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‘New Mass will address current deficiences’
Western Australia’s award-winning Catholic newspaper since 1874 - Wednesday, 10 February 2010
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Youth called to journey forth The Archdiocese has launched a vision for where it wants to be and how it wants to work with - and for - young Australians today.
Throughout last week liturgists from across the country gathered in Perth to consider, familiarise themselves with - and argue over - the new prayers of the Mass Catholics will soon be reciting. One of the most senior liturgists in Australia delivered some straight-shooting talk on its importance, history and process.
Anne Raheb, left, Wojciech Grzech, Michelle and Marie Raheb, Maxine Fabre, Elissa Day, Penelope Kimble and Adrian Brannigan display items they used to animate the eight focus areas of the Archdiocese’s new youth vision document which was launched in St Mary’s Cathedral on Thursday, 4 February. PHOTO: MATTHEW LIM Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Canberra- Goulburn addresses liturgists from around Australia gathered in Perth last week. PHOTO: ANTHONY BARICH
BY ANTHONY BARICH National Reporter PERTH, Australia (CNS) - The newly translated Roman Missal to be issued by Easter 2011 in Australian parishes will help address the serious theological problems of the 1973 Mass currently in use, one of Australia’s most senior liturgists has told a 4-7 February national gathering of liturgists in Perth. In the process, it will more faithfully implement the liturgical vision of the Second Vatican Council and also fulfill the reforms of the much-maligned 1570 Council of Trent, he said, in a hard hitting and often-surprisingly frank speech. It will have the power to renew the Church to carry out its work in the world, Archbishop Mark Coleridge told approximately 200 liturgists gathered from around the Please turn to Page 5 More reports - Pages 4-7, Vista 4
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he Archdiocese has launched a new resource to guide all youth groups, parish councils, Catholic schools and Archdiocesan agencies working with youth. The new resource was launched after a Youth Leaders’ Commissioning Mass on Thursday, 4 February in St Mary’s Cathedral. The Mass was presided over by Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton at which Parish youth leaders, youth leaders of
Catholic agencies, youth movements or communities were commissioned to carry out their work with young people in the name of the Church. Approximately 150 young people attended and participated in the evening event. The resource, which has been developed by the Perth Catholic Youth Network, is entitled The Journey Forth – a youth vision document for the Archdiocese of Perth and aims to develop and apply specifically in Perth an earlier document issued in July
last year by the nation’s Catholic Bishops, Anointed and Sent – an Australian vision for Catholic Youth Ministry. Three new Catholic Youth Ministry staff were also commissioned for 2010 at last Thursday’s event. They are: Tom Gourlay, who will be a Youth Ministry Worker for northern Parishes, Mathew De Sousa, who will work in Information Technology and Graphic Design, and Fr Roman Wroblewski SDS who has become the new CYM Chaplain.
The new guiding document for youth ministry in Perth recommends the development of eight focus areas for those engaged in this kind of work. These are: ■ Prayer and Worship ■ Evangelisation ■ Catechesis ■ Pastoral Care ■ Community Life ■ Justice and Service ■ Leadership Development ■ Advocacy. The focus areas represent a Please turn to Page 2
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AN Australian company has produced the catechetical resource to help parishes implement the new Missal. Page 6
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