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Bateman parish makes it happen for server Nicholas
Heather Cooper and Nicholas Peters serve Fr Joseph Tran.
Nicholas Peters always wanted to be an altar server, as all his school friends were altar servers. But for a long time he was afraid to ask for fear of being rejected, as he was born with spina bifida and spends a lot of his time in a wheelchair. liis parents, Anna and Norman Peters, realised the difficulties but encouraged him to personally approach Monsignor Michael Keating, their St Thomas More, Bateman, parish priest. According to parishioner, Gary Garreffa, Mgr Keating was delighted and arranged with a couple of parish acolytes to see how this request could be achieved. Once the logistical problems were overcome, Nicholas was soon on the parish altar servers' roster. When he served for the first time last August, all his family were there in the front row to
show support and love, including his grandparents, uncles and aunties. Last month, Nicholas was rostered to serve Mass at a time which dashed with his competing in the WA Disabled Sports Association annual games. Rather than organise a replacement, Nicholas asked if he could swap with someone else to serve the following weekend. At the WADSA games he competed in eight events - the under12 javelin, shot-put, discus, as well as wheelchair racing in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m. and 1500m - and won eight gold medals. Gary Garreffa said Nicholas' mum Anna said younger sister Christina was sometimes a little fed up with Nicholas getting so much attention. But, on the other hand, Christina wants to grow up and be just like her big brother, because she
Norman, Christina and Anna Peters with Nicholas, dressed for serving. is so proud of him. Bateman's
Cooper family - acolyte Colin, and altar servers Heather and Chris - have done everything possible to help and work in with Nicholas when serving together. Nicholas is a student at Yidarra Catholic Primary School, BateGlyrmis Grainger man.
'Caritas is your agent' Secondly, Caritas existed to form longterm policy, to respond with advice and technical assistance on how to grow crops Flood, violence, starvation - whatever the so that people could sustain their own lives. crisis - Caritas Australia does things for After the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, people in need around the world that Jesus built 400 homes in the north of the Caritas wants us to do, a Melbourne auxiliary Bishfor people whose homes had been country op told Massgoers attending St Mary's destroyed. Australian Catholics response Cathedral 1Iam Mass last Sunday. on this occasion was only exceeded by Caritas Australia chairman Bishop Hilton their response to the recent East Timorese Deakin preached on why Catholics should crisis, he said. contribute to the Catholic Church's nationEducation in justice - an expression of the al overseas assistance and development belief that we must act justly and walk agency in Australia. humbly with God our Father in everything Bishop Deakin was in Perth to assist Archwe do - was also a key reason for the bishop Barry Hickey commission parish agency's existence, he said. and school representatives for Caritas's Finally, from time-to-time Caritas acted as forthcoming annual Lenten appeal, Project an advocate of the Gospel message in AusCompassion. tralia, Bishop Deakin told the congregation. Project Compassion will be launched in Just a few years ago, the agency had supparishes around Australia this weekend, ported Adelaide Mercy Sister Pay Poy's Sunday 5 March. Young people dressed in anti-landmines drive and helped to collect East Timorese costumes processed into St a massive petition across the nation. Mary's before laying objects at the foot of In part because of the petition, the Fedthe altar symbolising the things which will eral Government subsequently signed the help rebuild East Timor - food, education The hats have it Bishop Healy, left, Archbishop Hickey and Bishop Deakin, with the young people anti-landmines proliferation treaty in and a Project Compassion box. Ottawa, Canada, he said. dressed in East Timorese costume who brought symbols of East Timor to the altar. It was a poignant reminder of the vioAnd, he concluded, it was Project Comlence which took place in East Timor last [in Australia] and our capacity," he said, lages was extraordinary, he said. On that passion's dollars - most of which are spent year and to which Caritas Australia and noting that Caritas Australia had a sphere occasion Caritas had flown in trauma on the first and second objectives he outother charitable agencies responded as of influence that stretched virtually experts to assist survivors; even on recent lined - that enabled it to continue to act on throughout the entire Oceania and Pacific visits he was still being thanked by sur- behalf of the Church in Australia. soon as they were able to. vivors for that action. Bishop Deakin outlined the four objec- regions. After Mass Archbishop Hickey and Bish"And it was all done in the name of Christ op Deakin distributed Project Compassion The response from Catholics in Australia tives which lie at the heart of Caritas: first, the agency tries to make an effective to the Itapi tidal wave or tsunami in New and your name," he told those present on kits to school and parish representatives for this Sunday's appeal launch. response "to any emergency in reach of us Guinea last year that swept away entire vil- Sunday morning. By Peter Rosengren
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