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Repent, Renew, Hope In another remarkable speech to the Roman Curia, Pope Benedict XVI has warned that while global civilisation may seem closer to collapse than ever before, faith in the Lord is the only path of hope. He called on priests, Bishops and laity to repent, reflect and replace relative, pragmatic morality with a restored faith that can move mountains. Page 11
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“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
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Hollow victory? As the Pill turns 50, Sydney youth Amy Vierboom questions the so-called triumph of fertility control over femininity. Also: Anna Krohn on Raquel Welch, and Raquel Welch on the Pill’s disappointment - Pages 12-13
A very good day Hundreds overflow as joyful crowd witnesses historic consecration of Canning Vale Parish’s first Church
Watched by builder John Hendriks and Master of Ceremonies Damian Gorian, Archbishop Barry Hickey displays the plans for St Emilie de Vialar Church in Canning PHOTO: PETER ROSENGREN Vale, presented to him moments before at Sunday afternoon’s opening by architect Peter Quinn.
Church dedicated to foundress saint is the first in the world: Archbishop Hickey BY PETER ROSENGREN AN ESTIMATED 800 people turned out in Amherst Road in Canning Vale last Sunday after-
noon to participate in the consecration and dedication of their first Parish Church. The Church of St Emilie de Vialar is the first parish Church in the world dedicated to the Saint, Archbishop Barry Hickey told worshippers during his homily. St Emilie is the foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition, who have been in WA since 1855 and involved in the parish since its founding in 2001.
Although the Church is designed to seat 350, a large overflow congregation stood outside the building on a cold and overcast afternoon to witness and participate in the ceremonies. So many people presented to receive Communion during the Consecration Mass that ministers effectively ran out of hosts to dispense. Later, Parish Priest Fr Robert Carillo told The Record, of the
800 hosts prepared before Mass only two were left over, prompting Archbishop Hickey to anounce to communicants that receiving the Sacrament from the numerous chalices throughout the church would be sufficient. In his homily Archbishop Hickey said that the opening of a new church was a sign of unity and maturity in a parish. From that day on, Mass would be celebrated daily until the Church
ceased to exist, he said. Meanwhile, whereas parishioners had participated in Masses celebrated in a variety of locations, including a famhouse and the nearby Catholic school, their new church would be the focal point for the parish from now on, he said. A parish church is a centre for the people and a centre for worship, a place where a parish’s members are meant to see one another Continued - Pages 10-12
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s a boy he dreamed of cutting through the jungle to bring the Gospel to deepest darkest Africa. He arrived as a young priest only to find that the Africans drove automobiles and used petrol. When he landed in Western Australia in the early 90s he discovered the spiritual aridity of suburban life on the fringes of a vast desert so set about creating a spiritual oasis on the shores of the Indian Ocean.
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From the last of New Norcia’s Spanish Benedictines, to the world’s first St Emilie’s church, the canonisation of our first official Saint and (yet more) ordinations, it was a big year...
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The famiily is meant to o be the school off prayer, Archb bishop Hickey has told Girraw wheen Parish as it celebrates its 25th anniiversary. For parents who wantt their childreen to receive faaith in Christ,, he emphasissed, praying to ogether as a familly is never an optional extra. BY ANTHONYY BARICH
Promoting family prayer at hom me is crucial to developing faith and a love fo or Christ in the Eucharist and thus live a Ch hristian life, Archbishop Barry Hickey said during celebrations of Girrawheen parish ch hurch’s 25th anniversary. As Pope Benedict XVI beatified d Cardinal John Henryy N Newman – a British 19th h century intellectual ectual and convert from Anglic licanism anis – that day, the Archbishop also called for Catholics to pray for the pontiff, who is under severe attack attac duringg his trip p to the United Kingdom. “Today the Pope beatifies Cardinal Newman, who he is holding up as an example of an intellectual understanding of the faith”, which is also essential to compliment the devotional aspects of the faith, Archbishop Hickey said. The Archbish rchbishop op said it is essential to attend Mass ss “n “not once or twice a year but every wee eek” to “consolidatte our faith” that has been bu uilt up through fam mily and individual prayer. “We need prayer,” he said on 19 September. “T Through prayer, children learn about the existence of God, an ex nd see Him in the beauty Please turn to Page 10
Pope Benedict XVI talks with Catholic youth outside Westminster Cathedral in central London on 18 September. Despite ferocious attacks from the media throughout the UK, the Pope e’s visit to the United Kingdom for the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman is being assessed as having won hearts and d minds throughout the nation. Nor did the Pope avoid confronting difficult issues during his visit, including commenting on the ”shame” of cleriical sexual abuse. SP PECIAL REPORT ON THE POPE’S UK VISIT: Pages 14-17 PHOTO: CNS/ALESSIA GIULIANI, CATHOLIC PRESS PHOTO
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