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Maida Vale parish shows it is the little things that count By Father Geo Patrick St Francis of Assisi parish, Maida Vale, sent more than 200,000 used stamps to the missions last year to boost aid funds. "Sixteen used stamps could pay for the cost of one antibiotic injection for children in the third world countries," parish secretary Beth Jeppe said recently. A cataract eye operation could be paid for with $27 The "Used Stamps for Mission" project sent 218,000 stamps last year to four mission associations. This January. 10,511 stamps have been received. The habit of collecting the used stamps began in December 1998. After reading an article on how used stamps help the International Blind Mission. Beth Jeppe asked parishioners to drop the philatelic items into a box kept in the Church portico.
Bob Couley, who had been collecting stamps for many years brought his whole collection and handed them over. At first, the parish sent the stamps to the Victorian-based Christians Blind Mission International and to the Jesuit Mission. Mrs Jeppe then approached the parishioners for the addresses of other mission centres. Now, the stamps go regularly to the Salesian Missions, Aid to the Church in Need, St Columban Mission Society, and the Divine Word Mission. The Salesian Missions wrote back and said the money raised has been earmarked for the relief and education of people in East Timor. The parishioners are surprised that the used stamps, generally thrown into the dustbins, could be of use to help carry out the Church's missionary activities.
sequently asked the regular staff to do the same" Parishioner Patrick Pilot said the help stamps render to missionary works is far beyond our comprehension and can "almost work miracles." Parish council chairman Peter Gale said the project had infused a radical missionary spirit among parishioners, giving them "a sense of participation in the missionary growth of the Church." The parish newsletter publishes the number of stamps received on a weekly basis. The parish also has regular contact with the missions through letters. Parish secretary Beth Jeppe, left, and Ken and Amanda Allanson with used "When I ever I cut an used stamps ready to go. stamp and place it in the box for Ken Allanson brings around "I did a few days of relief work the Missions, I remember Jesus' 500 stamps every Sunday from on my office's mail desk. I sal- saying - whatsoever you do to the his office at Centrelink in Can- vaged the stamps from the mail least of my brothers, you do unto nington. opened on these days and sub- me," a parishioner added.
Pope's family institute to open in Australia By Peter Rosengren A branch of Pope John Paul II's Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family is to be established in Melbourne. The campus will teach postgraduate masters and doctoral degrees focussing on family life and marriage. The Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family is a graduate institute of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. The move will be the first time the Lateran has established a campus in Australia and the wider Oceania region. The Archdiocese of Melbourne's Vicar for Health, Dominican Father Anthony Fisher, told The Record last week the campus might also offer degrees in associated bioethical areas. Fr Fisher said the Rome institute's "rector magnificus," Bishop
Angelo Scola will be touring Australia this month as part of the process of establishing the campus, which is likely to be located In the central city area of Melbourne. Bishop Scola will give a lecture In Perth this Tuesday, 15 February, at Manners Restaurant in Northbridge. Pope John Paul founded the institute in 1982, an indication of his view that marriage and family are centrally important in the daily development and lives of human beings and societies. Since then, the Institute has spread to Italy, Spain, the United Fr Anthony Fisher States, Brazil, Mexico, Benin in based on the Catholic view of Africa, and India. Fr Fisher said the Institute human beings, marriage and the would promote theological and family. Other campuses of the pastoral studies on marriage and institute around the world the family in the areas of philos- already offer masters and doctorophy, theology, the human sci- ate degrees on theology in marences such as psychology and riage and family, bioethics, and pastoral studies in marriage and sociology. It would promote pastoral care family.
Shorter certificate and diplomaIt is possible similar initiatives level courses are also offered for could be mounted in Australia, those who do not undertake the he said. full program of studies associated He noted that Pope John Paul II with these degrees, he said. had said he wanted the Institute Fr Fisher also noted that over- to exist in all the continents of the seas campuses of the institute world, "and he has repeatedly had tended to develop spe- noted that there is one continent cialised areas of study within the that doesn't have it." overall framework of marriage Fr Fisher said part of the role of and family studies. the Institute would also be "to He said further talks with the promote the extraordinary theoAustralian government and indi- logical contribution this Pope has vidual bishops were yet to be made to the understanding of finalised on issues such as formal marriage and the family." recognition and accreditation of "It is a genuinely international courses. institute," he said. One of the Melbourne campus's He hoped there would be a congoals would be to address what stant flow of prominent philosothe Church perceives as particu- phers and theologians to give lar needs in Australia for studies short courses. in marriage and family, he said. The Australian Catholic Bishops In the United States, for exam- Committee for Family and Life is ple, workshops and seminars are sponsoring a National Catholic offered for a variety of groups Family Gathering in Melbourne such as family organisations, at the end of April under the politicians, and bishops on theme: Evangelisation through Catholic teaching in these areas. the Family.
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