PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE lends her DAVID KERR says the next two support to the Glaswegian Mother years will be crucial for Abbess and Benedictine nuns at the future of Christianity in the new Stanbrook Abbey. Page 4 this country. Page10

No 5474 www.sconews.co.uk Friday July 6 2012 | £1 Vatican allows Logan to step down I Approval given on ’s wish to retire early on health grounds; administrator to be appointed By Ian Dunn “Sadly, ill health afflicted Bishop Vincent in recent years and he was unable to fulfill his pas- POPE Benedict XVI has accepted the resig- toral obligations as he would have wished and, nation of Bishop Vincent Logan of Dunkeld after careful thought and prayer, he tendered his on health grounds with immediate effect. The resignation as Bishop of Dunkeld to Pope Bene- appointment of an administrator, chosen by dict XVI,” the cardinal said. “It is now my wish senior priests of the diocese, was pending as and, I am sure, the wish of the of Scot- the SCO went to press. land, as well as, of course, the priests and people Bishop Logan, 71, who celebrated 30 years as of the Diocese of Dunkeld, that he will have a long Bishop of Dunkeld last March, said in December and happy retirement from his arduous role as 2010 that he ‘deeply regretted’ having to offer his Bishop of Dunkeld and be able to give more time resignation but felt he had ‘no choice.’ to practical pastoral initiatives at which he excels in his ministry.” Health grounds The cardinal said, having known Bishop Logan “My health means I am no longer able to give 100 since they were students together at St Andrew’s per cent and I feel the Church deserves no less,” College, Drygrange, he recalled a moment of Bishop Logan (below) said. “I owe it to the priests ‘great joy’ when ‘I learned of his appointment as and people of Dunkeld to step aside and let some- Bishop of Dunkeld on January 26, 1981.’ one else give them new leadership. It has been an The cardinal was himself ordained a bishop a honour, a privilege and a pleasure to serve the month later. priests and people of Dunkeld Diocese as their “He had been a very popular priest in the [Arch- bishop for 30 years. I am immensely grateful to diocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh] and countless people who have supported me loyally engaged in a wonderful apostolate, especially in throughout my ministry.” the field of education,” he said. Bishop Logan said that ‘God willing,’ he hoped “He obviously brought his gifts and talents with PIC: PAUL MCSHERRY to be able to continue to serve the Church. him to the Diocese of Dunkeld and moulded “I will still be able to make a contribution to the priests and people into one enthusiastic body, life of the Church in , both at national and moving forward in every aspect of pastoral activ- diocesan level, albeit in a less public role,” he said. ity and giving a wonderful example to everyone Cardinal O’Brien leads the way “Once again I offer my heartfelt thanks to every- in Scotland.” one who has worked with me over the last 30 years Cardinal O’Brien said as a bishop, Bishop for flock on old and new paths and I pray that everyone will understand why I, Logan was ‘recognised by the members of the very reluctantly, have had to come to this Bishops’ Conference of Scotland as one of our CARDINAL Keith bishops’ conferences of test’ with enemies of the decision.” ‘organisers’ and produced ‘magnificent back- O’Brien joined Catholics Europe (CCEE) and on Sat- Faith, he said, and might ground materials and drafts of documents on who were making an urday at the ordination of have to suffer ‘in some of the Tribute which we could work together.’ ancient pilgrimage walk two new priests for St same ways as the early mar- Cardinal Keith O’Brien led the tributes to his from Edinburgh to St Andrews and Edinburgh tyrs’ Ss Peter and Paul. brother bishop and said it was with ‘a certain sad- I [email protected] Andrews on Sunday as Archdiocese, Fr Jeremy The cardinal, however, ness’ that he heard the news. PIC: PAUL McSHERRY part of a weekend that he Milne and Fr John added they should ‘always spent preaching the Word Deighan. remember the example of the of God and warning of the On Sunday at St Mary’s Good Shepherd’ and follow dangers of secularism. Cathedral he told emissaries His example to serve and Though he did not join the from around Europe as well ‘seek out those who are lost.’ bold pilgrims, including as Apostolic Arch- George Lockhart, 9, (above) bishop and I New priests called to lead for the entirety of their jour- Mario Conti of in difficult times, page 2. ney to St Andrews for New Glasgow, that in ‘an increas- Dawn in Scotland, the cardi- ingly faithless Europe, it is I Professor Haldane calls for nal did visit the ancient town people of faith who need to ‘Catholic intellectual renais- on Monday for the opening be able to demonstrate that in sance’ at CCEE, page 5. of the New Dawn conference our own need it is in Jesus, it where he told attendees that is in the Christian message, I New Dawn in Scotland ‘each one of us by virtue of that we find the answer to report, page 7. our Baptism, Confirmation our own questions, our prob- and Holy Communion’ has a lems, our sufferings.’ duty ‘to spread the Gospel’ in The day before, in the a world where many seek to same cathedral at the ordina- silence religion. tion for Scotland’s new The cardinal preached this priests this year, he told the message of New Evangelisa- two newly ordained clergy tion throughout the weekend, and the gathered congrega- on Sunday at the closing tion that these were worrying Mass of the 40th meeting of times for Catholics. general secretaries of the They faced ‘a daily con-

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New priests who answered the Lord’s call

“Priests, by their lives, are an example for people to follow Christ’s (Top) Fr John Deighan and Fr Jeremy Milne—either side of Cardinal Keith SCOTLAND welcomed two new priests into the Church on O’Brien—pictured after their ordination to the priesthood with His Saturday in a joyful ordination ceremony in Edinburgh but also standards,” the cardinal told them. “Priests are called to share in the Eminence, Bishop , Fr John Hughes, rector of the Pontifical with a rallying call for them to be ‘leaders in the Faith’given priesthood of bishops, to be moulded into the likeness of Jesus Christ... in , Mgr Peter Verity from the Pontifical Beda College in the ‘difficulties Christians at this present time’ face. I ask you to be aware of the responsibilities on your shoulders as priests Rome and deacons Andrew Garden and Paul Lee. (Above left) Fr Deighan Frs Jeremy Milne and John Deighan were ordained at St Mary’s of the Church at this present time.” celebrates with his family and the bishops after his ordination. (Above) Fr Cathedral in the capital by Cardinal Keith O’Brien, assisted by Aux- New priests Milne flanked by members of his family and the bishops iliary Bishop Stephen Robson and in the presence of family, friends PICS: PAUL McSHERRY and parishioners. The parents of the late Fr Graham Turner, ordained Scotland’s new priests both arrived at the day of their ordination via dif- on Easter Monday a week before he died, were also in the congre- ferent paths. Fr Deighan, 30, was a student at the Pontifical Scots Col- He later converted to Catholicism and was welcomed into the gation. Fr Milne, a classmate of Fr Turner, had attended his ordina- lege in Rome, a seven-year course, while, Fr Milne, 48, was a later at the Easter Vigil in 2006, becoming a parishioner at tion in hospital at Salford Royal, and his funeral the following week. vocation and studied for four years at the Pontifical Beda College. St Margaret’s, Queensferry. Fr Deighan, who celebrated Mass with Cardinal O’Brien at the New “The sense of vocation, the call to serve God then translated into serv- Homily Dawn in Scotland conference in StAndrews on Monday, explained that ing Him as a priest,” Fr Milne said, but only after, on his parish priest’s Frs Milne and Deighan’s ordinations took place the day after the the call to priesthood came to him as a young student. advice, several years as a lay Catholic, a year of discernment and being Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul, a well established and traditional “I was around 19 years old when I first realised it was what the Lord accepted as a candidate for seminary. date for the sacrament. In his homily, Cardinal O’Brien referenced was asking of me,” Fr Deighan said of his vocation to the priesthood. He “For me it is an immense privilege to be able to serve God and His the saints, the Protomartyrs of the Church. explained that he was encouraged to continue with his Literature stud- people,” Fr Milne said of becoming a priest. “I am immensely “The present Pope and his predecessors have acknowledged the dif- ies at Edinburgh University until they were completed and he could then grateful.” ficulties Christians at this present time are called upon to face,” Cardi- go on to seminary. Fr Deighan added that the call to priesthood was still nal O’Brien said. “We face a daily contest as believers facing the strong within him following the completion of his studies and, after a Congregation pressures of modern society, called upon to suffer in some of the same year out, he began his training at seminary in Rome seven years ago. Both of Fr Milne’s parents have passed away but his brother and sis- ways as those early martyrs.” The newly ordained priest was delighted that many of his fellow sem- ter-in-law, parents of six children, were in the congregation at the ordi- He added that Pope Benedict XVI has spoken of the ‘marginalisation inarians were present at his ordination Mass, who joined his parents, nation. of religion in some quarters, even in nations that place an emphasis on brother and sister, grandparents and many relatives who had traveled “We did not grow up with religion in our household but my brother tolerance.’ The cardinal’s words, timely ahead of the Scottish Govern- from across the UK to be with Fr Deighan on his special day. has been very supportive and a very important part of my journey,” Fr ment’s decision on July 10 on whether to redefine marriage, were espe- “They all made so much effort and it was such a great experience and Milne said. “He is a convert also and I travelled the path he travelled a cially apt on Saturday as a march in favour of allowing same-sex a great celebration,” Fr Deighan said. “I was very warmly received by few years before me but his vocation was to marriage, where as mine ‘marriage’ took place in Edinburgh on the day of the ordinations, pass- everyone. It was a beautiful Mass and I was touched to see how many was to the priesthood.” ing the cathedral. people were there.” Fr Milne also said he was honoured that the parents of the late Fr Cardinal O’Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, also Fr Deighan described the ‘anointing with oil’and ‘standing round the Turner had been able to come to the ordination. Fr Milne had been pres- offered the new priests ordained for his archdiocese advice for their new altar with all the priests’ as particularly powerful moments of his ordi- ent for Fr Turner’s ordination on Easter Monday, attended his requiem role in life. nation Mass. Many parishioners from St Marie’s Church, Kirkcaldy, Fr Mass in Bolton a week later and, as a deacon, received his body upon Deighan’s home parish, attended St Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday, and its arrival at St Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh. the newly ordained priest was able to thank them personally when he Cardinal O’Brien also spoke of the late Fr Turner’s week as a priest celebrated Sunday Mass with them the following day. This was one of during his homily at Saturday’s ordinations in Edinburgh. “Fr Turner a number of Masses Fr Deighan was due to celebrate this week with should have been ordained one year ago today,” the cardinal said, before parishes and religious orders throughout the archdiocese before he adding that the deacon’s leukaemia diagnosis prevented that from hap- begins a month of voluntary supply ministry in Kilsyth. pening but that he was ordained on Easter Monday. “He offered only Fr Milne was born in Kent and moved to Edinburgh to go to univer- only one Mass, that of his ordination. That is what God chose for him... sity, settling there after graduation and beginning work as an ecologist God answers in His own way.” and later furthering his studies to Phd level. The cardinal also spoke ofArchbishop of Birming- It was on a trip to Greece in 2000, however, that he ‘came to Faith’and ham seeking his advice ahead of the ordination of Fr Ben Grist, also on he initially turned to the Episcopal Church to explore ministry. Saturday, whose cancer is in the final stages (see page 8.) Friday July 6 2012 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER NEWS 3 Change ahead for Galloway parishes Consultations that predate present bishop revised, address future merger and closure options

By Martin Dunlop involved in. The Galloway consultation document also speaks of the ‘unrealistic PARISHIONERS of Galloway Dio- expectations of priests.’ cese are preparing themselves for “Priests are not merely ‘Mass machines’ change as fewer priests in the diocese and they have many other duties both in means that some parishes may be the diocesan church and wider afield,” it merged and other church buildings says. “It is a rare thing these days that any may be faced with closure in the priest will not have other, often ‘unseen’ future. or ‘unknown’ duties over and above his A consultation discussion paper: parish responsibilities. Scottish Catholic Archives remain Embracing Change: A Dialogue, has been ‘We are also failing to take into proper sent to parishes in Galloway Diocese and account the age profile of our priests, open, view on appointment basis follows on from a previous consultation, where over half the priests serving in our Embracing the Future. ber of parishioners, and the financial real- diocese are already beyond what would The Galloway consultation underlines ities of the present economic climate, the normally be considered retrial age. REPORTS that the Scottish that ‘it is essential that there must be con- present number of properties cannot be “At present there are two parish priests Catholic Archives in Edin- sistent dialogue with the people of God in sustained.” over the age of 75 [the retirement age of a burgh have been closed are Galloway Diocese’ and that the paper is priest] still working in the diocese. Within ‘totally untrue,’ according to ‘intended not only for use among the Future the next two years, three parish priests will a Church spokesman. clergy but also with the laity.’ The consultation document outlines that reach the age of 75, a further two parish Peter Kearney, director of the Galloway parishioners will ‘always be priests will do so during the following Scottish Catholic Media Office, Dialogue under the pastoral care of a priest, but he three years. Within ten years that will rise (right) said there was currently a “This dialogue must lead to concrete deci- may not always live where people are to a further ten priests, reducing the num- staffing issue at Columba House sions being made, and it is an essential used to finding them; people will always ber of priests under the age of 75 to only (above) but academics could part of the dialogue process that we iden- have a church in which to celebrate the 16. We have to restructure the diocese in still access the archives by tify and name specific parishes and church sacraments, but it may not be the building such a way that we can continue to serve appointment. buildings that may well have to face radi- they are used to attending; and Mass will the people as the number of priests con- “What has happened is, of the cal upheaval,” the Galloway consultation always be provided in an area but that area tinues to fall to perhaps as few as 15 two members of staff, one has paper says. “The dialogue process will, may be larger than we have become used within the next ten years.” resigned and the other, the therefore, seek to identify parishes which to and people may have to travel further Keeper of the Archives [Andrew may well merge into one; parishes which than they are at present.’ Bishop’s call Nicholl] is currently off sick,” Mr Kearney went on to say will remain separate although they will be “The difficulty with travel must be Bishop John Cunningham (above) of Gal- he said. “So there is no one that he hoped normal service required to share a priest; and church borne in mind when discussing how loway told the SCO last month that Gal- available at the present time to would be resumed shortly. buildings that will unfortunately have parishes are to merge,” the document says. loway Diocese is ‘undertaking a staff the archives. But if a “The hope would be as soon to close. Mgr Joseph Boyd, a vicar general of consultation process regarding pastoral pro- researcher needs access to the as the Keeper of the Archives is “The proposal, therefore, is to look at Galloway Diocese, said that the Embrac- vision in parishes in the light of the declin- archives that can be arranged by better then the building can be situations where distinct parishes might ing Change consultation document had ing number of priests.’ appointment with the Archdio- reopened normally,” he said. share a priest, where parishes may merge, followed deanery meetings and meetings “It is hoped that priests and laity will cese of Glasgow archivist Dr “Until then, visits will be by with one church being designated as the of the council of priests and that the engage in this process in order that the Mary McHugh.” appointment.” principal church in that area but both changes are ‘very much for the future’ and changes which may be necessary can be remaining open, and also to look at situa- ‘nothing has been decided as yet.’ properly prepared for,” Bishop Cunning- tions where parishes merge with the even- Fr William McFadden, also vicar gen- ham said. “This process was already under- tual closure of some buildings. eral of Galloway, added that the consulta- way when I became Bishop of Galloway FOLLOW THE SCO “This is a matter of deep regret but it tion document deals with the present and and we are continuing this consultation.” has to be recognised that with a decreasing future of the Church in the diocese, a ON TWITTER AT number of active clergy, the falling num- process that the laity has always been I [email protected] SCO_NEWS TO KEEP UP WITH Growing costs of Orange walks fuel concerns of Muslim MSP BREAKING NEWS

By Ian Dunn combined. They require roads However Peter Kearney, ernment remember the threat to to be closed and large numbers director of the Scottish Catholic redefine marriage is a far THE SNP’s only Muslim of police. Media Office, said that politi- greater concern to many MSP is campaigning to scale “I am aware of the sensitivi- cians and Catholics should be Catholics than marches and back the number of Orange ties and the right to freedom of more concerned with the threat parades,” Mr Kearney said. walks in Scotland as senior expression but I am not con- of same-sex ‘marriage’ than “Thousands more responded police and government fig- vinced that one organisation with the management of to the consultation on marriage OLIVERʼS ures express concern over has the right to put this kind of Orange Order parades. than to the previous Parades Boulevard & Drumry Taxis the growing costs of policing drain on the tax payer.” “It is important that the Gov- Commission.” Drumchapel the marches. 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WHEN actress Patricia Routledge received a surprise invitation to be patron of a very special appeal, she was delighted and immediately said ‘yes.’ She joins fellow patrons Bishop Ter- ence Patrick Drainey of Middlesbrough and Bishop Arthur Roche of Leeds, (soon to take up a Vatican post as Sec- retary to the Congregation of Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacra- ments), in an appeal to raise £2.4 mil- lion for the building of a church and hospitality wing as part of the new Stanbrook Abbey at Wass, North York- shire. The community of Benedictine nuns who moved there three years ago from Callow End, Worcester has a very particular place among a wide variety of the actress’ friends.

ow known to millions through- agnostic George Bernard Shaw had (Above) Dame Andrea Savage, the than 50 years.And they exude infectious gerously threatens many areas of life, out the world as the skilfully been turned by Hugh White- Glaswegian Mother Abbess of Stanbrook joy; and real peace. not least in the matter of simple respect redoubtable Hyacinth Bucket in more into a play called The Best of Abbey (right) with Patricia Routledge “Whenever I was in the vicinity— —for law and order, simple human (centre). (Above right) Stanbrook Abbey is Keeping Up Appearances, and as the Friends. It was to be directed by often touring with a play—I would visit relations, family life, the young for the N fundraising to build a church and a new elderly sleuth in Hetty Wainthropp James Roose Evans, (himself a non- hospitality wing them at Stanbrook for a cup of tea (and old and the old for the young. Investigates, the actress is one of stipendiary Anglican priest and long excellent, homemade cake!) and a “I could go on, but we have to learn Britain’s most distinguished actresses, standing friend of the Stanbrook Com- lively exchange of news and views. It to understand it on this voyage of dis- regarded for her work in theatre, film, munity), and Ms Routledge asked if it was a highlight to look forward to. covery... though not be sucked in by its television and radio. The recipient of would be possible to visit Stanbrook negative force,” she said. the 1967 TonyAward for her Broadway Abbey in order to learn more about the and the recreation hour, full of laughter orn into a Protestant family in “I am eagerly anticipating my first performance in Darling of the Day; the life of the community and to under- and joy. Later I went into retreat for four Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead, visit to this ecologically—friendly, 1989 Laurence Olivier Award (Can- stand the role of the Mother Abbess. days before starting rehearsal and that she recalled a very happy child- modernist— monastery in a part dide, Old Vic); Top TV Comedy (It had been a very valuable exercise was a profound and privileged experi- Bhood, coloured by memories of attend- of Yorkshire where the heavens seem Actress and Personality of the Year some years earlier when she visited ence. I do believe I couldn’t have done ing a ‘marvellous Methodist Sunday almost to touch the earth and where Awards; Grand Order of Water Rats the community of Anglican Bene- the play without it. It was an unforget- School,’ singing in a Congregational there has been a long monastic pres- (1991) and Variety Club of Great dictines nuns at West Malling in table time and made a deep impression Church Choir and later being con- ence: the former abbeys of Rievaulx, Britain (1993), she was further hon- preparation for her BBC Omnibus role on me. firmed in the Anglican Church. These Byland, Whitby and the present oured in 1996 in the special BBC 60th as Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th cen- “We gave a special performance of days she worships regularly at Chich- Ampleforth Abbey nearby. It is, I Anniversary Awards. tury abbess soon to be declared a saint the play at Stanbrook after we had fin- ester Cathedral. Her brother Graham believe a stunningly beautiful location. In 1999 the University of Liverpool, and doctor of the Church by Pope ished our tour and the community loved Routledge entered the Anglican priest- “I know these are difficult times for where she graduated with Honours in Benedict XVI.) it. Many people have inaccurate, sim- hood after a distinguished career as a all of us but I do believe the wonderful English Language and Literature, con- plistic ideas about nuns with the mis- barrister, becoming treasurer and canon Stanbrook Community are very deserv- ferred upon her the honorary degree of other Joanna Jamieson, taken perception that they are ignorant in residence at St Paul’s Cathedral. ing of support. I hope that people may Doctor of Letters. In 1993 she was Abbess at the time, very of the outside world. Not so. Their rep- There was however she admitted with a be able to find as much as they can awarded the OBE for Services to the graciously, allowed me to utation for Benedictine hospitality is leg- twinkle, a close link with the Catholic manage towards funding the comple- Performing Arts and created CBE for visit‘M for a day. I was given a cell, endary. From what I have observed, the Church in the shape of a very lively, tion of their monastery. Services to Drama in 2004. dressed in the habit by Mother Joanna community is a power house of prayer lapsed, Irish maternal grandmother! “I can’t wait to see them in their In 2006 she agreed to play the role herself, had lunch in the refectory and in a noisy, violent and disrupted world. Describing herself as a ‘struggling beautiful home.” of Dame Laurentia McLachlan, the attended at least two of the daily offices This must be influential and to the good. Anglican’ she declared that her faith distinguished 20th Century Abbess of in the beautiful Edward Pugin Chapel,” It is awe-inspiring to have been given an has always been important to her— I You can donate to the Stanbrook Stanbrook, whose three-way corre- she said. insight into the lives of those who have ‘especially when it is wavering,’ Abbey appeal by visiting the spondence with the atheist and art “I can conjure up the memory of the dedicated themselves to this remarkably Alarmed by the strident evidence of nuns’ website at: http://www. expert, Sir Sydney Cockerell and the nuns’ exquisite singing in a trice; that disciplined life—some of them for more secularism, the actress feels that it dan- stanbrookabbey.org.uk A golden day for Mgr Kenneth McBride A born priest cel- Michael and Andrew. people of Dunkeld. ebrated his golden jubilee of Mgr McBride’s first appoint- Bishop Vincent Logan of ordination with a Mass of ment in Dunkeld Diocese was Dunkeld, priests, parishioners Thanksgiving in his present as a curate in Perth where he past and present and members parish of St Ninian’s. served for 13 years. of his family joined Mgr Mgr Kenneth McBride was He has also been parish priest McBride at the celebration, as ordained to the priesthood in in Newport, Tayport and did Lord Provost Bob Dundan 1962 by the then Bishop of Leuchars, in St Pius’, Dundee, and his wife Brenda and MP Dunkeld William Andrew Hart. his home parish, and he spent Jim McGovern and Norma Brought up in the Douglas several years as administrator of McGovern (right). area of the city, Mgr McBride Dundee’s St Andrew’s Cathedral. “I am delighted to celebrate my studied for the priesthood at He also served as Catholic golden jubilee,” Mgr McBride Blairs College in - chaplain at Dundee University said. “I can honestly say the last shire and the Royal Scots Col- for many years. As parish priest 50 years have just flown by. lege in Valladollid, Spain. in St Ninian’s he is also chap- “It has been an honour and a He also studied for two years lain to the neighbouring pri- privilege to serve the people of in Rome after completing his mary school. Dunkeld as their priest. I love studies in Spain as he was too Last year he was honoured being a priest and I would do it young to be ordained. by Pope Benedict XVI when he all again tomorrow if I had the The son of Tom and Bella was made a Chaplain to His chance. McBride, he has a sister, Holiness in recognition of his “I have enjoyed great support cent, from my brother priests parishes in which I have served many blessings which I have Sheila, and two brothers, devoted years of service to the over the years from Bishop Vin- and from the people in the and I give thanks to God for the enjoyed in my priesthood.”

EWTN CATHOLIC TV IS ON SKY EPG 589 REFRESH YOUR FAITH BETWEEN MASSES WITH THE Sky Freesat £175 total cost , no monthly charges. 200 Free channels including EWTN TV & Radio. Call Sky on 08442411602 for installation. Call EWTN on 020 83502542 or e-mail [email protected] for free monthly posted programme guide and visit www.ewtn.co.uk for more info. Friday July 6 2012 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER LOCAL NEWS 5 Is there a need for a Catholic intellectual renaissance? Professor John Haldane stresses need for faith in action at meeting of general secretaries of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences By Ian Dunn who spoke of how his church had aggressively combated attempts to limit their freedoms. DELEGATES at the 40th meeting of gen- He said that while there had been a long his- eral secretaries of the Council of European tory of Catholic persecution in the United States, Bishops’ Conferences in Edinburgh last exemplified by the ‘Ku Klux Klan who perse- weekend heard that a ‘Catholic intellectual cuted many Catholics in the 1920s’ much of the renaissance’ was essential if religious liber- last 40 years had been harmonious. ties and Catholic schools were to be saved Recently though, he said, this had changed and from aggressive secularism. the Church had faced numerous attacks culmi- Keynote speaker, Professor John Haldane, told nating in President Barack Obama’s recent them that influential Catholics from across attempt to force Church hospitals to provide con- Europe were visiting Scotland during a ‘cam- traception to employees. paign’ of ‘de-evangelisation’ targeted at the “Religious freedom cannot be limited to free- Catholic Church here. dom of worship,” he said. “Christians must be free to act according to their religion.” Marriage, schools To that end, he said, the Church had embraced This campaign, the professor warned, was a policy of ‘lawsuits against the Government,’ currently manifested in the debate over same- ‘Catechesis among the young’ and ‘unity among sex ‘marriage’ and the ongoing attacks on PIC: PAUL McSHERRY the bishops.’ Catholic schools. “Once the immediate issue of gay ‘marriage’is Secularism was raised again and again. Prayer and reflection resolved and especially if it is done in a way that Professor Haldane’s warning was echoed through- Bishop Gintaras Grusas, general secretary of Conference organiser Mgr Paul Conroy, general is seem to represent a defeat for the Church it out the weekend and heard by the likes of Cardinal the Lithuanian Bishops’ Conference said ‘across secretary of the Bishops’ Conference of Scot- will not be long before the issue of schooling is Keith O’Brien; Archbishop Mario Conti of Glas- Europe there is a sense that the Christian com- land, was satisfied the delegates ‘are going home returned to,” he warned. “Now with the addi- gow; Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen; munity, and Christian values, are under attack.’ with the sense of having achieved, having done tional complaint that given Catholic teachings on FrAndrew McKenzie of Priests for Scotland; Mgr “By a secular society which feels uncomfortable some good work.’ sex and marriage, Catholic schools are at best an , representing England and Wales, with the challenges that are put forth by the He added that ‘anyone who was here would obstacle and at worst a real and present threat to and Mgr Gearoid Dullae from Ireland. expression of not only religious but today some have been aware of the warmth, the cordiality, the establishment and civility.” In the closing Mass of the Conference on Sun- moral values,” he said. “The laws that are being the support and the friendship that is around.’ Professor Haldane told the conference dele- day (above), Cardinal O’Brien echoed Pope proposed in the directives out of Brussels do Mgr Conroy concluded the conference by high- gates it was ‘secularism that poses the greatest Benedict’s words that ‘religion is not a problem impact all our countries. We need to evangelise lighting ‘it is always important at these meetings threat to the Future of the Catholic Faith here in for legislators to solve, but a vital contributor to the society in which we live.” that we spend a fair bit of the programme praying Scotland and in Europe more generally.’ the national conversation.’ together, which underlines really the most impor- In response to this he called on laity and clergy Further, in the reports that were submitted to Combatting threats tant aspect of what we are about, we are about across Europe to embrace ‘intellectual excel- the conference by delegates from across Europe An example of how to combat this threat was working for Christ and for the Church.’ lence’ and ‘moral courage,’ virtue he said that is the theme of the curtailment of religious liberty provided by Mgr Ronnie Jenkins, the general now too ‘rare among both.’ through methods such as same-sex ‘marriage’ secretary of the American Bishops’ Conference, I [email protected]

Scottish parishes prepare to Cardinal joins anniversary celebrations of St Margaret’s Guild support the work of seafarers CARDINAL Keith O’Brien and posed for a photograph with recently attended a service members of the guild, including celebrating the 70th anniver- the oldest member, Margaret By Euan McArthur AOS is ship visiting in two sary of St Margaret’s Chapel Stocks, aged 96 (left). areas. In the Firth of Forth and Guild at Edinburgh Castle. The ladies, all named Mar- THE Apostleship of the Sea, Clyde, it visits Glasgow (King St Margaret’s Chapel Guild garet, make sure fresh flowers is preparing to hold its annual George V), Greenock, Hunter- was founded in 1942 when the are always in place at the chapel Sea Sunday collection in ston and also Troon under the parish minister of Edinburgh Cas- and ensure donations are given many parishes this Sunday. oversight of Deacon Richard tle wrote a letter inviting women out to charities. As well as holding the Sea Haggarty. named Margaret to put flowers in Cardinal O’Brien is one of Sunday collection, some parishes Together with a number of St Margaret’s Chapel, which lies three Ecclesiastical Honorary throughout Scotland will be volunteer ship visitors from at the heart of Edinburgh Castle. members alongside the Modera- hosting speakers to further raise local parishes, approximately The enthusiastic response led him tor of the General Assembly of awareness among parishioners 750 ships are visited each year. to found the guild. Scotland and the Episcopal about the work of AOS. Other Further up in the north/east of Princess Margaret, the Count- Primus, who both had represen- parishes may mark Sea Sunday Scotland, Deacon Brian Kilkerr ess of Snowdon, became a mem- death in 2002. In 2003, the thanksgiving, the cardinal was tatives in attendance at last after the summer. visits Shetland, Banff, Buckie, ber at the guild’s inception and Princess Royal became patron. joined by religious representa- month’s service of thanksgiving. Preparations are also well Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Inver- was patron from 1947 until her At last month’s service of tives from Scottish churches, PIC: PAUL McSHERRY underway for the Stella Maris gordon, Aberdeen and also vis- feast day, World Maritime Day its around 750 ships each year. 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YOUNGSTERS from St Cadoc’s Pri- mary School, Newton Mearns, recently welcomed Scottish football celebrity Paul Hartley to their school to help them launch the sale of their summer safety hats for young people. St Cadoc’s primary one pupils have taken part in a safety in the sun project and had been asked to design hats that would Bishop Devine joins primary pupils be suitable for children to wear in the sum- as they bid farewell to their school mer to protect them from the sun. Project BISHOP of and Canon Thomas Millar, and Local businessman Mike Smith, of Orb Motherwell recently cele- he then joined P7 pupils, school International, kindly made 80 sun hats— brated Mass with P7 pupils staff, including headteacher based on the design of P1 pupil, Matthew at the town’s Our Lady of Maria Shields, guests and Ward—free of charge, which St Cadoc’s Good Aid Cathedral Pri- clergy for a photograph (above). pupils are now selling to raise money for mary School as they said The pupils are now enjoying MASScot, a melanoma charity, and the goodbye to the school their summer holidays before Tommy Burns Skin Cancer Trust. The for- delighted to welcome Paul Hartley, who is The youngsters with their hats designed by before the close of term. taking the step into secondary mer Celtic FC player and manager died in currently manager of Alloa FC, to the Primary 1 pupil Matthew Ward, pictured Bishop Devine celebrated the education in August. May 2008 after losing his battle with skin school to help them launch the sale of the alongside former Scotland international footballer Paul Hartley PIC: PAUL McSHERRY Mass alongside Fr Francis King PIC: TOM EADIE cancer. hats. Mr Hartley, himself a father of three Sinead Shevlin, primary one teacher at children, was part of the Celtic side that St Cadoc’s, explained more about the secured the Scottish Premier League title Do you have a schools story The school’s project. a matter of days after the death of the dren from St Cadoc’s three primary one “We wanted to educate children from a club’s former manager, and he spoke to classes, who were sporting their distinc- Scottish Catholic Observer? You young age about the dangers of skin can- the children at St Cadoc’s about the impor- tive red sun safety hats. can call Martin cer,” Ms Shevlin said. “The launch of the tance of staying safe in the sun. “We would like to take our idea further, hats went very well and it was all part of “He spent time talking to our children, possibly further up the school and Dunlop on 0141 221 4956 or our safety in the sun project.” who were asking him if he played for hopefully on to other schools too,” Ms send him an e-mail: Barcelona or Real Madrid!” Ms Shevlin said. Shevlin said. Celebrity support Following a chat with pupils, Mr Harley [email protected] The teacher added that the pupils were posed for photographs with all the chil- I [email protected]

Everything is rosy in the garden for Our Lady of the Annunciation Primary School pupils Celebrating 40 years of Holy Rood High School Cardinal Keith O’Brien joins Auxiliary FORTY years of Catholic Lorraine Legrix, Holy Rood Bishop Stephen Robson, clergy PRIMARY four pupils from able to create their own minia- made a documentary film enti- education at Edinburgh’s headteacher, was delighted to staff and pupils of Holy Rood High Glasgow’s Our Lady of the ture Zen gardens. tled: Beneath Our Feet, which Holy Rood High School welcome her four predecessors School in Edinburgh for their 40th Annunciation Primary They understood the symbol- recorded their progress through were marked by the celebra- in the role, Lesley Carroll, Pat anniversary celebrations School have been involved in ism of each of the garden’s ele- their programme of study. tion of a special Mass of Sweeney, John Havard and Jim PIC: PAUL McSHERRY a major collaboration with St ments as well as spending time One of the pupils, Aaron Thanksgiving last Tuesday Benyon, back to the school for Mungo’s Museum of Reli- researching different types of McGilly commented that he evening. the Mass of Thanksgiving. gious Life and Art in the city. rocks and how they are formed. ‘really liked making the film Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Arch- “It was a terrific night for the six pupils from the Tanzanian Funded by the museum’s Curi- The pupils then investigated because it was a challenge and a bishop of St Andrews and Edin- school,” Ms Legrix said. school spent three weeks in ous project, pupils built a topic the structure of planet Earth and great success.’ burgh, was joined for the Among the special guests at Edinburgh along with staff, around St Mungo’s Zen garden, discovered how earthquakes “We had a film premiere in celebration of Mass by his newly the school for the Mass was including Frank Moshe, head- and developed an interdisciplinary occur and volcanoes erupt. the museum and lots of mums appointed , Justice Secretary Kenny teacher of Lombeta High programme of work to investigate The Our Lady of the Annun- and dads came to see it,” Aaron Stephen Robson, who had also MacAskill, MSP for Edinburgh School. several learning strands all relat- ciation pupils also worked with said. “It was great to see our film been present as a young semi- Eastern and friend of the school The Mass of Thanksgiving ing back to the garden. artist, Theresa Malaney, and had on a big screen. We all got a narian 40 years ago when the community. also provided the perfect The youngsters worked with a a look at some Japanese prints chance to be part of the crew and Edinburgh school was opened. Holy Rood staff and pupils opportunity for Holy Rood’s professional artist and made a and printmaking techniques. to present part of the film.” The celebration was also a were also delighted to have new school hymn to be per- 15-minute film of their work, Anna Solek, a Primary 4 pupil Ann Watson, Our Lady of the nostalgic moment for Canon friends from their partner formed, which pupils from the (above) which culminated in an at Our Lady of the Annuncia- Annunciation headteacher, said John Creanor, who was Holy school, Lombeta High School, school had written with the art exhibition and film launch at tion, said that she ‘loved the the project had been ‘a mar- Rood’s first school chaplain—a Tanzania, present for the Mass. help of Emma Turnbull, direc- the museum, attended by pupils, screen printing classes’ the velous experience for our young post he held for 13 years—who The Tanzanian school has tor of music at Edinburgh’s St parents and all who had been pupils had with Ms Malaney. people and we are very grateful concelebrated the Mass along- been partnered with St John’s Mary’s Cathedral, and Michael involved in the project. “She was an inspiration to me to the staff of St Mungo’s side Cardinal O’Brien, Bishop Church, Portobello, Edinburgh, Ferguson, composer in resi- Inspired by the Zen garden, and I tried some sketching at Museum for all their support.’ Robson, Fr Boniface Kruger for the past 25 years and with dence at the cathedral. pupils had the opportunity to home,” Anna said. The pupils’ work will also be OFM, Fr Juniper Adams OFM, Holy Rood High School for “This was the first time I had spend time meditating on their Using professional equip- on display in school after the Fr Hugh Purcell and Fr Jock more than ten years. Prior to heard the hymn and it was very visits to St Mungo’s and were ment, the Glasgow pupils also summer break. Dalrymple. last week’s anniversary Mass, well received,” Ms Legrix said. Friday July 6 2012 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER LOCAL NEWS 7 ‘Rebuild the Church in our times’ Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s call to delegates at New Dawn in Scotland in St Andrews By Martin Dunlop

CARDINAL Keith O’Brien cele- brated the opening Mass for the New Dawn in Scotland Catholic Family Conference at Madras College, St Andrews, on Monday, urging pilgrims to use the five-day event to help Newmains parish marks 140th year ‘rebuild the Church in our times.’ Pilgrims have gathered at St Andrews LAST Monday evening saw ward to the future represented by this week to celebrate the third New Dawn parishioners and friends of St our young people,” Fr Hugh in Scotland Conference, which this year Brigid’s Church, Newmains, Kelly, St Brigid’s parish priest, has as its theme: Is this the time for you to conclude a year of celebra- said. “So it was that our church live in your panelled houses, when this tions marking the 140-year and parish centre, the original house lies in ruins? (Haggai 1:4-10.) history of their parish and chapel-school of 1871, were local school. packed to overflowing as we wel- New priest Bishop Joseph Devine of comed our bishop among us.” The cardinal was joined in celebrating the Motherwell joined the commu- Before the Mass, Bishop conference’s opening Mass by Fr John nity for the celebrations, and Devine dedicated a special time- Deighan, one of two newly ordained conferred the Sacrament of Con- line, placing St Brigid’s parish his- priests for St Andrews and Edinburgh firmation on 35 of the parish’s tory in the context of all that has Archdiocese, and many priests and reli- young people during the cele- happened during the past 140 gious from across the UK. The cardinal added that ‘we must all Following Mass at Edinburgh’s St bration of Mass. years. “It will hang at the back of The leader of the Catholic Church in remember that there is no way in which Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday morning, The original mission at New- our church as a reminder of who Scotland was also delighted to welcome we can renew the Church if we ourselves Cardinal O’Brien led the pilgrimage walk mains was a chapel-school, we are, where we have been and Rev David Chillingworth, Bishop of St are not undergoing renewal in our rela- from the St Andrew’s Altar at the cathe- erected in 1871, when St Brigid’s hopefully encouraging us in the Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane and tionship with Jesus Christ.’ dral as the pilgrims began their journey to was part of the recently formed St present on our journey of Faith,” Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, “As the Church and its members in the Fife. Ignatius parish in Wishaw, under Fr Kelly said. “It was devised by to assist in the celebrations. past ‘got stale’ and forgot the marvel, the The ancient Scottish pilgrimage route to the leadership of Fr John McCay. one of our parishioners, David Cardinal O’Brien emphasised the wonder, of the first messages of Jesus the historic Scottish town has been re- At this time, Newmains was Cahill, and we are indebted to him importance of not only knowing about the Christ, then so too many of us have got established by churchgoers from St developing in numbers owing to for this image of our history.” Gospel of Jesus Christ but ‘to spread that stale in our love of the Faith and in our Andrews and Edinburgh Archdiocese, the development of a large iron After Mass, Bishop Devine same Gospel’ to the conference partici- practice of the Faith,” the cardinal said. who hope the walk will one day rival the works in the centre of the village, conferred the diocesan Bene Mer- pants. world famous Camino de Santiago de while coal mining and railways enti medal on Liz Cope and Liz “I am sure that each one of you is aware Events Compostela pilgrimage walk in Spain. were the other industries attracting Brown, who both attended St of that great cause,” the cardinal said. “I A number of talks and activities will be Speaking at Sunday morning’s Mass at large numbers of people fleeing Brigid’s Primary School as am sure that that is the reason why you taking place throughout the week at the the cathedral, the cardinal indicated to the Ireland in the wake of the devas- youngsters. Ms Cope went on to have gathered here for these days here in New Dawn Conference, where Faithful congregation that a pilgrimage walk ‘was tation caused by the Great Famine teach in St Brigid’s for 40 years St Andrews where rested those relics of from across the country have joined an opportunity for all to remember their of the mid 19th century. while Ms Brown taught in St the great Apostle and patron saint of Scot- together in prayer and worship. own pilgrimage journey closer to Christ.’ “It was fitting that, as over the Patrick’s Primary School, Shotts land. On Thursday, Bishop of “Over the centuries, pilgrimages to holy past year we had celebrated vari- for the same length of time. Both “I ask you all gathered here at this time Argyll and the Isles was due to celebrate places and shrines were a way of pilgrims ous events recognising the women retired at the end of the to heed the call of the Prophet Haggai and an open-air Mass at the ruins of St to increase their awareness of this—and achievements of priests and peo- summer term. ‘Rebuild the Church in our times!’ I call Andrews Cathedral, a Mass which was also of deepening in their love and appre- ple over 140 years, with the cele- “It was a fitting way to bring on all of you to be evermore fully aware also due to be attended by a group of pil- ciation of the saint concerned,” he said. bration of the Sacrament of our celebrations to a close,” Fr that the call of Christ to His first Apostles grims who set off on the Way of Confirmation, we would look for- Kelly said. to ‘Go and spread the Good News of the St Andrews walk from Edinburgh I http://www.newdawninscotland.com Gospel,’ is a call to each one of us.” on Sunday. PIC: PAUL McSHERRY

Diamond celebrations for Mgr McGee

CLERGY from across Glas- from the archdiocese. gow Archdiocese joined Parishioners and friends of together at St Matthew’s Mgr McGee were delighted to Holy Family priest leads parish group to Kenya to help at AIDS clinic Church, Bishopbriggs, last join him on the special evening, Thursday as one of their and a number of presentations brother priests celebrated were made to the priest, thank- By Ian Dunn Last Saturday, the young peo- interest initially,” he recalled. fundraising challenge superbly, a the diamond jubilee of his ing and congratulating him on ple attended a Mass of commis- “But obviously there was a natu- whole different challenge will ordination. his 60 years of ministry. THIS weekend, 12 young sion before the whole parish took ral falling away because people await them in Kenya. Donegal priest Mgr Eugene “Presentations were made to people from Holy Family part in a fundraising ceilidh, but had to move for work and so on. “We will just be doing what McGee arrived in Scotland in me from the parish, from a num- parish in Port Glasgow will the roots of the trip are far earlier. But we have had the core group ever the clinic wants us to do,” 1952, shortly after he was ber of societies and from the begin a journey of a lifetime. “The clinic we are going to is in of 12 for about nine months now.” Fr McGee explained. “Helping ordained to the priesthood at All local schools, Turnbull High Led by parish priest Fr Brian a town called Keracho, in Western The efforts that group has with support groups and clean- Hallows College in Dublin. School and St Matthew’s Pri- McGee, they will spend a Kenya, and it is run by Sr Placida made to raise the money have ing up, visiting local schools, A number of friends and fam- mary School,” Mgr McGee said. month helping at an AIDS McCann, from the Franciscans of been pretty extraordinary. just anything they want us to do ily members from Ireland joined Following his arrival from clinic in Kenya, but how they the Immaculate Conception, who “They have done almost we will.” Mgr McGee at St Matthew’s Ireland 60 years ago, Mgr got to this point is almost as is from Greenock,” Fr McGee everything you can think of,” he He believes the experience will Church, the final parish in which McGee’s first priestly appoint- impressive as what they are said. “I had been out there four said. “We had a Come Dine With a hugely beneficial one for the the popular priest served before ment in Glasgow Archdiocese about to do. times and I thought it would be a Me night in the Church hall, we group. his retirement. was to St Saviour’s, Govan. “They have raised £46,000.” Fr really good thing for the parish if have had dances, and a race “I think it will help their Faith The diamond jubilee celebra- This was followed by spells McGee said. “When I began this, we could get some young people night and coffee mornings. The grow,” he said. tions took the form of a Vigil at St Ninian’s, Kirkintilloch, I thought if we raise £12,000, that out there.” whole parish has been really “I suspect they will be shocked Mass marking the feast day of Our Lady and St Mark’s, will pay for our travel and raise Last year he held a meeting for generous and I think it has to see how the world lives but Ss Peter and Paul, which was Alexandria, St Stephen’s, some money for the clinic, but all the 18-30 year olds in the parish brought folk together, not just hopefully it will make them celebrated by Mgr McGee, Mgr Sighthill, before he served at St £46,000 is just incredible by the and his idea was warmly received. the ones that are going.” ambassadors for the world’s poor Hugh Bradley, St Matthew’s Matthew’s. young people and all the parish.” “About 30 people showed Though they have met the in the future.” parish priest, and fellow clergy PIC: PAUL McSHERRY 8 NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER Friday July 6 2012

Archbishop Smith opposes draft Government assisted suicide plan Vatican condemns Kenyan attacks ARCHBISHOP pool, as well as a host of others. of Southwark has condemned “Although we are still in the the British Government’s first half of this year we have Anti-Christian violence in the country kills 17 people and leaves more than 60 injured draft Assisted Dying Bill already witnessed the publica- By Martin Dunlop Consultation, calling instead tion of the Falconer Commis- for better palliative care. sion promoting assisting THE Vatican has condemned the “Few will be surprised to see suicide, three Westminster par- ‘unspeakable’ attacks against Chris- yet another attempt by Lord liamentary debates in which tian churches in Kenya on Sunday, Falconer and others to promote parliamentarians have spoken which killed at least 17 people and left the legalisation of assisted sui- out in favour of changing the more than 60 others injured. cide,” the archbishop, speaking law, the announcement that a Sunday’s attacks, which involved a on behalf of the Catholic Bish- new bill is to be published in combination of grenades and gunfire, took ops Conference of England and the Scottish Parliament legalis- place during morning sermons at two Wales, said. “This is merely the ing assisted suicide and a num- churches in the northern Kenyan town of latest in a line of similar pro- ber of high profile cases in the Garissa, and included an attack on the posals that have been debated courts which are being used by town’s Catholic church. and repeatedly defeated in Par- those promoting a change in the liament over the last five years. law to try and change public Violence What is more, only last week opinion,” the campaign group Fr Federico Lombardi, director of the Vat- the BMA re-affirmed its oppo- said in a statement. ican press office, described the weekend’s sition to any change in the law. “This has been accompanied attacks as ‘horrible’and ‘deeply worrying.’ “The existing law serves a vital by some extraordinarily biased “Violence against innocent people gath- purpose in upholding the human media reporting, such as the ered peacefully in prayer is unspeakably dignity of all and gives protection recent Channel 4 Dispatches vile,” Fr Lombardi said, before calling for to the most vulnerable members programme on Tony Nicklin- solidarity with the victims of these and all of society. Far from prematurely son, a man with ‘Locked-in’ such attacks. “Beyond our closeness to the attack on Kenyan territory. Kenyan policemen stand guard outside the ending a person’s life, what is Syndrome who is challenging victims, it is necessary to reaffirm and to God's House Of Miracles International Church Attacks after a grenade attack in Nairobi earlier this needed for those with terminal ill- the law on murder by seeking steadfastly defend the religious liberty of year. An attack on two Christian churches last nesses is a properly funded and permission for a doctor to be Christians, and to oppose irresponsible acts As the SCO went to press, no group had week in Garissa killed at least 17 people and universally accessible palliative allowed to end his life.” that feed hatred among different religions.” claimed responsibility for Sunday’s inci- left more than 60 people injured care service.” The campaign group also Fr Lombardi also called for renewed dents, which national police spokesman, A rally to promote better pal- noted that, on Wednesday, the efforts to bring a lasting solution to the dif- Eric Kiraithe, described as ‘the worst single liative care and to oppose the Voluntary Euthanasia Society ficulties in Somalia, which are having attack since October, when our troops went worshippers in Kenya after two people legalisation of assisted suicide (now called Dignity in Dying) regional repercussions. into Somalia,’ but arrests had been made. were killed in grenade blasts in March and and euthanasia was held in cen- was scheduled to hold a Lobby Kenya’s border region has been tense “It is the worst in terms of the numbers April in Nairobi and Mombasa. tral London on Tuesday. of Parliament event, with sup- since it sent troops into Somalia to pursue killed, the manner of execution, the anger Vice President of Kenya, Kalonzo The rally was organised by porters being invited to attend a al-Shabab Islamic militants. behind it and the anguish it has aroused as Musyoka, condemned the Garissa attacks Care Not Killing, in association day of events promoting a Kenya said the operations, launched last well as the national impact it has had,” Mr and said the country would not be intimi- with CARE and Right to Life, change in the law and to go and October, were designed to bring an end to Kiraithe said. dated by such ‘cowardly acts’ aimed at and featured contributions from see their Member of Parlia- kidnappings on Kenyan soil and other vio- It has been reported from Garissa that instilling fear. speakers, including Catholic ment, pressing him or her to lence, which it blamed on al-Shabab. attackers had hurled grenades into the The Supreme Council of Kenya Mus- former MP Ann Widdecombe fight for the legalisation of But since then, al-Shabab has been Catholic church and the African Inland lims condemned the assault, saying ‘all and Lord David Alton of Liver- assisted suicide. blamed for a further string of grenade and Church (AIC) and then opened fire with places of worship must be respected.’ bomb blasts across Kenya—though it has assault rifles. never admitted to carrying out any such The attacks were the latest on Christian I [email protected] SPOTLIGHT ON... Pope advances the sainthood cause of Archbishop Fulton Sheen POPE Benedict XVI last coincidence that the Church week approved the heroic would render its decision on virtues of US Archbishop the heroic virtue of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, clearing the Sheen on the same day as the way for the advancement of Supreme Court issues its deci- his sainthood cause. sion on the health care plan.’ The announcement from the He said the timing of the Vatican came just over 13 announcement shows how the months after Bishop Daniel Church in the US ‘needs Jenky of Peoria, Illinois, pre- heroes’ and that Archbishop sented the Holy Father with two Sheen can ‘be an inspiration thick volumes about the life of and a consolation to our bish- Archbishop Sheen (right), whose ops and other Church leaders’ home diocese was Peoria. since he was ‘a man of The decree from the Congre- through his intercession. inquiry was sworn in to investi- courage, and priest of prayer.’ Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham ordained Fr Ben Grist to gation for Saints’ Causes, Archbishop Sheen, who was gate the alleged miraculous The Vatican also last week the priesthood at St Mary’s College, Oscott on Saturday. Fr Grist was a signed by Pope Benedict, noted born in Illinois in 1895 and healing of a newborn whose announced Papal decrees seminarian of East Anglia Diocese and a student at Oscott. He has been that Archbishop Sheen hero- died in New York in 1979, was parents prayed to the interces- approving the Beatification of diagnosed with a virulent cancer, which is now in its final stages. He ically lived Christian virtues an Emmy-winning televange- sion of Archbishop Sheen. 158 men and women, including expressed a wish to be ordained, to which the rector of Oscott, the and was ‘venerable.’ Before the list. His programme, Life is Mgr Stanley Deptula, execu- 156 martyrs, all but two of diocesan administrator and Archbishop Longley gave their consent. late archbishop can be Beati- Worth Living, aired in the US tive director of the Archbishop them Spaniards, killed during Fr Grist was ordained a deacon and priest on Saturday. Archbishop fied, the Vatican must recognise from 1951 to 1957. Fulton John Sheen Foundation their country’s 1936-39 Longley also ordained 12 men to the diaconate at Saturday’s Mass that a miracle has occurred Last September, a tribunal of in Peoria, said it was ‘not a Civil War. at St Mary’s

son has ever been ordained at the Holy Father said: “As Bishop of cent of those voting in Sunday’s NEWS IN BRIEF same Mass.” Rome, Benedict XVI shared the referendum said Crown Prince The wives of both men were joy of his Faithful and asked his Alois should be allowed to retain FATHER AND SON ORDAINED AS amongst the congregation at the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tar- his power of veto over decisions CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN TEXAS Mass. cisio Bertone—who is also a made in nationwide ballots. HISTORY was made in the Approval from the Vatican for football fan—to ‘convey his con- The weekend’s vote largely Texan city of Keller last week- married Episcopal priests to be gratulations’ to the Italian team.” came about after a referendum was end, as a father and son were ordained in the Catholic Church Italy went on to lose Sunday’s held on decriminalising abortion, ordained Catholic priests at the came 20 years ago. final of the European Champi- in some cases, up the 12th week same Mass. onships 4-0 to Spain. of pregnancy, last September. The father and son, both POPE’S PRAISE FOR ITALIAN Just a few days before voters named Charles Albert Hough, FOOTBALL SQUAD LIECHTENSTEIN’S ABORTION were due to cast their votes, were among six Episcopal priests POPE Benedict XVI set aside the LAWS SET TO BE UPHELD Prince Alois, a Catholic, who were ordained Catholic disappointment of his native Ger- LIECHTENSTEIN’S strict announced that he would veto priests at the city’s St Elizabeth many’s defeat to Italy at the abortion laws are set to be any relaxation of the ban on Ann Seton Church on Saturday. European football championships upheld after voters at a referen- abortion, whatever the voters “It has been a blessing… a last week by congratulating Ital- dum on Sunday rejected a pro- decided in the referendum. miraculous blessing to be ian president Giorgio Napolitano. posal to curtail the political In Liechtenstein, more than 90 ordained with my son,” the elder Following last Thursday’s power of the royal family. per cent of the population is Fr Hough said. “The first time in encounter between the two Despite an almost year-long Catholic, and abortion is strictly the history of the US a father and nations, a spokesman for the pro-democracy campaign, 76 per illegal. Friday July 6 2012 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER VATICAN NEWS 9

Holy Father confers the Bishop Müller given top Vatican post on 43 metropolitan By Stephen Reilly and for the great mystery of German cleric appointed new prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith communion that is the Church, POPE Benedict XVI con- the spiritual edifice built upon By Stephen Reilly ferred the pallium on 43 Christ as the cornerstone, while metropolitan archbishops in in its earthly and historical POPE Benedict XVI has appointed a revised rite in St Peter’s dimension, it is built on the Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller of Basilica last Friday. rock of Peter,” the Holy Father Regensburg as the new prefect of the The archbishops who had told them. “Inspired by this Congregation for the Doctrine of the been appointed during the past conviction, we know that Faith, the Vatican announced on Mon- year received the pallium—a together we are all cooperators day. white woollen cloak symbolis- of the truth, which as we know Bishop Müller replaces Long Beach, ing the office of the arch- is one and ‘symphonic,’ and California-born Cardinal William Levada, bishop—from Pope Benedict requires from each of us and 76, who is stepping down on grounds of XVI, a traditional ceremony from our communities a con- age. Bishop Müller also takes over Cardinal that takes place every year on stant commitment to conver- Levada’s other responsibilities as president the feast of Ss Peter and Paul. sion to the one Lord in the of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei They included the world’s grace of the one Spirit.” and the Pontifical Biblical Commission. youngest cardinal, the Arch- Archbishop Mark Coleridge In his role as CDF prefect, Bishop bishop of Berlin ; of Brisbane, Australia, Muller (right) will be in charge of oversee- Cardinal Francisco Robles from believes that this year’s pallium ing Church doctrine. He has been elevated Guadalajara, Mexico; the new ceremony will provide a to archbishop and is expected to be made a archbishop of Philadelphia, significant boost to the work cardinal at the next consistory. Before Car- arguing he has not shown strong enough split from Rome over the liberalising Charles Chaput and the young of re-evangelisation. dinal Levada was appointed to the post, it Catholic stances. reforms of the 1962-65 Second Vatican Archbishop “It is a shot in the arm at a was held by Cardinal Joesph Ratzinger, A personal friend of the Pope, the bishop Council. from Manila, in the Philippines. time when I think we need who became Pope Benedict XVI. won accolades for his organisation of the Then there was the Archbishop that,” Archbishop Coleridge, Holy Father’s visit to Regensburg in 2006. Second appointment of Baltimore William Lori, and one of 43 new archbishops who Background and duties He has also been compiling the collected Pope Benedict last week appointed a the archbishop of Seoul, South received the pallium, said. Originally from Mainz in central Ger- works of Joseph Ratzinger through the trusted colleague to be the congregation’s Korea, Andrew Yeom Soo Jung. The rest of the Pope’s homily many, Bishop Müller is already a member Pope Benedict XVI Institute, an organisa- number two negotiator with the society. In a break with tradition, the placed an emphasis on com- of the CDF and highly regarded in Rome. tion he founded in Regensburg in 2008. The appointment of the American conferring of the pallium now munion and brotherhood that A professor of dogmatic theology, he spe- Among other things, the appointment Dominican theologian, Mgr Augustine Di took place before the Eucharis- was particularly appropriate cialises in defending faith and morals, is a means that Bishop Müller, 64, will be a key Noia,was accompanied by an unusual tic celebration. given the presence of a delega- prolific author, and has had a dogmatic overseer in the overhaul of the US Leader- statement from the congregation saying it In his homily, the Pope said tion of the Ecumenical Patriar- textbook translated into several languages. ship Conference of Women Religious was ‘a sign of the Holy Father’s pastoral he extended a ‘particular and chate of Constantinople and the He has a reputation among many as a demanded by the doctrinal congregation in solicitude for traditionalist Catholics.’ affectionate greeting’ to the Westminster Abbey Choir. defender of Catholic orthodoxy, and is April. In addition to handling clerical sex The statement stressed Mgr Di Noia’s archbishops who had just The only new archbishop also an expert on ecumenism as well as an abuse cases, the Congregation for the credentials in interpreting the Second Vat- received the pallium. who was not present was the accomplished scholar of liberation theol- Doctrine of the Faith is responsible for ican Council not as a rupture from the past “Archbishops, the pallium Pakistani Archbishop of ogy. Some traditionalists have voiced con- negotiating with a group of traditionalist but as a continuation with the great tradi- that I have conferred on you Karachi, , who cern about some of his views, however, Catholics, the Society of St Pius X, which tions of Catholicism. will always remind you that has contracted pneumonia and you have been constituted in is in hospital in Karachi. Peace tops itinerary of Papal trip to Lebanon THE Vatican has released Middle East: Communion and address. 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BY DAVID KERR

WRITE as I return to Rome after a late night of celebrations in Siena. For the first time in 17 years the Onda district has won the Italian city’s world-famous Palio horse race. Three laps around the main civic square, the Campo, pro- Iduced another moment of glory for 13 times winning jockey Luigi Bruschelli. It also further assures him a permanent place in the saga of this inter-neighbourhood equine contest which still bears all the character and colour of its Renaissance roots. As the victorious blue and white flags of Onda flooded onto the race- track, a tidal wave of relief and rejoic- ing swept through the narrow streets; elderly women wept and embraced each other, portly middle-aged men did the same while children danced in the knowledge that victory for their neighbourhood was no longer the pre- serve of parental legend. All made their way to the church of Santa Maria di Provenzano where they gathered to collectively sing, nay holler, a thanks- giving Ave Maria. Such is the way with all tradition. It is that irreplaceable inter-genera- tional inheritance of practical expe- rience rooted in abstract wisdom or, as GK Chesterton coined it, the ‘democracy of the dead.’ Tradition helps us to shape our future by being mindful of our past without being PIC: PAUL MCSHERRY hidebound by it. I was therefore struck by a recent Gandhi to India or Jinnah to . In a country where two-thirds of exclude religious belief from public television interview with the former The list goes on. So what narrative are Make no people still identify themselves as discourse, to privatise it or even to leader of the Canadian Liberal Party, we Scots telling ourselves as we Christian, it was a very public cele- paint it as a threat to equality and lib- Michael Ignatieff, who I actually met approach 2014? mistake. Whatever bration of the overwhelmingly posi- erty,” Pope Benedict observed in his many years ago while a student at St There are those supporting a tive contribution that Christianity has Glasgow homily two years ago. Andrews University. ‘Yes’vote who would subscribe to that future we choose made to Scottish society. “Yet religion is in fact a guarantee Given his experience of Canadian infamous Diderot-inspired maxim of Indeed, as the First Minister Alex of authentic liberty and respect, lead- constitutional politics Ignatieff firmly academic Tom Nairn: “Scotland will in 2014, times Salmond said at the time ‘without the ing us to look upon every person as a predicted that, whatever the result of be free when the last minister is stran- Church, there would have been no brother or sister.” 2014’s independence referendum, ‘a gled by the last copy of the Sunday Scotland as a country in its own right.’ He called upon Scottish Christians new Scotland’ will be born. Post.” could get pretty to provide ‘clear voices which propose If that is in anyway true—and I At the same time the leaders of hristians claim no special rights our right to live, not in a jungle of self- would suggest that it is—the next two three main unionist parties leading the tough for within contemporary Scotland. destructive and arbitrary freedoms’but years will therefore be particularly ‘No’ campaign—Johann Lamont, Christians. Our proposition that Jesus in ‘a society which works for the true crucial for the future of Christianity in Ruth Davidson and — CChrist is true God and true man is welfare of its citizens and offers them this country. also seem keen to hasten the setting of rooted in both faith and reason. We guidance and protection in the face of A cursory glance at the history the sun on ‘Sunday Post Scotland’ as seek to give a measured explanation their weakness and fragility.’ books reveals that the narrative a betokened by their recent high-profile, When Pope Benedict XVI visited for the hope that is within us. We “Do not be afraid to take up this nation tells about itself at moments of collective endorsement of same-sex this country on September 16, 2010 he aspire to establish a culture of life and service to your brothers and sisters, formative change casts a long, long ‘marriage.’ was welcomed by a grand St Ninian’s civilisation of love. We are keen to and to the future of your beloved shadow over its future. St Thomas Day Parade celebrating over 1600 cooperate with others in the promotion nation,” he concluded. Aquinas had it right when he observed or many on both sides of the years of Christianity in Scotland. of the common good. Regardless of how you are minded how entities tend to continue in the constitutional debate their ‘new More than 125,000 people cheered All we request in return is respect to vote in 2014, the time to take up manner by which they were created. Scotland’ seems to involve the as a litany of historic Christian figures for our right to play a constructive part that challenge is now. Get involved. Meanwhile, those who lead that Fshedding of old traditions including made their way down Princes Street; in the creation of our ‘new Scotland’ Your country needs you. change often become touchstone fig- orthodox forms of Christianity. Make from St Margaret, St Columba and St whether it becomes independent ures for all future decision-making. no mistake. Whatever future we Ninian himself down to the Reverend or remains part of the United I David Kerr is the Rome correspondent Just think of how totemic the Found- choose in 2014, times could get pretty George MacLeod, Sir Alexander Kingdom. for a US-based news agency. He is also ing Fathers are to the United States or tough for Christians. Fleming and Eric Liddell. “There are some who now seek to a former SNP parliamentary candidate

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W IRE JUSTICE D IN PEACE An SCO Diary By Dan McGinty

POPE Benedict XVI is further confirming his eco-friendly credentials with the blessing of a new electric car for Vatican use. The tiny two seater, built by Italian company NWG, has a top speed of 62 miles an hour and a range of 86 miles per charge and will be used for official Papal errands in and around the Vatican city. However, with the Pope’s personal vehicles requiring enough armour to keep the Holy Father safe on his travels, any hopes of the iconic Popemobile going green are unfounded.

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AS Olympic fans prepare to cheer on Usain Bolt as the outstanding athlete of Morals are worth more than medals the London 2012 games, one of the 16 Catholic While most spectators at this year’s Olympic chaplains assigned to the COTTISH Justice and Peace ered by the Play Fair campaign,” the to get them through the month.” athletes looks set to take has lent its support to the organisation said in a statement. “Evi- Games in London will be focussed on watching the athletes compete for medals, a similar title from among Playfair 2012 campaign, dence shows that the sportswear indus- he aim of the Playfair 2012 cam- we should also be aware of the many moral the clergy ministering to which wants to see an ethical try and Olympic movement have a poor paign is for ‘organisers of the Lon- and ethical issues surrounding the games their spiritual needs. Olympic Games in London track record on workers’ rights. don Olympics, the International Fr Geoff Hilton, parish this month. “Playfair 2012 researchers investigated Olympic Committee, and big sportswear T priest of St Osmund’s in The Olympic Movement states that it conditions in 10 factories producing mer- brands who make mass profits from the demands at a highly profitable alu- Bolton has a proud aims to ‘build a better world through chandise and sportswear for the London games, to ensure that workers producing minum smelter in Alma, Quebec.’ S sporting pedigree. sport’ and cites respect and equality as games and found poverty wages and sportswear and goods for the Olympics The campaign wants people to e-mail Starting as an core Olympic values. But the Playfair exploitative conditions across the board. have their rights respected.’ the International Olympic Committee, international badminton campaign says that behind the scenes of Children in China were making 2012 The campaign has also spoke out calling on them to take responsibility for player, before he became the ‘greatest show on earth’ workers, branded pin badges, working illegal over- against the mining giant Rio Tinto, ending exploitation in the production of an accomplished mainly women, making Olympic goods time in excess of 100 hours per month in which is the official Olympic supplier of Olympic-branded goods and sportswear. footballer and rugby continue to be exploited. some cases. Over half of the workers the metal used to make the 2012 It also hopes supporters will get league player. Following “Poverty pay, excessive overtime, interviewed in the Philippines producing Olympic medals. The playfair campaign active locally by organising an aware- his playing career he then unsafe conditions and having little or no Adidas goods said wages were so low says it is currently ‘locking out’ 780 ness raising action and getting others to became a rugby league voice in the workplace continues to be they were forced to pawn their ATM workers who are standing up against the sign the International Olympic Com- referee, working at two the testimony of many workers uncov- cards to loan sharks for pay day loans company’s aggressive contracting-out mittee petition. world cups, and now competes as a professional crown green bowler—all of which he Slow down and let your soul be soothed by solitude found time to do while leaving his former job as a policeman to follow his EIGHT hundred years ago, This is to be a quiet weekend, a door rocking chair by a little without television, newspapers, vocation. Surely there is a the poet, Rumi wrote: time to drink wine by the fire- lake on the property and smoke phone calls, socialising with medal for that? “What I want is to leap out Fr Ronald place and listen to the birds my pipe. I would enjoy whole- friends, and my regular work to sing, a time of solitude. of this personality and then some food, eating in silence as I distract me. I had done all the GGGGGGGGGGGGGG sit apart from that leaping. Rolheiser But solitude cannot be so listened to a monk reading aloud right solitude activities and had I’ve lived too long where I easily programmed. We can set from a spiritual book, and, best not found solitude, but had found CATHOLICS in one parish can be reached.” up all the optimum conditions of all, I would join the monks restlessness instead. It took sev- in the US have come up Isn’t that true for all of us, peaceful island where all the for it, but that is no guarantee for their prayers—singing the eral weeks before my body and with a novel way of especially today? Our lives are pressure and noise will stop we will find it. It has to find us, office in choir, celebrating the mind slowed down enough for protesting at what they often like over-packed suitcases. and we can sit in simple rest. or, more accurately, a certain , and sitting in quiet me to find a basic restfulness, say is a plan to merge It seems like we are always That is a healthy yearning. It something inside of us has to meditation with them in their before I could even begin to nib- their parish with others in busy, always over-pressured, is our soul speaking. Like our be awake to its presence. Let stillness chapel. ble at the edges of solitude. the Grand Rapids in always one phone call, one text bodies, our souls too keep try- me share a personal experience. I arrived at the monastery at Solitude is not something we Michigan Diocese. message, one email, one visit, ing to tell us what they need. Several years ago, when I was mid-afternoon, hastily unpacked, turn on like a water faucet. It The churchgoers at St and one task behind. We are for- They need solitude. But soli- still teaching theology at a col- and set about immediately to do needs a body and mind slowed Mary’s, Michigan, ever anxious about what we tude is not easy to find. Why? lege, I made arrangements to these things. By late evening I down enough to be attentive to gathered in their have still left undone, about Solitude is an elusive thing spend two months in summer had mowed them all down, like a the present moment. We are in hundreds to ‘hug’ the whom we have disappointed, that needs to find us rather than living at a Trappist monastery. I lawn that had been waiting to be solitude when, as Merton says, church and ask that their about unmet expectations. us finding it. We tend to picture was seeking solitude, seeking to cut: I had lit the fire and sat by it. we fully taste the water we are parish be left alone, with Moreover, inside of all of solitude in a naïve way as slow down my life. I had just I had taken a walk in the woods, drinking, feel the warmth of Catholics young and old that, we can forever be reached. something that we can ‘soak finished a very-pressured semes- smoked my pipe on the rocking our blankets, and are restful linking arms around the We have no quiet island to ourselves in’ as we would soak ter, teaching, doing formation chair by lake, joined the monks enough to be content inside our building, singing Let it Be escape to, no haven of solitude. ourselves in a warm bath. We work, giving talks and work- in choir for vespers, sat in medi- own skin. We don’t often by the Beatles. We can always be reached. tend to picture solitude this shops, and trying to do some tation with them afterwards for a accomplish this, despite sincere However, Bishop Walter Half the world has our contact way: We are busy, pressured, writing. I had a near-delicious half an hour, ate a wholesome effort, but we need to keep Hurley’s own whispered numbers and we feel pressured and tired. We finally have a fantasy of what was to meet me supper in silence, and then joined making new beginnings. words of wisdom were to be available all the time. So chance to slip away for a week- at the monastery. I would have them again for sung compline. I Ronald Rolheiser is a not quite so catchy. He we often feel as if we are on a end. We rent a cabin, complete two wonderful months of soli- By bedtime the first evening I opted instead for: “We are treadmill from which we would with a fireplace, in a secluded tude: I would light the fireplace had already done all the things I Catholic priest and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary facing changing want to step off. And within all woods. We pack some food, in the guesthouse and sit quietly had fantasised would bring me demographics and we that busyness, pressure, noise, some wine, and some soft by it. I would take a quiet walk solitude and I went to bed rest- Immaculate, is president of the Oblate School of Theology in don’t have the clergy to and tiredness we long for soli- music and we resist packing in the woods behind the less, anxious about how I would staff these parishes.” tude, long for some quiet, any phones, iPads, or laptops. monastery. I would sit on an out- survive the next two months San Antonio, Texas 12 INSTITUTE OF THE INCARNATE WORD SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER Friday July 6 2012 Friday July 6 2012 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER INSTITUTE OF THE INCARNATE WORD 13

Young priests and seminarians from the Institute of the Incarnate Word (often referred to as the IVE from the Spanish Instituto del Verbo Encar- nado) celebrate Mass outside (left; with Cardinal McCarrick (right). (below). Their order of nuns, their title Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara, was founded in 1988. An IVE priest in Gaza (below right)

HEN a group of young priests and Argentina in 1984 by Fr Carlos Miguel Buela. It has seminarians arrived in the parish of grown rapidly and currently has some 700 members, St Margaret of Scotland, Raploch, half of whom are priests and half who are candidates Stirling, to carry out a Lenten Mis- for the priesthood. They currently work in 43 sion, they became a familiar sight countries, including ‘developed’ countries with in the area as they embarked on a programme of vis- Christian roots. itations including homes, care homes, schools and Priests and seminarians are drawn from a wide Windeed, where appropriate, conversations with variety of countries across Europe and beyond. The passers-by in the course of their travels. The Church House of Formation in Italy currently has candidates became a focus for daily Exposition of the Blessed among their number from Scotland, England and Ire- Sacrament, the saying of the Rosary. Masses, morn- land. Preparation for the priesthood, in broad outline, ing and evening, Holy Week services brought capac- consists of one year of novitiate, three years of phi- ity congregations. Now, a year on, the results of that losophy and four of theology. Thereafter, the aim is mission remain in many forms, not least of them for priests to gain a Licentiate or Doctoral degree being the return of some who had ‘been away for a from Pontifical Universities in Rome or in the United long time’ and the expression of interest in receiving States. At present, more than half of the order’s INSTITUTE instruction by others. This has been witnessed by Fr priests have already achieved this aim. Carlos Walker, the present superior of the Institute of In 1988 came the founding of the order of nuns, the Incarnate Word (often referred to as the IVE their title Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of (from the Spanish ‘Instituto del Verbo Encarnado) Matara. Again, the order has seen rapid growth to who recently visited Stirling. close on 1000 members, their work virtually world- Wearing their cassocks, wide. SPREADS THE WORD members of this order were The Institute of the Incar- instantly recognisable as they We are, therefore, a nate Word is a missionary went about their daily visita- order. They seek to evange- tions in Stirling where they missionary order and we lise all cultures, including When Fr Carlos Walker, the present superior of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, were welcomed not only by seek to cultivate an those of developed coun- parishioners but by people of tries, working in many dif- recently visited Scotland, CATH DOHERTY caught up with him about the origins of, and other denominations and those authentic and fervent ferent apostolates... as of no particular denomination parish priests, running at all. Their accommodation missionary spirit, orphanages, teaching in the good work being done globally by, the religious congregation founded in 1984 was the church hall, where seminaries and in various they cheerfully bedded down whether working in the intellectual apostolates... in sleeping bags each night. United States or Papua but ‘seeking always to sow Their meals were provided by the faith in fidelity to wide-ranging, encompassing youth clubs, Catechism from the Christian foundations of its culture, leading ings of St Thomas Aquinas are prominent in this they go out to gain some pastoral experience, mainly Incarnate Word brings an understanding of the for- During the last World Youth Day, they brought 1000 the ladies of the parish. New Guinea or Taiwan. the Church’s magisterial classes, Summer camps, conferences, family encoun- to the de-Christianisation of the culture.’ preparation, the ultimate aim the bringing together by helping in parishes. mation of their students... the ‘making’ of their young people to Madrid, these drawn from across These IVE priests and sem- teaching.’ ters, discussion groups where, for instance, the young To study the constitution of the order is to see an in proper balance four aspects which must come The students provide all the house services such priests... priests who can give themselves totally to Europe, from the US, and Canada. inarians made a lasting As Superior Fr Walker are introduced to the Spiritual Exercises of Saint amalgam of spirituality and practicality specifically together harmoniously, these being the human, spir- as cooking, cleaning up, serving tables and so on. their priesthood. In its precise detail the constitution At present, they have a long list of requests from impression, not only on the parishioners of St Mar- explained: “We seek to inculcate the Gospel, to evan- Ignatius of Loyola. All of these encounters and dia- designed to meet the obstacles faced in spreading the itual, intellectual and pastoral elements. Even in the junior seminaries, the students are not outlines formation according to the four aspects bishops for foundations in various countries, requests garet’s, but on the general population of the area. gelise all cultures in order to bring Christ to the logues with youth are underpinned by the premise Gospel in the present–day world. allowed to become too comfortable. Heating is which are considered fundamental and indeed encap- they are striving to answer. Present Superior Fr Theirs is a truly cosmopolitan order. IVE has six entirety of man and to all of mankind. We are, there- that young people need to be challenged, that they “In our vocational work, we assume a few prem- Daily lives turned down, food is simply adequate, except on spe- sulates future role models for youth. Walker is Argentinean born, his first (of several) lan- major Houses of Formation in Argentina, USA, Peru, fore, a missionary order and we seek to cultivate an need to be made aware that following Jesus Christ ises; on the one hand, that God continues to all peo- The daily lives of students gives an insight into the cial feast days, even hot water is limited in supply. Also, in the detail of that constitution, lies the for- guages Spanish. Ecuador, Philippines, Ukraine, and Maryland in the authentic and fervent missionary spirit, whether is, in itself, a huge challenge, especially in the pres- ple to His service, and on the other that young people way in which their training seeks to achieve the Reasons for this are partly financial but it is thought mation of a brotherhood of priests who will engage As his surname suggests, he had an ancestor who US. In Italy, there are 60 seminarians, drawn from working in the United States or Papua, New Guinea ent day. need to hear about the difficulties and challenges that aforementioned balance in their lives. The day begins that such a regime is a good training for serving oth- in what both the Blessed Pope John Paul II and Pope was a Scot and he has a particular affection for this 15 different countries. Four of their number are or Taiwan, trying always to use those elements of The direction taken by IVE in its work with youth entail following Jesus Christ, who never promised with an early Mass and Morning prayer, followed by ers willingly and preparing for their missions as Benedict XVI have described as ‘A New Evangeli- country. Scots. culture which are noble and are in keeping with the is to arm them for the demands that lie ahead. To step that it would be easy when he invited us up to follow breakfast and classes throughout the morning. Then priests. sation’ both ‘in regions awaiting a first evangelisa- There was great rejoicing on Trinity Sunday when During his recent brief visit to Scotland, on his spirit of the Gospel.” back and look at the complete spectrum of the aims him,” Fr Carlos said. comes lunch and a brief break followed by time Self-discipline, self-awareness, self-sufficiency, tion and in those where the roots of Christianity are two young IVE seminarians were ordained priests. way to visit IVE priests in Egypt, (a reminder that of the Institute of the Incarnate Word is to see that And at the very heart of that is the ‘making of a given to community work, this followed by study. In character building... all of these run side by side with deep, but who have experienced a serious crisis of The word ‘rejoicing’brings recollection of the phrase many of the order’s priests work in some of the most Vocations they are at once missionaries and evangelists who priest.’ The Constitution of IVE shows that at the the evening, the students have Adoration of the the spiritual and academic strengths required for the Faith due to secularisation.’ which came to mind on meeting the young men of dangerous countries in the world) Fr Walker spoke IVE do not have a special programme aimed at seek to respond to a statement of the Second Vatican heart of preparation for the priesthood lies not only Blessed Sacrament and evening prayer. The Rosary making of priests. And from their earliest days in the Institute of the Incarnate Word who came to Stir- of one of his dearest wishes: to see the foundation of recruiting vocations and yet, as a relatively new order Council that ‘One of the gravest errors of our time is spiritual, philosophical and academic disciplines, but is said daily and the order has a vow of special con- Junior Seminary, students are made aware of the Reach ling last year, namely ‘Joy in the Lord.’ a house here, in what he calls ‘beautiful Scotland.’ they have grown rapidly and are not lacking in voca- the dichotomy between the faith which many pro- the development of the candidate as a person... ‘a full secration to Our Blessed Lady. need for strengths in compassion and kindness as Despite describing themselves as ‘a small and new tions. This year has been a record year, with a total of fess, and the practice of their daily lives. This is human being’... possessed of an readiness to relate Dinner comes at the end of the day. Twice a week, well as spiritual sureness in carrying out their mis- religious institute,’ the IVE are currently working in I IVE includes contemplatives in their order and Foundation 93 vocations worldwide. Their work with youth is greatly due to the fact that the world in recent times to others, to be kind and charitable, to have the abil- the students play sports. On Fridays and Saturdays, sions to come. 43 countries across the world, these countries in all has six Houses of Contemplatives. There is also a The IVE religious congregation was founded in not specifically designed to garner vocations, but is has come to a point of separating and detaching itself ity to lead others through these qualities. The teach- after dinner, they have recreation. At the weekends, To read the constitution of the institute of the six continents. In many, they face constant danger. third order for lay people. 12 INSTITUTE OF THE INCARNATE WORD SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER Friday July 6 2012 Friday July 6 2012 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER INSTITUTE OF THE INCARNATE WORD 13

Young priests and seminarians from the Institute of the Incarnate Word (often referred to as the IVE from the Spanish Instituto del Verbo Encar- nado) celebrate Mass outside (left; with Cardinal McCarrick (right). (below). Their order of nuns, their title Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara, was founded in 1988. An IVE priest in Gaza (below right)

HEN a group of young priests and Argentina in 1984 by Fr Carlos Miguel Buela. It has seminarians arrived in the parish of grown rapidly and currently has some 700 members, St Margaret of Scotland, Raploch, half of whom are priests and half who are candidates Stirling, to carry out a Lenten Mis- for the priesthood. They currently work in 43 sion, they became a familiar sight countries, including ‘developed’ countries with in the area as they embarked on a programme of vis- Christian roots. itations including homes, care homes, schools and Priests and seminarians are drawn from a wide Windeed, where appropriate, conversations with variety of countries across Europe and beyond. The passers-by in the course of their travels. The Church House of Formation in Italy currently has candidates became a focus for daily Exposition of the Blessed among their number from Scotland, England and Ire- Sacrament, the saying of the Rosary. Masses, morn- land. Preparation for the priesthood, in broad outline, ing and evening, Holy Week services brought capac- consists of one year of novitiate, three years of phi- ity congregations. Now, a year on, the results of that losophy and four of theology. Thereafter, the aim is mission remain in many forms, not least of them for priests to gain a Licentiate or Doctoral degree being the return of some who had ‘been away for a from Pontifical Universities in Rome or in the United long time’ and the expression of interest in receiving States. At present, more than half of the order’s INSTITUTE instruction by others. This has been witnessed by Fr priests have already achieved this aim. Carlos Walker, the present superior of the Institute of In 1988 came the founding of the order of nuns, the Incarnate Word (often referred to as the IVE their title Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of (from the Spanish ‘Instituto del Verbo Encarnado) Matara. Again, the order has seen rapid growth to who recently visited Stirling. close on 1000 members, their work virtually world- Wearing their cassocks, wide. SPREADS THE WORD members of this order were The Institute of the Incar- instantly recognisable as they We are, therefore, a nate Word is a missionary went about their daily visita- order. They seek to evange- tions in Stirling where they missionary order and we lise all cultures, including When Fr Carlos Walker, the present superior of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, were welcomed not only by seek to cultivate an those of developed coun- parishioners but by people of tries, working in many dif- recently visited Scotland, CATH DOHERTY caught up with him about the origins of, and other denominations and those authentic and fervent ferent apostolates... as of no particular denomination parish priests, running at all. Their accommodation missionary spirit, orphanages, teaching in the good work being done globally by, the religious congregation founded in 1984 was the church hall, where seminaries and in various they cheerfully bedded down whether working in the intellectual apostolates... in sleeping bags each night. United States or Papua but ‘seeking always to sow Their meals were provided by the faith in fidelity to wide-ranging, encompassing youth clubs, Catechism from the Christian foundations of its culture, leading ings of St Thomas Aquinas are prominent in this they go out to gain some pastoral experience, mainly Incarnate Word brings an understanding of the for- During the last World Youth Day, they brought 1000 the ladies of the parish. New Guinea or Taiwan. the Church’s magisterial classes, Summer camps, conferences, family encoun- to the de-Christianisation of the culture.’ preparation, the ultimate aim the bringing together by helping in parishes. mation of their students... the ‘making’ of their young people to Madrid, these drawn from across These IVE priests and sem- teaching.’ ters, discussion groups where, for instance, the young To study the constitution of the order is to see an in proper balance four aspects which must come The students provide all the house services such priests... priests who can give themselves totally to Europe, from the US, and Canada. inarians made a lasting As Superior Fr Walker are introduced to the Spiritual Exercises of Saint amalgam of spirituality and practicality specifically together harmoniously, these being the human, spir- as cooking, cleaning up, serving tables and so on. their priesthood. In its precise detail the constitution At present, they have a long list of requests from impression, not only on the parishioners of St Mar- explained: “We seek to inculcate the Gospel, to evan- Ignatius of Loyola. All of these encounters and dia- designed to meet the obstacles faced in spreading the itual, intellectual and pastoral elements. Even in the junior seminaries, the students are not outlines formation according to the four aspects bishops for foundations in various countries, requests garet’s, but on the general population of the area. gelise all cultures in order to bring Christ to the logues with youth are underpinned by the premise Gospel in the present–day world. allowed to become too comfortable. Heating is which are considered fundamental and indeed encap- they are striving to answer. Present Superior Fr Theirs is a truly cosmopolitan order. IVE has six entirety of man and to all of mankind. We are, there- that young people need to be challenged, that they “In our vocational work, we assume a few prem- Daily lives turned down, food is simply adequate, except on spe- sulates future role models for youth. Walker is Argentinean born, his first (of several) lan- major Houses of Formation in Argentina, USA, Peru, fore, a missionary order and we seek to cultivate an need to be made aware that following Jesus Christ ises; on the one hand, that God continues to all peo- The daily lives of students gives an insight into the cial feast days, even hot water is limited in supply. Also, in the detail of that constitution, lies the for- guages Spanish. Ecuador, Philippines, Ukraine, and Maryland in the authentic and fervent missionary spirit, whether is, in itself, a huge challenge, especially in the pres- ple to His service, and on the other that young people way in which their training seeks to achieve the Reasons for this are partly financial but it is thought mation of a brotherhood of priests who will engage As his surname suggests, he had an ancestor who US. In Italy, there are 60 seminarians, drawn from working in the United States or Papua, New Guinea ent day. need to hear about the difficulties and challenges that aforementioned balance in their lives. The day begins that such a regime is a good training for serving oth- in what both the Blessed Pope John Paul II and Pope was a Scot and he has a particular affection for this 15 different countries. Four of their number are or Taiwan, trying always to use those elements of The direction taken by IVE in its work with youth entail following Jesus Christ, who never promised with an early Mass and Morning prayer, followed by ers willingly and preparing for their missions as Benedict XVI have described as ‘A New Evangeli- country. Scots. culture which are noble and are in keeping with the is to arm them for the demands that lie ahead. To step that it would be easy when he invited us up to follow breakfast and classes throughout the morning. Then priests. sation’ both ‘in regions awaiting a first evangelisa- There was great rejoicing on Trinity Sunday when During his recent brief visit to Scotland, on his spirit of the Gospel.” back and look at the complete spectrum of the aims him,” Fr Carlos said. comes lunch and a brief break followed by time Self-discipline, self-awareness, self-sufficiency, tion and in those where the roots of Christianity are two young IVE seminarians were ordained priests. way to visit IVE priests in Egypt, (a reminder that of the Institute of the Incarnate Word is to see that And at the very heart of that is the ‘making of a given to community work, this followed by study. In character building... all of these run side by side with deep, but who have experienced a serious crisis of The word ‘rejoicing’brings recollection of the phrase many of the order’s priests work in some of the most Vocations they are at once missionaries and evangelists who priest.’ The Constitution of IVE shows that at the the evening, the students have Adoration of the the spiritual and academic strengths required for the Faith due to secularisation.’ which came to mind on meeting the young men of dangerous countries in the world) Fr Walker spoke IVE do not have a special programme aimed at seek to respond to a statement of the Second Vatican heart of preparation for the priesthood lies not only Blessed Sacrament and evening prayer. The Rosary making of priests. And from their earliest days in the Institute of the Incarnate Word who came to Stir- of one of his dearest wishes: to see the foundation of recruiting vocations and yet, as a relatively new order Council that ‘One of the gravest errors of our time is spiritual, philosophical and academic disciplines, but is said daily and the order has a vow of special con- Junior Seminary, students are made aware of the Reach ling last year, namely ‘Joy in the Lord.’ a house here, in what he calls ‘beautiful Scotland.’ they have grown rapidly and are not lacking in voca- the dichotomy between the faith which many pro- the development of the candidate as a person... ‘a full secration to Our Blessed Lady. need for strengths in compassion and kindness as Despite describing themselves as ‘a small and new tions. This year has been a record year, with a total of fess, and the practice of their daily lives. This is human being’... possessed of an readiness to relate Dinner comes at the end of the day. Twice a week, well as spiritual sureness in carrying out their mis- religious institute,’ the IVE are currently working in I IVE includes contemplatives in their order and Foundation 93 vocations worldwide. Their work with youth is greatly due to the fact that the world in recent times to others, to be kind and charitable, to have the abil- the students play sports. On Fridays and Saturdays, sions to come. 43 countries across the world, these countries in all has six Houses of Contemplatives. There is also a The IVE religious congregation was founded in not specifically designed to garner vocations, but is has come to a point of separating and detaching itself ity to lead others through these qualities. The teach- after dinner, they have recreation. At the weekends, To read the constitution of the institute of the six continents. In many, they face constant danger. third order for lay people. 14 LETTERS SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER Friday July 6 2012

Blessed Virgin Mary How many Catholics are should not be ignored aware that Rob Roy was RE: VATICAN norms on reconciled to the Catholic apparitions welcome. Church and made his July 13, 1917: ‘In order to confession to a Jesuit priest, save them (souls), God wishes Letters Fr Drummond of the to establish in the world SCO, 19 Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 6BT Drummonds of Perth, a devotion to my immaculate [email protected] notable recusant Catholic? SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER heart. If what I tell you is It is reported that he had done, many souls will be ‘more in common’ with the NDINGS, new beginnings and retracing foot- saved and there will be other Catholic clans such as steps on traditionally travelled paths were rec- peace.’ from where the A-Bomb went flowers and candles that filled the MacDonells of Glengarry, curring themes in the Catholic community in This was part of the off in Hiroshima, Japan. This the altars, the wonderful long the Clanranald MacDonalds Scotland this week that spoke of, and to, the message of July 13, 1917 to home had a church attached to scrolls that hung on the large of Morar and Moidart, the need for New Evangelisation, renewal and the the children of Fatima, and as it which was completely pillars and the awesome red Chisholms and Frasers of the future of the Faith in Scotland. you can clearly read, it is not destroyed, but the home balloons floating from the Strathglass area and the Two new priests were ordained for St Andrews and the Blessed Virgin Mary who survived, and so did the eight pews...what a magnificent Gordons, Farquharsons and EdinburghE on Saturday, the same day as the Vatican offi- wishes to establish this German missionaries who feeling it gave participants. Stuarts of Banffshire and cially accepted the resignation of Bishop Vincent Logan devotion but God Himself, prayed the Rosary in that Fr Ian gave a great sermon Strathdon, wherein nestles the of Dunkeld on health grounds and as details of challenges and therefore in this regard I house faithfully every day. about the Gift of Wonder and hidden College of Scalan in Galloway Diocese faces in the future came to light. Then, think that the invocation of These men were missionaries Awe, and we all sang Happy the Braes of Glenlivet, the on Sunday, Cardinal Keith O’Brien joined pilgrims at the the intercession of the Blessed to the Japanese people. They Birthday to celebrate. I would birthplace of my grandmother, beginning of their walk along the trail of the ancient pil- Virgin Mary as Mediatrix were non-military, but because like to congratulate all the a MacKardy—a common grimage from Edinburgh to St Andrews—The Way of St before Her Son, as an and Japan were allies people who work very hard to surname in those airts! Andrews— leading pilgrims to the New Dawn in Scot- intercessor not only for our during the Second World War, adorn our church in so many James Cameron Stuart land Conference. Church, our clergy, ourselves, they were permitted to live and ways. It is very much FALKIRK On the subject of new beginnings, Professor John Hal- but the whole of mankind, is minister within Japan during appreciated. Thank you to all! dane of St Andrews University has called for a ‘Catholic not only a very powerful the war. Not only did they all Margaret Rossi Celebrate 30 years intellectual renaissance’ to save religious liberties from intercession but is clearly the survive with (at most) SHETTLESTON since visit of Pope aggressive secularism. He made the appeal in his keynote will of God. relatively minor injuries, but THIS year, 2012, is the 30th speech in Edinburgh at the 40th meeting of general sec- History teaches us many they all lived well past that Eucharistic Congress anniversary of the Falklands retaries of the Council of European Bishops’Conferences. things, however, when it awful day with no radiation begins Irish renewal War. But it is also the 30th Religious freedom, Faith leadership and the difficult comes to the intercession of sickness, no loss of hearing, GREAT to see the Eucharistic anniversary of the visit of path Christians face today were also challenges that Car- the Blessed Virgin Mary. It nor any other visible long term Congress in Dublin come to Pope John Paul II to these dinal O’Brien raised at Saturday’s ordinations, the gen- shows us quite categorically defects or maladies. an end so successfully. There islands. eral secretaries event and the New Dawn Conference. that the recorded apparitions The Blessed Virgin Mary is no question in my mind this It is sad that this important The cardinal told newly ordained Frs Jeremy Milne of the Blessed Virgin Mary consistently throughout the will be a watershed moment anniversary has gone and John Deighan that they should ‘always remember the were anything other than history of Marian apparitions for the Church in Ireland. The un-marked by the Catholic example of the Good Shepherd’ and follow His example chance or random happenings, refers to the special place in plate has been scrubbed clean Church in these islands ( May to serve and ‘seek out those who are lost.’ and they came at a time when which priests hold in Her heart and can once more take its 28—June 2, 1982). While God has no beginning and no end, our Church the countries and places that and how special they are to place among the other dishes. Against the backdrop of the faces a series of beginnings and endings but answers can She appeared were on the Her. Therefore, I believe that The sins of the Church in Falklands War, the Pope also be found among the Faithful, by staying on the path we brink of major events in the Catholic dioceses and parishes Ireland were grave and it may visited Argentina (June are travelling along, and among the ‘lost,’ by walking tra- history of man. that have a strong devotion to well be the countries current 10-13). The visit to these ditionally travelled paths once again. Fatima, Portugal 1917: it the Blessed Virgin Mary, most terrible economic situation is islands—England, Scotland was in the throes of becoming powerful intercessor before part of the judgement up on and Wales—was focussed on n the subject of walks, and amidst the tragic exam- the atheistic capital of Europe Jesus Christ, will be the more them for the evils that were the seven sacraments, and ple from Kenya of the harm people can do to each and becoming a totalitarian stronger for it, and if mankind committed there. each of these were performed other, it is comforting to be reminded that people of state where religion and did not need the intercession of But after every rainstorm by the Pope. From the moving Endings, beginnings and the call to stay on the right path O different faiths, and of none, are in the main especially Catholicism was the Blessed Virgin Mary then there can be sun again and anointing of the sick to the inherently good. The modern-day charity going to be purged out of the Lord would not have with prayer and grace the Southwark Cathedral to the 12 walk is both a reminder that people want existence and was going to permitted Her to be with us in healing balm of forgiveness ordinations at Heaton Park, to be proactive for a good cause and a nod have no place in this new this way. The Blessed Virgin will sweep over the emerald the visit of Pope John Paul to the public witness and demonstration Portugal. The events at Fatima Mary is with us purely at the isle and allow the one true was a blessing for the country of Faith of the traditional pilgrimage, stopped the atheistic behest of Her Divine Son, Our Faith to resume its rightful and one that was reinforced such as the aforementioned trail from conversion of Portugal dead Lord Jesus Christ. place there. by the state visit of Pope Edinburgh to StAndrews and the Lour- in its tracks. When our Church endorses Name and address Benedict XVI in 2010. des plans of many Scottish dioceses. Mexico 1531AD: on a hill something of the supernatural supplied It is just sad that the Church And while some see events such just outside Mexico City, an as worthy of belief then I think has done nothing to recall as Orange marches as a mockery of Aztec Indian peasant named it would be more prudent to Call for more coverage those halcyon days 30 years the pilgrimage walk, could imitation Juan Diego claimed he had listen to it rather than ignore it. of Catholic history ago. To me, the Pope summed be the sincerest form of flattery? met a beautiful young woman Vincent Costello THANK you for your brief up the important element of No matter how archaic and dis- who identified herself as the NEWTON MEARNS mention of the annual Scalan his pastoral visit when he tasteful this historic remnant of reli- ‘eternal Virgin, holy Mother Mass due July 1 this year. addressed the youth in gious divide in our society is, current of God.’ She instructed him to High praise for work of You managed to afford Cardiff. “There is something campaigns against ‘Orange walks’ go straight to the bishop of St Alphonsus Church more column space to a very closely linked to the must not be used for political ends to Mexico and inform him that I AM writing to let people photograph of a lady waving sacraments that I have

Opinion distract us from pressing issues, such as She wanted a church built at know about out church, St an Irish Tricolour flag, and as celebrated, something that is the July 10 Scottish Cabinet decision on the spot of their encounter. Alphonsus in Glasgow, which a regular reader of The very much a part of the marriage law. While each issue has its place The bishop demanded a sign is under the care of the Scottish Catholic Observer Gospel message, something and merits attention, the bigger picture is still and the Blessed Virgin Mary Xaverian Missionaries. The and a member of the Scalan that is essential to your emerging: The future of Christianity in our society. provided one: a bunch of church is always beautifully Association, I weary at this Christian lives,” he said. “It roses that only bloom in decorated, with lovely flowers never-ending association with is prayer. winter. The Blessed Virgin arranged on the altars. all things ‘Irish’ in your pages. “Through prayer you will Mary instructed him to bundle On special occasions, like The abysmal lack of possess Christ and be able to the roses tightly in his cloak Lent for example, the church knowledge of our Scottish communicate Him to others. and not to open the garment has an extra special feeling Catholic Church in our And this is the greatest SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER until he was in the bishop’s about it because of the way it parishes and schools is quite contribution you can make in presence. When Juan Diego has been dressed. At Easter disgraceful. The heroic your lives: to communicate unwrapped his cloak, time it looked so fresh, bright struggles of our native Christ to the world. It is my MAIN SWITCHBOARD and bursting with joy, but the highland clergy and Tel: 0141 221 4956 Fax: 0141 221 4546 however, he and the bishop hope today, as I return to • discovered that the image of real reason why I thought I clanspeople is almost Rome, that you will remember EDITOR the Blessed Virgin Mary had would write is because, on the unknown amongst Catholics why I came among you. And been infused on the cloth. The Feast of Pentecost, the church and the SCO is certainly not as long as the memory of this Liz Leydon—Tel: 0141 241 6109 fabric of this Indian garment looked absolutely wonderful. aiding an amelioration of this visit lasts, may it be recorded [email protected] was cactus fibre, a material The colours of the beautiful situation. that I, John Paul II, came to DEPUTY EDITOR that usually decomposes after Britain to call you to Christ, to 20 or 30 years. However, Juan invite you to pray!” Five years Ian Dunn—Tel: 0141 241 6107 [email protected] Diego’s cloak, and the image G SCO reserves the right to edit letters to conform with space or ago the Church set up the of the Blessed Virgin Mary, style requirements website www.popejohnpaulii. REPORTER have lasted nearly five G This page is used solely for reader opinion and therefore views org.uk, which is worth Martin Dunlop—Tel: 0141 241 6103 centuries. expressed are not necessarily shared by SCO looking back on. [email protected] Hiroshima August 6, 1945: G If you would like to share your opinion, send your Pope John Paul II called us although not an apparition in correspondence to the above address to prayer; we should SUB-EDITOR itself, the devotion to the G Whether you use e-mail or post, you must provide your full name, remember those days 30 Blessed Virgin Mary is so years ago. Gerard Gough—Tel: 0141 241 6115 address, and phone number or your letter will not be used Christopher Keefe [email protected] powerfully shown. There was a home about one kilometre MIDDLESEX Friday July 6 2012 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER QUESTIONS OF FAITH 15

Dear SCO, I write in response to the Ques- [...] offer[s] worship, praise and prayer, and I would finally like to comment on your asser- tions of Faith article in last month’s publi- QUESTIONS thanksgiving to God for the gift of a life which has tion that in the Church there exists a ‘growing fun- Q)cation—‘Funeral Mass is not a place to celebrate now been returned to God, damentalist—‘inflexible’—approach, which is a life,’ SCO June 20, 2012—as I know I am not OF FAITH [...celebrates] the memorial of Christ’s death causing quite unnecessary hurt to the Faithful.’ alone in feeling a little uncomfortable with the and resurrection (para 3).” It is not entirely clear what is meant here. Surely increasingly inflexible line taken in relation to the As can be seen, the Church firmly intends that no priest would wish to cause deliberate hurt to purpose of a Catholic Requiem Mass. the rites offer the bereaved comfort in their time anyone entrusted to his care—during a bereave- There is no question that our Faith is based fun- of need. As a Mother, She keeps the needs of all ment, or at any other time. If the comment above damentally on the promise of eternal life and that Her children in mind, living and dead. If the pre- were meant to suggest that priests might be more the focus for the Faithful at a funeral Mass is to vious Questions of Faith response appeared to be ‘pastoral’ to lay aside some element of the pray for the eternal soul of the deceased and the a denial of this fundamental aspect of the Funeral Church’s Liturgy in favour of what families ‘want’ prayers of the funeral Mass and the Rites of Bur- Liturgy, then I wish now to state that there was no than to follow the rites themselves, then I would ial make it unambiguously clear that, as a Faith such intention. have some concerns. The Liturgy of the Church is community, we gather at the Funeral Mass for that Also in your response you argue for the impor- Her pastoral aid par excellence, which has com- purpose. respondent to last week’s question quite rightly tance of ‘resurrecting fond [of] memories of our forted countless millions of bereaved Faithful for However, we also gather to support the grieving implied that it was wrong. However , although an loved ones’ during the Liturgy. This can certainly centuries. No-one, clergy or lay Faithful, has the family and friends of the deceased at what is the extreme example of such hard line imposition of a be helpful to some families during a bereavement. right to change the Liturgy on his/her own author- most difficult of times in their lives and when their particular approach to this issue, it is, I believe, Indeed, it is permitted that at the Vigil for the ity, as the Second Vatican Council reminded us sense of loss and bereavement is deep and often part of a growing fundamentalist approach which Deceased, or at the crematorium in certain cir- in its document on the Liturgy. Although it must unbearable even amongst the most devout and is causing quite unnecessary hurt to the Faithful at cumstances, a family member speak publicly in be done sensitively and always with love, the most unerringly Faithful. To deny that we are also there the most vulnerable moments in their lives. Ours is remembrance of their lost relative. However, the pastoral approach is always to provide everyone as a Faith community to support them is to mis- the Lord of the living as well as the dead. General Introduction also states that the Requiem in the Church with the treasures passed down understand, I believe the fundamental compassion Eddie Morrison Mass is a little different. The Mass, we are to us throughout the centuries which we call and love which is at the heart of the Church of the East Kilbride reminded, remembers the Passion, Death, and Res- the Liturgy. Risen Christ who openly wept at the loss of his urrection of Christ, to whom we must turn for last- friend Lazarus as He endeavoured to comfort his Dear Eddie, thank you for your letter, to ing comfort, comfort which is received I Do you have a question relating to the Faith that grieving mother. In the Lord’s case he brought his which I am happy to offer a response as a fundamentally through nourishment by His Word you would like answered? If so send your query via friend Lazarus back to life, in ours, beyond our A)follow-up to last week’s Questions of Faith col- and by the Sacrament of His Body and Blood. It e-mail: [email protected] with Questions of heartfelt prayers for the repose of the soul of our umn on the Catholic funeral rites. may be noted that in the same General Introduc- Faith in the subject or post it to: Questions of loved one, we also endeavour to comfort the griev- In your well-considered response you identify tion the priest is reminded that during a funeral Faith, The Scottish Catholic Observer, 19 Waterloo ing family through the resurrection of fond mem- two distinct, but connected, aspects of the Catholic Mass ‘there is never to be a eulogy,’ (para 27). St, Glasgow, G2 6BT ories of our loved ones—this is not heretical nor funeral Liturgy. Firstly, you note, it prays for the irreverent nor do I believe is it sacrilegious or inap- deceased person’s salvation. Secondly, it seeks to propriate within the context of the funeral Mass— offer comfort to those who are grieving. In fact, it is what the grieving family needs and deserves the General Introduction to the Order of Christian Gordius No 46 in their hour of need. Funerals lists four ‘intentions’ of the funeral CROSSWORD While I appreciate the role of the Church to liturgy. 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Our weekly series on Children’s Liturgy has lesson plans and activity suggestions for use with young people who are on the path to Christ Each week, Catechists will find readings and Psalm responses, complemented by prayer, reflection, FAITH discussion questions, and activities. Please feel free to use them as you wish The lessons are created by Adorer-theologians using the lens of the spirituality of St Maria de Mattias, which also embraces precious blood spirituality FIRST While this is the starting point for the lessons, readers are invited to approach them however the spirit moves you The Church is concerned with the availability and understanding of scripture for children who have their rightful place in the Church. In light of this SCO aims to provide a useful tool in drawing children closer to KIDS the Catholic Faith I What are today’s prophets teaching us? I will listen to you, Lord God, because you Reflection I How can you, as a child, be a prophet? promise peace to those who are faithful. Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary THE last couple of I How do you use your talents to teach You are ready to rescue everyone who wor- weeks we have been others about God? ships you, so that you will live with us Time—First Reading hearing a lot about in all of your glory. prophets. Today’s Activities (R) Lord, show us your mercy and love, Go, prophesy to my people. A reading from the book of G the prophet Amos 7:10-15. first reading is Th is activity is designed to flow into the and grant us your salvation. about the prophet lessons for the next two Sundays. Love and loyalty will come together; Amos who insists G Materials needed: Copies of the Gospel goodness and peace will unite. Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this he is a rancher and reading from the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Loyalty will sprout from the ground; jus- message to Jeroboam the king of Israel: a farmer, not a Time (John 6:1-15). Arts and craft supplies, tice will look down from the sky above. “Amos is plotting against you in the very prophet, but God told him that he must dress-up clothes, and so on. (R) Lord, show us your mercy and love, heart of Israel. Our nation cannot put up bring God’s message to the people of G Divide the children into groups of three and grant us your salvation. with his message for very long. Here is what Israel. So even though he does not or four. They are going to create lesson Our Lord, you will bless us; our land will he is saying, ‘Jeroboam will be put to death, consider himself a prophet, he actually is. plans to teach nursery school aged children produce wonderful crops. In the Gospel, Jesus sends the 12 the Gospel story of the multiplication of Justice will march in front, make a path for and the people will be taken to a foreign Apostles out to be prophets even though the loaves and fish which will be the you to follow. country.’” they considered themselves to be Gospel in two weeks, the 17th Sunday in (R) Lord, show us your mercy and love, Amaziah then told Amos: “Take your visions fishermen, accountants, merchants, and Ordinary Time. and grant us your salvation. and leave! Go back to Judah and earn your so on. The word ‘prophet’ is not a job G You may need to adjust the group size living there as a prophet. Don’t do any more title like ‘firefighter, doctor, teacher or and have extra adult help for each group of Second Reading preaching at Bethel. The king worships student.’ It refers to a way of living one’s younger children. Each group will read the Before the world was made, God chose us in here, and this is our national temple.” life that shares the Good News about Gospel and decide how they will teach the Christ. A reading from the letter of Paul to the God through word and deed. Anyone story. They can use songs, games, skits, Ephesians 1:3-10. Amos answered: “I’m not a prophet! And I who shares the Good News is a prophet crafts, and so on. They should include some Brothers and sisters, praise the God and wasn’t trained to be a prophet. I raise no matter what they do for a living. prayer time with the little children, too. Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for the spir- livestock and take care of fig trees. But the We are all called to be prophets. There G Nex t Sunday, the groups will present their itual blessings that Christ has brought us Lord told me to leave my herds and preach is no age limit. Sometimes children are lessons to each other. The following Sunday, from Heaven! to the people of Israel.” the best prophets. They speak about they will present them to the little kids. Before the world was created, God had The Word of the Lord God with amazing love and simplicity. Christ choose us to live with Him and to be One of the best things about being a Prayer His holy and innocent and loving people. prophet is that we are each called to use Jesus, thank you for calling each of us and God was kind and decided that Christ our own gifts to proclaim God’s love. We giving each of us a special part to play in would choose us to be God’s own adopted The Children’s Liturgy page is published one are not all asked to stand out on a street creating your Kingdom. Help us to listen to children. God was very kind to us because corner and preach to strangers. We get your call and to be good prophets in our own of the Son He dearly loves, and so we week in advance to allow RE teachers and those to use the things and situations that we special way. In your name, we pray. Amen. should praise God. taking the Children’s Liturgy at weekly Masses to like and are good at to teach others Christ sacrified His life’s blood to set us about God. Responsorial Psalm free, which means that our sins are for- use, if they wish, this page as an accompaniment 85:8abc and 9, 10-11, 12-13 given. Christ did this because God was so to their teaching materials Discussion (R) Lord, show us your mercy and love, kind to us. I Who are some prophets in today’s world? and grant us your salvation. God has great wisdom and understand- ing, and by what Christ has done, God has shown us His own mysterious ways. Then when the time is right, God will do all that He has planned, and Christ will bring together everything in Heaven and on earth. The Word of the Lord Alleluia Ephesians 1:17-18 (R) Alleluia, alleluia. May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our heart, that we might see how great is the hope to which we are called. (R) Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel Jesus summoned the 12 and sent them out. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 6:7-13. Jesus called together His 12 Apostles and sent them out two by two with power over evil spirits. He told them: “You may take along a walking stick. But don’t carry food or a travelling bag or any money. It’s all right to wear sandals, but don’t take along a change of clothes. “When you are welcomed into a home, stay there until you leave that town. If any place won’t welcome you or listen to your message, leave and shake the dust from your feet as a warning to them.” The apostles left and started telling everyone to turn to God. They forced out many demons and healed a lot of sick people by putting olive oil on them. 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ENGAGEMENT MEMORIAM COLLUMB KILCOYNE MacDONALD 20th Anniversary In loving memory of our dear In loving memory of our par- Remembering John, died father, John, died July 7, ents and grandparents, John McLEOD – READ BRENNAN July 9, 1992, beloved hus- 1964, and our dear mother, MacDonald, who died on In Sydney, Australia, on Sat- 22nd Anniversary band of the late Molly, a Hannah, who died January July 18, 1983, and his urday, June 23, 2012, to the In loving memory of our dear dear father and much loved 15, 1986; also our dear beloved wife, Mary Theresa, great delight of family and sister, Margaret Brennan, grandad. brothers, John Patrick, who who died June 21, 2009. friends, the engagement died July 5, 1990 and our So sadly missed. died suddenly on May 30, On whose souls sweet between Calum, elder son of brother, Michael, who died St Anthony, pray for him. 1997, and Michael Christo- Jesus have mercy. Duncan and Flora McLeod, July 5, 2010. Inserted by all the family, pher who died peacefully on Our Lady of the Isles, pray Clarkston, Glasgow, to Deep in our hearts a mem- Newarthill. December 5, 2006. for them. Donna, second daughter of ory is kept, Eternal rest grant unto them, Sadly missed by all the fam- Deborah Read, Colchester, Of a sister and brother we DOHERTY O Lord. ily in South Uist and on the England. DONNELLY loved and will never forget. Treasured memories of In loving memory, on the fif- Those who die in grace go mainland. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray Terry, a wonderful husband, teenth anniversary, of no further from us than God, for them. dad, papa, great-grandpapa, Patrick Doherty, a dear hus- and God is very near. MacDOUGALL MARRIAGE St Martin, pray for them. died November 21, 2006, band, dad and granda, who Inserted by their loving fam- 32nd Anniversary Inserted by her loving family, whose birthday occurs July died on July 6, 1997, aged ily. In loving memory of our dear 59 Muiryfauld Drive, Glas- 10. 88 years. aunt, Morag, died July 6, gow, G31. A heart of gold stopped Those who die in grace go LAVERY 1980. R.I.P. beating, no further from us than God 20th Anniversary I cannot bring the old days Hard working hands at rest, - and God is always very In loving memory of our dear back, CAMPBELL God broke our hearts to near. mother, grandmother and But your face I seem to see, In loving memory of my dear prove to us, Eternal rest grant unto him, great-grandmother, Mary I’ll always treasure the mem- parents, Hugh, who died He only took the best. O Lord, Kenny, who died July 10, ories, July 9, 1997, Elizabeth, died Our Lady of Lourdes, pray And let perpetual light shine 1992; also our dear father, Of how good you were to September 15, 1972; also for him. upon him. James Lavery, who died me. my dear sister, Jane, died His loving wife Pat and family. May he rest in peace. February 1, 1993; our dear Inserted by Nan and family. August 12, 1998. McLAUGHLIN Amen. brother, Jim, who died June Our Lady of the Isles, pray McGINLAY On Saturday, June 30, 2012, Our Lady, Queen of the Holy 6, 1998; and our dear aunt, RELIGIOUS MEMORIAM for them . 49th Anniversary at St Thomas of Canterbury Rosary, and St Patrick, pray Bridie Kenny, who died on Inserted by Mary Jane, John Please pray for the repose Church, Arbroath, Gerry for him. July 15, 1994. and Hannah. of the soul of our dearly McLaughlin to Irene Lucas. Inserted by the family. Our Lady of Knock and Our beloved only son, and With prayers and best Lady of Lourdes, pray for brother, Robert, who died wishes from the Prayer them. CHALMERS – MacNEIL (result of an accident) on Group. In loving memory of my dear GERRY Inserted by the family. 4th Anniversary July 7, 1963; Robert Snr., sister Janet, and her hus- who died March 30, 1987; GOLDEN WEDDING band, Donald, died July 6, Remembering with much love, our beloved dad and also our dear mother, Patri- 1969; dear father, died Octo- cia, who died August 30, 2002. ber 15, 1979, dear mother, grandad, Bill, who died McCABE – McGINLAY In the shelter of Thy Sacred died July 27, 1987, dear peacefully on July 11, 2008 At St Agnes’ Church, on July and also Marie who died Heart, 7, 1962, by the late Canon brothers, Ronnie, died May Dear Jesus, may they rest, 25, 1981, and Iain, died May 2, 2003. Fennessy, James McCabe HOBAN Always missed and never We loved them much, but to Mary Agnes McGinlay. 50th Anniversary November 1, 1989. R.I.P. still we know, On whose souls, sweet forgotten. Of your charity, please pray Our Lady of Lourdes, pray Thy Holy will is best. for the repose of the soul of Jesus, have mercy. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray Dollag and family. for them. DEATH Reverend Father Denis Inserted by Carol and family. for them. Hoban, who died on July 6, Inserted by the family. 1962, at Port Elizabeth, MacDONALD KELLY, Mary (née Power) CLARK GIBB In loving memory of Angus South Africa. In loving remembrance of MacINTYRE Peacefully at the Western 13th Anniversary John, who died on July 10, 13th Anniversary St Anthony, pray for him. my dear husband, Bill, and a Infirmary, on Monday, June In loving memory of John, a 2010. A dearly loved son In loving memory of our dear Our Lady of Lourdes, pray loving dad, who died July 25, 2012, Mary, a much dearly beloved father and and brother. mother and grandmother, for him. 12, 1991. loved wife of the late Bernie grandfather, who died July 7, Sacred Heart of Jesus, have Morag, died July 5, 1999, Inserted by his loving sisters Sadly missed. and a cherished sister and 1999. mercy on his soul. our dear father, Donald, died and families. Always in our thoughts. aunt of the family. On whose soul, sweet Mary, Queen of Carmel, February 19, 1964, our dear May he rest in peace. Fortified by rites of Holy Jesus, have mercy. intercede for him. brother and uncle, Alistair, His loving wife Agnes and Church. R.I.P. Inserted by Margaret Anne, died January 2, 2003. daughter Susan. Reception and Vigil took Jim and family. MACDONALD Our Lady of Lourdes, pray place at the Immaculate In loving memory of our sis- for them. Heart of Mary Church, ter, May, who died very sud- From all the family, at home Broomfield Road, on Friday, COLEMAN denly on July 6, 1990; also and away. June 29 at 5.30 p.m. Funeral 4th Anniversary remembering our parents, Mass was on Saturday, June In loving memory of my James and Martha, and our MacLEAN 30 at 9.30 a.m. and there- beloved husband, Brendon, brothers, Archie, John, 9th Anniversary after to Cadder Cemetery. loving dad and granda, who Richard and Tom. R.I.P. In loving memory of my died July 11, 2008. 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Sousse, Tunisia. July 4, 1988. Put Your arms around him Thank you for the years we July 8, 2002, dear father of Inserted by Catriona and the Loved and missed by all. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray Lord, shared, Donald G. and Ian J., and family at home and away. Requiescat in Pace. for him. Don’t leave him on his own, The love you gave, the way grandad of Joseph. Place Your Intimation For today is his anniversary, you cared, Will those who think of him Announcing, Remembering, And we know he can’t come Deep in our hearts your today, Thanking Births, Marriages, home. memory is kept, A little prayer to Jesus say. Deaths,Anniversaries visit: Sacred Heart, pray for him. Too dearly loved to ever for- Our Lady of the Isles, pray www.sconews.co.uk God Bless. get. for him. Your loving wife Margaret Loving you always. Inserted by his loving wife To place a Family Announcement Contact and family. Elizabeth, Anne and William. Peggy and family. 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Say for three Sprayed with a million tears, garet and Betty. would like to express their receive, seek and you shall grant me the favour I thee days; publication promised. Wishing God could have Our Lady of Lourdes and St thanks for the kindness and find, knock and it shall be implore and tell Him I will Thanks also to the Sacred spared you. Jude, pray for her. sympathy shown to them fol- opened to you, through the love Him each day more and Heart, Our Lady, St Martin, If just for a few more years. lowing their recent bereave- intercession of Mary, Thy more. St Pio, St Anthony, St Jude From your loving wife Annie. ment. They would also like Most Holy Mother, I knock, I The above prayer plus 5 Our and all other great saints for A lonely home, a vacant to express their sincere grat- seek, I ask that my prayer Fathers, 5 Hail Marys and 5 great favours received. Pub- chair, itude to the Sisters and staff be granted (make your Glory Be’s must be said on 5 lication promised. - R.R. When I walk in and you’re of Nazareth House, Glas- request). O Jesus, who hast successive days before 11 not there, gow, for the loving care said, all that you ask of the a.m. On the 5th day, the 5th given to Bro. Bede. The I miss you Dad and always Father in My name, He will set of prayers having been O ST. MARTHA, I resort to will, attendance of His Grace grant you through the inter- completed, offer one more thee and to thy petition and You left a place no one can Archbishop Mario Conti, His cession of Mary, Thy Most set – 5 Our Fathers, 5 Hail faith. I offer up to thee this fill. Lordship Bishop Vincent Holy Mother, I humbly and Marys and 5 Glory Be’s. light which I shall burn every From his loving daughter Logan and so many clergy at urgently ask Thy Father, in Publication promised. - S.L. Tuesday for nine Tuesdays. Chrissie Mary. Bro. Bede’s Requiem is very Thy name, that my prayer be Comfort me in all my difficul- much appreciated. 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N SEPTEMBER 19 2009, The Venerable Mary Ward, (January 1585– the Holy Father declared January 1645) was an English Catholic reli- gious sister who founded the Institute of Mary Ward (1585-1645) the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Venerable. This placed Loreto Sisters this remarkable, but fre- quently overlooked, English woman onto the path towards Canonisation. OWith Mary Ward we have perhaps Holy Father. Both Gregory X and his the clearest example of the type of gen- successor, Urban VIII, were sympa- der-biased behaviour from Church thetic, but the Congregation for the authorities for which Blessed John Paul Propagation of the Faith simply failed II apologised in his Apostolic Letter, To to see how it could approve this strange Every Woman, and, earlier, in Mulieris new order that broke so many of the tra- Dignitatem. In the latter, he wrote that ditional concepts of the female ‘the Church desires to give thanks for religious life. the mystery of woman … and for the Throughout, she divided the Jesuit great Works of God, which throughout Order: many Jesuit priests recognised human history have been accomplished the revolutionary nature of Mary in and through her.’ Ward’s new movement, but also recog- The 2009 decision was what can only nised the fact that it did nothing that be described as a very welcome, if went against the teachings of the rather belated, acknowledgement of the Church. Others disagreed, but bitter immense importance of the female con- opposition came from English secular tribution to the Church over the millen- clergy, who hated anything vaguely nia of its existence. The great Marian connected with the Jesuits. They wrote devotee, who had lost his mother so to Rome, condemning Mary’s sisters. early in life, instinctively and intellec- The language used is revealing ‘those tually understood that there would not galloping girls’ was a frequently occur- even have been a Church without the ring phrase. These pious girls, who Fiat of the Mother of God. demanded very little from life, and who On a personal note, as the son of a gave themselves in the service of the mother, husband of a wife and father of education of others, were simply dis- a daughter—the female trinity of a male missed in these frankly ignorant terms. world—I will gladly join the late Pon- The complaints, as well as resistance tiff in pondering on the ‘mystery of in the Curia to any changes in the deci- woman.’ On a more serious note, the sions of the Council of Trent, undid great ‘Works of God’, accomplished by Mary’s dream: on July 7 1628, they women, have more often than not been decreed the suppression of her Institute. trampled into the mud by men who Mary was not even informed of the could not see His hand in their work. decision. Two years later, religious This was certainly the case with the authorities began closing the houses. visionary Mary Ward. Mary, still unaware of what had occurred in Rome, urged her sisters to lthough many thought so at the resist. They came into conflict with the time, Blessed John Paul’s apol- nuncio in Brussels, and with the Inqui- ogy to, and appreciation for, sition. womenA and the role they played, was In January 1631, Urban VIII signed not a radical break with the past. He was Pastoralis Romani Pontificis, in which building on strong foundations. Staying the Institute was condemned in the with the example of Mary Ward, we see harshest possible terms. Mary herself a first fulsome praise for her expressed was briefly incarcerated in a convent in by Cardinal Bourne in 1921. “It is a duty Munich. of gratitude to recall,” he wrote, “that However, Urban VIII’s bark was the existence of modern educational and worse than his bite. Her release was charitable congregations, was made pos- secured, the Pontiff, who probably had sible by … Mary Ward.” Pope Pius XII some sympathy with this single-minded added to this in 1951, that Mary was an Yorkshire lass and her ingenious Insti- ‘incomparable woman.’ tute that answered so well to contem- Mary was born in a most difficult porary needs, received her and allowed time for English Catholics. This was the her sisters to live in community as lay period of the Armada, the time when the Gunpowder Plot, John and Christo- Her stay in the convent proved to be determined that her new movement persons, under his direct protection. the Anglicans finally, and permanently, pher Wright, would emerge. Within a an unhappy one. Like many before her, would be Ignatian in spirit, and that it Mary would later return to England, ousted Catholicism as the religion of year of her birth, St Margaret Clitherow Mary Ward had entered an order that would remain in the world; she rejected where small communities of her fol- England. When Mary saw the light of was martyred in nearby York, by being was ill-suited to the kind of religious enclosure, in other words. Both ambi- lowers lived together, and died in the day, Englishmen and women were tor- crushed to death under heavy stones. life she had dreamed of. Yet rather than tions were to cost her dear, for the midst of one of these during the Civil tured, imprisoned and executed in the Queen Elizabeth I apparently wrote to leave the monastic life altogether, Mary, Jesuits had determined to remain a War, back in her own Yorkshire. most horrible fashion for being priests, the magistrate of York to say that they with seven like-minded girls, set off to male-only Order, and the Council of After many twists and turns, too com- lay preachers, or simply for being should not have executed her, but only create a new way to live that life. She Trent had determined that female orders plex to be included here, her sisters Catholic in the first place. Although because she was a woman. wrote: “I declared both to my confessor should remain behind convent walls. finally won over the Church’s authori- many clung to their Faith, being The message that the execution send and the Superiors of the monastery, the Single-handedly, Mary Ward was ties. The year in which this happened? Catholic in England during Mary’s life to the homes of Catholics in Yorkshire internal sufferings and the exceeding challenging the most powerful group 1877… What is remarkable is that Mary was far from comfortable. During the must have sent a shiver down many a difficulty which I found in embracing within the Church, as well as the coun- Ward’s Charism survived all these cen- first ten years of her life, 22 Catholics spine. As with many female saints, that vocation”. The eight women set up cil that had only just finished reshaping turies, and that soon after her death oth- lost their lives to martyrdom. Indeed, to Mary’s vocation came in her teenage a school and lived a communal life of that Church. ers would begin to see the need for be truly safe, and to be able to openly years. This caused conflict with her great austerity between 1609 and 1611. religious women to be providing special practise their Faith, England’s Catholics father, who would much rather have This was the start of what would, after er energy was never in doubt: services, such as education and health- had to go abroad. seen her married. Yet in a sign of things many vicissitudes, become the Institute she made new foundations all care, to the wider Catholic community. As we shall see, Mary would do just to come, Mary persevered, and, in of the Blessed Virgin Mary. over the Low Countries and In 1877, the number of these orders was that. She was born in Yorkshire, in Old 1606, she boarded a ship that took her Mary had always been very close to HGermany, sent her sisters to England to legion, and they have continued to Mulwith, near Ripon. Her parents had to the Spanish Netherlands. There, in the Jesuits, who were such a mainstay support its underground priests, and increase since. One can only repeat Pope remained Catholics, as had her family, Saint-Omer, she joined a convent of of the Catholic Church both in England opened houses in Italy. She had walked Pius XII’s exclamation; Mary Ward was from which two prominent figures from English Poor Clares. and in Scotland at this time. She was to Rome from Brussels to petition the an ‘incomparable woman.’ indeed. 22 CELEBRATING LIFE SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER Friday July 6 2012 Celebrating Life Do you have a special occasion from your parish or a celebration at your school that you wish to share with the SCO? If so, e-mail reporter Dan McGinty: [email protected]

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SUN 8 JULY THE GOD OF MERCY 9AM WED 11 JULY GREGORIAN CHANT FROM 1PM LIVE THE CHOIR OF THE MONKS OF THE ABBEY OF HOLY MASS First Communion and Confirmation joy for children SOLESMES 9PM 11AM THE GOD OF MERCY By Dan McGinty two children receiving their sacraments from retirement in August. the bishop. In St Benedict’s parish in Easterhouse THE ANGELUS WITH POPE THU 12 JULY BENEDICT XVI ST CLARE’S in Drongan welcomed Pupils from St Patrick’s Primary School (bottom), young First Communicants were 1PM LIVE in Strathaven (below) had cause for a dou- 1PM LIVE Fraser Adam Stewart and Zoe welcomed to the parish for their big day by HOLY MASS McLaughlan to the parish as they made ble celebration as they received their First parish priest Fr Brian McGraw SBD. Fr EWTN MASS-THE NATIVITY their First Holy Communion and Con- Communions in St Patrick’s Church. McGraw was joined by Bill McMillan, who OF JOHN THE BAPTIST 8PM firmation. The group of children, who received the is preparing for his ordination as a deacon, 3.30PM EWTN LIVE The candidates (above left) were joined on Blessed Sacrament wearing sacramental as he celebrated First Communion Mass for MARY’S DOWRY PRESENTS the altar after Mass by their parents and robes, were joined by parish priest Fr John the children and their families and friends. 9PM Bishop John Cunningham of Galloway Farrell, who celebrated Mass with the chil- 5PM I [email protected] EWTN BOOKMARK THE GOD OF MERCY (above right) as parishioners celebrated the dren for one of the last times ahead of his 10PM 9.30PM VATICANO KEEPING YOUR KIDS 11PM CATHOLIC BENEDICTION FRI 13 JULY MON 9 JULY 1PM LIVE 1PM LIVE HOLY MASS HOLY MASS 8.30PM NEW SERIES 8PM MY COUNTRY, MY FAITH: THE WORLD OVER IRELAND 9PM 9PM THE GOD OF MERCY THE GOD OF MERCY TUE 10 JULY SAT 14 JULY 1PM LIVE 1PM LIVE HOLY MASS HOLY MASS 8PM THE JOURNEY HOME 7PM 9PM JESUS LIVING IN MARY LAY READERS’ GUIDE by Fr John Breslin

SUNDAY JULY 8 Sunday 14B. Ezekiel 2:2-5. Response: Our eyes are on the Lord till He shows us His mercy. 2 Corinthians 12:7-10. Mark 6:1-6. MONDAY Feast of Our Lady of Aberdeen. Romans 5:12. 17-19 Response: Listen, O daughter, give ears to my words. Matthew 2:13-15. 19-23. TUESDAY Hosea 8:4-7. 11-13. Response: Sons of Israel, trust in the Lord. Matthew 9:32-38. WEDNESDAY Feast of St Benedict. Proverbs 2:1-9. Response: I will bless the Lord at all times. Matthew 19:27-29. THURSDAY Hosea 11:1-4. 8-9. Response: Let your face shine on us, O Lord, and we shall be saved. Matthew 10:7-15. FRIDAY Hosea 14:2-10. Response: My mouth shall declare your praise. Matthew 10:16-23. SATURDAY Isaiah 6:1-8. Response: The Lord is King with majesty enrobed. Matthew 10:24-33. Friday July 6 2012 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER CELEBRATING LIFE 23 St Simon’s hosts peace lecture from Palestinian priest By Dan McGinty Fr Abusahlia (centre), Fr Slaven, former Lord Provost of Glasgow Alex Mosson, Juliet Robb of the Olive Tree ST SIMON’S in Partick wel- project, Deacon Duncan Macpherson comed a visitor from the and lecture attendees Holy Land as parishioners and visitors to the church culties of life in his parish of learned about the struggles of Taybeh in the West Bank, but day-to-day life in the West also of the message of hope that Bank. has come of his work there. Fr Raed Abusahlia spoke at St One symbol of that hope is the Simon’s as part of his visit to ‘Peace Lamp’ produced by Scotland to raise awareness of Christians there, and Fr Raed the difficulties of life in his spoke of his hope that one day native Palestine and of his every church in the world will efforts to achieve peace and jus- hold a ‘Peace Lamp’ from the tice for the often isolated and Holy Land. diminishing Christian popula- Fr Raed was supported on his tion in the Holy Land. visit by the Olive Tree Project— Among those who came to St led by Juliet Robb, which has Simon’s to listen to Fr Raed had a long relationship with Fr were Alex Mosson, the former Raed and his parishioners—and Lord Provost of Glasgow, which Deacon Duncan Macpherson of is twinned with Bethlehem, and Westminster Archdiocese. many Scottish supporters of the Palestinian people. They heard I [email protected] Fr Raed talk not just of the diffi- PIC: PAUL McSHERRY Honours for priest’s 40th anniversary

THE parish of St

Kentigern’s in Edinburgh ON... SPOTLIGHT hosted a joyous celebration as friends, family and for- mer colleagues of Fr John Robinson gathered to cele- brate the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priest- hood. Fr Robinson followed his vocation to the priesthood after finishing an apprenticeship as a plumber and used all his expe- rience both from his working career and his priesthood to bring the Gospel to his parish- ioners wherever he served, becoming well liked and respected for the way he churches were also in atten- Father John Robinson (second from engaged with people through dance. Mrg Stephen Robson, left, front row) with fellow priests, celebrating his 40th anniversary his ministry. since ordained as Auxiliary The Medjugorje Irish Centre was delighted to welcome popular singer Dana along to perform their prize His popularity was reflected Bishop, spoke of his friendship draw at the recent International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. The winner of the draw was Niamh in the large congregation who with Fr Robinson over more At the end of Mass the Donohue from Swords who won one week’s free accommodation for four people. Dana was assisted in joined him for the celebration than 30 years, commenting on parishioners presented Fr John performing the draw by volunteers from the Legion of Mary of his jubilee Mass in St his joy and enthusiasm and his with a Stole decorated with Kentigern’s, with relatives and dedication to righting wrongs. motifs of St Kentigern’s and friends coming from all over The Mass was a double cele- lined with the St Ninian Tartan, Edinburgh and St Andrew’s and bration for Fr Robinson as his before the congregation moved even from Ireland and London brother Vincent and sister-in- to the church hall where a spe- Do you have a special occasion from your parish or a to celebrate with him. law Helen marked their Golden cial buffet and reception were celebration at your school that you wish to share with the SCO? If so, Thirty priests concelebrated Anniversary, carrying the offer- held in honour of Fr Robinson e-mail Dan McGinty: [email protected] Mass and ten clergy from other tory gifts during the Mass. and his ministry of 40 years. Student musicians from across the country play for Clydebank church

OUR Holy Redeemer’s the church’s historic 145-year young musicians have achieved Church in Clydebank wel- old organ. is astonishing.” comed the prestigious West The visit to Our Holy The local audience gave the of Scotland Schools Concert Redeemer’s was a welcome band a well-deserved standing Band, whose members repre- chance for the band’s artistic ovation and a packed parish hall sent the most talented young director and conductor, Nigel later saw audience and musi- musicians drawn from the Boddice MBE, who began his cians alike enjoy tea and cake, 200 secondary schools in the conducting career many years and much animated conversa- west of Scotland, as they ago with the Clydebank Burgh tion, where old acquaintances showcased their talents in a Brass Band, even leading them were renewed and new ones special concert. as they performed in the church, made. The pupils, some of whom and Mr Boddice commented that “I cannot thank enough all come from as far away as Oban, he was ‘delighted to be back in those who contributed to this were welcomed to the church by Clydebank, which holds so memorable evening, especially Deacon Frank Flynn of Our many happy memories.’ those who provided sandwiches, Holy Redeemer’s and St Mar- After the concert, Deacon soup and baking, those who pre- garet’s parishes, as they prepared Flynn expressed his hope that pared the hall, and those who to perform their repertoire, ‘there would be many more vis- served our guests,” Mr Logue which included songs ranging its by the band, which was a added. from the light-hearted Padstow great cultural asset, and would Lifeboat to Elgar’s Enigma Vari- always be welcome in Clyde- Student musicians (right) visited Our ations, including Nimrod, during bank.’ Holy Redeemer’s Church in which the band was accompa- “I would not have missed this Clydebank for a special concert. The nied by Our Holy Redeemer’s for anything,” he continued. band (above right) played a number parish organist, Tom Logue, on “The standard of playing these of songs to a standing ovation. 24 MISSIO SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER Friday July 6 2012 Tackling the evil of trafficking Our monthly feature from the organisation MISSIO SCOTLAND, comes from Maura O’Donohue, a religious sister of the Medical Missionaries of Mary. A doctor and a missionary, she is also a founder member of the Global Inter-Faith Alliance Against Human Trafficking (GIFAAHT)

FIRST became aware of the problem of human trafficking in the mid-1980s when my work in the field of HIV and AIDS took me to Thailand, Korea, Taiwan, and India. I was shocked to learn of the young age at which girls were sexually exploited by men in mil- itary service and the number of children coerced intoI commercial sex to serve the tourist industry. Over the years since then I have learned a lot more about the terrible global reality of human traf- ficking. This criminal activity is highly organised and changes strategy frequently as law enforcement agencies focus on it. It thrives on modern technol- ogy. My work in HIV/AIDS brought me to many countries where I encountered the problem of human trafficking for the first time. Now I am engaged with a network of agencies involved in countering human trafficking. I have come to believe that this reality is the cutting edge of the Church’s mission today.

hen Iris told me her story, I realised that it was not only women from poverty- stricken families who are affected by trafficking.W She was a university student in her early 20s when she was kidnapped. She was quickly drugged to force compliance and placed in a brothel. “It came to the point where I was needing the heroin to keep me numbed as I endured the daily routine of serving men from every walk of life, including professionals and police in uniform,” she said. “When I was being moved from one brothel to another, I was blindfolded and told to strip naked and covered only with a sheet before being bundled into the car.” Anna told me she was duped by the man she thought was her fiancé. He encouraged her to move with him to his country, where he was a medical student. She would get work, and they would get married. Sadly, as soon as she reached his country, she was sold into the hands of the brothel-keeper. Anna’s story could be repeated by many women in many countries. Listening to these women’s stories we are con- fronted by the profound insecurity that they expe- rience as they are separated from family and friends. Their passports are usually confiscated by traffickers on arrival at the port of destination. Vic- tims may not know where they are nor even the language. Usually they are told they owe large amounts of money in return for their passage. This breaks the woman both psychologically and phys- ically. They are often forced to have sex with their traffickers, which for some results in pregnancy. Those who escape represent only the tip of the ice- berg. For them the period of recovery and rehabil- itation is a long journey. They need to be treated with respect and compassion. Their stories need to be acknowledged and believed. “No amount of counselling or befriending is going to help these women to heal unless they have a secure base, then they can begin to make social connections and develop a supportive social net- work,” Psychologist Eimear Burke said.

his points to significant social responses needed to address the insecurity that traf- ficking generates an estimated £6.1 billion yearly calls ‘a scourge’ within the migration phenome- The Catholic Health Association in the US offered copies ficking brings into the lives of vulnerable and fuels other criminal activities: money launder- non. Since the late 1990s, action against human of this poster to hospitals, doctor’s offices and clinics to help health care providers identify those who have been young women. Poor education renders young ing, drug trafficking, and document forgery. trafficking has been a priority of the international T subjected to trafficking. It also gave information on how women vulnerable to all kinds of abuse in adult Poverty is also a key contributing factor. Moth- organisation of superiors of Catholic Religious to assist victims. life. Of the 1.3 billion people living in poverty ers in poverty-stricken villages can be approached Orders of women. worldwide 70 per cent are women. Two-thirds of by a trusted relative or acquaintance, often a Lay organisations in the Church have also taken children who cannot access primary education are woman. There is wealth for the person in the mid- up the issue. Caritas Internationalis, a network the victim of trafficking is serving a powerful Sul- girls. Violence against women including rape is dle. The hard-pressed mother of a large hungry present in some 170 countries, has called for tan on a yacht in some lagoon in Polynesia, or sol- often used as a weapon of war. As refugees or family can be easily persuaded that if a daughter migration and economic policies that reduce vul- diers in a war zone or an army base, or the head of internally displaced persons this brings the associ- could get work abroad, a regular supply of money nerability to trafficking. It also reaffirms the need a well-off household, or a politician at a party con- ated risks of being trafficked or forced into prosti- would feed and educate other children. The job to attack the root causes of trafficking by sustained ference, or a young man at a stag party or a tourist tution. Clearly women and children are the most will sound attractive, training as a ballet dancer, action toward the Millennium Development Goals. in his hotel, the challenge of combating traffick- vulnerable to traffickers. working in a hotel or supermarket, often with fur- Yet many of our Church members are still ing in human persons is ours. ther education promised. Sadly, the victim quickly unaware of the serious moral issue that is part of our hy is there human trafficking? The discovers that not only is she caught in a job she society everywhere. The parish structure of the I MISSIO is the only organisation to guarantee dynamic of this trade is a balance never wanted, but also her family will be at risk if Church offers a unique possibility to provide teach- support for every one of the 1069 mission between the supply of victims and the she does not comply. ing tools for the kind of observance we need to come dioceses in the world. To support MISSIO demand for them in destination countries. An Trafficking in persons is modern-day slavery. to the rescue of victims who may be captive in our Scotland call: 01236 449774 or e-mail: W [email protected] important cause is greed. Criminals work in organ- The Church has a long tradition of denouncing cities, towns or even in our own neighbourhoods. ised gangs and treat their victims like commodities, slavery. Pope Benedict XVI has spoken repeatedly Our commitment to Christ mandates us to buying and selling persons for profit. Human traf- about the issue of Trafficking in Persons, which he denounce injustice wherever we find it. Whether I www.missioscotland.org.uk