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Lourdes Indulgence 150th celebration year of Our Lady of Lourdes sees a great opportunity for Catholics of Perth Archdiocese Nine archdiocesan churches designated as places where Academics reject Benedict; crowds love him Lent and Easter come early indulgence may be gained. ■ By Sylvia Defendi
■ By Sylvia Defendi
A Plenary Indulgence will be available to Catholics in the Archdiocese of Perth between February 2 and 11. The declaration by Archbishop Barry Hickey in a Pastoral Letter issued this week is part of a special celebration of the 150th anniversary of the appearance of Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception to the young St Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes in France. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “a plenary indulgence is the complete remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church.” In his pastoral letter Archbishop Barry Hickey welcomed Pope Benedict XVI’s early December decree granting the indulgence to those visiting the
Support: Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd attending his weekly Angelus prayer in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on January 20. Tens of thousands of people thronged the Vatican in a major show of support for the Pope after protests led him to cancel a speech at Rome’s Sapienza University. Reports - Pages 7, 10 PHOTO: CNS/L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO
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Nearly two centuries will have passed since Easter fell on such an early date as it does in 2008; Lent commences on February 6 and Easter Sunday falls on March 23 this year. The last times Easter celebrated as early as March 22 were in 1761 and then again in 1818. In the latest edition of Pastoral Liturgy, a WA-produced liturgical resource, University of Notre Dame academic and editor Fr Russell Hardiman explored the reasons for changes in feast dates in the Roman Catholic calendar. “The principles for computing the calculation of the Easter date dictate that Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the northern hemisphere spring equinox, which is fixed by custom at March 21,” he wrote. There were no occasions of Easter Sunday on March 22 in the twentieth century and there will be none in the twenty first century.
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University of Notre Dame Philosopher HAYDEN RAMSAY says Pope Benedict’s speech on faith and reason needs to be heard loud and clear in Australia.
FR BRIAN O’LOUGHLIN reflects on the life of an early Australian leader of the Church as recorded in a brand new biography.
The Parish of the Good Shepherd is launching a special initiative for youth in the leadup to WYD ‘08 - talks and videos on the Theology of the Body.
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