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Australia-Wide The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross AUSTRALIA-WIDE Publisher: Ordinariate of OLSC: 40A Mary Street, Highgate 6003 Western Australia. Mobile Phone: 0409 377 338 Editor: C/- St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 60 Davey Street, Frankston. 3199 Australia. E-mail: [email protected] Mid-January 2016: Free E-Mail Edition Circulation: Australia and Overseas DISCLAIMER: Views expressed in the articles of this Ordinariate Publication “Australia Wide” are not necessarily those of the editor or publisher. Presentation of Christ at the Temple by Hans Holbein the Elder, 1500-01, (Kunsthalle, Hamburg) Feast day: 2nd February 2016. 2 THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross is a non-territorial diocese of the Australian Catholic Church. The Ordinary: Monsignor Harry Entwistle, PA. 40A Mary Street, High-Gate. 6003. Western Australia. Local Phone: 08-9422-7988 or Mobile Phone: 0417 180 145 or contact the Diocesan Office: M-Phone: 0409 377 338. E-mail: [email protected] or The Ordinary: [email protected] Vocations Director: [email protected] M. Ph: 0410699574 Episcopal Vicar for Clergy: Fr Ken Clark: Mobile Phone: 0403 383 873 E-Mail: [email protected] Ordinariate Web-Master: E-Mail: [email protected] OLSC Website: www.ordinariate.org.au OLSC Publications: The Ordinary: 40 A Mary Street, High-Gate. 6003. W.A. E-Mail: [email protected] __________________________________________________________________________________________ From our Ordinary: Monsignor Harry Entwistle, P A. PRAYERFUL CONFIDENCE – OR WISHFUL THINKING? The Editor of Australia-Wide asked me to gaze into the crystal ball and share the ‘signs and wonders’ that I see. I’m not an expert in interpreting crystal balls, but I do believe that com- mitment to God is a pre-requisite to discerning God’s leading and Will. So my first prayerful hope for 2016 is that each member of the Ordinariate in Australia will strengthen his or her commitment to God and his gift to the Church of the Ordinariate. The stronger the commitment, the clearer “God’s Will” will be for us. I look forward to receiving many more baptism and confirmation certificates alongside a swathe of applications for membership of the Ordinariate. Secondly, as some of our priests approach retirement, the issue of their replacement looms large. Our current Ordinariate priests are not easily ‘transportable,’ and even if they were, accommodation and salaries are issues which though not insurmountable, need to be addressed. If clergy are prepared to re-locate, then I will do my best to resolve any issues that may emerge. Thirdly, I pray that there will be a serious attempt by Ordinariate members to grasp the understanding of the call to discern the particular vocation to which God is calling us. God calls most disciples to the married state, and married couples are the bedrock of a family life that reflects the pat- tern that God has revealed to us for the creation of a stable society. Some disciples are called to the single life which may include living in private or public vows. Others are called to the Religious Life of various charisms, and others to ordained ministry either as a secular or Religious priest. However, all baptised Christian disciples are called to live lives of self-giving and undertake some ministry which enhances the evangelistic thrust of the Universal Church. The Ordinariates in the UK and USA have seminarians in formation for the priesthood. Currently we have none so we need prayers that young, single, men may discern whether God is calling them to the ordained ministry. We also need prayers that we might receive more enquiries from Anglican priests who believe that God is calling them to fulfil their ministry in the Ordinariate. Lastly, I call on all Ordinariate members to reflect on the full title of our patron, “Our Lady of the Southern Cross - Help of Christians.” I urge you to obtain a copy of our new icon and not only pray for Mary’s intercession on behalf of the Ordinariate, but for Christians throughout the world who are facing the evil of immense persecution, not only of the body but of the soul. In our difficult times, Christians need a strengthening of their faith, courage and commitment to the Church today just as much as they did before the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 and at the siege of Vienna in 1683 when the Muslim armies of the Ottoman Empire, intent on destroying Christian Europe were defeated. On both occasions the faithful were urged to invoke the prayers of Our Lady Help of Christians. 2 3 From our Ordinary: Continued. In 1862 Don Bosco dreamed about the battles the Church would face, and in his dream the Pope anchors the ‘ship’ of the Church between two pillars, one with a statue of Mary, Help of Christians and the other embla- zoned with a large Eucharistic Host. This year, may the faithful of the Ordinariate and the whole Church strengthen their faith and defend the Truth revealed by Christ, through Eucharistic Devotion and the invocation, Our Lady of the Southern Cross - Help of Christians. Pray for us. Monsignor Harry Entwistle: Ordinary, January 2016. __________________________________________________________________________________________ The Ordinary’s Diary for January 2016: Jan 1st Mary, the Holy Mother of God - 9-15 Mass and Homily at St Ninian & St Chad, Maylands WA Jan 9th & 10th Mass and homily - Catholic Parish of Southern Cross, WA Jan 24th 9-30am Blessing and Dedication of Icon of Our Lady of the Southern Cross - St Ninian & Chad, Maylands WA Jan 29-Feb 13th Houston, Texas. Consecration of Bishop-Elect Lopes and Meeting of the Ordinaries. Jan 31st 11-00am Mass - Preach in Our Lady of Walsingham, Houston, Texas, USA. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Bishop-elect Lopes. ARTICLE FROM: Website of Ordinariate of Chair of St Peter. Steven Joseph Lopes was born in Fremont, Calif. in 1975. He is the only child of Barbara Jane Lopes and the late Dr. José de Oliveira Lopes. His father was Portuguese and his mother is Polish. His father emigrated to the U.S. in the early 1960s and became an American citizen in 1970. His mother was born and raised in Detroit, where much of her family still resides. Both his parents were educators. José taught languages and history at the university level. Barbara taught in Catholic schools for 47 years before her retirement. She specialized in middle school education and received a national recog- nition for excellence from the National Catholic Educational Association in 2006. His family includes his mother; his step-father, Abilio Dias; five step-brothers; and a step-sister. Bishop-elect Lopes was educated entirely in Catholic Schools in the Golden State: St. Pius School (Redwood City, Calif.); St. Edward School (Newark, Calif.); Moreau Catholic High School (Hayward, Calf.); and the St. Ignatius Institute at the University of San Francisco, where he majored in theology and minored in philosophy and German. He studied philosophy and liturgy at the University of Innsbruck. He then earned three degrees – including a doctorate – in sacred theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he has also served as an adjunct faculty member. Bishop-elect Lopes has also taught at the Pontifical North American College in Rome and in the summer sabbat- ical program for the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious. In 2001, Cardinal William J. Levada (then Archbishop Levada) ordained Bishop-elect Lopes a priest. Bishop-elect Lopes spent the first several years of his priesthood as an associate pastor at two parishes: St. Pat- rick Catholic Church in San Francisco and St. Anselm Catholic Church in Ross, Calif. 4 Bishop-elect Lopes: Continued. Since 2005, he has served as an official of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office respon- sible for promoting and preserving Catholic teaching. For seven of his 10-plus years at the Vatican, he served as secretary to the Cardinal Prefect. He was named a Chaplain of His Holiness with the title of “Monsignor” by Pope Benedict in 2010. He speaks fluent Italian and German. He is a chaplain in the Order of Malta, and remains deeply committed to the Order's service to the sick and the poor. Bishop-elect Lopes is the first bishop for the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter and the first bishop for any of the three Personal Ordinariates in the world. (The other two ordinariates are located in the United Kingdom and in Australia.) For his motto, Bishop-elect Lopes has selected the Latin phrase, “Magna Opera Domini,” or in English, “Great are the works of the Lord.” By these words, our new bishop expresses his awe of God’s grace in drawing His people to the fullness of Eucharistic communion. ________________________________________ MONSIGNOR STEENSON: Monsignor Steenson is stepping away from fulltime day-to-day involve- ment with the Ordinariate he will still be busy. He is not retiring, he says, merely readjusting his schedule. He will continue as a professor at St. Mary's Catholic Seminary in Houston where he will have a full academic load once the spring term commences. His favorite subject is the Patristic Fathers and he hopes to spend some more time in study and writing about them. He is particularly fond of St. Basil of Caesarea and Augustine of Hippo. He will also remain a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and hopes to engage them in his avocation -- flying planes. He is a licensed pilot and has crisscrossed the United States and Canada as the Ordinary.
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