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1 The Witness of the Diocese of Port Pirie Volume 57 Number 5 - October 2011 creation sings a new song

2 Editorial THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 (Oct) Editorial I sit here trying to write an editorial. I know the ideas I have running around my head, but the words are not coming to express them.

2 2 Editorial THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 (Oct) Editorial I sit here trying to write an editorial. I know the ideas I have running around my head, but the words are not coming to express them. The theme of this edition of the Witness, is creation. Whenever that topic comes up, I cannot do anything but think of one of the greatest blokes I have had the honour of meeting, and working with the late Fr. Hugh O Sullivan. My early memories if Hughie were at a Young Christian Workers leaders weekend at Mylor, in the Adelaide Hills in the early 1970 s, when I was an apprentice fitter and turner. Here Hugh gave a talk on Creation the first of many I was to hear from him. Hugh had and acutely sharp intellect, and in his creation talks, more often than not he spoke on the second of the two stories and theology of creation (i.e. Genesis 2:4 ff). He would speak of human dignity and the dignity of human work; about how, in a sense, God half created the world, and how we co-operate with God by from the Bishop s Diary September 21st - 23rd Guest speaker at the National Catholic Education Convention Adelaide 26th 27th Meeting of the Bishops Commission for Justice, Ecology and Development - Sydney October 1st Attend farewell Service for Bishop Garry Weatherill, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Willochra Ss Peter & Paul Anglican Cathedral, Port Pirie 4th Closing Speaker at National Conference of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia Adelaide 8th 23rd Australian Bishops Ad Limina Visit to Rome November 1st Cathedral Liturgy All Saints 5th Attend Enthronement Ceremony of Bishop Garry Weatherill Ballarat 6th & 7th Meeting with Jesuit Schools Commission Mount Druitt our work, which should make us, more human, rather than less. Then, I guess comes in Original Sin : I have often pondered this topic. We know that Original Sin is more than an expression of the human need for God. To my mind, at least the effect of original sin is a certain imbalance. This shows itself in nature we have drought and floods; we have the disproportion shown in plagues. When this is translated onto the human level, there are disproportions internationally between wealthy nations and poorer nations. The fact is that there is enough food in the world to feed us all, but people are starving to death as I write this. We are indeed a lucky country, but to those who have been given much, much will be asked of them Fr Chris Warnock 9th Attend Workshop on Eucharistic Prayers for the new translation of the Roman Missal - Adelaide 10th Opening & Blessing of Computer Room/Library Bosco Campus, St Mark s College Port Pirie 11th 13th Visitation to West Coast and Sacrament of Confirmation at Chandada and Streaky Bay 14th Meeting of Sevenhill Trustees Sevenhill 15th Annual General Meeting of Centacare Port Pirie 16th & 17th Meeting of National Catholic Education Commission Melbourne 19th Meeting of Diocesan Pastoral Council Port Pirie 20th Cathedral Liturgy Christ the King 21st Chair Meeting of the Bishops Commission for Catholic Education Sydney 22nd 25th Meeting of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Sydney 26th Ordination of two deacons Sydney 28th Meeting with CEO Leadership Team Port Pirie 30th Meeting of Diocesan Finance Council CONTENTS October 2011 Features Bishop's Message Letter to the Editor St Mark's College Deposit of Faith Miraculous Cancer Survivor The View from the Balcony NAIDOC Week Diocesan Leader's Conference Feature: The Church Caritas Australia World Youth Day Around the Diocese Diocesan Information EDITOR Fr Chris Warnock frchriswarnock@gmail.com PRODUCER & ADVERTISING Automatic Print Phone: (08) sales@automaticprint.com.au A bi-monthly publication issued every February, April, June, August, October & December. Circulation: 4000 copies Readership: 17,500 readers Target audience: Catholic faith adults & children of regional South Australia.

3 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Bishop s Message 3 Triumph of the Holy Cross On this fifth anniversary of my ordination as a Bishop, my thoughts are distracted and are largely with the Archdiocese of Adelaide and the suffering being endured there by various persons as the whirl of negative media publicity sweeps around them. There are different categories of victim in all this, people offended against in various ways. The hurt and dismay being experienced in one part of the body affects the whole body, and we in our diocese feel it a little more keenly than other dioceses because the individuals are so well known to us. We pray for our brothers and sisters in the south, that as they contemplate the cross presented to them now, they may know the peace and healing that is a gift of Christ to us. May truth and justice prevail. May the Church help all categories of victim, true to her mission. May compassion and healing be the fruits of the Spirit. May the chief pastor and all the pastors of the Church of Adelaide be strengthened by the prayers and support of ourselves, and the brothers and sisters they serve. On this day, I thank the Lord for the gift He gave me in my appointment to our diocese here. May the harmony and the unity and affection for each other and for our diocese that is so much a feature of our communities continue to flourish, and may I be strengthened to continue to serve you as best I might. Yours in Christ +Gregory O Kelly SJ Bishop of the Diocese of Port Pirie

4 4 Letters to the Editor THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 To the Editor... Seminarians Visit As a parent of past students and now a grandparent of present students at Caritas College, Pt. Augusta, I would like to express my concerns at the reflections of Seminarians Michael Jaksic and Stephen Peterson. I feel quite disturbed at their criticism of the year 12 retreat and therefore of the teachers and students involved. After spending a day? a few hours? What knowledge or understanding could these two men have about this group of young people or of the dynamics within that group? I would venture to say very little or none. The reality is the teachers know their students and have in most cases known them for the 5years of their secondary education and in some cases since reception. Are they not aware of the hours of preparation, the experience, the care and dedication of the teachers involved in the retreat? Do these two young men have any knowledge of the ethos of the school, of the school curriculum, or the guidelines in the teaching of love, sexuality and intimacy when being taught within the Catholic School system? As seminarians and our future priests, I wonder at their rush to judgement about the retreat, about the students and their teachers. I feel great concern about their lack of insight, did they pause to consider the upset and hurt caused by their comments? Year 12 can be a difficult time for everyone and it behoves us all to offer positive support to both teachers and students. Yours sincerely, Denise Grantham Port Augusta. To The Editor The Witness St Canute s Church at Streaky Bay is celebrating its centenary next year. The church was opened on September 1st 1912 and the parishioners plan a celebration on Sunday September 30th 2012 with Mass at 10.00am followed by a luncheon at the Streaky Bay Community Hotel. This Church was built in the time of Fr.Pedar Jorgensen, a Dane, who before converting to the Catholic faith and studying for the priesthood, was a pharmaceutical Chemist in Gawler S.A. He was stationed in North Adelaide and Yorktown before transferring to Port Lincoln and later becoming the parish priest of the West Coast. Being of Danish nationality, Fr. Jorgensen gave the church a Danish saint s name. St Canute is recognized by the Catholic Church as the patron saint of Denmark. The first Parish Priest of Streaky Bay arrived in His name was Fr.G. Halloran. A special guest at the celebrations will be Bishop Czeslaw Kozon of Copenhagen, along with Bishop Greg O Kelly of Port Pirie, Fr.Laurie Quinn of Burra and other visiting priests and religious. Bishop Kozon made a visit to Streaky Bay when he was in Australia for the Catholic World Youth Day conference in The parishioners of St.Canute s extend a cordial invitation to all past parishioners and families to join them at these celebrations. The parishioners have started preparing for our celebrations. The church floor has just been professionally re-sanded and polished and new carpet laid on the Altar, down the aisle and in the confessional. This has been a big project shifting everything out of the church while the work was done. The last time this type of work was done was about 40 years ago. There was only one Sunday when the church could not be used for Sunday Mass. The church hall became a little chapel on that Sunday. A committee has been formed to plan the celebrations and is seeking any memorabilia from the public including photos, newspaper cuttings and anything of any history relating to the church. Please contact Ellen Bascombe on Ph if you can help with any memorabilia. Ellen Bascombe Streaky Bay... for all your financial needs Call our local professional team for advice on achieving your personal goals Phone Norman Street PO Box 1236, Port Pirie SA 5540 info@pisanigroup.com.au

THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Around the Diocese 5 Eileen O Sullivan Was born the second child to Teresa and Jack Slattery on 24th of January 1908, at the Imperial Hotel, Terowie.

Eileen attended the Stanley flat school, before attending the Convent in Clare; here she won a three-year bursary to attend Loreto College.

At Loreto she was also offered bursaries to complete five years of secondary education and was Head Prefect in her final year.

5 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Around the Diocese 5 Eileen O Sullivan Was born the second child to Teresa and Jack Slattery on 24th of January 1908, at the Imperial Hotel, Terowie. The family soon moved to a farm at Avondale, five miles north of Clare. Eileen attended the Stanley flat school, before attending the Convent in Clare; here she won a three-year bursary to attend Loreto College. A successful student, Eileen passed her Junior University Examination. In music, Eileen excelled, with honours and credits in both practice and theory. At Loreto she was also offered bursaries to complete five years of secondary education and was Head Prefect in her final year. On leaving school Eileen returned to Clare, helping at home and on the farm. She completed her music studies as well two years of French, and learning to drive the family car, took singing and dressmaking lessons. P/F: (08) Mobile: WORKSHOP 25 BARTSCH DRIVE, PORT PIRIE SA frankdag@bigpond.net.au It was during this time that she met Frank O Sullivan, and, after a long engagement they were married in the Church at Clare on 21st April 1936 when Frank took his bride to a newly built home, three miles from Tarlee. Between 1937~1949 they had seven children, Dorothy, Mollie, Hugh, Barry, Denny, Judy and Aileen, who contracted Polio in 1951 and became a terrible statistic of that epidemic. In 1952 Jock came along, and once more there were seven little Australians. In 1964 Hugh was ordained a priest. Frank developed a heart condition and for two years died on New Year s Eve, The farm was sold and a house purchased at Seacliff, so Eileen began city life. She went to Mass frequently during the week, as well as Sundays, right up to the last week of her life, and had words with her maker to hurray up, and take her to heaven. A beautiful lady who will be missed by her family and many friends. Lic. No. BLD25397 The Society of the Sisters of St Anne [SSA] The Society of the Sisters of St Anne is a Pontifical Congregation and it was chiefly founded for the empowerment of the powerless, especially of women and girls. This vision of the Congregation springs from the life and work of Foundress Thatipathri Gnanamma. In the 1860 s she sensed the inner longing of the girls for liberation in Kilacheri Village, near Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The sensitivity to the cry of the poor and creative response to the signs of the times defines the core identity of the Congregation. This drives the Sisters of St. Anne Chennai to engage themselves in liberative, empowering and life-giving mission for the marginalized. In 1979 on the sixth of December, the Congregation was elevated to the Pontifical status by Pope John Paul II. The Generalate is located in Madavaran - Chennai. In 1987, it was divided into three regional administrative units with headquarters in Bangalore, Chennai and Thanjavur. These units were elevated to the status of Provinces in From then on, the sisters involve in many ministries social, spiritual, cultural, pastoral, medical, educational that manifest in concrete actions the word of God and the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. The Congregation has over 700 Sisters, about 120 Houses and is operative in 34 Diocese. Thatipathri Gnanamma

6 Around the Diocese THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 2011 Diocesan Footy Tipsters 20 Priests and Religious took part in the Diocesan AFL Footy Tipping Competition which was won by new AFL convert Father

Father Khalid doesn t spend all of his week working out his footy tips, because he has discovered the Port Augusta Golf Course, where he will be able to try out the Golf Buggy that was his prize for

caption caption caption The Competition is run by the Inland Mission Parish Priest, Father Paul Bourke and it has helped modernise him, by having to use the computer each week.

Reflecting on the years tipsters, Father Paul said, one lovely We welcome Ramel Morales human touch was to receive a Phone message from Jerusalem from Bishop Greg on the way to Madrid and WYD, with

6 6 Around the Diocese THE WITNESS OCTOBER, Diocesan Footy Tipsters 20 Priests and Religious took part in the Diocesan AFL Footy Tipping Competition which was won by new AFL convert Father Khalid Marogi. Sr. Cheryle Thomson and Father Chris O Neil shared 2nd, 4 behind Father Khalid. The Wooden Spoon went to the Editor of this Paper! Father Khalid doesn t spend all of his week working out his footy tips, because he has discovered the Port Augusta Golf Course, where he will be able to try out the Golf Buggy that was his prize for winning. Pictured with him, either admiring his Buggy or, wanting to take up caddying, are some fellow tipsters, Srs. Catherine Mead, Duyen Nuygen, Anne Foale and Elizabeth Young. caption caption caption The Competition is run by the Inland Mission Parish Priest, Father Paul Bourke and it has helped modernise him, by having to use the computer each week. Something Bishop O Kelly is very happy to see. Reflecting on the years tipsters, Father Paul said, one lovely We welcome Ramel Morales human touch was to receive a Phone message from Jerusalem from Bishop Greg on the way to Madrid and WYD, with his and Father Paul Crotty s footy tips for the current round. Some things just can t be left unattended! We welcome Ramel Morales, our first seminarian for the Diocese of Port Pirie in some years. Ramel comes from the Diocese of Kabankalan in the Philippines. He is twenty-four years of age, and has just completed his first year Theology. After a short time visiting various parts of the diocese (including Whyalla, Port Augusta, Coober Pedy and Renmark), Ramel joined the student body at Corpus Christi College, the seminary based in Melbourne. There are three young men from the Adelaide Archdiocese studying at that seminary, so they have been able to provide an immediate context of support for Ramel. Upon completion of his studies and his ordination, Ramel will work in the diocese for a certain number of years, and anything beyond that will be the result of negotiation with his Bishop in the Philippines. We wish Ramel the warmest of welcomes and thank him for his generosity in being willing to serve in our diocese. Bishop Greg O Kelly SJ PO Box 49 JAMESTOWN, SA, 5491 B/L G9148 REDDEN BROTHERS T/A SHED BOSS MID NORTH P: Fax:

THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Redhill Church - 25th Anniversary 7 Redhill Celebrates On Monday 29th August, Catholics of Redhill celebrated the twentyfifth anniversary of its current church.

Pope remarked that 25 years may not be a long time in the history of a church, but a significant feature of this Church was that it had a beautiful stained glass window Mary MacKillop, anticipating

7 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Redhill Church - 25th Anniversary 7 Redhill Celebrates On Monday 29th August, Catholics of Redhill celebrated the twentyfifth anniversary of its current church. In welcoming the Bishop, Fr. Pope remarked that 25 years may not be a long time in the history of a church, but a significant feature of this Church was that it had a beautiful stained glass window Mary MacKillop, anticipating by 25 years her recent canonization. Despite it being a weekday, a large congregation attended the Mass and the dedication of the now Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop window. The title Saint had been made at the same time, and had been kept by the Adelaide Leadlight Company, to be fitted in the window after her then future, canonisation. What prophetic foresight! Fr. Pope thanked the Bishop for fitting the occasion into a very tight schedule, having just returned from World Youth day, in Madrid; this was warmly acknowledged by the congregation. Among the priests present, Fr. Bill Wauchope and Fr. Adrian Noonan both had family links with Redhill, going back several generations. Also present were Frs. Paul Quirk and Arthur Hackett of the Jamestown Georgetown Parish: in the early years Redhill had been served from Georgetown. In his homily, the Bishop was able to link the nurturing of the faith in Redhill and the surrounding region to the dedicated pioneering work of the early Austrian Jesuits of Sevenhill; the results still being evident today. A beautiful and appropriate Liturgy for the Mass and Blessing of the window was prepared by Sr. Kerry Keenan rsj, who had also prepared many of the young people in her Religious Instruction groups, to take important parts in the Liturgy, with a sense of devotion and competence, which was commented on by many. Afterwards a sumptious tea was caption caption caption provided at the Bowling Club, where the Redhill ladies continued to show their well-earned reputation for excellent catering. A note of sadness was the absence of Fr. Frank Cresp through serious illness. He had been Parish Priest when the church was built, and its much praised design and the inclusion if the Mary MacKillop window were very much his inspiration. Mr. Vin Kirchner, a member of the Church Building Committee, spoke of Fr. Cresp s contribution, and also that of the Committee Chair, Mr. Ian Pilkington, the anniversary of whose death was the same day. So successful had been the work of the Committee, that the Church was opened virtually free of debt. For all your general Insurance needs; Farm, Business, Domestic Norman St, Port Pirie AFSL

8 8 Euthanasia Life in Abundance We have never had so much materially or scientifically. We have a way of life adorned with creature comforts that were unthinkable not so long ago, and with the technology to enable opportunities that formerly we could only dream of. Yet at the same time we live in what John Paul II called a culture of death, an era of diminishment of the human spirit. If we have not sold our souls in twenty-first century Australia to the devil, we are otherwise occupied in adoring golden calves. We live in an age of glitz and appearance (read the lifestyle magazines), and our society in consumerism focuses on what is possessed rather than who possesses. To the astonishment of a Christian, we have politicians who promote death as a good to be accomplished by human intervention, against the two most fragile sections of our society, the unborn and the elderly frail. We sanitise our language, and with abortion and euthanasia may not use the word kill but rather say terminate or euthanase. But to us Jesus said that He had come that we might have life and have it to the full. Personal contentment and joy should be a mark of the Christian. We know Jesus to be the author of life, so it is not strange that so many of His teachings referred to growing things, like wheat, vines, mustard trees, fig trees, rain, seeds, and so on. Jesus described Himself as the resurrection and the life, and said that He was the way, the truth and the life. Christians are to be apostles of life. We call the Father the creator, the Son the resurrection, and the Holy Spirit the giver of life. Life was a supreme act of creation, as outlined in the Book of Genesis, with human beings being the crown and summit. God saw that it was good, and that with humanity He saw that it was very good. Life is the area of the Divine. Christians are therefore to be respecters of life in all its forms. We are to care and protect the unborn and those who through sickness are on the edge of life. While we oppose abortion, we must also oppose torture, capital punishment, and all forms of violence that have no basis in morality. As the outcry over the forms of slaughter of the cattle in Indonesia revealed, there is a concern for the proper care of animals who cannot speak for themselves, and our sensitivity to the needs of our planet remind us that we are stewards of creation, with a duty of care for the earth. Christian morality highlights life as a criterion of good and evil. What enhances life is good love, fidelity, truthfulness, charity, compassion What diminishes life is evil dishonesty, betrayal, infidelity, addictions of any type, violence, personal invasion There is a hymn in the Morning Prayer of the breviary May what is false within us before your truth give way. That we may live untroubled, with quiet hearts this day. We pray for all that they may live untroubled lives with quiet hearts. Life troubled is not what God intended for us. But to live THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 lives untroubled we must look to the life of our hearts, what feeds us in prayer, how the Lord speaks to the life within us. Saint Bernard has a beautiful line in one of his sermons God Himself dwells in the heart and speaks in the heart Let our life be in the heart, where Christ dwells. Jesus taught us to look at our hearts, for that is from where all goodness and evil comes, from inside a person. We are to be apostles of life, so we must look to our hearts, and see who dwells there, or what occupies it. For the person who prays, it will be Christ who dwells in his/her heart. And He is the Lord of life, who came that we might have it to the full. Bishop Greg O Kelly SJ SUPER WAREHOUSE PORT PIRIE Shop 2, 26 Main Rd Port Pirie SA 5540 PORT AUGUSTA 9 El Alamein Rd Port Augusta SA 5700 MOBILE SERVICE

THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 BoysTown 9 BoysTown Celebrate 50 years This year BoysTown Celebrates fifty years of helping young people who are at risk of social exclusion in our communities across

Last year, BoysTown s Employment, Education and Training Division, delivered personal support training and employment services for over 6,000 young people, in communities, which have been identified

9 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 BoysTown 9 BoysTown Celebrate 50 years This year BoysTown Celebrates fifty years of helping young people who are at risk of social exclusion in our communities across Australia. Established at Beau Desert in 1961, by the brothers in the tradition of John Baptist de la Salle, BoysTown now operates across Australia, employing some five hundred staff. Last year, BoysTown s Employment, Education and Training Division, delivered personal support training and employment services for over 6,000 young people, in communities, which have been identified as amongst the most disadvantaged in Australia. BoysTown have operated youth programs in Port Pirie since 2004 and have developed extensive local networks, which enhances our capacity to provide the full range of specialist assistance required by young people. BoysTown currently assists over two hundred people in our region. Port Pirie Celebrations BoysTown celebrated with a special Mass at St. Mark s Cathedral, followed by a staff family day. The highlight was the enthusiasm everyone showed as they joined in games and activities that young people would have shared in, fifty years ago. Bishop Greg assisted in the cutting of the cake, with numerous blow outs. Tracy Adams, C.E.O of BoysTown accompanied other special guests from Queensland. Changes In July, Mr. Brian Fogarty who had been Regional Manager, since its inception in the Diocese, announced his retirement. At a surprise farewell held at Crystal Brook, Brian said, I feel privileged to have shared the journey of so many young people, and to have worked with such a unique staff, that has such a passion for their work, and the young people that they support. Current Services and Programs: New House In 2006, BoysTown purchased a house in Young Street, Port Pirie, with the intention of renovating it. It was subsequently determined to be so derelict, that it was economically unviable, and so was demolished. BoysTown is now building a new house, using our experienced building and construction training team, employing youth who are at risk, as an on the job training project. They also have opportunity to along side along side subcontractors on the sight during the project, thus enabling them to develop contacts with prospective employers in the industry. Parenting Program: Staff has settled in and are doing great work in our Parenting House. The programs support young mums and dads, develop their self-confidence and provides skills to provide a safe nurturing environment for their family. Numeracy and Literacy This is growing to meet the needs of the young people in our programs. In a partnership with Orana, we are offering a range of courses for their clients. Volunteer tutors play a significant part in this and in this, as in all our programs, we encourage anyone who are interested, to contact us. Education: Individual case management for young people, not attending, or at risk of dropping out of mainstream education, continues to be a major part of our work. We have expanded elements of this program to Gladstone, [S.Aust.] with a series of lifeskill workshops in literacy and numeracy. Cubby Houses Our apprentices have also been busy making cubby houses and are hoping to make some sales coming up to Christmas. [for orders, phone Matt at the workshop, on ] Job Services and Training: BoysTown s high performing Youth Specialist Employment Service continues to create opportunities for young people. We offer outreach services to places such as Peterborough, and engage young people across the region.

10 10 Ad Limina "... to the doorstep..." The full translation of the phrase is to the threshold of the apostles, an occasion when the Bishops of a national conference in our case, all of Australia go as a group to meet the Holy Father. It is something of a pilgrimage designed to celebrate and strengthen the communion between the diocese and the Universal Church as represented in the successor of Saint Peter. All Bishops charged with a leadership of a diocese are required to make an Ad Limina visit every five years, and present a report on the pastoral situation of our local Church. The Pirie Diocese report has already been submitted. It is seven years since the Australian Bishops met as a body with the Pope, a delay caused by the death of John Paul II. With the number of Bishops in the world, such delays have a cumulative effect. A key moment in the Ad Limina is the visit to and Mass at the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul, and a personal meeting with the Holy Father, and then there are visits to various departments of the Vatican. The Australian Ad Limina visit lasts from October 8th to October 22nd. in Australia, its needs and challenges, will be discussed. This will be a first time experience for me, so I ask the diocese to pray that I represent it well and sufficiently to the Holy Father and his Curial officials. Our diocese has many challenges, and our situation in being so large in area and so relatively few in numbers presents its own challenges. But we are also very greatly blessed, and I see this day after day, and thank our Lord for it. Without Me, you can nothing. May our diocese and all its members continue to be branches fruitful and nourishing as we are linked to the Vine who is Christ. Bishop Greg O Kelly SJ THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Talk s Cheap or is it? One night I heard an interview on ABC Radio National s Late Night Live it was Phillip Adams talking to his friend of many years, Jim Cains Ph.D, former (second) Treasurer in the Whitlam Governments. Jim was one of two students to receive more than 90% within the History Department of Melbourne University. Anyway Jim recounted how he d had a lung disease, requiring radical surgery. Jim was lying in hospital the night prior surgery and was visited by the most important person involved the anesthetist. Being an atheist, Jim was fairly cacking himself. The anesthetist said I m your anesthetist Dr. Cairn s; I m an anesthetist because of you. Jim said he thought the anesthetist was simply using good counseling technique, but the anesthetist went on to say, You remember when you used to visit Pentridge Jail and give those lectures? I was one of those inmates, and listening to you I decided to do something with my life! There is a general meeting of the Bishops with the Pope, and an individual meeting between the Pope and each Bishop. The Pope will ask his own questions in that interview. In the meetings with the Vatican officials, the various aspects of the Church Phone: Mobile:

THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 World Youth Day Reflection 11 After flight, on holy ground I have just returned from playing pilgrim and wonder if my heart has moved as far as my body.

All is the same, yet all now has a flavour of history, of a shared cultural universe that ties all our stories into one. The Holy Land speaks to our own sacred country.

11 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 World Youth Day Reflection 11 After flight, on holy ground I have just returned from playing pilgrim and wonder if my heart has moved as far as my body. You see, only after a long journey can I experience that unique feeling of coming home. From Galilee to the gulf, from Madrid to the mountains. All is the same, yet all now has a flavour of history, of a shared cultural universe that ties all our stories into one. The Holy Land speaks to our own sacred country. The birthplace of religious traditions whispers in love to the spirituality of the Dreaming. They share not only joy, hope and salvation, but memories of pain, of devastation, of reluctant healing. Our pilgrimage occurred over three weeks of August, mediated through the countries of Jordan, Israel, Palestine and Spain. It was with a group of young Catholics from the Port Pirie and Darwin diocese, whose ultimate goal was to celebrate with over a million other young Catholics at World Youth Day Madrid. As might have been expected, the detour through the Holy Land brought our faith alive like nothing else. There is no other experience quite like having one of our group a young Aboriginal man baptised at the very site of Jesus' own baptism on the River Jordan. Or celebrating Mass on a boat on the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus preached, fished, called his apostles and walked on water. But the tranquil waters and sturdy vessel brought to mind the young seafarers that I'd left in Port Augusta. Now, back to reality, we still have 39 unaccompanied minors from Vietnam locked away in our Detention Centre after having survived 12 days at sea seeking asylum in Australia. They are also devout Catholics who dream about meeting the Pope, but their only tenuous wish is to be allowed to stay as refugees. On the Sea of Galilee, Jesus said, Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid. Easy words to repeat on pilgrimage; very difficult in the midst of a storm. maturing rapidly. She felt close to Mary and her female approach to God in that eternal yes: Let it be with me according to your word. At World Youth Day itself, the Sisters of Life shared a story of a woman who they had supported through her young pregnancy. She happened to encounter another woman in an elevator who was preparing to abort her child. The first woman not only witnessed to the hidden blessing of her own child, but predicted that the second woman would have a healthy girl. A few years later they ran into each other again. Not only was the second woman's child a girl, but she had named it after the first woman, who had changed her life in that brief encounter. As I return to Port Augusta, I am privileged to share community with one of our Sisters who works with Aboriginal midwives. As their life expectancy is so much lower than that of non-aboriginal Australia, this service builds trust and knowledge in safe and culturally appropriate birthing and mothering skills. I pray for a world where we can say to every young mother: Blessed is the fruit of your womb. Our last stop in the Holy Land was that most holy of cities, Jerusalem. Sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, it is filled with people in religious garb meeting, praying, singing and chanting together. Despite the crowded alleyways, our pilgrimage group was not at all out-ofplace as we prayed the Stations along the Way of the Cross, singing quietly between them. This walk ended at the traditional place of Jesus' cross, burial preparation area and tomb. Amidst throngs bustling to touch the place of the cross, candles, decorations and priests wandering around with incense, I sat for quite awhile on a bench at the side. Like Jesus' women followers from Galilee, I kept at a distance, watching these things. Reflection fills action with meaning. We had other opportunities to reflect on the crucifixions that happen in our own times. One day we visited the Holocaust museum and watched the atrocities unfolding during Hitler's regime. There were photos of Jews hung up by their necks in the middle of towns and miniature figurines of the condemned writhing in the gas chambers. The next day we heard a speaker from the Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum, whose 14 year-old daughter had been killed by a suicide bomber. Despite his pain, he had learned, in this country of conflict, the only way to stop the cycle of revenge: listening to the pain of the other. He said that the long journey to reconciliation can use the power of pain not to bring more death, but hope. To do this we don't need walls but bridges...and schools and hospitals. We need to work together, across all religions, to bring light out of darkness. In Nazareth, we visited a replica tomb like the one that Jesus would have been laid in. Significantly, it was empty. The empty tomb for us is a sign: Jesus has risen, death does not have the final word. Jesus, in his humanity, experienced all that our world of pain and suffering can inflict. Yet, in his resurrection, God spoke another word of hope, that one day, God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. References from the NRSV Bible: Mark 6:50, Luke 1:38, Luke 1:42, Luke 23:49, Revelation 7:17 Elizabeth Young RSM 26 August 2011 We visited the traditional sites of the angel's annunciation to Mary (that she would give birth to the Son of God) and of Elizabeth and Zechariah's house. At the latter there is a church adorned with memorials to the significant women of the Bible: Miriam, Ruth, Deborah, Judith, Mary, etc. One of our group, a young single mother, reflected on her own experience of the responsibility she was called to bear raising a new life while Bigger - Better - Stronger

12 Creation, work and justice I asked someone what he did for a living. Oh, just a wage slave at the smelters, he said with a smile.

Without you and the other workers, there d be no smelters, which means no Port Pirie, no Cathedral, no St Mark s College!

In fact, our daily work is the most foundational way in which we cooperate with the creative work of God.

12 12 Creation, work and justice I asked someone what he did for a living. Oh, just a wage slave at the smelters, he said with a smile. As I persisted, he told me about a job full of complex responsibilities. I told him what I thought. Without you and the other workers, there d be no smelters, which means no Port Pirie, no Cathedral, no St Mark s College! Warming to my subject, I reflected that without him and his mates, there d be no lead for our batteries, zinc for our roofs and fences, nor silver for our medical dressings, electronics and chalices. In fact, our daily work is the most foundational way in which we cooperate with the creative work of God. It s the source of our daily bread; it s where we put into practice the command to love our neighbour through the need to work together; where we meet future spouses and lifelong friends. It includes unpaid work those who wash the nappies, cook the meals, check the homework, sort out the fights, teach the prayers, clean the house, and make the love. This too is sacred work just ask Mary of Nazareth. In all these ways and more, the Popes teach us that through our work, we are participating in God s own activity. Human beings, made in the image and likeness of God, can justly consider that by their labour they are unfolding the Creator s work, consulting the advantages of their brothers and sisters, and contributing by their personal industry to the realization in history of the divine plan (Pope John Paul II, Laborem Exercens 25). THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 The dignity of human work makes us responsible for the lives of families in other countries and in future generations (Catechism 2415). The FairTrade campaign of our YCS groups; the OH&S requirements in our parishes, schools, and agencies; the growing awareness of the claim of the environment and other species of life to our care all flow from the dignity of work. In our own region, the conditions of work are a moral issue too. As costs of living go up with mining industry inflation, people on fixed wages are turning for mutual support to their unions, which are first of all instruments of solidarity and justice (Social Doctrine, 306). As God the Father goes on working (Jn 5:17), so the world and work keep evolving. Faced with new arrangements, the decisive factor and referee of this complex phase of change is once more the human person, who must remain the true protagonist of his/her work. He/ she can and must take on in a creative and responsible fashion the present innovations and re-organizations, so that they lead to the growth of the person, the family, society and the entire human family. (Social Teaching, 317) Keeping close to the Word of the Father, who shared the sweat of human toil alongside Joseph, we can continue to reflect on the part we play in building up God s creation. Natasha, Bernard & Betty Siebert We believe nothing is too difficult, nothing is too much trouble. The only thing that matters at such a time are the wishes of those we serve. This has been our family s commitment for five generations. Our complete, competitively priced, service is available in your community. Proudly Supporting 49 Wakefield Street, Adelaide 5000 Telephone (08) hours Proprietor BV Siebert Manager B Siebert Member AFDA, AFHA, NFDA

THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 13 Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Message on the Retirement of Bishop William Morris Dear Bishop Brian, On behalf of the Australian Bishops, I write to you and

13 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Message on the Retirement of Bishop William Morris Dear Bishop Brian, On behalf of the Australian Bishops, I write to you and through you especially to the priests, religious and faithful of the Diocese of Toowoomba to express our sadness at the retirement of Bishop Bill Morris. The decision came at the end of a complex process which began thirteen years ago and which ended in deadlock. It was then that the Holy Father found it necessary to exercise his Petrine care for the whole Church. This has been difficult and distressing for all concerned, and it is not surprising that the decision has caused varied and intense reactions. Much of our time of the recent meeting of the Australian Bishops was given to discussion, of what has happened a discussion which at one point included hearing the concerns of forty leaders of Religious Congregations, many of whom have members working in the Diocese of Toowoomba. We sought to understand events and agree on the best way to respond. We reflected on our responsibility as Bishops and on what it means for us to serve the communion of the Church and to exercise our ministry collegially as pastors of Christ s flock, as teachers of the apostolic faith and as moderators of the sacred liturgy. We also reflected upon the unique role of the Pope as head of the College of Bishops. It is his task to guard and promote the Communion of the Church and the integrity of the Church s faith. We reaffirm our faith in this mission which the Successor of Peter has received from Christ himself, and we gratefully acknowledge Pope Benedict s faithfulness to the Petrine Ministry, even when it involves very difficult decisions. We commit ourselves anew to teaching faithfully what Christ taught as the Church has handed it down. Discussion of the process and the decision which it produced, will continue during our ad limina visit to Rome later this year. There we shall have the opportunity to share with the Holy Father and members of the Roman Curia the fruits of our discussion, and to share our questions and concerns with an eye to the future. We shall also have the opportunity to pray at the Tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul, to whose intercession we will entrust our own ministry, the Diocese of Toowoomba and the Church in Australia. We appreciate that Bishop Morris human qualities were never in question; nor is there and doubt about the contribution he has made to the life of the Church in Toowoomba and beyond. The Pope s decision was not a denial of the personal and pastoral gifts that Bishop Morris has brought to the episcopal ministry. Rather it was judged that there were problems of doctrine and discipline, and we regret that these could not be resolved. We are hopeful that Bishop Morris will continue to serve the Church in other ways in the years ahead. Our prayers are very much with you as Apostolic Administrator, with Bishop Morris and with the priests, religious and faithful of the Diocese of Toowoomba at this difficult time. We especially encourage the priests to reassure the people and to strengthen them in faith. The Diocese of Toowoomba has a great history of faith, and that faith has never failed in the face of many hardships. It will surely not fail now as the Diocese looks to the future. We express our support for you personally, as you assume the challenging task as Apostolic Administrator, and we are confident that you will help to bring peace and unity to the Diocese. May the prayers of Mary of the Southern Cross and of St Mary MacKillop guide us all safely on the journey that lies before us. Fraternally yours in Christ, + Archbishop Phillip Wilson President Australian Catholic Bishops Conference From the Shrine of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop North Sydney 12 May 2011

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15 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Same Sex Marriage 15 Same-Sex Marriage - Why it needs to be opposed The official position of the Catholic Church is on same-sex marriage is not a new teaching, but it does require some explanation and pastoral reflection. For the person in the street, religious and moral arguments do not cut the mustard, however, there are good practical and secular reasons that also underpin the Church s stance on this issue. In the case of marriage and family there is no need to ask the question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? that is society, or marriage and the family. The family is well-accepted as the bedrock of society; it comes first and society follows; this has been the case for millennia. Marriage is the formal public institution of the family, fostered as such quite deliberately by the State for very sensible reasons. Marriage provides the State with a sound and reliable formal structure for the loving procreation and careful nurturing of its future citizens. Marriage is also a personal institution. It is the exclusive, permanent, loving relationship and commitment between a man and a woman open to the natural possibility of procreating and raising children. It has a two-fold purpose: mutual affection and support, and the natural procreation and care-filled raising of children. Whilst the Church is sympathetic to same-sex couples who wish to seal their commitment to one another in marriage, the very object of their aspirations would evaporate in their act of obtaining it. Marriage would no longer be linked in its essence to bringing new life into the world and society. Society would, therefore, have no further reason or need to protect the institution of marriage. It has been suggested that, logically speaking, if marriage represents only a loving relationship, it could come to represent any such relationship: opposite-sex couples, same-sex couples, polygamous and multiple partnerships of any sex, etc. If the link to bringing the new life of children into the world is broken, marriage itself is broken and the concept is of no further use, to the individual or to society. Is there another agenda for some behind the push for same-sex marriage? If marriage is broken, as open to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples, there is really no longer a need for any sort of institutional distinction between a man and a woman. Gender would be rendered officially as culturally-learned rather than fundamentally prescribed by our nature. But now, to the ordinary person in the street, this would just seem to be going too far. This is the very argument: a same-sex union is not what we have normally understood marriage to be down through the ages. But, where would that leave children? Children have a right to be conceived and brought into this world naturally, and to know of their biological origins wherever this is feasible. Children have a right to the chance to be nurtured and cared for by a mother and a father. We know that life often intervenes to deny these rights, but we start from the potential for them to be satisfied. With same-sex marriage, however, adult needs, desires, hopes and aspirations become the focus to the exclusion of the rights of the child. And where else may this lead? Would the law eventually oblige: teaching homosexual preference and lifestyle in schools? Requiring ministers of religion to perform same-sex marriages? Or Church-based adoption agencies to facilitate same-sex adoptions? Extending marriage to include same-sex couples would unjustly discriminate against opposite-sex couples who are married. However, legislation that marriage is between and man and a woman does not discriminate unjustly against same-sex couples. Not all discrimination is bad; the law provides many forms of discrimination for the good of society eg consanguinity laws for marriage (note again the link to children inherent in society s notion of marriage). There are many sensible and compelling reasons for opposing legislative support for same-sex marriage. However, homophobia is not one of them. The Catholic Church is firm in its teaching on this. The belief that every individual person is made in God s image is at the very heart of Christian teaching. Every human person is loved by God and personally saved and made holy by the life, death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus the Christ. From this we cannot resile; it is central to our faith, the core of our belief. It is easy to understand why same-sex couples committed in love to a longterm and exclusive relationship would wish to share in this experience. However, extending the understanding of marriage to same-sex couples would break down both the public and the personal institutions of marriage, that have stood throughout time; indeed, marriage would lose its meaning. ALEX'S MEAT SERVICE Props. ALEX & ANTHEA DUNBAR SPECIALISING IN PAN-READY MEATS BULK & BARBECUE PACKS CLUB SUPPLIES 281 SENATE RD, PORT PIRIE Ph

16 New Catholic Website Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) launches new website CRA s new website will be a wonderful communication tool to highlight the role of Religious women and men in Australia

Sister Anne was speaking at the official launch of the new website held during the peak body s National Council meeting at the CRA office in Sydney s Annandale today, Monday, 22 August.

16 16 New Catholic Website Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) launches new website CRA s new website will be a wonderful communication tool to highlight the role of Religious women and men in Australia today, said CRA National President Sister Anne Derwin rsj. Sister Anne was speaking at the official launch of the new website held during the peak body s National Council meeting at the CRA office in Sydney s Annandale today, Monday, 22 August. Sister Anne said: Across Australia and overseas, Australian Religious are running vital ministries with refugees and asylum seekers, Indigenous Australians, in health and aged care, with people who have been trafficked into this country, in pastoral care and parish work, and with a range of individuals and groups, often on the margins of society. Former Governor s Tribute to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Opening the extensions to the now St Mary of the Cross MacKillop School at Wallaroo on the 19th of March, 1991, the late Dame Roma Mitchell, then Governor of South Australia, gave the following address: This is the first school function, which I have attended since becoming Governor of South Australia, and I have a personal reason for believing that it is appropriate that it should be a primary school conducted by the Sisters of St Joseph, and, in particular that it should be the school of the Kadina - Wallaroo Parish. I am told that this school was established in 1869, three years after Mary MacKillop had founded the Religious Order of the Sisters of St Joseph. She had set up her first school at Penola. My family connection is in relation to the Sisters, Mother Mary had left at Penola, when she moved to Adelaide in My maternal Grandmother, then a young woman aged 18, living with her parents at She said the new site would enable CRA to more effectively report on those ministries and keep the Catholic and wider community up-to-date on the latest news and issues. In this era, when communication is vital, it s great to have a contemporary and vibrant website that enables us to highlight the prophetic voice of Religious in Australia today. Sister Anne added that the extensive information contained on the site, which will be regularly updated, will be a valuable resource for CRA member and visitors alike. Some of the main features of the new site include user-friendly navigation and a more dynamic and flexible home page. The home page includes the latest news and views, a featured ministry, a weekly Gospel reflection from Sister Veronica Lawson rsm, and some wise words from the founders of Australia s more than 180 congregations. Mount Gambier,, was so inspired by the good work being done by the Sisters, and by Mother Mary, whom she may well have met, that she left home and went to Penola, intending to join their Order. My great-grandfather, who was not a Catholic did not approve of this move and went to Penola to bring his daughter back. Being a minor, she was subject to his direction and returned home. Shortly afterwards she married and had five children - she was only 29 when she died of tuberculosis. As it is a consequence of my great-grandfather s action that I now exist, I must say that I cannot regret what he did. Because of this I have always felt a link with the Sisters of St Joseph, and have a strong THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Developments from CRA s Justice Network, established to give Australian Religious a more unified voice on social justice issues, will also be a major feature on the home page. In conjunction with the new website, CRA has also introduced a new look for its monthly e-news, Pathways. As well as containing the latest news, the revamped online publication includes a number of new sections, highlighting ministries and personal stories from leaders and members. The founding stories of Religious Institutes and Societies of Apostolic Life will also be a focus. You can subscribe to Pathways on the CRA website homepage at: www. catholicreligiousaustralia.org admiration for their work. Today, she and the Sisters who formed her community would be designated as exponents of equal opportunity. She and they believed that the indigent had a right to food, clothing and accommodation, and, above all that both rich and poor had a right to education They provided schools in an era when for many children of poor families no other education was given. Although the Board of Education was set up in South Australia in 1852, education was not compulsory in this state until 1875 when legislation provided for free and compulsory education up to the age of 13, in State schools. Northern Agencies MANUFACTURER'S AGENTS, WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS, STOCKISTS & PROCUREMENT SERVICES YOU WANT IT, WE'LL GET IT Telephone: (08) Facsimilie: (08) Ayliffe Street, WHYALLA, SA, northernagencies@oz .com.au

17 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Message from Tony Piccolo MP 17 Recognise wartime internment suffering says MP About 40% of the Italian male population of Pt Pirie were interned in the Loveday camps during World War Two. The impact that internment in the Loveday camps had on the lives of migrants and their families will come under the spotlight in the South Australia Parliament as a result of a motion moved by State Labor Member of Parliament, Mr Tony Piccolo. Last week Mr Piccolo moved a ten part motion that seeks to shed some light on the experiences of people of Italian, German and Japanese background (amongst others) who were interned at Loveday in the South Australian Riverland, and other camps around Australia during the war. Established in 1941, Loveday held 5382 internees at its peak in May The men interned from Pt Pirie were mainly fishermen who originated from the southern Italian area of Molfetta. The 1st of June 2011 marked the 70th anniversary of the opening of the internment camps at Loveday. The camps were constructed for the purpose of detaining enemy aliens and prisoners of war. P & J PISANI KERB & GUTTER SPECIALISTS FOR ALL CONCRETE WORK Driveways & Paths PORT PIRIE & Raft Foundations & Floors SURROUNDING AREAS Continuous Garden Edging Concrete Boom Pump Available for All Concrete Pours Mobile Mr Piccolo said he had moved the motion after he had heard many stories from the families who were affected by the internment policy. The policy resulted in thousands of Australian citizens being deprived of their liberty for no other reason apart from their cultural background, Mr Piccolo said. The motion states that most people were primarily interned in the camps on the basis of their cultural heritage, on the mistaken belief that it posed an unreasonable risk, and not for any demonstrated or validated criminal or security concerns. Mr Piccolo said the motion seeks to recognise the pain, suffering, grief, and hardship, experienced by the people who were interned and their families. Internment had a shocking impact on mothers and wives who were left to care for children, homes, farms or businesses alone, without government assistance as other Australians could count on, Mr Piccolo said. Many of the so called enemy aliens interned at the Loveday camps were people who were permanent residents of, or were born in Australia or had become EST. SINCE 1983 Lic No. RL British subjects in accordance with the federal immigration and citizenship laws of the day. Mr Piccolo said that while the internment policy was implemented in the circumstances of a national emergency, it nevertheless resulted in a great deal of injustice that was unnecessary and avoidable. The motion also recognises the significant contribution that former internees and their families have made on the economic, social and cultural development of Australia despite having to rebuild their lives after internment. Mr Piccolo said he hoped that as a maturing nation we have learnt from the World War Two internment experience to ensure that future generations of migrants to this country, and their descendants, are treated with justice and equality before the law, and not discriminated against on the sole basis of their cultural heritage. Mr Piccolo is keen to hear from people whose families were affected by the internment of a family member as he would like to be able to incorporate the very human stories when he debates the motion in State Parliament on the 20th October We have only recently started to analyse these events in our history. Until now the war time internment policy has been hidden away from the general public. Hopefully, this motion will enable former internees and their families to speak out and have their stories heard.

18 18 Around the Diocese THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Students warmed up on Opening Day with a whole school Health Hustle! Extract from Bishop O Kelly s Homily for the Ordination of Gary Stokes to the Permanent Diaconate on Friday, 2nd September in Saint Mark s Cathedral My brother Gary, in a few minutes you will lie prostrate on the floor of the sanctuary of this cathedral while the people of God here assembled pray to the Saints for themselves and for you, as you undertake this step towards Holy Orders. The prayer will be uttered, bless Gary whom you have chosen; bless him and make him holy; consecrate him for sacred duties; strengthen him in Your service. It is important to note that you will be called forth from the congregation. Then Fr Paul Crotty, who oversaw your formation and preparation for diaconate will say that Holy Mother Church asks you the Bishop to ordain our brother for service as a deacon. Nita, who has shared your life and love as your wife, and lived with you the vows of holy marriage, and as your other half, must also give her consent. The Bishop then says we choose this man, Gary, our brother, for the order of deacons. It is an act of the Church towards you, a calling of you, it is a vocation in the full sense of that word, to be called by the Church. With the bestowal of Holy Orders, your baptismal vocation will take a new orientation. All of us are baptised to ministry as Christians. We see lay ministry more and more active in the Church today, as the Holy Spirit awakens this realisation amongst us. In the baptism ceremony it says that we are called to be priest, prophet and king. It is the role of the priest to reconcile, to unite people with God, to bridge the secular and the Divine. It is the role of the prophet to show forth the Gospel in deed not just in word, and the role of the king or the royal person was to care for the vulnerable, the people on the edge who had no one else other than the king to look after them. Baptised Christians are baptised into the priesthood of Christ, as both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict have written so clearly. All the baptised are the Body of Christ in the world, as Saint Paul says. Being Christ in the world, and sharing in His priesthood, all baptised Christians are called to the ministry of Christ which was to preach, to teach, and to heal. One of the key roles of the ordained ministry is to assist and enable the people of God in the exercise of their baptismal ministry. The ordained minister is to work among and for the people of God, not over them. The ordained minister is to serve his brothers and sisters in the Church and beyond, and to help them live their own vocation to preach, to teach, and to heal. rossigns port augusta windows, shopfronts, vehicles large format photos and canvas prints promotional / event banners information boards interpretive signage safety signs and products We project manage from initial concept to manufacture and complete installation. 52 Victoria Parade, Port Augusta P/F: rossigns@crossroadsconcepts.com.au

Stephen, the first Christian martyr, was a deacon, and thus showed that the role of Witness must, or can accompany, the office of deacon, a Witness to charity and the faith in deeds.

19 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Around the Diocese 19 You are about to be ordained into Holy Orders, Gary, into the ancient order of deacon. We see in the Acts of the Apostles that the apostles appointed seven men of good reputation who were with the Holy Spirit. They were to care for the poor and the widows. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, was a deacon, and thus showed that the role of Witness must, or can accompany, the office of deacon, a Witness to charity and the faith in deeds. The office of deacon, along with that of priest and bishop, had established itself in the early Church from the earliest times, from the time of the formation of the Scriptures of the New Testament themselves. In the later Church in Rome there were seven areas related to the seven diaconates. They were places of the deacons, established for public assistance. The places of the deacons fulfilled the roles of asylums, hospitals, hospices for pilgrims, and food distribution centres for the poor, all reflecting the vocation of the deacon. Deacons played a special role in assisting the bishop, and in helping the administration of the Church. Called in a special way to be related to the bishop, numbers of deacons became Pope. But don t get ahead of yourself, Gary! What calls you to accept this vocation as deacon is your own full love of God, your full commitment to do His holy will, with a prayer that you might serve the people of God as long as you can. You tell me that you and Nita have never been happier in your lives together than in these two years of preparation for this Sacrament. You see yourself by this step as being made free to serve God and His people totally. So let us thank God with full hearts. As a deacon, Gary, you are to be World Mission Day Appeal All over the world Indigenous communities share their faith our faith. Please give generously in your parish or visit catholicmission.org.au Freecall: involved in ministries of compassion and justice, the ministry of the Word in practice. As a deacon may you drawn new strength from the gift of the Holy Spirit that will be bestowed upon you today. As a minister of the altar you will proclaim the Gospel, prepare the sacrifice, and give the Lord s Body and Blood to the community of believers. It will be your duty to bring the Word of God to the believer and unbeliever alike, to preside over public prayer, to baptise, to assist at marriages and bless them, to give viaticum to the dying, and to lead the rites of burial. Once you are consecrated by the laying on of hands, an act that comes to us from the apostles, and are bound more closely to the altar, you will perform works of love and charity in the name of the Bishop, or the pastor to whom that is delegated. The way you go about your duties, may the people recognise you as a disciple of Jesus, who came to serve, and not to be served. Today is a significant day in the story of our diocese, as this is the first time a married man has been ordained to the permanent diaconate. I assign you to assist in ministries of the parishes of Port Pirie and Crystal Brook. You are to be the Bishop s representative working with the St Vincent de Paul Society in the diocese. You are to assist Jim Monaghan in his role as Chairman of the Professional Standards Committee for the diocese, and the work for child protection issues. You are to prepare people for baptism, and assist the bereaved as they prepare the Christian burial of loved ones. You are to assist the Bishop in Cathedral liturgies. So, Gary, as your ordination now approaches, may the Lord bless you and make you holy, may He consecrate you for sacred duties, and strengthen you in His service. May you enrich the people of God through your ministry, and deepen the holiness of the Church through your prayer.

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21 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Australian Catholic Bishop's Conference 21 Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office The Australian Catholic Bishops call for on-shore processing of asylum seekers who arrive in Australia. Australia has an exceptional, community lead, resettlement program. Over two hundred Charities have recently expressed their passion and commitment to work with refugees and asylum seekers in community based detention said Fr. Mauritzio, Director of the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office. Community based detention reaffirms the human dignity of the person seeking asylum and is in the Catholic Bishops launch major statement on prisons and the justice system The Hon. Graham West, C.E.O of St Vincent de Paul NSW, and former NSW Minister for Juvenile Justice, launched the Australian Catholic Bishop s 2011~2012 on September 14. The title of the Statement is Building Bridges, Not Walls: Prisons and the Justice System. The statement points out the serious shortcomings in Australia s prisons and the justice systems, and challenges our citizens and politicians to search for a more constructive way forward. Bishop Christopher Saunders, Chair of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, said The majority of Australian prisoners come from the most disadvantaged sections of the community: indigenous people, the best interests of the common good of all humanity he said. The Australian Migrant and Refugee Office warn that off-shore processing will not solve the underlying problem. The human drive to escape war and poverty, will continue to prompt asylum seekers to find alternatives, potentially placing their lives in even greater danger of exploitation and abuse said Fr. Mauritzio. Compelled migrants need refuge from conflict zones, but more than this, they need an opportunity to live a dignified life with access to health, education and employment he said. When these fundamental rights are denied in their homeland they have the right to emigrate. This is not by choice. No one wants to be in this situation he said. underprivileged, and those suffering from mental illness. Although rates of crime have overall remained steady, and in some cases fallen, Australia s rate of imprisonment has increased dramatically. Between 1984 and 2008, the rate has doubled. We must ask if the justice system is delivering justice to our community. Although there will always be a need for prisons to deal with serious offences, there are alternative measures that are more effective in delivering justice and keeping many people out of jail Bishop Saunders said. The current government has done much to humanize the approach towards asylum seekers, but should reflect further their motives for wanting to change the Migration Act. The lives of our brothers and sisters will be severely affected he said. The numbers of asylum seekers that Australia can expect are not so large that we can t manage effectively here. The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office urge the Government not to change the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act which would allow the transfer of Children and unaccompanied minors. These young people are among the most vulnerable in the world; the moral and decent thing to do is to process their asylum claims in Australia Fr. Mauritzio said. In the statement, the Catholic Bishops call for more productive alternatives to fear campaigns about law and order, for an approach that addresses the social factors that contribute to crime, ensuring the dignity of those in prison, and providing more support for people returning to society. The statement urges all citizens to consider, how we, as a society, can make a real difference for and to, those in prisons and those seeking bridges to a new life. The statement can be found at: www. socialjustice.catholic.org.au

22 22 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Prison Chaplains Report In our ministry as Catholic Prison Chaplains, we regularly cross the threshold of freedom where so many prisoners bear the burden of poor self image, are mentally ill, are intellectually disadvantaged, are from impoverished backgrounds, and are generally vulnerable most are outsiders who have missed out on a fair go from the moment they were born. From the moment of their initial arrest, they are virtually as well as, literally stripped bare. There is nowhere to hide, no privacy; their movements are restricted, and their access to family, in particular, and the outside world in general innocent or guilty, any choice they have is taken from them. As Chaplains we are well aware that prisons are necessary, in order to deal with offending behaviour. However prisons are about people too people who deserve the dignity of rehabilitation. The prison system all too often stands on a philosophy of warehousing offenders in the hope that the prospect of another prison term will deter them from further criminal acts. Rather than act as a deterrent, systemic violence within the prison system itself, promotes bullying and abuse of all kinds, and the prison itself becomes a school of criminality. Further, the general lack of funding, together with the continual growth of people being incarcerated, staffing cutbacks, and a growing lack of services, leaves little time for the best of staff to respond adequately to prisoners, let alone compassionately. Too much in the prison environment, acts as pressure, so prisoners continue down the offending path. As chaplains we do what we can, to counter that, insisting on the value and dignity of each person. We believe that the heart of our ministry is to be the Good News of God s love to people who, in general, are used to anything but good news. We meet people at their most fragile and honest moments, and this is as close as you can get to the Gospel spirit. We try to offer women and men the space to share their story; inmates know that we are their side, so we are able to build bridges of trust. Through our ministry, the prisoners have the opportunity to recognize love in their frequently chaotic lives. As chaplains it is a matter of discovering the goodness that is at work in their lives, and getting to know the God who has always been there. So often the community is at a loss as to how to support the victim, and with the offence, and the offender. If there is to be any relief to all those involved, it is imperative that communities build bridges that encourage and support restorative systems between the ex-offender and the wider community. HAVE WITNESS POSTED TO YOU INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO WITNESS $30 - POST to: Catholic Diocesan Office PO Box 1206, Port Pirie, SA, 5540 Cheques made payable to Catholic Diocese: CDPP Inc, Witness A/c 114 Main Road, Port Pirie Ph Advertise your business here. Circulation 4,000 copies Pavers & Retaining Wall Blocks Tiles and Sanitaryware Kitchen Appliances For details please contact Robyn Dite, Automatic Print P. (08) or robyn@ automaticprint.com.au Come in & see our stylish showroom & friendly staff today. For all sales enquiries please sales@pirietiles.com.au Delivery available to your local area Issues 7th August, 2nd October & 4th December

THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Diocesan Information 23 Sunday Mass Times Across the Diocese Bishop Most Rev Gregory O Kelly SJ AM DD Cathedral St Mark s Cathedral, Gertrude St, Port Pirie Chancery and

23 THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Diocesan Information 23 Sunday Mass Times Across the Diocese Bishop Most Rev Gregory O Kelly SJ AM DD Cathedral St Mark s Cathedral, Gertrude St, Port Pirie Chancery and Diocesan Office: O Reily House, PO Box 1206, Port Pirie Gertrude St, Port Pirie 5540 Ph: (08) Fax: (08) diocoffice@ pp.catholic.org.au Vicar General Mgr Paul Quirk Chancellor Mgr Raymond I Pope Secretary Ms Maryanne Saracino Our diocese occupies 980,000 square Kilometres, most of the state of South Australia, and going up to and including Uluru (Ayers Rock). We have 57 churches and thirteen schools faith and learning centres across the diocese. There are three Homes for the aged and infirm, and Centacare Catholic Social Services operates out of several venues across the state. Our diocese embraces the tourist, fishing and whale watching areas in the south, great areas of grain crops, the beauty of the Flinders Ranges, the desert of the north west, sheep and cattle country in the north east, the Riverland along the Murray with its orchards and vines, the mining industry for iron and uranium and coal, traditional communities of Aboriginal people, the first Australians, and the majesty of Uluru. The diocese was established independent of the Southern (Adelaide ) diocese in Port Pirie is the administrative centre of the Diocese, and Bishop Greg O Kelly SJ is our eleventh Bishop. ANDAMOOKA (Roxby Downs Parish) Andamooka Catholic Church 1st and 3rd Sun 11am BARMERA (Berri Parish) St Francis Xavier s Sun 11am 22 Langdon Tce Ph: BERRI Our Lady of the River Sun 9am & 6pm 8 Crawford Tec Ph: (08) BOOBOROWIE (Burra Parish) St Dympna s 4th Sun 10:30am BOOLEROO CENTRE St Agnes s 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Sun 8:30am and 5th Sun 10am 13 Arthur Street Ph: (08) BURRA St Joseph s 2nd Sun 8:30am 1st and 4th 10:30am 7 Market St Ph: (08) BUTE (Snowtown) Our Lady of the Rosary 4th Sun 11:30am CALCA (Streaky Bay Parish) Sacred Heart Ph: (08) CARRIETON (Quorn Parish) St Raphael s 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun 8:30am 2nd & 4th Sat 6:30pm Ph: (08) CEDUNA (Streaky Bay Parish) Our Lady of the Sea Ph: (08) CHANDADA (Streaky Bay Parish) St Michael s Ph: (08) CLEVE St Vincent De Paul 2 Fifth St Ph: (08) COOBER PEDY St Peter and Paul Sun 10am Sat 6:30pm Hutchison St Ph: (08) COWELL (Cleve Parish) Our Lady Star of the Sea Ph: (08) CRYSTAL BROOK (Pt Pirie Parish) Holy Trinity Sun 8:30am Eyre Road Extension Ph: (08) CUMMINS St Andrew s 2nd Sun 10:30am 1st & 4th Sun 8:30am 3rd &5th Sat 6pm St Andrew s Road Ph: (08) ELLISTON (Minnipa/Streaky Bay) St Francis of Assisi Ph: (08) GEORGETOWN (Jamestown Parish) Immaculate Heart of Mary 2nd & 4th Sun 9:30am GLADSTONE St Peter s 1st, 3rd, 5th Sun 9:30am 7 West Tce Ph: (08) HALLETT (Burra Parish) The Good Shepherd Sun 8:30am HAWKER (Quorn Parish) Ph: (08) Ss Phillip and James Sun 10:30am JAMESTOWN St James the Apostle Sun 9am 14 Cockburn Road Ph: (08) KADINA Sacred Heart Sun 10am 16 Hallett St Ph: (08) KIMBA (Cleve Parish) Sacred Heart 45 West Tec Ph: (08) LAURA (Boolerroo Centre Parish) St John Evangelist 1st Sun 10am LEIGH CREEK (Quorn Parish) The Good Shepherd Sun 1st, 3rd, 5th 3:30pm Ph: (08) LOCK (Cummins Parish) St Martin de Porres 3rd & 5th Sun 8:30am LOXTON St Albert s 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun 11am 23 Acacia Ave Ph: (08) (Pres) MELROSE (Quorn Parish) MINNIPA (Streaky Bay Parish) Ph: (08) MOONTA St Francis of Assisi Sun 8:30am MORGAN (Loxton Parish) 1st, 3rd, 5th Sun 7pm and 2nd, 4th Sun 6pm MOUNT HOPE (Minnipa/Streaky Bay Parish) Ph: (08) ORROROO (Booleroo Centre Parish) St Joseph s 4th Sun 10am PEKINA (Booleroo Centre) St Catherine 2nd Sun 10am PETERBOROUGH (Jamestown Parish) St Anacletus Sun 11am 32 Railway Tce Ph (08) POOCHERA (Streaky Bay Parish) Ph: (08) PORT AUGUSTA All Saints Sun 10:30am and Sat 6:30pm 51 Finders Tce Ph: (08) PORT BROUGHTON (Snowtown Parish) St Margaret s 3rd, 2nd Sun 10 am 4th Sat 7pm and 5th Sun 8:15am PORT GERMEIN (Port Pirie Parish) PORT LINCOLN St Mary of the Angels Sun 9am, Sat 7pm Mortlock Tce Ph: (08) PORT PIRIE PARISH St Mark s Cathedral Sun 10:30am Sat 6pm Gertrude St St Anthony s Sun 5pm Geddes Rd Ph: (08) QUORN Immaculate Conception 2nd, 4th Sun 8:30am 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sat 6:30pm 37 Railway Terrace Ph: (08) REDHILL (Snowtown Parish) Ph: (08) St Martin s 1st, 4th Sun 8:15am 2nd Sun 10am, 3rd Sat 7pm BUTE (Snowtown Parish) Our Lady of the Rosary Ph: (08) st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Sun 11:30am RENMARK St Therese of the Child Jesus Sun 9am, Sat 6:30pm 132 Ral-Ral Ave Ph: (08) ROXBY DOWNS St Barbara s Sun 9am and Sat 6pm 45C Gregory St Ph: (08) (Presb) SNOWTOWN St Canice s 3rd and 2nd Sun 8:15am 4th Sun 10 am 5th Sat 5:30pm 4 High Street Ph: (08) SPALDING (Burra Parish) St Augustine s 4th Sun 8:30am Ph (08) STREAKY BAY St Canute s heart 1 East Tce Ph: (08) SWAN REACH (Loxton Parish) Ph: (08) TUMBY BAY St Leo s 1st, 4th Sun 10:30am 2nd Sun 8:30am & 3rd, 5th Sun 5pm WAIKERIE (Loxton Parish) St Thomas More s 1st, 3rd, 5th Sun 8am &2nd 4th Sun 11am 8 Thompson St WALLAROO Sat 7pm WHYALLA St Teresa Vigil 7:00pm Sun 8:30am 8 Nicolson Ave Ph: (08) OLHC Sun 10:30am Sun 5:30pm Toal Street WILMINGTON Ss Alexis & John Nepomucene s Sun 8:30am 11 Main North Road Ph (08) WIRRABARA (Booleroo Centre parish) St Augustine s 3rd Sun 10am WOOMERA St Michael s Sun 2nd and 5th 11:30am 24 Burrimul St Ph (08) WUDINNA (Cleve Parish) St Anne s 54 Ballantyne St Ph: (08) BLANCHETOWN (Loxton Parish) Sun 2nd 4pm for Quality, Service & Value for Money SPECIALISING IN Made to Measure Curtains or Blinds & Window Accessories Fax: Discounted Curtain Fabrics 126 Ellen St, Port Pirie

24 Diocesan Information THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Letters to the Editor Editor: Fr Chris Warnock Ph: (08) 8632 0558 Email: frchriswarnock@gmail.

24 24 Diocesan Information THE WITNESS OCTOBER, 2011 Letters to the Editor Editor: Fr Chris Warnock Ph: (08) CHANCERY AND DIOCESAN OFFICE: O Reily House, PO Box 1206, Port Pirie 5540 COMING SOON - all we need is your input! The Witness Letters to the Editor will be a forum for our readers to constructively discuss or debate issues. The Witness, for reasons of space, may edit these letters and reserves the right to reproduce them in electronic or other forms. Letters / s must be accompanied by a full postal address and phone contact details for verification. WILLS & BEQUESTS DIOCESE OF PORT PIRIE FOUNDATION The Diocese of Port Pirie Foundation has been established to receive money by way of direct donation, sale of goods, real estate or bequests in wills. TRUSTEES The Trustees of the Foundation are the Bishop of the Diocese of Port Pirie (principal) and members of the Diocesan Finance Committee. OBJECTIVES The objectives of the Foundation include the promotion and resourcing of the work of the Catholic Church throughout the Diocese. HOW Consult with your solicitor or contact the Diocesan Business and Finance Manager Mr. Cosimo DeCianni on (08) UPDATING DIOCESAN INFORMATION: Please updates/changes of information displayed in this Diocesan Information guide to: robyn@automaticprint.com. au PORT PIRIE DIOCESE WEBSITE: catholic.org.au/sites/ DioceseofPortPirie/ Go to this web address for parish times, and complete Diocesan Information. Diocesan and Parish Contacts Bishop Greg O Kelly SJ AM DD O Riely House Phone Fax diocoffice@pp.catholic.org.au Chancery Bishop: Most Rev. Gregory O Kelly SJ DD St Mark s Cathedral, Port Pirie Chancery and Diocesan Office O Reily House 105 Gertrude St P.O. Box 1206 Port Pirie South Australia 5540 Phone (08) Fax (08) diocoffice@pp.catholic.org.au Vicar General Mgr P.D. Quirk Chancellor Mgr R.I. Pope Secretary Ms M. Saracino Business and Finance Manager Mr. Cosimo DeCianni Phone (08) Fax (08) Cathedral Port Pirie Phone (08) Fax (08) cathedralpp@bigpond.com Adm. Fr Leon Quinn Barmera Phone (08) Fax (08) Booleroo Centre Phone (08) Fax (08) booleroocentre@bigpond.com Parish Priest: Fr. Don Victory Burra Phone (08) Fax (08) Parish Priest Fr. L. J. Quinn Cleve Phone (08) Fax (08) agh1112@bigpond.com Parish Priest Fr. Adrian Head Coober Pedy Phone (08) Fax (08) inlandmission.cp@bigpond.com Parish Priest Fr Paul Bourke Cummins Phone (08) Fax (08) cumminsparish1@bigpond.com Adm. Fr John Stewart-James Jamestown Phone (08) Fax (08) stjacob@bigpond.com Parish Priest Mgr Paul Quirk Kadina Phone (08) Fax (08) sacheart@internode. on.net Parish Priest Fr. Adrian Noonan Loxton Phone (08) Office (08) Fax (08) kunambi@hotmail.com Parish Priest Fr Medard Peterborough Phone (08) Fax (08) Adm. Mgr Paul Quirk Port Augusta Phone (08) Fax (08) allsaints.pt.a@bigpond. com Parish Priests Fr. Paul Crotty Fr Kh lid Marogi marogi68@hotmail.com Port Lincoln Phone (08) Fax (08) smoa@bigpond.com Parish Priest Fr Brian Mathews Quorn Phone (08) Fax (08) frcj@bigpond.com Parish Priest Fr Chris O Neil Renmark Phone (08) Fax (08) thereseren@bigpond.com Parish Priest Fr J Watherston Roxby Downs Phone (08) Office (08) Fax (08) kev.mat@bigpond.com Woomera (08) Parish Priest Fr Matthews JCD Snowtown Phone (08) Fax (08) pope@yp-connect.net Parish Priest Mgr Ray Pope Streaky Bay Phone (08) Fax (08) sb-ccath@bigpond.com Parish Priest Fr John Folkman Waikerie Phone (08) Fax (08) Whyalla Phone (08) Fax (08) jgmon@bigpond.com Parish Priests Fr Jim Monaghan Fr Arno Vermeeren whysaint@internode.on.net Retired Mgr Frank Cresp Barmera Mgr Arthur Hackett Gladstone Phone (08) ajbhackett@bigpond.com Fr E. F. Kenny Southern Cross Hostel 18 Cross Rd, Myrtle Bank 5064 Phone (08) Fr Tony Redden P.O Box 1025 Glenelg 5045 Phone (08) reddentonymatt.@ internode.on.net Fr Bill Wauchope Port Pirie Phone (08) Fax (08) billwauchope@pp.catholic. org.au

enews NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DEACONS Fr Frank Brennan will be keynote speaker at the National Association of Deacons conference in Melbourne.

enews NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DEACONS Fr Frank Brennan will be keynote speaker at the National Association of Deacons conference in Melbourne. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DEACONS SEPTEMBER 2015 Fr Frank Brennan will be keynote speaker at the National Association of Deacons conference in Melbourne. Service and pastoral solicitude REV Prof Frank Brennan