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Inside Calls for better water use A parish in Rosebank celebrate World Habitat day by warning about water crisis—Page 3 Attracting youth to religious life Dozens of religious and lay Church leaders have looked at the next steps needed to attract more youth to religious life —Page 4 Where was my Church? Mphuthumi Ntabeni discusses an eviction cri- sis—Page 9 What do you think? In their Letters to the Editor this week, readers discuss The Southern Cross under threat, homosexuality and immodest dress—Page 8 The annual Blessing of the Fishing Fleet took place the first weekend of October in Cape Town. The Portuguese tradition sees prayers offered for the forthcoming fishing season and an anchor of flowers is thrown into the sea for those who have been lost. Statues of St Peter and Mary were carried to the boats, followed by an at-sea blessing given by Archbishop Lawrence Henry. This week’s editorial: PHOTO: CLAIRE MATHIESON Driving safely Bad driving to be punished

BY CLAIRE MATHIESON HE negative statistics that govern our roads “have to change”. This is the mes- Tsage behind various safe-driving cam- paigns currently on the go and is the philoso- phy behind the government’s Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto), or driver points-demerit system, which will be No laughs for rolled out in 2011. Transport minister Sibusiso Ndebele said in a statement that the new system will “certain- ly reduce lawlessness on our roads and con- Berlusconi tribute significantly to a reduction in road HE Vatican newspaper has criticised Ital- crashes and deaths”. The system aims at ian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi encouraging responsible use of the road. T(pictured above) for telling a At OR Tambo airport in Johannesburg, a “deplorable” joke about the Jews and the Road Traffic Management Corporation Holocaust. (RTMC) education campaign this month Mr Berlusconi, chatting with supporters informed people about the Aarto system and outside his home, told a joke about a Jew encouraged people to sign their names on who charged a fellow Jew 3 000 euros a day large canvas walls as a pledge towards driving to hide him in his basement during World sober and within the speed limit. War II. Mr Berlusconi’s punch line was: “The The Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office Jew says, the question now is whether we (CPLO) has welcomed the proposed AARTO Visitors to OR Tambo International Airport pledge to drive safely, particularly not to drink-drive or speed and to wear a seatbelt. The signature campaign formed part of an education cam- should tell him Hitler is dead and the war is demerit system. CPLO Researcher Lois Law paign on the new points-demerit system.. over.” said: “The Demerit system has proved a suc- PHOTO: GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER The joke was videotaped and posted on cessful deterrent against reckless driving in the website of the Italian newspaper La other countries, notably in Australia.” launched nationally before the official launch lives lost and financial expenses. “It is esti- Repubblica. The main objective of the campaign is dri- of the system. mated that the cost of traffic crashes to indi- The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore ver responsibility as well as educating drivers Aarto has met with opposition, most viduals, commerce, communities and the Romano said the story “offends both the sen- of the future repercussions of the new demerit notably from taxi associations who have sug- country is in the region of R38 billion annual- timents of believers and the sacred memory system. gested it will have a detrimental impact on ly,” said the 2009 road traffic Arive Alive cam- of the six million victims of the Holocaust”. Aarto will add to the current fining system the taxi industry. paign report. Statistics from December 2009, It said the prime minister’s words were a by leading to the suspension and cancellation The CPLO has urged further consultation traditionally the most dangerous month on “sad” example of the uncivil language being of driving licences, professional driving per- among stakeholders in the industry and South African roads, showed a daily average used increasingly in politics and public life, a mits or operator cards through the accumula- broader society to chart a way forward to end of 36 lives lost and around 20 people perma- trend recently condemned by the Italian tion of demerit points. the continued carnage on the country’s roads. nently disabled as a result of traffic accidents. bishops’ conference. While the system was meant to be imple- “To this end we welcome the recently pro- Mr Ndebele said the number of road The newspaper of the Italian bishops’ con- mented in July, RTMC acting chief executive posed measures on the part of the ministries deaths in our country was “completely unac- ference, Avvenire, said Mr Berlusconi’s joke Collins Letsoalo said problems were identified of transport and education to ensure the safe ceptable” and was confident the system will was “offensive and inexplicable”. during a pilot programme in Tshwane and conduct of children to and from school,” Ms change people’s behaviour and ultimately Mr Berlusconi’s office issued a statement Johannesburg with communication and Law said. reduce the accidents on the country’s roads. saying the joke was told in private, and that information available to the public on their According to the transport ministry’s The minister said one death should not be the responsibility for bad taste belonged to rights and duties within the system. There are Arrive Alive campaign, the current cost of associated with the country’s roads and “as those who publicised it.—CNS further plans for educational campaigns to be accidents on the road is intolerable in both government, we want to make roads safe”. 22 The Southern Cross, October 13 to October 19, 2010 LOCAL Catholics mourn the death of New head of communication for Joburg archdiocese ‘much-loved’ community leader BY CLAIRE MATHIESON BY CLAIRE MATHIESON St Patrick’s parish in La Rochelle, He said that in a spontaneous OMINICAN Father Emil Johannesburg. prayer evening arranged by the Blaser, executive director T John’s parish in North Riding, Lieutenant Colonel Dlamini youth of St John’s on the evening of and station manager of Johannesburg, has been Lungelo, spokesman for the South Mr McLoughlin’s murder, some 200 D South Africa’s Catholic broadcaster Sshocked by the killing of a pop- African Police Services, said the sus- parishioners arrived at the parish to Radio Veritas, has been elected ular member of the community in a pects fled from the scene in two offer their prayers and support. robbery at the Northgate shopping episcopal vicar of communications vehicles, but added that police had “This is a great indication of the centre in north-west Johannesburg. in the Johannesburg archdiocese. “already identified the suspects and love and respect that the communi- Kevin McLoughlin, 38, was killed several leads [were] being followed The new position was created to on October 4 when a gang of ty held for Kevin and the McLough- provide a positive contribution to to arrest them”. lin family,” Mr Lailvaux said. between eight and 12 robbers hit The loss has been felt by family, media in the archdiocese. the NWJ jewellery store where he Mr McLoughlin was a “devoted Fr Blaser explained that a com- co-workers and the Catholic com- and loving husband to Mary and was working. Four other people munity. mittee previously handled com- father to Matthew, and the passion were injured in the incident, which Parish pastoral council chairman munication in the diocese, but at a occurred shortly after the centre Roy Lailvaux said Mr McLoughlin for his ministries were shared with meeting Johannesburg priests felt opened. was a highly respected and an active his wife,” Mr Lailvaux said. “A large more authority was needed. Police reports indicate Mr hole has been left in the communi- The proposal was made for an member of the parish community. Dominican Father Emil Blaser McLoughlin was shot in the left side “He was particularly committed ty with Kevin's tragic passing.” episcopal communications vicar— of his chest and was declared dead to the education of the youth and Other members of the communi- someone to be the archbishop’s by paramedics on the scene. His practised this by being a Phase 4 ty have voiced their anger at North “right hand man for different areas wife, who was 12 weeks pregnant at confirmation teacher.” Gate's centre management as this of responsibility in the diocese”, Fr Blaser has been presenting the time, was left physically Mr Lailvaux said Mr McLaughlin was the fourth armed robbery at the he said. radio and television religious pro- unharmed but was hospitalised for was also an “extraordinary minister centre. It was also the second inci- “By acclamation the lot fell on grammes since 1976, including a observation after going into shock. of Holy Communion and was dent to hit a NWJ store in four days me. The bishops asked if I could weekly Catholic television pro- Mr McLoughlin was also brother always willing to assist in any man- after a robbery at the Carnival City do it, and since I was already in gramme, Lumen Gentium, on the to Fr Donald McLoughlin of ner required”. mall in Boksburg. the ‘game’ I was quite happy to pay-to-view channel M-Net in the share the knowledge I had and mid-1990s. As well as working as a said yes, ‘I’ll do it!’” pastor for many years, the former Preserving heritage through stained glass Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of provincial of the Dominicans in Johannesburg accepted the result South Africa, Fr Blaser was also BY CLAIRE MATHIESON 100 years. of the election. associate secretary general of the His recent projects include the In an interview on Radio Veritas TAINED glass commissions and Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Cape Town parishes of St Patrick’s Fr Blaser said he was going to work restorations are the “greatest in Mowbray, St James in St James Conference. It was there where closely with the already estab- Radio Veritas was conceived. Spassion” of Danie de Klerk of and all 13 windows at Holy Cross in lished communications offices in “I think [the appointment] is DR Art Glass Studio. District Six. the diocese, saying “it’s not a pro- also an acknowledgment to the Once a full-time electrician, Stained glass windows do require motion; it’s another job to do”. Danie de Klerk has been responsible maintenance. Without care, ne- Fr Blaser has already identified role Radio Veritas is playing. I for the transformation of many glected windows can fall out and certain tasks, including the re- hope that through this depart- churches around the country by “are lost forever as a piece of her- design of the archdiocese website ment, I will be able to reach out to building stained glass windows. He itage”, Mr de Klerk said, adding that to make it even more user friendly. all parishes and give hope and describes his work as a way to create it is sometimes more expensive to Fr Blaser wants to make better use inspiration,” Fr Blaser said. and preserve heritage. restore badly neglected windows of technology available to the “The Church needs to be put on “It all started as a hobby when I than building new ones. He called Church and suggested spaces the map. We need to make the was still in my teens and saw an on caretakers of buildings to invest where parishes would be able to Church relevant and in touch with article of somebody building a “Stained glass was often used as a time and effort into the windows to update parish records online. people. I want to bring the Church stained glass window,” Mr de Klerk storybook for parishes,” said Danie ensure their longevity. When asked about social media, to people so that they feel a part of said. An “uphill battle” then took de Klerk, who builds and restores Mr de Klerk said stained glass Fr Blaser said Facebook pages and the Church wherever they are.” place as he tried to find people to stained glass windows. and other art has always been pro- Twitter accounts were likely in the Fr Blaser hopes to improve com- teach him the art form. always been promoted and protect- moted and protected as well as future. munication throughout the After minimal training and ed as well as sponsored by the sponsored by the Catholic Church “I am keeping my finger on the province from Church organisa- much experimentation, Mr de Klerk Catholic Church through the cen- through the centuries. Today it is pulse with what is happening in tions, parishes and secular media said it was not long before his turies. Today it is the same as most the same as most restorations and Church media,” he said. to the general public. hobby turned into a passion and his restorations and new commissions new commissions are from the “regular” job as an electrician start- are from the Catholic community.” Catholic community. ed to fall away as stained glass Mr de Klerk said stained glass was “It is a way to honour a variety Correction: In the edition of September 8, “Mother of two became a full time vocation. Today, often used as a storybook for parish- of holy people and family. I really priests dies at age 67”, The Southern Cross incorrectly identified Mr de Klerk is well reputed in the es. The art could be decorative and hope that it will draw more people Catherine Smuts in the third paragraph, and Josephine Stevens’ local Catholic Church and has been meaningful with the use of symbols to the Church in these turbulent name is incorrectluy spelt in the sixth paragraph. The Southern commissioned for projects across and rites. Usually considered an times that we live in”. Cross regrets the errors. the country. expensive endeavour, stained glass  For more information visit “Stained glass and other art has has been known to last more than www.stained-glass.co.za

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Justin Skea has been appointed as the new head of St Joseph’s Marist College in Rondebosch, Cape Town. He succeeds Hugh Fynn, who retires in January 2011. Mr Skea is a former learner of St Henry’s Marist Brothers in Durban. After school he went on to graduate with a BA and HED at Unisa. After completion, Mr Skea taught English for eight years at Durban High School, and later became the academic director at the school. After his tenure as director, Mr Skea moved into the skills develop- ment and corporate training arena, becoming the general manager of the Skills Develop- ment and Technology Transfer at the Durban University of Technology. In 2008 he completed his Master of Arts in Linguistics through Stellenbosch University. Mr Skea took up the position of deputy principal at St Gisela Röntch (left), a member of the the Church of Immaculate Conception’s Justice and Peace Eco group Joseph’s in October 2009. engages with parishioners at the mini water expo. In the foreground is a jar of heavily polluted water from the Besides working towards his Braamfontain Spruit. PHOTO: KEVIN LEO-SMITH doctorate, Mr Skea is a fitness fanatic, having worked as a group fitness trainer and fitness advisor Eco group calls for good water use to the Natal Rugby Union. BY STAFF REPORTER nion with others for the sake of consumption. the common good are factors Through presentations, N the eve of World that determine consumer parishioners were encouraged Habitat Day, a Johannes- choices, savings and invest- to start food gardens, mulching burg parish’s Justice and O ments”, the church’s social and other water-wise gardening Peace Eco group mounted a mini exhibition of water as an doctrine explained. usage including rainwater issue of justice. During a Mass celebrating harvesting. The Rosebank parish cited World Habitat day, parish- Parishioners were discour- the “serious ecological prob- ioners were reminded that aged from consuming bottled lems call for an effective South Africa is “water-stressed”. water, and were asked to cut change of mentality leading to They were encouraged to down on the excessive use the adoption of new lifestyles change their attitude to water of household chemicals and in which the quest for truth, and to make changes to their the planting of exotic alien beauty, goodness and commu- lifestyle by reducing their water invader plants. Thumbs up for sports policy BY CLAIRE MATHIESON which was established as the schools but many schools only recognised body to co- would need additional funding HE CATHOLIC Parliamen- ordinate, control and promote for their sporting activities and tary Liaison Office (CPLO) all school sport related matters. “that is, per the draft policy, the Thas announced its support However, USSASA and other responsibility of the DoBE and for the drafting of a national sporting bodies were dissolved SRSA”. policy, making sport part of the to make way for a more stream- He said the task was “mam- national education curriculum. lined structure. moth” and challenging. The Research consultant Kenny The most recent flaws in the success of the policy lies with Pasensie said the reason for the education system regarding the work done jointly by the call comes from the “direct cor- sport included the lack of or DoBE and SRSA, he said. relation between sport and aca- limited participation of learners With the draft policy the two demic excellence”. and teachers in physical educa- departments will be tasked to Mr Pasensie said that beyond tion, backlogs in facilities and coordinate national school the correlation the call was inspired by late Pope John Paul equipment, and a lack of capaci- sporting events, monitoring all II who said: “The potential of ty and financial resources. school sport activities, funding sport makes it a significant vehi- Mr Pasensie said the new all school sport, assisting with cle for the overall development framework aimed to formalise the development of the school of the person and a very useful government’s responsibility for sport infrastructure and the element in building a more physical education, cultivate a recruitment and development human society.” sense of pride and patriotism, of high-performing athletes for The pope also said sport ensure and increase access to provincial and national levels. could become a means to facilities and to strategically link “The old adage of ‘a healthy encouraging people and a way sport programmes to national mind in a healthy body’ is cer- to avoid “what might be dan- interventions such as substance tainly true not only for the gerous or seriously harmful to abuse, HIV and Aids and crime. older generation but more so for themselves or to others”. “Besides re-introducing phys- the young school-going genera- The Department of Sport and ical education as a subject, pro- tion. If you have a healthy body Recreation of South Africa moting professional develop- you have more energy to do (SRSA) and the Department of ment of teachers in sport, and more, both physically and men- Basic Education (DoBE) present- ensuring that all schools have tally,” Mr Pasensie told The ed the Draft School Sport Policy access to sporting facilities and Southern Cross. for Schools in South Africa. offer school sport programmes, He said the plans to prioritise Mr Pasensie said the idea of [the policy] is to clarify the roles school sport should be an inclusive sport policy was of all those involved in sports welcomed, despite the many not new. He pointed out the education,” he said. flaws of the draft policy. “In “Getting the Nation to Play” A further issue in the imple- coming months the policy will initiative of the early 1990s and mentation of the new system be further refined and all stake- the establishment of the United was that of finance. Mr Pasensie holders will have another School Sport Association of felt the system would be man- opportunity to contribute to South Africa (USSASA) in 1994, ageable for financially viable its development.” German choir to sing for cardinal BY CLAIRE MATHIESON concerts annually in the histori- Funds raised will go towards cal German cathedral, the old- the Denis Hurley Centre, a pro- OCAL and international est in northern Europe, and has ject of Emmanuel cathedral. musicians are set to take to travelled to several countries The centre, situated between the stage at the annual L including Italy, South Korea the cathedral and the Juma Cardinal’s Concert in Durban and now, for the first time, Musjid mosque, provides all day this year. Emmanuel cathedral in Dur- South Africa. outreach to refugees, homeless ban’s city centre will play host Organisers said the event people, people with HIV/Aids, to the world-acclaimed Aachen would be a “multi-cultural and others in distress. Cathedral Choir from Germany. choral experience” with a num- The show starts at 14:30 on The visiting choir is the oldest ber of local musicians also per- October 17 at Durban’s boys’ choir in Germany and one forming. Emmanuel cathedral. Tickets of the oldest in the world Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of cost R20 and can be bought with more than 1 200 years of Durban will be the guest of at the cathedral office or at history. honour along with Mahmoud the door. Aachen’s Cathedral Choir Youssef-Baker, chairman of the  For more information call performs around 70 services and humanitarian Iqraa Trust. 031 306 3595. 44 The Southern Cross, October 13 to October 19, 2010 INTERNATIONAL Steps to attract youth to religious life

BY NANCY FRAZIER O’BRIEN ters, younger religious, media and opportunity for such encounters to mer president of the Conference of full time vocation promoter in communications experts, and occur today, especially with our Major Superiors of Men. each of the congregation’s T what one participant called church researchers and statisti- younger Catholics”, he said. “It is “Today a new generation, many provinces or districts. a “critical juncture in conse- cians. testimony to God’s providence of whose members lack a strong “If General Motors or IBM faced Acrated life”, dozens of reli- The gathering was a follow-up that despite their lack of knowing Catholic identity as defined by the the personnel crisis that we have gious and Catholic lay leaders to a study of recent vocations to another religious personally, practices of the past, is looking at had on our hands for the last few gathered in Chicago to hash out religious life conducted by the today’s men and women, even religious life and mission through decades, they would have long ago the next steps needed to attract Centre for Applied Research in the though they are in smaller num- eyes shaped by a world that is for- had their best people working to young people to religious life Apostolate, for the vocation con- ber, continue to come to the eign to many of us over the age of recruiting men and women for a today. ference. The study, released in vowed life.” 50,” he said. career with their corporations,” he “Together we are seeking to dis- August 2009, found that although “Theirs does not include John F said. “At the same time, each of us cover a truth of how we may effec- the numbers in religious orders iting divisions in the Church Kennedy or the Cold War. Nor is it must learn to take some responsi- tively promote religious life to a may be decreasing, new members Con issues ranging from hierar- a world that has cause to remem- bility for this work.” new generation in a new century,” are passionate about religious life chal leadership to women’s roles ber Woodstock, the sexual revolu- He also suggested taking advan- said Holy Cross Brother Paul Bed- and religious communities follow- to sexuality and immigration, Br tion, Dag Hammarskjold, a war in tage of “opportunities available to narczyk, executive director of the ing more traditional practices have Bednarczyk noted that the study Vietnam, Watergate, the early days educate as wide a population as US National Religious Vocation better success attracting younger conducted by CARA showed that of the women’s movement,” Br possible”, such as with a parish Conference, as he opened the invi- members today. younger Catholics entering reli- Sammon added. “These persons adult education course on religious tation-only symposium titled Br Bednarczyk said young peo- gious life “are clearly disheartened and events may have been a part life, yesterday and today. “Moving Forward in Hope”. ple today no longer have the by this polarisation they see in the of your world or mine, but for the “In so doing, we might consider The gathering, funded by a opportunity that past generations Church, in religious life and in emerging generation, they serve as targeting parents especially,” Br foundation that wished to remain had to interact with members of their religious institutes”. content of the history books that Sammon said. “They were once anonymous, featured a combina- religious communities. Those divisions must be they read.” one of the strongest allies of those tion of talks and small group dis- “Just recall the impact that men acknowledged as part of “the reali- He said the greatest differences encouraging vocations; they need cussions designed to result in an and women religious have had in ty to which we attempt to invite between the younger and older to be brought into that same posi- action plan for promoting voca- your own life,” he said. “While women and men to a radical fol- generations are seen in the “desire tion again.” tions in the United States. Br Bed- they taught you how to multiply lowing of the Gospel of Jesus to belong to a group whose com- Another crucial factor is visibili- narczyk said a final report on the numbers and how to diagram a Christ in a life of consecrated mitment and fidelity to the ty, he said, noting that “a number symposium and the proposed sentence properly, through their chastity, poverty and obedience”. Church is unquestioned, the wear- of us from older generations of plans would be presented to the example they also taught you how Other speakers raised similar ing of a religious habit, the form of religious have, to a large extent, foundation by the end of the year, to treat others justly and fairly and issues, citing a need to recognise community life and style of become invisible in the places in and made public after a board to show a special sensitivity to the the differing worldview of today’s prayer”. which we serve and the communi- meeting of the vocation confer- needs of the poor and less fortu- young Catholics in order to dis- Br Sammon said a key ingredi- ties in which we live”. ence in February. nate. Maybe during a time of per- cover what might attract them to ent in establishing “the necessary “If we are truly interested in Participants in the symposium sonal crisis, illness or grief, they religious life. lines of communication between improving the witness value of our included vocations directors, taught you the importance of a For them, “Vatican II is some- this population and our congrega- way of life,” he said, “a number of Catholic educators, major superi- caring presence.” one else’s history”, said Br Sean tions” is the creation of a “culture us will need to find some new and ors, diocesan personnel, parents, But “a smaller and older reli- Sammon, a former superior gener- of vocation promotion”, including more effective ways to be more young adult and campus minis- gious population has lessened the al of the Marist Brothers and for- the appointment of at least one visible.”—CNS Five saints to be canonised in October

Blessed Stanislaw Soltys, 1433-89, Blessed Camilla Verano, 1458-1524, Blessed Giulia Salzano, 1846-1929, Blessed Juana Cipitria Barriola, Blessed André Bessette, 1845-1937, devoted his life to caring for the poor was an Italian Poor Clare mystic, was the first city-paid school teacher 1845-1912, also known by her reli- a member of the Holy Cross Broth- in his native Krakow. He was famous whose writings were based on her in the Italian town of Casoria, near gious name, Mother Candida Maria ers and founder of St Joseph’s Ora- as a preacher and confessor. His meditations of the passion of Jesus Naples. After school students would de Jesus, was a champion of educa- tory of Mount Royal in Montreal, is reverence earned him the title of Christ including the Treatise on the gather in the stairwell of her apartment tion for girls and young women and set to become the Holy Cross Broth- “Apostle of the Eucharist”. When he mental sufferings of Jesus Christ our building to learn Catechism and pre- founded the Daughters of Jesus with ers’ first saint. He is known for his died his grave became a shrine and Lord. She died during the plague in pare for their first Holy Communion. In five other young women. Although intense piety, miraculous cures and 176 miracles were reported within a 1524. 1905 she founded the Catechetical her own education was limited and for his dedication to the building of year of his death. Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus she lacked resources, she believed the shrine honouring St Joseph. to continue her work, offering she was called by God to help the PHOTO: ARCHIVES OF ST JOSEPH’S religious education to children young improve their lives through ORATORY/CNS CONGREGATION of all ages, their mothers and education. The Daughters of Jesus CONGREGATION regular labourers at a time now run schools in 16 countries. when it was limited to sacra- OF mental preparation or the pri- PHOTO: COURTESY OF vate education of those who DAUGHTERS OF JESUS/CNS Experiments on MARIANNHILL could afford it. Guatemalans MISSIONARIES Evangelisation not a condemned ATHOLIC leaders con- demned the Tuskegee-like religious competition Cmedical experiments US researchers carried out on S Catholics pursue their it is the truth of the Gospel, to Guatemalans in the 1940s, call- missionary duty, they impose a way, even if it’s the ing them a “deplorable” abuse Amust understand the way to salvation, can be noth- of power. church is not in competition ing but an assault on religious From 1946 to 1948, Ameri- Ora et Labora with other religious groups or liberty,” the pope said. can researchers infected 696 The Congregation of the Missionaries of Mariannhill, CMM, sprung from ideologies trying to win over To answer that objection, Guatemalans with the sexually believers but is working to the pope quoted Pope Paul transmitted diseases syphilis the Trappist Monastery of Mariannhill founded by Abbot Francis Pfanner in make the Gospel accessible to VI’s 1974 apostolic exhorta- and, in fewer cases, gonorrhea. South Africa in 1882. We believe that: “Our missionary field is the King- everyone, Pope Benedict said. tion on evangelisation, Evan- The patients were then treat- dom of God and that has not boundaries!” Faithful to the example of Abbot “Evangelisation is not an gelii Nuntianti, which stated: ed with penicillin, a relatively Francis Pfanner, the Mariannhill Brothers and Priests try to be of service to attack on religious freedom “It would certainly be an error new medicine at the time. The because it fully respects the to impose something on the study was aimed at testing the the local church through pastoral, social and development works. We make freedom to believe and does consciences of our brethren. drug’s effectiveness in fighting our contribution to the call for renewing, uplifting, developing and sustain- not impose anything on But to propose to their con- those diseases, but the partici- ing the human spirit, as our response to the signs and needs of the time. In another person’s conscience.” sciences the truth of the pants did not know they were part of a trial. our missionary life of Prayer and Work (Ora et Labora), we try to effective- The pope made his remarks Gospel and salvation in Jesus as he met with bishops from Christ, with complete clarity The unpublished study was ly proclaim the Good News to all people, especially to the poor and needy, the heart of Brazil’s Amazon and with a total respect for the discovered by Wellesley College so that there are “Better Fields, Better Houses, Better Hearts!” region, an area that covers free options which it pre- medical historian Susan Reverby 2 while sifting through archives To know more about us contact: about 1,24 million square km . sents—without coercion, or The pope noted the difficul- dishonorable or unworthy at the University of Pittsburgh. Director of Vocations ty of evangelising such vast pressure—far from being an On October1, the United States formally apologised to PO Box 11363, Mariannhill, 3601 and at times inaccessible areas. attack on religious liberty is Guatemala.—CNS or PO Box 85, Umtata, 5099 “Sometimes we find this objec- fully to respect that liberty.”— tion: to impose a truth, even if CNS INTERNATIONAL The Southern Cross, October 13 to October 19, 2010 55 IVF opened ‘wrong door’ to treating infertility BY CAROL GLATZ In a press release, the award everything on in vitro fertilisa- may about the Nobel committee’s where [embryos] are regarded as committee said: “Approximately tion”, which also meant he implic- announcement. commodities, rather than the pre- HILE honouring one of four million individuals have so itly permitted people to turn to “Although IVF has brought hap- cious human individuals which the inventors of in vitro far been born following IVF. Many donations and a buyers-and-sellers piness to the many couples who they are,” he wrote. fertilisation (IVF) with the W of them are now adult and some market “that involves human have conceived through this “As Catholic doctors we recog- Nobel Prize for Medicine recognis- have already become parents. beings”. process, it has done so at an enor- nise the pain that infertility brings es his contribution to human “A new field of medicine has By focusing so much research mous cost. That cost is the under- to a couple, but equally we believe reproduction, it ignores the ethical and action on the in vitro method, mining of the dignity of the emerged, with Robert Edwards that the research and treatment consequences of his opening “the leading the process all the way Dr Edwards did not confront the human person,” said the federa- methods needed to solve the prob- wrong door” in the fight against from the fundamental discoveries pathological causes or epidemio- tion’s president, José Simon Castel- infertility, said the president of the to the current, successful IVF ther- logical aspects of infertility, he lvi. lems of infertility have to be con- Pontifical Academy for Life. apy. His contributions represent a said. The IVF process has created and ducted within an ethical frame- British scientist Robert Edwards, milestone in the development of A more ethical and effective discarded millions of embryos that work which respects the special a retired professor at the Universi- modern medicine.” solution to the “serious problem” have been treated and used “as dignity of the human embryo, ty of Cambridge, England, was In the statement released by the of infertility is waiting in the experimental animals destined for which is no different from that of named the Nobel winner for the Vatican, Mgr Ignacio Carrasco de wings with methods that are also destruction”, he said. a mature adult with a brilliant development of in vitro fertilisa- Paula said while Dr Edwards pre- less expensive, he said. “This use has led to a culture mind,” he wrote.—CNS tion. sented a whole new approach to The Vatican-based Inter- His work led to the birth of the problem of infertility, “he national Federation of Louise Brown, the world’s first opened the wrong door from the Catholic Medical Associa- “test-tube baby”, in 1978. moment in which he focused tions also expressed its dis- Pope: Reject mafia’s ‘path of death’ OPE Benedict urged the young people of Sicily to Preject the “path of death” offered by organised crime and to stand up to evil by witnessing the values of the Gospel. The pope made his comments during a one-day visit to Paler- mo, the Sicilian capital, where he celebrated a seaside Mass in the port area, met with priests and religious and spoke to youths and families of the region. Before returning to Rome, he paused to pray at the site of the assassination of anti-Mafia prose- cutor Giovanni Falcone, who was killed by a bomb in 1992. Addressing the young in a central square in Palermo, the Pope Benedict waves as he meets with youths during his pastoral visit pope encouraged them to to Palermo, Sicily. The banner reads, “Trust in you”. reshape Sicilian society. PHOTO: TONY GENTILE, REUTERS/CNS “Don’t be afraid to fight against evil!” he said. “Don’t give “imitate his heroic example”. deeply rooted in the faith and in in to the suggestions of the The pope also acknowledged the history of this region and its mafia, which is a path of death, the difficulty in breaking people,” he said. incompatible with the Gospel, as through a culture of crime, espe- The pope reminded Sicilians your bishops have so often said!” cially when many people are out that their island has been “a land Throughout his visit, the pope of work and uncertain about of saints who belong to every pointed to the example of Fr their future. condition of life”. Giuseppe “Pino” Puglisi, a popu- “Today I am here to strongly He asked them to renew their lar anti-crime pastor in Palermo encourage you not to be afraid to own faith and bring it to bear in who was slain in 1993, and witness with clarity the human society with a greater sense of urged priests and the faithful to and Christian values that are so determination.—CNS WYD organisers preparing for Madrid 2011 with Facebook, social media

ORLD Youth Day the August 16-21 international (www.madrid11.com). Interest- organisers, who are event. Bishop Franco and others ed participants can plan and Wexpecting more than 2 spoke at a Vatican news confer- “interact” on special pages and million participants, are prepar- ence on the preparations accounts organisers have been ing for the 2011 event in Madrid involved in next year’s gather- set up on a variety of social net- with Facebook, YouTube, Twitter ing. working sites, Ms de Jaureguizar Maria de Jaureguizar, vice- and fundraisers using text mes- said. director of communications for As of October 5, there were sages. World Youth Day 2011, said: “It Social networking sites have will be a WYD that is fully more than 165 000 fans of World been key outlets “for raising immersed in the Internet, the Youth Day on Facebook, she awareness, mobilising, commu- place where young people today said. nicating and financing World meet.” WYD organizers set up 19 sep- Youth Day,” said Auxiliary Bish- All information and all pro- arate Facebook accounts in dif- op Cesar Franco Martinez of motional materials can be found ferent languages, including Chi- Madrid, general coordinator of on the official website, nese and Arabic.—CNS Post-colonial African identity conference for Ivory Coast 2011 HURCH officials met in many countries from colonial from different ecclesiastical, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to rule. How far has this culturally international and non-govern- Cplan for a conference on rich and diverse continent, made mental organisations in order to the experience of Africa in the 50 up of different colours and hues, find ways and strategies through years since the end of colonial profited from independence?” a which development can be pro- rule on that continent. communiqué issued by the Pon- moted while focusing on the The Pontifical Council for tifical Council for Culture asked. human person made in the like- A preparatory meeting for a Culture and the Congregation ness and image of God,” the forum on “Cultures, identities of statement said. for Evangelisation are joint spon- peoples and development in sors of the conference to be held Africa and the Black Diaspora” The forum is also intended in Abidjan in March 2011, on was held in Abidjan. “to become a permanent place of the development and identity of “The Pontifical Council for reflection, for concrete proposals African peoples, the Vatican Culture, in collaboration with for a cultural and educational Information Service reported. the Congregation for the Evange- engagement which will promote “This year Africa is celebrating lisation of Peoples, aims to create a body concerned with develop- 50 years of independence of a forum with representation ment in Africa”.—CISA 66 The Southern Cross, October 13 to October 19, 2010 Advertisment CHURCH LIFE The Southern Cross, October 13 to October 19 2010 77

St Rose of Lima, Bloemfontein

A parish at the centre of its community BY CLAIRE MATHIESON tribute to the participation of the whole parish”. OR 57 years, St Rose of Lima Growth has also been attrib- parish has become a valuable uted to the positioning of the Fpart of the densely populated parish—on the crossroads of the township area of Bochabela in Bloemfontein access and taxi Bloemfontein. routes. Still, personal interaction For more than 39 of these is particularly important to this years, parish priest Fr Leo D’Aes community with the priest and OMI originally from Belgium, has Oblate community visiting all the served the 3 500-strong communi- homes in the parish on a regular ty through education, spiritual basis. growth and support. The annual confirmation class After he arrived in South Africa on October 15, 1955, Fr D’Aes had is a highlight, attended by people to learn English, and when after who need the sacraments and for just two years he was asked to go those who want to refresh their St Rose of Lima parish has been at the centre of the community of Bocha- to Lesotho, he had to learn faith. Adult catechism classes bela in Bloemfontein for more than half a century. Parish priest Fr Leo D’Aes Sesotho to better serve the com- range from 45-65 members a year, (left) has been instrumental in forming structures to provide support for its munity. so “annually there is this anticipa- community. Above: Parishioners celebrate World Cup Sunday in June at the According to Br Rex Harrison tion and reception of highly official outstation of St Rose, Kriste Bophelo ya Rona, in Lourier Park. OMI, parishioners of St Rose live enthusiastic and motivated confir- in a caring community. When Fr mandi revitalising the parish”, Br associations like the Society of St widely spoken in the community. D’Aes arrived in November 1971, Harrison said. Vincent de Paul. St Rose parish For those who read it, The South- he introduced the concept of The community is proud of the has two main outstations; ern Cross is a valuable source of mabatowa, or Small Christian two associated schools that have Dewetsdorp and Lourier Park, information on the Catholic Communities (SCC). also contributed to the ongoing where more than 30 lay ministers world, said Br Harrison. “Fr D’Aes visited all the fami- growth of the Church by their He said that St Rose of Lima attend to the communities’ needs. The Southern Cross also wel- lies of the parish, divided them networking involvement in the parish and its youth are consid- The parish has had a history of comes its new readers of St Bene- into mabatowa, and taught them life of the parish. ered synonymous with the area. lay training, whether for lay min- dict’s parish in Fochville, to visit the homes of each other, “St Mary’s Primary and St Today a government-erected istry or for general growth in spir- Klerksdorp. taking care of the sick, and teach- Bernard’s High School have 900 monument in honour of the ituality or scripture and theology,  Each month the featured parish ing catechism to the small chil- and 600 pupils respectively com- youth who died on the grounds Br Harrison said. will receive a valuable Southern dren.” ing from all over the Bloem- of the parish in the years The achievement of becoming Cross Press Office free of charge for Growth in the parish is largely fontein archdiocese. of struggle for freedom stands in the Parish of the Month—parishes a year. The Press Office will be per- attributed to the active SCCs. Br Each year the matric pass rate the town. are selected according to increases manently displayed on The South- Harrison explained that there are is between 95% and 100%, a con- The parish cares for the sick of orders of The Southern Cross in ern Cross website at www.scross. “17 vibrant SCCs that organise sistency it has maintained over and the poor via the lay min- a given month—is all the more co.za, and The Southern Cross the life of those units and con- many years,” Br Harrison said. istries and SCCs and dedicated impressive because English is not E-newsletter.

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The Editor reserves the right to shorten or edit published letters. Letters below 300 words receive preference. Pseudonyms are acceptable only under special LETTERS TO circumstances and at the Editor’s discretion. Name and address of the writer THE EDITOR must be supplied. No anonymous letter will be considered. Editor: Günther Simmermacher Bill puts The Southern Cross under threat HE Southern Cross, our of messages to the laity from our must become active and engaged Driving with care Catholic weekly newspaper cardinals and bishops who have a in issues that will harm the nation. Tcarrying invaluable news to responsibility to speak out on mat- We must become Christ-like in on others. As participants in all Catholics in Southern Africa, ters of injustice and that which fighting that which is intended to OUTH Africans concerned promote activities that are not in traffic, we must be conscious may come under threat if the Pro- does not promote peace amongst about road safety will wel- tection of Information Bill is the best interest of South Africans. of our mutual obligations South Africans at large. Scome the traffic points- passed by South Africa parliament. As Christians and as Catholics demerit system which will because our safety depends on Why are we as the laity so quiet The Bill is being introduced to on the Protection of Information we must show we care about South come into effect nationally in the actions of others. There- Africa and the South African Con- protect activities that are not in Bill? Do we as laity understand the April 2011—with the caveat fore we must also consider the the best interest of South Africa. stitution of 1996. We are not impact the Protection of Informa- that the system should be consequences of our decisions remote from those activities that This proposed Bill is no better tion Bill could have on our administered competently on others. than those prohibition acts of the are being motivated to undermine beloved Southern Cross? and efficiently. It should alarm us that apartheid in South Africa. In our freedom. Finally without peace According to the Adminis- often the deterrent to driving essence this Bill is about hiding Our laity has a responsibility, we cannot have justice, and cur- trative Adjudication of Road under the influence of alcohol things that the public should like our cardinal and bishops, to rently peace does not seem to Traffic Offences (AARTO) sys- or drugs resides in the possi- know. The Southern Cross has become active in fighting this Bill. reign supreme. tem, those found guilty of bility of being caught. Surely always been an invaluable carrier As God’s chosen people we Allan Sauls, Kempton Park multiple traffic violations risk the increased risk of causing an accident, perhaps lethal, suspension or even repeal of does not constitute a consensus) in were forced to redefine it as normal. should inhibit thoughts of their drivers’ licence. It must Sexual orientation our tradition, it may not be a valu- Thirdly, that St Aelred was “gay”. drink-driving. be hoped that the system will HE letter Homosexuality and able insight, so much as a danger- There is no evidence whatsoever persuade imprudent drivers to Likewise, those who drive the Bible, (John Lee, Septem- ous deviation. that proves this. CS Lewis in his while talking on a cellphone modify their attitudes when Tber 1) refers. First of all it is The new theological theory by book The Four Loves in a chapter on in control of a vehicle. are a threat to other people, as important to distinguish between “today’s Biblical scholars” is that Friendship writes: “It has actually The points system has attention to traffic is gravely homosexual orientation and homo- the Catholic tradition got it wrong become necessary in our time to functioned successfully in compromised. This behaviour sexual behaviour. about homosexuality. But it is the rebut the theory that every firm unanimous interpretation of the many countries. In Germany, must not be trivialised, as it Whether the basis of the condi- and serious friendship is really tion is biological or sociological, it is fathers and doctors of the Church where the system was first often is. homosexual.” Welcome as the point- certainly not their fault. There and all traditional exegetes that the introduced in 1974, it has should never be condemnation for sin of homosexuality was the cause Attie Schlebusch, become part of national cul- demerit system is, it must be Camperdown applied fairly, consistently anyone being homosexually orien- of the divine chastisement in ture, giving rise to jokes that and competently. It requires a tated. It is the sexual act that is Sodom and Gomorrah even if there compare the performance of more visible law enforcement wrong. were other interrelated sins (See football teams with the accu- Jude v 7). Jesus promised that the Mixed messages presence on our roads, per- God did not design our bodies mulation of punitive points. for homosexual practice. Nowhere Holy Spirit would guide the Church AM pleased to see how the haps with a shift of emphasis The fear of losing their dri- does the Bible comdemn homosex- and protect her from error. Denying Church is becoming more cre- from the issue of parking fines vers’ licence animates German ual orientation, feelings or tempta- this would do incalculable harm to Iative in evangelisation by using to correcting the use of cars motorists to drive with care. tion. Temptation is not sin. What the Church’s credibility. various new channels in media to that actually are in motion. the Bible condems is not preference The Jewish tradition is also unan- reach more people. The Vatican, in a 2007 doc- Such enforcement must be ument on road safety titled but homosexual practice. imous in rejecting active homosexu- When I saw the posters advertis- consistent. Minibus taxi ality—Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits “Guidelines for the Pastoral The Oxford English dictionary ing a parish fundraising event in divers must be subject to traf- gives the meaning of sodomy as says that “Jewish law holds that no Care of the Road”, rightly Port Elizabeth on the front cover, I fic law enforcement just as “unnatural sexual intercourse hedonistic ethic, even if called pointed out that “cars tend to found them full of energy and very civilian motorists are, between males”. It gives the mean- ‘love’, can justify the morality of creative. As a young woman, I can bring out the ‘primitive’ side homosexuality”. inevitable protests and even ing of the word catamite as “boy identify with the vigour the youth of human beings”. This is cer- the threat of disorder kept for homosexual practices”. St So this is why, as claimed by tainly true in South Africa, Alfred Kinsey, “homosexuality was have. notwithstanding. Paul writes (1 Corinthians 5 vs 1-8) However, I was deeply offended where reckless driving, incon- that “adulterers, catamites, phenomenally rare amongst Ortho- Traffic restrictions must be by the poster depicting the young siderate conduct and road sodomites etc, will never inherit the dox Jews”. Did traditional Judaism fairly applied. Arbitrary speed woman. I found it rather insulting rage—what the Vatican called kingdom of God”. and traditional Catholicism get it limits that seem designed to and disrespectful to the dignity of “psychological regression”— According to Mr Lee many of wrong about homosexuality and aid not road safety but rev- women, because the girl modelling are common. these prohibitions were culturally “today’s Biblical scholars” get it enue origination via traffic right? Obviously not. is wearing hardly any clothes to Many otherwise responsi- conditioned. Am I now to under- fines must be revised and, if stand that the sexual sins men- Other questionable claims by Mr cover her body whereas the men are ble individuals abandon rea- necessary, challenged. Lee—firstly, that 10% of the popula- appropriately covered. The Catholic son once they take charge of a tioned by St Paul are now accept- However, the responsibility able in this “superior” day and age? tion is gay. This is a myth like the Church clearly teaches modesty (cf. motor vehicle. Not a few imi- for making South African None of us is in a position to “gay gene”. The Catechism, par 2521-2526), but tate the anarchic approach to roads safer should be directed throw stones at others, we are all The official figure is less than 3%. if images of women like this are dis- traffic shown by reckless primarily to motorists them- sexual sinners, but we are called to Secondly, that homosexuality is played under the name of the minibus taxi drivers. It must selves, guided by the princi- follow Jesus’ example, which is to “natural”. Carl Jung and Sigmund Church, then confusing messages be hoped that the demerit sys- ples of courtesy, integrity and love people unconditionally. We are Freud saw it as abnormal as did the are sent out to the youth, suggest- tem will disabuse motorists of prudence. also called to recognise sin as sin American Psychiatric Association ing that immodesty is acceptable. until 1970 when they were so brow- such mistaken notions—and Motor vehicles are poten- rather than condoning it. Love does I would have no objection to the beaten and intimidated that they that it will persuade those tially lethal instruments, and not involve condoning sin. poster if the girl was dressed proper- Jill Petzer, East London who set bad examples in the all we do while in control of Opinions expressed in The Southern ly and not showing her thighs and first place to mend their ways. them should be predicated on Cross, especially in Letters to the Editor, midriff. I make an earnest appeal to South African motorists the simple mandate of the do not necessarily reflect the views of the Church advertisers that when need to collectively reform fifth commandment— “You Editor or staff of the newspaper, or of the Dangerous deviation Catholic hierarchy. The letters page in par- women or girls are depicted, that themselves, recognising that shall not kill”—and on the R Lee does not seem to be ticular is a forum in which readers may they model dignity above all else. their actions behind the intolerable possibility that our aware of the Catholic prin- exchange opinions on matters of debate. We cannot compromise with the wheel have an immediate driving decisions might cause ciple that if a new theologi- Letters must not be understood to neces- world. M sarily reflect the teachings, disciplines or impact—sometimes literally— injury or death. cal theory develops that does not Dolores Steenhuis, policies of the Church accurately. have a precedent (or if precedented, Cape Town KRUGER PARK VIVA SAFARIS (Member of SATSA) SCHEDULED DAILY SAFARIS TO KRUGER PARK Fly-in and overland tours. See www.vivasafaris.com

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Michael Shackleton Mphuthumi Ntabeni Played with Passion answers your question Pushing the Open The Oberammergau Passion Play John Patten Boundaries closed this month for another ten Door years . Veteran journalist JOHN Traveller’s And where was PATTEN shares his impression of Notebook Creation: nothing the famous play. More detail than we are used to in is something my Church? BERAMMERGAU’S Passionspiele church service readings was provided originated as the result of a in several places. Lately, the physicist Stephen Hawking stat- ANGBERG in Hout Bay, Cape Town, For example, the debate between was in the news lately because of Ovow made by this small Bavari- ed categorically that the universe needed an town’s inhabitants in 1633: to per- Pontius Pilate and the head of the no creator because it creates itself from Hpolice brutality that was visited on Jewish High Council, Caiaphas, over that community under the apparent direction form a passion play every ten years in nothing. I find this impossible to compre- the significance or otherwise of the of the city of Cape Town and the premier of thanksgiving for being spared from a hend, despite Catholic scholars’ attempts to following Jesus was attracting was the Western Cape. plague epidemic. refute Professor Hawking’s contention. particularly interesting, with Pilate Eviction forces, accompanied by the Metro The play still changes its form in Please help me. claiming that “it is always such J Quirk Police and the South African Police Services, subtle ways, but it remains a major insignificant itinerant preachers who invaded the little fishermen community on drawcard for Christians from around OR some years now, physicists such as September 21 to demolish poor people’s the world. instigate revolt and rioting under the Prof Hawking have agreed that the entire homes. The official line was that these The 2010 Passion Play, for guise of divine mission and bring Funiverse creates itself from nothing. In shacks, built on the mountain firebreak, had instance, was performed as an after- people to religious fanaticism”. his new book, The Grand Design, Hawking noon-evening event (instead of the to be torn down to prevent fires. Caiaphas, intimidated by Pilate, seems to clarify this contention in a way that traditional morning-afternoon) for The irony is that in the area and those that then tricks Judas into betraying Jesus. theologians still cannot accept. the first time this year. Previous bans adjoin it firebreaks are extended all the time What I have never heard of was the By creation he means the entire physical on married women and those over 35 when developers buy the land on the moun- indignation of Judas when he realised universe. This universe creates itself from taking part have been removed. Sensi- he had been tricked. His suicide was “nothing”. This nothing does not make up the tain. In fact, the controversy of this particular tivities that Jewish communities had mountain, the Sentinel (Hangberg lies at its most realistically staged. fabric of creation. It is outside creation and expressed about the play being anti- Another impression from the play consists of basic physical laws or principles. foot), started because the mountain was pri- Semitic were addressed through vatised—it has been sold to the SANParks is the absolute horror modern West- Hawking names gravity as an example. changes to the text made before the ern audiences must feel for the treat- Of course, theologians are going to see the since. 2000 Passionspiele. What we saw on that fateful Tuesday ment of prisoners in those days. The contradiction here. They insist that creation is The play is still performed, with trial of Jesus itself was a travesty of all inclusive of everything that exists, and this morning was reminiscent of the apartheid backstage support, only by people justice, virtually mob bloodlust includes physical reality and the laws, such as years: a well orchestrated violence against who have resided at least 20 years in poor people, some of whom lost their sight regardless of the evidence. gravity, that govern it. Consequently, Hawk- the town. Only some musicians in ing’s concept of nothing refers to something. because police fired rubber bullets at their the orchestra and certain members of The agony on the cross was not faces. Women were humiliated in their prolonged as a spectacle, but a dra- From the theologian’s point of view, God’s the 110-strong choir may be drawn creation came from nothing, that is, from homes, Muslim women made to go out with- from other areas. Almost half the matic moment came when, with Jesus out their headscarves, and so on. The boot of proclaimed dead and being taken complete non-existence. There was not even a population of the town has some role time when creation came into being because the security forces was literally on the neck of in the production. Previous contro- down from the cross, a mighty rum- the community. ble of thunder filled the auditorium time itself is created by God. It is impossible to versy over whether the Passionspiele imagine a “time” before creation. Subsequent to that many organisations, constituted a church service or a play and the sounds of the temple being especially faith-based, came to bandage the destroyed offstage made the scene Jesuit physicist Robert Spitzer argues that has long since been resolved, and the Hawking has a very curious definition of community and cry with it. An Anglican version we see today is quite clearly a vivid for the audience. “nothing” if he considers the law of gravity to priest pertinently pointed out that “the play. The final scene, when the body of qualify as nothing. Gravity, he says has specif- church is the bone for the suffering flesh of Though some Western nations’ Jesus was found to be missing from ic characteristics and specific effects on mass- the people, especially the poor”. With those commitment to Christianity has been the tomb, would have been an anti- energy and on space-time itself. It simply can- words he reminded me of the late Salvadoran wavering in recent times, the Ober- climax, I thought, if it were not for not be written off as “nothing”. Archbishop Oscar Romero. ammergau play remains a huge the uplifting music composed for the In approaching this discussion we have to Naturally I was concerned that there was attraction, attended by more than occasion, and sung with spirit by the no official representative from my Catholic 500 000 people during the summer recall that hard scientists need data that they large choir. can measure and analyse before they can pro- Church, even though the incidents of that months of the Passion Play year. The A friend in Cape Town, whom I day happened at the threshold of the huge auditorium, open to the skies at ceed with their study and research. For the met at Bayreuth (the Bavarian town physicist, therefore, when certain principles or Catholic church in the area, Our Lady of the one end, seats nearly 5 000 people at of Wagner), said he wasn’t interested Sea. a sitting. physical laws appear to be beyond what is in seeing the Passion Play at Oberam- immediately measurable, these can fall into I think the decision to move the mergau, because he couldn’t imagine he Church teaches that defending the play into an afternoon-evening slot the category of “nothing”: there is nothing words alone capturing the emotion of there to preoccupy the enquiring mind in the Tpoor is the necessary consequence of was a happy one, not only for the the occasion. “If it was set to music, I incarnating the Church in the world; that the townspeople, who gain commercially, first place. would have been interested,” he said. As Christians who accept God as the tran- preference for the poor is the most funda- but also for the visitors attending the I didn’t then know how much play. The mornings can now be used scendent Creator of all that exists, this differ- mental characteristic of our faith and God’s music there is in the Passion Play, but to wander around the attractive town ence over the use of words should not disturb idea of bringing good news to the world. I think my friend would have been Yet we see it growing slowly and timidly, and view (and buy) goods from the us. Scientific opinion has no roots in faith and impressed by the quality of the music not always showing signs of concretely con- large assortment of carvings and cannot be expected to conform in every and the way it added to the overall fronting the idols of wealth and power, not other memorabilia on display while respect with what we believe. Our faith emotional effect. just in words, but in action—to dirty its enjoying the ambience of a town remains: God creates freely out of nothing and The play was an enlightening, hands and be found standing in courage with with a distinctly old-world feel to it. not from anything that pre-exists creation. the plight of the poor. The vast crowds visiting the town rousing, gripping, horrifying, and also wonderful experience. I am very Archbishop Romero once wrote that “the are handled with admirable efficien-  Send your queries to Open Door, Box 2372, Cape world of the poor teaches us what the nature cy. Along with thousands of others, I pleased I made the effort to see it, Town, 8000; or e-mail: [email protected]; or fax of Christian love is, a love that certainly seeks was booked into accommodation in even though I had to travel half way (021) 465 3850. Anonymity can be preserved by arrange- the category of my choice for two round the world to be there. ment, but questions must be signed, and may be edited peace, but also unmasks false pacifism—the for clarity. Only published questions will be answered. pacificism of resignation and inactivity”. nights either side of the performance, These thoughts came back to me again as with lunch and dinner vouchers pro- on the Sunday morning of October 3 I vided as part of the ticket price. My thought it to be my duty to join the “March hostess went to special lengths to for Peace” in Hout Bay to lament what had ensure a happy stay, even offering me happened that Tuesday. Again, among the an umbrella against the drizzle and a faith-based representatives mine were not blanket against the cold night air. present. Many people I was with questioned our he play is, of course, performed Church’s commitment to the poor. Even Tentirely in German, but the full though I know of many instances when the text was given to each ticketholder— Catholic Church does show its preference for in German and English. So it was pos- the poor, on that Sunday I was unable to sible to follow word by word in the defend its absence, except by saying the booklet as the play develops. I pre- parish was currently without a priest. ferred to read the text outside of the Sometimes our faith, words and teaching performance, but there were many who followed the script during the are tested against our actions. In those times performance, even bringing torches it is not possible to be neutral, lest by our to read the script in the darkness of silence we find ourselves on the wrong side. the second act. 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The healing power of relics The casket containing the reliquary of St our intercessors. Thérèse of Last week Fr SEAN WALES “Wherefore in memory of them Lisieux is we ought to honour any relics of placed in a CSsR looked at the veneration theirs in a fitting manner: princi- hearse follow- of relics in other faiths. This pally their bodies, which were tem- ing its arrival at ples, and organs of the Holy spirit Cape Town week he looks at the practice of dwelling and operating in them, airport during venerating relics in the Catholic and are destined to be likened to the tour of the the body of Christ by the glory of saint’s relics in Church. the Resurrection. Hence God him- South Africa self fittingly honours such relics by from June to working miracles at their presence” October. T is not difficult to uncover the (Tertia Pars. Q.25 art 6). theological roots of a practice Despite the very careful, sober Far left: St Iwhich sprang up spontaneously and restrained presentation of the Thérèse in in the early Church: the veneration theology of relics by people like costume as of relics. Aquinas, it has to be admitted that St Joan of Arc. From the understanding that we in the Middle Ages relics took on a are “one body, one spirit” in significance far beyond their Christ, the mystery of the Commu- intrinsic importance. nion of Saints means that the lives and that the images (or relics) of passed by. A young blind woman others and sent them on ahead of and deaths of each of us have their eople started going in droves to the saints are ways of showing waiting at Carmel for the arrival of him in pairs to every town and influence on others (Rom 14:70). Pshrines of the saints and there homage to the saints and that such the relics felt her eyes open sudden- place where he himself intended The saints are our brothers and sis- quickly began the practice of bring- homage and reverence leads direct- ly and she was able to contemplate to go. He said to them: ‘Whenever ters in the faith and their death ing home some portion of the ly to Christ the Lord. the triumphant entrance of Thérèse you enter a town and its people does not terminate their care for relics visited—to bring the saints to into her Carmel. The next month welcome you, eat what is set us; indeed we believe that their the people, as it were. The practice arlier this months the relics of St Thérèse was beatified by Pope Pius before you; cure the sick who are care and intercession is greatly of buying relics led to many abuses EThérèse of Lisieux left South XI, 26 years after her death. there, and say to them, the King- enhanced through their present and the whole “relics industry” dis- Africa, having been exhibited That St Thérèse and her relics dom of God is close at hand’” (Lk participation in the fullness of the torted the spiritual meaning of throughout South Africa since have been associated with the gift 10,1,8-90). Kingdom. relics. June. Many people came to see and of healing ever since is very much The healing that Jesus brings What we would now call the Some outrageous claims by the venerate her relics. Many experi- in line with the history of the about (either directly by himself or “theology of the body” means that Reformers of the 16th century enced some form of healing. intercession of the saints in our tra- though his disciples and saints) is our bodies are not flimsy envelopes added to the confusion and the When Thérèse died in 1897, dition. not only a compassionate response which are thrown away at death; reforming Council of Trent had to some new local legislation about to human suffering but points to rather, in our highly incarnational reassert the basic theological foun- burials meant that she could not be hose who are “in Christ” share something greater: to the Presence religion we believe that the body— dation for proper veneration of buried within her Carmel convent, his ministry of healing. It is of the Kingdom and to the New and indeed all matter—is part of relics: T and so she was the first member of always Jesus who heals: he began Creation. “For anyone who is in the redeeming and transformative “The sacred bodies of the holy her community to be buried in the his healing ministry in Palestine Christ, there is a new creation; the work of Christ. Our bodies partici- martyrs and of the other saints liv- Carmelite plot in the public ceme- with numerous healings as old creation has gone and now the pate in our sanctification here in ing with Christ, which have been tery of Lisieux. recounted in the gospels. The heal- new one is here” (2Cor 5:17). this life and can continue to do so living members of Christ and the Stories of miracles and cures ings Jesus worked are remembered There has been a wonderful in the fullness of the Kingdom. temple of the Holy Spirit and started circulating, and on May 26, in the gospels in many specific renewal of the ministry of healing What is referred to in 2 Peter 1:4 which are destined to be raised and 1908, a four-year old blind girl instances—with names or descrip- as “sharing the divine nature” (and glorified by him unto life eternal, among Christians; we have learned named Reine Fauquet instanta- tions of the persons healed—and to pray for: healing of memories, in Orthodox theology as “theosis”) should also be venerated by the neously received her sight at also in a general way. has implications for our bodies. faithful” (Council of Trent 1563, healing of relationships, healing Thérèse’s grave. This caused a sen- “Going into Peter’s house Jesus the wounds of sin, healing of our This is expressed in Catholic tra- 24th session). sation in the town and triggered a found Peter’s mother-in-law in bed spirit. dition and teaching as “the Resur- It is interesting that Trent deals “shower of roses” in terms of cures, with fever. He touched her hand The visit of the relics of St rection of the Body” and it means with relics in the context of belief answers to prayers, graces and and the fever left her, and she got Thérèse around the world has alert- that our bodies significantly share in saints and in the role of sacred blessings. up and began to wait on him. That ed many to her continuing min- in the transformation of all matter. images. This has been the constant Between 1907 and 1925 seven evening they brought him many Hence the bodies of the saints can practice of the Church down to volumes of these “showers of who were possessed by devils. He istry: “If God grants my desires, my continue to radiate the grace and and including the Second Vatican Roses” were published. cast out the spirits with a word and heaven will be spent on earth until power of the Redeeming Christ. Council, the teachings of Pope Paul The day Thérèse’s remains were cured all who were sick. This was the end of time. Yes, I want to In his masterpiece Summa Theo- VI and John Paul II: that Chris- exhumed and brought from the to fulfil the prophecy of Isaiah: He spend my heaven doing good on logica, St Thomas Aquinas wrote: tians, living or dead, are members public cemetery back to the Carmel took our sickness away and carried earth.” “[I]t is manifest that we should of the Body of Christ, that they of Lisieux, on March 26, 1923, a our diseases for us” (Mt 8:14-17).  Fr Sean Wales is a former provin- show honour to the saints of God, influence one another seriously wounded soldier, paral- Jesus explicitly commissioned cial of the Redemptorists in Southern as being members of Christ, the (imitation/example), that they can ysed for 15 months, began to walk his disciples to share in his healing Africa. This is the second and final of children and friends of God, and help one another (intercession) as the carriage with the remains ministry: “The Lord appointed 72 his articles on relics.

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30th Sunday—Year C (October 24th) Readings: Ecclesiasticus 35:12-14, 16-18 Psalm 34:2-3, 17-19, 23, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, The winner of the gold medal 16-18, Luke 18:9-14 the marathon,” but above all, “I have kept the “one was a Pharisee”, for the Pharisees were HO does God listen to? Not the ones faith.” good men, whose aim was to live the purity you might expect, according to the That is our task, no matter how weary or demanded of Israel in such a way that the Wreadings for next Sunday. Fr Nicholas King SJ exhausted we may be. Then he continues the Messiah would be able to come. The other Again and again, unless we are careful, we Scriptural sporting metaphor, “the gold medal of right- character, however, is a definite shock to the shall find ourselves unconsciously supposing eousness is being kept aside for me, which the system, for he is “a tax-collector!”. that God prefers the prayers of “people like Reflections Lord, that impartial referee/umpire, is going These were corrupt, collaborators with us”. The first reading, however, written for to award me on That Day”. Then he adds, to Rome, traitors to their own people, dishonest Jews trying to live out their faith in an make the point, “and not just me, but all frauds who were not above handling unclean increasingly hostile and sceptical society, Hebrew pun, and “the Lord is near to the bro- those who have loved his appearance”. goods. You may say that they did not have insists that “the Lord is a just judge, and does ken-hearted”. We might find it profitable to This is odd, of course, because normally much going for them. But see what happens not engage in snobbery with regard to the ask this week whether we really believe this, only one person wins the gold medal; but next: the Pharisee offers a list of things that destitute; he listens to those who have suf- that God is really on the side of those who are that is God for you. Paul makes the point that marks him out as having God’s pleasure: “I fered wrong”. The standard test for religion is, at the bottom of the heap, and whether that he is utterly alone: “No one stood by me at give you thanks that I am not like the rest of and should remain, “what have you done for should make a difference to what we shall be my first trial...but the Lord did stand by me, the orphan and the widow?”, because those doing on Monday. and gave me power...and I was delivered from humanity,” he says, and gives a sharp glance are the people in whom God is interested; The second reading is a lovely passage the lion’s mouth.” He knows that it is all at “this tax-collector here”. “the prayer of the humble passed through the from a letter purporting to come from Paul as God’s doing. Now we are invited to listen to the prayer cloud”. And the cloud, of course, is the stan- a very old man, in prison awaiting execution. This is of course in stark contrast to our of the tax collector, and it is astonishing: dard metaphor in Judaism and Christianity Once again, this is not the kind of person normal behaviour; so the parable that consti- “God—have mercy on me, a sinner,” as he for the presence of God that is experienced whom (unless you stop and think about it) tutes the gospel for next Sunday is delivered “stands a long way off, reluctant even to raise also as absence. you would expect God to take seriously; but to “some people who were self-confident his eyes to heaven”. Then we cannot conceal The psalm, as so often, is an exuberant that is what Paul claims: “I am already poured about being righteous, and who despised the our amazement as we hear Jesus’ verdict: “I’m song of enthusiasm: “I shall bless the Lord at out as an offering, and the time of my dissolu- rest”. The parable is deeply shocking. The telling you: this [tax-collector] went home far all times.” And the word “humble” reappears tion is imminent.” Then he uses two characters are “two men went up to the Tem- more in God’s favour than that [Pharisee]”. from our first reading. “The humble shall hear metaphors from athletics to make his point: ple to pray”. That is a familiar enough activi- How is God going to listen to you this and rejoice,” he sings, in an untranslatable “I have played a great game; I have completed ty, and we are not surprised to discover that week? The world in 1920 Southern Crossword #414 CTOBER 16 this year is a great day assembly refuses to seat five duly elected for The Southern Cross because it was Socialist assemblymen as thousands of Oon Saturday of that date 90 years onlookers watch as “The Human Fly”, ago that the first issue of this great news- George Polley, climb the New York paper went on sale. Chris Moerdyk Woolworth building. He reaches the 30th In Durban’s Emmanuel cathedral alone, floor before being arrested. Prohibition 800 copies of the initial print run of 3 500 The Last begins in the United States with the were sold. Within weeks, circulation Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitu- increased to 6 000, making The Southern Word tion coming into effect. Cross one of the biggest South African The Australian Country Party is offi- weekly newspapers of the time. cially formed, led by Nelson Pollard. On Quite remarkable is the fact that not two pilots. January 28, Turkey gives up the Ottoman once over these nine decades has this Their journey resumes on March 17, Empire and most of the non-Turkish newspaper missed a publication. and the aviators land three days later at areas. On February 9, the League of What was the world like in those days, I Young’s Field, Wynberg, Cape Town. Nations gives Spitsbergen to Norway. Their mail cargo of letters had been wonder? On February 17, a woman named transferred from aircraft to aircraft and so Well, January 1920 sees the establish- Anna Anderson tries to commit suicide in safely reaches its destination. ment of the South Africa Air Force and Berlin and is taken to a mental hospital, later in the year Prince Arthur of Con- Their flight took a total of 45 days with where she claims she is Grand Duchess naught is appointed the third Governor- a flight time of 109 hours and 30 minutes. Anastasia of Russia. General of the Union of South Africa. Meanwhile at the Vatican, Joan of Arc Olive Schreiner, author and feminist, is canonised. Over 30 000 people attend Irish War of Independence: The Black dies in Wynberg, Cape Town the ceremony in Rome, including 140 and Tans special constables arrive in Ire- ACROSS DOWN Lt Col Pierre van Ryneveld and Flight descendants of Joan’s family. Pope Bene- land. On March 31, the Government of 1. English poet with papal 1. She heads the convent Lieutenant Christopher Joseph (Flossie) dict XV presides over the rite, for which Ireland Act 1920 is presented in the connection (4) (8) Quintin-Brand leave London on February the interior of St Peter’s basilica in Rome British parliament. 3. One who’s had chrism 2. Reference to the bishop applied (8) of Rome (5) 4, 1920 from Brooklands Aerodrome in is richly decorated. April 4, 1920 Palestine riots: Violence erupts between Arab and Jewish resi- 9. Driving force (7) 4. Greek hero of Troy (6) Surrey, England, in a Vickers Vimy named In October 1920 the world’s first 10. Of low intelligence (5) 5. Highly educated one the “Silver Queen” in an attempt to be the domestic radio sets come to stores in the dents in Jerusalem; nine killed, 216 11. Without any faith (12) (12) first to fly from Britain to Cape Town. United States; Adolf Hitler makes his first injured. The 1920 Summer Olympics 13. Ali Baba’s opening 6. Wants liquid refresh- On February 27, the competing aircraft public political speech in Austria; Polish open in Antwerp, Belgium. word (6) ment (7) crashed at Tabora in Tanganyika, without troops take Vilnius; a large part of The first flight of Dutch air company 15. Division of the liturgi- 7. It prevents flooding in injury. The “Silver Queen II” crashes in Carinthia province votes to become part KLM, from Amsterdam to London, takes cal year (6) the lowlands (4) of Austria rather than Yugoslavia; the place. On June 12, the Red Army retakes 17. How to handle prob- 8. One in charge of parish Bulawayo due to being overloaded on lems when out walking concert (5,7) March 6. The hot and high conditions Polish army captures Tarnopol, Dubno, Kiev and a month later the London Coun- (2,4,6) 12. Kind of exposure that’s over Africa are taking their toll. Minsk, and Dryssa and a ceasefire is ty Council bars foreigners from council 20. David’s deadly weapon improper (8) But, the South African government and enforced; a peace treaty between the Soviet jobs. (5) 14. Kind of feeling St Peter the two South African pilots are deter- and the Finnish governments is concluded On July 31, France prohibits the sale or 21. A Noble A mollusc (7) had (7) mined that they would be the first airmen at Tartu. prescription of contraceptives. 22. Considered and gazed 16. Get away quickly (6) to complete an end-to-end trip to their Thousands of unemployed demonstrate August—The British parliament passes a at (8) 18. A hole prized by golfers in London; the League of Nations moves 23. Money due (4) (2,3) homeland. Another aircraft, this time a de bill to restore order in Ireland, suspending 19. He applies (4) Havilland DH9, part of the Imperial Gift, is its headquarters to Geneva, Switzerland. jury trials. Catholics riot in Belfast. The flown to Bulawayo and handed over to the Earlier in the year the New York state town hall of Templemore, Ireland, is burned down during the riots. The Flying SOLUTIONS TO #413. ACROSS: 3 Archivist, 8 Amen, 9 Sepulchre, CONRAD Squad is formed in the London Metropol- 10 Hooded, 11 Pearl, 14 Moist, 15 Salt, 16 Ships, 18 Gong, 20 Tithe, 21 itan Police. Salem, 24 Denied, 25 Cupbearer, 26 Mean 27 Repentant. DOWN: 1 Pay homage, 2 Devotions, 4 Rued, 5 House, 6 Vicars, 7 Sari, 9 Sects, November 21—Bloody Sunday: British 11 Priam, 12 Last rites, 13 Attendant, 17 Steer, 19 Gabble, 22 Enact, 23 WHOSE BRIGHT forces open fire on spectators and players Rule, 24 Dean. IDEA WAS IT TO during a football match in Dublin’s Croke Park, killing 14 Irish civilians. This CHANGE FROM THE follows the assassination of 12 British ORIGINAL GREEK ALL agents by the IRA in an earlier attack else- where. THOSE YEARS AGO? December 11—Martial law is declared in Ireland. CHURCH CHUCKLE Born in a tempestuous year, The South- ern Cross has survived all manner of hur- “How many people work here at the Vatican?” a vis- dles—political, financial and logistical. tor asked the pope. With your support here’s hoping it will The pope shrugged his shoulders and replied: last another 90 glorious years. “About half of them.”  Look out for our special anniversary Send us your favourite Catholic joke, preferably clean and brief, to The Southern Cross, edition on October 27. Church Chuckle, PO Box 2372, Cape Town, 8000.