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NEED A STATUE OF MARY? Ukrainian Catholics have one on offer Page 2
VISIT JENNACUBBINE: They want YOU for a 100th birthday! Page 5
CATECHESIS: Catholic and non-Catholic alike - all are welcome Page 11
What vocation crisis? Answering an invitation from Benedict XVI, 3200 youth offer themselves for religious life, priesthood
When the leaders of a youth rally at Loreto in Italy made a vocations call on September 3, some 2000 men and 1200 women stood up to show their readiness to become priests or consecrated persons. The rally gathered about 100,000 youth from the Neocatechumenal Way, among an estimated 500,000 in total, as a follow-up to the visit from Benedict XVI, who had been with the youth the two days before. Archbishop Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, presided over the meeting, accompanied by several other bishops. The rally was animated by the founders of the Neocatechumenal Way, Kiko Argüello and Carmen Hernández, along with Father Mario Pezzi. A Neocatechumenate communiqué explained that since Pope John Paul II’s 1984 meeting with youth in Rome, the movement has called together its young people for a vocation meeting, in order to harvest the fruits from the encounters with the Holy Father. The meeting included a procession of about 1000 priests and a reading of the Gospel. Her day: Fr Francis Sundararajan, Parish Priest of the Parish of the Good Shepherd in Kelmscott, censes the parish’s statue of Mary on Sunday September 9 , watched by assembled parishioners. Shortly after, approximately 200 people processed along the Albany Highway reciting the Rosary and singing hymns to celebrate the Feast of the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin which had taken place the day before on September 8. PHOTO: PETER ROSENGREN ■ By Peter Rosengren
Greeted: Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd from a church in the Am Hof Square in Vienna, Austria, on September 7. At the start of his three-day visit, the Pope said Christianity was not just the legacy of Europe’s past but “the way to the future.” PHOTO: CNS/CHURCH/ HANDOUT/REUTERS
Archbishop Rylko commented on the Gospel reading, saying: “The Holy Father wants to convey a message to all young people, that being a Christian is beautiful.” After more commentaries, the leaders invited those youth who think they have a call to the priesthood or consecrated life to stand and receive a blessing from the bishops. That’s when 2000 young men came forward to show Continued - Page 2
Two hundred people turned out at the Parish of the Good Shepherd in Kelmscott last Sunday to honour Mary and offer her a
birthday gift in a very public way. It was the day after September 8, the Feast of the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary. And to ensure success, Parish priest Fr Francis Sundararajan and many parishioners had stayed up late
the night before in order to prepare for a big day to honour Our Lady. After the 9am Mass parish clergy, acolytes and parishioners carried the parish’s statue of Mary in procession from
the Church along the Albany Highway. Sunday morning shoppers paused to wonder what was going on as the flower-bedecked statue was carried past with Continued - Page 12 ALSO: Rosary Bouquet, Italians rejoice
Three sides of politics to get briefings from Ekberg ■ By Anthony Barich
Pressure from within the Labor Party has prompted Attorney General Jim McGinty to appoint a three-person panel to discuss alternate options to prostitution reform. Though they cannot vote against any prostitution reform bill read into Parliament by Mr McGinty, enough Labor MPs have expressed
concern for the Attorney General to investigate the Swedish model further. A three-woman panel consisting of Kate Doust, Louise Pratt and Dianne Guise will meet Health Department officials tomorrow (September 13) to discuss elements of the Swedish model, including education, support and exit strategies regarding prostitution. They will also meet with Magenta, a “Sex Worker Project”
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THANKS TO THE BROTHERS When oldboys of Christian Brothers schools in Western Australia got together to thank their schoolday mentors, it was a grand affair for all concerned.
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providing health services for prostitutes funded by the WA Department of Health. “I have asked the Department of Health to consult with stakeholders and to provide me with ongoing advice on prostitution,” Mr McGinty told The Record. “I want more information on the issue.” Next Tuesday (September 18), Labor MPs Ed Dermer and Dianne Guise will host Gunilla Ekberg,
Sweden’s former special adviser on prostitution and human trafficking who played a key role in the country’s 1999 anti-prostitution law, as she briefs Labor MPs on her Swedish model. Next Tuesday Ms Ekberg will also brief Greens MP Giz Watson, a member of the original Continued - Page 4 Ekberg public meeting - Page 4 Movie: The Jammed - Vista 1-3
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Another surprise Aussie movie success story - but with a sting for WA. Reviewers are applauding this gritty tale of prostitution and human trafficking set in Melbourne .
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