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A knighthood for Professor Devine By Ian Dunn

LEADING Scottish Catholic Professor Tom Devine has been awarded a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday honours list for his services to history. Also recognised in the list was Dr Frank Dunn, current President of the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians in Glasgow and a leading member of the Scottish Catholic community, who has been awarded a CBE for services to cardiology. Professor Devine was recognised—as he prepares to retire from academia— with a special event featuring Gordon Brown in Edinburgh on Monday night. The leading Catholic academic told the SCO that he felt that the award was a recognition of ‘the huge transformation in the quality’ of Scottish history in the past 25 years rather than a personal accolade. At the event on Monday, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown praised Professor Devine, describing him as ‘a great teacher, great scholar and great Scot’ and also read tributes to him from Prime Minister David Cameron and First Minister Alex Salmond. Professor Devine’s colleague and peer, Owen Dudley Edwards, the Irish historian, said that the award was in recognition of ‘a wonderful historian who has done wonderful work both with primary sources and bringing the history Handle independence vote with care to the widest possible reading public.’ “He has transformed our under- standing of the highlands, the low- lands, the towns, the Irish and Scotland I Reaction to Holy Father’s opinion on the subject ahead of September’s referendum and the Scots across the world,” he By Ian Dunn Pope Francis entered the debate on Scottish independence said. “He has made a particular fine tish Church as a useful guide for Scottish Catholics. recently saying that the issue must be ‘handled with care’ contribution to Scottish Catholic his- Peter Kearney, the director of the Scottish Catholic tory itself and the award salutes his POPE Francis has entered the debate over Scot- Media Office said of the remarks that ‘although achievement as the foremost Scottish tish independence by saying that it must be addressing the situation in Catalunya, the Pope’s com- us will make in our lives,” he said. “We are also con- Catholic historian of our times. This ‘handled with care.’ ments are measured and thoughtful and do not seek fident that when most people, including Christians, award also honours the Irish in Scot- In an interview with a Catalan newspaper, the Pope to prejudge the outcome of any political process.’ do study the case for a Yes vote they’ll conclude that land as well as the great strides made was asked if he was worried about the risk of sepa- John Deighan, the Scottish Bishop Conference’s independence is the surest route to a more socially just in recent Scottish history.” ration between Spain and Catalunya. parliamentary officer, said that both sides in the ref- Scotland. Pope Francis continues in a long line of He also added that Professor The Holy Father replied that he was worried about erendum debate could take positives from the Holy Roman Pontiffs who have steadfastly supported Scot- Devine was not only well-liked but ‘any division’ and in his answer he touched on the Father’s comments. land’s historic right to self-determination including, ‘well-loved and respected.’ Scottish situation. “Understandably the Pope is concerned about divi- most notably, Pope John XXII who signed the Decla- Dr Dunn, a former pupil of St “There is independence by emancipation and inde- sion and sees unity as the presumed position,” he ration of Arbroath in 1320. Indeed, the Vatican is one Aloysius’ College, said it was a great pendence by secession,” he said. “The independences said. “I think he is being careful not to impose a par- of the few international organisations where Scotland honour to be recognised in this way. by emancipation, for example, are American, that ticular position on any people, so he does note that has always had independent representation.” “I am thrilled to have been they were emancipated from the European states. The great care has to be taken to make decisions on seek- On the other side of the debate, Stirling Labour awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birth- independences of nations by secession is a dismem- ing independence on a case-by-case basis. Supporters MP Anne McGuire said that the Pope’s intervention day Honours List,” he said. “I am berment, sometimes it’s very obvious.” of independence will be encouraged by that point showed the positives that could underpin a No vote. privileged to have been associated The Holy Father went on to say that every case for whilst supporters of the Union will be encouraged by “This is an interesting and welcome intervention with the people of Glasgow, the independence had to be looked at individually. the importance the Pope places on unity.” from Pope Francis,” she said. “The Pope is right to patients and staff at Stobhill Hospi- “Let’s think of the former Yugoslavia. Obviously, warn about the impact of division on society, and to tal, and the people of East Dunbar- there are nations with cultures so different that could- Yes and No camps draw the distinction between independence for eman- tonshire for most of my life.” n’t even be stuck together with glue,” he said. “The To that end, both the Yes and No camps had praise for cipation and that for secession. Yugoslavian case is very clear, but I ask myself if it is the Holy Father’s comments. “We live in a large, interdependent world and the I Full interview with Professor Devine, so clear in other cases—Scotland, Padania, Catalunya. Dave Thompson, SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber best way to secure our future is to work together as pages 12-13 There will be cases that will be just and cases that will and Badenoch and convener of Christians for Inde- part of something bigger. Coming on the back of the not be just, but the secession of a nation without an pendence, welcomed the comments of Pope Francis interventions by US President Barack Obama, antecedent of mandatory unity, one has to take it with that any proposal for independence ‘must be studied Hillary Clinton and JK Rowling, the comments from a lot of grains of salt and analyse it case by case.” on a case-by-case’ basis. Pope Francis highlight just how important the deci- “We welcome the call by Pope Francis for voters sion we have to make in September is.” Praise in Scotland to analyse the case for independence very The Pope’s comments attracted praise from the Scot- closely as this is the biggest political decision any of I [email protected]

SCO, 19 Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 6BT I tel 0141 221 4956 I fax 0141 221 4546 I e-mail [email protected] 2 WHAT’S ON SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 Canon Healy celebrates six decades of service to the Church What’s On By Daniel Harkins ST CHARLES’ Parish, Paisley, held a Mass of A weekly guide to upcoming Church-related Thanksgiving for Canon events, more online at www.sconews.co.uk Brendan Healy to mark 60 years in the priesthood. FRIDAY JUNE 20 Patrick’s at 3pm. Procession Parish priest Fr Stephen I Orchestral concert. Queen’s leaves at 4.30pm. Mass in Baillie was joined by Bishop University Symphony Orchestra St Paul’s celebrated by Emeritus John Mone at the perform in St Andrew’s Archbishop Philip Tartaglia at anniversary celebrations for Cathedral, Glasgow. Begins at 6.30pm. Organised by the retired priest, who was 7.30pm. Glasgow University Catholic ordained on June 6, 1954. chaplaincy. All welcome. Parishioners young and old SATURDAY JUNE 21 came together after Mass as I Feast Day Mass. Mass TUESDAY JUNE 24 Canon Healy was presented celebrating the feast of St I South African Bishop’s with a cake (right) and met Aloysius. Followed by a cup Lecture. Lauriston Jesuit two surprise royal guests, or of tea and grand raffle draw in Centre, Edinburgh, 7.30pm. rather, two Paisley parish- the auditorium. 12.30 in St Bishop Kevin Dowling of ioners wearing some alarm- Aloysius’, Garnethill. Rustenburg, South Africa— ingly lifelike Prince Philip I Mass for the Sick. A Mass The Joy of the Gospel then and and Queen Elizabeth masks. for the Sick will be celebrated, now, from Archbishop Denis followed by refreshments in Hurley to Pope Francis. Admis- I [email protected] the hall. There will be no sion by donation in aid of the PIC: PAUL McSHERRY parish Mass for the sick in Denis Hurley Centre, Durban. July but it will resume on The Denis Hurley Centre, Saturday August 16. 10am, St presently under construction SPOTLIGHT ON John the Baptist, Perth. close to Durban’s Cathedral, will be home to about a dozen SUNDAY JUNE 22 projects which provide medical I Parish Barbecue. St Peter’s care, a soup kitchen, job Partick. Begins after 10am training, support for people Mass and last throughout the living with HIV/AIDS and in day. All welcome. particular offer assistance to I David Gemmell Living refugees, asylum seekers and Memorial Fund. You are migrants. Over £300,000 has warmly invited to join still to be raised by September, members of the L’Arche when completion of the Centre communities from Inverness is scheduled. and Edinburgh in a joyful celebration of L’Arche 50th FRIDAY JUNE 27 Jubilee. The theme of the day I Parish Barbecue. Annual is, ‘the gift of community’ and parish barbecue will be held in it will include news and St John’s Church Hall, Perth. The Bishops of Scotland and a large number of clergy images from Kenya and All are invited and admission came out in force this week to celebrate the Silver Monsignor David’s House. is free. Food is provided so Jubilee of Mgr Hugh Bradley’s ordination to the Entrance by donation, with a just bring your family’s liquid priesthood. Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrew’s and bring-and-share lunch. refreshment. Donations for the Edinburgh Archdiocese joined with Bishop John Keenan Advance notice appreciated, raffle will be gratefully of Paisley and Bishop Stephen Robson of Dunkeld via Anthony.kramers@larche received. Begins 7pm. Diocese for the Mass of Thanksgiving in Holy Cross .org.uk or just come on the I Craig Lodge Retreat. June Church, Croy. Also in attendance was Archbishop day. 10.15am-3.30pm, at the 27-29 at Craig Lodge (below). Emeritus Mario Conti as parish priest Fr Joe Sullivan Lauriston Centre, 28 Lauriston Consecration in the light of welcomed parishioners to his church in celebration of Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DJ. Medjugorje—Tony Hickey. Mgr Bradley’s 25 years of service to the Church. I Corpus Christi procession, This scriptural retreat will PIC: PAUL McSHERRY Dundee. The Annual Diocesan open minds and hearts to the Blessed Sacrament Procession profundity of the message of will take place on Sunday the great Jewess, now Mother 22nd June at 3pm in St of the Church and Queen of Bishop Emeritus Davis joins Mill Hill Missionaries on Mission Day Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee. Peace. It will enable a new I Corpus Christi Procession, way of understanding and BISHOP Emeritus Colin Glasgow. Procession will go living Her messages. For more Davis was the principal from St Patrick’s, Anderston, info or to book please contact celebrant as a Mass was to St Paul’s, Whiteinch. Craig Lodge on 01838 200216 held in Nazareth House, Begins with Holy Hour in St or [email protected]. Glasgow, for a Mill Hill Missionaries Mission Day. The Mass was followed by talks and presentations in Lourdes Parish Hall on the international missionary organisation. The day focused in partic- ular on the life of MHM Fr John Kaiser, who was mur- dered for his defence of the poor in Kenya in 2000. Bishop Davis was helped throughout the day by senior pupils from Lourdes Second- E-mail [email protected] ary, Cardonald. PIC: PAUL McSHERRY

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WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER NEWS 3 Parents step in to save Fernhill from administration By Daniel Harkins

A LEADING Catholic private school has been saved from administration after parents raised hundreds of thousands of pounds in just two days. At a meeting last week, board members from Fernhill in Rutherglen revealed to parents that financial difficulties had resulted in administra- tors being contacted. It was feared the school could close as early as the end of the month. Fol- lowing the meeting, parents began raising money and have secured a six-figure sum that they hope will allow Fernhill to continue for the foresee- able future. A statement from the school board said they were delighted to have secured the school’s future. “A plan has been put in place which will not only save the school from administration, but will also provide a platform for investment in the school’s future,” the statement said. “This has been possi- We look forward to continuing to offer a fan- praised for their efforts to keep the school open. One of Scotland’s leading private Catholic ble by the swift response of parents who have tastic education to our pupils in a close and The board members, who have security over the schools, Fernhill has 230 pupils (above) and secured pledges for a six figure sum. The reaction friendly environment and to welcoming new Fernhill buildings after investing significant delivers both secondary and primary education, of the parents, teachers and pupils, when the pupils next year.” funds, have pledged to allow the school to oper- as well as nursery learning. School fees are school’s future was threatened, was overwhelm- The statement also said that further financial ate rent-free for the next five years. £9,300 a year for a senior secondary pupil. ing and is testament to the strength of our com- support had been provided by board members Teachers at the school have also agreed to a munity and the quality of education we offer. Tony and Kathleen Boswell, who parents have pay freeze. I [email protected]

Special needs children celebrate right to religious education success

RECENTLY confirmed Currently discussions are 1974 Tangney Tours 2014 Lanarkshire children with underway with North Lanark- Paisley Diocese special needs are celebrating shire Education Authority to Fly direct to Lourdes achieve a similar entitlement after winning the right to the th th same entitlement to receive for pupils attending North 27 of June - 4 of July Catholic religious education Lanarkshire schools. on the offi cial pilgrimage as their mainstream peers. The children’s parents and staff from £705 per person. The children (right), who said they were ‘grateful to both were confirmed earlier this authorities for their co-operation.’ Motherwell month in Our Lady of Good Mgr Thomas Miller, who 27th of June - 4th of July. Aid Cathedral, Motherwell, confirmed some of the pupils in attend specialist schools and the Motherwell Cathedral, said Fly Direct to Lourdes with bases in North and South it was inspirational to interact the offi cial pilgrimage from Lanarkshire. During the past 18 with the children. “It was beau- £705 per person. months great progress has been tiful and very moving,” he said. made in discussions with South “The attentiveness of the young Archdiocese of St. Andrews & Edinburgh Lanarkshire Education Author- people was really quite inspir- Led by ity about religious education ing. Especially when they came Archbishop Cushley provision for the pupils from up to do the bidding prayers. from 4th - 11th July Buchannan High and Drumpark Some of them struggled to say Flights from Edinburgh Primary in Coatbridge, Firpark in Motherwell, Victoria Park Primary, Lanark, and Sanderson them but they said it. It was Secondary and Firpark Primary School, Carluke, Robert Owen High, East Kilbride. quite a moment.” with B&B from £632 full board from £706 pp. www.tangney-tours.com Man fined over anti-Catholic threat to independence campaigner e-mail: [email protected] FREE BROCHURE LINE: 0800 917 3572 By Ian Dunn were contacted and the accused fined Martin £200. I [email protected] 5126 was detained and taken into cus- A MAN has been fined after tody. During police interview he sent an independence the accused admitted sending campaigner an anti-Catholic the message. 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PIC: HERMANN REIDEL

Catholic schools take top prizes at this year’s Scottish Education Awards Pilgrimage allows order to By Daniel Harkins As part of his nomination, McDonald, headteacher, said Mrs Campbell-Thow’s pupil he was thrilled that the hard By Daniel Harkins them as spiritual director. CATHOLIC schools in spoke about how she had work of the school’s staff and The archbishop had discovered the rich spiritual Scotland are celebrating helped him and fellow pupils pupils had been recognised. ARCHBISHOP Emeritus Mario Conti heritage of the Bavarian town when he was Bishop after being named amongst through the death of a school “Our youngsters have been recently accompanied members of a Catholic of Aberdeen, meeting German members of the the best in the country at the staff member. so empowered by the order on a pilgrimage to Regensburg, order who provided guidance and generous hospi- 2014 Scottish Education “I was thinking how do I Commonwealth Games, they Germany, as part of their commitment to tality for their Scottish counterparts. Awards, with Scotland’s support my department through don’t just feel it is coming to deepen their spiritual lives. The pilgrims heard the world famous cathedral teacher of the year prize that and how do I support the Scotland or to Glasgow; they Nearly 30 members of the Knights and Dames choir, formerly lead by the brother of Pope Emer- going to a ‘kind and children,” the teacher said feel as if it is coming to of the Scottish Lieutenancy of the Equestrian itus Benedict XVI, as they participated in High approachable’All Saints about dealing with the loss. Cardinal Winning Secondary,” Order of the Holy Sepulchre took part in the Mass on the opening day of their pilgrimage. Secondary teacher. “We organised the memorial Mr McDonald said. “They are faithful pilgrimage, accompanied by friends and From there they visited a wide variety of spiritual Gillian Campbell-Thow, and it came to the bidding so motivated. It’s done an family, at the instigation of their Grand Prior, settings both in and around the town, intent on deep- principal teacher of modern prayers and I burst out greeting. incredible amount for the pupils. Archbishop Emeritus Conti, who accompanied ening their Faith by visiting a variety of religious sites. languages at the Glasgow And in a way I think it helped “It was important to make school, picked up the for them to see the vulnerable my additional support needs prestigious award at a glittering side of that and see that I was youngsters feel a part of the ceremony last week at the just as upset as them. Commonwealth Games. In PIC: PAUL McSHERRY Thistle Hotel in the city. “It’s not just about me doing so we’ve given Mrs Campbell-Thow (above though; it’s about an absolutely youngsters the confidence and inset) was nominated for the phenomenal department. You skills to go out and use the ven- award by one of her pupils, are only as good as the people ues and not just think of them who praised her teaching skills around you. There is a real as for other people.” and involvement in out of sense of family. One of the kids The school, located in the school activities, encouraging said: ‘I know that modern East End of Glasgow near students to help out in a soup languages is my home in many of the Games venues, kitchen and helping one meet the school.’” encouraged pupils to take part officials from FC Barcelona. Also recognised in the in sport and learn about other “My little brother is now nationwide awards was Our Commonwealth countries and choosing his subjects and he Lady and St Patrick’s, values. asked me for advice,” the pupil’s Dumbarton, for creative St Mungo’s Primary School, nomination said. “That was learning. The school has made Glasgow, made it a four-fold easy—I told him he had to take creativity a big part of the success for Scotland’s Catholic languages because Mrs Campbell school ethos, encouraging schools with victory in the -Thow cares about you.” pupils (above main) to take part Gaelic Education category. The All Saints teacher, who in a number of activities including The school has involved all returned to her school this week transforming abandoned shop pupils in the learning of Gaelic, to high praise from her pupils fronts in Dumbarton High from children and teachers to and a classroom adorned with Street with art work from S6 support staff. Lead by the celebratory decorations, said pupils and producing an efforts of teacher Patrick the win was humbling and a animation on social inclusion. McAleer, pupils have raised the total shock. Charles Rooney, headteacher profile of Gaelic in the “I hadn’t prepared,” she said. at the school, said he was community, with every high “I was gobsmacked and delighted that their work had flat in Townhead now having rendered speechless, which been acknowledged nationally. its address displayed in Gaelic. doesn’t happen very often. The “As a school we are committed The school has used novel headteacher and I just sat there to encouraging all students to techniques including music to and had a bit of a laugh thinking recognise their talents and apply teach children the language, ‘Oh my God this is actually them to their full potential,” he and said it has been ‘great to happening.’” said. see that so many children from Archbishop Cushley goes back to school The Scottish teacher of the “We have placed creativity at such a variety of backgrounds year said she was unsure why the heart of our learning.” can embrace every facet of the ARCHBISHOP Leo Cushley St Mark’s moved into their saying he ‘spoke to the children she had won. Also picking up an award culture.’ returned to his Lanarkshire new £7.1m building at the begin- right at their level’and that he ‘was “I love what I do and I think was Cardinal Winning Secondary, Michael McGrath, director of roots last week as he cele- ning of this year. Mrs Brenda perfect in everything he said.’ that any teacher that has that pas- who won the Commonwealth the Scottish Catholic Education brated the opening Mass of St McNott, headteacher at the Michael McGrath, director of the sion, it comes across,” she said. Games Legacy award. Gerard Service, congratulated the Mark’s Primary, Rutherglen. school, which celebrated its 50th Scottish Catholic Education Serv- winning schools on their The archbishop was joined by anniversary in 2007, said the new ice and a former pupil of St Mark’s, achievement. local headteachers, dignitaries building was fabulous. “I’m said he was very happy to attend the “It is delightful to see Catholic and St Mark’s pupils (above) and biased, but it’s the nicest school official opening ceremony of the EWTN CATHOLIC TV IS ON SKY EPG 589 schools being recognised by staff, including one member he you are ever going to be in,” she school a few weeks ago. 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They’ve taken to school and parish had on me and Call EWTN on 020 83502542 or e-mail [email protected] to pupils and teachers in Catholic Mass listened as the Archbishop it as if they’ve always been here.” my family and on generations of for free monthly posted programme guide and schools across Scotland.” praised the new building, while Mrs McNott went on to praise young people,” he said. “I am visit www.ewtn.co.uk for more info. emphasising that it was the peo- the archbishop for celebrating ‘a proud to say that I am, still, a St I [email protected] ple inside that were important. really solemn and spiritual’ Mass, Mark’s pupil,” he said. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER LOCAL NEWS 5

PIC: EDDIE MAHONEY Fr Michael Carrie celebrates his first Mass

FR MICHAEL Carrie, one of Fr Carrie when he was a curate in Carrie was presented with a Scotland’s newest priest’s, St Clement’s, Dundee. priest’s Mass case and a mone- deepen their spiritual lives celebrated his first Mass Canon McInally said the day tary gift from Moira Leck on in the church he received was worth waiting for and con- behalf of the parishioners of St the Holy Sacraments of Bap- gratulated Fr Carrie on his perse- Clement’s. In one highlight from the trip, the local bishop received with unbelievable warmth and hospitality.’ tism, Confirmation, and Holy verance and wished him many He also received three sets of celebrated Mass with the pilgrims in the 12th The pilgrims were later received by the Abbot Communion. happy years in the priesthood serv- vestments from Eileen Forsyth century Scottish Church of St James. Founded by of the spectacular Benedictine monastery of Wel- The homily was given by ing God and the Church. from St Bride’s, Monifieth, ladies Irish monks, the church passed into the hands of tenburg with whom they shared prayers and Canon Pat McInally, who baptised At the end of the service Fr craft group (above). Scottish monks and was later used as an educa- lunch before moving on to Eichstatt. tional centre and seminary for Scots during On returning home Dominique Donnelly, one the Reformation period. After the Mass with of the Dames on the pilgrimage, said she’d had a SPOTLIGHT ON the bishop, the pilgrims (above) enjoyed dinner wonderful week. with the seminarians. “We have been overwhelmed by the graces we Paul Donnelly, chancellor of the Scottish order, have received and the hospitality which has been said it was touching to see the tombstones of Scots shown to us,” she said. from previous centuries who had lived and died in the city, adding that ‘everywhere the group went it was I [email protected]

Archbishop Philip Tartaglia was the guest of honour as school parents met in Carfin to discuss the future of Catholic education. The Parental Involvement Working Group of the Catholic Education Commission hosted the June 14 seminar that gave parents the opportunity to reflect on how they could support religious education. The seminar also heard from Joe Walker of Education Scotland who has been involved in the writing of a recent report that looked at good practice and challenges in the teaching of religious education in schools

Archbishop Tartaglia enjoys a knight of celebration

MEMBERS of the Knights of your support of the Apostleship followed Lenin and Stalin. St Columba from all parts of of the Sea and the concern and “All we can do, all any Scotland gathered at St support you show to priests. Christian can do, is to be Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow, For these and many other faithful to Christ and Gospel recently for a Mass celebrated works I thank you on behalf of and we’ll see what is really by Archbishop Philip the Archdiocese of Glasgow. progress and what history Tartaglia, of Glasgow. “In recent times, your associ- eventually teaches us.” In his opening remarks, ation has not shirked the fray Following the Mass, Arch- Archbishop Tartaglia welcomed when it comes to the controver- bishop Tartaglia joined the the ‘venerable association of sial issues which define our members of the order, from all Catholic laymen’ and their fam- secularist and relativist culture. five Scottish Provinces, for ilies and friends to the Cathe- In that culture you have refreshments in Eyre Hall dral and praised them for the defended the sacredness of adjoining the Cathedral (above). work they do to ‘further the human life and you have pro- Ron Lynch, supreme knight Fr McAuley appointed chaplain to Fatima Devotion mission of the Church.’ moted the Christian vision of of the order, welcomed “You have certain causes and marriage and the family. Archbishop Tartaglia’s continued FR JOE McAuley, parish A spokesperson from the up to the celebrations are being works which have come to “You get no credit or popularity support and said they were priest at St Lucy’s, Cumber- group said they were absolutely promoted by the bishops in define the knights,” he said. these days for swimming against fully committed to supporting nauld, has been appointed by delighted with the appointment. Fatima. Several nations already “The support of the spread of the tide of modern culture. We are the hierarchy and all clergy. the Bishops of Scotland to be “He has been with us on many have plans in place for a national faith in mission territories; the told that we are holding back “We also recognise and national chaplain to the First occasions—on pilgrimages to pilgrimage in Fatima in 2017. support of young Catholics in social progress or that we are on appreciate the support of Saturday Devotion to Our Fatima and to Knock, days of Pictured (above) is Fr McAuley the development of their Faith; the wrong side of history. In Nazi Archbishop Tartaglia, the Bishops Lady of Fatima. prayer, retreats at Schoenstatt— with Bishop Joseph Toal of fundraising to help the poor Germany or Communist Russia, of Scotland, priests and The priest will now oversee the so we know Fr Joe well,” she said. Argyle and the Isles, Fr Hugh and needy at home and in you would have been on the religious as we face up to the development programme, which With the centenary of Our O’Donnell and Fr Edmund OFM, developing countries; a special wrong side of history if you had challenges of a secular society Fatima Devotion are currently Lady’s Apparition in Fatima on the altar at Carfin for the feast concern for seafarers through not joined the Brownshirts or and strive for evangelisation.” running in several dioceses. looming, spiritual events leading of Our Lady of Fatima last month. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 6 WORLD/VATICAN NEWS SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014

NEWS ROUNDUP Pope will seek Heavenly advice on retirement

POPE Francis has said in an In a world in which people interview that he will ask are living longer, statistics Pope Francis God’s advice when the time show that around 4 to 6 per comes to consider retiring cent of elderly people have like his 87-year-old prede- experienced some form of mal- cessor Pope Emeritus Bene- treatment at home and the inci- dict XVI. dence of abuse is expected to Pope Emeritus Benedict last increase as many countries year became the first Pope to experience the phenomenon of resign since the Middle Ages, a rapidly ageing population. retiring from public life to live Elder maltreatment can lead in a former monastery inside to serious physical injuries and Popeʼs first European the Vatican City walls. long-term psychological conse- POPEtrip will Francis be saidto Albania last Sunday “Since we live longer, we get quences. It is increasingly his first trip to a European to an age at which we can no being recognised as a global, country would be to Albania in longer carry on with things,” the ing in the closed-in Popemobile. social issue that affects the September to pay tribute to 77-year-old Pope Francis said. “I cannot greet the people health and human rights of mil- those who suffered under The Holy Father said that and tell them I love them inside lions of older people around the Communism. Pope Benedict made a ‘great a sardine can, even if it is world, and one that deserves He will make a day trip to gesture’ when he left his posi- glass,” he said, describing the the attention of the interna- Tirana—the capital of one of tion as leader of the Church, protection as a ‘wall.’ “It is true tional community. Europe’s poorest countries, on opening the door to the possi- something could happen to me That’s why HelpAge Interna- September 21—he told pilgrims bility of emeritus Popes. but let’s be realistic, at my age I tional—the global network of and tourists in St Peter’s Square. “I will do the same as he did: do not have much to lose.” organisations that upholds the The Vatican spokesman said ask the Lord to show me when The Pope’s comments came rights of older people—is that the Pope wanted his first the moment comes and tell me just before World Elder Abuse spearheading the Age Demands trip in Europe to be to a ‘coun- what to do, and he will tell me Awareness Day on June 15. It Action for Rights campaign. try on the margins,’ with a past for sure,” the Holy Father said. is a global occasion to raise Together with other activists of social and religious persecu- The Pope alluded to his mor- awareness of the discrimina- across the globe, it is demand- tion and continuing poverty. tality when admitting that he tion, violence and abuse older ing a new UN Convention on Former dictator Enver Hoxha took a risk when he avoided rid- people face. the Rights of Older People. proclaimed Albania—for decades one of the world’s most isolated countries—the world’s Cardinal Nichols speaks out against sexual violence first atheist state in 1967. Many mosques, churches and CARDINAL Vincent Nichols religious libraries were of Westminster has deplored destroyed and imams and the use of sexual violence as a priests were arrested. weapon of war. The Holy Father said he wanted Speaking at a four-day summit to make the trip to ‘encourage a on sexual violence in conflict, country that has long suffered which was co-hosted by film actor from the consequences of the Angelina Jolie and Foreign Secre- ideologies of the past.’ tary William Hague, Cardinal Communism collapsed in Nichols declared that such vio- Albania in 1992 and the late lence in warfare is a ‘deep wound Pope John Paul II visited the on the body of humanity’ and following year. called for its complete eradication. The cardinal said that sexual violence was not the ‘random act tion to observe fundamental God,” he said. “Here, the light of Catholicism enjoying a of men’ who had ‘lost all sense moral principles,” he said. “It is to faith sharpens our rational under- THErevival Catholic in Spain Faith is enjoying of decency’ but a ‘deliberate and the shame of our world that the standing, it deepens our sense of a remarkably vigorous revival ordered tactic of aggression.’ systematic use of sexual violation who we are and the dignity which in Spain, according to a study Even worse, the cardinal said, is still today, in some places, con- is properly ours. And in this God- by the Centro de Investiga- the ‘public tolerance’ of sexual sidered as a duty of soldiers, an given dignity, the right to life ciones Sociológicas (CIS). violence coerces the victims to feel order that they must carry out.” itself and the right to bodily Filip Mazurczak reports for shame—rather than perpetrators. The cardinal (above) outlined integrity are fundamental, as is First Things that the CIS fig- “What terrible collusion is a Catholic response to this ongo- the right to religious freedom. The ures show a sudden 23 per cent indicated by that fact!” he said, ing atrocity, perpetrated daily violation of that bodily integrity jump in the past year in the adding that the acceptance of throughout the world. in sexual violence is therefore a Holy Father calls for Christian unity number of Spanish Catholics sexual violence ‘contributes “The dignity of every person most fundamental denial of attending Mass weekly. significantly to the degradation arises from within their nature human dignity and a most gross POPE Francis has said that he Among those accompanying The number of seminarians of women.’ and that nature is most clearly breach of a person’s human and the Archbishop of Can- the archbishop at the audience training for the priesthood has “No declaration of war excuses understood as deriving from its rights. It is a crime which ought terbury must focus their joint were Westminster Cardinal Vin- risen steady, from 1227 in those who fight from their obliga- Creator, from the mystery of to be eradicated with all vigor.” witness on ‘prayer, peace and cent Nichols and Rev Nicky 2010-2011 to 1321 in the latest poverty.’ Gumbel, the pioneer of the Alpha academic year. Vocations to In a recent audience withArch- course—an introduction to Chris- women’s religious orders have SPOTLIGHT ON bishop Justin Welby, the Pope tianity course that has become also surged. (above left) departed from his popular in a number of tradition- official text and spoke in English. ally Catholic countries in Europe. “Don’t forget the ‘three Ps,’” he In his address to the Pope, Holy Father to have a said. “Prayer, peace and poverty. Archbishop Welby called on the THElighter Holy schedule See Press Office has We must walk together.” two Churches working together announced that the Pope will Earlier in his address the Holy to evangelise, and cited the have a lighter schedule during Father had said that he and the Alpha course as an example. the months of July and August. archbishop must ‘stand together’ Along with fighting trafficking, During the five Wednesdays in combating human trafficking the archbishop also said that he in July, Pope Francis will and said that divisions between hoped Anglicans and Catholics not hold his weekly general Christians remained a scandal. would join together to bring peace audiences. They will resume The Pope praised the leader of to war-torn parts of the world. on August 6. the Anglican Communion for his At a reception at the Anglican In addition, during the leadership on seeking to over- Centre in Rome, Archbishop months of July and August, come trafficking and slavery. Welby launched a new website Pope Francis will not publicly “I thank God that, as disciples for Anglican-Catholic relations celebrate daily Masses with dif- sent to heal a wounded world, we www.iarccum.org ferent groups of the Faithful in stand together, with perseverance Speaking at the reception he Domus Sanctae Marthae. and determination, in opposing stressed that: “Good theology is However, the Pope will con- this grave evil,” the Pope said. crucial to good church building.” tinue to deliver his weekly Sun- Archbishop Welby (above The archbishop said that day Angelus address at the Parishioners pray the rosary near Mater Misericordiae (Mother of Mercy) Mission in Phoenix the morning after right) was in Rome for a two- Anglicans and Catholics had to Vatican throughout July and a priest was killed and another critically injured during an attack at the mission's rectory the night before. Sgt day visit, during which he met a ‘get away from being quite com- August, and from August 13- Steve Martos of the Phoenix Police Department said police received a 911 call at about 9pm on Friday, June victim of trafficking and held fortable with the fact we live 18, he will make an apostolic 13, reporting a burglary talks with senior Vatican figures separately, but find a way to journey to South Korea. on how to combat the crime. work together.’ WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER WORLD/VATICAN NEWS 7 makes an urgent appeal for peace in Iraq

By Stephen Reilly ever their religious affiliation, will be able civilians. It strikes Christians, Sunnis, together to build up their country, making Kurds and Shiites in the same way.” POPE Francis has made an urgent a model of coexistence.’ Fr Kaiz said that Iran has sent General appeal for peace in Iraq, as increasingly Amel Nona, Mosul’s Chaldean Arch- Qassem Soleimani to Baghdad, and Iranian violence in the troubled Middle East- bishop, said that he thought the city’s last President Hassan Rohani told a press con- ern country has seen Christians flee in remaining Christians had left now the city, ference he did not rule out collaboration huge numbers. which until 2003 was home to 35,000 with Washington against the Sunni militia The fall of Iraq’s second city of Mosul to Faithful. jiahdists of ISIS ‘if we see that the US militants led by ISIS—the Islamic State in The Christians are among 500,000 begins to oppose the terrorists in Iraq or Iraq and the Levant—last week sparked thought to have fled Mosul, whose over- elsewhere.’ fears the country was descending into sec- throw on Tuesday, June 10 has been fol- “At the same time, the Iraqi Shia Ayatol- tarian civil war and violence has continued lowed by news of militant attacks on the lah Ali al-Sistani and even the leaders of the in the past few days. Iraqi city of Tikrit, 95 miles north of the Iranian Shiite militia Moqtada al Sadr and “I invite all of you to unite yourselves capital, Baghdad. Asaib Ahl al Haq have called civilians to with my prayer for the dear Iraqi nation, Describing reports of attacks to four take up arms against the jihadists of the especially for the victims and for those who churches and a monastery in Mosul, the Islamic State of Iraq of the Levant,” Fr most suffer the consequences of the grow- archbishop, 46, said that ‘all the Faithful Kaiz said. ing violence, in particular the many per- have fled the city. I wonder if they will ever “In recent days, after the fall of Mosul in sons, among whom are so many Christians, return there.’ the hands of ISIS, the same Iraqi Shiite Pres- who have had to leave their homes,” Pope The archbishop—who in the ensuing cri- ident Nuri al-Maliki said he was ready to arm Francis said last Sunday at his weekly sis sought sanctuary in Tal Kayf, a village anyone who had decided to fight against the Angelus address. “I am following with two miles from Mosul—described how the terrorists. lively concern the events of these last days local community were doing their best to “But the advance of the militia of the ISIS in Iraq.” provide for crowds of people flooding out was possible only because a part of the Sunni In his prayer, the Holy Father said that he of the city and into the surrounding Nin- population supports them against the central hoped that all people in Iraq would find eveh plains, where there are a number of government and because the army has fled, ‘security and peace and a future of recon- ancient Christian villages. leaving weapons and vehicles in their hands,” ciliation and justice where all Iraqis, what- As the chaotic situation develops, Fr Kais he added. “If the only way chosen is that of A child wanders near abandoned Iraqi military Mumtaz a Chaldean priest in Kirkuk says military sectarian clash, this will lead to the vehicles and personal belongings near Bartella, he fears the country is spiralling towards destruction of the country.” Iraqi Kurdistan. The Corkjali checkpoint is the civil war. “Everything seems to be leading On Wednesday, June 11, the Patriarch of last one controlled by the Kurdish armed forces towards a military management crisis only, Babylon of the Chaldeans Louis Raphaël I on the way to the now ISIS controlled city. Pope towards civil war,” he said. “And now this Sako proposed the creation of a ‘national Francis has made an urgent appeal for peace in scares many Christians even more than the unity government’ as a political response to Iraq amidst the ongoing violence in the country advance of the Islamists. The war makes no the sectarian divisions that could lead to the PIC: PA PHOTOS distinction between soldiers, terrorists and dismemberment of Iraq.

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The poor in communites in Ecuador and elsewhere have a rich faith and spirit that trumps any material wealth

Maybe the poor are the richest of all? RUARAIDH MacLENNAN spent three months in Ecuador and, in doing so, gained a greater understanding of what poverty means

OVERTY, be it present or absent in our in cries of abandonment, but in the hope that faith own lives, is something which inspires in Jesus Christ plants. some sort of sympathy in a great many The poor and suffering people did not dwell on people. We are all moved by the endeav- their temporal sufferings, as they remain no more ours of those who have looked at its dis- than that. turbing countenance, yet have nonetheless “Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth; where declared themselves to be unafraid of the battle the rust and moth consume and where thieves break withP an enemy of such monstrous scale. through and steal. But lay up to yourselves treasures It is easy for us, is it not, to nod in approval of St in Heaven; where neither the rust nor moth doth Francis’grasping of the hand of the poor but some- consume, and where thieves do not break through thing rather different to dare contemplate being so nor steal,” (Matthew 6:19-20) comes to mind. holy ourselves? Before coming to Ecuador three It is in this respect that the poor are so much months ago, it was my pleasure to read the wealthier than we are. Is it not time for us to end our Church’s many fulfilling texts on what concerns so love-affair with the temporal and grasp the eternal? many of her sons and daughters, that is the reality of poverty. However, these texts rarely grew to be eflecting on the three months, one curious much more than a collection of very noble concepts moment shines brightly. During the Holy stored in the back of the library of the mind. Week celebrations, a car was needed to Preparation is key when receiving the Sacraments Poverty, in its full bleakness, was rarely much more announceR the meditations of the Via Crucis. Unfor- than on the periphery of my vision. The passing of tunately, the vehicle broke down on the way. All three months spent amidst such a reality has altered too often we are accustomed to waiting for some- IN ECUADOR, young my understanding of poverty, wealth and particu- one else to arrive with the tools needed to solve people like being MISSIONS MESSAGE larly the gift of the Catholic Church, which we are such a problem. In Ecuador, there are no such tools, photographed and like too ready to abandon to her wounds. so hands are offered instead. There was no shortage displaying their work but of volunteers to push a great heavy vehicle through that is not only the reason t may seem absurd to state that the poor are the sand and up the hills, simply so that the medi- for this photograph (above). wealthier than the wealthy. Monetarily speak- tations on Christ’s own burden could continue. The fact is that training ses- ing, it is indeed ridiculous. Wealth is not to be What can be done with hands and faith is indeed sions for Catechists and other Ilimited to economics however. This is what we in remarkable. Pope Leo XIII’s exemplary encyclical pastoral groups have become the wealthier countries often fail to understand. Rerum Novarum speaks of a scenario in which two increasingly complicated and “The aid offered by the West to developing coun- classes of people live together in a complementary involved. Gone is the day am responsible for two of instruction as proximate tries has been purely technically and materially state. It seems that one half of that equation is when you could sit behind a parishes and have between preparation for their work; a based, and not only has left God out of the picture, ready to embrace a just and mutually beneficial chair and ‘pour out your wis- 400 and 500 children weekly meeting to prepare but has driven men away from God,” Pope Bene- way of life, tied together by trust in God who cre- dom’ for an hour or two and attending parish Catechetics. their class and a monthly dict XVI wrote. “And this aid, proudly claiming to ated man with the dignity of being made in his own feel satisfied that all had Parents are also required to workshop on personal spiritu- ‘know better,’ is itself what first turned the ‘third image. Are we in the materially wealthier half of learned all that they needed to attend and study the same ality and religious testimony world’ into what we mean today by that term.” the equation, prepared to make a similar commit- know for their apostolate. lesson though they are not not expected of Catechists. Is this true? An example from my time in ment of faith? Come the day that we are, we will Today group dynamics, grouped with their children. Preparation for Holy Ecuador may illumine this point. Shortly after all be wealthier in the only measure that matters. visual aids, projectors, tape Each group of parents have Communion lasts for two years arriving, I met some of the sick of the town of recorders, background music their own Catechist and the and a further two years are Anconcito. Among them was a paralytic boy of hese three months have dragged me well and so on are required for a lesson is structured so that required before receiving the around 20 years of age, little younger than myself. outside of my mental fence. For that I can worthwhile workshop. The there is ‘homework,’ which Sacrament of Confirmation. It If ever there was a picture of desperation, it was only be thankful. I will return to Scotland spoken word has to comple- parent and child do together. might appear that this is an this lonely boy lying stricken on a filthy pile of Twith a deeper appreciation of the value of faith, as mented by visual displays and, Unfortunately few of the men adequate preparation for life in sheets, no-one but the flies and the dogs for com- well as its herald, the Church. In that spirit, I offer whenever possible, involving attend and they leave the the world today but the perva- pany. His limp body, in all its suffering, resembled my great many thanks to Fr Colin MacInnes for those present in doing what religious education of their sive and persuasive allure of a for all the world a man stretched on a cross. Upon his willingness to have me in Ecuador, and pray one is trying to explain. children to the mothers. secularised world is a severe being given a reading from the holy Gospel, the that all who can, may continue to support his mis- As religious instruction is I have unlimited admiration test of faith for the young today boy gasped, as if in affirmation or desire. In some sion. Despite what may be thought or said, even not taught in state schools, the for the Catechists who have at in Ecuador as in Scotland as I way, it seemed as if he and those sent to help, only by those in the most esteemed offices of the parish has to take on the least one year of ‘apprentice- have discovered in my recent understood suffering in the context of one who had Church itself, we are all called to heroism and holi- burden of giving religious ship’ before they can start as visit to my homeland. suffered before them. That being so, the meeting ness. I hope that many more commit to the mis- instructions to the young. I Catechists; a number of weeks FR COLIN MacINNES with the boy ended not in tears of resignation, nor sions to see that heroism in person. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER LETTERS 9

LETTER OF THE WEEK Newspaper let down by one recent edition

I HAVE recently seen a change for the better in the reporting and the contributions in your newspaper but a recent question has indicated a style of reporting that is a backward step and a return to the errors of the past. You say that a report ‘claims’ that Christianity faces growing discrimination in Europe when you were commenting on a factual report which goes much deeper than the cursory mention you deigned to give it and by using the word ‘claims’ suggested the contents of the report were, as yet, unsubstantiated. A full page article on Boy George, further promoting this person as a role model for the younger reader was not only the wrong use of space but another lost opportunity to use your offices for the good of the Universal Church. Many readers were shocked by this in my own circle. A letter from an atheist extolling the virtues of halal meat which, in itself, is a religious act and many find unacceptable. A letter claiming Pope John XXIII should not be a saint because he did not sanction the end of celibacy just indicates just how little [some people] respect Catholic Church law, [as do you] by giving platform to such views on top of that Mgr Loftus, unfortunately still spouts his stuff. I had been so pleased to see how The Archbishop of Canterbury met with the Vatican cricket side while visiting Rome recently, but declared himself unconcerned ahead of the team playing an Anglican XI in orthodox your paper had become but one Canterbury in September. “This is the first cricket match between the two since the Reformation,” Archbishop Welby said with a grin. “There will be no intervention on the other issue took all of that away. side; we all know God is English.” By the way if you think people are entitled to be liberal, modernist, forward looking or whatever name they prefer to go SSVP members asks for Do not turn crisis in school under perhaps you may like to give some your vote for the vulnerable funding into politcal debate though to this... There is only orthodox or unorthodox and although orthodoxy is WITH sadness, I ask for your vote. For a THERE [has recently been] demonstration ESTABLISHED IN 1885 sneered at by many in Scotland it is well to yes or a no. A yes is for more abortions, against school closures in Shetland, a remember that orthodox means true to same-sex marriages, an insult to our Holy council with no political party affiliation. doctrine ergo enough said. Family and actions leading to mental Indeed, across Scotland there are school David Erskine health problems and disabled Christians. closures taking place due to the cuts to SUPPLIED As a member of the SSVP, I have to speak council funding by the SNP Government in out on this government on both countries. I Edinburgh. I EDITOR’S NOTE: The SCO letters page will be voting no, please help the Kevin McKenna (SCO last month) wants Be proud and debate wisely reflects the views of readers and not the vulnerable in the Lord’s name. to turn the crisis in local government newspaper. SCO columns and comment Name and Address funding into an attack on individual Labour articles are also a forum for debate supplied councillors—yet councils of every single ahead of independence vote political party are shutting schools due to Alex Salmond’s policy on the council tax What are we thinking on terminate. Is that love? freeze and falling revenues. HE Pope’s intervention into the debate over Scottish three-parent babies? I am not saying that nature has obviously Does Mr McKenna think that schools independence this week was timely and wise. As the done with their genes, and we should not can be kept open and taxes for people in Holy Father suggests, it is only right to give proper care SO SCIENTISTS can now ‘safely’ interfere, as Darwinist science would no big houses can be frozen every year? and attention to a decision of this magnitude. Further- engineer three-parent babies in their doubt argue—if it suited. Health problems Basic arithmetic suggests otherwise. more, the fact he mentioned it at all is an indication of test-tubes, and want the UK to be the legal abound in human nature and the role of Caroline Davies how Scotland has captured the attention of the world. The Pope, the pioneers?’And the very Government which medicine was once accepted and generally EDINBURGH US president and the world’s media are all closely watching to see gave us new marriage are the very boys to held as that of making the abnormal Heinous conspiracy on howT the referendum campaign plays out. do it! But for whom has assisted normal. ‘Normal’ that is as defined as the As Professor Tom Devine noted in this week’s SCO this is an conception ever been ‘safe?’ Certainly not desirable human norm, not merely the Catholic education ‘epic’ event that has captured the world’s imagination. Indeed with the babies. mathematical average. But is this ‘normal?’ the Commonwealth Games taking place in Glasgow this summer, it Multiple ‘booster’ embryonic babies are Science should work as a support of EXCELLENT comment from Kevin is likely that never before has so much attention been focused on inserted in the host mother so that one medicine, not as its exploiter. Curiously McKenna in support of Catholic education in our small corner of the earth. might survive—and even then the failure none of this would be possible without the Milngavie last month. There may be an instinct to shy away from this, to fret and fear rate in human beings is almost 90 per cent. 1967 Termination of Pregnancy Act, which, The hierarchy could lead the charge that we will somehow embarrass ourselves, before the gaze of the Surviving babies surplus to as its Key Clause, left the 1922 Infant Life against this heinous conspiracy. Get the world. While there is still much wrong in Scotland, this is not a requirements, or of the ‘wrong’ gender, are Preservation Act as the definitive law on Catholic lawyers to volunteer their services, I time for such negativity. This is a moment for Scots of all stripes, aborted, healthy or not, often by the coldly the crime of abortion. It was thus a ‘no am sure the 1918 act must protect us against unionist and nationalist to debate openly and fiercely, but with good efficient needle-through-the-heart change’Act. But we know what happened this persecution. Oh for a Lawrence humour and mutual respect. technique. Multiple births are regarded as then. Dowdals! This will not be too hard, as it has been largely what has hap- socially grotesque, and twins or above And the UK became the pioneer of Gerard McCabe pened. Away from the occasionally rancorous soundbites of the GLASGOW increase the chances of nerve damage – legalised child-abortion in the ‘civilised’ political classes, Scots have engaged each other in churches, bars neither good press for science. world, and is now exporting it to the and homes up and down the land. Parents desperate to achieve pregnancy children of the Third World. Why is the SCO so focused Arguments have been raised and rebutted, views put forward and presumably accept all this, and they and The late Pope St John Paul II once on St Joseph’s rebutted with laughter and good cheer. Long may this continue, their health problems were the initial challenged the IRA—‘Let not murder be I APPRECIATED that the parents of pupils because in an age of disillusionment and cynicism in the here and socially-acceptable ‘in’ for scientists called by any other name!’ Seems to me his at St Joseph’s in Milngavie are often now there has been repudiation of such craven instincts. equally desperate for justification for challenge is to us. affluent, educated, articulate and The key to such successful debates, is of course, that they take human experimentation. If we continue to let such things be done driven! But why is the SCO so focused on place face-to-face. Increasingly, many converse from behind a com- Such parents say they ‘love’ their to the next generation in our name we are the Catholic primary closure there? It is a puter or phone screen, and while this undoubtedly is a useful thing, test-tube baby, but that child could have nothing but a nation of Mengeles. country-wide issue, with no secondary the lack of the human dimension does, sometimes, spur some to been anyone – precisely, any one of their MT Kielty provision in more rural areas. cruelty, not realising the impact on the recipient. As we report this other children which they agreed to CLYDEBANK M Philips week, a man was fined for unleashing foul anti-Catholic abuse at a EAST KILBRIDE prominent Yes campaigner over Facebook. G SCO reserves the right to edit letters to conform with space or style requirements The many visitors that pass this way in the next few months, will G This page is used solely for reader opinion and therefore views expressed are not necessarily shared by SCO I EDITOR’S NOTE: Last year the SCO surely find a friendly welcome. We should never forget those old G If you would like to share your opinion, send your correspondence to the above address used the example of St Joseph’s as a test rules of hospitality, and that they are best applied to our nearest case to campaign to protect the provision G Whether you use e-mail or post, you must provide your full name, address, and phone number or your letter will neighbours. If the rest of the independence debate is carried out in not be used of Catholic education. We also asked for that spirit, Scotland will have much to celebrate, regardless of the other areas impacted to get in touch. result, and Pope Francis will likely be proud. WRITE TO LETTERS, SCO, 19 WATERLOO STREET, GLASGOW G2 6BT [email protected] 10 COMMENT SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 Words and action on independence Pope’s comments on independence are not as controversial as a proposed 15,000 strong Orange march

peting geopolitical forces. Top marks. story and another one which occurred men are entitled to march and they do “The independences by emancipa- within the same week as the Pope’s geo- so behind a Bible and proclaiming tion, for example, are American, that political musings. I refer, of course, to Christ crucified and risen. they were emancipated from the Euro- the desire of the Grand Orange Lodge But when the week of their big pean states.” Again, the Pope makes a of Scotland to bring 15,000 of our march in Edinburgh dawns and the sound historical observation here and Orange brethren in The Lord onto the polling numbers are indicating a Yes one which carries a special resonance streets of Edinburgh the week prior to vote and the end of their beloved for him given his nationality. the independence referendum. United Kingdom, just how far will they “The independences of nations by The Lodge, you see, is fervently go to protect this sacred unitary state? secession is a dismemberment, some- pro-Union and doesn’t want to see the The lodges and preceptories of Scot- times it’s very obvious. Let’s think of the colour blue disappearing from the land don’t need me to tell them that it former Yugoslavia. Obviously, there are Union Jack. Our brothers and sisters would be quite reasonable for many nations with cultures so different that in the Orange Lodge like their bunting Catholics who had intended to vote Yes they couldn’t even be stuck together and banners just as much as they like to switch sides following such a show BY KEVIN McKENNA with glue.” The Pope is quite palpably their steadfast millinery and sashes of Orange strength and conviction just playing a blinder here and warming to that their fathers wore. a few days before September 18. His- his theme, delivering an astute and And so, in the light of recent num- torical memories of broken statues and EVERAL among Her condign example of secession and bers, which appear to show the referen- windows in Catholic churches are not Majesty’s pro-Unionist topped off with a perjink wee metaphor: dum vote will be an extremely close-run easily removed, after all. press were a bit naughty the hats off to our man in the Vatican. thing, I would expect the family of But I can think of no better way for other week when they “The Yugoslavian case is very clear, assorted political and religious group- my Orange cousins to soothe Catholic reported Pope Francis’ so- but I ask myself if it is so clear in other ings which have gathered under the No concerns than by including a banner called intervention in Scotland’s inde- cases—Scotland, Padania, Catalunya?” banner to make some extraordinary sac- depicting Pope Francis amongst their pendence referendum debate. A mere A very thoughtful reflection here by the In terms of the debate about Scottish rifices. The Unionists expected the ref- colourful and dramatic finery. They glanceS at the assorted headlines would Holy Father. If no one is being enslaved independence though, it tells us very lit- erendum to be a cakewalk for No. Now could justify this historically to their have given you the impression that or invaded and there is shared language tle of what the Pope (above) thinks. It though, such has been the negativity more recalcitrant members by saying His Holiness had called on all Scottish and heritage, don’t we risk unnecessary certainly wasn’t a warning to avoid vot- and incompetence of their campaign, that it is a belated gesture of gratitude to Catholics to vote No on September 18 division? Yet acknowledging the sensi- ing Yes. Indeed it seems that Francis that, if I were a betting man, I’d be Pope Francis’ predecessor, Alexander on pain of being flung into the seventh tivities involved and the emotional was merely being polite with a few putting a few quid on a win for Yes on VIII for sending a couple of detach- circle of hell. maelstroms that envelope these debates immediate thoughts to a desultory ques- September 18. Desperate times call for ments of the Vatican forces in 1690 to So let’s analyse what exactly he did he frames his thoughts in a question. tion hurled from a Vatican press scrum. desperate measures. help good King William at the Battle of say—not that I’m in the habit of offer- “There will be cases that will be just He’s telling us that all independence No one can over-estimate the deep- the Boyne against King James II. ing a critical exegesis of any Pope’s and cases that will not be just, but the movements are different and express- rooted emotional, cultural, religious This could help save the UK. As a teaching, you understand. secession of a nation without an ing a fatherly concern for anything and historical ties that bind Britain’s mark of gratitude thereafter, succes- “All division worries me,” he said. antecedent of mandatory unity, one that may spark violent revolution and assorted Orange grandmasters and sive Glasgow Labour administrations This is a reasonable assertion for any has to take it with a lot of grains of salt civil war. A glance at what has been their followers to the Unionist state. I would let the Orangemen plant their Christian leader to make I would have and analyse it case by case.” The Pope happening in the Middle East recently know it’s difficult to love them at boots on whichever of the queen’s thought. offers sage advice here, befitting of his and elsewhere in recent years tells us times, especially at this time of the highways they jolly well wanted. “There is independence by emanci- title as our Holy Father. In one sen- why the Pope is right to express his year when one’s occasional Saturday pation and independence by seces- tence there is philosophy, historical thoughts on any geopolitical frissons. morning hangover is aggravated by I Kevin McKenna is former deputy sion.” Splendid use of vocabulary analysis and a pleasant metaphorical the chaps conducting their 20th prac- editor of the Herald and former there by the Holy Father and you can flourish. The Pope is in top form here ermit me though, if you will, to tice march through Thornliebank and executive editor of the Daily Mail in only stand back and admire the econ- and it’s clear that the Argentinian edu- entertain myself at the curious and Shawlands. We live in a liberal Scotland. He is currently a columnist omy with which he delivers two com- cation system is a robust one. Pdelightful juxtaposition of this democracy though, and the Orange- for the Guardian The views expressed in the opinion What do you think of KEVIN McKENNA’S comments on independence? Send your points of pages of the SCO are those of view to the SCO. Write to or e-mail informed individuals and groups and Letters, SCO, 19 Waterloo St, Glasgow G2 6BT [email protected] not necessarily those of the newspaper or the Church The importance of being part of the Body and Blood of Christ

THERE was more than a little effective. Her service enriched and the personality belong to sional on that one. worry about the things that we sadness in my heart this week generations of children. Her faith each and every one who has The Middle East with all of its don’t have. Today, most of us when I learned of the death of was self evident in the commu- enriched us on our journey. attendant instability still poses a won’t face hunger. Today most of Annie Lowe, one of my teachers Fr Eddie nity. It will not go unrewarded in On a more global level, the significant threat to global peace. us will have relative stability in in St John’s Primary School. God’s Kingdom. news emerging once again from Again, it is easy for us to dismiss our lives. Today we won’t be We had the distinction of both McGhee This weekend, when we cele- Somalia and from the Horn of the politics of this region. In dis- driven from our homes by warring starting in St John’s on the same brate the Feast of the Body and Africa is not good. Famine and missing the politics, we need to militia, espousing whatever cause. day. ‘Miss Lowe’ began her teach- Latterly, I would meet Annie, Blood of Christ, the temptation is starvation are looming large. This remember that we are dismissing Today most of us will live just ing career that day and I began my usually at family funerals in the to think narrowly in Eucharistic is an all too familiar story. Much the struggling, ordinary people of another ordinary day. Today we formal education in Primary 1. village. My Mum’s extensive and terms. Certainly on our journey of Africa still survives on a sub- the region. are reminded of the reality of She not only taught me, she taught extended family was from through life each one of us is sistence level. Our brothers and sisters who God’s care for each and every one every member of my family. Muirkirk. We would reminisce. I nourished and sustained by the Although we all see the picture share this planet with us, in all of of us. Annie Lowe spent her entire made the mistake one day of Eucharist, the Body and Blood of on TV and hear the news reported, its brokenness, they too are part of In an increasingly secular society teaching career helping educate, introducing her to one of my Christ. However, we share life’s I’m not sure that we really under- the Body of Christ. We simply we need to develop new ways of as well as hand on the Faith, to nieces by saying: “I remember this journey with many people and stand the extent of the human can’t pick and choose. In God’s acknowledging the importance of generations of Catholic children lady when her hair was black!” they also help and sustain us on tragedy. We have the option to eyes each and every one of us is being part of The Body and Blood in East Ayrshire. She was a life- She was straight in with her reply: this journey. switch off. There are too many precious. of Christ. How we live on a day- long parishioner of St Thomas’ in “My hair was red in those days!” Most of us will know an ‘Annie other distraction. The World Cup People like me, and probably to-day basis should lie at its core. Muirkirk. With her sisters Delia Annie Lowe was a fine teacher. Lowe,’ someone whose presence consumes a significant amount of most of you who are reading this, Just as we are nourished and sus- and Cathy they made their own She was a fine woman. As well as on the journey has undoubtedly airtime. Not only does it consume are fortunate. We have grown up tained so we need to help nourish ‘Trinity.’ They were an integral her undoubted teaching skills, she enriched and sustained us. The time, the advertising invites us to in a relatively stable environment. and sustain our fellow travellers part of the community in was rooted in the mining commu- feast this week provides us with an spend extravagantly on stuff that We went to school. While most of on the journey of faith. A kind Muirkirk. Annie was equally at nity of Muirkirk. She knew and opportunity to remember those we are told we can’t live without. us were probably not over blessed word, a gentle awareness, it won’t home in Cumnock. It seemed that understood the soul of mining who have shared our journey with Even as we are invited to buy with the riches of this world, the take much and if we make the she knew almost everyone. The communities. This made her dou- a sense of gratitude. We talk, into the consumer dream, there is likelihood of starvation was effort it certainly won’t go unno- chances are that she had taught bly effective as a teacher. Her own sometimes, glibly, about the a developing crisis in Iraq, which remote. How different our reality ticed. Our efforts will be built on most of them. Her sisters were father was killed in the Kames Church being ‘The Body of Christ’ is truly scary. Not so long ago we is to that of so many of our brothers gratitude. If we make this our not too enamoured of a day’s Colliery in the disaster in 1957 and it certainly is, but in an equally believed we had at least partly and sisters. starting point they will not go shopping in Cumnock. It took when 17 miners died in an under- authentic way, the Body of Christ solved the problem with the Again the feast is a reminder to unnoticed or unrewarded. forever as Annie had people to ground explosion. She had no has a face and a name and a removal of Saddam Hussein. It each of us to be grateful for the greet and to meet. pretensions. Annie was quietly personality. The face, the name seems we may have been delu- things that we have rather than to I [email protected] WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER COMMENT 11

culture of gambling,” Mr Flynn WI said. “Jesus was very much RE for the poor and we know the D I effect of gambling on the poor, N they take the biggest brunt of that.” There were also concerns An SCO diary from some that the stunt could offend the host nation of Brazil. WITH the World Cup now “One of the great statues in in full swing, there’s huge Rio is Jesus, and Brazil is a attention on the glorious Catholic nation that takes its nation of Brazil, but, as ever, faith seriously and its football there are some who take it fanatically,” Fr Tim Costello of too far. the Australian Churches One sports betting Gambling Taskforce said. company created a furore “You don’t exploit those when they tied gambling on things that are sacred to the sporting event with one of people simply for your own the most famous religious advertising reach.” symbols of all time. However Sportsbet seemed Last week, Sportsbet.com entirely unperturbed by the .au floated a 151-foot tall criticism. balloon over Melbourne that “Let’s be honest,” resembled the famous Christ Sportsbet PR manager Shaun An Iraqi refugee carries a mattress at a camp near the Redeemer statue (below) Anderson said. “The the northern city of Irbil. Hundreds of thousands of that overlooks Rio de Janeiro. Socceroos need divine people who have fled their homes in Mosul are left The balloon featured Jesus intervention to progress past without access to aid, officials said. Christians Christ wearing an Australian their three group games so from the city say they were targeted long before World Cup jersey sporting the the message we’re aiming to Iraqi security forces abandoned the major political hashtag #KEEPTHEFAITH. get across is that for all and economic hub Not surprisingly, the stunt Aussies to keep the faith in went over a bit like a lead the Socceroos.” balloon among many religious Given the iconic nature of Australians. the Christ the Redeemer Christian dream is simply that “It’s stupid, short-sighted, statue, it’s really no surprise it’s going to offend a lot of that it has shown up in people,” child psychologist advertising for the World Cup Michael Carr-Gregg said. “It’s around the globe sometimes very offensive, particularly if in insensitive or inappropriate of being able to live in peace you’re religious.” ways. Last week, there was Dan Flynn of the Australian also controversy over an Christian Lobby said that the Italian television advertisement to the Holy Land, rich in history on discussing rights associated ing for the ‘attack upon and flying advertisement was likely that showed the statue—this and home to the principal events with our life-styles but when it eradication of Christians and to target vulnerable groups. time in its real location over in the origin and growth of the comes to the killing of chil- churches in Egypt.’ In Syria, “In a sense, Jesus is being Rio—wearing an Italian three great monotheistic reli- dren, or the torching of their since the beginning of the Syr- co-opted [to increase national team jersey. gions, Judaism, Christianity, and homes and places of worship, ian civil war in March 2011, gambling revenues] and I think The Brazilian Catholic Islam. I express my hope and or the destruction of centuries- 450,000 Syrian Christians the concerns that we would Church, which owns the rights prayer that this blessed land may old culture, our political classes have fled their homes and have is that people seeing this to the image of the statue, be one which has no place for have taken Trappist vows. there have been 1200 murders flying over the CBD called the ad those who, by exploiting and “This stems from a mis- of Christians documented. (Melbourne’s Central Business ‘disrespectful,’while Edio absolutising the value of their placed belief that their silence In Iraq, in January 2014, it District), children who have a Costantini— president of the own religious tradition, prove about radical Islamist groups was reported that a group of fascination with Jesus, a Vatican’s sports intolerant and violent towards represents ‘tolerance.’ In rebel forces from the Islamic fascination of balloons, are organisation—said that ‘we those of others.” reality, it stems from fear and State of Iraq and the Levant sort of inducted into the live in a world that has put These were strong words indifference.” (ISIS) imposed strict Sharia BY PETER and they resonated with many law in the northern province of KEARNEY Christians who continue to hristians are the most Raqqa. Among others, the feel marginalised and excluded persecuted minority on directives include that women not just in the Holy Land but earth, that so much of must wear the niqab full face T THE beginning across the Middle East and Cthe persecution should take veil and all men must attend of his three day sadly, throughout the wider place in the land of Christ’s Friday prayers at a mosque. A visit to the Holy Islamic world. birth is especially tragic. Ten- further directive also stated Land last month, sion and conflict has seen the that Christians must not make P o p e F r a n c i s iminished Christian Christian population of Beth- renovations to churches or dis- invited the President of Israel, populations are in fact lehem collapse in recent play crosses or any religious Shimon Peres and Palestinian the norm in places decades, the Christian popula- symbols outside of churches. PresidentA Mahmoud Abbas, to whichD were once the cradle of tion which used to comprise In fact, only in Israel has the join him in ‘heartfelt prayer to Christianity. Speaking earlier more than two thirds of the Christian population actually God for the gift of peace.’ His this year at a Lenten vigil serv- town now accounts for less grown. According to recent invitation received wide media ice for persecuted Syrian than one third. figures released by Israeli Cen- attention and was immediately Christians held in support of In April 2002 during the tral Bureau of Statistics, there accepted by both sides. Just Aid at to the Church in Need, second Palestinian uprising, a are roughly 161,000 Christians two weeks later on June 8 both the crossbench peer David group of armed Palestinians living in Israel, equaling about men joined the Pope in the Vat- Alton said: “I want to highlight barricaded themselves in the 2 percent of the population and ican gardens for a short prayer the systematic killing and out- Church of the Nativity, where up from 158,000 in 2012. ceremony during which an right persecution of Christians they held one of the holiest Hopefully, the one country olive tree was planted as a sign which takes place without sites in Christendom under in the Middle East whose of the hoped for peace. hardly a murmur of protest – siege for 39 days. Christian population is grow- While Pope Francis has said and challenge the mistaken Many Christians fled Beth- ing and thriving—a fact that he’ll make no attempt to belief that somehow this has lehem after the attack and have acknowledged by Israeli mediate between the Israelis and little or nothing to do with us. not returned. A century ago, Christians themselves—can Palestinians, leaving that to “Unless we lay bare the ide- Christians represented some act as an example to its neigh- diplomats, he has taken the ology which lies behind radical 20 per cent of the population of bours, so many of whom seem approach he knows best, the Islamist thinking and challenge the Middle East; today, that hell bent on driving Christians spiritual one. For the Pope, the conspiracy of silence which figure is estimated at 4 per out. prayer has the power to change surrounds the question of cent, a catastrophic collapse. Until then, Israel remains everything, it can open doors religious persecution, we will In some places, there is a the only territory in the Middle to new possibilities even the sleep walk into a tragedy which real danger that Christianity East to heed Pope Francis’ call prospect of a Middle East peace. has implications far beyond the will become extinct. Attacks for the right of Christians to The Pope’s visit to the Holy ancient Biblical lands...” followed by Christian exodus ‘live peacefully in the places Land was in fact a pilgrimage, In a stinging critique of have taken place in Egypt, where they were born.’ chosen to mark the 50th Members of Parliament he Coptic Bishop Anba stated that anniversary of the historic visit added: “Hundreds of parlia- ‘over the past weeks we have I Peter Kearney is director of of Pope Paul VI. At the outset he mentary hours can be spent witnessed an increasing trend the Scottish Catholic Media said: “I have come as a pilgrim asserting the rights of foxes or in anti-Christian rhetoric call- Office

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HISTORIAN HAS SCALED ACADEMIC HEIGHTS PROFESSOR TOM DEVINE is fond of referring to history as the ‘queen of disciplines,’ but as the award of a Knighthood last weekend underlined, as far as Scottish history goes, he is the king. His research lauded, his books bestselling—he is widely accepted as the foremost expert on modern Scottish history. As he prepares to depart the field of academia, he remains in pugnacious form and spoke to the SCO recently about the impact of the Irish on Scotland, independence, the secularist threat to Catholic schools and why he would have been a terrible secondary school teacher

N MONDAY, the great and the good gathered doing positive things you see the results at the end of the “One way to see this, and this may not go down well, is to not from assault, but from within. One of the main premises most pro-independence, followed by non-believers, with the Although Professor Tom Devine is preparaing to depart the field of in Edinburgh University in a rare display of day, it’s very difficult to know your impact on an under- consider the relative patience of Scottish Presbyterian peo- of Catholic schools is the moral fashioning of those young Church of Scotland members trailing behind,” he said. “One academia, he plans to have an extremely busy retirement and is public affection for a historian. Professor Tom graduate audience and maybe they don’t know either. ple,” he said. “Between 1846 and 1851 100,000 Irish came people in the terms of that Faith tradition and as he pointed of the glues of the union was Protestantism and I think the currently working on three writing projects Devine will shortly retire from his position at So I don’t know if I made the right choice, but then who to Scotland and they were largely impoverished, ill-educated, out, how many of them go to Mass on a Sunday?” erosion of so many of the authority institutions from PROFESSOR DEVINE PIC: PAUL McSHERRY the university and, although he intends to con- remembers a vice chancellor when he retires?” vectors of typhus, yet, in my view, there was nothing like the “For me that’s the unexploded bomb, that ironically the 1960s—region, marriage, lifestyle—didn’t inevitably lead tinue to write and give public lectures, this marked the end By Ian hostility that greeted the few hundred asylum seekers that forces of opposition have not yet detonated,” he said. “And to nationalism but it did create the preconditions for allow- Britain, which dominated a third of the globe, may be com- of a long and fruitful association with academia. It is testa- Irish immigration were put into Glasgow estates a few years ago. So this is not that came from a cleric, though, of course, he sees it from the ing new ways of thinking to emerge.” ing to a end. The very fact it might be is, to them, astonish- Oment to his remarkable success that he was joined on stage As the descendant of Irish immigrants, his work has often entirely a story of hostile Scotland and victim Ireland.” pulpit every week. I went back home to talk about this with In the 1970s, he recalled, ‘many Catholics feared it would ing, when you even have President Obama butting his oar in by a former Prime Minister—Gordon Brown—who set touched on patterns of emigration and immigration, but he He finds this particularly remarkable given that ‘Protestantism my wife, who is a very committed Catholic, was president be a Kirk ridden Scotland with devolution, but now only 16 you know it’s significant.” aside political rivalries to pass on fulsome tributes from the Dunn is not afraid to challenge the conventional view. in 16th to 18th centuries hated ‘‘Popery,’’ Charles Edward of Legion of Mary and she said the schools are obviously a per cent of Catholics had any fear of independence.’ current Prime Minister and First Minister. “The scholars used to say you had the indigenous Scottish Stewart was known as limb of Satan, and Satan was the Pope!’ factor but the main thing is the family.” “Of course Catholics have been caressed by SNP Gov- Retirement Yet, as a young man, the idea he might become Scotland’s nation—a stable population—and then there was this mass He points out that you had this ‘generation that hemor- ernment, who have stolen the clothes of their traditional Although like many Scots the referendum commands much pre-eminent historian would not have occurred to Professor Monday morning, he’s driving me insane!’ arrival of mainly Catholic Irish had to be integrated or assim- Secularism rhaged away from the Church in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, that political home, the Labour Party and made sure to be spir- of his immediate attention, he has plans for an extremely Devine. “Now my father had a big reputation as a very fair person, ilated or kept at arms length,” he said. “But when the Irish He sees such sectarian divisions as largely of the past, dis- may be the elephant in the room, because what more could ited defenders of Catholic education despite driving through busy retirement. “I was not in any sense an academic at school,” he told the he was known as ‘Wee Gerry’ because he was very small, were coming in, modern Scotland was already being shaped, missing the Orange Order as ‘pathetic’ and instead sees the the schools do?’ some overtly secular policies,” he said. “About a year ago, I felt almost a spent force in terms of SCO. “I was more interested in social events and even gave but maintained great classroom discipline, simply through It had urbanised, industrialised and gone through an agricul- main enemy of the Catholic Church as ‘the potentially pow- Although Catholic Mass attendance has declined in recent Though these developments may seem obvious in hind- writing,” he said. “I thought the sap entirely gone, but it is start- up history at the end of second year because I found it so personal force. And he said: ‘Thomas, I don’t think you tural revolution at a fast pace than any other European coun- erful forces of aggressive secularism.’ years, surprisingly self-identification as Catholic has held sight, he does say that one of the reasons he repeatedly ing to rise again, and I have three projects planned. A book of boring! It wasn’t until 18/19 that a competitive dynamic should go into school teaching, because you’ve got to be try, until forced soviet industrialisation in 1920s and 30s. “What I don’t understand is why people, who come from steady. Unlike in the Church of Scotland, which declined by asserts ‘the future is not my period’ is because of changing essays on history of slavery, a book on the tea planation in kicked in and I started to go in for some hard study, but even absolutely fair and pupils recognise justice instinctively.’ So “So the Irish come in at that point and immediately con- a liberal background, can’t live and let live,” he said. “You more than 400,000 between the 2001 and 2011 census. fortunes of Scottish nationalism. Celyon, which was founded by Scots, and Penguin have asked then I never thought I’d become a university teacher.” that was me told. And, of course, in what some call ‘the tribute to mainstream Scottish society despite hostile atti- have this new dynamic that’s appeared out of nowhere and “Well Catholic immigration is significant here, with “In 1950s the SNP a was a sect, not a party, and it con- for a big book on the history of Glasgow, but it all depends on His father and uncle were second-generation Irish immi- snake pit of Scottish history’ it’s absolutely necessary to be tudes in the early days and after that they were as significant when you hear some of them speak the level of ingrained 100,000 Poles coming to the country, but also given it’s self- stantly lost deposits,” he said. “The Tories won the biggest the stamina, my trade is very demanding, collecting material grants, and among the first of such to graduate from Glas- combative and robust!” in modernisation as native Scots. The mark of the Irish in hatred is quite remarkable.” awareness as minority religion, what is built in is social loy- landslide of any party ever in Scotland in 1955 and, in 1950, from libraries and archives is arduous and demanding.” gow University in the 1930s and became teachers. He Although the professor has become famous for his research Scotland remains physical, the ports, the railways, the Despite the present broad, political support for Catholic alty, which Protestantism doesn’t have,” he said. “There’s the Scottish Labour Party gave up its commitment to home But even now, there’s no hint that’s he’s inclined to shy assumed he was travelling in the same direction. work, surprisingly one minor niggle about his career is the fact bridges, the mines have mainly gone, but that infrastructure education in Scotland, Professor Devine fears that it may no such thing as cultural Presbyterian, but there is such a rule, so there was no sign of the extraordinary thing that away for a bit of hard work. “In the 1960s and 70s there was such a shortage of teach- that he didn’t take his career in an administrative direction. remains, so they had a central role into catapulting Scotland come under increasing pressure from secular antagonists. thing as a cultural Catholic.” would happen from the late 20th century into the present day.” “The number of media requests that come in to this office ers that students like myself would go into schools and teach “I did come to a cross roads in the mid-1990s. I was into a new era.” “I was at an event recently and a priest was speaking He is in no doubt, as to just how extraordinary an occur- from all over the world is extraordinary,” he reflected, return- in May, June, August and September,” he recalled. “I taught depute principle at Strathclyde University and I decided He believes that situation may explain why ‘despite the about the well-known evidence of disproportionate results of Nationalism rence the independence referendum is. ing again to the consequences of independence. “I sometime French in a variety of schools, even my old school, Our after four years as senior manger go back to scholarship,” he labour market discrimination, and the hostile attitudes that Catholic secondary schools sector especially regarding chil- He is also open to the idea that a side effect of the rampant “It’s epical event,” he said. “Whatever happens, Britain wonder if this is all a trick by Visit Scotland to elevate the Lady’s High School in Motherwell. Now these were the explained. “I really liked having a management role, but you continued until recent times the Irish in Scotland never expe- dren from disadvantaged backgrounds, which is well docu- decline of the Church of Scotland has opened the door to will never be the same again, because even if it’s a No, profile of the country, and it’s been very successful.” days of corporal punishment, and I remember going back can’t combine the two. After a few years the scholarship rienced the outbreaks of brutal violence you got in Liver- mented in the social literature,” he said. “But he then pointed the rise of political nationalism in Scotland. there’ll be devolution maximus sooner rather than later. “And personally,” he said with a wink. “It has been on Friday and saying to my father ‘I’m going to get x on becomes stale. Unlike teaching, where in that job if you’re pool and America after the famine.’ out just how vulnerable the Church is in terms of its schools, “The most recent analysis suggests that Catholics are the When I lecture abroad, they cannot grasp the fact that Great absolutely sensational for my trade.” WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 12 PROFESSOR DEVINE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER PROFESSOR DEVINE 13

HISTORIAN HAS SCALED ACADEMIC HEIGHTS PROFESSOR TOM DEVINE is fond of referring to history as the ‘queen of disciplines,’ but as the award of a Knighthood last weekend underlined, as far as Scottish history goes, he is the king. His research lauded, his books bestselling—he is widely accepted as the foremost expert on modern Scottish history. As he prepares to depart the field of academia, he remains in pugnacious form and spoke to the SCO recently about the impact of the Irish on Scotland, independence, the secularist threat to Catholic schools and why he would have been a terrible secondary school teacher

N MONDAY, the great and the good gathered doing positive things you see the results at the end of the “One way to see this, and this may not go down well, is to not from assault, but from within. One of the main premises most pro-independence, followed by non-believers, with the Although Professor Tom Devine is preparaing to depart the field of in Edinburgh University in a rare display of day, it’s very difficult to know your impact on an under- consider the relative patience of Scottish Presbyterian peo- of Catholic schools is the moral fashioning of those young Church of Scotland members trailing behind,” he said. “One academia, he plans to have an extremely busy retirement and is public affection for a historian. Professor Tom graduate audience and maybe they don’t know either. ple,” he said. “Between 1846 and 1851 100,000 Irish came people in the terms of that Faith tradition and as he pointed of the glues of the union was Protestantism and I think the currently working on three writing projects Devine will shortly retire from his position at So I don’t know if I made the right choice, but then who to Scotland and they were largely impoverished, ill-educated, out, how many of them go to Mass on a Sunday?” erosion of so many of the authority institutions from PROFESSOR DEVINE PIC: PAUL McSHERRY the university and, although he intends to con- remembers a vice chancellor when he retires?” vectors of typhus, yet, in my view, there was nothing like the “For me that’s the unexploded bomb, that ironically the 1960s—region, marriage, lifestyle—didn’t inevitably lead tinue to write and give public lectures, this marked the end By Ian hostility that greeted the few hundred asylum seekers that forces of opposition have not yet detonated,” he said. “And to nationalism but it did create the preconditions for allow- Britain, which dominated a third of the globe, may be com- of a long and fruitful association with academia. It is testa- Irish immigration were put into Glasgow estates a few years ago. So this is not that came from a cleric, though, of course, he sees it from the ing new ways of thinking to emerge.” ing to a end. The very fact it might be is, to them, astonish- Oment to his remarkable success that he was joined on stage As the descendant of Irish immigrants, his work has often entirely a story of hostile Scotland and victim Ireland.” pulpit every week. I went back home to talk about this with In the 1970s, he recalled, ‘many Catholics feared it would ing, when you even have President Obama butting his oar in by a former Prime Minister—Gordon Brown—who set touched on patterns of emigration and immigration, but he He finds this particularly remarkable given that ‘Protestantism my wife, who is a very committed Catholic, was president be a Kirk ridden Scotland with devolution, but now only 16 you know it’s significant.” aside political rivalries to pass on fulsome tributes from the Dunn is not afraid to challenge the conventional view. in 16th to 18th centuries hated ‘‘Popery,’’ Charles Edward of Legion of Mary and she said the schools are obviously a per cent of Catholics had any fear of independence.’ current Prime Minister and First Minister. “The scholars used to say you had the indigenous Scottish Stewart was known as limb of Satan, and Satan was the Pope!’ factor but the main thing is the family.” “Of course Catholics have been caressed by SNP Gov- Retirement Yet, as a young man, the idea he might become Scotland’s nation—a stable population—and then there was this mass He points out that you had this ‘generation that hemor- ernment, who have stolen the clothes of their traditional Although like many Scots the referendum commands much pre-eminent historian would not have occurred to Professor Monday morning, he’s driving me insane!’ arrival of mainly Catholic Irish had to be integrated or assim- Secularism rhaged away from the Church in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, that political home, the Labour Party and made sure to be spir- of his immediate attention, he has plans for an extremely Devine. “Now my father had a big reputation as a very fair person, ilated or kept at arms length,” he said. “But when the Irish He sees such sectarian divisions as largely of the past, dis- may be the elephant in the room, because what more could ited defenders of Catholic education despite driving through busy retirement. “I was not in any sense an academic at school,” he told the he was known as ‘Wee Gerry’ because he was very small, were coming in, modern Scotland was already being shaped, missing the Orange Order as ‘pathetic’ and instead sees the the schools do?’ some overtly secular policies,” he said. “About a year ago, I felt almost a spent force in terms of SCO. “I was more interested in social events and even gave but maintained great classroom discipline, simply through It had urbanised, industrialised and gone through an agricul- main enemy of the Catholic Church as ‘the potentially pow- Although Catholic Mass attendance has declined in recent Though these developments may seem obvious in hind- writing,” he said. “I thought the sap entirely gone, but it is start- up history at the end of second year because I found it so personal force. And he said: ‘Thomas, I don’t think you tural revolution at a fast pace than any other European coun- erful forces of aggressive secularism.’ years, surprisingly self-identification as Catholic has held sight, he does say that one of the reasons he repeatedly ing to rise again, and I have three projects planned. A book of boring! It wasn’t until 18/19 that a competitive dynamic should go into school teaching, because you’ve got to be try, until forced soviet industrialisation in 1920s and 30s. “What I don’t understand is why people, who come from steady. Unlike in the Church of Scotland, which declined by asserts ‘the future is not my period’ is because of changing essays on history of slavery, a book on the tea planation in kicked in and I started to go in for some hard study, but even absolutely fair and pupils recognise justice instinctively.’ So “So the Irish come in at that point and immediately con- a liberal background, can’t live and let live,” he said. “You more than 400,000 between the 2001 and 2011 census. fortunes of Scottish nationalism. Celyon, which was founded by Scots, and Penguin have asked then I never thought I’d become a university teacher.” that was me told. And, of course, in what some call ‘the tribute to mainstream Scottish society despite hostile atti- have this new dynamic that’s appeared out of nowhere and “Well Catholic immigration is significant here, with “In 1950s the SNP a was a sect, not a party, and it con- for a big book on the history of Glasgow, but it all depends on His father and uncle were second-generation Irish immi- snake pit of Scottish history’ it’s absolutely necessary to be tudes in the early days and after that they were as significant when you hear some of them speak the level of ingrained 100,000 Poles coming to the country, but also given it’s self- stantly lost deposits,” he said. “The Tories won the biggest the stamina, my trade is very demanding, collecting material grants, and among the first of such to graduate from Glas- combative and robust!” in modernisation as native Scots. The mark of the Irish in hatred is quite remarkable.” awareness as minority religion, what is built in is social loy- landslide of any party ever in Scotland in 1955 and, in 1950, from libraries and archives is arduous and demanding.” gow University in the 1930s and became teachers. He Although the professor has become famous for his research Scotland remains physical, the ports, the railways, the Despite the present broad, political support for Catholic alty, which Protestantism doesn’t have,” he said. “There’s the Scottish Labour Party gave up its commitment to home But even now, there’s no hint that’s he’s inclined to shy assumed he was travelling in the same direction. work, surprisingly one minor niggle about his career is the fact bridges, the mines have mainly gone, but that infrastructure education in Scotland, Professor Devine fears that it may no such thing as cultural Presbyterian, but there is such a rule, so there was no sign of the extraordinary thing that away for a bit of hard work. “In the 1960s and 70s there was such a shortage of teach- that he didn’t take his career in an administrative direction. remains, so they had a central role into catapulting Scotland come under increasing pressure from secular antagonists. thing as a cultural Catholic.” would happen from the late 20th century into the present day.” “The number of media requests that come in to this office ers that students like myself would go into schools and teach “I did come to a cross roads in the mid-1990s. I was into a new era.” “I was at an event recently and a priest was speaking He is in no doubt, as to just how extraordinary an occur- from all over the world is extraordinary,” he reflected, return- in May, June, August and September,” he recalled. “I taught depute principle at Strathclyde University and I decided He believes that situation may explain why ‘despite the about the well-known evidence of disproportionate results of Nationalism rence the independence referendum is. ing again to the consequences of independence. “I sometime French in a variety of schools, even my old school, Our after four years as senior manger go back to scholarship,” he labour market discrimination, and the hostile attitudes that Catholic secondary schools sector especially regarding chil- He is also open to the idea that a side effect of the rampant “It’s epical event,” he said. “Whatever happens, Britain wonder if this is all a trick by Visit Scotland to elevate the Lady’s High School in Motherwell. Now these were the explained. “I really liked having a management role, but you continued until recent times the Irish in Scotland never expe- dren from disadvantaged backgrounds, which is well docu- decline of the Church of Scotland has opened the door to will never be the same again, because even if it’s a No, profile of the country, and it’s been very successful.” days of corporal punishment, and I remember going back can’t combine the two. After a few years the scholarship rienced the outbreaks of brutal violence you got in Liver- mented in the social literature,” he said. “But he then pointed the rise of political nationalism in Scotland. there’ll be devolution maximus sooner rather than later. “And personally,” he said with a wink. “It has been on Friday and saying to my father ‘I’m going to get x on becomes stale. Unlike teaching, where in that job if you’re pool and America after the famine.’ out just how vulnerable the Church is in terms of its schools, “The most recent analysis suggests that Catholics are the When I lecture abroad, they cannot grasp the fact that Great absolutely sensational for my trade.” WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 14 FR ROLHEISER SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 Try not to be stingy with God’s mercy

noble and our anxiety about handing out cheap grace arises more out of timidity, fear, legalism, and our desire, however unconscious, for power. But even when mercy is withheld for the nobler of those reasons, we’re still misguided, bad shepherds, out of tune with the God whom Jesus pro- claimed. God’s mercy, as Jesus revealed it, embraces indiscriminately, the bad and the good, the undeserving and the deserving, the uninitiated and the initiated. One of the truly startling insights BY FR RONALD that Jesus gave us is that the mercy of God, like the light and warmth of the ROLHEISER sun, cannot not go out to everyone. Consequently it’s always free, unde- S THE number of people served, unconditional, universal in who attend church serv- embrace, and has a reach beyond all ices continues to decline, religion, custom, rubric, political cor- the temptation among rectness, mandatory program, ideol- many of our church lead- ogy, and even sin itself. ers and ministers is to see this more as For our part then, especially those a pruning than as a tragedy and to of us who are parents, ministers, respondA by making God’s mercy less, teachers, catechists, and elders, we rather than more, accessible. For must risk proclaiming the prodigal example, a seminary professor whom character of God’s mercy. We must not I know shares that, after 40 years of spend God’s mercy, as if it were ours teaching a course designed to prepare to spend; dole out God’s forgiveness, from coming to Jesus (above). How- forgiveness. I fear I’ve been too hard on intentioned persons, are forever trying seminarians to administer the sacra- as if it were a limited commodity; put ever, always Jesus over-ruled their people. They have pain enough without to keep certain individuals and groups ment of penance, today sometimes the conditions on God’s love, as if God attempts with words to this effect: “Let me and the Church laying further bur- away from God’s mercy as it is offered first question that the seminarians ask were a petty tyrant or a political ideol- them come! I want them to come.” dens on them. I should have risked in word, sacrament, and community. is: “When can I refuse absolution?” In ogy; or cut off access to God, as if we Early on in my ministry, I lived in a God’s mercy more!” But God doesn’t want our protection. effect, how scrupulous must I be in were the keeper of the heavenly gates. rectory with a saintly old priest. He was I was struck by this because, less What God does want is for everyone, dispensing God’s mercy? We aren’t. If we tie God’s mercy to over 80, nearly blind, but widely sought than a year before, as I took my final regardless of morality, orthodoxy, lack To their credit, their motivation is our own timidity and fear, we limit it out and respected, especially as a con- exams in the seminary, one of the of preparation, age, or culture, to come mostly sincere, however misguided. to the size of our own minds. fessor. One night, alone with him, I priests who examined me, gave me this to the unlimited waters of divine mercy. They sincerely fear playing fast and asked him this question: “If you had warning: “Be careful,” he said. “Don’t George Eliot once wrote: “When loose with God’s grace, fearing that they t is interesting to note in the your priesthood to live over again, be soft. Only the truth sets people free. death, the great reconciler, has come, it might end up dispensing cheap grace. Gospels how the Apostles, well- would you do anything differently?” Risk truth over mercy.” is never our tenderness that we repent Partly that’s a valid motive. Fear of meaning of course, often tried to From a man so full of integrity, I fully As I age, I am ever more inclined to of, but our severity.” playing fast and loose with God’s keep certain people away from Jesus expected that there would be no regrets. the old priest’s advice—we need more I I Fr Ronald Rolheiser is a Catholic grace, coupled with concerns for truth, as if they weren’t worthy, as if they So his answer surprised me. Yes, he did to risk God’s mercy. The place of jus- orthodoxy, proper public form, and were an affront to His holiness or have a regret, a major one, he said: “If tice and truth should never be ignored, priest and member of the Missionary fear of scandal have their own legiti- would somehow stain His purity. So I had my priesthood to do over again, I but we must risk letting the infinite, Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He is macy. Mercy needs always to be tem- they perennially tried to prevent chil- would be easier on people the next unbounded, unconditional, unde- president of the Oblate School of pered by truth. But sometimes the dren, prostitutes, tax collectors, known time. I wouldn’t be so stingy with served mercy of God flow free. Theology in San Antonio, Texas. Visit motives driving our hesitancy are less sinners, and the uninitiated of all kinds God’s mercy, with the sacraments, with But, like the Apostles, we, well- his website at www.ronrolheiser.com

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JUNE 21 is the longest day of for damage to be done. He wrote: “All the troubles the III—who had become the year. It is called the Summer Rather than throw away a of life come upon us because mentally ill. Solstice. damaged statue that had taken we refuse to sit quietly for a When King George IV died For those living in the so long to produce, some while each day, each of us in on June 26,1830, The Times northern hemisphere, the sculptors would melt wax and our own room.” newspaper wrote this about Summer Solstice is the day on then mould a little of it into Let’s pause in silence for a him: “There never was an which the earth, spinning on the place where the damage moment, each with our own individual less regretted by his its axis, has its North Pole had been. thoughts. fellow-creatures than this ‘tipped’ as far as it will go to In the sculptor’s shop, the We’ll finish with a prayer deceased king.” face the sun. Because of this customer would not be able to written by Blaise Pascal, in Many people, when they ‘tipping’ towards the sun, the see the wax without looking which he asks for God’s realise that others have a poor northern hemisphere receives very closely. In the warmth of power to do both the little opinion of them, change the longest hours of daylight a house or the sunshine, the things and the great things of something in their lives. of the year. wax might melt. A genuine life. Let’s each of us think in statue would be without wax silence for a moment of just Lord God, Creator of light, The Latin words for with- Teach us, Lord, to do the little one thing in our own lives that at the rising of your sun each out wax are sine cera—giving things as though they were we might work on improving morning, let the greatest of all us the English word sincere. A great, because of the majesty today. lights—your love—rise, like statue that was the real thing,’ of Christ who does them in us the sun, within my heart. Amen genuine, would be without and who lives our life. God our Father, each of us can wax—sincere. Teach us to do the greatest rejoice at all that is good about SOME 2000 years ago, many And so, if we say that indi- things as though they were ourselves. wealthy people would have a viduals are not sincere, then PRAYERS FOR THE WEEK little and easy because of His We ask that we may be statue—or just a head— they are false, not the real thing, great power. Amen. people who encourage others, carved of themselves from not genuine—pretending to be being ready to give praise and marble or stone. what they are not. say, or who we choose to go BLAISE Pascal, one of the KING George IV was a heavy thanks when they are due. It would take a long time with. world’s greatest mathemati- drinker. He wasted money and We ask, too, that you help and a lot of effort to finish a Lord, we are conscious of the Sometimes the image doesn’t cians and scientists, once was in debt. He didn’t appreci- each of us today to work on statue by chipping away with a image that people give— match who we really are. Lead talked of the need for us to ate people and was unfaithful changing for the better just chisel at the marble or stone. It whether it’s the clothes we each of us to live sincerely as pause and rest and think in to his wife. He made fun one thing that is negative in took only one slip of the chisel wear, how we look, what we we are called to be. Amen quietness. of his father—King George the way we live. Amen.

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Lord deep in our hearts SUNDAY JUNE 22 Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). Deuteronomy 8:2-3, In the latest article on our series on spirituality, FR JAMES CRAMPSEY 14b-16a; Response: O, praise the Lord, Jerusalem. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; Sequence: from LAURISTON JESUIT CENTRE gives us an insight into the Trinity Laud, O Zion. John 6:51-58. ILL the boy holding belief is given an extraordinary visual form. MONDAY the girl in the wrong A SPIRITUAL The subject is called the Throne of Grace, way, please hold her words used in Hebrews 4:16, but it goes well 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18. Response: Hear in the right way.’ REFLECTION beyond those words in its presentation of the us, O Lord, and help us. Matthew 7:1-5. These words, spoken life of the Trinity as you can see in this paint- to me in a dance school when I was 16, ing by the great artist Sandro Botticelli TUESDAY remain as one of my great humiliations—self- (above right). In this painting, the Trinity is Nativity of John the Baptist. Isaiah 49:1-6. inflicted‘W of course. These were the days just flanked by the two St Johns: the Baptist and Response: I thank you for the wonder of my before dancing became a non-contact sport. the Son of Zebedee. But central to the drama From time to time, people ask me what of the picture is the holding. See how the being. Acts 13:22-26. Luke 1:57-66,80. would I have been if I hadn’t been a priest. Father holds the cross which holds the Son. Despite all evidence to the contrary, I always See how the Holy Spirit is held in balance WEDNESDAY say ‘a dancer.’ Holding a person in the right between the Father and the Son; that hold- 2 Kings 22:8-13, 23:1-3. Response: Lord, way is an art to be learned and worked at as ing is a dynamism which will set the Spirit teach me your statutes. Matthew 7:15-20. well as a gift to be celebrated. In contempo- Trinity might look like is by the celebrated free into the world. rary dance, the holding of another dancer is Russian icon painter, Andrei Rublev. This The words of the fourth Gospel express the a complex series of moves of athleticism and picture (above left) holds two contradictory death of Jesus in the words he handed over THURSDAY gracefulness, sometimes holding someone things in balance. The painting is a master- the Spirit (John 19:30). The Father is holding 2 Kings 24:8-17. Response: Rescue us, O tight and sometimes holding them as a piece of that stillness which we find in the the Son in the right way, and in that holding, Lord, for the glory of your name. Matthew springboard for being free to do something icon tradition. Yet at the same time, we sense we see the Father identifying with the mis- 7:21-29 they could not possibly do on their own. that there is movement there among the fig- sion of the Son. In the way that relations Holding a person in the right way is a ures. The early theologians of the Greek tra- seem to work in the Trinity, the Father, too is FRIDAY phrase that means a number of things, and dition recognised that there is a choreography shaped by the Son’s death, in such a way that Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus can be used to describe good and healthy for the internal life of the Trinity; there is a he fully embraces Jesus’ death for the world. relationships. In the ups and downs of our dance inscribed in that Trinitarian life. It is as though the Father is expressing Deuteronomy 7:6-11. Response: The love of relationships we do not always succeed at something of what we do when we sing the Lord is everlasting upon those who hold ‘holding everything in balance’ (Tom he other tradition takes as its starting those lovely words of David Haas, ‘we hold Him in fear. 1st Letter of St John 4:7-16. McGuinness, The Rower). point that the Trinity, as well as hav- the death of the Lord deep in our hearts.’ It is Matthew 11:25-30. ing an inner life, also has a life that that holding that shapes us, ‘living now we e have just celebrated Trinity Sun- reachesT outside itself. This of course is remain with Jesus the Christ.’ SATURDAY day, and the tradition hands down something more familiar to our experience Do I still want to be a dancer? I do hope to Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19. Response: to us two distinct ways of thinking of the Incarnation. God so loved the world hear the words: “Will the boy holding the aboutW the Trinity and visualising it. A daring that He sent His only Son into the world death of the Lord deep in his heart come and Do not forget you servants for ever. Matthew attempt to suggest what the internal life of the (John 3:16). But this truth at the centre of our join the Trinity in the dance?” 8:5-17. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 16 FAITH IN CULTURE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 Clergy image must be cinematically fair FAITH IN CULTURE column looks at the positive and negative portrayals of priests on both the big and small screens

a symbolic reminder throughout the film. For the most part people of Faith are emphatically enough funds to buy his daughter a First Communion Despite being a man of principle and conviction presented as evil, brutal and vindictive; there’s not a dress. Bob (Bruce Jones) is thoroughly convincing as after ten eventful years in New York, he has to be lot of room for manoeuvre. What is presented is a an unemployed man with a strong faith from a work- coaxed into opening up the hall where boxing and crushing establishment verses the people where there ing class Irish diaspora culture in Manchester. The painting lessons are provided as well as discussions is no common interest or sense of shared human val- style of the feature is closer to documentary and it’s By Richard about literature and politics in a community starved of ues; just two sides—good and evil. Fr Sheridan is not short of surprises, Jimmy’s brother-in-law is a culture. obsessed with dominating and possessing his flock socialist and atheist. Regardless of their different Purden Gralton is denounced by the local priest, Fr Sheri- and remains unhampered by spirit, emotion or grace. beliefs they are not polarised figures, they continue dan, played by Jim Norton who summons something The story is saved by some key scenes, in particu- to share communitarian values and genuine warmth HE story of Jimmy Gralton is one that of his famous Father Ted role—the strict and imperi- lar when Gralton is led away to be deported after towards each other. deserves to be told, as the only man in his- ous Bishop Brennan. Fr Sheridan aligns himself with being verbally abused in the street, it’s Fr Sheridan, Despite Bob’s state of poverty he is determined to tory to have been deported from Ireland. local fascists. Perhaps the film’s most disturbing scene at least, who halts the cruelty telling the men that buy a brand new Communion dress for his daughter The fruitful partnership of Ken Loach and is when during Mass the priest reads a list of locals Gralton has more courage and dignity than all of his Colleen, on that journey an unfortunate turn of events Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty have who have attended a dance at the hall; “What is this baying begrudgers put together. But examples of grey lead him down a palpably dark path. Abundantly collaborated on their version of the tale after a num- craving for pleasure?” he demands. The moustached area are few. characterised, the hero of the story, perhaps less ber of successes including My Name Is Joe (1998) Commander O’Keefe, publicly embarrassed by the sit- prominent in times such as these, turns out to be the TSweet Sixteen (2002) and Looking For Eric (2009). uation then horse-whips his daughter to within an inch ommunitarian impulses and concern for your parish priest; Fr Barry played by Tom Hickey. The Jimmy Gralton is a political radical inspired by the of her life. In a subsequent meeting in the hall, Fr neighbour don’t come just come from radical priest’s counsel to Bob would perhaps get him in trou- Edinburgh-born Irish Republican James Connolly, Sheridan and a varied assortment of scoundrels and political thinking. Andrew Scott, the Dublin ble with the Church but it’s the advice many people whose portrait hangs in the Pearse-Connolly Hall as rogues are described as ‘hooligans of the cross.’ actorC who recently played a particularly chilling Mori- would feel he was correct to dispense. arty in the BBC’s Sherlock is a sound presence as the There are a great number of Ken Loach films that younger Fr Seamus challenging the dogmatists and visualise deep and rich truths and this is undoubtedly extremists around him. After setting fire to the hall he one of them, the screen archetype of the priest is now Gordius No 148 compares the action to the behaviour of the Klu Klux often depressingly negative. You can only imagine CROSSWORD Klan, but unfortunately his part is too minimal. how difficult it must be for the many decent and gen- It’s the film’s lesser roles that steal the show such uine men who feel called to the vocation. Raining as Jimmy’s mother played by first time actress Eileen Stones and more recently Calvary are films that are 1 2345 678 Henry, a lovable Irish mammy devoted to her son and brave enough to address the balance and challenge the community. The other star of the show is the the narrative norms we so often find in the modern 9 Leitrim countryside captured in all its bucolic glory era of cinema. Perhaps why we can understand why 1011 by cinematographer Robbie Ryan. many from outside a Catholic background are unfa- It’s fair to say that Fr Sheridan was outdone by the miliar with the inspiring models presented in classics portrayal of another priest in Ken Loach’s The Wind such as On The Waterfront (1954) or even local That Shakes The Barley (2006), which presented an parishes throughout the land. 12 13 14 15 First entry out the hat next additional strikingly nasty man in black. 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BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE RELIGIOUS MEMORIAM Put Your arms around him, McDAID Lord. In loving memory of our Sacred Heart, pray for him. dear parents, Jimmy, died , Catherine AUSTIN Love you always. June 24, 1990, and Kitty, Cherished memories of Jimmy, Christine, Claire, died March 18, 1998. Cathy, dear sister-in-law, Kelly and Katrina. Loved and remembered aunt and friend, who died every day. March 2, 2008 and whose Kevin, Alice, Kevin and birthday occurs on June 21, Paul. 2008 and Bill who died March 19, 2010. Loved and MacDONALD, Mary Alick missed by Kathy and family. CLARK Cherished memories of a Requiescant in Pace. GAFFNEY 2nd Anniversary 10th Anniversary caring and loving mother Cherished memories of our In loving memory of my and mother-in-law, Mary KERR SHANNON lovely daughter, Maurissa, dear husband, and father, Alick MacDonald (née Precious memories of my In memory of our dearly died June 26, 2012, aged Henry, died June 26, 2004, Currie) who died June 16, dearly loved husband, John, loved Sr Mary Camillus of 20 years. also his brother, Thomas, 1993. Please also remem- who died December 1, the Convent of Mercy, Gar- They say there is a reason, died April 10, 1994. ber our father/father-in-law, 2004, and whose birthday nethill, who died June 26, They say that time will heal, I miss you from your fireside DUFFY Alasdair Mòr, who died Jan- falls on June 23. R.I.P. 2007. But neither time nor reason, chair, 9th Anniversary uary 4, 1999. Loved and remembered. After my awakening He will Will ever change the way Your loving smile and gentle In loving memory of our Those we love we never Mary, Fort William. set me close to him. These we feel. air, dear brother, Danny, who lose, eyes shall gaze on Him and No one knows the Your vacant chair no one died June 20, 2005. R.I.P. For always they will be, LINSTRUM find Him not aloof. Job 19. heartache, can fill, We hold you close within Loved, remembered, treas- In loving memory of our dad That lies behind our smiles, We miss you Henry and our hearts, ured, and papa, Alex, who died on No one knows how many always will. And there you will remain, Always in our memory. May 16, 1993, and whose MEMORIAM times, St Joseph, pray for him. To walk with us throughout Fois shiorruidh, thoir dhaibh birthday occurs on June 23. We have broken down and Your loving wife Margaret our lives, a Thighearna. Loved and remembered cried. and son Pat. Until we meet again. Ellena, Morag agus Iain. every day. CAMPBELL We think about you every Our Lady of Lourdes, pray The family. In loving memory of my day, GAFFNEY for him. MacEACHEN beloved husband, and our The things you did and used In loving memory of our Sadly missed by your broth- 13th Anniversary dear father and grandfather, to say, dear father and father-in- ers and sisters, Donegal In loving memory of a dear Charlie, who died on June They bring a smile and law, Henry, died June 26, and Glasgow. mother, grandmother and 20, 1990. R.I.P. often tears, 2004. great-grandmother, Mary Our Lady of the Isles, pray And a loving wish you were We did not know that morn- GALLAGHER; Kathleen Flora, who died June 15, still here. ing, 2001, also remembering a for him. Remembering with love our The brightest star in the sky What pain that day would dear sister and aunt, dear father, grandfather and Mary and family, South Uist at night, bring, Kathleen, died 23rd June great-grandfather, Donald and away. Is our darling Maurissa say- When a special heart 2009. RIP John, who died September ing goodnight. stopped beating, Loved and missed always. 20, 1976. CARLIN Missing you always And we could not do a Her loving family. St Anthony, pray for them. 24th Anniversary Maurissa. thing, Katie Margaret, Adrian, McGUIGAN In loving memory of our Love you forever. The parting was so sudden, GIBNEY Lisa, Calum and Mhairi. Precious memories of a dear mother, Bridget, who Mum and Dad. xxxx We often wonder why, In loving memory of Neil, much loved wife, sister, sis- That the hardest part for all much loved husband of the died June 23, 1990, also ter-in-law, aunt and great- CLARK of us, late Veronica, dear father aunt, Sadie, who died on our dear father, Hugh, who 2nd Anniversary We never said goodbye, and grandad, died June 21, January 12, 2013 and died on December 31, Treasured memories of my We think about you every 1997. whose birthday occurs on 1995, and whose birthday special sister, Maurissa, day, So dearly loved. June 22. occurs on June 26. who died June 26, 2012, The things you did and used So sadly missed. There’s a face we shall Most Sacred Heart of aged 20 years. to say, R.I.P. always remember, Jesus, have mercy on them. Thank you Maurissa for the They bring a smile and A voice we shall always years we shared, often a tear, Inserted by the family. GRANT recall, For the love you gave and And a loving wish you were Treasured memories of Ian, A memory to cherish for- the way you cared, still here. dearly beloved husband, ever, CRILLEY You left a place no one can Sacred Heart of Jesus, loving father, father-in-law MacINTYRE Of one so dear to us all. In loving memory of Jimmy, fill, have mercy on him. and grandfather, who died 2nd Anniversary Greatly loved. dearly beloved husband of I miss you Maurissa and Your loving sons, daugh- on June 25, 2006. In loving memory of our Sadly missed. the late Mary, dear father always will. ters, son-in-law and daugh- Rest in peace. dear mother and grand- Queen of the Holy Rosary, and grandfather, who died Love you forever. ters-in-law. Sacred Heart of Jesus, mother, Mary, who died pray for her. June 19, 1990. Robert. xxx Thank you, Granda, for the grant him eternal rest. June 18, 2012. Also remem- Sacred Heart, pray for her. Will those who think of him years we shared, From Isabel, John, Andrew, bering our dear father and Inserted by her loving hus- today, CAMERON For the love you gave and Frances and families. grandfather, Iain, who died band Ian and family. A little prayer to Jesus say. 10th Anniversary the way you cared, April 19, 2001. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, In loving memory of Joseph, You left a place no one can HALE, Helen Deep in our hearts they will TIERNEY pray for him. R.I.P. loving father and grandfa- fill, 1st Anniversary always stay, Remembering Patrick Inserted by his loving family. ther, who died June 21, We miss you, Granda, and Precious memories of a Loved and remembered (Paddy) on which would 2004. always will. dearly loved mother, gran every day. have been his 80th birthday DAVIE Loved and missed always. Your loving grandchildren and great-gran, whose first Inserted by all the family. on June 20. 21st Anniversary of our pre- Your loving family. and great-grandchildren. anniversary occurs on June If we could have a lifetime 21, 2014. Also remembering cious and dearly missed MacINTYRE wish, DUFFY, Patrick GAFFNEY, Henry at this time, our dear dad, Remembering with much We’d never ask another, mammy, sister and nana, Clydebank and Paisley. 10th Anniversary Peter, who died March 2, love our dad and papa, Just for God to turn back Kathleen Josephine, who Since 25 June, 1964. It broke our hearts to lose 1987, and our brother, John, who sadly died on the hands of time, passed from this life on the Beloved husband of the late you, Freddie, who died March June 24, 1996. And give us back our father. Feast of the Sacred Heart, Annie (née Healy), loving But you did not go alone, 21, 1986. We often sit and think of Time passes, memories June 18, 1993. father of Maisie, Jeanie, the Part of us went with you, Our Lady Queen of the Holy you, stay, “The souls of the just are in late Jim and the late Paddy, The day God called you Rosary and St Aloysius, And think of how you died, Loved and remembered and granda of the family. the hands of God…They home. pray for them. To think we could not say every day. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray We’ll always remember you, Love from Kathleen, Chris, our goodbyes, are at peace.” St Pio, pray for him. for him. The little things you said Peter, Annette, Christopher, Before you closed your From your loving son Inserted by her devoted Child of Prague, pray for and did. Rebecca, Anna, Helen, eyes. James, daughters Julie and daughter Anne on behalf of him. God bless you, Dad and Julie, Robert, Daniel and Remembered always by Ann and families. xx the entire family. Requiescat in Pace. Grandad. Cheryl. your loving family. xx FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 19 FAMILYANNOUNCEMENTS

MULLEN THOMPSON BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, DEAR HEART OF JESUS PRAYER TO THE 1st Anniversary 27th Anniversary may you who can find a Dear Heart of Jesus in the BLESSED VIRGIN Remembering with love our In loving memory of my way, when there is no way. past I have asked you for O Most Beautiful Flower of dear dad, Patrick, loving dear wife, and mother, Repeat six times. Publica- many favours, this time I Mount Carmel, fruitful in the husband of the late Jean, who died June 23, tion promised. Still praying. ask you for this special one splendour of Heaven, Elizabeth, loving dad, 1987; also remembering her Grateful thanks to saints (mention favour), take it Blessed Mother of the Son grandpa and great-grandpa, dear father and mother, Anthony, Martin, Clare, Dear Heart of Jesus, and of God, Immaculate Virgin, who died June 22, 2013. Matt and Isabella. Jude, Infant of Prague, St place it within Your broken assist me in this my neces- Dearer to us than words May they rest in peace. Francis. – A.M.M. heart where your Father sity. O Star of the Sea, help can tell, Loving husband John and sees it, then in his merciful me and show me herein Was the father we loved so family. GRATEFUL thanks to the eyes it will become Your You are my Mother. O Holy McKERNAN well, Blessed Virgin Mary and St favour, not mine. Amen. Mary, Mother of God, Simon went to God, June We do not forget him, Pio for favours granted. Still Say for three days, publica- Queen of Heaven and 21, 2008, aged 21 years. We never intend, praying. – E.K. tion promised. – Earth, I humbly beseech THOMSON You from the bottom of my Loving you, from Mum, We think of him daily, In loving memory of heart to succour me in my Dad, Francis, Gabriel and And will to the end. Margaret (Maggie) Thom- DEAR HEART OF JESUS NOVENA TO ST CLARE Dear Heart of Jesus in the Say nine Hail Mary’s for necessity. There are none Madeleine. All our tomorrows will be as son (née Brown), a devoted past I have asked you for nine days with a lighted that can withstand Your “A prince from the day of today, mother and much loved many favours, this time I candle; publication prom- power. O show me herein your birth on the holy moun- Loving you, missing you, all gran, born March 9, 1901, ask you for this special one ised. – C.M. You are my mother. O tains, from the womb before the way. died June 23, 1974. (mention favour), take it Mary, conceived without sin, the dawn I begot you.” Too dearly loved to be for- Requiescat in Pace. gotten. Dear Heart of Jesus, and DEAR HEART OF JESUS pray for us who have Our Lady of Lourdes, pray place it within Your broken Dear Heart of Jesus in the recourse to Thee (three TOMINEY heart where your Father past I have asked you for times). Holy Mary, I place for him. Catherine (Irene) Tominey, sees it, then in his merciful many favours, this time I this cause in your hands Your loving daughters Claire June 19, 2013. eyes it will become Your ask you for this special one (three times). O thank you and Elizabeth and their fam- “Strew on her roses, roses, favour, not mine. Amen. (mention favour), take it for your mercy to me and ilies. And never a spray of yew” Say for three days, publica- Dear Heart of Jesus, and mine. Amen. Say for three In loving memory of a won- tion promised. – H.D. place it within Your broken days; publication promised NICHOLSON derful Mother and Grandma heart where your Father - T.R. In loving memory of our - the first year without you dear brother, Duncan sees it, then in his merciful has been too hard. NOVENA TO ST CLARE Joseph, who died on June Say nine Hail Mary’s for eyes it will become Your All our love, NOVENA TO ST CLARE 20, 1967. R.I.P. nine days with a lighted favour, not mine. Amen. Say nine Hail Mary’s for Irene, Jimmy, Anne, Jackie Close in our hearts your candle; publication prom- Say for three days, publica- nine days with a lighted McLEAN and spouses and all the memory is kept, ised. – L.P. tion promised. Also grateful candle; publication prom- 5th Anniversary. To treasure, to love and grandchildren. In loving memory of my thanks to St Francis, St ised. Also thanks to all never forget. THANKS to St Pio for Martha, St Pio and Child of saints to whom I pray and dear wife, Bernadette, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, mother and grandmother, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT prayers answered. _ J. Prague – K. McD & D. for favours received. Still pray for him. McN. McD. praying. - P.G. who died June 24, 2009. Inserted by the family. You left us quietly your thoughts unknown, TIGHE, John Patrick You left us memories we Tighe – John P. Winnie and You can try it are proud to own. family would like to thank all Our Lady of Lourdes and St relatives, friends and neigh- for three Theresa, pray for her. bours for Mass cards, sym- monthsfor Inserted by her loving hus- pathy cards and flowers band Thomas and family. received in their recent sad only £9. You loss. Also to everyone who will never want attended his funeral. A spe- MacPHEE Have to be without it In loving memory of a dear cial thanks to Monsignor Paul Murray and Fr Pat wife and mother, Lena, who YOU again. Hennessey for celebrating died June 9, 1997. THOMAS You can also 11th Anniversary the Requiem Mass. 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whomever we are with. Sometimes that is not trusted, and His faithfulness lasts as long as the easy. Give us your help always. Amen heavens.” CHILDREN’S (R) Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. Activities Our Lord, you bless those who join in the festi- G Fo rm a circle and sing to the tune of val and walk in the brightness of your presence. CROSSWORD 36 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star: We are happy all day because of you, and your saving power brings honour to us. Welcome, welcome, welcome, Jesus (R) Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. 1 2 3 4 5 What can I do to be like you? Welcome, welcome, welcome, Jesus. Second Reading 6

Gifts you give for all we do. Buried with Christ in Baptism, we shall walk in the 7 Welcome, welcome, welcome, Jesus. newness of life. A reading from the letter of Paul to the Help us do what is the best. Romans 6:3-4, 8-9. 8 Then make a welcome mat for someone Brothers and sisters, don’t you know that all special. who share in Christ Jesus by being Baptised 9 10 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time also share in His death? First Reading When we were Baptised, we died and were 11 12 That is the holy man of God; let him remain there. A buried with Christ. We were Baptised, so that Reflection reading from the second book of Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a. we would live a new life, as Christ was raised to 13 ISN’T it fun to go to gran’s house? She One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A life by the glory of God the Father. always makes you feel special. She gives rich woman lived there, and she invited him in As surely as we died with Christ, we believe 14 you what you like. Have you ever invited a for a meal. Each time Elisha was in town after we will also live with Him. We know that death 15 friend over? Did you make sure they had that, he would eat at her home. no longer has any power over Christ. He died what they needed: Snacks, drinks, and at The woman said to her husband: “I’m sure and was raised to life, never again to die. 16 playtime what they liked to do? And if they that this man who comes by here so often is a The Word of the Lord stayed over night, did you make sure they Holy man of God. Let’s build him a small room 17 had a good bed, and any thing else they on our flat roof. We can put a bed, a table, a Alleluia needed? Didn’t you feel good when you did chair, and an oil lamp in the room. He can stay 1 Peter 2:9. all of that and your friend was happy? there whenever he comes to visit us.” (R) Alleluia, alleluia. ACROSS The woman in the first reading went out The next time Elisha came to Shunem, he You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy 1 Comes back (7) of her way to give her visitor all he needed spent the night in his room. Elisha asked his ser- people. Praise God who called you out of dark- 6 Part of a cow the milk comes from (5) —a bed, table, chair, oil lamp and always vant Gehazi: “What can we do to repay this ness and into his marvellous light. 7 Suggest getting married (7) plenty food to eat. She wanted him to feel woman for being so kind?” (R) Alleluia, alleluia. 9 Jackdaws (5) welcome any time he came there. God then Gehazi answered: “She doesn’t have a son, 11 Nails (5) gave her and her husband a little baby. and her husband is old.” Gospel 13 Evil (6) How good God is. Elisha said to Gehazi: “Tell the woman to Anyone who welcomes you, welcomes me. A reading 15 Sport played on a rink with a puck (3-6) What about those who come to visit come here.” from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 10:40-42. 16 These letters mean someone is in whom we maybe do not like so well? He told her and she came and stood in the Jesus said to His disciples: “Anyone who trouble! (1.1.1.) Sometimes that is really hard. It is like a doorway of the room. welcomes you welcomes me and anyone who 17 Animal with a trunk (8) little cross for us to be like Jesus in those Elisha promised the woman: “Next year about welcomes me also welcomes the one who sent me. times. What can we do then? And how will this time you will have a son of your own.” “Anyone who welcomes a prophet, just DOWN we feel if we are kind and caring anyway? The Word of the Lord because that person is a prophet, will be given the 2 Make a mistake (3) Close your eyes now and think of how same reward as a prophet. Anyone who welcomes 3 Take your clothes and other things out you feel. Thank Jesus for the many good Responsorial Psalm a good person, just because that person is good, of your luggage (6) people who welcome you and make you feel 89:1-2, 15-16. will be given the same reward as a good person. 4 A short name for Susan (3) good. Think of those whom you helped feel (R) Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. “And anyone who gives one of my most 5 Not wet (3) welcome when they came to see you. Our Lord, I will sing of your love forever. humble followers a cup of cool water, just 7 ‘Aladdin' or 'Cinderella’ might be the title Everyone yet to be born will hear me praise because that person is my follower, will surely of this show (9) Discussion your faithfulness. be rewarded.” 8 Ape-like creatures (7) I What did you do to make your friend so I will tell them: “God’s love can always be The Gospel of the Lord 9 Farmyard bird (7) welcome and feel good? 10 Sorrow (7) I Tell what someone did to make you really 12 It may be cheddar or gorgonzola, feel welcome. perhaps (6) I Tell about a time when you had a visitor 14 Snooty—like Victoria Beckham? (4) that it was hard to do the nice things for. I What can you do for the people you live LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION with everyday to make them feel welcome? I What can you do when it is hard to be that ACROSS welcoming kind of person or the person 1 Circus 7 Horner 8 Igloo 9 Urgent 10 Make does not let you be helpful? How would you 12 Leash 15 Flock 16 Tandem 17 Ladder 18 Bets feel if you were not kind and welcoming? How would you feel if you were specially nice DOWN to them? 2 Imitate 3 Callers 4 Shout 5 Frogs 6 Tennis court I What do you think Jesus wants you to do 11 Often 12 Label 13 Acted 14 Hinge today? Prayer The Children’s Liturgy page is published Dear Jesus, you said that ‘whoever welcomes one week in advance to allow RE teachers you, welcomes me.’ We want to make everyone feel good when they come to us for a and those taking the Children’s Liturgy at visit. We like to go places where we are weekly Masses to use, if they wish, this welcome. That makes us feel good. Help us to page as an accompaniment to their be kind and friendly to all. May we always welcome you to be with us wherever or teaching materials

WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 22 JOURNEYS OF FAITH SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 Violent thief took long, hard road to sainthood DR HARRY SCHNITKER’S series looking at different people’s journeys of faith JOURNEYS OF FAITH looks at the very turbulent path to sancity taken by St Moses the Black

OSES the Black—the very name conjures up a character from a badly-written crime novel or poorly-acted TV murder mystery. Yet he was a very real figure, a man of flesh and blood. He is ill-served by the English version of his name. In Coptic, he is Mknown as Moses Murin. The latter means ‘like an Ethiopian;’ Moses was a black African. When he received his name, there was not yet the racist equation between the black colour of someone’s skin, and the blackness of someone’s character. Nor was it the case that only black people were slaves, for that is what Moses initially was. Slavery was a wide-spread institution in the Roman Empire, and in Egypt, where Moses lived, it had deep taproots, indeed. So there was nothing unusual about his social position, either. What is unusual is that Moses was dismissed by his master. Now slave owners rarely free their slaves volun- tarily: they are too valuable. And in a way, Moses’s master did not free Moses voluntarily, either. Moses was dismissed because of his violent nature. It is hard to take in, a slave being dismissed for being too violent. Moses was a man of huge stature, who struck fear in all who met him. Killing got him freed from slavery, and violence made him the leader of a group of brigands. This sounds rather romantic, like a Butch Cassidy avant la lettre, but reality was somewhat starker. Egypt in late antiq- uity was rife with robber-bands, many of them nomads preying on settled society. Their violence and depredations were anything but romantic. Swathes of the Egyptian countryside were effec- tively depopulated by their activities, and Moses the Black was one of the primary leaders of these bands.

uffice to say that this was not the type of man destined for sainthood from birth. We know that he murdered people, that he was Sinvolved in all sorts of violence, that he robbed and that he tortured. His 75 bandit followers were fre- quently scared by the behaviour of their leader and his name became a by-word for all that is evil. Per- haps the most evil trait of his character was his pre- dation on women, many of whom suffered assaults by Moses. Had he been alive in our own day, he would have been a tabloid monster. As the wealthy targets in the desert dwindled because of all the robber bands, the monasteries that dotted the wadis became the most obvious target. Many suffered violent robberies, and a great num- ber of the high defence walls that still characterise Egypt’s monasteries were first constructed around this time. Moses determined to attack one of the rich- est of the monasteries, that of Wadi El-Natrun. Situ- ated in the north-west of the Nile delta, this was one of the regions of origin of the monastic movement. Even today, it houses great monasteries, which, thanks to the great Coptic monastic revival, are once Instead of killing them, as he would have in the good thief repented, and was instantly forgiven. intellect, feeling and morals, and, therefore, goes more the home to many hundreds of monks. past, he now turned to the abbot to ask what to do Luke’s account has no mention of victims, no men- well beyond repentance. It is in the literal Greek The first house was erected here around the year with them. They were released. tion of circumstances. It is ‘simply’ a repentance sense of metanoia that we should place the story of of Moses’s birth, the year 330AD, founded by St Later in life, Moses was granted the distinct story without any background. What matters, St Moses the Black, and, indeed, many of the char- Macarius the Great. Moses encountered one of the honour of being ordained to the priesthood, a rare namely, is the foreground, on which a distraught acters of this series. His life was a classic case of great desert saints as he was trying to enter the thing for Egyptian monks. He went on to found a man turns to Christ for help, and is given help—he a poor start in life, with bad decisions causing a monastery: St Isidore the Priest. Moses’s reputa- monastery, we are told with 75 monks to atone for repented and was saved. spiraling down into deeper and deeper sin. tion preceded him and St Isidore tried to make his the lives of the 75 robbers he once led. Curiously, How different this from the ways of the world. It took a moment of shock for the remaining escape. However, something unexpected hap- he ended his life as a martyr for Christ, refusing to To the Romans, crimes were crimes, to be pun- core of goodness in his heart to be touched by a pened: Moses was deeply struck by the atmos- fight a group of robbers who came to plunder the ished in a variety of ways. Roman citizens, as we light from an unexpected source. When it hap- phere and peace of the monastery. Instead of house he had founded. It had been a long journey, know from the life of St Paul, could be executed pened, as it did for all those who experienced such robbing the place, he remained. which, eventually, led him to a pacifist world-view only for treason, but slaves and non-citizens were a moment, the change was profound. It went What the monks made of this is anyone’s guess; that his earlier self would have found difficult to habitually executed for a wide variety of crimes. beyond mere repentance into true metanoia. The one would assume that they were rather worried comprehend. To the Anglo-Saxons, and in many of the succes- Moses the Black who became a priest and an abbot about the presence of this extremely volatile and sor kingdoms of Rome, money was the tool of jus- was a different man from the Moses the Black who frightening man. As time passed, however, Moses t Moses the Black is not the only violent thief tice. One did not have to repent, but simply pay was a thief. Now what is interesting is that the proved himself to be a paradigm of humble serv- to have converted, of course. Indeed, a thief up. Even for murder or rape, wergild was paid in ‘special’ moment was only the start. Having ‘seen ice. He never refused to work, doing tasks which was the first man to be told by Christ that he compensation. the light’ it was still a major journey, a struggle he would probably have found too menial when a Swas to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, when he It was, therefore, a radical idea, µετάνοια or against the old self, to stay on the illuminated path. slave. Temptation came his way often, and his vio- hung beside Jesus on his own cross on Calvary. metanoia. It is now commonly agreed that those Temptation came, old urges occasionally reared lence was always latent behind the surface of lov- The great early theologian, Origen, held that the who translated metanoia into the Latin Pœniten- their head. Damascene conversions are great ing service. When a band of robbers tried their luck good thief represented all Christians. Again, we are tiam agite or ‘repent’ did us a great disservice: exceptions for those travelling this particularly at the monastery, he gave them a warm reception. challenged in our perception of Holiness: The metanoia means a complete change of heart, of unusual path to sanctity. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY JUNE 20 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER CELEBRATING LIFE 23 BISHOPS ENGAGEMENTS ARCHBISHOP TARTAGLIA Archbishop of Glasgow, www.rcag.org.uk SAT JUN 21 2PM Poverty Truth Commission, Woodside Halls, Glasgow. SUN 6.30PM Mass in St Paul’s Whiteinch. MON 1PM Lunch in Curial Offices for the Board of Manage- ment and Legal Team of St Margaret Children and Family Care Society. 7PM Inaugural Mass of the Episcopal Ministry of Right Reverend Joseph Toal as Bishop of Motherwell, Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral, Motherwell. TUE 7.30AM National Prayer Breakfast, Glasgow City Chambers. 2PM Archdiocese of Glasgow Ecumenical Commission. THU 7PM Mass in Sacred Heart, Cumbernauld, to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Opening of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Cumbernauld. FRI 7PM Mass of Ordination to the Permanent Diaconate in Saint Andrew’s Cathedral ARCHBISHOP CUSHLEY Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh www.archdiocese-edinburgh.com

SAT JUN 21 11AM Ordination to the Priesthood of Reverend Nicky Welsh. Our Lady & St Ninian, Bannockburn. SUN 11AM Confirmations, St David’s, Dalkeith. MON 11AM Students bid farewell to John Ogilvie High School Catholic Youth Ministry Form, Gillis Centre. By Dan McGinty school, while headteacher Mr Morrison paid receive further recognition, through the Car- BISHOP GILBERT tribute to the enormous contributions they itas Award scheme, receiving their awards at DEPARTING S6 pupils at John Ogilvie have made, individually and collectively, to the Clyde Auditorium. Aberdeen, www.dioceseofaberdeen.com High School in Hamilton recently bid their school, local and wider community. Looking back on the evening of celebra- farewell to their school with a Valedictory The Mass was followed by a celebration tion Val McConville, chairperson of the par- SUN JUN 22 9.30AM Mass, St Mary’s, Blairs. 11.15AM Mass, Mass. of the achievements of the pupils throughout ent council, said: “It was a joyous evening of Cathedral. MON 7PM Bishop Toal’s installation, Motherwell. Having started their high school careers their time in the school, with the pupils being laughter and memories and a fitting finale to TUE 7PM Mass St John the Baptist, Cathedral. THU with a welcome Mass six years ago, the awarded the John Ogilvie High School their six years at the school. It is amazing to 10.30AM Meeting with Episcopal church Bishops, Gillis. FRI pupils (above) concluded their time at John ‘Diploma of Wider Achievement,’ catalogu- see and hear the range of activities and com- 7PM Mass Sacred Heart, Cathedral. SAT Safeguarding in Ogilvie in the same way, with Fr Kenny ing the actions that demonstrated their lead- mitments these young people make for the service meeting, Bishop’s House. O’Brien celebrating the Mass. ership, their values and citizenship and their benefit of others. It was absolutely fabulous.” Speaking to the pupils, he encouraged contribution to the community. them to take their light into the world beyond Fifteen of the senior pupils also went on to I [email protected] BISHOP ROBSON Dunkeld, www.rcdod.org.uk SPOTLIGHT ON SAT JUN 21 11AM Priestly Ordination of Rev Nikky Welsh to the Priesthood, Bannockburn. SUN 11AM Solemn Mass for Corpus Christi, St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee. 3PM Dioce- san Celebration, Blessed Sacrament procession and Solemn The parish of St Teresa’s in Benediction for Corpus Christi, St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dumfries celebrated with its young parishioners as they Dundee. TUE 7PM Silver priestly Jubilee of Father Tom received the sacraments of Shields, St John’s Perth. WED 11AM Annual Meeting Confirmation and First Holy between the Bishops Conference of Scotland and the Bish- Communion. The parish community were joined by the ops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Gillis Centre, Edin- family and friends of the burgh. 7PM Priestly Ordination of Rev Martin Delaney, children, as they showed their Wishaw/Clelland. FRI Perth Italian Mass and Community support for the children as they took their next step in the Celebration, St Mary Magdalene’s, Perth. SAT 11AM Prize- Catholic Faith. Alongside Fr giving, Kilgraston School, Bridge of Earn. Jim Hayes, parish priest, and Deacon Willie Hiddleston, parish deacon, were Miss BISHOP KEENAN Blount, headteacher, and Mr Paisley, www.rcdop.org.uk Slattery, class teacher, both of St Teresa’s Primary School, and Mrs Holden, the parish SAT JUN 21 10AM Armed Forces Day Service at Paisley Catechist Abbey. SUN Corpus Christi Procession at Holy Family Parish, Port Glasgow. TUE 7AM National Prayer Breakfast, City Chambers, Glasgow. WED 7.30PM New Discernment Initia- Renowned musician performs at fundraising concert in Inverness tive for young men and women in St Mirnin’s Cathedral Halls. THU 9AM Visit to St John Bosco’s Primary School, Erskine. INVERNESS was treated to played his fluency in Italian— FRI Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. a return visit of Martin and even in Sicilian dialect—as Aelred as he made his way he performed music and songs to the Highlands for a from films such as The Godfa- FIND AND LIKE THE fundraising concert. ther, The Mission, Gladiator The Glasgow performer and Titanic. His linguistic skills SCOTTISH CATHOLIC (right)—who is becoming even saw him sing in Hebrew, known across the world as a while he performed his own OBSERVER PAGE ON solo tenor and classical guitarist lyrics set to the music from —has performed for presidents, Braveheart, accompanying FACEBOOK prime ministers and even the many of the songs with his own Pope, and has long used his skill as a Flamengo guitarist. talents to help charities and Mr Aelred’s talents were not worthy projects. confined to the concerts, though, His visit to the Highlands and he treated Sunday morning FOLLOW THE SCOTTISH saw him entertain concertgoers massgoers to renditions of Panis CATHOLIC OBSERVER AT at St Columba’s in Smithton Angelicus and Schubert’s Ave with a repertoire of ‘Music Maria in the parishes of St SCO_NEWS ON TWITTER. from the Movies,’ where he dis- Columba’s and St Mary’s. Be first to find out the latest E-MAIL CELEBRATING LIFE EVENTS TO DAN MCGINTY AT [email protected] news ADVERTISEMENT

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