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BY STUART GRAHAM which had been under construction for nearly six years, for projects by the end of HE almost completed construction of the year. the Denis Hurley Centre in downtown The centre, said Mr Kearney, is being very TDurban has given people hope and the careful not to “extend itself too far” as the confidence to “make things happen”, the need for help in the area is enormous. project's coordinator Mr Paddy Kearney has “We will be careful to do what we are able said. to do,” said Mr Kearney. “Archbishop Hurley's reputation for “We are talking to other faith communi - someone who stood up for human rights is ties in the neighbourhood and are trying to very well known,” said Mr Kearney, who encourage them to have outreach projects.” wrote a biography of the late archbishop of The mosque next door has been very sup - , titled Guardian of the Light . portive and is proud that this is happening “What this centre shows is that, like him, in the neighbourhood, said Mr Kearney. we can make a change. We have this build - “The Muslims also have a school that will ing which will provide facilities for confer - make a wonderful centre for training. The ences, meetings and outreach of all kinds. It Hindus have a building with 14 classes and has given people confidence to get things two halls... That could play an important done.” role in the neighbourhood.” Mr Kearney said many living in the Mr Kearney said Muslims, Hindus and neighbourhood around the centre, adjacent Christians have all supported the Denis Hur - to Emmanuel cathedral, are unemployed, ley Centre project in various ways. sick, or are refugees from other parts of Catechism classes and other events of the An aerial picture of the Denis Hurley Centre nearing completion, with Durban’s Emmanuel Africa. For them, the building is a sign of cathedral parish have all taken place in the cathedral behind it. The centre’s coordinators hope to take occupation of the building before hope. nearby Hindu building for the past two the end of the year, when the keys will be handed over to Cardinal Napier by the construction “It is a very downbeat neighbourhood. years. A Muslim group meanwhile, asked to company. The formal and official opening of the building is scheduled for November 9, 2015, But people are excited about the completion amalgamate its feeding scheme with the the 100th birthday of Archbishop Hurley. That evening, “World Religions in Concert” will be of the centre. It is like a dream,” Mr Kearney Denis Hurley Centre. presented by the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in the mall between the cathedral told The Southern Cross . Mr Kearney said people of all faiths still and the new centre. See also page 8 for Winnie Graham’s memories of Archbishop Hurley. The aim is to start using the building, Continued on page 2 (Photo: Barker Sky Imaging) Priest presented with a classic rock guitar for kids’ project STAFF REPORTER Fr Lindeque was presented with a guitar used by the German hard rock band Scorpi - SOUTH AFRICAN priest was the subject ons in the 1980s. It was donated by the of a two-page spread in the Morgenpost band’s former road manager, Hermjo Klein, newspaper in Dresden, Germany. A who had kept the guitar as a memento. In the Fr Wim Lindeque of Stellenbosch, near newspaper spread, Mr Klein is pictured hold - , was in the eastern German city of Dresden for an annual gala to raise funds ing the guitar as Fr Lindeque strikes a rocking for the Aids project HOPE Cape Town, on pose. whose board the priest serves. The guitar will now be used by a music The HOPE gala in Dresden, attended by project which is part of the Afterschool De - German celebrities, is regarded as one of the velopment Centre which Fr Lindeque estab - highlights in the city’s social calendar. This lished when he served in the parish of year German interior minister Thomas de Manenberg, a gang-ridden area of Cape Town. Maizière was among those who attended. The The centre, which takes care of about 200 event raised R1,5 million for HOPE. youngsters, is supported by HOPE Cape Also representing HOPE Cape Town at the Town. gala was co-founder Fr Stefan Hippler, whose At the gala, HOPE Cape Town honoured bishop in Trier, Bishop Stephan Ackermann, Hamburg shipbuilding magnate Peter J has given the priest permission to stay in Krämer, who in the past ten years has spent Cape Town indefinitely. $180 million to build 1500 schools in Africa.

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BY STUART GRAHAM mystery of the divine, come to know people will share our prayer and in the world, St Teresa was telling the the truth of her experience and dis- praise,” Sr Mathieson said, adding world to find its roots in God. HE Carmelite Sisters of Benoni cover their own purpose in life.” that “over the years people have “This is what St Teresa is telling have recorded a CD of stirring St Teresa, who died in 1582, ded- asked us to make a CD of our us. Let nothing trouble you. Let Tsongs ahead of the fifth cente- icated much of her life to reforming singing—this was the occasion to nothing frighten you. Everything nary of the birth of St Teresa of herself and the Carmelites. She make it a reality”. passes. God alone suffices. Ávila. founded more than a half-dozen She said the CD was recorded “When we put God at the centre Sr Therese Mathieson said new monasteries. She also travelled with the help of Trevor Nasser, a of our lives, everything else be - Carmelites all over the world are and wrote prolifically. well-known Catholic guitarist who comes small. It doesn’t take away preparing to celebrate St Teresa’s Sr Mathieson said St Teresa has produced many albums of his suffering but we have the strength 500th birthday on March 28, 2015. would begin her prayers with an in- own. knowing that God is in control.” “St Teresa had a great passion for vocation to the Holy Spirit. “Trevor put us in touch with St Teresa was canonised by Pope life, a great thirst for God and a The Carmelites remained faithful Lydia van Vuuren who produced Gregory XV in 1622. She is the pa- great love for humanity. She loved to this practice by including two the CD, having made the record - tron of Spain, headache suffer- music, dancing, writing songs and songs to the Holy Spirit as well as ings in her studio in Pretoria, be - ers, lacemakers, loss of parents, those poetry,” Sr Mathieson said. parts of the Office of St Teresa—the tween April and September, 2014,” in religious orders, those ridiculed for The CD cover of the Carmelites of “Through her words which we prayer of the Church—which psalms said Sr Mathieson. their piety and more. Her symbol is Benoni’s recording of songs to cele - share on the CD we hope that those and canticles make up daily worship. She said with “so much confu- a heart, an arrow and a book. (See brate St Teresa of Ávila. who listen will be drawn into the “We hope that through the CD sion, violence, sorrow and suffering” also Page 9) ‘Travelling repository’ man dies

BY STAFF REPORTER the parish of Our Lady of Loreto in She said she would give Mr Un - Kempton Park. Sam failed to arrive. yinye a lift to buy his bibles. NIGERIAN “travelling reposi - I waited for over an hour, went “I got to know him very well. We tory”, Sam Unyinye, who vis - home and tried to phone him later used to have a good laugh doing Aited almost every parish in that day,” she said. our business. He brought joy to so the Johannesburg archdiocese, has Mrs Eales finally made contact many people.” died. with Mr Unyinye’s wife who in - Mrs Unyinye, who gave birth to His friend Berniece Eales of formed her that her friend had died. triplets earlier this year, runs a shop Kempton Park parish said she and The cause of death was not cer - in Johannesburg. She indicated that Mr Unyinye had spent many mem - tain. her husband’s body was to be repa - orable days together. “I know he had friends and cus - triated to Nigeria. “I was waiting for him outside tomers as far afield as Northriding, A memorial for Mr Unyinye will the studios where I would buy vari - Florida, Mulbarton, Cedars Wood - be held at the Parish of our Lady of ous sacramentals, prayer books and mead, Alberton and Benoni,” Mrs Loreto in Kempton Park on Novem - other novelties for our repository in Eales said. ber 8 at 11:00. Deacon Gerald Masters of East London and his wife Norah celebrate their diamond anniversary surrounded by family in Tsitsikamma. Deacon Masters, who was ordained in 1993, serves in Exhibition of world religions Holy Spirit parish in Nahoon. Mrs Masters’ 80th birthday next year will bring together the South BY DYLAN APPOLIS African, Canadian, Australian and American S part of the religious educa - branches of the family. The couple is seen on tion and life orientation pro - their wedding day in October 1954, and on their anniversary with (back from left): Emily Bentley, gramme, Grade 6 learners A Luke Masters, Margie and Donald Bentley, Jes - from College in Johan - sica and Derek Lloyd, Marc Bywater, (middle) nesburg researched their own reli - Athlene Masters, Norah and Deacon Gerald gious tradition. Masters, Patty Lloyd, Andrea Bywater, (front) Through the project, pupils Tanya and Robert Masters. learnt research and note-taking skills. iPads and books were used in the research process and the notes were then turned into a Power Durban’s Denis Hurley Centre Point presentation during computer lessons. The slides were then printed and to be occupied in December the children designed a poster dis - Continued from page 1 Hurley Centre in the middle of De - play of all their work. come to pray at the Emmanuel cember. The culmination of the project cathedral next door to the centre. A simple ceremony is due to be was the Exhibition of World Reli - “The cathedral has been here for held, with the keys of the centre gions. The posters were displayed over 100 years. People of all faiths being handed over to Cardinal Wil - and each religion had a table of come and pray here, especially frid Napier, archbishop of Durban. artefacts and festival foods. Hindu people, who often leave At the same time a statue of Arch - During art lessons, the children flowers for the archbishop on his bishop Hurley will be unveiled. made stained glass windows. tomb,” Mr Kearney said. A date for the ceremony has not “The event starts with a prayer Grade 6 learners at Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg celebrate at their Exhibition of World Religions. “Many people who lived in the yet been set. moment during which the Grade 6 neighbourhood and were moved Archbishop Hurley was widely learners share prayers from the dif - a presentation of the core beliefs of share in tasting the festival foods. It because of the Group Areas Act known for his passion for human ferent religions,” said Naomi Meyer, each religion.” was a colourful evening with many come back, and many of them have rights and for unity among faiths. marketing coordinator at Sacred Parents are invited to view the children and their parents dressed memories of Archbishop Hurley.” He died on February 13, 2004 at the Heart College. “This is followed by projects, look at the artefacts and in traditional festival attire. Staff will move into the Denis age of 88.

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The society said the funding crisis severely affects The conference was held in an effort to its day-to-day operations and it needs urgent help to share the experiences from different coun - ensure it can continue its service. tries, look into conflict-resolution around Various factors have added to the organisation’s fi - the world, implement a peace-making and nancial difficulty. justice charism, and clarify and consoli - Lucy Slaviero of Little Eden said the Department of date different approaches. Health announced recently, without warning, that The week-long gathering was given an subsidy payments would be made one month in ar - opening address by Archbishop William rears with immediate effect. The department pays Lit - Slattery, also a Franciscan, to more than 80 tle Eden around R90 0 000 a month in subsidies. delegates, including the general minister, The postal strike has also had a major effect on Br Mauro Johri from Rome. fund raising efforts. The Damietta Peace Initiative, based in “Some of our planned direct mail campaigns have Centurion, is a Franciscan, inter-faith had to be postponed indefinitely until the situation is peace enterprise for Africa, built around resolved,” Ms Slaviero said. the core values of non-violence, reconcil - The organisation used to receive money from the iation and respect for creation. National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, but this had Speaking to the delegates, Br Johri em - stopped. phasised the importance of emulating St “For the past two years there has been no call for . application for further funding,” Ms Slaviero said. “Small as he was, he was strong in the Many of Little Eden’s donors have been hit by the love of God. People have to take time to poor economy. A number of donors have had to re - look after the world and stop making ex - duce their usual donations, and some have stopped cuses,” he said. giving altogether, she said. “It may be difficult to get aid and finan - “I call on our generous local communities for fi - cial support from various organisations, as nancial aid during this crisis we are facing. We are compared to ten years ago, yet it does not hopeful that we will once again receive an over - mean it closes all doors to work with var - whelming response from concerned members of the ious communities,” he said. public, friends and well-wishers of the society,” she Capuchin Father Kees Thonissen, inter - said. national director of the Damietta Peace “These are uncertain times when Little Eden—the Initiative, said: “The promotion of peace, only home many of our residents will ever know is conflict-solving and interacting with com - being threatened, as well as the very livelihood of our munities is what the Franciscan life is all 263 staff members.” about. As Franciscans we should not Franciscan student Thabiso Manyeli from and Fr Benedict Ayodi from Kenya Ms Slaviero said the home’s children and adults choose which conflicts and communities express the joy of Mass through music. with profound intellectual disability need security, to help. With the little resources that we protection and care. Little Eden must continue to have, let us assist in the changing of peo - the UN Economic and Social Council, problem and not only a country’s prob - fight for this, she added, because many depend com - ple’s lives.” General Assembly and Human Rights lem.” pletely on the organisation for help. Through many years in operation, Council, making connections between the Dr Kani from India outlined many “With the support of our friends and benefactors, Franciscan International has strengthened different forums. ways one as a Franciscan can contribute. we look forward to continue serving the community its advocacy work to achieve a stronger During the gathering sessions in Preto - “We have different ways of solving issues by providing a caring environment for persons with impact, the conference heard. They have ria, many of the Franciscan brothers and and everyone has a responsibility to be a intellectual disabilities under our umbrella and core focused on specific issues related to envi - lay people gave testimonies and clarified peace-maker. We can do more,” he said. values— respect, sanctity of life and love and care.” ronmental justice (mainly on extractive achievements and difficulties in their re - “Unless we create a strong Franciscan order,  Contact Nichollette Muthige or Lucy Slaviero on 011 industries), child protection, and human gions of work. we shall fail a lot of people and their com - 609 7246 or visit www.littleeden.org.za trafficking. Noting the spread of political and eth - munities. Each Franciscan needs to re-in - Through its presence at the United Na - nic conflict, Petronella Munyao OFS, com - vent his order to contribute more.” tions in Geneva and New York, the Fran - munication and programme coordinator Franciscan International relies on a ciscans have also been effective in of Damietta in Kenya, said: ”We need to large network. They work with most vul - promoting a right-based approach to the interact with communities more often in nerable sectors in about 160 countries sustainable development agenda. an effort to try to stop the conflicts from throughout the world and are composed St Anne’s Mission They have carried out strong advocacy happening. of about 75 0 000 Franciscans who put into Mpophomeni on sustainable development as well as “Such conflicts end up displacing fami - practice the principles of St Francis of As - business and human rights issues before lies which in the end becomes a regional sisi. Handbook of in Afrikaans

STAFF REPORTER HE handbook of the Legion of Mary has been translated into Afrikaans, and is now awaiting for - BUY A BRICK Tmal approval by Archbishop Stephen Brislin of for the rememberance of your Cape Town. At a conference of the Legion of Mary senatus of deceased and help support Cape Town held in Pella, Northern Cape, and attended by 160 members, Bishop Edward Risi of Keimoes-Uping - our building fund ton celebrated Mass, followed by a symbolic launch of the handbook. Bank: FNB The Afrikaans versions of the Tessera (Legion prayers), Account name: prayer cards of legion founder Frank Duff, and envoys Edel Quin and Alfie Lambe, and sacramentals were St Anne’s Mission handed to the delegates. Account number: 50840108548 Introductions of the various praesidia and curiae were Branch Code: 220725 made. The aim of this conference was “to right the wrongs Contact: Fr Jude Fernando TOR Bishop Edward Risi of Keimoes-Upington with Lynette Petersen, president of that had crept in over the years”, Lynette Petersen, pres - [email protected] the Legion of Mary senatus in Cape Town, during a conference of the legion ident of the Legion of Mary senatus in Cape Town, said. in Pella, Northern Cape. St Anne’s Mission, PO Box 924, Hilton 3245, 082 588 1691 4 The Southern Cross, November 5 to November 11, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Pope: God set Big Bang and evolution in motion BY CAROL GLATZ HE Big Bang theory and evolu - tion do not eliminate the exis - Ttence of God, who remains the one who set all of creation into mo - tion, Pope Francis told his own sci - ence academy. And God’s existence does not contradict the discoveries of science, he told members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. “When we read the account of creation in Genesis, we risk thinking that God was a magician, complete The faithful hold a Marian icon as Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer with a magic wand, able to do from the window of the Apostolic Palace in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican. everything. But it is not like that,” (Photo: Max Rossi, Reuters/CNS) he said. “He created living beings and he let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave each one, so that they would de - The South Pole Telescope and the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extra - velop and reach their full potential.” galactic Polarisation experiment, or Biceps2, are seen against the night sky. Pope: Exorcists show God gave creation full autonomy Researchers used the equipment to detect ripples in the space-time fabric while also guaranteeing his constant that echo the massive expansion of the universe that took place just after the presence in nature and people’s Big Bang. (Photo: Keith Vanderlinde/National Science Foundation via love for the suffering lives, he said. Reuters/CNS) The beginning of the world is not tion to the academy’s programme. is something more than just what BY CINDY WOODEN cause it appears to coincide with “an a result of “chaos”, he said, but Despite many scientific ad - they are made out of that makes extraordinary increase in demonic XORCISTS , assigned to that min - comes directly from “a supreme vances, many mysteries remain, said them “living”, Prof Vicuna said in activity”. principle that creates out of love”. Rafael Vicuna, professor of molecu - an interview with the Catholic Eistry by their bishops, demon - Dr Cascioli said too many people strate the love and care of the “The Big Bang, which today is lar genetics and molecular biology newspaper, Avvenire . today undervalue temptation, “ordi - held as the beginning of the world, at the Pontifical Catholic University “I can know perfectly what a cell Church for “those who suffer be - nary demonic activity”, which leaves cause of the work of the devil”, Pope does not contradict the intervention of Chile. While Charles Darwin is made up of, but how it works them unprepared to fight off greater of the divine creator, but requires shed light on the origin of species, deep down, what really is the dy - Francis said in a message to the Inter - attacks by the devil. national Association of Exorcists. it,” he said. “Evolution in nature is one of the most perplexing ques - namism that makes it move—that In societies marked by “rushing, not at odds with the notion of cre - tions is the actual origin of life, he is, life—I don’t know,” Prof Vicuna The organisation, which was superficiality, exaggerated individu - ation because evolution presupposes said. said. “A refrigerator and a car are recognised by the Congregation for alism and secularisation”, he said, the creation of beings that evolve.” How is it that inert, inanimate complex structures that move, but Clergy in June, brought some 300 ex - “the battle against evil and the devil Members of the academy, many matter turned into something liv - only with an immense amount of orcists to Rome for a convention fo - increasingly is becoming an emer - of them renowned scientists and ing, and how is it that the first living energy from the outside. cused particularly on the impact of gency”. philosophers, were meeting at the single-celled organisms were still so Life, in its deepest essence, re - the occult and Satanism on modern Where faith is weak, he said, “the Vatican to discuss “Evolving Con - amazingly complex, he asked in his mains something that escapes us.” men and women. enemy of God” finds easy prey. cepts of Nature”. talk. In his talk to academy members, In an interview with Vatican The exorcists’ association, Dr Cas - Science, philosophy and religion Chemistry, biology and genetics Prof Vicuna said the laws of chem - Radio, Dr Valter Cascioli, a psychia - cioli said, sees the impact of the have all contributed to how people have been able to identify the tiniest istry and physics “do not suffice to trist and spokesman for the group, devil’s wiles on families as well as in - see the world, how it began and components and basic building grasp the whole of life...that life is said the number of people who turn dividuals. “We know that the one what it all means, said the introduc - blocks of living organisms, but there more than molecules”.—CNS to the occult or are fascinated by Sa - who divides—the devil—not only tanic cults and rituals “is constantly separates us from God, but separates increasing and this worries us” be - persons and families.”—CNS Slain US journalist James Foley Sudan bombs condemned awarded peace institute prize ment’s attacks in the region. BY FRANCIS NJUGUNA BY SARAH MCCARTHY He later wrote an essay for Marquette More than 800 bombs have been magazine in which he spoke about BISHOP who served in Sudan dropped in the Nuba Mountains this RAYERS from around the world until his retirement a year ago - the power of prayer and how it year, according to reports from the and an unwavering faith in God helped him endure his imprison - has appealed to Sudanese Pres - A region. Phave continued to provide a ment. ident Omar al-Bashir to end a The bishop was particularly criti - strong foundation for John and “I began to pray the ,” Foley months-long bombing campaign Diane Foley after their son, journalist said. “It took a long time, almost an that has killed and injured dozens of cal of the Heiban bombing, which James Foley, was murdered in Syria hour to count 100 Hail Mary’s off on innocent civilians in the Nuba occurred on a Thursday, the market by Islamic State militants. my knuckles. And it helped to keep Mountains. day in which farmers, shopkeepers “It’s faith in God that’s kept me my mind focused.” Bishop Macram Max Gassis made and residents converge on the town’s The parents of slain US journalist together,” Mrs Foley said in an inter - An article published in The New the appeal during a press conference, central square. James Foley have received an view with Catholic News Service. “I York Times reported that Foley had nine days after seven people, includ - “Any upright and morally living award on their son’s behalf from the really feel that it was the prayers of converted to Islam before his execu - ing six children, were killed and person cannot accept such injustice,” US Institute of Peace (Photo: Donis people all over the world, and our tion and even adopted the name dozens more injured in a raid on a the bishop said. Tracy, Pilot/CNS) church community and family; but Abu Hamza, according to a freed crowded market and a home in Bishop Gassis also appealed to tute of Peace. The nonprofit founda - all over the world, people were pray - tion, which recognises people who hostage who was detained in the Heiban in South Kordofan state. President Bashir and the government ing for him.” to negotiate a just and peaceful solu - fight to preserve and promote free - same cell as Foley. “The bombing marked a notable The Foleys were in Washington John and Diane Foley, who are increase in the indiscriminate bomb - tion to any grievances in order to as - dom and democracy, presented its to attend the fourth annual Oxi Day 2014 Oxi Day award to the couple, Catholic, maintained that their son’s ing of civilians,” Bishop Gassis said, sure the dignity of the Nuba Foundation gala held at the US Insti - who received it on behalf of their late faith was evident throughout his condemning the Sudanese govern - Mountains people.—CNS son. captivity, though they did not name Former President Bill Clinton, a specific religion. who nominated James Foley for the “Jim prayed often, the other award, spoke of his “courage and his hostages tell us, and when he prayed, HOLY SITES TRAVEL value to the defence of peace, liberty he felt the closest to his family. So, and freedom”, in a pre-taped video we really felt that sustained him,” “In the Masters Footsteps” appearance at the function. Diane said. James Foley was working as a free - Though James Foley suffered Join Fr. Angelo Ison on this 10 day lance journalist in Syria when Is - tremendously for more than 20 pilgrimage to the Holy Land lamic jihadists abducted him in months at the hands of his captors, November 2012. He had previously his father said he believes his son is in May 2015, Price R26,200.00, [T&C apply] reported on the conflicts in Iraq, now free. Afghanistan and Libya. “[He is] free from the pain, the Contact Elna, Tel: 082 975 0034 In 2011, militants loyal to Muam - suffering, the beatings, the starva - E-mail: [email protected] mar Gadhafi captured the journalist tion. He’s free,” John said. “He ran in Libya and held him for 44 days. his race, and he’s a winner.”—CNS

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BY JONATHAN LUxMOORE cently have been dominated by an lightened Protestant-led compro - ing county, Warwickshire, was “old guard” of literary scholars, who mise to be established by Queen Eliz - linked to the Gunpowder Plot of NSIDE Stratford-upon-Avon’s re - have portrayed him as conforming abeth. 1605, when Catholic conspirators at - cently refurbished Royal Shake - with England’s Protestant establish - The interpretation has been chal - tempted to blow up King James I Ispeare Theatre, a massed ment, Fr Milward said. lenged in recent years by Catholic and his parliament in London. audience, banked on three floors, Shakespeare was most prolific historians, who have cited evidence The playwright’s eldest daughter, gazes attentively out over a wide, from 1589 to 1613 as the Reforma - that the destruction of the “old reli - Susanna Hall, is believed to have brightly lit stage. tion still was being imposed, causing gion”, far from reflecting popular de - boycotted Protestant services, while “Necessity will make us all for - creative people to avoid drawing at - mands, was motivated by top-down his mother’s family, the Ardens, were sworn. Three thousand times within tention to their religious beliefs. political expediency. related to St Robert Southwell, a Je - this three years’ space; for every man Some experts now think Shake - Such scholars have depicted suit priest who was executed in Dancers of the Zürich Ballet practise with his affects is born, not by might during a rehearsal of the play master’d, but by special grace,” re - speare was deeply religious and that, Queen Elizabeth as a harsher figure. 1595. Historians believe his poetry far from going along with England’s Some 3 5 000 people died in prison influenced the writing of Macbeth Romeo and Juliet by William Shake - cited the actor playing Berowne in speare. New historical research sug - Love’s Labour’s Lost . official Protestant ideology, the play - or on the scaffold during her 45-year and Titus Andronicus . wright was deeply attached to the reign, and Catholics, loyal to the old London’s South Bank, where gests that Shakespeare was a When the latest production of secret Catholic at a time when the William Shakespeare’s beloved play Catholic devotions suppressed a faith, were prime targets for repres - Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was sit - faith faced persecution in England. opened recently, adapted to be set in generation before. sion. uated, was a focus for underground (Photo: Mauricio Duenas Cas - an English mansion before World “Shakespeare rose above the dis - Catholic life. In 1613, three years be - taneda, EPA/CNS) War I, it attempted to draw new putes of his day and never de - he official hostility was under - fore his death, the playwright meaning from the Bard’s eternal scended to sectarian squabbles. But Tstandable. The queen was de - bought a large house in Blackfriars king’s long-lost daughter, Perdita, in lines. by hiding theological messages in clared excommunicated and which was used for covert Catholic The Winter’s Tale , personify the reli - A similar task is being pursued by his secular language, he invited his deposed by in 1571, and gatherings. gious mentalities of Shakespeare’s historians and researchers amid listeners to ponder the heritage an invasion force, the Spanish Ar - Although Shakespeare lies buried time, she said. claims that Shakespeare was a secret they’d lost,” said Claire Asquith, au - mada, launched with Rome’s bless - with his estranged wife, Anne Hath - When Ms Asquith’s book was Catholic at a time when the faith thor of Shadowplay: the Hidden Beliefs ing 17 years later. away, in Stratford’s Anglican church, published in 2005, it was dismissed faced savage persecution. and Coded Politics of William Shake - But for ordinary Catholics condi - several witnesses claimed he re - by Womersley, professor of “The probability that Shakespeare speare . tions became intolerable as all non- ceived Catholic last rites on his English literature at Oxford Univer - was a hidden Catholic helps explain “Catholic idioms and images are conforming religious life was driven deathbed. sity, as “a tide of wild hypothesis, the generally recognised enigma be - present throughout his work, in a underground. For a writer such as Citing the fact that Shakespeare’s strained reading and reductive his - hind his work,” said Jesuit Father forgotten world of and holy Shakespeare it would have been dan - comedies are set in Catholic Italy, Fr toricism”. Peter Milward, an authority on the places. It seems we’ve been deaf to gerous to overtly display Catholic Milward said that while his ideal Diarmaid Macculoch, a lecturer playwright. this and missed much of Shake - sympathies. Working them into his heroines show a fullness of grace on Church history at Oxford, has “The Catholic elements visible speare’s subtlety as a result,” Ms plays necessitated subtlety and skill. reminiscent of Catholic notions of doubts too. When Shakespeare everywhere in his 37 plays suggest Asquith said. Clues to Shakespeare’s apparent the Mary; the lovers’ go-be - quoted the Bible, he used official he can be viewed as a champion of Generations of English-speaking Catholic loyalty nevertheless have tween in several plays, including Protestant translations, he said. medieval Christendom, looking children, she argued, were taught an been pieced together. Romeo and Juliet , is a Franciscan friar While the debate continues, the back with nostalgia to England’s past orthodox view of the 16th century, It is known that his father, John who is revered as holy, . contrasting views serve as a reminder Catholic traditions,” Fr Milward in which a corrupt Shakespeare, a Stratford town coun - Ms Asquith agreed, saying charac - of Shakespeare’s richness as a writer said. was rightly taken over and reformed cillor, ran into trouble because of his ters such as Malvolio, the mordant with a profound grasp of life’s tragic Views of Shakespeare until re - by King Henry VIII, allowing an en - Catholic preferences. The surround - Puritan in Twelfth Night , and the and comic complexities.—CNS Picking olives in Garden of Gethsemane BY JUDITH SUDILOVSKY ON TAPE OR Salim Badawi, a Greek Orthodox Palestinian from the West Bank village A group of readers is preparing Fof Beit Jalla, the opportunity to help a audio tapes of excerpts from The group of Franciscan priests harvest olives Southern Cross for interested in the Garden of Gethsemane on the people who are blind, Mount of Olives offers a sense of hope sight-impaired, unable to hold amid the adversaries his family has faced in their own olive groves. a newspaper or illiterate. 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Should you know of any interested allowed to go there and pick our olives,” Mr Badawi said while reaching into the blind or otherwise reading-impaired person, Saleem Badawi, a Christian Palestinian form the West Bank village of Beit Jalla, picks please inform them of this service. branches of one of the trees that can be olives in the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem with Franciscan Father Benito Jose traced to the time of Christ. “ Choque. Franciscan priests and volunteers harvest the fruit each year in the garden The olive trees are still there, but we where Jesus prayed on the night of his arrest. (Photo: Debbie Hill/CNS) can’t reach them. I feel something special in this holy place where we are picking the grims, the Franciscans keep a box of small the year. oldest olives in the area, maybe in the branches pruned from the trees from Franciscan Father Diego Dalla Gassa, Do you feel called to the whole world.” which people can freely take a memento. who guides volunteers at the garden, said At the bottom of the tree, Karina Hen - As the olive harvest begins in the Holy he urges them to consider the vocation of riquez, a volunteer from Chile, places Land, Fr Benito Choque, an Argentine who the olive and the olive tree, likening them Franciscan way of life? olives that drop from the branches into a is superior of the Franciscan community at to the life of Jesus. They are cared for with sack. For her, the trees that continue to the church, ponders the significance of the the rain which God provides and in the bear fruit after thousands of years are a olive in the Bible as he greets pilgrims out - end, they are meant to be pressed for the symbol of Jesus, who is still giving fruit to side the fence and walks among the trees oil so precious and important in the re - all who seek him. inside the garden. A few pilgrims ask for an gion, he noted. Ms Henriquez does not want to discuss olive from the trees, but the friar gently de - “It is very beautiful for us to pick the politics, but she knows that Israelis and nies their request. If he gives an olive to olives here from the trees we have cared Palestinians are good people. one, then all the other pilgrims will want for. When we collect the olives, we under - “Too bad they can’t solve their prob - one, too, he explained. stand we are doing what God does with us. lems. We were hopeful with the pope’s “These oldest of trees are a testament to When we see an olive on a faraway branch, visit, but then there was the war,” she said. Jesus’ suffering,” Fr Choque said. The an - we must reach out to it to take it and so it Still, Ms Henriquez feels the need to cient trees continue to speak to those who happens with us that God is reaching out share the pope’s message of speaking to the will hear, he said. for us, searching for us,” Fr Dalla Gassa soul of people about love and peace. “We said. have to pray so God will place peace and he Franciscans have been in the Holy “This place interprets all of the life of love in the hearts of all people,” she said. TLand for eight centuries under mandate Jesus,” he added. “Jesus was pressed here Since the Franciscans retook possession of the Holy See, and their mission, he ex - [as the olive is pressed] and we received the of the small olive grove adjacent to the plained, is to live with the Jews and Mus - beautiful oil, in this case the blood [of church of All Nations in 1681, the Francis - lims, transmitting their charism. Jesus].” can fathers have tended to eight of what “What the Crusaders in the past did The Franciscans utilise every part of the are believed to be the oldest olive trees in with their weapons, we do with prayers,” olive, the oil is blessed and used for the the Holy Land. Tradition, backed by mod - Fr Choque said. “I believe God has given Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday at the ern genetic testing, holds that the gnarled something beautiful to humanity and I church of the Holy Sepulchre, including trees were grafted at some point during the think the people of this land are blessed the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, Crusader era from a single tree that was a also with the planting of the olive trees.” ordination of priests, and anointing the witness to Jesus’ agony more than 2 000 Though now there is confrontation not sick. 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The Church has no pacifist tradi - tion. The attitude of the Christians Editor: Günther Simmermacher Church has no pacifist tradition of the first three centuries, men - UE to the postal strike I have and cruelty to ordinary citizens. tioned in the article, is not a helpful Donly recently seen Tony • In the psalms used in the di - argument, because, not being in a The Church and science Magliano’s article “Can war ever be vine office, which priests and reli - position of political power, they did justified?” (September 10). gious brothers and sisters are not have to decide about a nation T seems that all pronounce - the ideas of evolution, especially Certainly the “massive death obliged to pray daily, God is fre - or even a large grouping of people ments by Pope Francis which as proposed by Charles Darwin. and destruction” made possible by quently presented as a God who going to war as a community. Idefy the secular world’s pre - That resistance tended to relate modern technology demands a re - takes sides in conflict situations. The Church celebrates the litur - conceived notions about the not to scientific insight, however, think of the armed conflict issue. Are we Christians to repudiate all gical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary Church are being hailed as revo - but to the use of the understand - But the fact is that much of the this and even cut out some of the on October 7 in memory of a Chris - lutionary breakthroughs, even if ing of humanity’s evolution to Bible does not present God as a psalms entirely as well as large tian victory in a naval battle against they merely restate long-held po - deny God. mild pacifist. Just a few of the pieces of others? Are we to reject the Muslims in what could be con - sitions. Indeed, the initial proposition points to consider: those of the Church’s liturgical texts sidered a just war of self-defence. This was the case when the of the theory of evolution • Israel’s military occupation of which we personally do not like? Some of the saints celebrated in pope made remarks about the emerged from a devout, life-long Palestine after the exodus from The peace sayings of Jesus quoted the liturgy, for instance, St healthy relationship between Catholic, the French biologist Egypt is sometimes presented as in the article refer to personal rela - and St John of faith and science in an address to Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744– God’s success story. tions and individual morality. Can Capistrano, are praised for rallying the plenary assembly of the Pon - 1829). And the Big Bang theory • In places God is portrayed as they without more ado be applied to the Christian armies to drive the tifical Academy of Sciences. was the work of a Catholic priest, David’s military ally in his expan - international politics? Muslims back out of eastern Europe. It is important to remind soci - Belgian Father Georges Lemaître sionist wars to extend the size of his Jesus also said other things I am not advocating aggression ety, and the faithful, that the (1894-1966). kingdom. This is even the hidden which are not so peaceable: “It is or armed conflict, but merely trying Church embraces science, that Many scientific breakthroughs agenda behind some of the psalms. not peace I have come to bring but to point out that the issue is not as evolution is compatible with the were achieved by Catholic clerics • In the second book of Mac - the sword” (Mt 10:34); or in St simple as north Atlantic pacifists faith, even as some fundamental - and religious over the centuries, cabees it is taken for granted that Luke’s version, “Do you think that like Mr Magliano would like to ist Christians disagree. usually supported by the Church. God is fighting with the Jews in their I have come to bring peace on make out. Catholics, and all Christians, In the 13th century, English battles, some of which were blatant earth? No, I tell you, but rather di - Fr Hinwood OFM , should know that the Big Bang Franciscan friars Roger Bacon and aggression, carried out with violence vision” (12:51). Pretoria theory does not contradict the William of Ockham, English role of a divine creator, but actu - Bishops Robert Grosseteste and ally required it. John Peckham, and German Do - A door is still a door and not a con - a sinner in order to bring about his “God is not a divine being or a minican Bishop Albert of Excommunicating crete barrier wall, and can be slowly correction and amendment”. magician, but the Creator who Cologne were early advocates of pushed open, with a little rubbing Among the long list of sins cited, brought everything to life,” as the scientific method. of the hinges with holy oil! is, of course, heresy. Pope Francis put it. “Evolution in Polish Father Nicolas Coperni - DrEF EMRRIaNGr yto tRhe yauaton matic ex - Mary and women like her be - Woman priest Mary Ryan was ex - nature is not inconsistent with cus (1473-1543) pioneered the Rcommunication of Mary Ryan, lieve they are sowing seeds that will communicated because she stands the notion of creation, because theory of heliocentrism—that the reported in The Southern Cross of eventually grow and be accepted as accused of heresy, which, by defini - evolution requires the creation of sun, not the earth, is at the centre October 15, we, the undersigned, a harvest of unity and collaboration tion, is the denial of some truth re - beings that evolve.” of our universe. wish to ask two questions: with men priests. vealed by God. Exactly what truth In this way Christians are able Jesuit Father Giovanni Battista Firstly, can a person be excom - The Church may go on calling revealed by God has she denied? to reconcile God, whom we meet Riccioli (1598-1671) was a pio - municated for breaking what he or them bad seed or weeds which need I am well aware of the argument in the act of faith, with the reve - neer in astronomy, as were his she believes, according to their con - to be eliminated. But Jesus says that that Jesus chose 12 male apostles lations of empirical scientific in - fellow Jesuits, Frs Daniello Bartoli science, is an unjust Church law? the weeds and the wheat must grow therefore priests should be men, but quest. Science seeks to answer (1608–85) and Francesco Maria The Catholic Church has always together—and if Jesus can change is it a valid argument, is it a revela - “what” and “how”; theology and Grimaldi (1618-63). upheld the primacy of conscience water into wine, can he not also tion by God? philosophy seek to answer German Jesuit Father Athana - and that even an erroneous con - change weeds into wheat? Furthermore, there is consensus “why”. sius Kircher (1602–80) was a pio - science should be obeyed. Mary, who James Boshell, Helen Boshell, among many eminent New Testa - Pope Francis said nothing neer in bacteriology. has a doctorate in theology, and her Melanie Bruce, ment scholars that St Paul’s letter to new, of course. Pope Pius XII de - Danish Bishop Nicolas Steno sister priests, already over 180, have Buckland, Patti Cleveland, the Romans 16:7 should read: clared in his 1950 encyclical Hu - (1638-86) was a pioneer in taken this radical step, with prayer Miranda Forshaw, Nick Howse, “Greet Andronicus and Junia mani Generis that there was no anatomical research. and deliberation as they believe the Libby Howse, Paula Howse, (rather than the correction Junias, conflict between evolution and Italian Jesuit Father Francesco Church law forbidding women to be Romayne Lunn, Lydia Myers, which was a man’s name in first- Catholic doctrine, confirmed by Lana de Terzi (1631-87) is known ordained priests is unjust. Marlene Palmer, Janet Perrott, century Rome), my kinsmen and John Paul II and Benedict as the “father of aeronautics”. For a Christian, discrimination Sheila Pollard, John Scott, my fellow prisoners, who are distin - XVI. German Augustinian Friar on the grounds of sex, race or creed Delia Scott, Cathy Simonic guished among the apostles .” This seems to have bypassed Gregor Mendel (1822-84) was a is an injustice. These women see My question is: How has Dr the modern media and those pioneer of genetics. this as a prophetic stand, fully Ryan deliberately transgressed the whose limited views of the Jesuit Father Roger aware that the institutional Church law of God? Since she was raised a Church’s relationship with sci - Boscovich (1711-87), from mod - will, at this time, reject it. Has woman priest Catholic, studied theology and is ence are prejudiced by half-re - ern-day Croatia, was an all-round The South African laws not a charlatan, is it not reasonable membered stories about the scientist of significant import, es - were another example of an unjust ofHfEe fnrodnt-epdage Gof yoodur ? October to assume that she must have felt Galileo affair and the misleading pecially in the fields of astron - law, and those who broke it were T15 edition carried the article “SA called to the priesthood and is fol - propaganda of atheist polemic. omy and what would become jailed and even murdered. Finally woman priest is excommunicated”. lowing divine will as known by her And so Pope Francis’ innocu - atomic theory. the law was abolished. The Church Excommunication, according to conscience? ous remarks were presented as a The Catholic Church also re - also forbids artificial contraception, my Catholic dictionary, is “a At this point I am reminded of significant shift in the Church, vised the Julian calendar, a great but women are told by many priests penalty imposed by the Church on the many blunders committed by which supposedly has a record of scientific accomplishment. in confession to follow their own the Church (the Crusades, the exe - resistance to scientific inquest. These are just a few examples conscience on this matter. cution in 1415 of the predecessor of The very thought of Catholic of the vast Catholic clerical en - Opinions expressed in The Southern Secondly, is it right for the Cross , especially in Letters to the Editor, the Protestant movement, Jan Hus, hostility to science is preposter - gagement in the sciences, leaving Church to refuse any dialogue on do not necessarily reflect the views of the the Church’s treatment of Galileo, ous. Already in 1912, the Catholic aside the contributions by lay this very important issue affecting Editor or staff of the newspaper, or of the to name but a few), for many of Encyclopedia noted that “the con - Catholics such as René Descartes, women who feel that God is calling Catholic hierarchy. 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xdfnbsdfnsdfnbsdfnbsdn PERSPECTIVES The Southern Cross, November 5 to November 11, 2014 7 We are all broken angels Sarah-Leah Pimentel Fr Ralph de Hahn OME time ago, my friend came to visit carry on, the marks will remain. and brought her young daughter with In our consumerist throwaway society, The Mustard Seeds Point of Reflection Sher. we have forgotten the value of fixing One of the things little Abbi noticed something that is broken. Instead, we the pain, through the hurt, through the was my porcelain angel on one of the side quickly replace what was broken without sin, through the imperfection. Yet Christ, tables. It was a gift from one of the volun - trying to fix it. who was perfect, allowed himself to be What of your teers I lived with in Germany in 2005 and broken and made imperfect, so that we therefore carries a special sentimental e do the same with people. When could be healed and our imperfections be value for me. Wthey don’t live up to our expecta - blotted out. interior life? tions, to the perfect image we may have of When Abbi noticed the angel, her mom Every time we walk into a church we are HE ancient Jewish sect known as the Phar - them, when their woundedness and hurt said she couldn’t touch it. The next day, called to contemplate the wounded body isees, the pious “separated ones”, were distin - are too painful or exhausting for us to bear, the temptation was too great and Abbi of Jesus on the Cross, so that we can also guished by their strict observance of asked to hold the angel. At first her mom we also push them away, discarding them T be reminded of the glory of the living traditional and written law. for a newer, better model. watched her to make sure she didn’t drop Christ three days later and who remains Yet Jesus found it necessary to reproach them, We don’t take the time to sit through it, but then as we started chatting, our at - present today in the Eucharist. Real life in - saying: “You have made God’s word null and void tention moved to other things and we for - cludes both the perfect and imperfect, by means of your tradition.” got that Abbi still had the angel. Until we good and bad, wholeness and brokenness. He went on to quote the prophet : “This heard it come crashing down on the hard Sometimes we need to hold the broken people honours me only with their lips, but their tiles. pieces of our lives, the lives of the people hearts are very far from me. The worship they offer As my friend began to apologise, I told we encounter, and contemplate the bro - is worthless” (Mt 15:7-9). her not to worry because the angel had suf - kenness. The broken pieces make us focus This observation could also be directed at some fered a previous accident. When I first on the desire for wholeness, for perfection. Catholics who, generally speaking, take delight in moved away from home, I had left the It is only when we look at the brokenness the exterior glamour of the Catholic faith, those angel at my parents’ home for safekeeping of our lives, that we can reach God’s mercy who are ever-present at devotions, processions, and took it with me only when I moved to to heal us, to glue us back together. bible sessions; those who delight in their statues, Cape Town in 2013. God’s healing doesn’t make us perfect. rosary beads, candles and colourful holy pictures. When I removed the angel from the We will still bear the scars of the fall, the Many of those people no doubt are great Servants bubble wrap, I noticed a fine crack along cracks in the place where we broke. But it of the Lord. Others may well be termed religious, the base of her wings. I mentioned this to is only through our imperfections that we but not necessarily spiritual. my parents and one of them admitted that can reach out in humility and compassion The popular Catholic Link newsletter, published the angel had fallen and her wings had to the brokenness of others, to truly appre - by the Redemptorists, a while back pointed out broken off. My dad had glued the angel ciate God’s love, mercy and forgiveness. It that “authentic Christianity is challenged by new back together and hoped I wouldn’t no - prevents us from becoming too confident, religious movements which prefer warm and fuzzy tice. too arrogant, too proud. personal feelings”. It added that “many people This time the damage was far more se - I glued my angel back together and she claim to be spiritual rather than religious, some vere. The angel had broken into three neat is once again watching me quietly from stating that they have a personal spirituality with - pieces. I picked her off the ground and qui - the side table in my lounge. out believing in God”. etly put the pieces away in the hope of fix - Abbi’s accident turned out to be a gift in Our Catholic spirituality is necessarily based on ing her later. disguise, because my patched up ornament faith, hope and love—the three vital theological But as I contemplated the pieces, I won - reminds me daily that we are all angels A Pièta by Antonio Montauti (1734) in St virtues. Supernatural realities are accessible only dered if we aren’t all like this broken angel. with broken wings. And that we need our John Lateran basilica in Rome. The broken through true faith, and not simply the operations We are all broken people. The knocks of body of Christ is a necessary reminder of loving Father to piece us together every of the imagination. It is living the supernatural life life have left their scars, and even if we the resurrection on the third day. (Photo: time we come tumbling down from our above the material and the visible. pick up the pieces, glue them together and Günther Simmermacher) pedestals. And so one may well ask the question: What of my interior life? Many spiritual writers are all too ready to stress the duties, obligations and external practices which identify the practitioner with a particular church or sect., But they fail to acknowledge and Don’t believe everything ISIS tells you appreciate the wonderful supernatural treasures we already have. RGANISATIONS such as the Islamic Just turn to the gospels: especially the last four State (or ISIS or ISL or a host of chapters of St John show the clear teaching of other names), Al Qaeda, Boko Jesus that is far more exacting than any of the O books of asceticism: it speaks of the interior life, Haram and Al Shabab have been wreaking havoc across West, East as well as North Gushwell Brooks the indwelling of God himself in the human soul. Africa, the Middle East and as far afield as Talking about Faith It is revealing, courageous and challenging. the United States. Faith is the foundation of the interior life. We These organisations argue that the be - need to believe that God is present in all creation and more deeply present in our immortal soul. headings, crucifixions, kidnappings, managed not only to spread their message of hate and intolerance, but they have God made us for himself; he desires an intimate bombings, piracy and the horrific acts of many rational people buying into their relationship with each one of us; my very being terror they perpetrate are all committed in message. With Islamophobic attacks on depends on his presence. the name of Islam. the steady increase in Australia and the He asks for a life of faith, sustained by hope and The unfortunate result of the terrorists’ United States, increasing numbers of non- inflamed by love; that we live not blindly by the justification is the assumption, for many Muslims clearly associate Islam with vio - law, but rather in the spirit. It is our living in Jesus non-Muslims, that this brutality and terror Islamic State fighters stand guard at a lence. and he living in us. Any other way is an obstacle! is a tenet of Islam. checkpoint in Mosul, Iraq—but do they re - If we buy into this message of hate we So, what of your interior life ? Maybe we our - But does Islam dictate this level of cru - ally represent Islam? (Photo: Reuters/CNS) risk becoming the terror ourselves; non- selves erect barriers, unnecessary obstacles. We elty, in essence forcing people to convert Muslims become the aggressors as they, tend to complicate our lives as Christians. to Islam under pain of death? groups have a limited understanding and like these extremist fringe groups, do not But God is absolutely simple; perfect simplicity. This is the question I put to Fr Christo - interpretation of Islam, one that is mis - fully appreciate and understand the true We draw much closer to him by a simple prayer pher Clohessy, a priest who is a renowned guided, one that reinforces the notion that tenets of the religion. Out of their limited life; to pray “like little children”—ever humble, scholar of Islam, on my Wednesday after - the religion was spread through the sword or distorted knowledge, they themselves ever in need, selfless, in endless wonder at all his noon drive-time show on Radio Veritas, rather than the word, and one that fails to act out of hate. creation, and ever leaning on his fatherly protec - “Changing Gear”, to help us better under - be tolerant of other beliefs and religions. Brotherly love demands that rather tion and love. stand Islam, a religion of peace. Contrary to the violence and intoler - than condemn and judge, we should em - That is efficacious prayer. In fact, words are not What resonated most with me was Fr ance these extremist organisations propa - brace and appreciate those with different always necessary; maybe just a glance of love will Clohessy’s point that any religious text gate, I came across a quote credited to the beliefs to our own. This is indeed possible, speak a million words. could be read and understood from a place Prophet Muhammed that paints a polar- but only when we are able to differentiate It is useful to share with the Lord all our suc - of violence. From God aiding the Israelites opposite picture: “The ink of a scholar is between the messages of the hate- and cesses and all our failures—and, in both cases, to to victory in times of armed, violent strug - holier than the blood of a martyr.” warmongers on the one hand, and those thank him. If we multiply our acts of faith and gle to the New Testament’s suggested re - of the true believers on the other. love, we will grow. Jesus invites us to give ourselves moval of body parts that lead to t is important for us to familiarise our - Learning more about another’s religion to him so that he may give himself to us. temptation; the Bible regularly speaks of Iselves with the basic tenets of the beliefs goes a long way in fostering our tolerance The more wretched the material, the greater the violence. we encounter outside of our immediate cir - for beliefs beyond your own, and it allows glory of the artist who transforms the work, as we As Fr Clohessy suggests, if one wishes to cles. Although Islam and Christianity have us to appreciate what we believe while fos - see in the parable of the Prodigal Son. interpret these texts as an endorsement for shared a history of conflict, the two reli - tering respect for another’s beliefs. Becoming more attached to Jesus in this inti - violence, particularly if you use religion to gions respect, at times revere each other, And that way we are also better mate relationship will bring about a detachment advance your own agenda, it is not diffi - and as two Abrahamic religions, share in equipped to tell the true believer from from material things, and with that follows the cult to find such a violent endorsement. each other’s commonalities. bloodthirsty terrorists, and prevent us from peace that Jesus promised us. As Fr Clohessy sees it, these extremist These extremist fringe groups have meeting terror with prejudices of our own. The Father desires us to be transformed into the image of his Son. However, the degree of intimacy to which he invites us depends on the generosity of our response. 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It was said the pro - Durban’s famous arch - longed rains were the worst ever bishop. recorded. But it was almost impossible to COMBONI priest invited me reach the area. Most of the roads to see the electric fence sepa - had been washed away. Homes rating South Africa from were gone and even the cemetery A had been swept away, the only ev - Mozambique. This was 25 or more years ago idence of its existence odd coffins when the apartheid government jutting out of the ravaged earth. was hell-bent on keeping out The survivors suffered worse. refugees from our war-torn neigh - Despite the rain, they had no bouring state. drinking water, no food and, in “Some 84 people have been many cases, no shelter. Yet the re - electrocuted here since the fence ports from the region centred on was built a year ago,” Fr Angelo the millions lost to agriculture. Archbishop Denis Hurley OMI, who died ten years ago this year, would have turned 99 on November 9. In her article, told me. “That’s many more than I was sent to find out what had Winnie Graham sees the archbishop, seen on the right greeting people in Sebokeng, as a champion of the poor. have been shot in 50 years trying happened to the people. Alfred, to cross the wall separating East- one of The Star ’s top drivers, a Zulu Berlin from West-Berlin...” who spoke the local language, it poured down, then the moun - When the message went out it. You’ll get me into trouble with Fr Angelo and I bounced over would take me there. tain, it moved.” that help was needed in the devas - the Vatican.” the rugged veld roads to reach the Where to start? I called Arch - He never quite knew what had tated region—particularly food, I have often wondered if his Mozambican border south of the bishop Hurley’s office in Durban happened. The hillside on which water and dry clothing—aid started progressive views—he was always Kruger National Park. and asked for help. The archbishop their little home had been built arriving fairly rapidly. way ahead in his thinking—may We were not alone when we got immediately arranged for collapsed under the weight of the Good-hearted people sent bags explain why he was never made a there. A group of South African Lawrence Mthwetha, a senior per - water and damp soil, and in a mat - of mielie meal, but the hungry res - cardinal. Was he just too radical for churchmen, from various religious son on his personnel who soon ter of moments the earth literally idents had neither dry wood nor the Church? denominations, had arrived ahead after would be ordained a deacon, moved, washing away house and matches, or utensils in which to Though much has rightly been of us. Among them was Arch - to be my guide. inhabitants, all desperately clutch - cook food. Finally a bakery deliv - made of Archbishop Hurley’s cease - bishop Denis Hurley of Durban. My visit to the region was to ing at something to survive. ered loaves of bread. Hungry chil - less opposition to apartheid, my “It’s good you have come,” the haunt me for years. Almost the first dren queued patiently for a slice, memories of him have always been archbishop told me. person I met was a teenager. He t was daylight—and still pouring sans butter or jam. associated with his involvement “This fence is an abomination,” stood on a ridge where his home Iwith rain—when the teenager When the news of the tragedy with the poor. Rather like Pope he said. “The people crossing it are had once been. He spoke enough could finally make out where he spread, South Africans reacted with Francis, he saw the light of Christ desperate. Their country is at war. English to tell me that he was look - was and could claw himself to their usual open-heartedness. in the eyes of the homeless and the Many have relatives this side of the ing at the spot where he had lived safety. His home had gone, washed And though he kept out the hungry. border. 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In October a group of Southern Cross pilgrims, led by Bishop João Rodrigues of Tzaneen, returned from a pilgrimage to Portugal,Spain and France. In the second of four articles, GüNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks at places associated with St Teresa of Ávila and St .

VEN the Blessed Virgin needs the company of saints. So it Ewas on our pilgrimage to Por - tugal, Spain and France, which was distinctly Marian in focus, with Fá - tima and Lourdes as the centre - pieces. Three saints in particular ac - companied our group. St Teresa of The tomb of St Teresa of Ávila above the altar of Annunciation church in Albe de Tormes, Spain. Right: The Cuatre Postes observation point with the Ávila, St Anthony of Padua and St lit-up 12th-century city walls of Ávila, the Spanish town of St Teresa and St . (Photos: Günther Simmermacher) John Paul II. St Teresa of Jesus is known as was baptised on April 4, 1515. It is known by the city where he was overseas journey. birth is the bench on which the the reformer of the Carmelite still being used as a parish church, born, not by the Italian city in Days of searching had produced late pope kneeled during his visit order, which places the rosary at as obituary sheets on the notice which he died. So in Portugal he is no results until my wife invoked St in 1982. the centre of its prayer life. St board show. known as St Anthony of Lisbon. Anthony’s help. Literally, in the We encountered St Anthony Teresa herself reported apparitions St Teresa died on October 4, We had our inaugural Mass in next place she looked was not only again in Zaragoza, Spain, when we of Our Lady, as well as the famous 1582 in Alba de Tormes. She had the lovely Baroque-Rococo church my passport but also a long-lost ID had Mass in the chapel dedicated vision of the scourged Christ. The arrived there 15 days earlier to visit from 1767, rebuilt after the great book. To this day I have no plausi - to him in the basilica of Our Lady pillar on which she saw the latter the convent of the Annunciation, earthquake that destroyed Lisbon ble explanation as to how these of the Pillars (more of which next vision can still be seen in the con - which she had founded 11 years 12 years earlier, that stands on the two documents could have ended week). vent of the Incarnation, outside earlier. Suddenly she was taken ill place of the saint’s birth in 1195, up in the same disused briefcase. And our final Mass, in the Ávila’s Old City. and lingered until October 4, the just in front of the 12th-century So I was pleased to be at the Miraculous Medal chapel in Paris Our group was privileged to day on which Spain and other cathedral of Lisbon. place of St Anthony’s birth, and had an indirect link to him: it was have Mass in the convent church, Catholic countries switched to the St Anthony and my family are moved when the resident priest the feast of St Francis of Assisi, which is usually closed to the pub - Gregorian calendar—the day after old friends. My wife and I have produced a reliquary with a relic of founder of the order to which St lic. The nuns told us that they Thursday, October 4 was Friday, fond memories of visiting his the saint for our veneration. Anthony belonged. made the church off-limits to the October 15. This is why her feast is tomb in Padua in 1999. Some years Again St John Paul II was pres - NEXT WEEK: Zaragoza, the mother public because tourists kept steal - October 15 (October 4 being the later I could not find my passport ent (as he would be everywhere we church of Spain, and the Eucharistic ing precious items from it. feast of St Francis of Assisi). just as I was about to leave on an went): in the crypt of St Anthony’s miracle of Santarém. The convent is where St Teresa Alba de Tormes is a small town lived and where she later served as in western Spain with a population superior. Many items belonging to of just over 5 000, though in the her can be seen there. Also on view 16th century it had 2 2 000 inhabi - is her cell, with the desk at which tants and 18 churches. St John Paul she wrote so prodigiously. II celebrated Mass in 1982 in the St Teresa’s confessor and collab - large St Teresa basilica, built in orator, St John of the Cross, is also 1933, as a statue in its gardens re - present at Incarnation convent: minds the visitor. one can see the place where he The town’s most famous site, heard confession as well as his however, is the Annunciation con - chair. vent, where Discalced Carmelites The old city of Ávila is magnifi - still live today, and the adjacent cent. Encircled by impressively pre - church and museum with St served walls built in the 11th and Teresa’s tomb. 12th century, it is medieval and res - While St Teresa was ailing, she olutely non-commercial. The visi - asked that her sickbed be installed tor has a stunning panoramic view above the altar, so that she could of the city and the walls, especially be close to the Eucharist. She was at dusk, from the Cuatre Postes ob - moved from there shortly before servation point, just a couple of her death. In death, she is back in minutes walk from our hotel. that spot: her tomb presides from Inside the city the highlight is a behind a grille above the altar. small chapel that marks the place Her tomb can be seen up close, of St Teresa’s birth on March 28, with the relics of her incorrupt 1515. The richly decorated 17th- heart and left arm, in the convent century St Teresa convent was built church’s extensive museum. over the house of her birth. Pope Our group would encounter St John Paul II celebrated Mass in the Teresa again in France: in Tours, chapel during his 1982 visit to the where an altar is dedicated to her city to mark the 400th anniversary in St Gatien cathedral, and in of the saint’s death. Lisieux, the place of her fellow Dis - The locals are hoping that Pope calced Carmelite and Doctor of the Francis will visit Ávila next March Church, St Thérèse, the Little to mark the 500th birthday of the Flower. woman born as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada. on’t call St Anthony of Padua Around the corner from the Dby that title in Lisbon, where convent is the plain church of St the locals insist that their most fa - , in which St Teresa mous saint should be universally

Pilgrims pray on a bench used by St John Paul II in the crypt of the birthplace of St Anthony of Padua in Lisbon. 10 The Southern Cross, November 5 to November 11, 2014 BOOK REVIEWS Social change is needed to arrest climate change THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: and the unregulated way we “run” alliances, such as those between and proposed programme. Capitalism vs the Climate, by our economy, we are in for huge cli - ranchers and indigenous people. For example she praises the Ger - Naomi Klein. Simon & Schuster. mate trouble. Business as usual with The new political mood could not man Energiewende (energy transi - 2014. 576pp technological tweaking and some only tackle the crisis itself, but in tion) for the way it has enabled the Reviewed by Fr Chris Chatteris SJ adjusting of the market machine the process restore a measure of so - localisation of power production— will take us charging past an aver - cial democracy to Western society, a good example of economic sub - HE Canadian writer Naomi age global temperature increase of Klein believes. sidiarity. Klein has written another 2°C and into the catastrophic terri - However, she contrasts these ef - Most of the proposals contribut - Tbest-selling critique of unreg - tory of 4-6°C, where, to use the forts unfavourably with what the ing to climate change mitigation, ulated capitalism, but this time phrase of climate scientist James right and their business allies have such as more public transport, are from the point of view of climate Hansen, it’s “game over for the been doing: setting up think tanks, about the common good. She ar - change. planet”. The right kind of technol - moving into the media, lobbying gues that “extractivism”—the heed - How do you persuade a world in ogy will help, but there are no “sil - governments. less exploitation of natural the grip of a crisis which few want ver bullets”. The implacable determination to resources without any thought for to face, weak leaders are desperately However, Klein believes that block the regulation of the fossil fuel the long-term ecological conse - fudging and vested interests are re - with the right kind of visionary industry is astonishing. Billions quences, and the human cost—is, lentlessly obfuscating, not only to leadership, this crisis could be have been spent ensuring that fossil “the opposite of stewardship”. But look at it calmly but also to see it as turned into a tremendous opportu - fuel companies can keep on drilling, obviously the main goal of keeping an opportunity to grasp, in theolog - nity for solving many of our con - digging and fracking for the remain - the planet habitable for human life ical language, a kairos ? temporary problems. ing oil, coal and gas, even as the sci - is one vast project for the common Firstly, she writes a gentle but Unfortunately our leaders have entists tell us that if we extract it all, good, the ultimate stewardship formidable jeremiad in a measured, failed us, and still do. we will end up with five times as project. self-deprecating and often funny Klein describes a heartrending much CO2 in the atmosphere as the Some of the terms she coins ring style, all the while marshalling im - scene in which a climate activist earth can safely absorb. Catholic Social Teaching bells. For pressive quantities of research into breaks down after the debacle of the infrastructure and electric vehicles. Klein does not believe that the example “sacrifice zones”, or those clear, accessible form which keeps Copenhagen climate summit. “I But he blew it because, like the climate change deniers “know not areas of the globe which are sacri - the momentum of her argument thought Obama understood,” he rest of us, he no longer has the what they do”. They do know, but ficed on the altar of our consumer moving steadily and convincingly sobs. Well, Klein believes that imagination to envisage a world do it anyway. economy—the islands being along. Obama does understand, but, like where the dog still wags the tail, Hence to prevent climate change swamped by rising seas and the Klein crystalises out and con - so many of us, has become so habit - that is, where banks and business we need “system change”. And to poor people poisoned by pollution. firms strongly many of the hunches uated to the notion of leaving busi - take their cue from governments for get system change we need a mind - The option for the poor and their of non-specialist observers. My own ness and the market to sort things the service of the common good. set change which exorcises the “ex - human dignity is implicit here. main hunch has been that if we are out, he is incapable of taking the tractivist” economic orthodoxy of The long and the short of Klein’s to survive climate change we will courageous, decisive action needed. ut there is an opportunity to cre - the last 30 years: “Grow or die”, and analysis is that humanity has dug it - have to do everything at once After the 2009 banking collapse Bate some serious political mo - in order to do so “Drill, baby, drill”. self into a hole by an unfettered, rather than attack the problem and with the US auto industry in mentum by rallying around the We also need an economics that consumer-driven “extractivist” eco - piecemeal. This is not a crisis requir - tatters, Obama had a golden oppor - climate issue. Grassroots opposition will provide employment and make nomic model. ing just a bit of recycling on Satur - tunity to tackle climate-change. He to “extractivism” is growing, espe - it possible for the developing na - Unfortunately we’re currently day mornings, helpful as that is. It could have done what he did—res - cially as it affects more and more tions to pursue a cleaner path to de - trying to get out of the hole by dig - is more like World War II when en - cue the US banks and car industry— people, including the middle class velopment than Europe and the ging ever deeper. Al Gore’s “incon - tire economies had to be trans - but with powerful conditions who may suddenly find that the United States. venient truth” was that climate formed within weeks. attached, ensuring that future in - ground under their homes is being Several themes of Catholic Social change was real. Naomi Klein’s is Unless we change the con - vestments would go into the cre - fracked. 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33rd Sunday: November 16 Readings: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31, Psalm 128:1-5, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, Matthew 25:14-30 Celebrate the woman of valour

E have frequently to be reminded band’s point of view this time: “your wife like well: “Let us not fall asleep like the rest: let’s that we do not really understand a fruitful vine inside your house, your children stay awake and exercise self-control.” So we are WGod (if we could understand the Fr Nicholas like shoots of the olive around your table”). plunged deep in mystery. mystery, it would not be God). Sometimes we And it is all down to the husband, this time, The gospel for next Sunday is another can get led astray as the scriptures appear to King SJ it seems: “Look: for thus he shall be blessed, the charming story, but it is a very odd one, and present us with a charming story or image, Sunday Reflections man who fears the Lord.” But if women readers we should not too readily look for comfort. and we fail to notice the sting in the tail. are getting restless, let them observe that the It is the story of the “talents”. One talent is Something of this sort is going on in the man is being warned that he is not his own an immense sum of money, and we watch in readings for next Sunday. In the first reading , boss: he has to “fear the Lord”, to depend on astonishment as the various slaves do their a heavily edited section of the final chapter God. And only then do we hear the prayer that piece with the money they have been given. of the Book of Proverbs, we are offered a beau - It is a portrait, this, of what God is like, “the Lord may bless you from Zion, and may It may be, perhaps, that we are meant to tiful hymn to the “woman of valour”. privileging those who have no resources, and you see the prosperity of Jerusalem, all the days laugh when the last slave, who has been given We have to admit this is something of a it ends, the very last words of this extraordi - of your life”. We are invited to notice how un - the least, simply “dug a hole and hid his lord’s shock —praising women is not exactly meat nary book, with “give her of the fruits of her expected is God’s invitation here. money”. Then, at the moment of reckoning, and drink to the authors of our Wisdom litera - hands, and let her works praise her in the In the second reading , Paul is speaking, in he defends himself, on the rather unwise ture. But there it (or rather, there she) is, and gates”. This portrait of a family woman could the first document of the entire New Testa - grounds that his master is “a harsh person, we learn that “she is far more precious than also depict God at work. ment, of another aspect of the mystery of reaping where you did not sow, and gathering jewels, her husband’s heart trusts in her, and The idea of family is also present in the God, namely when the Day of the Lord will where you did not scatter”, and gives back the he will not be short of booty”, which is sur - psalm for next Sunday, part of one of those come. He refuses to give details of “times and single talent that he had been given. prising to those husbands who thought that lovely “songs of ascent” that the pilgrims seasons”, but says it will come “like a thief in He is then sentenced to be flung “into the the family income was entirely their business: sang as they made their way up to Jerusalem. the night”. Not only that, but it will come outer darkness; where there will be weeping “Her payment to him is good and not evil, all It starts, as, for the psalmist, everything just “when they are saying ‘peace and secu - and gnashing of teeth”. There is a sting in the the days of her life.” must start, with God: “Blessed are all those rity’, then a sudden destruction comes upon tail here, simply because of our inability to Then we watch her at work: “She looks for who fear the Lord, who walk in [God’s] ways.” them…and they shall not escape”. grasp the generous mystery of God, and to re - wool and flax, and works with willing Then we pick up that picture of a happy All Paul will say is that “all of you are chil - spond to that mystery in outgoing love. hands…she sends her hands to the distaff… family from the first reading (although we have dren of light and children of the day”. That That will be our challenge for the coming sends her hands to the poor.” to admit that it is very much from the hus - does not, however, mean that all is going to be week. Three spiritualities we need Southern Cross word #627

LL of us struggle, and we struggle in grow beyond our immaturities, our lazi - three ways. First, sometimes we Fr Ron ness, our wounds, and the perennial he - Astruggle simply to maintain our - donism and shallowness of our culture. selves, to stay healthy and stable, to stay Rolheiser OMI The emphasis here is always to reach normal, to not fall apart, to not have our upward, beyond, towards all that is more lives unravel into chaos and depression. Final Reflection noble, altruistic, compassionate, loving, It takes real effort just to maintain our admirable and saintly. ordinary health, stability, and happiness. Much of classical Christian spirituality But even as this is going on, another is a spirituality of the ascent, an invitation part of us is forever reaching upwards, to something higher, an invitation to be struggling to grow, to not waste our riches Too often spiritual teachings neglect true to what is deepest inside of us, and gifts, to live a life that is more ad - this vital aspect of spirituality. Rather we namely, the image and likeness of God. mirable, noble and altruistic. are forever being challenged to grow. Much of Jesus’ preaching invites us pre - Then, at another level, we struggle with That’s good, but it naively takes for cisely to something higher. Confucius, a threatening darkness that surrounds and granted that we are already healthy, stable, one of the great moral teachers of all time, undergirds us. The complexities of life can and strong enough to be challenged. And, had a similar pedagogy, inviting people to overwhelm us, leaving us to feel threat - as we know, many times this isn’t the case. look to beauty and goodness and to for - ened, small, excluded, and insignificant. ever reach in that direction. In our own For this reason, a part of us is forever here are times in our lives when the time, St John Paul II used this very effec - conscious that we stand one season, one Tbest we can do is to hang on, not fall tively in his appeal to young people, chal - breakdown, one lost relationship, one lost apart, and fight to regain again some lenging them always to not settle for , one death of a loved one, or one thing health, stability and strength in our lives, compromise or second-best, but to look al - that we cannot even foresee away from a to simply get one foot in front of the next. ways for something higher and more ACROSS DOWN descent into paralysing depression, an ill - At these times in our lives, we need to noble to give their lives to. 5. The compassionate sort? (4) 1. About time for the article 7. Eucharistic repository (10) ness, or a dark chaos we cannot control. be given divine permission to feel what But the challenge to growth also needs (4) we’re feeling and we need to be given a 8. He has his own cell (4) 2. It could be a string of In short, we struggle to maintain our - a spirituality of descent, a vision and a set 10. One who breaks the rules selves, struggle to grow, and struggle to warm hand to help draw us back towards pearls (8) of disciplines that point us not just to - (8) 3. Bequeaths (6) keep depression and death at bay. Because health and strength. The challenge to wards the rising sun, but also towards the 11. Slog at, and pats oneself on grow comes later. 4. Eats greedily yet pours we struggle at these three levels, we need setting sun. the back (6) corn on it (6) And that challenge comes with an in - s three kinds of spiritualities in our lives. We need a spirituality that doesn’t 12. They may fly from the 5. Sharply enthusiastic? (4) At one level, we need a spirituality of vitation that invites us upwards, towards avoid or deny the complexities of life, the thurible (6) 6. Remember, O most gra- maintenance, that is, a spirituality that a spirituality of the ascent. mad conspiracy of forces beyond us, the 14. A vice that is consented to? cious Virgin Mary that it helps us to maintain our normal health, All spiritualities worthy of the name paralysing losses and depressions in life, (6) was ... (prayer) (5,5) stability, and ordinariness. stress the need to make a certain ascent, to and the looming reality of sickness, di - 16. Symbol of hope on board 9. Holy day duty (10) minishment and death. (6) 13. Save rich collections of Sometimes we can only grow by de - 17. How the organist plays old records (8) scending into that frightening under - when he doesn’t come home? 15. Sends to Davy Jones’ (5,3) Conrad world, where, like Jesus, we undergo a locker (6) 19. Some holy island for Clau - 16. Your heart should fend transformation by facing chaos, diminish - dio, naturally (4) ment, darkness, and death itself. it off (6) 21. It needs examining outside 18. Mutual undertaking (4) In some ancient cultures this was called the confessional (10) 20. Turn axe around parking “sitting in the ashes” or “being a child of 22. The sailor’s tie (4) sign. It’s at the top (4) Saturn” (the archetypal planet of depres - sion). As Christians we call this undergo - Solutions on page 11 ing the paschal mystery. Whatever the name, all spiritualities worthy of the name will, at some time in your life, invite you to make a painful descent into the fright - ening underworld of chaos, depression, loss, insignificance, darkness, satanic CHURCH CHUCKLE forces and death itself. Life reveals itself above us and below us S the priest looked out of his window he no - and on the flat plain of ordinariness. None Aticed that some shrubbery in the church’s gar - of these may be ignored. And so we need den was on fire. always to maintain and steady ourselves, He phoned the fire department, identified even as we reach upwards and sometimes himself, gave the location and explained the sit - allow ourselves to descend into darkness. And there’s still time to do all of this. uation. As the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke “You mean to tell me,” the emergency dis - (1875-1926) once wrote: patcher replied, “that there is a burning bush on You are not dead yet. It is not too late your church lawn and you want us to put it out ?” To open your depths by plunging into them And drink in the life Send us your favourite Catholic joke, preferably clean and brief, to That reveals itself quietly there. The Southern Cross, Church Chuckle, PO Box 2372, Cape Town, 8000.