings of New Age, perhaps a

more vigorously radical period than our

own – though the references to Iraq are

unavoidable.

Fr Peter Malone MSC

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On the January 12, 2008, Gerard and Tina Jak celebrated

their Golden Jubilee Wedding Anniversary at Star of the

Sea Church, in Georgetown.

Family and friends who had travelled from Holland and Adelaide,

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Marcus Proud and Carmen Van Den Berg. Married at St Aloysius Church, Kingston.Saturday 16, February, 2008.Celebrant, Fr Chris Hope.

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Bridget Cairns and Brett Pitfield.Married at St Peter’s, New Norfolk.Saturday 19, January, 2008.Celebrant, Fr Peter O’Loughlin.Photographer, Michael Webb Studios.

Rachael Blissenden and Dr Mark Wilson. Married at St Canice Church, Sandy Bay.Saturday 29, December, 2007.Celebrant, Fr Brian Nichols.Photographer, Alice Bennett.



Barbara Helen Morgan nee Lonergan

was born on December 6, 1917 in New

Norfolk, Tasmania. Her father, Patrick Francis

Lonergan, was the local constable – formerly

a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary.

Her mother, Mary Ann Corrigan, whose

parents were both Irish, was born in New

Zealand where her father worked in the

mines. The family went from there to the

mines of Zeehan, where Patrick and Mary

Ann, whose wife and husband respectively

had died, met and were eventually

married.

The Catholic faith was embedded in Barbara

from her earliest years, members of her large

extended family playing very active roles

in their local parishes, and a few becoming

members of religious congregations and the

diocesan priesthood. She was educated by

the Sisters of Charity at St Joseph’s School,

Macquarie Street Hobart.

Barbara married Michael Arthur Morgan,

also an Irishman, on the Feast of the

Assumption 1936 at St Joseph’s Church in

Hobart, where they settled and raised their

family of nine children.

During our childhood years, we have many

memories of our parents on their knees praying

and we came to learn that we were always the

focus of many of those prayers, particularly at

exam time and at other important moments

in our lives and while both our parents were

alive, that never changed.

When one walked into our home, the living

out of our Catholic faith was very evident in

the symbols represented around the house,

including the Dedication of each member of

the family to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, all our

names inscribed on the plaque, beside which

was a lighted lamp. The strong faith which we

inherited both through our baptism and the

example of our parents, was also evident in

their attendance at the Sunday celebration

in our parish church, accompanied by all of

us. We grew up witnessing also, our parents’

attendance at daily Mass when possible.

After our father died in 1982, our mother

faced a new and potentially lonely phase in

her life. By this time, she was living in Sandy

Bay, her children all well and truly having left

home. During the years of our childhood,

there had never been time for her to join

committees or to participate in activities that

took her out of the home away from the very

busy role of caring for her large family, with

the hands-on assistance of our father at the

end of his working day,

Our mother had always been busy raising

us and then caring for our father during his

years of ill health and now, there was just

herself in the home.

Enter the Catholic Women’s League,

who invited her

to join the Sandy

Bay branch, thus

beginning over

twenty years of

c o m m i t m e n t ,

f r iendship and

dedicated service.

The women of the League speak highly of

Barbara Morgan and her quiet, efficient

contribution as a member, as secretary for

many years and for a time, Vice-President.

She was very capable but never put herself

forward, quite happy to ‘take a back seat’

and get on with the job at hand. She made

some great friends and together they worked

hard, having lots of fun also, when engaged in

their many projects. With them, she became

involved with other branches, attended state

meetings and ecumenical gatherings (one

being hymn singing which she particularly

enjoyed). She contributed in many ways

including cooking (she was always trying

new recipes), sewing, driving members to

various functions, and working at the CWL

Centre, even as her health began to fail. She

could not give herself permission to slacken

off, often remarking how few there were to

do the work, with so many aging and almost

no new younger women able to become

members.

She joined in regularly with the “Prayer

for Priests” at St Joseph’s and for some

years, drove members to the “Prayers for the

Unborn Babies” when this began in Moonah.

A constant in her life too was the Rosary,

which she prayed alone and with other CWL

members in various homes, sometimes before

the statue of Our Lady of Fatima.

It was a great disappointment to her when

she could no longer drive and as her mobility

became increasingly difficult, she was no

longer able to attend Mass every day. Curtailed

also were many of her CWL activities, which

meant she didn’t see her friends nor contribute

as often as she would have liked. She was still

able to pray though and continued to give to

the many charities she supported, right up

until she died.

So who was Barbara Helen Morgan to us

her children? She was, first and foremost, a

mother who loved us as we were. She did

not make comparisons, nor judge us but

encouraged and supported all nine of us in

whatever we were doing.

Her family and her Catholic faith were the

cornerstones of her life. Living through the

Depression in the

1930s, she learned

the value of money

and hard work ,

which among many

other values, she

passed on to us.

Barbara was a

quiet, gentle and very humble person with

a remarkable intellect. She was very well

read and always very knowledgeable about

world affairs. A woman of strong moral

character with very strong principles, she

never compromised these values, even in the

face of great changes in our society.

She loved her family and loved to spend

time with us. She was always interested

in what we were doing and remembered

all our birthdays, down to the last great-

grandchild.

In her later years, she said that looking back

on her life seemed like a dream, as though it

had happened to someone else. But, in the

legacy she left us her family, she was very

much engaged in her life, albeit in a quiet,

faith-filled way.

Barbara Morgan had a wonderful 90th

birthday celebration with her family, a little

over five weeks before she died. At this great

age, she was still fun to be with and was great

company.

In the words of one of her sons at her Mass

of Christian Burial, “She was a great lady, a

loving mother and a close friend”.

Barbara is survived by her nine children:

Helene Dowd, Kevin, Paul, Gabrielle, Brian, Denis,

Damian, Greg and Marianne De Martin.

Barbara Helen Morgan: 1917 – 2008

“Devoted wife – loving

mother – faithful in living

the Gospel”

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