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Catholic school pupils from across Scotland gathered in solidarity with persecuted Christians around the world last week at Aid to the Church in Need’s youth rally in Carfin. Emergency water and medical care was on standby as pupils withstood the early summer heat to listen to priests from the Middle East and Africa talk about the plight of those suffering at the hands of terror- ist groups and militants. Prompted by Bishop John Keenan, the pupils took to social media to spread the work of ACN and display their support for children their own age and younger who are persecuted simply for their beliefs

I To read more about the ACN youth rally, turn to pages 4 and 5 PIC: TOM EADIE Protecting God’s creation is moral need I SCIAF among those reacting to Pope Francis’ highly anticipated encyclical on the environment By Ian Dunn draft version on Monday. Mr Dutton also said he hoped the the earth, the savage exploitation of changes, saying that ‘this change is A Vatican spokesman described the world’s leaders would be influenced by nature would be encouraged, presenting affecting the dynamics of an already POPE Francis is expected to warn publication of the draft by L’Espresso the Pope at the UN climate change the image of human beings as ruler and very complex system.’ that mankind faces ‘unprecedented magazine as a ‘heinous act,’ adding that summit in Paris in December. destroyer. This is not the correct inter- destruction’ from climate change in the leaked document was ‘not the final “This will be a major opportunity for pretation of the Bible as intended by the Poor his encyclical on the environment. text.’ world leaders to agree how they will Church.” No one is more affected by those changes The Holy Father said on Sunday that deal with climate change,” he said. The document also says that ‘the than the world’s poor, the draft notes. his encyclical on the care of creation is not Official launch “Inspired by Pope Francis, we will be most extraordinary scientific progress “There is an ecological debt that the just for some, but is addressed to all, and At the official launch of the encyclical joining Catholics and other people of and the most prodigious economic North has to the South,” the document serves as an invitation to pay more atten- on Thursday, a Catholic, an Orthodox goodwill worldwide to urge Prime Min- growth don’t necessarily give authentic says. “Poor countries [that] want their tion to environmental destruction and Christian and an atheist helped to pres- ister David Cameron and other leaders social and moral progress to humanity’ chance to grow along the same path of recovery. ent it. The Pope, speaking during an to secure binding, fair and ambitious and that basic fact requires an ‘urgency industrialisation should rethink that “This encyclical is addressed to all,” audience with priests in Rome, said the agreements that ensure that every coun- and necessity of a radical change in path,” and should be helped to do so the Pope said, and invited the world to line-up reflected the fact that ‘we need try does its bit to tackle climate change human conduct’ and ‘a dialogue about with the ‘help of the countries that have participate in its publication ‘with a unity to protect creation.’ and poverty.” how we’re building the future of our grown at the expense of much current renewed attention to environmental Speaking ahead of the official planet.’ pollution of the planet.’ degradation, but also to recovery of one’s release, SCIAF Director Alistair Dutton Draft “We’ve glossed over the power rela- own territory.’ said it came at a ‘crucial time.’ The 192-page leaked draft of the tionship of a capitalistic society, and it’s I Continued on page 2 “Let us pray so that everyone may “Pope Francis has repeatedly urged encyclical suggests Pope Francis put us on the path to not only destroy receive (the encyclical’s) message and us to strive for a more just world, demands humanity takes responsibility creation but humanity as well,” says the grow in responsibility toward the com- founded on the intrinsic dignity of each for the earth, and stops contributing to document which repeatedly refers to mon home God has entrusted to us,” he person, with social, economic and envi- its destruction through man made cli- Earth as our ‘home’, and warns that added. ronmental justice at its heart,” he said. mate change. many of ‘our problems are intimately The full 192-page encyclical, Laudato “The new encyclical follows the “We are not God,” it reads. “The linked to a throw-away culture.’ Sii, on the care of the common home was Church’s long tradition of teaching on earth precedes us and was given to us. It also contrasts humanity’s ‘frantic officially released at the Vatican yesterday caring for each other, creation, and the “It has been said that, from the story of pace’ with the slower, natural pace of morning, but an Italian magazine leaked a most vulnerable among us.” Genesis, which invites us to subjugate biological evolution and atmospheric SCO, 19 Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 6BT I tel 0141 221 4956 I fax 0141 221 4546 I e-mail [email protected] 2 PICTURE NEWS SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015

Diamond jubilee for Dumbarton priest

By Bill Heaney and takes pride in his fitness which he retains by taking long walks PERIPATETIC parish priest every day in Levengrove Park and Canon celebrates years of faithful service Fr Eddie Kelly is celebrating round the Clyde shore in Dumbar- the diamond jubilee of his ordi- ton and along the coast roads of CANON Matt McManus, parish His first appointment as a Curate was McManus had been appointed a Canon. nation to the priesthood on Sat- Donegal. priest of St Peter in Chains in to St Michael’s Church, Kilmarnock and He was formally installed in St Mar- urday, June 27, at St Michael’s When he is in Donegal, where he Ardrossan, celebrated 50 years of in 1976 he became parish priest to St garet’s Cathedral, Ayr, on April 24, Church in Dumbarton. has a house, Father Kelly covers the priesthood at the end of last month. Conal’s Church, Kirkconnel, and St 2008. Fr Kelly, who lives in Dumbar- daily Mass at St Mary’s Church in Born in Rutherglen in 1940, Canon Margaret’s Church, New Cumnock. He Mass concelebrated with Fr Stephen ton and Donegal, fills in regularly Kincasslagh, where the celebrity McManus was ordained at the Good was appointed to St Peter’s in 2004. Sharkey and Dom Charles. After Mass, for priests on sickness leave, days singer Daniel O’Donnell is a Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr on April 3 On January 18, 2008, Bishop John parishioners and friends shared a buffet off and holidays across the Dumb- parishioner. 1965. Cunningham announced that Fr lunch in St Peter’s Parish Centre. arton Deanery from Rosneath to Fr Kelly, whose first clerical Arrochar, Helensburgh and appointment was at St Simon’s in Cardross. Partick, was also a parish priest in He also covers services at St Glasgow at St Alphonsus’ in the Michael’s, where he was once an East End and StAnthony’s, Govan. assistant priest, St Patrick’s, St Acelebration of his 60 years as a Peter’s and the daily Mass for the priest will take place at a special sisters at the Carmelite Monastery midday service when he will be at Clerkhill, Dumbarton. joined by fellow priests from across Fr Kelly, who is 83, was a foot- the Archdiocese of Glasgow. baller in his youth and keen “I haven’t sent out invitations, marathon runner for many years, apart from some to members of my having completed the 26 mile run family, because everyone is wel- in NewYork and other cities among come to join me that Saturday in the his achievements. church and at an informal reception He is an avid Celtic supporter in the hall afterwards,” he said. Pope on the environment

I Continued from page 1 creation of a ‘true world political authority’ that would be tasked ‘to “Unfortunately, many efforts to manage the global economy; to seek concrete solutions to the revive economies hit by the crisis, environmental crisis are frustrated to prevent deterioration of the not just by the refusal of the pow- present and subsequent imbal- erful, but also because of lack of ances; to achieve integral and interest among the rest of us,” the timely disarmament, food security document says. and peace; to ensure environmen- “Denial of the problem also tal protection and pursuant to the occurs in wanting to be comfort- regulations for migratory flows.’ The Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund was joined by Papal Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Mennini as it celebrated its 50th anniversary Mass in St Mary’s able and a blind trust in technical Cathedral, Edinburgh.Archbishop Leo Cushley of Edinburgh and Bishop Joseph Toal of Motherwell were also present as SCIAF director Alistair Dutton spoke to solutions.” a congregation, including pupils from schools across the diocese, about the charity’s work The boldest proposal is for the I [email protected]

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‘THERE’S no better career’ ally and in terms of young peo- attempt to widen the ownership Mass followed by a meeting than being a Catholic ple lives that you will teach?” of Catholic education,” Arch- addressed by Archbishop teacher, according to the he said at the launch of Scottish bishop Philip Tartaglia, presi- Tartaglia, Michael McGrath, man behind a plan to bring Catholic Education open forum dent of the Catholic Education Ken Muir of the General more of the Faithful into the last Sunday. “Well, those Commission, said. “More and Teaching Council for Scotland classroom. rewards will be enormous. So more Catholics schools are a and Archbishop Leo Cushley of Michael McGrath, director of go for it and go for it now.” real act of the will for people. St Andrews and Edinburgh. the Scottish Catholic Education The inaugural forum was It’s not just automatic. People “This is an important compo- Service (SCES), said teaching held at the Gillis Centre in must want our schools—par- nent of us as a Church—to be offers Catholics ‘a career where Edinburgh as a consultative ents, pupils, teachers and once more thinking about the you can change people’s lives service for the SCES, involving indeed priests and bishops. big issues affecting education and you will change people’s a wide representation of the That will be very important for in general in our country and (From left) Michael McGrath, director of Scottish Catholic Education Service, lives for the better.’ Catholic Education community, the future of Catholic educa- Catholic education in particu- Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrews and Edinburgh,Archbishop Philip “The rewards may not be including teachers, parents, tion.” lar,” Archbishop Cushley said. Tartaglia of Glasgow and Ken Muir, chief executive of the General Teaching huge financially but they are Council for Scotland parish and diocesan staff. The well-attended inaugural “And how our kids can grow huge emotionally and spiritu- “The point of this is to gathering began with Holy up safe and happy and holy in Family Highland funeral for Charles Kennedy Knighthood for James MacMillan CATHOLIC composer James By Ian Dunn MacMillan has been awarded a knighthood for services to FAMILY, friends and colleagues gath- music. ered for the Catholic funeral of the late The Kilwinning-born composer Liberal Democrat leader Charles was one of a number of Scots Kennedy last Friday at noon. recognised in the Queens birthday Mr Kennedy’s son, Donald, and former honours list. wife Sarah Gurling, whom he married in Under commission from the 2002, were among the mourners. From the bishops of Scotland, Mr MacMil- world of politics Gordon Brown, Nick lan composed a Mass for the visit Clegg, Danny Alexander, John Swinney, of Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland Michael Moore, Sir Menzies Campbell and in 2010 and his music has been Willie Rennie joined the congregation in St performed by renowned orches- John the Evangelist Church in Caol, to tras across the world. remember Mr Kennedy, who died aged 55 “I am totally delighted to tion as a result. I feel encouraged on June 1. receive this honour,” he said. “I and re-energised in my commit- Mgr James MacNeil, administrator of am especially pleased that the ments in these fields and espe- Argyll and the Isles Diocese, was the prin- world of music, and contemporary cially in my work with the cipal celebrant and Fr Roddy McAuley, composition in particular, will new festival in Ayrshire, The parish priest, preached the homily. Fr Pat receive greater focus and recogni- Cumnock Tryst.” Brown, chaplain to the Westminster Par- The clergy watch as Charles Kennedy’s coffin tance of Charles’ faith to him. He was a liament, and Mgr Thomas Wynne of St is carried to the hearse much loved and respected parishioner of PIC: ANTHONY MacMILLAN Margaret’s, Roy Bridge, a friend of the St John’s and he will be sorely missed. Kennedy family, concelebrated. ‘back-bencher’ at the church due to his ret- May he rest in peace.” Stirling 2015 event cancelled Mr Kennedy’s coffin, surrounded by icence to take the lectern, sparking a laugh Before the service, Mgr James MacNeil, yellow and purple flowers, processed from the congregation. “Charles Kennedy said the requiem Mass would be a ‘deep THE Bishops’ Conference young people interested in through Caol before an internment service was a humble man,” he said. “When moment for the family and for the com- of Scotland have said it is enjoying the festival, pushing at Clunes, Achnacarry, on the shores of Charles’s parents died and Charles said a munity in which Charles worshipped— reluctantly having to cancel towards 30,” Dunkeld Diocese Loch Lochy. A piper played Highland few words in the church, he wouldn’t come an expression of our faith.’ the Stirling 2015 youth youth officer Frankie McGuire Cathedral as the coffin was carried to the up here to the lectern but insisted on speak- He said he would always remember his event due ‘to a lack of up- said about the ‘bad news.’ hearse and mourners lined the streets. ing outside the sanctuary, from the floor.” encounters with Mr Kennedy, who often take on a national level.’ He emphasised the good During the Mass, 14 pupils from St He said that the ‘humility’ demonstrated attended St John’s, and added that the local The Catholic Youth Service work being done with youth in Columba’s Primary School, Lochyside, by Mr Kennedy’s parents when they were community felt a sense of solidarity in Scotland event was due to take the diocese, and encouraged which Charles Kennedy attended as a both awarded the Bene Merenti medal had grieving over his loss. place from July 30 to August 2 people to instead focus on child, sang the psalm O God, you search been passed down to the politician and his John Cameron, a close family friend of and cost £150 per person. It attending World Youth Day in me and you know me. siblings. “There have been beautiful trib- the Kennedy’s, led the musicians who also was to follow on from Scot- Poland next year, with 30 In his sermon Fr McAuley remembered utes paid to Charles especially over the played at Charles’ parents funerals. land’s Rio—an event held to places and reserved accommo- Mr Kennedy as a much-loved man with past week or so,” Fr McAuley concluded. mark 2013’s World Youth Day. dation in Krakow already ‘great humility’ and described him as a “Something we might add is the impor- I [email protected] “Here at the Diocese of Dun- booked in preparation for the kled we had more than 20 event.

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By Daniel Harkins thinner than the line that I have just SCOTLAND’S young Catholics rallied in draw in the sand,’ Carfin Grotto last week as they stood in sol- and he gave them idarity with persecuted Christians around asylum.” the world with the Pope’s blessing. “When those Close to 1200 secondary school pupils from who act in the 30 schools across Scotland gathered in the name of Islam, be Motherwell sunshine to hear talks from an it ISIS or al- African and Lebanese priest at the event organ- Qaeda, I think its ised by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in fair to say that Need (ACN) Scotland, which works with perse- they don’t repre- Great Hunger Mass at Carfin cuted and oppressed Christians around the sent any faith let world. alone Islam; they IRELAND’S contribution to ple came to Scotland from Ire- Fr Dominic Towey and Canon Bishop John Keenan of Paisley opened the don’t represent the development of the Faith land between 1845 and 1851, Humphrey O’Mahony—and day by telling the gathered youth that they were any humanity, any in Scotland was celebrated with many of them settling in said he met a couple from as ‘standing up for their brothers and sisters across shred of decency,” in Carfin last Sunday with Lanarkshire. Irish immigrants far as San Diego, who had the globe in what is the global human right issue he added. the annual Irish Day Mass. played a large part in the con- taken time out of their holiday of our times: people the same age as you put to Nigerian priest Fr Eamonn Sweeney, parish struction of many churches in to their native Scotland to death as we speak simply because of their reli- Fr Ambrose priest of St Patrick’s Church in the area. attend the Mass. gion.’ Ohene, a Holy Coatbridge, celebrated Mass Following Mass, the congre- “That was probably the best “You are here to say enough is enough… the Ghost father from for around 350 people, includ- gation processed to the Mass day we have had for the Irish world is counting on young people,” the bishop Nigeria, gave a ing a number from the ancient Rock, which was brought to Mass in all of the 15th years,” added, before conveying a message and apos- first hand experi- order of Hibernians, in St Fran- Carfin in 1934 from County he said. “It was dry and actu- tolic blessing from Pope Francis, ensuring them ence of suffering cis Xavier’s Church at the Down and remembers the ally got a bit warmer in the of his ‘spiritual closeness to them as they seek under Islamic mili- Grotto. Speaking during his period when celebrating Mass afternoon and by the time we to grow and be renewed in their faith in… soli- tants Boko Haram, homily, he highlighted that the was outlawed in Ireland, forc- were saying the rosary the sun darity with all Christians who suffer persecution having seen some suffering of the Irish Diaspora ing the faithful to gather in the was trying to get out.” throughout the world,’ and giving ‘a pledge of of his friends killed is still carried with us. hills and country. The Irish “There was no dramatic abundant graces from heaven’ and placing them by extremists. Now in its 15th year, the memorial at the grotto was thing this year; it was just a under protection of Our Lady of Lourdes. Explaining the annual Mass commemorates raised in 2001. quiet commemoration and a context to the vio- the Great Hunger that killed Fr Hugh Kelly, parish priest nice crowd turned out for it,” Speakers lence, he said Boko over a million people and saw at St Brigid’s in Newmains, he added. First speaker at the event was Humza Yousaf, Haram—which Ireland’s population drastically was one of the concelebrating Scottish government minister for Europe and translates as west- reduced. Around 100,000 peo- priests on the day—alongside PIC: TOM EADIE International Development. ern education is forbidden—were born out of frus- Mr Yousaf said that he accepted ACN’s invi- tration at Christian, western influence in the tation to speak at the rally because ‘for me, as a country, which put an end to jihad conquests, and Muslim, I wouldn’t be able to be a Muslim actu- brought Christian education. The latter, Fr Ohene Schools from across Dunkeld Dio- ally if it wasn’t for the kindness of Christians… said, resulted in Christians getting most of the jobs, cese gathered in St Andrew’s Every single Muslim owes their faith in part to Cathedral, Dundee, to celebrate the and high unemployment amongst Muslims, lead- annual education Mass. Bishop the kindness that was granted to them by those of ing to resentment. Stephen Robson was principal cele- the Christian faith.’ The priest added that Boko Haram also attack brant at the Mass which is planned The minister told of the early followers of the mosques and moderate Muslims and said that in by a different school each year and Muslim prophet Muhammad, fleeing persecu- fact the Islamic victims of the terrorist group this year was hosted by St Paul’s tion from Saudi Arabia and seeking asylum in actually outnumber the Christian. Academy. Abyssinia. “The worst though sometimes brings out the The Dundee high school, a “The Muslims pleaded the Christian king for best,” he said. merger of St Saviour’s High School asylum in the Christian kingdom and after hear- “What I have discovered is that there is a lot and Lawside Academy, is this year ing the Muslims’ case the king disembarked his of cooperation between moderate Muslims and celebrating the fifth anniversary of throne and drew a line in the sand and said ‘the Catholics and Protestants in Nigeria. On Sun- its opening. St Paul’s were joined in difference between your faith and our faith is no days the Muslims come to surround the church the celebration of Mass by many of the priests of the diocese and by children from their feeder primary schools, who dressed the altar. Mgr Ken McCaffrey, Episcopal vicar for education and chaplain to Archbishop Cushley calls for the St Paul’s, preached the homily, based on the values of the Gospel. He asked the young people to think ARCHBISHOP Leo Cush- course, at a human level it’s also firstly of the great gift of life, given ley of St Andrews and Edin- a great chance simply to catch up by God, which must be cherished burgh has called on the and to see each other in spite of and valued for their entire lives. Faithful to pray for priests, our busy lives. Medjugorje 2015 St Paul’s Motto is ‘One Commu- echoing the word of Pope “So I’m very pleased to see 21 - 28 June 2015 nity—Many Gifts’ and Mgr McCaf- Francis. the Holy Father promote this frey spoke about God’s special “On the occasion of the Feast kind of spiritual and human 13 - 20 September gifts. 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(Far left) Bishop John Catholic schools, staff Keenan addresses those gathered. (Left) honoured at top awards Humza Yousaf, Scot- tish government min- ister for Europe and By Daniel Harkins International Develop- mary and secondary teachers. ment. (Below) The The St Winning’s pupils will ACN Youth rally pro- SCOTLAND’S Catholic now be monitored by Education cession schools and staff have been Scotland as they transfer to sec- PICS: TOM EADIE named amongst the best in ondary school to see how their the country as they were skills progress. honoured at the annual Scot- “Its getting rid of the fear of tish Education Awards. numbers,” headteacher Claire “I think every one should love one another At a ceremony held in Glas- Milson said. “It ‘s socially and not kill people for their religion,” Natalie gow’s Thistle Hotel, St Ninian’s acceptable to be scared of num- added. High in Kirkintilloch, St Win- bers and we don’t think that’s Stroma Harcombe, an S5 pupil at St Ninian’s ning’s Primary in Kilwinning right—we are getting rid of that. High in Giffnock, said the rally put her problems and St Bride’s Primary in Both- The children are so much more into perspective and said that if she was in the well all picked up awards, as did confident. The award is for the Middle East she wouldn’t have enough courage Joe Herd, social justice manager whole school. We’ve seen the to stand up to persecution. Mirabel Lawson a at St Luke’s High School in Bar- need and addressed it.” fellow S5 pupil, said that while it is Muslims rhead, who was named Educa- St Ninian’s High is a regular that are in ISIS, ‘at the same time we know that tional Supporter of the Year. Mr nominee and winner of Scottish it is not every Muslim that wants to kill Herd runs projects for the St Education Awards, and this year Catholics and Christians and I was surprised to Luke’s children, including after succeeded for Enterprise and hear that more Muslims are being killed than school groups for vulnerable Employability Across Learning. Christians.’ pupils, maintaining a school gar- The school has partnered with Jonathan Morrin, and S2 pupil, said that ter- den, mentoring systems, helping companies and businesses, giving rorists groups are ‘killing everybody who stands pupils set up bank accounts, and the pupils an understanding of the in their way… running a six-year long anti-sec- world of work. “It’s making the “They claim that they are doing it for the tarianism project with Barrhead pupils work-ready so they’ve had Islamic religion but they are killing everybody High School which saw pupils that bit of experience and know so they are not really following any rules.’ visit synagogues and mosques what the workplace is like,” head- “We can have some hope; with charities like and take a workshop into pri- teacher Paul McLaughlin said. ACN we can support the Christians in Iraq and mary schools. “[The awards] were a great event. Syria,” he added. Over the years he has secured It gives everybody a bit of a lift in more than £115,000 in external the school. Everybody in the Lebanon funding from grants and govern- school—all the staff—work really Also speaking at the event was Fr Samer Nassif ment bodies for the school’s hard and its nice when somebody from Lebanon who emphasised how widespread work. externally recognises that and it persecution is, pointing out that in Saudi Arabia Speaking about his awards does raise the spirits and cheers it is forbidden for three million Christians to go ceremony win, Mr Herd said everybody up and we can go and to Mass, and spoke about the walls built by the ‘gobsmacked’ was the word that share it with the pupils.” United States after its invasion of Iraq which has been used quite a lot. “You Managing to beat two second- separate religions. hear what the other people nomi- ary schools, St Bride’s Primary “There is no peace without Christians because nated did and you think ‘well its in Bothwell won the learning our God commands us to love all mankind,” he not going to be me,’ but then the through technology award. The added. guy says your name and you pupils use technology such as as human shields to protect the Christians wor- Neville Kyrke-Smith, ACN’s national direc- think ‘oh my goodness,’” cameras, GPS and professional shipping and the same thing happens on Fridays tor, spoke about the harrowing tales of violence he added. design software, and have even when the Muslims are at the mosque—the I wouldn’t be he had heard from children, including one who Mr Herd, who was nominated took a role planning the new Christians form a surrounding shield to protect able to be a had been told that if they celebrated Easter they by his depute head and assessed nursery, working with builders. them from attacks.” would be ‘killed like your Christ.’ by judges earlier this year, for- “Anything you can imag- Muslim actually Michael J Robinson, ACN’s communications merly ran a charity in Glasgow ine, they’ve used it at some Pupils if it wasn’t for executive in Scotland, said: “Christian persecu- and was welcomed back to the point,” headteacher Denise Amongst those listening to the talk were tion is the forgotten human rights issue of school after the awards with a Pacitti said. “At the moment Rebecca McQuaid, a pupil at Our Lady’s High the kindness of the day. banner above the front door. we are looking at investing in in Motherwell, who said it was good to see peo- “ Christians. “ACN Scotland wants to work with the youth “I’m still not quite sure how I drones! It’s been mainly ple standing up for their faith and that she hopes parishes, the media and the Parliament to cham- ended up here but I’ve been here through the children and that by raising awareness they can stop the per- Humza Yousaf, Scottish pion the persecuted Church through our Soli- for ten years,” he said. “It’s a what they want to do. They secution all together. government minister darity Campaign. 2015 is the time for all of fantastic school. I come up with are obviously much more Natalie Maguire and Hannah Burns, S4 pupils for Europe and Interna- Scotland to stand up for what is right.” all these ideas and nine times out ahead of the game than we at Our Lady’s High in Cumbernauld, said they tional Development of ten they say ‘yep, go for it.’ are. So ideas that come in hoped that by being at the rally they could make The young people in the school from them we try to take it a difference. I [email protected] are fantastic. I’ve been involved onboard and where it’s physi- with young people for 30 years. cally possible—and legal!— ” Almost all the time the pupils we do it. We use it to enhance are up for what we do and its the whole life of the school. great seeing them develop over “We were absolutely delighted prayers on the Faithful the years.” [with the award]. The pupils got St Winning’s Primary won the a 15-minute playtime the next Requiem Mass for numeracy across learning award day. They were all very for a pioneering approach to chuffed!” numbers that is being spread Fr Edward Higgins across Scotland and has been Joe Herd with David Gordon, Patri- taken to learning conventions, cia Scott MBE and pupils Kate Ganly and Ryan Miller academics and lectures for pri- REQUIEM Mass was cel- Easterhouse, and in 1987 he ebrated on Wednesday for was appointed parish priest Fr Edward Higgins who at Our Lady of Fatima, died on June 5 in St before serving as assistant Joseph’s Nursing Home, priest in St Saviour’s in Robroyston. Govan and finally as parish Fr Higgins, who was priest in St Ronan’s. retired parish priest of St Requiem Mass was cele- Ronan’s in Bonhill, was born brated at the Chapel in St in Glasgow in 1926 and Joseph’s Nursing Home ordained in 1959. His service before Fr Higgins was began as assistant priest in buried in St Conval’s Blessed John Ogilvie’s in Cemetery.

priests on this special day and above all our prayers for their to ask everyone to support our mission to be ‘another Christ’ Visit our website: WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK priests with our affection and to the world,” the added. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 6 WORLD/VATICAN NEWS SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 Global efforts required to free Iraq from ISIS, says archbishop Protect the family from

By Clare Creegan and By Dominic Lynch speak ill of each other, saying John Pontifex that’s how children learn how POPE Francis urged parents to be hypocritical and take A SYRIAN Catholic Arch- to protect their families advantage of others. bishop has said that interna- from ideological attacks as He told separated fathers to tional governments must he spoke to a crowd of tell their children that their step up efforts in Iraq to free 25,000 assembled for the mother is a good woman and the cities of Mosul and opening of Rome Diocese’s separated mothers to tell their neighbouring Nineveh from annual Ecclesial Conven- children that their father is a Islamic State militants so tion last Sunday, which this good man. “Keep problems to Christians and others can year is dedicated to the themselves, but do not bring fulfil their dream of return- themes of the family. them to the children,” he ing home. The Holy Father appealed to added. Marking the first anniversary the many parents present to The Pope was echoing of the fall of his city to the safeguard their children from words he had made earlier this Islamist terror group, Syrian ideological attacks—‘ ideolog- year, when he told separated Catholic Archbishop Yohanna ical colonisations that poison couples not to use children as Mouche (right) made an impas- the soul’—against the institu- hostages. “Children should not sioned plea to the ‘people who pressure on the people who Islamists were also removed tion of the family and all that is be forced to bear the burden of have the responsibility’ to have the responsibility to free from Mosul, which has huge sacred, attacks which ‘are so this separation,” he said. “It's remove ISIS and enable people the [towns and villages] as influence over the region. hurtful and destroy society, the very important, it's very hard, forced out to return and rebuild soon as possible so the people Archbishop Mouche thanked Nation, families.’ but you can do it.” their lives. can come back and live in Aid to the Church in Need The Pope remembered Pilgrims from across Rome In an interview with Catholic peace in their… homes and which has prioritised action for speaking to a man who said he Diocese had came to hear the charity Aid to the Church in continue their lives there. This Christians and other suffering often had to re-catechise his Holy Father, with Cardinal Need, the Archbishop of is the best solution.” faith communities in Iraq, espe- children in the evening after Vicar Agostino Vallini and a Mosul, Kirkuk and Kurdistan In an appeal to Christians in cially those who fled Mosul they came home from school. large number of the 350 parish said that 12 months on from the West, he said: “I ask you to and Nineveh for Kurdish north- “This is why we are in need priests of Rome also in atten- their expulsion by the militants, pray for us… especially for our ern Iraq. of a spiritual and moral dance. Christians displaced to Kurdish political leaders to help them The charity has provided rebirth,” he said, before dis- The Pope also spoke during northern Iraq still longed to go find the solution that will allow food, shelter and medicine for cussing the beauty and diver- his address about the need for back to home. He insisted that us to go back to our cities.” Christians displaced in Iraq and sity of male and female a ‘spiritual rebirth’ in Rome, forcing out ISIS was the ‘best One of Archbishop Mouche’s others who have fled to neigh- characteristics, saying the which has been hit by a num- solution’ for 120,000 displaced priests from Mosul, Syrian bouring Jordan, Lebanon and ‘complementarity and reci- ber of corruption scandals Christians effectively expelled Catholic Fr Georges Jahoula elsewhere. procity’ within families are amongst the municipal author- from Mosul on June 10 and reported on Tuesday that ISIS ACN has supported the con- very important for the healthy ities. elderly family members. t Nineveh, where towns and vil- marked the first anniversary of struction of eight schools for growth of children who ‘must The Holy Father also “Are grandparents treated lages including 13 largely its capture of the city by con- displaced Iraqis in the Kurdish not be afraid of differences and reflected on the hundreds of with respect?” Pope Francis Christian ones were seized by verting the Syrian Catholic north—five for Ankawa, a must witness the joy of conju- thousands of grandparents in asked, noting that a fourth of ISIS on the night of August 6. church of St Ephraim into a largely Christian suburb of the gal love in order to grow and the city, saying they must be the population in Rome is eld- h Archbishop Mouche said: mosque. capital, Erbil, and three for develop with confidence and loved and respected, and he erly. “I am sure they are at the “The only solution that will Archbishop Mouche said that Dohuk in the far north. security.’ appealed for families to con- moment because what with the make them happy and give Christians would be willing Archbishop Mouche said: Speaking to separated cou- sider old-age homes as an current lack of employment, it them dignity is to go back to and able to go back to their “They need everything: houses, ples, the Pope told them not to option only of last resort for is to them and to their pensions t their homes. communities in Nineveh if ISIS medicine, education, trans- “We ask everyone to put was forced out—but only if the port.”

Cardinal Pietro Parolin inaugu- rated the second Catholic Scottish health care Church to be opened in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emi- rates. The Vatican’s Secretary of help for the Holy Land State officially opened St Paul’s Church is in the Musaffah indus- trial area last Thursday. SCOTTISH expertise is and chairman of The Nazareth The 1200-seat church will have being used to save lives in Trust, introduced Mr Leitch and daily services in English, weekly the Holy Land after new explained that the Scottish con- services in Arabic, Malayalam ways of working proved a nection to the hospital goes back and Tagalog, bimonthly service huge success at home. more than 150 years. The hospital in Tamil and monthly service in Jason Leitch (right), national was founded in 1861 by Dr Konkani. “We thank the rulers clinical director for the Scottish Kaloost Vartan who gained his for providing an attractive envi- Government, travelled to medical qualifications in Edin- ronment where Christians feel Nazareth in Israel to spread the burgh. His pioneering work in accepted and are able to live word about the success of the Nazareth at that time was funded their own identity and to prac- Scottish Health programme. by the Edinburgh Medical Mis- tice their religious beliefs,” said Speaking at a quality and sionary Society. Bishop Paul Hinder, Apostolic safety conference held at The Mr Leitch told the packed Vicar of Southern Arabia. Nazareth Hospital, he described auditorium that the changes in The emirate’s first Catholic how the numbers of infections, Scotland had been devised ‘on Church is Joseph’s Cathedral in accidents and deaths had been the front-line and not in the Al Mushrif SPOTLIGHT ON cut in Scottish hospitals. board room’ with the input and Morgan Jamieson, fellow Scot advice of both those receiving

Africa in November,” the announced his intention to travel that they are ‘a precious part of received and OBE from the Century we still need to defend NEWS ROUNDUP Pope said. to Africa in January during a the Church in Italy.’ “You offer Queen as announced in the people’s God-given rights and “In the Central African Repub- press conference while returning an important contribution to the Queen’s birthday honours list freedoms in this way. I consider Pope plans visit to lic first and then Uganda.” from a trip to Sri Lanka and the families in their educational mis- Bishop Angaelos, who is con- this an award to every person Africa in November He added that it is possible Philippines. sion to children, youth and ducting and speaking at the inau- who has worked with and sup- POPE Francis has said he that he may also go to Kenya, young adults,” he said. gural young adult’s convention ported me along the way and plans to travel to the Central but said this is not certain, Papal praise for The Pope expressed his hope in Vancouver, Canada, said the pray that God rewards and African Republic and Uganda because of organisational guides and scouts that the scouts may always feel following in response to the blesses them for all they have in November, with plans to lenges. Pope Francis met with thousands as a part of the greater Christian announcement: "I am humbled done and all they will continue possibly visit Kenya. He also noted that the trip will of members of the Association of community. by this award because I see it as to do. The Pope was responding to a come ‘before the presidential Italian Catholic Guides and my role and duty to advocate for “I must also express my sin- question from an African priest transition in the Central African Scouts (AGESCI) in St Peter’s OBE for Coptic religious freedom as part of my cere gratitude to Her Majesty during the Third World Priests Republic, and Uganda after the Square on Sunday. In his Orthodox bishop ministry. The Queen and the Prime Minis- Retreat held in the Basilica of St 50th anniversary of the martyrs, address, the Holy Father thanked Bishop Angaelos, general bishop “While I am thankful for this ter for considering this cause John Lateran. though a little late.’ the scouts, as well as their lead- of the Coptic Orthodox Church honour, it also comes with a worthy of such public acknowl- “God willing, I will be in The Pope had already ers and chaplains, telling them in the United Kingdom has sense of sadness that in the 21st edgement.” WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER WORLD/VATICAN NEWS 7 Archbishop of Dublin warns of harm, urges the Pope patchy child protection approach

THE Archbishop of Dublin has said that the culture of child protection is not embedded across the Catholic Church and remains a cause for concern. Speaking at Clonliffe Col- lege at the annual update of child safeguarding statistics for Dublin, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said that ‘anybody who weakens a one-church position weakens me.’ “It weakens every other per- son in the church,” he said. “We had [child protection] norms since the 1990s and you have audits which show that people weren’t actually really serious about them. “For many years Church leaders thought they knew how best to deal with child abuse by clergy and they had locked bunal to investigate bishops of the abuse of office when themselves into complacency; who are accused of failing to connected to the abuse of it took years then to get norms protect children and vulnerable minors.’ The Congregation cur- in place. adults from sex abuse. rently reviews all cases of “It took years even to get the The council is headed by priests who abuse minors. information that was in our Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Fr Federico Lombardi, Vati- files into shape; it took years to Boston, head of the Pontifical can spokesman, said that while put into place the action which Commission for the Protection the power to dismiss a prelate we knew was necessary; it took of Minors, who proposed the ultimately remains with Pope years to learn that survivors new measure. Francis, the Pope will normally were not people out to chal- In a statement the Vatican accept decisions of the tribunal. lenge the Church; survivors announced that a new judicial “If the Pope says that [this is] that one turns for help.” nails and asked him what he was A young girl mbraces Pope Francis and their families had simply section will be created inside the judgment and the competence The Pope told a story he heard doing. I am making a table during an audience for families partic- got things right.” the Congregation for the Doc- of the tribunal, then nomally as a child of a man who put a cof- because when you are old you can ipating in the pastoral conference of The archbishop spoke as trine of the Faith ‘to judge the Pope accepts the judgment fee table aside for his father, who eat alone like grandfather, the boy Rome Diocese in St Peter's Square at Pope Francis established a tri- bishops with regard to crimes of the tribunal,” he said. had suffered a stroke, to eat alone said. the Vatican Juon Sunday in the kitchen, as he was ashamed Do not be ashamed of the of him. One day, the man came grandfather, the Pope said, do not The Pope finished his address across his own 6-year-old son in be ashamed of the elderly. They by telling those present to remem- the woods with a hammer and give us wisdom and prudence. ber to love and to sow love.

Concerns grow over assisted suicide bill

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RICHARD PURDEN caught up with Gemma Hayes before her Scottish shows to discover how her music of other-worldly beauty has been influenced by her travels

HE dichotomy of remaining that are not from America—I was able on the piece of rock on to get a residency there. It was things which you were born on or like that which made it much easier.” travelling the world in Closer to home there's a song about search of a new experience, Iona on the new record? leaving loved ones and familiarity “That came from having a conversa- behind is something humanity often tion about the way of life on the island Tgrapples with, particularly among those and I just love the idea of it. When I feeling a strong sense of wanderlust. started writing Iona came to mind, I was Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes, thinking about the idea of someone liv- who was born in Tipperary, relocated to ing their life in that way and in a more the west coast of the US but found the pure environment. wrench of her homeland a commanding “It’s back to that question of staying pull. in one place or going out and discover- At the age of 21 she was nominated ing the world. There is a line in the song for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize about when you leave there is a tearing on the back of her debut long-player of your side. It's about purity, when you Night On My Side. Subsequently she leave this beautiful place you leak your struggled with the demands of the gold, it leaves you somehow.” music industry machine. Today the 37- We’ve talked about the draw of Ire- year-old married mother returns with land, what places in particular do you her fifth album Bones +Longing, a visit for artistic inspiration? work of other-worldly beauty revealing “The Vee (pass) is a remote part out something of her relationship with Ire- in the country where you can see half of land and a deep connection to the land- Ireland, the views are beautiful and go scape. deep into the mountains where there are “I love the idea of exploring but lots of dark lakes and heather. I like to sometimes when I'm out in the world I go to Ardmore in the south east, a lot of feel this pull to return to the hills and tourists go to the south west to Kerry the heather,” she said. “If I was to be and Cork to kiss the Blarney Stone. honest I’m most at peace when I’m in Irish people go to the south east to see Ireland; it's something that I can’t put the cliffs at Waterford because it's very my finger on but my being relaxes when raw and earthy, it's beautiful but not in I’m home and in that place where the a pretty way.” chemistry which you are made of is the same as the land. I feel I just fit in. he cultural links between Scot- “I started putting roots down in LA land and Ireland are also a sig- but I felt the distance between my fam- nificant for the 37-year-old who ily and me. When I lived in Dublin I Trecently became a mother for the first wouldn't see my parents for months on time. end but after moving to LA I went home “There is a pulse in Glasgow that I every three or four weeks; I just wanted love, I have played there many times, to see them. I'm the youngest of eight Edinburgh is prettier but you can feel children, my parents aren’t very young. the blood coursing through Glasgow’s I never fully went for LA, if I had I veins and I like that,” she said. “When wouldn't have flew back to Ireland so I visit Scotland I don’t feel like I’m much.” leaving Ireland, I don’t feel like I am in a different country because there is such he influence of US west coast is a connection in the core of who we are clear on tracks such as Palomino, and how we live our lives. There’s an the singer said. earthiness and a real respect for art, T“It has an LA vibe although it wasn't poetry and music. a conscious decision,” she added. “I “I think Scottish people are the same didn't want that song weighed down as Irish in that they feel a connection to with instrumentation; I wanted it to be the earth and the landscape. ing and on stage at ten o' clock at night sations,” she admitted. “I don’t get Catholic man marrying a Protestant light and quirky. I went to LA to make “I don’t have the physical time to but as a human being I love what moth- played on the radio much, I get spot woman and the problems they had in an album—I always thought if I was to play much now, I’m doing very few erhood has done to me, I'm a more com- plays but never on rotation so when the 1950s Ireland. I had recorded the song a go to anywhere in America it would be shows because I decided to focus on my passionate person.” chance came up to do some adverts in capella but when I went to see the film New York but I went to LA and ended boy for the next couple of years.” Ireland I nearly bit their hand off.” they had brought in an orchestra around up loving it. I love the breezy way of Playing recent dates in Scotland has number of her songs have been There is a song she has recorded for my voice, it was so beautiful, I could- life there and the amount of musicians put the focus on managing the balance used in film, television and film that she feels a particular connec- n't believe it." who are into jamming and meeting up. between playing live and motherhood. advertisements including Aldi tion with, however, “I recorded Ae “I never really had that in Ireland and “It’s tough in terms of physical tired- and Lidl’s Christmas ad campaigns over Fond Kiss by Robert Burns for an Irish I Gemma Hayes appeared at A The Electric Circus Edinburgh on June so I really embraced that part of it. It's a ness, I’m burning the candle at both in Ireland. film called A Love Divided based on a really healthy support network for ends,” she said. “It was a combination of meeting true story. 12 and Oran Mor, Glasgow, the musicians, they really nurture artists “I’m up at five o'clock in the morn- people by chance and various conver- “It was very heartfelt about a following night WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER LETTERS 9

LETTER OF THE WEEK PICTURE OF THE WEEK Pope Francis Pope Francis the diplomat is waves as he arrives to lead an coming into his own audience with close to 90,000 PERHAPS one of Pope Francis’ most children and adult understated talents is his skill for members of the diplomacy. Reading his words last week Italian Catholic during his trip to Bosnia I was reminded of Guiding and what a powerful force the Faith and the Scouting Vatican can be for peace. Association in Most supposedly neutral brokers on the St Peter's Square international scene have not particularly at the Vatican last well hidden ulterior motives to their Saturday involvement in the affairs of other PIC: PAUL countries. McSHERRY The Vatican, though, can perform the role of peacemaker in many of the world’s troubled hotspots. We saw recently the great work the Pope did in reducing hostilities between Cuba and the United States, two countries who were once such fierce enemies that the world stood on the brink of nuclear war over the hosting of Soviet nuclear weapons. Last week, the leaders of countries met in Germany at the G7 summit; this week, the leaders of countries and corporations will meet in Austria at the annual meeting of the shadowy Bilderberg Group. The world be a much better place if such self-appointed rulers of the world looked to Pope Francis and followed his example in giving up the trappings of materialism and money, an outward sign of working for the greater good. Grace McDonnell COATBRIDE

Caritas Award pupils are a It can often be very dispiriting to see the Certain sects are responsible credit to all involved amount of poverty and deprivation in our for sectarianism in Scotland society but seeing so many young people ESTABLISHED IN 1885 IT WAS great to see so many of our pupils willing to take time out of their year and WHAT is sectarianism? I ask because the from Catholic schools receiving their devoting lots of effort to helping others Scottish Government committee spent two Caritas Award featured in last weeks issue. gives me hope for the future, and hope for years not coming up with an answer. It The work the Caritas pupils have done in the future of our faith. Congratulations to seems incredible that this panel of well my own parish has been incredible, as well all the young people involved! respected academics and persons of note as the work they have been doing with Jennifer Stewart could not mange to define this one term in charities. GLASGOW all their deliberations. Climate change: Wouldn’t Collins Dictionary says a person is sectarian if they are ‘a member of a sect or we rather fail trying? Shocking lack of media week’s edition, see page 1, 5-7]. faction, who is bigoted in his adherence to coverage for Caritas Award I was at the ceremony to see my its doctrines or in his intolerance towards grandson, who had dedicate many hours to other sects.’ That seems straight forward T IS difficult to write with any degree of certainty or insight OUR news cycle is 24-7 and our television community and Church causes in the last enough to me. What we are dealing with is this week into what will be the burning issue, no doubt, by channels (license-funded BBC included) year, recieve his Caritas Award at the close-minded bigotry. the time the SCO reaches parishes. Pope Francis’ environ- dedicate considerable time and resources to professional and entertaining ceremony. It Perhaps the Scottish Government report ment encyclical Laudato Si (Be Praised or Praised Be), which covering live events such as political was hosted by a couple from the BBC, and did not use this simple definition as they was due to be published yesterday after the SCO went to debates, football, music festivals and Des Clarke and Scottish school students feared it would find one ‘sect or faction’ press, is likely to call for stronger climate action. awards. provided first-class entertainment, overwhelming responsible for sectarianism While there remains climate change ‘deniers’ within the Faith In a society crying out for good news, The Pope said our students brought hope in Scotland. communityI and in wider society, Church agencies such as the Scot- why then did more than 1100 Scottish to society with their efforts to help tish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) know that those in senior secondary school pupils gathering community, school and parish. Clearly our A Heather the developing world are disproportionately impacted by changing, together to recieve a message from Pope media don’t think young people doing EDINBURGH and increasing unpredictable, weather patterns. Those in absolute Francis recieve so little coverage? Apart something good, hope, is newsworthy. poverty have no reserves, nothing to fall back, on when crops fail in from the brief reports on the SCO website Disappointment grandmother drought or are washed away in flood. [promoting extensive coverage in this GLASGOW Queen is right to recognise Even in the unlikely event that humanity’s efforts to minimise the Ozanam Club’s efforts climate change are futile, wouldn’t we rather fail trying? Isn’t that our Christian duty? Current Conservative poverty and a plethora of food banks, SO PLEASED to see the wonderful work Of course we are not just looking to preserve God’s gift, our thinking is not Christian generally for poorly paid workers; the of Paisely Ozanam club be recognised by planet for today, we must also think of future generations, for term ‘Compassionate Conservatism’ is the the Queen (SCO June 5). What a good example: The young Catholics who gathered for the ACN youth IT IS with regret I saw that my letter in oxymoron of today. Massive deficits thing for her to have done. The wonderful rally in Carfin last week to show their solidarity with persecuted response to Margaret Thomson’s previous created by the wealth ‘creators’ (and eforts of this orgnisation deserve royal Christians; the Caritas Award winners who are just leaving school; one was not published until after the keepers) are being paid for by the poorest. recognition for helping those with the women farmers helped by this year’s SCIAF Week Box Lenten General Election was past, but I am sure As a member of the SNP for 49 years I disabilities live life to the full. appeal. that she would gave paid due regard due was astounded at the general election Too many of us don’t do enough to help June 11 was a glorious sunny Thursday in Motherwell Diocese the letter from the Bishops’ Conference result, and saddened at the collapse of others. This splendid organisation does, so for the ACN youth rally, the kind of perfect summer’s day reminis- anyway—clue—it did not advocate support Labour in England and Wales; that would I’m very happy [its volunteers have] been cent of the June 1 1982 Papal visit (quite a few of us included sun- for weapons of mass destruction. have helped create some defence for the recognised. burn as a souvenir that day.) And while we in Scotland welcome the Her reference to Bagehot’s thoughts poor and dispossessed against a greedy Mr Smith all-too-few sunny days we get, let’s not forget this year’s June tor- from the 19th century is a bit patronising. aggressive Tory government. ‘The stone PERTH rential rain and floods, nor the heavy snows of a few years ago. We Victorian principles never caught my rejected by the builders has become the have the resources, even if only barely, and the infrastructure to imagination, and society has moved on cornerstone,’ and that is not a patronising cope. Yes, our fuel may bills rise, and our food may cost more. For from the ‘children up chimneys’ comment. Take no for an answer some of our brothers and sisters in Africa or Latin America, how- philosophy they advocated. However Jim Lynch ever, extreme weather washes or withers away their very basics for current Tory thinking has created more EDINBURGH THANK God MSP’s rejected the latest survival. attempt to legalise assisted suicide in As Bishop John Keenan of Paisley recently said, Faith and sci- G SCO reserves the right to edit letters to conform with space or style requirements Scotland. I am sick of the continuous ence can work hand-in-hand. Let’s hope that this is the case after attempts to legalise killing in this countr., we get to grips with Laudato Si. G This page is used solely for reader opinion. Views expressed are not necessarily shared by SCO Why can’t these people take no for an It is not arrogance or naivety in the face of God to use our gifts G If you would like to share your opinion, send your correspondence to the address below answer? and talents to work together to protect the earth and its inhabitants. G You must provide your full name, address, and phone number or your letter will not be used Ms Burns After all, Noah built an ark. Science and Faith have to work MOTHERWELL together, we have to work with what God gives us. WRITE TO LETTERS, SCO, 19 WATERLOO STREET, GLASGOW G2 6BT [email protected] 10 COMMENT SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 Build a better relationship with our world Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Sii, re-emphasises tradition of social teaching and ecotheology

to grow in the way ours in the so- s well as issuing the encyclical, Laudato Sii should be studied in the BY LUKE DEVLIN called developed world have, benefiting Pope Francis is getting to spirit of lectio divina, discerning as we have from a fossil-fuel based work. In April, he hosted an carefully what the teaching means for UR relationship with the extractive economy since the industrial importantA conference on climate us and how we live. This is not easy, living world—with the revolution. If the economies of the change and sustainable development as we may find that elements of our earth that sustains us—is entire world were to grow conventionally at the Vatican, and the release of lifestyle are not compatible with the an integral part of our as the richest countries have, not only Laudato Sii is timed to coincide with environmental and social justice it faith. Laudato Sii would catastrophic climate change be the forthcoming COP21 UN climate advocates. We may be called to (Praised be to you), the Papal encycli- guaranteed, but we would need around change conference in Paris in December, change how we live. However, if this cal released on June 18, is expected to four earth’s worth of resources. widely seen as one of the last changes process is disruptive and radical, it is makeO a significant contribution towards Although the encyclical will be the to negotiate an effective global deal on only because the Gospel is disruptive strengthening this. It is widely known strongest teaching yet on these ideas, climate change action. This is an and radical, calling us to transformation as the ‘climate change’ encyclical, but Pope Francis is simply deepening and invitation for the people of the Church and an abundant new life. The people what Pope Francis is offering will go emphasising the tradition of Catholic to call for meaningful change and of God are not called to find meaning in further, inviting us to an integral social teaching and ecotheology. Most to participate in the building of a excessive consumption or convenience understanding of our place in creation, our recently, he called for an emphasis on better world. at any cost, but rather in participating responsibility towards, and connection human ecology, recognising that right There are those in the Church who together in the Kingdom of God. This to the ecological systems upon which relationship with each other and right will not be happy with this encyclical, does not just mean making small we depend, and the intimate connection relationship with the earth are either because they deny the evidence individual changes such as reducing this has with the theology of love. intimately connected. He stands in the for human-induced climate change, or energy use, food waste, and car use— The encyclical will take as its starting hermeneutic of continuity with previous because they (rightly) see it as although this all helps—but working point the scientific evidence for warming Papal encyclicals. Among others, challenging the dominant model of together to build new systems to of the climate. It is unequivocal and Pope Benedict XVI’s 2009 Caritas in unrestricted capitalism. This is an ensure churches and other buildings most of this warming is caused by Veritate called for environmental and opportunity for those of us with such and how we procure goods and services human activity, mainly through the social justice, Pope John Paul II’s positions to read carefully, reflect on are all compatible with this call to emission of carbon dioxide and other Additionally, Pope Francis (above) 1991 Centesimus annus emphasised the encyclical’s contents, and uncover sustainability, perhaps following Pope greenhouse gases. Most of the warming recognises that a materialist domination the ecological imperitive of human its meaning and implications in Benedict XVI who installed solar panels has taken place since the 1970s, with system that treats the earth and other responsibility to future generations, accordance with our conscience. An in the Vatican! While solar power is the 20 warmest years having occurred living things as disposable commodities and Pope Leo XIII's 1891 Rerum unsustainable system, which exploits less effective in Scotland, we have 25 since 1981 and with all 10 of the will tend to treat humans, especially Novarum laid the foundations for the poor and the earth is neither ‘free’ per cent of Europe’s offshore wind warmest years occurring in the past 12 the poor, in exactly the same way. Catholic social teaching based on the nor just—we are simply externalising resource and some of the most years. This means that the way we are Continuing his strong advocacy for common good. This tradition in its the problems it creates onto the less progressive climate change legislation currently living is not sustainable, with the majority world, he argues for a fullness is anchored in the Gospel visible, which means the poor, the in the world. Many parishes are part of a fossil-fuel based economy largely preferential option for the poor imperitive of love and mutual climate system, and future generations. the Eco-Congregation Scotland network powering our industry, energy supply, affected by climate change. Not only interdependence. It’s also of note that We are not called by Christ to serve an (www.ecocongregationscotland.org) agriculture and transportation. The are many of the poorest living in low- the title of the encyclical comes from economic system or the ‘powers and who can provide support to take action. consequences are life-threatening. Just lying coastal areas that will be effected a line in the Canticle of the Sun, the principalities,’ but rather to love one Read carefully, reflect, pray and act. a few include: longer periods of drought, first by sea level rise—which is song in praise of God written by the another and treat each other as we decreased air and water quality, reduced already happening on a large scale in Pope’s namesake, St Francis of Assisi, would wish to be treated. Many decent, I Luke Devlin is executive director of the agricultural yields and loss of sea and places like Bangladesh—but in a cruel known for his love and care for the living wage green jobs could be created Centre for Human Ecology and a member land ice resulting in sea level rise. irony their economies will not be able earth and her creatures. as we transition to a fairer system. of the Catholic Worker apostolate

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Scottish connections of Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States

THE infallibility which comes Most scandalously? Going back the following: “The Pope received gionists south of the border, should Bishop Stephen Robson, now with Papal election does not to 1700, only four prelates in audience… (Thursday) the be proud of him. Bishop of Dunkeld. When he was bring with it absolution for past Hugh appointed to head the Secret Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. When Mgr Gallagher received appointed Auxiliary, I doubt if he faults and failings, a guarantee Archives were not yet Cardinals. Stephen Harper… (Friday) the episcopal consecration on Saturday, had ever heard of Tunnuna (pro- that those will have no bearing on McLoughlin All were created cardinal at the President of the Council of Minis- March 13, 2004 at the hands of the consular Africa as was, modern- the future, and a certainty that next consistory.) ters of the Republic of Poland, Ms then Cardinal Secretary of State, day Tunisia and the adjacent that future will in all other be required to implement any To the surprise of many, when Ewa Kopacz’ who both ‘subse- Angelo Sodano, he was not to be Mediterranean Coast of Western respects be additional mistakes- fruits of the labours of the Council Pope Francis finally decided to quently met with Archbishop Paul the ordinary of a diocese but Apos- Libya, if you must know). free. If it did, Mgr Paul Gal- of Nine Cardinals. No, he had to go. act he appointed the Foreign Sec- R Gallagher, Secretary for Rela- tolic Nuncio in Burundi, in succes- Lindisfarne is just on the English lagher, priest of Liverpool That autocratic tendency which retary he had inherited from Pope tions with States.’And when on sion to the martyred Irish prelate, side of the border, Hoddom on Archdiocese but a ‘Scottish’ Pope Francis had noted in his Benedict, Archbishop Dominique the Thursday President Putin Archbishop Michael Aidan Court- ours; in Dumfriesshire. bishop, would not have just com- younger self as Jesuit superior in Mamberti, to replace Cardinal came to call on Pope Francis, at ney (Archbishop Cushley was Sec- In the late 6th century, St pleted his first six months as the Argentina and which he had Burke. Really it should have been the same time ‘a meeting was held ond Secretary during Archbishop Mungo, founder of Glasgow and its Holy See’s Secretary for Rela- lamented during his interview no surprise. Of Archbishop Gal- between Archbishop Paul Richard Courtney’s first year resident in patron saint, founded a monastery tions with States, in effect the with Fr Antonio Spadaro SJ in La lagher’s 23 predecessors going Gallagher… and Minister of For- Bujumbura). Thus Archbishop Gal- on or about the land now occupied Pope’s Foreign Secretary. Civiltà Cattolica (A Big Heart back to 1878 and the beginning of eign Affairs of the Russian Federa- lagher was provided, as the quaint by Hoddom Castle, but long before For most of last year there was Open to God, September 30, the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIII tion, Sergey Lavrov during which expression has it, as titular to the original castle was built post- speculation that Pope Francis 2013) is alive and well. (I have no (and the restoration of the Scottish the topics of the conflict in the Hodelm, more commonly known Norman Conquest by the Carlyle intended to remove Cardinal Ray- desire to labour this point but if Catholic episcopal hierarchy) Ukraine and the worrying situation as Hoddom. family. That monastery was the seat mond Burke, a friend of Arch- further proof be needed see: the roughly one-third, seven in all, in the Middle East were also dis- And so he became the second of the first bishops of Hoddom. bishop Philip Tartaglia’s, from his appointment of Cardinal Rainer have been former diplomats, cussed.’ English prelate in recent years who, And Hoddom is not unimportant post as Prefect of the Supreme Maria Woelki as Archbishop of including Cardinal Achille Sil- Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, should he experience a sudden yen for other than its ecclesiastical Tribunal of the Aspostolic Sig- Cologne over the heads of the vestrini who was also promoted June 9, Archbishop Gallagher had to visit his titular See, wouldn’t association with St Mungo. And natura, the ultimate court of Cathedral Chapter and in clear from being Secretary for Rela- addressed a seminar, “Building have had far to travel. When many believe that it was at appeal in the Catholic world. It breach of the law; the appoint- tions with States. But it was a sur- inclusive societies together: contri- Bishop John Arnold (Salford) was Lochmaber Robert the Bruce was did not matter to Pope Francis that ment of Blase Joseph Cupich as prise, a genuine surprise, when at butions to Sarajevo’s exchange on appointed Auxiliary Bishop of born. So if we cannot quite claim here was one of the finest legal Archbishop of Chicago without the same time it was announced the religious dimension of intercul- Westminster in December of 2005 Archbishop Gallagher as entirely minds ever to have graced his taking advice of anyone with a that Archbishop Gallagher was to tural dialogue”, organised by the he was provided to the titular see of our own, we can certainly claim a high office, a prelate who over the legitimate say in the matter, and; replace Archbishop Mamberti. Council of Europe. He spoke on Lindisfarne. He was a lucky man as measure of him. Perhaps now that next few years— Cardinal Burke his refusal of the red hats that are And so last week, his first six the religious dimension of intercul- few titular bishops can accurately he is well settled into his new posi- will be 67 on June 30 and so the traditional due of the Patriarch months in office over, we saw in tural dialogue. If I may be excused locate their Sees on a map, never tion, the Scottish Catholic Bishops’ could have served for another 8 of Venice, the Archbishop of the English language translation for putting it this way,Archbishop mind visit, celebrate Mass and chat Conference might care to offer years at least—might have made a Turin and, and most scandalously, of the bollettino, the press release Gallagher is now very much play- to the locals in his and their own this newly illustrious servant of substantial contribution to the the Prefect of the Secret Archivist issued each day by the Vatican ing with the big boys. native language. Just ask Arch- the Servant of the servants of God massive legislative work that will and Librarian of the Holy See. Press Office at noon (11 am here), And we, and not just our coreli- bishop Cushley’s former Auxiliary, honorary membership. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER COMMENT 11

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triumph over adversity remains An SCO diary

LIFE is all about timing, from catching your morning bus or train, to being in the right place at the right time. And speaking of which, surely Russian President Valdimir war, and he knew the devil’s Putin has to one of the few power,” according to Thomas L guests at the Vatican who McDonald at Patheos. thinks it is acceptable to turn One of the last men of a up an hour and 20 minutes dying generation of screen late for an audience with the legends, Mr Lee was fed up Pope? with of the cheap scares of The issue of Ukraine was earlier Dracula films and BY PETER raised during their brief, wanted, instead, to depict evil closed-door meeting. and Satanism in a serious way. KEARNEY According to a Vatican He aimed to highlight that the statement: “The Holy Father occult was dangerous, and to affirmed that it is necessary to treat it with intelligence. N 1968, the US biologist make a sincere and great Entertainment may have been Paul R Ehrlich coined effort to forge peace," in the his medium of choice, but what the term, ‘The Popula- war-ravaged country. Pope a platform for his message. tion Bomb,’ and used it Francis and Putin also agreed We live in an internet era as the title of his best- to ‘restore a climate of when little shocks us and even selling book. The book sold in dialogue.’ our young people have a jaded, the millions and offered an President Putin certainly ‘seen it all’ attitude. That is the apocalyptic prediction of I has a reputation for keeping real horror, that we risk doom and disaster for human- people waiting. Some critics becoming blind to the presence ity on the grounds that there see it as a power play—after of evil in our world. were simply too many of us for all he’s a world leader who the planet to cope. has annexed one part of a GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Dr Ehrlich’s opened his neighbouring country while seminal text with the state- backing a bloody rebellion in A CERTAIN journalist, who ment: “The battle to feed all of another part—other just bad shall remain nameless, got a humanity is over.” He later manners. Turns out it is partly very warm reception at the went on to forecast that hun- a security ploy to thwart any ACN Scotland youth rally in dreds of millions would starve would-be attackers. When Mr Carfin last week. So warm, in to death in the 1970s, that 65 Putin’s schedule is made fact, that he is still sporting million of them would be public the times are the marks in the form of Americans, that crowded India deliberately vague. Indeed patches of sunburn! was essentially doomed security at the Vatican has This is not, however, a health and that in all likelihood ‘Eng- also been ramped up in recent warning, more of a land will not exist in the months.Guess we should not congratulations to all who year 2000.” be so quick to judge… Hands took part in the event to show Dr Ehrlich (right) also up anyone who has tried to their solidarity with warned in 1970 that ‘sometime slip into Mass AFTER the persecuted Christians. in the next 15 years, the end entrance him has concluded. On the day that summer will come.’ By ‘the end,’ he came all at once to Scotland, meant ‘an utter breakdown of GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG secondary school pupils the capacity of the planet to headed not to the beach nor support humanity.’ NOW that all the tasteless park but to the national These frenzied predictions he wealthiest parts of mass sterilisation programmes an epidemic of obesity while ‘Fangs for the memories’ Marian Shrine. were breathlessly relayed by our planet are the most targeted exclusively at Asian, others starve. headlines have passed, it is On a day made for shorts the media around the densely populated. Latin American and African We have an economic sys- time to look at late thespian and T-shirts, full school From Germany's industrial tem that is iniquitous in its world.They caused consterna- T populations. Christopher Lee from a different uniforms, complete with tion and even panic. They heartlands, to Singapore, Hong What Ehrlich and his inability to distribute evenly perspective. blazers, turned Carfin Grotto caused many couples planning Kong and Manhattan huge cohorts did not, perhaps, could the world's resources. But as The actor, from an era of into a blaze of colour. While it larger families to think again. concentrations of humans gen- not understand was the ingen- long as we have human inge- chills and thrills horror films, is unfortunate that the They brought condemnation erate huge volumes of wealth. ious ability of humanity to tri- nuity and a determination to (before gore took centre stage), Catholic youth rally in Stirling and disapproval upon couples The world's poorest regions umph over adversity. Faced better our world these chal- was Anglo-Catholic. His noble during the school holidays whose families were already are its most sparsely popu- with challenges, human beings lenges can be overcome. The blood line was traced back to had to be cancelled, the ACN large. They spawned a sinister lated. There is a causal link collaborate and innovate. they dire forecasts of the population Charlemagne and it is said he event was a shining example population control industry between poverty and popula- use their God given talents to control lobby were in fact a had a Pope somewhere in his of motivated young Catholics which aborted and sterilised tion but it operates in exactly overcome every type of counsel of hopelessness, based family tree. in Scotland standing up for a millions in the developing the opposite way from the one difficulty. on a conception of humans as “He saw evil up close in the cause they believe in. world. Most importantly of all, proposed by Ehrlich. We invent high-yielding, nothing more than a random in almost every aspect the pre- Instead of his draconian pre- disease-resistant crops, estab- life form. dictions were utterly and com- scriptions, including; blacklist- lish and expand supplies of For atheists who see no pletely wrong. ing of people, organisations clean drinking water. We inoc- guiding hand in the work of In the words of recent New and companies ‘impeding pop- ulate and husband animals creation we are of course, no York Times article, Ehrlich's ulation control,’ responsibility against disease and in so doing better than or different from theories have fallen ‘as flat as prizes for childless marriages we feed—or create the capac- insects. ancient theories about the and even a tax on children. ity to feed—the entire world. We swarm like locusts and shape of the Earth.’ Strong arguments exist today According to some estimates devour crops without thinking, At a distance of almost 50 in favour of encouraging cou- our planet has the capacity to then starve and expire when years, it is difficult to imagine ples to have bigger families. In feed twice as many people as the crops fail. But human just how influential and the low fertility Western Europe currently live on it. beings are not insects, rather, sinister and baseless scare- our economies are stagnating we are ‘the summit of the Cre- mongering of the population in direct proportion to our pop- he problem which ator's work’ we have no right control lobby was. ulation stalling. remains outstanding is to limit or restrict this work Paul Ehrlich is still alive Population control was and not, how do we manage and should not be concerned and, apparently, unrepentant, still is, a pernicious creed. It withT a population of 7 billion, by the siren voices of those but many, if not most, of his gave new life to the disrep- rather it is, why can't we man- who would. contemporaries have changed utable and discredited eugen- age to feed everyone? In the their view and now accept that ics movement. It allowed a developed world, one of the population growth may not be racist ideology to grow which biggest issues we face is not I Peter Kearney is director of an unmitigated evil. In fact it is condoned the funding by first overpopulation but over-con- the Scottish Catholic Media quite the opposite. world western governments of sumption. We are faced with Office.

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Sr Azezet Kidane tells FRJOHN DOWNEY about working with refugees in Tel Aviv

MISSIONS MESSAGE FTER five years working with refugees and empowering women in their struggle for recognition of rights, a Comboni Missionary sister, Sr Azezet Kil- Adane, 59, sees her mission as increasingly stressful and diffi- cult. In her centre (Physicians for Human Rights—Israel) at Tel Aviv, she daily meets and wel- comes Eritrean, Sudanese refugees and other ethnic groups in search of a permanent home. Her efforts are constant and at Taking to streets early for Pontiff weekends she uses her nursing expertise to attend to expectant mothers and other sick women at a nearby clinic. Scottish priest FR COLIN MacINNES, a missionary living and working in Guayaquil, Ecuador, “I live in Bethany which is a suburb of Jerusalem, the Palestin- explains the excitement, and preparations, ahead of Pope Francis’ first visit to Latin America ian side of the city.,” Sr Azezet (right) said. “The clinic in which I (Above left) am employed is the centre point ORGE Mario Bergoglio, better People refer to the visit of Pope John A section of stage in an ‘amorous clutch’ exchanging for all immigrants who do not known as Pope Francis, is the Paul, of 30 years ago, with love and long- the ‘pregon’ sweet nothings till suddenly the girl jumps have health insurance. They are first member of the Jesuit Order ing. The country was then more united. as they up saying, “I cannot go home at this late the poorest of society. Their to be elected Pope of the Pressure groups (gays, greens, feminists, make their hour or my father will kill me. What can I requests are many: Demands for Catholic Church. He is also the leftists and rightists) were not so promi- way to the do”? The boy replies, “You are right. We abortions by many women who first South American to hold the office nent and the social media, which propa- next station. have had such a loving time together have been raped, treatment for the and he has chosen humble Ecuador to gates so many contradictory voices and (Above tonight and I want this to last for the rest people suffering from horrible Eritrean and Sudanese “We at Physicians for Human Jbe the first Latin American country to opinions, simply did not exist—social right) of my life. Come and stay with me and I burns and wounds to the body refugees, informing them Rights—Israel are doing all we visit during his papacy. innocence has become a memory of a Enforced will protect you.” And so they go off inflicted by tortures in extracting they have 30 days to can to help these victims but our You can be forgiven for thinking that state of mind now forgotten. St John Paul poverty is together as a married couple. ransoms and also many psycho- accept Israel’s offer of $ efforts are not the solution.” the news would have put the country in awakened the conscience of the popula- the lot of The second ‘union’ is before an somatic and orthopaedic prob- 3500 in cash and a one-way A few years ago Sr Azezet unprecedented turmoil, in a state of tion and, for the first time, the youth many in unconcerned registrar. The girl wants a lems. These are some of the many ticket home or to an received from the hands of Hilary euphoric expectation but it would seem became a force in the country and in the Ecuador. Church marriage but the boy insists that despicable crimes committed unnamed third country in Clinton (left), then US Secretary that the impact of the Papal visit has not Church; movements for social justice (Left) The they will wait till they ‘see how it works against these innocent people Africa, or face imprisonment of State, the prestigious US State yet been fully assimilated. This is due were strengthened and it would appear parish out.’ The registrar says that he does not fleeing from war and persecution. at the Saharinim prison in the Department’s Trafficking in Per- partly due to the rather tense relationship that people started to think more of what poster care about ‘how it works out.’ “Just “Many are killed in transport desert. sons (TIP) Heroes Award. She between many of the most influential they wanted for their country and for reminding sign here and be off with you,” there is accidents along the dangerous Sr Azezet, in her speech at had hoped that it might have cre- the parish- bishops and the national government. The themselves in the future and look beyond ioners of a football match on the telly. The third and difficult territory towards and the Vatican on International ated international coverage and Church, which during the years had pro- the difficulties and problems of the pres- the coming union was presented with the bride and from Sinai,” she added. All is this Women’s Day, states clearly to support of her work but unfortu- vided education and health services in the ent. The beginnings of a social revolution of the Pope groom in full regalia and with the great- is being made more difficult by her listeners that, “I don’t want nately it hasn’t. most deprived areas of the country, find were ignited in Ecuador. est solemnity they went through the recent policies that the Israeli to speak about the suffering Now it seems, with recent strict hostile government officials trying to marriage rite before a ‘priest’ appearing government is putting into action. refugees but I want to speak for laws passed by the Israeli gov- impose urban rules and regulations in rural t would appear improbable, but I with all the trappings. A discussion fol- them.” ernment and European States, areas where providing for minimum think that Pope Francis has capti- lowed where the merits and demerits of Policies “Recently I received a phone that responsibility for the fate of hygiene conditions and adequate class vated the imagination of the world ity in society and states with clarity that it is necessary to spell out this most marriage were freely discussed and then Perhaps following in the line of call from an Eritrean women refugees is being passed from space are an unachievable challenge. The Ieven more than any of his predecessors. much more has to be done by govern- important aspect of the visit. As a start I we had readings from scripture and the the EU and strict measures to refugee living in the US. She told one to another. “Like Pilate, insistence, for instance, on having two The social and mass media have pro- ments and society for those living in had big banners printed in each of the thoughts of the Pope regarding marriage respond to the Mediterranean me that her brother had been kid- they wash their hands,” says Sr doors on every toilet in a situation where, jected the figure of Francis with such deprivation; for countries impoverished churches relating the parish to the Papal was read and commented on. refugee crisis, Israel has drawn up napped and was being held by the Azezet. just a few years ago, the available toilet force that no government, country or by our economic theories; for migrants visit. Then, on Saturday, June 6 we had At the other stations we analysed the some drastic new policies to deal smugglers in Sinai. They were “The silence of the world was a nearby bush does not appear to population can ignore him. Even TIME escaping wars and destitution and a pregon of the visit through the parish. role of parents; love and understanding with the refugee influx from demanding a ransom of faced with such evil towards school administrators a priority. magazine, which many regard as world enduring indescribable hardships and A pregon is a kind of public march in the home; and youth in the home and Egypt into Israel. From 2010, an US$6,000. She had been forced migrants makes me suffer Some government officials give the leader in magazines, reckon that the distress in their quest for a better life: announcing the activities programmed in society. We programmed Liturgical estimated 35,000 refugees and to listen by phone as her brother because I know if these people impression that religion should be con- Pope’s influence is greater than any ‘They also are men and women like our- for the Papal visit. The pregon lasted penitential services; conferences on the asylum seekers were in Israel screamed for help whilst undergo- shared with me, their were European there would be fined to inside the church building and no world politician including President selves’ was the his comment while four hours and we stopped at four strate- new attitude to old and established doc- seeking sanctuary from genocide, ing torture,” she says in the incredible stories of physical and greater sympathy towards their further. Hymns should only be sung in the Obama. The Pope does not make polit- appealing for help for the hundreds gic spots where we had songs, music, trines and church practices inherent in civil war and persecution from speech. emotional pain suffered at the cause,” she said. “In reality we privacy of the shower and never in public ical pronouncements but he has a vision drowned in the Mediterranean. The theatrical sketches with a message, the Pope’s vision for the church in the countries such as Sudan/Darfur, “It took her ages to raise the Helping hands of smugglers in the Sinai are not all equal. My hope is that is the attitude of others. At the same time, of the Church which goes beyond the Pope, like the apostle James, states prayers and scripture readings. future but comment on these proposals Eritrea, the Ivory Coast and the money through the churches, on replied that in con- Sr Azezet has welcomed the desert. Victims of sexual slavery now many of these victims have the government is making every effort to sacristy door. He speaks of a Church clearly that faith without good works is will have to remain to a future date. Democratic Republic of Congo. the streets and by selling family science I was unable to respond to refugees, being part of the group, and torture. People kept in chains gained the courage to speak and appear as the real protagonists of the Papal open to the world, welcoming all and vain and empty. James 2, 14-24. he theme for the event was the Now the Israeli government has property. She asked me to convey her plea. A few weeks later she ‘Physicians for Human Rights – for months, blindfolded for this gives me complete satisfac- I visit. Every politician realises that an excluding no one; a Church aware of a So much for generalisations but what family. We started off portraying If anyone wishes to support Fr Colin told unwanted Africans that they this money to the traffickers. This phoned telling me that her brother Israel’(PHR-I). In our meeting in months and on release blinded by tion. Meanwhile I can continue to appearance with Pope Francis sums up a Gospel message which has to be are we doing at the level of parish? Per- the different types of ‘marital MacInnesʼ missionary effort, donations must leave or face an indefinite request put me in a very difficult had been killed. For several days London recently, she said that: the sudden shock with daylight. be a voice and eyes for them.” number of much desired votes.All this has announced to all people and especially sonally I consider that the papal visit unions’ which are common in Ecuador. stay in prison. It has been dilemma. How could I convey I could not sleep. What would the “Over the last two years, hun- Families seeking to pay ransom T can be made out to Scottish Catholic I led to a subdued state of confusion those who are most alienated from God. must be an occasion of grace for the The first was what is known as the ‘free Observer Charity Appeal, 19 Waterloo reported that Israeli authorities are money to evil traffickers? I didn’t Good Shepherd have done? I dreds of asylum seekers, victims for family members kidnapped Fr John Downey edits the amongst the general population. He takes issue with the state of inequal- country and the parish. At the same time union:’two young people appeared on the St, Glasgow, G2 6BT sending letters to the first 45,000 know what to do. In the end I don’t know.” of torture and trafficking, have and held at ransom by traffickers. Comboni Mission magazine WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 12 MISSION MATTERS SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FEATURE 13 ‘Let their cry be heard’

Sr Azezet Kidane tells FRJOHN DOWNEY about working with refugees in Tel Aviv

MISSIONS MESSAGE FTER five years working with refugees and empowering women in their struggle for recognition of rights, a Comboni Missionary sister, Sr Azezet Kil- Adane, 59, sees her mission as increasingly stressful and diffi- cult. In her centre (Physicians for Human Rights—Israel) at Tel Aviv, she daily meets and wel- comes Eritrean, Sudanese refugees and other ethnic groups in search of a permanent home. Her efforts are constant and at Taking to streets early for Pontiff weekends she uses her nursing expertise to attend to expectant mothers and other sick women at a nearby clinic. Scottish priest FR COLIN MacINNES, a missionary living and working in Guayaquil, Ecuador, “I live in Bethany which is a suburb of Jerusalem, the Palestin- explains the excitement, and preparations, ahead of Pope Francis’ first visit to Latin America ian side of the city.,” Sr Azezet (right) said. “The clinic in which I (Above left) am employed is the centre point ORGE Mario Bergoglio, better People refer to the visit of Pope John A section of stage in an ‘amorous clutch’ exchanging for all immigrants who do not known as Pope Francis, is the Paul, of 30 years ago, with love and long- the ‘pregon’ sweet nothings till suddenly the girl jumps have health insurance. They are first member of the Jesuit Order ing. The country was then more united. as they up saying, “I cannot go home at this late the poorest of society. Their to be elected Pope of the Pressure groups (gays, greens, feminists, make their hour or my father will kill me. What can I requests are many: Demands for Catholic Church. He is also the leftists and rightists) were not so promi- way to the do”? The boy replies, “You are right. We abortions by many women who first South American to hold the office nent and the social media, which propa- next station. have had such a loving time together have been raped, treatment for the and he has chosen humble Ecuador to gates so many contradictory voices and (Above tonight and I want this to last for the rest people suffering from horrible Eritrean and Sudanese “We at Physicians for Human Jbe the first Latin American country to opinions, simply did not exist—social right) of my life. Come and stay with me and I burns and wounds to the body refugees, informing them Rights—Israel are doing all we visit during his papacy. innocence has become a memory of a Enforced will protect you.” And so they go off inflicted by tortures in extracting they have 30 days to can to help these victims but our You can be forgiven for thinking that state of mind now forgotten. St John Paul poverty is together as a married couple. ransoms and also many psycho- accept Israel’s offer of $ efforts are not the solution.” the news would have put the country in awakened the conscience of the popula- the lot of The second ‘union’ is before an somatic and orthopaedic prob- 3500 in cash and a one-way A few years ago Sr Azezet unprecedented turmoil, in a state of tion and, for the first time, the youth many in unconcerned registrar. The girl wants a lems. These are some of the many ticket home or to an received from the hands of Hilary euphoric expectation but it would seem became a force in the country and in the Ecuador. Church marriage but the boy insists that despicable crimes committed unnamed third country in Clinton (left), then US Secretary that the impact of the Papal visit has not Church; movements for social justice (Left) The they will wait till they ‘see how it works against these innocent people Africa, or face imprisonment of State, the prestigious US State yet been fully assimilated. This is due were strengthened and it would appear parish out.’ The registrar says that he does not fleeing from war and persecution. at the Saharinim prison in the Department’s Trafficking in Per- partly due to the rather tense relationship that people started to think more of what poster care about ‘how it works out.’ “Just “Many are killed in transport desert. sons (TIP) Heroes Award. She between many of the most influential they wanted for their country and for reminding sign here and be off with you,” there is accidents along the dangerous Sr Azezet, in her speech at had hoped that it might have cre- the parish- bishops and the national government. The themselves in the future and look beyond ioners of a football match on the telly. The third and difficult territory towards and the Vatican on International ated international coverage and Church, which during the years had pro- the difficulties and problems of the pres- the coming union was presented with the bride and from Sinai,” she added. All is this Women’s Day, states clearly to support of her work but unfortu- vided education and health services in the ent. The beginnings of a social revolution of the Pope groom in full regalia and with the great- is being made more difficult by her listeners that, “I don’t want nately it hasn’t. most deprived areas of the country, find were ignited in Ecuador. est solemnity they went through the recent policies that the Israeli to speak about the suffering Now it seems, with recent strict hostile government officials trying to marriage rite before a ‘priest’ appearing government is putting into action. refugees but I want to speak for laws passed by the Israeli gov- impose urban rules and regulations in rural t would appear improbable, but I with all the trappings. A discussion fol- them.” ernment and European States, areas where providing for minimum think that Pope Francis has capti- lowed where the merits and demerits of Policies “Recently I received a phone that responsibility for the fate of hygiene conditions and adequate class vated the imagination of the world ity in society and states with clarity that it is necessary to spell out this most marriage were freely discussed and then Perhaps following in the line of call from an Eritrean women refugees is being passed from space are an unachievable challenge. The Ieven more than any of his predecessors. much more has to be done by govern- important aspect of the visit. As a start I we had readings from scripture and the the EU and strict measures to refugee living in the US. She told one to another. “Like Pilate, insistence, for instance, on having two The social and mass media have pro- ments and society for those living in had big banners printed in each of the thoughts of the Pope regarding marriage respond to the Mediterranean me that her brother had been kid- they wash their hands,” says Sr doors on every toilet in a situation where, jected the figure of Francis with such deprivation; for countries impoverished churches relating the parish to the Papal was read and commented on. refugee crisis, Israel has drawn up napped and was being held by the Azezet. just a few years ago, the available toilet force that no government, country or by our economic theories; for migrants visit. Then, on Saturday, June 6 we had At the other stations we analysed the some drastic new policies to deal smugglers in Sinai. They were “The silence of the world was a nearby bush does not appear to population can ignore him. Even TIME escaping wars and destitution and a pregon of the visit through the parish. role of parents; love and understanding with the refugee influx from demanding a ransom of faced with such evil towards school administrators a priority. magazine, which many regard as world enduring indescribable hardships and A pregon is a kind of public march in the home; and youth in the home and Egypt into Israel. From 2010, an US$6,000. She had been forced migrants makes me suffer Some government officials give the leader in magazines, reckon that the distress in their quest for a better life: announcing the activities programmed in society. We programmed Liturgical estimated 35,000 refugees and to listen by phone as her brother because I know if these people impression that religion should be con- Pope’s influence is greater than any ‘They also are men and women like our- for the Papal visit. The pregon lasted penitential services; conferences on the asylum seekers were in Israel screamed for help whilst undergo- shared with me, their were European there would be fined to inside the church building and no world politician including President selves’ was the his comment while four hours and we stopped at four strate- new attitude to old and established doc- seeking sanctuary from genocide, ing torture,” she says in the incredible stories of physical and greater sympathy towards their further. Hymns should only be sung in the Obama. The Pope does not make polit- appealing for help for the hundreds gic spots where we had songs, music, trines and church practices inherent in civil war and persecution from speech. emotional pain suffered at the cause,” she said. “In reality we privacy of the shower and never in public ical pronouncements but he has a vision drowned in the Mediterranean. The theatrical sketches with a message, the Pope’s vision for the church in the countries such as Sudan/Darfur, “It took her ages to raise the Helping hands of smugglers in the Sinai are not all equal. My hope is that is the attitude of others. At the same time, of the Church which goes beyond the Pope, like the apostle James, states prayers and scripture readings. future but comment on these proposals Eritrea, the Ivory Coast and the money through the churches, on replied that in con- Sr Azezet has welcomed the desert. Victims of sexual slavery now many of these victims have the government is making every effort to sacristy door. He speaks of a Church clearly that faith without good works is will have to remain to a future date. Democratic Republic of Congo. the streets and by selling family science I was unable to respond to refugees, being part of the group, and torture. People kept in chains gained the courage to speak and appear as the real protagonists of the Papal open to the world, welcoming all and vain and empty. James 2, 14-24. he theme for the event was the Now the Israeli government has property. She asked me to convey her plea. A few weeks later she ‘Physicians for Human Rights – for months, blindfolded for this gives me complete satisfac- I visit. Every politician realises that an excluding no one; a Church aware of a So much for generalisations but what family. We started off portraying If anyone wishes to support Fr Colin told unwanted Africans that they this money to the traffickers. This phoned telling me that her brother Israel’(PHR-I). In our meeting in months and on release blinded by tion. Meanwhile I can continue to appearance with Pope Francis sums up a Gospel message which has to be are we doing at the level of parish? Per- the different types of ‘marital MacInnesʼ missionary effort, donations must leave or face an indefinite request put me in a very difficult had been killed. For several days London recently, she said that: the sudden shock with daylight. be a voice and eyes for them.” number of much desired votes.All this has announced to all people and especially sonally I consider that the papal visit unions’ which are common in Ecuador. stay in prison. It has been dilemma. How could I convey I could not sleep. What would the “Over the last two years, hun- Families seeking to pay ransom T can be made out to Scottish Catholic I led to a subdued state of confusion those who are most alienated from God. must be an occasion of grace for the The first was what is known as the ‘free Observer Charity Appeal, 19 Waterloo reported that Israeli authorities are money to evil traffickers? I didn’t Good Shepherd have done? I dreds of asylum seekers, victims for family members kidnapped Fr John Downey edits the amongst the general population. He takes issue with the state of inequal- country and the parish. At the same time union:’two young people appeared on the St, Glasgow, G2 6BT sending letters to the first 45,000 know what to do. In the end I don’t know.” of torture and trafficking, have and held at ransom by traffickers. Comboni Mission magazine WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 14 FR ROLHEISER SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 Giving your best in the circumstances

Given that confession, it’s fair to ask: Didn’t those retreatants have a right to have me arrive for this retreat more- rested, more-prepared, and more-ready to give them my full, undivided atten- tion? Fair enough. They did have that right; except that this was mitigated by the fact that all the people who are daily affected by my regular duties also had that same right. They too had a right to my time, my un-fatigued self, my full energies, and my undivided attention. During that week of retreat, my office also got second best: I was not giving it BY FR RONALD my ideal best; but only what I could do, ROLHEISER given the circumstances. suspect most time-management ECENTLY I led a week- experts, and not a few counselors long retreat for some 60 and spiritual directors, would tell people at a renewal centre. Ime that the reason this tension exists in Overall, it went very well, my life is because of my failure to set though ideally it could clear priorities and be faithful to them have gone better. It could have gone and that this sloppy indecisiveness is better if, previous to the retreat, I would unfair to everyone on every side. If am Rhave had more time to prepare and over-extended, it’s a fault in my life, more time to rest so that I would have pure and simple, which I have a moral arrived at the retreat well-rested, fully- responsibility to correct. energetic, and able to give this group But is it really that simple? Are we my total undivided attention for really meant to have this much control seven days. of over our lives? Don’t circumstance Of course, that wasn’t the case. The and need perennially trump that?Aren’t yourself, except that it’s equally, per- most in the world suffer from the for- whole of our lives? We have finite ener- days leading up to the retreat were con- the generative years of our lives about haps more, dangerous to under-extend mer, overextension, and, paradoxically, gies, finite time, finite attention, and we sumed by many pressures in my regu- much more than ensuring our own yourself so as to always have full con- it seems to give them more energy. are constantly swamped by circum- lar ministry; these were long days that health and rest? Even if the purpose of trol of your own energy and commit- Jesus, while cautioning proper self-care stance, need, and pressure. There’s kept me preoccupied and tired. Indeed, our own self-care is not selfish but ments and be always well rested and (Let us go away by ourselves for a always something. And so we are often in the days leading up to the retreat, I intended for the better service of oth- not over-taxed. We can burnout, but we while and rest. Mark, 6, 31) also tells caught in a major tension as regards our had to do many extra hours of work ers, isn’t that service itself the final cul- can also rust-out. us that we should pour ourselves out time, energy, and attention. In any simply to free myself up to lead this prit? There are needs all over and our This, of course, can easily become a completely for others without worrying given season within our lives, if we are retreat. So I arrived for this retreat resources are finite, isn’t that always a rationalisation for not setting proper too much about whether this will kill us honest, we might have to say: This partly exhausted and carrying with me formula for tension? priorities and for letting ourselves be or not. wasn’t the best I might have done ide- still a lot of pressures from my Circumstance conscripts us and, in non-reflectively buffeted by circum- ally, but it’s the best that I could do, regular duties. the words of Jesus, puts a rope around stance. But the opposite can also be a had all of this in mind as I struggled given the circumstance! In spite of this, the retreat still went us and takes where we would rather not rationaliSation used to over-protect our while giving a recent retreat, know- Ultimately this is true for our whole pretty well. I had enough energy and go, namely, beyond our comfort, own comfort and rest. That’s the ten- ing that neither the retreatants nor lives. It’s never ideal, but it’s the best focus to make things essentially work. beyond always being adequately rested, sion, and it’s meant to be a tension. Imy office were getting my best ener- we can do, given the circumstance.And But it wasn’t the best I could do ideally, and beyond always being in control of Sometimes we overextend ourselves gies… though both got the best that I that should be more than enough when though it was the best I could do given our own timetable and energies. Admit- and sometime we under-extend our- could give, given the circumstance. we stand before our Maker in the circumstances. tedly it’s dangerous to over-extend selves. Most of the people that I admire And isn’t this a good image for the judgement.

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PHOENIX CHOIR their sponsors, The Co-opera- a beautiful summer evening, organisations, and has raised in CARFIN GROTTO tive Funeralcare, the choir allowing members from both excess of £1.5 million over the JUNE 12 showcased an array of diverse the choirs and audience the course of its lifetime. repertoire. opportunity to go and visit the Fr Francis McGachey, parish THE Glasgow Phoenix Choir From opening with a rousing National Shrine of Our Lady of priest of St Francis Xavier and guests have raised a stag- rendition of Handel’s Zadok the Lourdes for themselves. Church, described the concert gering total amounting to more Priest to ending with the partic- A registered charity itself, the on the night as ‘a feast of music.’ than £4, 00 for Carfin Lourdes ipatory ‘Battle Hymn of the Glasgow Phoenix Choir is no “The sale of tickets and pro- Grotto at a fundraising concert Republic’, the concert saw stranger to hosting fundraising grammes, along with donations last Friday evening. sacred, reflective choral works events. received, realised £4,117 for the The choir, led by musical including Karl Jenkins’Bene- Since its formation in 1951 National Shrine. A magnificent director Marilyn J Smith MBE dictus interspersed with lighter after the disbanding of the sum of money!” and accompanied by depute numbers such as ABBA’s renowned Glasgow Orpheus “Every month we have to conductor Cameron Murdoch, Thank You For the Music and a Choir, the choir has made a find nearly £2,500 to run this performed in St Francis Xavier medley of First World War- name for itself as one of Scot- place…We rely entirely on the Church, Carfin, as part of their songs. land’s oldest choral groups, kindness of our pilgrims.” ‘A Festival of Song’series, with Featured alongside the choir with over 30 recorded albums Conductor Marilyn J Smith all profits being donated were their guests for the and performances both nation- MBE described the Grotto as a towards the upkeep of the evening’s concert, the Dublin ally and internationally. They ‘wonderful, serene place’while Grotto. Airport Singers. Established in The Irish choir sang from a ing to a 110-strong swell of give many performances Anne Kay, press officer of the Looking resplendent in their 1991 by the late Tony Madden, varied programme of Irish folk voices onstage—giving truly through their concert season - Glasgow Phoenix Choir, said: uniform black concert gowns a Dublin Airport employee, the and Gaelic songs alongside uplifting and entertaining per- both individually and in con- “I, and several other members and white dinner jackets, com- choir are conducted by Profes- more traditional choral works formances. junction with other choral of the choir, thoroughly enjoyed plete with scarves for the ladies sor Paul Deegan and accompa- such as Barber’s Sure on this Following the concert, open- groups— in order to raise the concert and the warmth of and pocket squares for the gen- nied by assistant musical Shining Night and Beatles’clas- ing times in the Grotto were money for a large number of the reception by the audience.” tlemen in the lilac colour of director, Celine Kelly. sics, with both choirs—amass- extended on what proved to be churches, charitable causes and AMANDA CONNELLY

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Comment section and online discussion forum chaired EWTN PROGRAMMES strong in faith by young Catholics SUN JUNE 21 BAPTIST 11AM 5.30PM ANGELUS WITH POPE EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY FRANCIS WITH COLLEEN CARROLL 1PM CAMPBELL LIVE SUNDAY MASS 9PM 3.30 P.M LIVE COMING TO CHRIST OPENING MASS OF THE THURS JUNE 25 FORTNIGHT FOR RELI- 1PM GIOUS FREEDOM LIVE DAILY MASS 5PM 9PM HEROIC PRIESTHOOD COMING TO CHRIST 6PM FRI JUNE 26 THE WORLD OVER 1PM 8PM DAILY MASS THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL 5.30PM 9PM EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY SUNDAY NIGHT PRIME WITH COLLEEN CARROLL 10PM CAMPBELL VATICANO 8PM MON JUNE 22 LIVE THE WORLD OVER 1PM 9PM LIVE DAILY MASS 9PM COMING TO CHRIST COMING TO CHRIST 9.30PM TUES JUNE 23 LIFE ON THE ROCK 1PM SAT JUNE 27 LIVE DAILY MASS 1PM 5.30PM DAILY MASS EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY 5.30PM WITH COLLEEN CARROLL EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY CAMPBELL WITH COLLEEN CARROLL 9PM CAMPBELL COMING TO CHRIST 7PM WED JUNE 24 SAINTS VS. SCOUNDRELS 1PM 9PM LIVE EWTN MASS. THE EWTN THEOLOGY ROUND- Flying high or grounded? Take NATIVITY OF JOHN THE TABLE the time to connect with God LAY READERS’ GUIDE In the last Strong in Faith before the summer holidays, AIDAN MICHAELCOOK explores finding time in travel schedule to pray SUNDAY JUNE 21 Job 38:8-11. Response: O give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever. 2nd Corinthians 5:14- ANY of us will fly off to 17, Mark 4:35-4. foreign adventures this sum- mer. Even if we have chosen air travel simply because it MONDAY is the most practical way to Genesis 12:1-9. Response: Happy the people the get where we want to go, it can still in itself be a significant, and even religious, experi- Lord has chosen as his own . Matthew 7:1-5. ence.M Flying renews our wonder of creation. TUESDAY Although we can quickly become used to it Genesis 13:2, 5-1. Response: The just will live in and take it for granted, air travel provides a perspective on the marvels of the created the presence of the Lord. Matthew 7:6, 12-14. world that few in history have been privi- leged enough to experience. One particular early morning flight taking off through the WEDNESDAY sunrise remains one of the most breathtak- Nativity of John the Baptist. Isaiah 49:1-6. ing sights I have ever seen. Being up among Response: I thank you for the wonder of my being. and above the clouds helps reveal the beauty Luke 1:57-66. 80. and interconnectedness of every detail of creation. Flying over mountains and lakes, farms and cities, oceans and continents, we THURSDAY see the world in a new light: we are, in a Genesis 16:1-12, 15-1. Response: O give thanks sense, taken out of ourselves. At the same time, however, we get a shell of technology between us and the last up’. But such occasions also provide the to the Lord, for he is good. Matthew 7:21-29. renewed sense of our self, and notably our things is all too fallible, and so we are chance to grow in patience, and love, and fragility and mortality. The ground is taken pushed to do that which we should always understanding. FRIDAY away from beneath our feet and we are held be doing: to place all our trust in God. Flight takes us up into the skies, towards in mid-air, supported only by the suddenly And what about the rest of air travel, the the heavens, and even, if we allow it, to God Genesis 17: 1, 9-10, 15-22. Response: Indeed very abstract concepts of science, technol- less romantic parts? Well, a little penance Himself. And so instead of simply letting the thus shall be blessed the man who fears the Lord. ogy and the laws of nature. can always be profitable… And with cus- world rush by this summer, let us take the Matthew 8:1-4. By taking the ground from under our feet, toms checks, long waits in airports, crushed chance to grow in love for our God, for our flight shows us the flimsiness of material legs in economy class seating, or being stuck fellow man created in His image, and for the foundations. We place ourselves in the hands for 10 hours between one neighbour who wonderful world He has placed in our care. SATURDAY of the engineers who build our planes, and never seems to have received any lessons in Genesis 18:1-15. Response: The Lord remem- I What do you think about this article and the pilots who fly them, and are ourselves personal hygiene and another who has no bered his mercy. Matthew 8:5-17. completely helpless. We know that engineers respect for personal space, there are plenty subject. Have your say at https://www.face- and pilots can make mistakes, that the thin of opportunities for penance—to ‘offer it book.com/scostronginfaith WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 16 THAT’S LIFE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 Throwing the book at stress in six minutes THAT’S LIFE discovers that, while self-help books may not make the best book club fodder, reading is healthy

dom my parents gave me was to allow me to It was not to be. Just before I got married my browse by myself in the junior section of the mum’s classroom was destroyed in a fire which Carnegie Library while they pursued the shelves ravaged the school. It happened at night and no of the big library. one was hurt but a piece of my childhood was gone I can still remember the excitement I felt the first forever. But the love affair with books continued. By Mary time I was given a book token. I was determined to make a worthy purchase. After some consideration t’s not always so much fun for Himself having McGinty I plumped for Anne of Green Gables and I relished to lug a ton-weight of books when we go on every word. holiday but fortunately he is an old soul like me VERYONE and her sister is in a book The belongings of the only child are much in Iand the book wins every time in the kindle-v-book club these days. Except me. In another demand when it comes time to pass them on. One debate. life I would be a sterling candidate for careful owner guaranteed that no recipient of my Research has found that reading for just six min- a monthly get-together with a bunch of jigsaws ever had to bemoan the missing thou- utes is enough to reduce stress by 68 per cent. In a pals, a glass of prosecco and a riveting sandth piece. My books were never dog-eared. world in which we are bombarded by information read. Like me, my mother was reluctant to give them overload in a never-ending stream of texts, emails As the only child of older parents, mine was not away when I outgrew them so they found a home and phone calls, picking up a book is a signal that Ea rough and tumble childhood. Summer days were in her classroom. She was always happy to report at least a short spell of calm beckons. The con- spent pottering about on riverside picnics and win- that my treasured childhood reading was being centration that reading requires transports the ter nights were snug by the fireside. Books were treated with respect by her pupils until the day I reader to a place of relaxation. For me it is not just the common denominator. The first taste of free- might need them for my own children. the book but the entire reading experience. If I’m not wearing my jammies it’s not as fully satisfy- ing as it could be. So that explains why I am not a contender for a book club. My 8pm look is, shall we say, not my CROSSWORD Gordius No 199 best. The early morning gloss, when I am ready to take on the world, has long-departed for the day. The lippy has all but worn off and I’m not fit for 123 4 5 6 7 public consumption. In my weekly check-out of the book reviews I As a self-help book it is probably of more value came across a book written by a scientist who than some of the offerings I have seen. Training 89 advocates a four-step progamme to change the people to be happy regardless of health, wealth and mindset to a ‘newer, happier you.’ It’s offers rea- success is a laudable aim. For my money, the best sonable enough advice such as ‘when things go kind of self-help book is of the spiritual reading 10 11 12 wrong, focus on what went right rather than what variety. Spiritual reading nourishes the soul and First entry out the hat on FRI went wrong.’ I flinched at his suggestion that we encourages our spiritual growth, helping us discern 13 14 JUNE 19 will be the winner should say, inwardly ‘I wish you well’ every time God’s plan for us. As St Jerome said: “When we we meet someone. He hasn’t come across some of pray we speak to God but when we read God the people I meet—that’s all I’m saying. speaks to us.” 15 16 17 Send your completed crossword entries—along with 18 your full name address and 19 20 daytime phone number—to SUDOKU 21 22 23 CROSSWORD CONTEST SCO 19 WATERLOO ST GLASGOW G2 6BT SIMPLE 24 25 143 9 6 The winner’s name will be

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SIX MONTHS MIND CLANCY 15th Anniversary In loving memory of our beloved mother, Mary, who died June 19, 2000 and our dad, Larry, who died January 11, 2007. Remembering you both is easy, We do it every day, It’s just the pain of losing you, McDERMOTT PRETE McDERMOTT That never goes away. GAFFNEY Treasured memories of our Treasured memories are held Treasured and cherished Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for 11th Anniversary close to our hearts of John dearly loved father, Andrew memories of our wonderful, them. In loving memory of my dear NUGENT Prete, dear husband of the McDermott, died December kind and loving mother, Nancy, Inserted by their loving husband, and father, Henry, Treasured memories of Helen, 16, 1976. R.I.P. late Annie (Tracey), adored who died February 22, 2015, dad, granda and great-granda, daughters Margaret, Theresa, died June 26, 2004, also his whose six months mind A heart of gold stopped and whose 94th birthday who sadly died August 17, 2005. Maria, Charlotte. brother, Thomas, died April 10, occurs on June 21, 2015. beating, occurs on June 23. Thank you Dad for the years 1994. Beloved wife of the late Hard working hands at rest, The day you left us mother Paddy, loved mother of John we shared, CRILLEY I miss you from your fireside God broke our hearts to prove For the love you gave and the Our hearts just broke in two, and the late Margaret, grand- In loving memory of Jimmy, chair, to us, way you cared, The smallest part is still with us mother and great-grand- He only takes the best. You left a place no one can fill, And the largest part with you. dearly beloved husband of the Your loving smile and gentle mother. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for We miss you Dad and always Because you are so special late Mary, dear father and air, Dear St Joseph, pray for her. him. will. No words can ever say grandfather, who died June Your vacant chair no one can Always loved and Inserted by his loving family. To be together in the same old How much we love and miss 19, 1990. fill, remembered. way, you Mum Will those who think of him We miss you Henry and Would be our dearest wish Today and every day. today, always will. today. FATHERS DAY REMEMBRANCE Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for A little prayer to Jesus say. St Joseph, pray for him. Dad, Happy Father’s Day. her. Miss you so much. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Your loving wife Margaret and Until we meet again. Inserted by her loving family. pray for him. R.I.P. son Pat. From your loving family. xxxx Inserted by his loving family. A loving granda, kind and true, GAFFNEY One in a million Granda, that DAVIE In loving memory of our dear was you. 22nd Anniversary of our father and father-in-law, Happy Father’s Day Boaby. From all your loving grandchil- precious and dearly missed Henry, died June 26, 2004. dren and great-grandchildren. mammy, sister and nana, We did not know that morning, xxxx Kathleen Josephine, who What pain that day would McSHANE passed from this life on the bring, Cherished memories of our 90TH BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE Feast of the Sacred Heart, When a special heart stopped dear daddy, granda and great- June 18, 1993. beating, granda, John McShane, who , Frank “The souls of the just are in And we could not do a thing, HAUGH died January 15, 1994. the hands of God…They are The parting was so sudden, Loving and precious A Father’s Love. memories of my Daddy McGUIGAN at peace.” We often wonder why, Wipe your eyes, don’t you weep, Precious memories of a much on your 5th Fathers Day in Inserted by her devoted That the hardest part for all of I haven’t left you, I’m only loved wife, sister, sister-in-law, Heaven. asleep, daughter Anne on behalf of us, Dad, I miss your smile and aunt and great-aunt, Sadie, Whenever you need me, I’ll be who died on January 12, 2013 the entire family. We never said goodbye, your kindly ways there, We think about you every day, Together we would spend so and whose birthday occurs on Just mention my name when DOLAN The things you did and used many happy days, June 22. you say a prayer. In loving memory of our to say, I miss you when I need my There’s a face we shall always You knew one day we would beloved mammy, Teresa, who They bring a smile and often a best friend remember, have to part, A voice we shall always recall, died June 18, 2006. Also our tear, For on you Dad I could always McCALLION So wipe your tears, no broken A memory to cherish forever, dearest daddy, Peter, who And a loving wish you were depend. In loving memory of John hearts, Of one so dear to us all. died November 29, 1979. still here. You were a kind and loving Dad My duty to you I did until the McCallion whose 90th Greatly loved. May they rest in peace dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, have Gentle, strong and wise, end, birthday would have occurred Sadly missed. mercy on him. And you would always find the Look upon me as a father and on June 23. Jesus in Thy heavenly home time Queen of the Holy Rosary, above, Your loving sons, daughters, a friend. We hold you close within our pray for her. To listen and advise. With the Sacred Heart of son-in-law and daughters-in- Death is a passing from this hearts Sacred Heart, pray for her. When I think of you dear Dad Jesus in His own eternal love. law. world to another, And there you shall remain, Inserted by her loving my heart fills with pride Thank you, Granda, for the Look after yourselves and To walk with us throughout our husband Ian and family. Inserted by Grace, Vincent, And although I’ll always miss take care of each other, lives Una Ann and Peter. years we shared, you I know you’re by my side. I leave you this gift, sent to Until we meet again. For the love you gave and the In laughter and in sorrow you from above, So rest in peace dear loved one RELIGIOUS MEMORIAM way you cared, In sunshine and in rain, I leave you the gift of a And thanks for all you’ve done, You left a place no one can fill, I know you’re watching over father’s love. We pray that God has given you DELANY We miss you, Granda, and me Inserted by his loving family. The crown you’ve truly won. 14th Anniversary always will. Until we meet again. From Ellen and all the family. Please pray for the repose of I have truly lost what heaven Your loving grandchildren and the soul of our dearly beloved great-grandchildren. has gained BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE brother and uncle, Rev. Jack The most wonderful Dad this Delany, who died June 20, 2001. , Henry world contained, AUSTIN, Catherine May he rest in peace. GAFFNEY There is just one thing that Cherished memories of Cathy, Inserted by Sister Kathleen, 11th Anniversary makes me glad dear sister-in-law, aunt and Margaret and Terence. It broke our hearts to lose you, God chose you to be my very friend, who died March 2, But you did not go alone, special Dad. 2008 and whose birthday DUFFY Part of us went with you, Happy Fathers Day. occurs on June 21, 2008 and MEMORIAM 10th Anniversary The day God called you Eternal rest grant unto him O Bill who died March 19, 2010. In loving memory of our dear home. Lord, Loved and missed by Kathy CARLIN brother, Danny, who died June We’ll always remember you, And let perpetual light shine and family. 25th Anniversary 20, 2005. R.I.P. The little things you said and upon him, Requiescant in Pace. In loving memory of our dear THOMSON We hold you close within our did. May he rest in peace. In loving memory of our dad, mother, Bridget, who died hearts, God bless you, Dad and Amen. David, died April 16, 2000. LINSTRUM June 23, 1990, also our dear And there you will remain, Grandad. Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray Remembering a loving dad In loving memory of our dad father, Hugh, who died on To walk with us throughout our for him. and a great example, on and papa, Alex, who died on December 31, 1995, and lives, Put Your arms around him, Our Lady, Star of the sea, pray Father’s Day and every day. May 16, 1993, and whose whose birthday occurs on Until we meet again. Lord. for him. David and Pauline, Anne- birthday occurs on June 23. June 26. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for Sacred Heart, pray for him. God Bless. Marie and Paul, your grand- Loved and remembered every Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, him. Love you always. Your loving daughter children and day. have mercy on them. Sadly missed by your brother Jimmy, Christine, Claire, Kelly Jacqulyn. xx great-grandchildren. The family. Inserted by the family. and sisters, Glasgow. and Katrina. 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FITZSIMMONS McGRANE MacNEIL SCULLION THANKSGIVING 16th Anniversary 32nd Anniversary In memory of Catriona, a 1st Anniversary In loving memory of our dear Of your charity, please pray loving mother, granny, sister Treasured memories of our mother, Catherine, a beloved for the repose of the soul of and aunt, who died June 15, mum, gran and great-gran, DEAR HEART OF JESUS gran and great-gran, who died my beloved sister, Margaret, 2012. R.I.P. Also remembering Catherine (Quinn) who tragi- Dear Heart of Jesus in the on June 14, 1999, our dear who died June 16, 1983. uncle Dan, who died January cally died June 24, 2014. past I have asked you for father, Hugh, who died on We give them back to You, O 27, 2009. I cannot touch your face today many favours, this time I ask December 9, 1963 and also God, who gave them to us. So dearly loved, so sadly Or hold your hand and say, you for this special one (men- loved ones gone before and Inserted by her loving sister missed. Oh mum I love and miss you tion favour), take it Dear Heart after. Betty. From all the family. so of Jesus, and place it within Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for With love from her son I cry most every day. them. Your broken heart where your Michael. McRURY I know I have my memories From their loving family. Father sees it, then in his mer- In ever loving memory of our Of a mum who made no fuss, THOMAS ciful eyes it will become Your dear mother, granny and Who worked so hard all her Kathleen 12th Anniversary favour, not mine. Amen. Say GALLAGHER; great-granny, Jessie, who died life Remembering with love our In loving memory of our dear for three days, publication June 19, 1999. And sacrificed for us. dear sister and aunt, Kath- mother and grandmother, And though a year has passed promised. - E.H. leen, died 23rd June 2009. Fois shìorruidh thoir dhi a’ The pain won’t go away, Mary, beloved wife of the late RIP Thighearna. Always in the thoughts and I pray to God to give me Michael, who died June 23, Loved and missed always. 2003. O DEAR ST JOSEPH OF Her loving family. prayers of her family. strength To carry that heavy cross, Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray CUPERTINO, who, by your NICHOLSON For only God himself will know for her. prayers, did seek from God GIBNEY that you should be asked at In loving memory of Neil, In loving memory of our dear The treasure that I lost. St Anthony, pray for her. your examinations the only much loved husband of the brother, Duncan Joseph, who For those who have a mum Inserted by Mary, Charlie, Love her and let her know you propositions you knew, pray late Veronica, dear father and died on June 20, 1967. R.I.P. Rose and grandchildren McKERNAN Close in our hearts your care, that I too, like you, may suc- grandad, died June 21, 1997. Philip, Joseph, Angela and So dearly loved. Simon went to God, June 21, memory is kept, For no one can prepare you ceed in the examination for So sadly missed. 2008, aged 21 years. To treasure, to love and never For the day that she’s not Geraldine. which I am preparing. In R.I.P. Loving you, from Mum, Dad, forget. there. return I will make you known Francis, Gabriel and Madeleine. Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Miss you so much mum. THOMPSON and cause you to be invoked; HALE, Helen You will show me the path of pray for him. Give dad and my brothers a 28th Anniversary publication promised. - R.R. Precious memories of a dearly life, Inserted by the family. kiss from me. In loving memory of my dear loved mother, gran and great- Daughter Maureen, son-in-law There is complete gladness in wife, and mother, Jean, who POWERFUL NOVENA gran, whose anniversary your presence, Frank O’Connor and the O’SULLIVAN died June 23, 1987; also Of Childlike Confidence occurs on June 21, 2015. Also Scullion family. Your right hand is full of 15th Anniversary (This novena is to be said at remembering at this time, our pleasures forever. Gran our Gran the pain won’t remembering her dear father In loving memory of our dear the same time, every hour, for dear dad, Peter, who died aunt Sally, who died on June go away and mother, Matt and nine consecutive hours – just March 2, 1987, and our McLAUGHLIN 20, 2000, and also her No matter what we try to do, Isabella. one day). O Jesus, who hast brother, Freddie, who died 1st Anniversary beloved husband, and our We know it’s here to stay. May they rest in peace. said, ask and you shall March 21, 1986. In loving memory of our dear uncle, Michael, who died They say there’s a reason Loving husband John and Our Lady Queen of the Holy receive, seek and you shall beloved mum, nanny and on May 2, 2007. They say time will heal, family. Rosary and St Aloysius, pray great-granny, Susanna Hoban, Always in our thoughts. But neither time or reason find, knock and it shall be for them. who died June 10, 2014. Inserted by the family. Will change the way we feel. opened to you, through the TOMINEY Love from Kathleen, Chris, Our Lady and St Joseph, pray We want to tell you something intercession of Mary, Thy Most Peter, Annette, Christopher, for her. So there won’t be any doubt, Catherine (Irene) Holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I Rebecca, Anna, Helen, Julie, PURDON In loving memory of our You’re so wonderful to think of 19 June, 2013 ask that my prayer be granted Robert, Daniel and Cheryl. beloved brother, Michael, who But so hard to be without. I said to the Lily, “There is but (make your request). O Jesus, died on June 19, 2010. You were so special gran one who hast said, all that you ask McCREADY We all loved you and we pray, Please remember in your Forever in our hearts. With whom she has heart to of the Father in My name, He That God will let you walk prayers my dear parents and Loved and remembered in be gay. will grant you through the beside us sister, Hugh, died April 9, every prayer. When will the dancers leave intercession of Mary, Thy Most 1925, Isabella, died June 19, St Ignatius, pray for him. And watch over us night and Holy Mother, I humbly and day. her alone? 1983, Mary Josephine (May), She is weary of dance and urgently ask Thy Father, in died January 17, 2006, loving RANACHAN R.I.P. gran. Thy name, that my prayer be play.” grandparents and aunt. 17th Anniversary St Pio and St Joseph, pray for granted (make your request). her. Missing you so - a wonderful Sacred Heart of Jesus, have In loving memory of our dear O Jesus, who hast said, Your loving grandchildren. mother, grandma and friend. mercy on their dear souls. son, Jack, died June 24, 1998, Heaven and Earth shall pass and our dear daughters, Marie God look after wee gran with All our love, away but My word shall not McLEAN and Catherine, died in infancy. glasses McDAID Irene, Jimmy, Anne, Jackie, pass, through the intercession In loving memory of our dear 6th Anniversary. We hold you close within our And give her all our love, spouses and all her of Mary, Thy Most Holy parents, Jimmy, died June 24, In loving memory of my dear hearts, Let her watch over us grandchildren. 1990, and Kitty, died March wife, Bernadette, mother and And there you shall remain, From heaven high above. Mother, I feel confident that 18, 1998. grandmother, who died June To walk with us throughout our We love you gran. my prayer shall be granted (make your request); publica- Loved and remembered every 24, 2009. lives, Your great-grandchildren. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT day. You left us quietly your Until we meet again. tion promised. - P.M. Kevin, Alice, Kevin and Paul. thoughts unknown, SMITH Goodnight and God Bless. BEECHEY, Cecil You left us memories we are Mum and Dad. 19th Anniversary NOVENA TO ST CLARE MacEACHEN proud to own. In loving memory of our dear Cecil, Gerard and Helen Say nine Hail Mary’s for nine 14th Anniversary Our Lady of Lourdes and St mother and grandmother, would like to thank Archbishop days with a lighted candle; In loving memory of a dear Theresa, pray for her. Annie, who died June 17, Emeritus Mario Conti, Fr publication promised. - F.D. mother, grandmother and Inserted by her loving 1996. Aidan Martin, Canon Gerard great-grandmother, Mary husband Thomas and family. Forever in our hearts. to St Therese of the Flora, who died June 15, Conroy, Frs Frank Wilson, B NOVENA Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for Little Flower. 2001, also remembering a Connell and Desmond MacMILLAN her. Saint Therese, the Little dear father, grandfather and In loving memory of our dear South Boisdale. Broderick for spiritual care and great-grandfather, Donald Flower, please pick me a rose father, and grandfather, William comfort given to Charlie. Also John, who died September 20, from the heavenly garden and Joseph, who died on June 21, for the beautiful and uplifting 1976. sent it to me with a message 1988. St Anthony, pray for them. Requiem Mass. Alice of love. Ask God to grant me In our hearts you are always Katie Margaret, Adrian, Lisa, Gaughan, organist, Maureen the favour I thee implore and there, Calum and Mhairi. Lama, cantor, Denise Duffy for tell Him I will love Him each Loved and remembered in SMALL flowers and altar servers. day more and more. McGOWAN every prayer. 42nd Anniversary St Joseph, pray for him. Of your charity, please pray Special thanks to all the staff The above prayer plus 5 Our 20th Anniversary Fathers, 5 Hail Marys and 5 In loving memory of our dear Our Lady, Star of the Sea, for the repose of the soul of of the Mary Aitkenhead Glory Be’s must be said on 5 sister, Mary, who died June pray for him. my Centre, St Margaret of successive days before 11 22, 1995 and also Annabel, Eternal rest grant unto him O beloved husband, Michael Scotland Hospice, to family a.m. On the 5th day, the 5th who died February 2014. Lord, Joseph Small, who died June and friends for prayers and May she rest in peace. And let perpetual light shine 19, 1973. set of prayers having been Mass cards. To Jane and staff Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for upon him. We give them back to You, O completed, offer one more set her. Always remembered. God, who gave them to us. of J & T. McColgan for – 5 Our Fathers, 5 Hail Marys Inserted by Michael and all the His loving children and grand- Inserted by his loving wife dignified and efficient funeral and 5 Glory Be’s. Publication family. children. Betty and family. arrangements. promised. - D.S. 20 FUNERAL DIRECTORY SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 FUNERAL DIRECTORY MEMORIAM CARDS BISHOPS ENGAGEMENTS ARCHBISHOP TARTAGLIA Archbishop of Glasgow, www.rcag.org.uk

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Our weekly series on Children’s Liturgy has lesson plans and activity suggestions for use with young people who are on the path to Christ Each week, Catechists will find readings and Psalm responses, complemented by prayer, reflection, FAITH discussion questions, and activities. Please feel free to use them as you wish The lessons are created by Adorer-theologians using the lens of the spirituality of St Maria de Mattias, which also embraces precious blood spirituality FIRST While this is the starting point for the lessons, readers are invited to approach them however the spirit moves you The Church is concerned with the availability and understanding of scripture for children who have their rightful place in the Church. In light of this SCO aims to provide a useful tool in drawing children closer to KIDS the Catholic Faith

these important saints. Although they are Responsorial Psalm both very important people, because of time (R) All: Lord, have mercy. CHILDREN’S we will be focusing on the gospel reading Like Peter and Paul, we make mistakes, Lord today, which is about a conversation have mercy. CROSSWORD 86 between Jesus and Peter. Get them to notice (R)All: Lord, have mercy. that the colour for the day is red—this is You call imperfect people to serve you, Christ because both Peter and Paul were have mercy. 1 2 3 4 5 martyrs—people who died for their Faith. (R) All: Lord, have mercy. Leader: We are always held in your care, Lord Reflection have mercy. G Does anyone know what the word ‘bind’ 6 7 means? What other things do we talk about Gospel being ‘bound’? [for example books, old The Holy Gospel according Matthew 16:13-19. 8 fashioned sandals and so on] When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea 9 G So metimes people feel ‘stuck’ or ‘fastened’ Philippi he put this question to his disciples, to bad things—have you ever felt like you 'Who do people say the Son of man is?' 10 11 12 Feast of Sts Peter and Paul were stuck in a bad mood? Or having a And they said, 'Some say John the Baptist, some temper tantrum? Or being afraid of Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the 13 something? What other bad things can make prophets.' Discussion/Activity us stuck? What can help you feel un-bound to “But you,’ he said, “who do you say I am?” The feast of Saints Peter and Paul is June 29. those things? Then Simon Peter spoke up and said: “You However, when a Holyday of Obligation falls G What things is it good to be ‘bound’ to? [eg are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 14 on a Saturday or a Monday it is transferred to our friends, being kind to others, etc.] What Jesus replied: “Simon son of Jonah, you are a the Sunday. helps us to be more attached to doing good? blessed man! Because it was no human agency that 15 In celebrating St Peter and St Paul on the G St Peter had difficulties in his life, revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. same day, we are given a reminder of the especially after he became a follower of Jesus. “So I now say to you: You are Peter and on 16 variety of types of people who are called to Does being bound to God mean that things this rock I will build my community. And the holiness, and the improbability of what they will always be easy for us? gates of the underworld can never overpower it. are called to do. Peter begins his journey with “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of ACROSS Jesus as an impetuous young man, who Prayer Heaven: whatever you bind on earth will be 1 The first meal of the day (9) enthusiastically if misguidedly cuts off a God, help us to be true to the teaching of Saint bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth 6 Type of fish (6) Roman soldier’s ear on the eve of Jesus’death Peter and Saint Paul as we joyfully will be loosed in heaven.' 8 It pumps blood around your body (5) and then denies him within a space of hours; celebrate their lives today. Amen. The Gospel of the Lord 9 It helps stop a boat from drifting (6) Peter grows into being a steadfast leader of a 10 Can (3) community that undergoes tremendous 13 Make something easier to understand (7) challenges. Paul and people of his ilk are one 14 The name of a book or film (5) of those challenges. He is old enough to be a 15 Passenger ship (5) respectable member of Jewish society and 16 Permitted (7) zealous in his application of the Torah, overseeing the stoning of Stephen. Yet God uses this conservative Jew to DOWN become the most vociferous missionary to the 1 Throw a ball into a hoop in this sport (10) Gentiles. By implication, God can use 2 Fish that looks a bit like a snake (3) anybody to spread the Gospel, regardless of 3 Supporter of a sports team (3) their background, but they may be required 4 Less dangerous (5) to change their modus operandi quite 5 Elevator (4) significantly! 7 Many musicians playing together (9) Jesus’ gift to Peter of the Keys of the 8 People who are sick stay here while Kingdom of Heaven and subsequent being cured (8) 9 Very old (7) instruction that whatever Peter binds and 11 Female horse (4) looses will be bound and loosed in heaven has 12 Made a noise while sleeping (6) been often linked exclusively to sin and damnation and authority in the Church. The questions below take wider view of Peter’s LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION role, and recognise that ‘binding’ and ‘loosing’ can be applied in terms of freeing us ACROSS from our sin in order to bind us to the good 1 Toothpaste 6 Laptop 7 Choir 9 Innocent 11 Eats that God has made us for. 14 Indian 15 Ulster 16 Noon 17 Sisters

G You will need cutout shapes of ‘people’ DOWN (at least one per person), blu-tak, and two 1 Television 2 Orphan 3 Hook 4 Easiest 5 White large items to stick the people to (these 8 Peanuts 10 Onions 12 Altar 13 Sure could be hula hoops, whiteboards, large boxes, cardboard tubes etc). All the ‘people’ should be stuck to one of the items, which The Children’s Liturgy page is will represent bad things that make us feel published one week in advance to ‘stuck.’ G allow RE teachers and those taking As you gather, mention that today is the the Children’s Liturgy at weekly Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Ask the hildren to share what they know about Masses to use, if they wish, this these two men. Dependent on their age and page as an accompaniment to their experience, you may want to fill out their knowledge with some other information on teaching materials

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The last pupils of St Mary’s Primary School in Fort William (above) gathered for a celebration ceilidh to mark the closure of the school. St Mary’s has closed after 83 years of educating Catholics in the Highlands and the occasion drew former pupils from far and wide as the returned to their old school for the last time. During a week of celebrations the school was open to visitors with photographs and memorabilia dis- played from over many years, with school tours on offer to demonstrate the many changes that have happened through the years at St Mary’s. Also on display was a book of memories of St Mary's Primary School, made to mark the clo- sure of the school, and among those who took the time to view the display were ex-pupils Dea- con Thomas Wynne, Mgr Tom Wynne, Fr Michael MacDonald and present head teacher Violet Smith PICS: ANTHONY MACMILLAN Meet St Kentigern’s Cool Down Crew

By Dan McGinty Bathgate Fire Station, where they entation, where they demonstrated the completed tasks such as team building, new skills they had learned to friends, PUPILS from St Kentigern’s Academy first aid, hose running and ladder family and teaching staff from St in Blackburn joined forces with the climbing to develop physical stamina. Kentigern's, who had all come along Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in All the activities incorporated a fire to the station to share in their success. Bathgate as part of a youth engage- safety message and endorsed a strong The Cool Down Crew is (from left ment programme. group work component, and through- to right): Dominic Dalton, Declan The ‘Cool Down Crew’ gathers out their participation the St McGarry, Declan Girdwood, Ben Fos- young people to help their physical Kentigern’s pupils learned valuable ter, Adele McConnell and Sarah Berry. health, improve their teambuilding and skills as well as testing their physical They are pictured with local Council- raise their levels of fire-awareness. In capabilities. lor John McGinty. total six young people from St On the final day of the programme Kentigern’s took part in the event at the young people gave a practical pres- I [email protected]

Icon course at Clare Priory in Suffolk is picture perfect

THE ancient art of icon rials of icon making— designed, painting was shared with par- produced and manufactured ticipants at Clare Priory in their own unique icon. Suffolk, as the Augustinian As well as offering Catholics community there offered the chance to grow in under- ordinary Catholics the oppor- standing of their own Faith the tunity to make their own course also ensures that the, rare icons. and valuable skill of icon mak- Over a number of days the ing is shared in Britain and kept ancient Orthodox tradition was alive for the generations to demonstrated to the participants, come. as they refined their own skills Participants in the event said and—using the traditional mate- they enjoyed their experiences.

GOLDEN JUBILEE ARCHIVE REPORT: DECEMBER 21 1984 Why is he born just to die?

DURING 2015—the golden jubilee year of the This SCIAF pull-out featured a picture of a crying and seeds to be grown when the rain comes. Sponsored Slims and marathon runners who sup- Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) Ethiopian child similar to those featured in the The centre spread also launched its 1985 Lenten ported them. —the SCO will bring you highlights of the news that year or on the Band Aid video. Campaign focussed on young people living in the In the back page SCIAF focussed its attentions last five decades of the campaigns and work In the accompanying article, SCIAF discussed developing world. to Central America where the military dictatorship of the Catholic aid agency—an agency of their ongoing work in the Horn of Africa, and the Here, SCIAF reported on Loretto Primary in Guatemala suppressed human rights and killed the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland—as its response from people of all ages across Scotland to School in Musselburgh’s Central America Week and/or ‘disappeared’ people across the country, reach developed and it became a member of the current Ethiopian famine. and Uganda Afternoons which taught them all and Nicaragua where its ongoing improvements in the umbrella organisation Caritas Interna- Here, SCIAF reported that they had raised about the developing world and the challenges for healthcare were hampered by a recent earthquake, tionalis. This week saw a special section £250,000 so far, which would be spent on emer- the people there.. guerrilla fighting and the US Government’s eco- highlight Ethopia. gency food supplies, transport for isolated areas SCIAF also reported on charity events such as nomic blockade. E-MAIL CELEBRATING LIFE EVENTS TO DAN McGINTY AT [email protected] FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER CELEBRATING LIFE 23 Young Trinity scientists head to final THE S1 Science Club in and they must display scientific he said. “They are also greatly Trinity High in Rutherglen knowledge and understanding as encouraged by their teacher Miss will take part in the National well as their design skills and cre- Lauren Zeb. We in Trinity High Final of the prestigious Soci- ativity for the judges if they hope School wish them every success in ety of Cosmetic Scientists’ to secure first place in the contest the National Final in London.” Challenge in London later after already coming so far. The three first year pupils this month. Trinity High School head involved are Giuliano Piacentini, The final of the challenge— teacher Peter Bollen spoke of his Morven McNicol and Neve Lav- Scrub up on Science—will take delight that his pupils had reached ery, and the trio will represent the place in the London Science the British Final and given them- school and the local authority at Museum and will see the Ruther- selves a chance of working with the event, taking place next week. glen pupils take on their rivals leading Cosmetic scientists. The Rutherglen pupils will be from across the country as they “These pupils deserve great competing against pupils from five compete for the trophy and the credit as they combine significant other schools from across Britain, chance to work with a develop- ability with a very committed in front of an audience which ment team from a high street work ethic and have completed so includes members of the society brand. In order to emerge victori- much research often in their own and other scientists at the London ous, the pupils face a hard task, time in order to take this forward,” Science Museum. Reserve chaplain takes on fulltime Army role

FR PHILIP Smith of South- wark Archdiocese has become the latest chaplain in the Army after being commis- sioned. Fr Smith (right) was commis- sioned at theArmed Forces Chap- laincy Centre at Amport in Hampshire, where he was joined by his Mum and Dad and Mgr Francis Barber, principal Catholic chaplain for the Army. He joined the Army as a Reserve chaplain but soon realised that his calling was to full time ministry as a military chaplain. “I am delighted to welcome Philip as a Chaplain. I pray that he has a ful- filled and enjoyable ministry,” Mgr Barber said.

Sisters of Nazareth in Walsingham

WALSINGHAM welcomed some special visitors as the UK Province of the Sisters of Nazareth made their way to the shrine there. The pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham was undertaken by the sisters are part of their celebration of the Year SPOTLIGHT ON of Consecrated Life – launched in 2015 by Friends and family joined First Communicants in St Barr’s Church, Pope Francis as a way Northbay, on the Isle of Barra as they received the Blessed Sacrament for clergy and reli- for the first time. Mass was celebrated by Fr John Paul MacKinnon, gious across the world parish priest of St Barr’s, and after Mass the four young Catholics— to ‘look to the past Andrew James, Lauren Catriona and Seumas —joined him on with gratitude’, ‘live the altar the present with pas- sion’ and ‘embrace the future with hope’. The Sisters of Nazareth processed LIKE OUR through the shrine at FACEBOOK Walnsingham, before PAGE AND later a group of FOLLOW US Novices (above) n the ON TWITTER: order gathered at the @SCO_NEWS chapel there.

E-MAIL CELEBRATING LIFE EVENTS TO DAN McGINTY AT [email protected] 24 CATHOLICISM AND ISLAM SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY JUNE 19 2015 Pre-second millenium religion politically led DR HARRY SCHNITKER’S series on the history of Islam and its relationship with THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ISLAM Catholicism focuses on the political power of the Islamic Caliphate in 900

AVING examined the start of the dis- integration of the political power of the Islamic Caliphate, it is high time to summarise the situation as we find it around the year 900. As we have seen, since the rise of the Frankish monarchy, which reached its apogee during the reign of the Emperor,H Charlemagne (774-814), there had been three major powers in the cultural arena occupied by Christianity and Islam: Orthodox Byzantium, the Islamic Caliphate and Frankish Latin Europe. The strong centralised control exercised by the two Christian emperors and the Caliph had ensured a relatively steady policy towards those of the oppo- site religion. This had been particularly important in the Caliphate, where around half of all Christians lived. We saw how there was a general culture of tolerance, and, until the reign of Al-Mansur (754- 775), Christians were even discouraged to convert to Islam. The great flowering of culture and learn- ing of the Caliphate has also been discussed in some detail. We also saw how in Byzantium the cultural impact of Islam caused Iconoclasm, which died down by the middle of the ninth century. By 900, the shape of Orthodoxy as it exists today had been created. Byzantium itself, led from 867 by the Mace- donian dynasty, underwent a massive resurgence. In the tenth century, it would eventually recapture all the Balkans, drive the Arabs from Crete, as well as from parts of Sicily and southern Italy. Here, the ancient Greek presence was reinforced, and exer- cised a profound influence on Latin Christianity. In the east, the border along where Turkey’s mod- ern southern border lies, proved durable. Within Byzantium, the impact of Islam was felt particularly strongly in the field of the arts. Byzan- tine artists adapted Islamic motifs; for example, the First Church of the Monastery of Hosios Loukas, in Phokis, Greece, was decorated with patterns based on the Arab kufic script. Even in the field of liturgy, that essential statement of the Orthodox perception of Christianity, there was a strong Islamic impact. The batrashil, a silk liturgical vest- ment, reflected Islamic designs. In many places, the artists were either bilingual or Arabs, signing their names in the language of Muhammad.

erhaps the most famous result of the religio- cultural frontier society that existed in east- ern Anatolia is the epic poem, Digenis PAkritas, composed somewhere towards the end of increased the complexity of life on the frontier and ology and history. At its core was the notion that Vivar, known better under his sobriquets of El Cid the ninth or early tenth century. The eponymous behind. Unlike the Fatamids, who would succeed the end of time would come with the destruction of (above Balboa park statue) or ‘the Lord’ given to hero is a son of a converted Muslim Emir, his them in Egypt, the Ikhshidids, who ruled from 935 the Umayyad Caliphate in Cordoba. The end of him by the Muslims, and El Campeador or ‘the mother, the daughter of one of the grand families to 969 were not particularly tolerant towards their time was highly desirable, and so it was impera- Champion,’ as the Christians called him. of Byzantium. ∆ιγεν ς κρίτης, the ‘Twice Born largely Christian subjects. tive for the Christians of the region to fight the Border Warrior,’ scionῆ ofἈ two faiths and ethnici- Muslims. he dual sobriquet alerts us to the dual nature, ties, becomes one of the greatest heroic figures of s noted, a frontier culture similar to that on The whole Chronica for the first time fuses anti- both Islamic and Christian, that marked the Middle Ages. He is the hunter, warrior and the border between the Caliphate and Islamic narratives (it has the statements on Rodrigo. The story is a long one, but what is adventurer, a Greco-Arabic counterpart to the great Byzantium also sprang into existence in Muhammad being a false prophet that we already ofT the greatest interest is the fact that he could be heroes of the medieval European Epic Novels, ASpain. However, whereas in the east the Byzantine encountered in Byzantium) with a clear idea of portrayed as serving both Christian and Muslim Roland, Hildebrand and El Cid. Interestingly, of Emperor envisaged a re-conquest of lands lost to Islam as ‘The Enemy’. This fusion of faith and pol- rulers, fighting with equal bravura for both. Fur- course, both Roland and El Cid are a reflection of the Caliphate because they were once his, in the itics, already somewhat evident in the Caliphate, thermore, these Muslim and Christian princes have a similar Christo-Islamic frontier, albeit in the west west the process of re-conquest was carried by a now began to enter the mainstream of Latin Chris- allies who come from the opposite faith. We are in northern Spain. Christian ideology. Of course, in both regions tian thinking. By 900, the Kingdom of Asturias had left with a picture of politics dominating religion, It is important to note that not all these cultural practical politics, economics and local circum- conquered the whole of the north-west of the and faith being anything but a major divisive force. products necessarily reflect a peaceful coexistence. stances were major factors, too. On the Iberian peninsula, and had initiated the cult of St James, We should not lose sight of the Chronica Prophet- For almost half a century between 780 and 824 Peninsula, the tone for the conflict was set just soon concentrated on Compostela. Smaller Chris- ica but nor should we ignore the realities related there were constant border skirmishes, followed before 900 A.D. The actual Reconquista had begun tian principalities had sprung up, amongst them by El Cid. by decennia of mutual full-scale invasions which with the Battle of Covadonga (718 or 722) which Castile, Navarre, Aragon and Barcelona, the latter By 900 AD, Latin Europe was fragmenting, just would culminate in a substantial Byzantine re-con- established the northern Kingdom of Asturias, the still under Carolingian protection. like the Islamic world. The homogenous rule of quest in northern Syria in the early 11th century, origins of the Kingdom of Spain. However, all this confrontational history did not Charlemagne was being replaced by a number of by which time the conflict was subsumed into the Yet it was the Chronica Prophetica of 883/4 prevent another permeable and productive frontier kingdoms from which Europe’s nations were even- Crusades. which witnesses to a new ideology. There was no society from springing into being. This was partly tually to emerge. Although Christianity had not In the meantime, the dichotomy Byzantium- Emperor to claim back lost lands here. After some because the divisions were not quite as clear-cut reached Scandinavia, Poland or Hungary yet, this Caliphate was shattered on the Muslim side. The brief incursions, the Carolingians had stayed well as the Chronica Prophetica would have us believe. was soon to happen. At the same time, the Papacy eastern frontier of Byzantium saw the rise of an away, and the ancient Visigothic dynasty had dis- The great eleventh-century epic, El Cid, shows a was being fought over by those happy to acquiesce Armenian Emirate, and the arrival of Egyptian appeared. Instead, a new rationale for the attempt far more complex and ambiguous world, far closer with royal control and a reform party. When troops on the Mediterranean coast in the 930s. to regain what had been lost to Islam was prof- to the porous society described in Digenis Akritas. the latter won, and when the Church hit her stride, Warfare between the various dynasties that were fered. It was composed at the court of King El Cid is the story, partly true, partly fictional, of the relationship with Islam would be transformed nominally under the control of the Caliph Alfonso III of Asturias, and was a tight web of the- a minor Castilian nobleman, Rodrigo Diaz de once more. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK