DONATE AN SCO SUBSCRIPTION TO A MISSIONARY PRIEST OR SISTER SEE PAGE 9 FOR DETAILS No 5289 Laying down the law on sectarianism Pages Government cracks down on sentencing; police role questioned 3 & 13 No 5417 www.sconews.co.uk Friday May 27 2011 | 90p Bauchi’s new bishop is ‘home-made’ I Cardinal O’Brien installs son of mission’s cook, Malachy John Goltok, to lead Nigerian diocese adopted by Scots By Liz Leydon CARDINAL Keith O’Brien had a very special reason to feel proud at the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Malachy John Goltok of Bauchi, Nigeria. Cardinal O’Brien traveled to Nigeria to be the principal concelebrating bishop at the Episcopal Ordination last Thursday, to represent both the Holy Father and St Andrews and Edinburgh Archdiocese, which ‘adopted’ Bauchi in the 1950s and sent priests to work there. “It gives me great joy being at this wonderful ordination of the first African bishop of Bauchi to realise I am in a long line of wonderful people forging and strengthening those links which have been of so much benefit both to Africa and to Scotland,” the cardinal said. New bishop Bishop Goltok is the second eldest of a family of ten and his father John was the mission cook in St John’s, Bauchi for more than 20 years, until hi death last year. The newly appointed bishop was parish priest of St Finbarr’s and treasurer of Jos Archdiocese from 2004 before Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the first Nigerian bishop of Bauchi this February. During the Episcopal ordination, held at the grounds of the Immaculate Conception Secondary School on the outskirts of town, Cardinal O’Brien read the appointment letter from the Vatican and installed the new bishop with a charge for him to lead the Church well and to ensure that justice is done for all. He said the choice of Mgr Goltok as the new bishop of (Inset) Cardinal Keith O’Brien lays his hands on new ary work. Several did so and served in Nigeria. John Moore as bishop of the new diocese. Bauchi Diocese would help ensure that the work Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria, Malachy John Goltok. (Main) Funding for the Bauchi project and the support Bishop Moore died in Dublin, Ireland on started by the late Bishop John Moore continued. Bishop Goltok pictured after his Episcopal Ordination of the mission there was undertaken by one of the January 20, 2010, aged 68 years. In his homily, Archbishop Matthew M Mass with Cardinal O’Brien and his brother bishops Edinburgh priests, who had worked in Calabar, Ndagoso of Kaduna, called on Catholic priests to namely Mgr Daniel Foley. Remembering Scottish priests make evangelisation their driving force because Andrews and Edinburgh and Bishop John “He really made the name ‘Bauchi’ a name that Upon returning home this week, Cardinal there are many people who are yet to hear the Reddington of Jos,” the cardinal said at the instal- was on the lips of everyone in the archdiocese— O’Brien told the SCO that he hoped that the new good news of salvation. lation. “Those links so strongly forged have con- particularly concentrating in parishes and schools bishop would one day visit Scotland ‘to thank in Bishop John Goltok thanked the Pope for the tinued down to our own time.” on the necessity of Friday pence/penance for person many of the people responsible for the assignment with a pledge to preach the Gospel no The cardinal, who himself volunteered for mis- Bauchi,” Cardinal O’Brien said. early missionary endeavours in Bauchi.’ matter the difficulties that may arise. sionary work in Bauchi shortly after his ordina- Mgr Foley was later appointed national direc- He added that no visit to Bauchi would be com- Apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Augustine tion as a priest in 1965, made his first visit to the tor of Missio Scotland. plete without a visit to the Cathedral of St John Kasujja, a native of Uganda, was among the hon- region after his appointment as a bishop in 1985. In October 1983 Bishop Ganaka came to the Evangelist. oured guests at the Mass, as was Bishop Goltok’s He returned with one of the Scottish priests who Edinburgh to celebrate a great Mass of “There, with the new bishop we prayed silent- mother Margaret. had served in Bauchi, Canon Leo Glancy to Thanksgiving in Ingliston to mark 25 years of ly before the grave of Fr John Gibbons, one of the install the new bishop last week. archdiocesan missionary service since 1957. He first Edinburgh priests in Bauchi, who died after Cardinal’s message thanked Cardinal Gray for adopting Bauchi in its a road accident in Bauchi town; and also prayed During his visit to Nigeria Cardinal O’Brien Bauchi and Edinburgh infancy and took over responsibility for the financ- before the memorial stones in memory of the late spoke fondly of the strong ties between Scotland While initial evangelisation of the Bauchi area was ing and staffing of the Church in Bauchi. Scottish Mgr Danny Simpson and Bishop John Moore, the and Bauchi, and of the Scottish priests and reli- by SMA missionaries in the 1950s, in 1957 priests continued to minister in Bauchi until 1986. first bishop of Bauchi, erected nearby in the gious who volunteered as missionaries. Gordon Joseph Gray, then Archbishop of St Bishop John Moore was appointed to the grounds of the cathedral,” he said. “For almost 50 years now there has been a Andrews and Edinburgh, invited the young priests Apostolic Vicariate of Bauchi in 1996. Bauchi bond of love and friendship between our two dio- of the archdiocese to volunteer for temporary serv- Diocese was established on December 31 2003 To read Cardinal O’Brien’s first hand account of ceses—forged by two great bishops, both now ice on the Missions as a response to the earlier plea and formally inaugurated on March 11 2004 in a the visit go to http://www.sconews.co.uk/opinion/ dead, Cardinal Gordon Joseph Gray of St of Pope Pius XII for churches to help in mission- ceremony that included the installation of Bishop bauchi-cardinal-obrien/ INTERNATIONAL NUNS CELEBRATE HOLY FATHER president Dr order’s 800th links live to Michael Thio anniversary at astronauts in meets members Mass in St space station in Scottish visit SSVP VIP Bride’s, Bothwell in historic first POOR CLARES Page 2 Page 5 Page 9 AND SPACE VATICAN visit www.sconews.co.uk SCO, 19 Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 6BT I tel 0141 221 4956 I fax 0141 221 4546 e-mail [email protected] 2 PICTURE NEWS SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER Friday May 27 2011 SPOTLIGHT ON... Nurses from across Scotland gathered at the National Shrine at Warm Scottish welcome for SSVP’s international president Carfin (above) to mark International Nurses Day. Chaplain Fr Denis Hurley celebrated Mass, during which members of the Catholic THE Scottish Society of St Vincent de Patrick’s Church, Cowgate, Edinburgh, the (Above left) Dr Michael Thio, international president Nurses Guild of Scotland, led by their President Isa Wilson, had their Paul (SSVP) welcomed the charity’s location of the first SSVP conference to be of SSVP, with national president Michael Balfour hands blessed (below) PICS: PAUL McSHERRY international president, Dr Michael formed in Scotland in 1845, before he at St Mary’s Cathedral Hall in Edinburgh. (Above) Thio, to the country last Sunday. attended Mass at the capital’s St Mary’s Dr Thio and his wife Rosalind and Carfin Ozanam Accompanied by his wife Rosalind, Dr Cathedral, followed by a question and Club president Paul Creechan and members of the club PICS: PAUL McSHERRY Thio, from Singapore, spent three days in answer session in the cathedral hall. Scotland meeting national president of the On Monday evening he visited Carfin’s speaking to local SSVP members and the SSVP, Michael Balfour, and conference Ozanam Club for people with learning diffi- president and members of the Association of members through a full itinerary. culties. Another busy day followed on International Charities (Scotland.) The visit began with Marian devotions at Tuesday with the international president find- Charles Ambrose, communications offi- Glasgow’s St Andrew’s Cathedral on Sunday ing out more about SSVP Scotland’s youth cer for SSVP Scotland, spoke positively afternoon, which was followed by a talk and development policy before visiting confer- about the impact Dr Thio’s visit had had on question and answer session at the Blessed John ence members in Perth at St John’s Church conference members. Duns Scotus Hall, where Dr Thio received Hall, a meeting that was also attended by “It was a very encouraging visit and he a very Scottish welcome (above inset). diocesan SSVP members from Dunkeld and was very eager to speak, both to groups and Dr Thio was greeted at the hall by mem- Aberdeen. individuals,” Mr Ambrose said. “His pre- bers of St Francis Pipe Band, having previ- The programme—into which Dr Thio also sentations have been very good and he has ously expressed his fondness for Scottish managed to include a visit to the Scottish spoken about the SSVP internationally, music from his memories of family holi- Parliament—concluded with a special Mass emphasising to conference members what days to our country. at Paisley’s St Mirin’s Cathedral on Tuesday they are involved in, and how they work Monday’s programme saw Dr Thio visit St evening, after which Dr Thio spent time with other charities.” AGNIFICAT M ® working in partnership with JULY 2011 subscription orders now available* Now distributed in Scotland through £33 A golden celebration for St Pius X in Dundee Scotland March 2011 Issue BISHOP Vincent Logan was been present at the opening of (Above) Bishop Vincent Logan, Fr £36 incl.