ECUMENICAL BULLETIN

ISSUED BY THE ECUMENICAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MELBOURNE, 406 ALBERT ST., EAST MELBOURNE, 3002. TEL.(03) 9662 1962 PRINT POST PUBLICATION No.PP381667/00474

No. 46, JULY, 1997.

_.Portrait of an Archbishop Archbishop Carey was born in 1935. He was ordained a priest in 1963 and spent many years in Parish ministry in London and Durham. During this time, and beyond, he was' on the staff of two theological colleges, and from 1982 - 1987, principal of Trinity College, Bristol. He was made Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1987, and elected ·Archbishop· of Canterbury in 1991. . . Since becoming Archbishop, he has travelled widely tl1,roughout the world provinces of the Anglican communion. Next year he will preside over the Lambeth Conference; a gathering of Anglican Bishops from around the world that is held every ten years. Part of the task of the Lambeth Conference will be to assess the state of Anglican-Roman Catholic relations.

Dr. George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury (Photo supplied by Anglican Media Melbourne) Melbourne Welcomes Archbishop of Canterbury In the year 597 AD, St. Augustine of Canterbury reached the Friday July 25 to Monday July 28 will bring the birthday party English coast, completing the long journey from Rome where to a climax. he had been farewelled by Pope Gregory. So began an impor­ tant phase in the conversion of the English. This year we cele­ All are welcome to St. Patrick's Cathedral at 6pm, Friday brate the 1,400 anniversary of that historic event. July 25 for an ecumenical service. This will follow the pat­ tern of Pope John-Paul's visit to St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral In July, we in Melbourne welcome Augustine's successor, the in 1986 and the earlier visit of Archbishop Runcie to St. Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. George Carey. This will not be Patrick's in 1984. the first time an Archbishop of Canterbury has visited our city. However he arrives this time for a special celebration in the Archbishop George Carey is a well-known sports fan so a tlip life of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. His presence will to Optus Oval on Saturday July 26 for the match between also focus on the state of relations between the Roman Carlton and North Melbourne is a "must". The Eucharist to Catholic Church and the Anglican Co111111union. mark the conclusion of the 150th anniversary will be held in 1837 - 1997: MELBOURNE ANGLICANS CELEBRATE St. Paul's Cathedral on Sunday July 26, with a celebration for This year, the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne is celebrating the Anglican province of Victoria later in the afternoon at its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary. Celebrations have Dallas Brooks hall. Admission for these last two events is by begun already. The Archbishop's presence in Melbourne from ticket. A "full house" is expected. DIARY

Friday July 2.5: Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. George Carey at St. Pattick's Cathedral, 6pm. All Welcome. ~ ~ _.L. p- - i- _c_: 7 ~ - ->- • ~_. Saturday July 26: ' Kevin Pethebridge Mel:noria:l Dinner at x;avier College~ ' Guest Speaker Revd. Gabriel Daly OSM. Bookings EAC office. Saturday August 2: Annual General meeting of Victorian Council of Churches. >Mondays S.epteJ.nber:15, Tours of Jewish lnsJitutions. $12 per person (inclJunch) ,Contact Centre for Jewish Relations. No~ember 11: ·~", _·-- Tel: 9817 3848 Wednesday July 30: ., 9.30am-3.00pm, Tours of Inter-Faith Centres, September 10, · · City of Greater Dandenong. ''· October 29: Bookings; Joyce Robeiro. Tel: 9239 5105. 28- 30 July Religion and Cultural Diversity Conference, Melbourne "Morning, in the Bowl of Night" - an inter-faith initiative

On a bright autumnal morning in April this year, a delegation Muslim people honor Mary and call upon her. The Sheikh of Muslims led by Sheikh Majdi Abraham walked from their described how after night, morning comes gently with a small Mosque to the nearby presbytery of Holy Spirit parish, EAST light which slowly grows to full light. So might relationships THORNBURY. The visit was in response to Fr. Chris Prowse, grow. PP, who visited the Sheikh late in 1996. Fr. Prowse asked that both communities might acknowledge At Easter 1997, a card addressed to Fr. Prowse arrived from and respect significant events marking both faiths. A tour of the Mosque wishing the Christian community greetings and the parish church and complex completed the visit, comple­ peace "at this holy Easter and beyond". A basket of eggs mented by a Lebanese luncheon provided by Mona Kairouz accompanied the card. This Muslim community forms part of and Najib Taoulk. It was agreed that a representative from the Alawi Islamic Association of Victoria Inc. each community be appointed to maintain the liaison. This inter-faith meeting is not linked with Northcote Inter-Church John Germanos, a Catholic from Lebanon, has been a valuable Council. link in discussions which have taken place. About eight peo­ ple represented both communities and searched sincerely for - Brian Sculley (East Thornbury Parish) mutual understanding. Fr. Prowse proposed to make common cause in matters of social justice, moral values, peace and NB: Forthcoming Religion & Cultural Diversity Conference freedom. Sheikh Majdi spoke with great dignity of past cen­ in Melbourne 28th - 30th July. Cardinal Arinze (Inter Faith turies and urged those present to forget old quarrels and recog­ Vatican) will be in attendance. Also Margaret Mooney repre­ nise one God, Maker of heaven and earth. senting Ecumenical Affairs Commission. From the National Council of Churches in Australia * Archbishop John Bathersby (Brisbane) has been appointed President of the N.C.C.A. He replaces the first President Archbishop Baliozian. * Member churches of NCCA have been urged to join with Catholics in the trinitarian jubilee focus on Jesus in 1997, the Holy Spirit in 1998 and God the Father in 1999. * The Catholic Bishops consultation on Young People and the Future, plus the Anglican church's study Signs of Hope, will provide data for a national youth consultation by NCCA in 1998. * Cardinal Edward Clancy and 11 other heads of churches have taken a firm stand in the indigenous and multi-cul­ tural debate by writing a pastoral letter to Australian Christians. They say in the NCCA newsletter, "In Unity" May/June, page 1: "We are called to stand with Australia's indigenous people, beyond doubt the most disadvantaged group in this country. "We are called to cherish the rich diversity of ethnic identities that make up Australia's identi­ ty. "We are called to be wary of those who play upon popular fears and who foster divisiveness. "We are called to help unmask falsehood when it pretends to be truth, and prejudice when presented as patriotism. n,hi·~-- ,m, i' "We are called to resist the suggestion that any particular migrant group is the source of the country's problems. 11,,, "'t'! 1. , ''We are called to continue to strive for a society of compassion, justice and good neighbourliness, so that Australia * , ,_.:) , "may take its place as a responsible participant in the international community." 12 ll Other signatories with Cardinal Clancy were from Anglican, Antiochian Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, Assyrian Church of the East, Churches of Christ, Coptic Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Religious Society of Friends, Salvation Army, an Uniting Church- all members of the NCCA.

"'..-..r~ n;."'"' From other Bulletins & Magazines - .J .r L "]. 10} ·~ ,t.~ "In 2001 all Chtistians will celebrate Easter on the same day- Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant. Ecumenical unity is a chief concern of Pope John Paul II in preparing for our celebration of the Jubilee 2000. Ecumenism looks forward to the goal of a common celebration of the eucharist and backward to its source in the evangelisation of the world. Shared union with Christ, which the eucharist signifies and celebrates calls for ecu­ menism. At the start of the 20th century, ecumenism took its inspiration from missionary evangelisation. Towards its end, Pope John Paul II sees ecumenism as necessary for a new evangelisation of the world." (From Information Bulletin, of Australian Commission for the Continuing Education of Priests, by Fr. John Reilly, SJ. April 1997).

Paulo Freire, Roman Catholic layman and special consultant on education at the World Council of Churches from 1970 to 1980, died in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in early May, aged 75. WCC general secretary, Konrad Raiser, said: "the concept of ecumenical learning has largely benefited from Freire's insights." (From Ecumenical News International, 14 May, 1997, 97-0207)

. n At the 46th International Eucharistic Congress on May 31 in Poland, Pope John Paul II told pilgrims from 86 coun­ tries, and leaders of the Polish Ecumenical Council, that: "In recent years, the distance separating churches and ecclesial communities from one another has diminished significantly. But it is still too great. Can we be fully recon­ ciled with Christ without being fully reconciled among ourselves? Can we bear joint and effective witness to Christ if we are not reconciled with each other? Can we be reconciled with one another without forgiving one another? (From The Tablet, 7 June 1997, page 747). Catholic Ecumenists- North, South, East and West Who are members of the Ecumenical Affairs Commission? Sisters Margaret Galvin (Balwyn), Mary Lotton (Kew) and Gabriel Smyth (Pascoe Vale South); * Messrs Gary Cuthell (Mordialloc) and Jeff Wild (Glenroy); Mesdames Betty Fleming (Preston West), Margaret Doctors Max Stephens (Kensington) and Basil Johns Mooney (Noble Park), Clare O'Callaghan (Balwyn), Anne (North Balwyn); Paul (Mount Waverley), Mary Williams (South Blackburn); Mesdames Pat Burchell (Pascoe Vale South), Betty Doctors Max Stephens (Kensington) and Basil Johns Fleming (Preston West), Joan Hampton (Oakleigh), (North Balwyn); Sister Margaret Galvin (Balwyn); Rev. Barbara Lacy (Cheltenham), Val Lennox (Heidelberg Fathers Peter Kenny and Denis Stanley (Moonee Ponds), Heights), Della Oswald (Sunbury), Anne Paul (Mount Len Thomas (East Preston) and Gonzalo Munoz (St. Waverley), Margaret Mooney (Noble Park), Pauline Smit Francis Church, Melbourne). (East Doncaster) and Mary Williams (South Blackburn); Messrs Gary Cuthell (Mordialloc), Bill Hoyne Who are delegates to the Victorian Council of (Burwood), Kevin Mark (Belmont) and Alan Oswald Churches? (Sunbury). ··· Archbishops George Pell (Kew) and Frank Little * Many thanks to Hilary Roseman, a foundation delegate to (Camberwell); Fathers Peter Cross (Frankston), John Mello the V.C.C., who has resigned, because she and her hus­ (Lalor), Peter Kenny and Denis Stanley (Moonee Ponds); band John have moved to Metung, Gippsland.

Thank You, Barbara

~ ,_· - :);. Mrs. Barbara Lacy (bottom row, 2ndffom left) has resigned as co-editor of our Ecumenical Bulletin after seven years at the.desk. She remains' a Melbourne Catliolic delegate to the Victorian Council of Churches. _ Our Commission and the whole Church is indebted to Barbara for her time, talents, enthusiasm and generosity. ·. i# ---~£;~~-"_.· - _:_~:c:J:~ ....., ~-:-;- '$ ---:::~~- -::.:r--:~ __ .,.. --+~' :- ;rrcfu,::;:::: ~ ~~~ t¢' r. ~ W:~" ~s~G9 d•'s ~~~s~ing on h~r ~nd , wisp her well fpr the future as .sh~ explores further hori~~ l) ~. Than.k you,- I?arbar~ . ;

Baptism at the Heart of Christian Unity

Uniting Church preacher, Rev. Rod Horsfield, preached on Baptist, Uniting Church or Orthodox. We are the one people our cornrnon Baptism, at St. Patrick's Cathedral service for of God. the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, May 16. The consequences: We are given the gift of eternal life; He recalled in Alex Haley's book Roots, the memorable scene clothed with the righteousness of Christ; we have an identity, the night the slave Kunta Kinte drove his master to a ball at a name; we are God's new creation; but how can we proclaim the big plantation house ... the white folks dance music. Then reconciliation to a divided world when we are unreconciled to he heard music from -the slaves' quarters ... different music ... one another? different rhythm ... African music ... music he had almost for­ gotten ... they talked excitedly, in his native language, of Professor George Yule was in his local butcher's shop when home and the things of home. the Catholic priest came in. The butcher said, "George, here's Kunta went home changed ... and wept ... in sadness, and in your opposition." George replied, "H<:?'s not my opposition, joy that he had at last remembered ... who he was. he 's my brother." The butcher laughed. And no matter how George explained it, he could not convince the butcher. What music brought you here? Rod asked those from the mainline churches who attended St. Patrick's Cathedral. The The world does not believe we are brothers and sisters either sound of flowing water ... the music that will change our life ... be what you are, the one people of God united in our com­ ... that the world is dying to hear ... baptism. We are baptised mon baptism into Jesus Christ, Rod said. into Christ ... all that Christ achieved ... is given to us as gift ... God's new creation, humanity made new. So we are not here This service, led by Fr. Denis Stanley, began at the Cathedral today, he said, as Catholic and Protestant, Anglican and baptistry, with the theme: Be reconciled to God. Meeting the Orthodox at Local Level St. Mary's Coptic Orthodox church, KENSINGTON, opened and the same ministry, rooted in apostolic succession. Much its week night Vespers and Bible Study to Christians from dialogue and interaction has occurred at a Heads-of-Churches other traditions, during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity international level. At State level, the Syrian and Coptic in May. This gave a special opportunity to Gary Cuthell of Orthodox churches have hosted ecumenical services of the Ecumenical Affairs Commission, and others to take part in the Victorian Council of Churches. Coptic Orthodox liturgy, join the beautiful Middle Eastern chant and to sit and listen to the teaching. But at South Clayton, and Kensington, "it was wonderful to be part of ecumenical activity at a more local level," said Gary, Again at local level, the church of the Three Hierarchies, and "to see the grass-roots outworking of dialogue" begun at Greek Orthodox church, SOUTH CLAYTON, opened its Heads-of-Churches level. Gary was impressed by the warm Youth Bible Study and Discussion group to member churches enthusiasm to answer questions about icons, about name ori­ of the local Inter-Church Council (Kingston Central). "Youth" gins, about genuflecting, and the lengthy bible study on the was a bit misleading as people of all ages attended, including Sermon on the Mount verse "Blessed are the poor in spirit". members of three Catholic churches, a local parish priest and people of other traditions. Christians from different traditions shared their experiences and views and were pleasantly surprised by the similarity of In the Encyclical letter Ut Unum Sint, Pope John Paul II, com­ experience in their walk of faith, especially the young people menting on ecumenical dialogue so far, refers to the special present. 'Sister' churches relationship between Orthodox churches and the Roman Catholic church. We share the same sacraments - Gary Cuthell ANGLICANS AND CATHOLICS: Where are they? The International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission Rather than Roman Catholics throwing up their hands in dis­ (ARCIC for short) was begun in 1966. Since then a serious may at these developments in the Anglican communion, the effort has been made to discuss Eucharist, Ministry, Orders, better response might be to listen attentively to the struggles Authority, Church and Morals. of this Christian community. Much of ARCIC's work goes unread and unanalysed. The recent common statement by The process of agreed statements, elucidations, responses, Pope and Archbishop encourages as many as possible to clarifications, and more agreed statements has turnedout to be refl ect and respond. The 1993 statement on Moral Theology is like a dance between two awkward adolescents - one step for­ especially interesting. The momentum and dynamism needs to ward, two steps back. Over thirty years of dancing has not per­ be maintained. fected a smooth, gliding partnership in the ecumenical waltz. In fact, it seems at times that the music has stopped and the The forthcoming millennium celebrations will provide a focus lights turned out. Is this so? to keep the momentum going and give Anglicans and Roman Catholics a new dynamism for the journey of reconciliation. Difficult questions have arisen with the ordination of women Pope John Paul and Dr. Carey in their 1996 meeting said: "We priests and bishops in some parts of the Anglican communion. encourage Anglicans and Roman Catholics, with all their This issue was not dodged at a meeting of the Archbishop of Chri sti an brothers and sisters, to pray, celebrate and witness Canterbury and Pope John Paul II in December last year. together in the year 2000. We make this call in a spirit of Their common declaration said: "The obstacle to reconcilia­ humility, recognizing that credible witness will only be fully tion caused by the ordination of women as priests and bishops given when Anglicans and Catholics, with all their Christian in some provinces of the Anglican communion has also brothers and sisters, have achieved that full, visible unity that become increasingly evident, creating a new situation." corresponds to Christ's prayer, 'that they may all be one .. . so A further matter for serious thought has been the recent move that the world may believe." in Sydney Anglican diocese to allow designated lay people to A simple question - What are the Anglican and Roman preside at the Eucharist. This matter has received a cool recep­ Catholics in your local area, together with other Christians, tion from the Anglican Church in the rest of Australia and by preparing for the millennium celebrations of the birth of those who frame the Church's doctrine and Jaw. Questions of Christ? If not, why not? authority are a central matter, approached in the early days of ARCIC and soon to be covered again by its next statement. - Denis Stanley -- ·a - The Committee of the Ecumenical Summer School invites you to Tfi(e lriauguraf1Kevin Pethe'tiridge ~ Me;moriai ~: Dinner ' ;~ ~\ l' .to be held at

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