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Catholic Life – March 2019 CA HO IC V IFE LDiocese of Lismore Tweed Coast to Camden Haven www.lismorediocese.org March 2019 Vol.17 No.1 Panama Hosts World Youth Day 2019 NO FEES Looking for Work? Looking for Workers? Find us at THE BISHOP Writes What are you doing for Lent? hat’s the question Catholics often ask each other in the 40 days Tleading up to Easter. I would like to ask a different question – “Why do something for Lent?” So often from Ash Wednesday until Easter, we take on a regime of self- denial or active charity, but why? We are about to celebrate the most important event in world history; the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. What made his death so important was the freedom with which he went to this death. It was not forced on him, he chose it. This freedom made his death a paramount act of Love. Without selfishness and in total dedication to his father and to those around him, he gave up his life. He had a radical freedom to die. His resurrection comes in the wake of this freedom. is slavery to desires and is the epitome denial is not sufficient. We cannot We don’t have this kind of freedom, of selfishness. We don’t choose, instead achieve freedom by ourselves. An we are not able to love as Jesus loved. others tell us what we want and we acute experience of our own weakness Yet love is what defines and gives follow them. and impossibility leaves us with two meaning to life. Lent is a time when How can I establish or re-establish choices. We can give up, or turn to we focus on our lack of freedom and my freedom? When I was the novice God. our struggle to love, because the fruits master in the Discalced Carmelite Prayer and spirituality demand that of Our Lord’s resurrection are within Order, I asked the novices to each we turn to God, to Jesus who like us our reach in proportion to our freedom day deny themselves something which struggled with his weaknesses. If we to love. In answer to our question; we they wanted. Only in self-denial can open ourselves to God in the silence of engage in a regime of self-denial and we know that we are free. The ability our souls, we will find that Jesus is on charity so as to grow in freedom and to say ‘no’ to myself is a sign of my the other side of our difficulties. The love. freedom. This does not mean that I end point of our enterprise is God, who The traditional components of must live my life saying ‘no’ to myself. alone can give us freedom. Lenten practice are ‘prayer’, ‘fasting’ Simply, I must be able to say ‘no’ to This Lent, I pray that we will all and ‘almsgiving’. Today these words myself, otherwise I am not really free. take one further step on our path to seem distant and rather harsh. A Self-denial is not expressed solely freedom, the freedom of the children of more contemporary expression is by denying myself something that God and so experience more fully the ‘spirituality’, ‘self-denial’ and ‘love’. On I want or want to do. It can also be grace of the resurrection. account of failings in love, the Church expressed by doing something loving, So, what are you doing for Lent? proposes self-denial and spirituality as which I would prefer not to do. This is a means to freedom. What in practice sometimes a harder form of self-denial. With my prayers and best wishes, should I do? The path to human freedom is easily ✠ Bishop Greg Homeming OCD We begin by looking honestly at spoken but most difficult to follow. Our ourselves. Where in my life do I weaknesses and failings are so close to react rather than respond in love. us that they are a part of who we are. Can I identify any places where The achievement of authentic human circumstances choose for me, where I freedom is like lifting ourselves up by do not actively choose my response? our own bootstraps. In spite of this Without realising, there are often many we should not despair because it is places in my life where I lack freedom. important that we never give up. Many Australians equate freedom with Jesus tells us that what is impossible being able to do what we want to do. for us is not impossible for God. We I strongly disagree with this. Always move now to the third component doing what we want is not freedom, it of Lent, spirituality or prayer. Self- Catholic Life, March, 2019 3 Religious ART ANTWERP, BELGIUM Commemorative triptych The resurrection of Christ by Peter Paul Rubens in the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp on May 10, 2006 in Antwerp. Editorial credit: Pecold / Shutterstock.com Regular Features Editor, Publisher and Advertising Enquiries for “Catholic Life” 3 The Bishop Writes Father Peter M Karam 4 Religious Art Contents Email: [email protected] 5 Editorial Mobile: 0419 401 258 Fax: 02 6622 1771 7 Book Review Parish events: 18 Liturgy Email your planned Parish events, celebrations, 27 News Pic anniversaries, etc., for inclusion on our website and in 28 Chapels of the World the next edition of “Catholic Life” 29 Question Box Email: [email protected] Printed by: Quality Plus Printers (02) 6686 7488 Features 6-7 A New Governance model for schools in the Lismore Diocese Art Direction & Graphic Design: Johanna Evans – [email protected] 7 Help bring epilepsy out of the shadows 8-9 Kalumburu Visit our Diocesan website: www.lismorediocese.org 9 Proclaim Lismore YOUTH Ministry Equipping School Our website contains a daily news bulletin, spiritual 10-11 Visionary Parish Priest Father Donnelly passes away reflections and daily Mass readings. 12 National Redress Scheme Catholic Life – A member of the Australasian 13 Martyred Seminarians Catholic Press Association and the Australasian 14-17 WYD Panama 2019 Religious Press Association Inc. School News 19 Tweed Cluster Celebrate Catholic Schools Week 20 St. Augustine’s Primary School, Coffs harbour Cover Mary Help of Christians Primary School, Sawtell CAPTION 21 St. Mary’s Primary School, Grafton Pope Francis attends the St. Joseph’s Primary School, South Grafton welcoming ceremony of 22 St. Joseph’s Primary School, Laurieton World Youth Day at the St. Patrick’s Primary School, Macksville Santa Mariala Antigua 23 St. Brigid’s Primary School, Kyogle field in Panama City 24th 24 St. Joseph’s Primary School, Alstonville January 2019 St. John’s College, Woodlawn AAP IMAGE 25 Our Lady Help of Christians Parish School, Sth Lismore 26 Mary Help of Christians Primary School, Sawtell 4 Catholic Life, March, 2019 Where have all THE PROPHETS GONE CARRIERS OF THE MESSAGE As modernity continues to take pace, a lot is being I believe prophets are returning to lead the way. The left behind. Social institutions are struggling to Laity are coming forward to again participate in the Plenary Council 2020. This is now acknowledged as a landmark keep up and provide stability in people’s lives. moment for the Catholic Church in Australia. he main stream churches, including our own, are Plenary Council 2020 president Archbishop Timothy struggling to bring a sense of security, calm and Tgenuine belief back into the fold. Costelloe SDB expressed his gratitude for the faith, energy Once prominent Catholics are in short supply when and generosity of people everywhere who have shared so tenets of faith are challenged in the market place. And the honestly. preachers in the park who shone light on the “Stairway to “The bishops and the Plenary Council team are deeply Heaven” for many, conflicted life has become their passing grateful to all people who have participated,” he said. parade. “It is important to stop and acknowledge the significant Have our prophets vanished or been warned off? Or have moment that this is for the entire Catholic community. I we taken our religious freedom for granted in a malaise of have been very moved by the stories of faith, hope and indifference? resilience I have heard.” According to Australia’s most recent census data those Plenary Council Facilitator Lana Turvey-Collins, who reporting no religion increased from 19% in 2006 to 30% in has travelled to every state and territory – most on several 2016. Sectarianism, racism and sexism have become quite occasions – said people have been very willing to share militant. A hateful expression of Christianity to the point their stories. of damaging or burning down churches and schools has “One of the common themes we have heard is people feel sparked fear and disbelief. that the Listening and Dialogue encounter was invaluable,” We have always been proud of our long Australian tradition she explained. “Many people have mentioned that they of ‘live and help live”. Freedom of religion has been an haven’t really been asked to participate in anything like accepted given in our way of life. this before and that experiencing it together has been empowering because it has provided a platform for all voices It is beginning to wane. There is a rising secularism that to be heard.” wants to exclude people of faith and punish faith-based schools. We can no longer take our religious freedom for Ms Turvey-Collins said most have understood the need for granted. prayerful engagement in considering what God might want. When the Church is passing through troubled times “I am delighted that so many people from diverse parts of the experience is mental pain and a challenge to one’s the Australian community have been a part of this process.
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