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April 27 to May 3, 2011 www.scross.co.za r5,50 (incl Vat rSa) reg No. 1920/002058/06 No 4723 Full-page beatification Tell us your best Let South poster of stories about going Africa’s youth Blessed John Paul II to church be pilgrims Page 8 Page 12 Page 10 Seminarians get state-of-art library By MatHIBela SeBotHoMa Pieter Kleinschmidt of Computer Gener - ated Results, which installed the computer HERE were lots of smiling faces at the lab and Internet for research in the new grand opening of St John Vianney library, said the state-of-the-art facility must TSeminary’s new library. These were “be accessible for pastors and leaders from all smiles on the faces of the seminarians and denominations as this will create a coherent guests exploring the new library, and on feeling and better understanding across the faces of those who had worked to make denominational boundaries”. it possible. The library will “bless and open our As Bishop Sithembele Sipuka, chairman of minds”, said Lindela Betya, a seminarian the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Con - from Cape Town archdiocese. Vicky Rikhot - ference’s seminary department, unveiled the commemorative plaque, a flight of birds so from Tzaneen said all seminarians must arrayed in the shape of an arrow flew over frequent the library as they frequent the the new library into one direction eliciting chapel. loud cheers from the students. The bishops’ conference has named the The library, located in the seminary’s facility St Peter’s library in memory of the grounds in Waterkloof, Pretoria, has a old St Peter’s Seminary of Hammanskraal wealth of books, journals and periodicals and Garsfontein. Some of the funding came from the old libraries of St John Vianney, St from the sale of the former seminary. Peter’s in Garsfontein and St Peter’s in Ham - Bishop Sipuka, a former rector of the sem - manskraal. Archbishop Stephen Brislin inary and now bishop of Mthatha, encour - donated 68 boxes of books from the Cape aged the students to be good stewards of Town seminary. their new library and to ensure that no “The opening of a new state of the art books are stolen or lost. He said students library is indeed a momentous event for St who steal will be refused ordination. He John Vianney Seminary, and the formation encouraged students to live the motto of the of the current seminarians and those who seminary: “Faith and Reason”. will benefit from it in the future,” said Fr Fr Enrico Parry, president of seminary, Ricardo Smuts, dean of studies. “The intel - thanked all the individuals and groups lectual formation of priests constitutes one involved in the planning, designing, build - of the four pillars of the formation of priests ing and funding the new institution. in the circumstances of today, along with The name of the new library invited vari - the human, spiritual and pastoral dimen - ous thoughts. Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha, a former rector of St John Vianney Seminary, blesses the sions.” Continued on page 3 institution’s new state-of-the-art library. (Photo: Mathibela Sebothoma) Church pub pours a brew for JP2 SA swimmer becomes a Catholic By Sara aNGle OUNG Catholics sip beer and kick to be Monaco’s new princess back in the crypt beneath the basilica team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, of St Charles, home to the GP2 bar Y OUTH African swimmer Charlene where the team finished fifth. The same and youth club in downtown Rome. Wittstock has converted to Catholi - year Ms Wittstock met Prince Albert. The pub, sponsored by the Rome dioce - Scism in preparation for her approach - The wedding was set to be the royal san office of youth ministry and Catholic ing marriage to Prince Albert II of Monaco. event of the year, but is likely to be over - Action’s youth section, is dedicated to the Ms Wittstock, who was born in Zimbab - late Pope John Paul II—Giovanni Paolo II in shadowed by the wedding of Britain’s we to Protestant parents, was required to Prince William to Kate Middleton (who by Italian. convert according to the principality’s Aside from panini, coffee, beer and wine, British law would have had to renounce constitution. A palace statement said Ms her faith had she been a Catholic). the club dished out some special events to Wittstock received catechism of the celebrate Pope John Paul’s life and beatifica - The South African will wed Prince Church and has been “admitted by free tion on May 1. Albert on July 1. She will make her first People socialise in the GP2 bar, which honours and personal choice into full communion The bar even ordered a special Czech visit as princess of Monaco to South Africa Giovanni Paolo II. It seeks to provide a place with the Catholic Church”. later that month when the couple will beer, blessed by Bishop Frantisek Radkovsky for Catholic youth to gather in a safe environ - of Plzen (or Pilsen). Blessing beer is rare The 33-year-old swimmer was a member attend an Olympic Committee meeting in ment, enjoy a beer or coffee and share in the of South Africa’s women’s 4x100m medley Durban. today, but the bishop will use a prayer writ - joys of being Christian. the Italian words on the ten centuries ago when monasteries pro - counter say "Give me to drink," a scriptural ref - duced beer and would pray for those who erence to Jesus' words to the woman at the would consume it. well. (Photo: Paul Haring, CNS) Massimo Camussi, the event manager at GP2, said that the events were designed to Catechism errors to be fixed help people know Pope John Paul better. meeting point for young people was set up By Carol Glatz by 2012. While the original German version Mgr Slawomir Oder, the postulator of the in the basilica crypt, where the bar is now, had been studied and approved by the doc - late pope’s sainthood cause, came to the bar said Mr Camussi. HE Congregation for the Doctrine of trinal congregation before its publication, to share stories about the late pope. Most of the GP2 staff are volunteers or the Faith will set up a special working the other language editions did not pass Lorena Bianchetti, an Italian journalist, are paid to work at the pub as part of their Tgroup to collect reported errors and through the doctrinal office after they were discussed Pope John Paul and the media, distribute corrections in translations of a involvement in an Italian civil service pro - translated by different publishing houses. and a week later the club inaugurated a new catechism created for young people. ject. Citta Nuova, the publishing arm of the photo exhibit on the late pope. Visitors typically range in age from 18 to The move came after the catechism’s Ital - Focolare lay movement, handled the Italian The GP2 pub’s mission statement said it 30, and the patrons include regulars and pil - ian edition was found to have a translation edition of the catechism. It was translated is a place for Catholic youth to gather in a grims and students of Catholic colleges in mistake that left the impression that safe environment, enjoy a beer or coffee and Rome. Camussi estimated that 20% of GP2’s Catholic couples could use “contraceptive by Pietro Podolak and translation revisions share in the joys of being Christian. The clients are foreigners, mostly from Eastern methods”. were overseen by Cardinal Angelo Scola of pub is open Thursday through Sunday and Central Europe, Asia and Africa. Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn Venice. evenings and offers concerts, photography GP2 has many visitors from around Italy of Vienna, who oversaw the creation of Sometimes translators get a meaning and art exhibits, films and speakers. who would like to create a similar establish - “YouCat”, a recently released supplement to wrong or editing mistakes are made, Cardi - Mr Camussi said that the pub “is a dream ment in their own diocese, he said, because the Catechism of the Catholic Church, told nal Schönborn said, and for that reason “we come true,” and “a point where young they see GP2 as a good example of what a journalists that many translations of the need a second or third edition” that gets Catholic or non-Catholic people can speak, Catholic youth bar could be. original German text of the new catechism reviewed. play and drink a beer”. “This is a new thing now, because there were still under way. He said publication of the French edition The idea for the locale was born 11 years is no pub in Rome like us,” said Camussi. “I “YouCat” was expected to be published has been halted because of a discrepancy ago after Rome hosted World Youth Day for hope it’s [just] the first place of this type.”— in 13 languages, including Chinese and Ara - with the original German text concerning the Holy Year 2000. An information and CNS bic, by the end of 2011 and in 25 languages the Church’s view of other religions.—CNS 2 the Southern Cross, april 27 to May 3, 2011 LOCAL Malema’s court antics an ‘exercise in bullying’ By ClaIre MatHIeSoN Mr Malema appeared at an entrance to the court can only and to threaten. to the South African police force. Equality Court to defend his place a barrier of intimidation “If he had been accompanied “If the latter is true, then the pub - Church commentator has singing of the “Kill the Boer” between the court and the public by one or two dark-suited men lic is owed an explanation as to criticised ANC Youth League struggle song, flanked by body - whose interests it is intended to with their weapons carried out of how these gunmen were allowed Apresident Julius Malema for guards armed with assault rifles serve.” sight, one might have been pre - into the court in the first place,” bullying and disrespecting the who entered the court building pared to see it as little else than said Mr Pothier.