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Hal Colebatch reflects on the Fall of
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THE RECORD
"Be indefatigable in your purpose and with undaunted spirit resist iniquity and try to conquer evil with good, having before your eyes the reward of those who combat for Christ." -BISHOP MATTHEW GIBNEY 1874
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What happened to Original Sin? Mission given at City Beach, heading to Bassendean. • By Anthony Barich
The doctrine of Original Sin is the most forgotten of the Catholic faith, a visiting Father of Mercy from the United States told the first parish mission to be held at
Holy Spirit parish in City Beach • would Jesus do?" Father of Mercy for 25 years. Tony Stephens, 33, challenged It is a confronting but still- parishioners to think about the beneficial message that is "rarely original source of sin in the world, spoken from the pulpit", a local quoting Pope Benedict XVI, mother in the parish said after one who stated that "the doctrine of of the sermons during the parish Original Sin is the most forgotten mission. doctrine of our Faith". "People forget that everyone one Archbishop Barry Hickey launched the City Beach parish of us is in need of a Redeemer, mission with a Mass on April 25. because all of us are affected by The mission went over five the effects of Original Sin: concunights, with the theme "What piscence, ignorance, pain and suf-
fering are all effects of Adam and Eve, fall from grace," Fr Stephens said during the parish mission, in which he preached, offered confessions and led the faithful in Eucharistic Adoration. "However, too many people do not acknowledge that they need the healing grace that Christ won for us on the Cross. Instead of seeking God to find true happiness, too many people will use worldly goods to satisfy those eter-
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nal longings that can be satisfied by God alone, and they are never really happy. We all have a Godshaped hole in our heart that only He can fill, but we have to allow him to fill it." Each night he preached on a specific teaching of Christ, like God's mercy, which included an examination of the Ten Commandments. God gave us the commandments because He loves us," Fr Stephens Continued on Page 10
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More than 800 people from all over Australia flocked to the Redemptorist Monastery at Galong, NSW, on Holy Thursday to take part in the Light to the Nations Easter pilgrimage hosted by the Disciples of Jesus community and the Missionaries of God's Love. This and other extraordinary scenes show how deeply important religious faith is in people's lives. Story - Page 2 ,DHOTO. COURTESY DISCIPLES OF JESUS
PERTH'S SPIRITUAL HAND TO
EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
Australians benefited from international concern and support after devastating bushfires. Now, Aussies have been able to reach out with their prayers at a special Fremantle Mass last weekend.
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HANDING IT BACK Anita Parker reports on what it was like to be in Rome recently to be with Pope Benedict - and hand over the World Youth Day Cross to those preparing for WYD in Spain.
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