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Archbishop tells students: have the courage to be Catholic
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Archbishop Barry Hickey told 200 young men studying at Aquinas College that even in the face of extreme pressure, they must always choose to do the moral thing BY BRIDGET SPINKS There are certain things you cannot do, Archbishop Barry Hickey told near 200 boarders at Aquinas College on 19 June when he celebrated a 7pm Sunday Mass for them. “If you are in politics and faced with legislation that goes against your conscience, you must not vote for it. And you must live with the consequences,” he said. “If you are a doctor and are under pressure to perform a procedure - like abortion - which goes against your conscience, you cannot do it. And you must live with the consequences. “If you are in business and see that you can make a lot of money by dispossessing poor people, you must not do it. And live without the financial reward,” he said. The reward for obeying a conscience that is formed by your Catholic faith is immense, he said. “It is peace of mind, personal integrity and the satisfaction of knowing that someone may be moved by your witness to the truth,” he said. The Archbishop was drawing on themes articulated in his Pentecost Pastoral Letter, which encouraged the laity to live their true mission in the Church, that of bearing the light of Christ in the world. “You have been baptised and confirmed. You have a share in the mission of the Church, which is to bring good news to the world,” he said in his homily. “You must take your faith with you wherever you go.” Since Aquinas College is currently without a permanent chaplain, Acting Dean of Boarders at Aquinas College, Mark Weston, invited Archbishop Hickey to celebrate Mass to give the boys a chance to meet the Archbishop in person. St John of God hospital chaplains, Fr Hugh Galloway and Fr Richard Rutkauskas and assistant parish priest at Our Lady of the Mission Whitford, Fr Dominic Savio CSsR, have also celebrated the 7pm Sunday Mass for the boarders this term.
The road out of
Hell
How do you help those who have been addicted to drugs most of their lives and have little - or no - experience of the love of a human family? WHEN Record journalist Mark Reidy travelled to France in March he went not to take in the traditional tourist sites this remarkable country has to offer but to learn about a new approach to dealing with one of the most difficult to solve of all social problems: drug addiction. Near the world-famous pilgrimage destination of Lourdes, renowned for its miraculous heal-
ings, he found healing of a different kind. Just outside Lourdes is one of 60 new Catholic Church communities that have been established around the globe in the last three deacades, each part of the Cenacolo (Cenacle) movement established by a Catholic Religious, Sister Elvira, in the early 1980s. The Cenacolo is the last stop on the trainline of hope for men and women addicted to drugs and alco-
hol, the last chance for life before succumbing to death from their addictions. The Cenacolo communities have established remarkable records of successfully helping those who come to them escape from the bondage of drugs and alcohol, and their unique approach is one hundred per cent rooted in faith, friendship, re-learning usefulness and prayer. Story, photos: pages 9-12
Order of Australia recipient filled with gratitude after a life of music and faith BY BRIDGET SPINKS MUSICIAN Veronica Moylan (nee Carney) thanked God when she received the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to Music on the Queen’s Birthday 13 June. “I thank God for His wonderful gift of music and my dear parents who gave me the love of music
which I have been able to share with so many over the years,” Mrs Moylan, 78, said. Mrs Moylan received her music education at Victoria Square (now called Mercedes College) from Sister of Mercy, Sr Mary Philip. She went on to teach piano privately and at various colleges including Aquinas College and St
Brigid’s Lesmurdie. “I started music when I was five,” she said; and as soon as she finished her music diploma, she started teaching at Mercedes College. Mrs Moylan has also given much of her spare time to playing the organ and organising the choir for more than 65 years and still plays occasionally at Mater Christi par-
ish Yangebup. “From when I was 13 until I was 21, I was playing at St Joachim’s for every Sunday morning Mass, Sunday night devotions, Tuesday night novena and Holy Hour on Thursdays,” she said. When she married, she moved to Holy Family parish in Como and played for every Sunday morning Mass, Sunday night devotions and
Tuesday night novena for 16 years. When she moved to Lesmurdie, Mrs Moylan played the organ for another 16 years at Our Lady of Lourdes before moving “down the hill” to St Columba’s in South Perth where she was organist for another 16 years. She also founded the With a Song In My Heart Ladies Choir.