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By Daniel Harkins Park will be able to tell their children and grandchildren ‘I THE Vatican and churches in saw a saint,’ which is quite a Rome made final preparations boast!” he said. this week for Sunday’s Pope Francis took the unusual unprecedented double Canon- step of waiving the normal isation of Pope John Paul II requirement for two miracles and Pope John XXIII. before the Canonisation of Pope More than five million people John XXIII, with the Church are expected to arrive in Rome saying such a requirement has for the Canonisations, and always been debated. churches in the city will stay Mr Convery said the Pope open all night before the cere- believes the universal devotion mony to accommodate pilgrims to ‘Papa Roncalli’ is grounds for and offer a prayer vigil. canonisation. In a sign of the event’s global “He also sees in Pope John, a reach, the Canonisations will be humble man of farming stock shown on television and in cine- from a village near Bergamo in mas around the world. In the northern Italy, a role model for UK, Sky3D and Sky Arts will the kind of humble and joyous broadcast live from St Peter’s Church that he wishes to encour- Square and the Scottish faithful age,” Mr Convery added. “Of will be able to watch in course, John XXIII’s key role in Cineworld cinemas in Edin- the calling of Vatican II, which burgh, Aberdeen and Dundee. provided a road map through Ronnie Convery, director of modern history, cannot be over- communications for Glasgow looked.” Archdiocese, said the Canonisa- Pope Francis will preside over tions would be a great moment the Mass of Canonisations start- Waste and war top agenda of joy for the Church. ing at 10am local time (9am UK “Both the new saints are time) in St Peter’s Square. The hugely popular,” he said. “Both Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be were loved by people all over recited and texts by the two I Pope Francis faults both in his Easter Sunday Urbi et Orbi message the world. It is rare for a new Popes read. saint to be so well known before Organisers plan a scaled down By Ian Dunn 150,000 people have been killed in the civil Pope Francis greets the crowd after delivering Canonisation as either of these celebration without much of the war (the same number as those gathered in St his Easter blessing from the central balcony of Popes, so I expect the reaction to extravagance of Pope John THE Holy Father denounced the Peter’s Square for Easter), a third of them civil- St Peter’s Basilica be one of overwhelming joy and Paul’s beatification in 2011. It is ‘immense wastefulness’ in the world ians. Millions have fled the country. encouragement. hoped that Pope Emeritus Bene- when so many go hungry, and called for “We pray in a particular way for Syria, that “The message being relayed dict XVI will take part in the an end to conflicts in Syria, Ukraine and all those suffering the effects of the conflict can Papal gifts loud and clear is that it is per- Canonisation but the former Africa. receive needed humanitarian aid and that nei- Over the Easter weekend Pope Francis fectly possible to be a saint in Pope has not confirmed his “We ask you, Lord Jesus, to put an end to all ther side will again use deadly force, especially donated 150 brightly wrapped chocolate the modern world.” attendance. war and every conflict, whether great or small, against the defenseless civil population,” he eggs to children, including those undergoing Mr Convery also believes that “He has been invited of ancient or recent,” he said in his Urbi et Orbi said. He also asked God to ‘enlighten and cancer treatment, at the Bambino Gesu paedi- there will be great satisfaction at course,” Vatican spokesman Fr (to the city and the world) message on Easter inspire the initiatives that promote peace in atric hospital near the Vatican. Shortly before the Canonisations in Scotland. Federico Lombardi said. “It is an Sunday before calling all Christians to respond Ukraine so that all those involved, with the Christmas, the Pope had toured the hospital, “For one thing many people open possibility.” to every one of the world’s problems with love. support of the international community, will which was founded in 1869 and has been who were around in 1982 at The Pope, marking the second Easter sea- make every effort to prevent violence and, owned by the Vatican since 1924. John Paul’s visit to Bellahouston I [email protected] son of his pontificate, celebrated a Mass to an in a spirit of unity and dialogue, chart a path Pope Francis also had 200 food packets— overflowing crowd of at least 150,000 in St for the country’s future.’ He also asked for containing milk, olive oil, pasta, fruit, jam and Peter’s Square and beyond. an end to violence in Iraq, Venezuela, South salt—delivered to poor families in Rome’s Tor Speaking under a sunny sky after a midnight Sudan and the Central Africa Republic and Bella Monaca suburb. rainstorm soaked the tens of thousands of fol- asked Catholics to focus on the victory of Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the Papal lowers in the the square, Pope Francis high- love brought about through Christ’s death almoner, and Mgr Diego Ravelli, from the lighted the suffering of people across the globe. and resurrection. office of papal charities, offered 100 homeless He prayed to God to ‘help us to overcome the “The message which Christians bring to people in the city an Easter card signed by scourge of hunger, aggravated by conflicts and the world is this: Jesus, Love incarnate, died Pope Francis in an envelope that included an by the immense wastefulness for which we are on the cross for our sins, but God the Father undisclosed gift of financial aid, reportedly of often responsible.’ raised him and made him the Lord of life and around £40. Wearing white vestments for the service, the death. In Jesus, love has triumphed over Holy Father prayed for the protection of those hatred, mercy over sinfulness, goodness over I Vatican Easter special, page 6-7 members of society who are particularly vul- evil, truth over falsehood, life over death,” I [email protected] nerable to exploitation, abuse and abandon- he said. ment—women, children, the elderly and This is why Christians tell everyone, he immigrants. continued, to ‘come and see’ that ‘love is more powerful, love gives life, love makes Conflict hope blossom in the wilderness.’ The Pope called on the international commu- He asked that the Lord comfort all the kid- nity to ‘boldly negotiate the peace long awaited napped—priests, religious, and lay people— and long overdue’ in Syria, where more than who cannot spend Easter with their families.

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PARISHIONERS across Scot- land joined with their priests and bishops during Holy Week for the Mass of Chrism. In Glasgow (left), Archbishop Philip Tartaglia united the priests from the archdiocese, in the presence of Archbishop Emeritus Conti, as he blessed the oils that will be used in the administration of the sacraments throughout the year. In the capital city, Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrews and Edinburgh welcomed parish- ioners to St Mary’s Cathedral where he added the Balsam to the oil of Chrism (bottom), conse- crating it for use in the archdio- cese. Paisley Diocese (below) also came together as newly installed Bishop John Keenan blessed the Oil of the Sick along- side Bishop Emeritus John Mone. What’s On A weekly guide to upcoming Church events, more online at www.sconews.co.uk SATURDAY APRIL 26 SUNDAY APRIL 27 I Celebrating the Resurrec- I Cemetery Mass. Celebra- tion. A festival of music with tion of Mass at St Conval's the Spiritus and Strathclyde Cemetery, Barrhead at choirs. 8pm in St Aloysius 2:00pm. The principal concel- Church, Garnethill. Glasgow ebrant will be Bishop John I SPUC Pro-Life Chain Pro- Keenan. There will also be a life chain on Lothian Road Mass for the Deceased at from 11.00am to 1.00pm, pre- Hawkhead Cemetery on 4th ceded by a Rosary in the May at 2pm. All welcome. Sacred Heart Church, Lauris- ton at 10.00am, led by Arch- MONDAY APRIL 28 bishop Leo Cushley. I St Lucy’s Pro-Life Group Refreshments after in Lauris- Rosary (Cumbernauld). Join ton Halls. All welcome this well established and fast- for the Rosary and/or the growing pro-life group in chain. devotion to Our Lady of I Catholic Nurses Guild of Guadalupe to pray for the Scotland. Catholic Nurses unborn and all affected by Guild of Scotland monthly abortion. meeting in St Aloysius 7.15pm in St Lucy’s, Horn- Church, Glasgow. Begins with beam Road, Cumbernauld 10am Mass. Denise Docherty G67 4NG will speak on Naprotechnol- I Service of Light. Service of ogy (Part 2). Light, followed by the Parish PICS: PAUL McSHERRY I Spiritus Choir Concert. The AGM in St John the Baptist, renowned Spiritus Choir from Perth. 7pm Calgary, Canada will be in Glasgow to give a concert in THURSDAY MAY 1 St Aloysius Church in Gar- I Newman Association Talk. nethill along with the Strath- Sr Mary Ross SND will speak clyde University Chamber on The Vatican and the Ameri- Choir. James MacMillan will can Sisters’ Leadership Group be conducting some of his —an Update. music with them. Admission is free to Newman They will also be singing at members, £3 to non-members. the 11.00am Mass at St 7.30pm in the Ogilvie Centre, Columba’s, Hopehill Road the Saint Aloysius' Church, Rose next day April 27. Street, Glasgow. E-mail [email protected]

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WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY APRIL 25 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER NEWS 3 Former chancellor of Glasgow Archdiocese to Britain is a Christian country, religious groups say be sued over a shortage in pension payments RELIGIOUS groups have backed Prime Minister David Cameron’s assertion in his By Ian Dunn Easter message that Britain is ‘a Christian country.’ A FORMER Chancellor of Bishop Mark Davies of GlasgowArchdiocese is being Shrewsbury said ‘Christianity sued by Glasgow City Council, is the single most important over an alleged shortfall in element in England’s history.’ pension fund payments. “From our legal system to Mgr Peter Smith (right), cur- our constitution, it is at the very rently an attaché to the Holy See’s foundations of national iden- Permanent Observer mission at tity,” the bishop said. “There is the United Nations in New York, a danger of airbrushing this is being personally pursued for from our memory and the intol- almost £5 million, that the council erant secularism that we are say is the share of the overall As an inducement to general clyde Pension Fund that would seeing expressed does not shortfall due to Strathclyde pen- care staff, Glasgow City Council not have arisen if the school had allow for acknowledgement of sion fund, which is administered allowed employees from such continued to exist. that contribution and its impor- by Glasgow City Council, as a facilities to join the corporation Because of St John’s School’s tance to our present life.” result of the closure of Springboig pensions scheme. links with the Church, many Hindu Council UK said it humility, and love are shared ‘Christian country’ in an open St John’s School in 2010. The school closed down in Catholics were involved in the was ‘very comfortable’ with the by people of every faith and letter published in Monday’s The school was originally run 2010, not long after a series of running and management of the description. The Muslim Coun- none—and we should be confi- Daily Telegraph—including by the De Salle Brothers, and extensive refits had modernised school over its life. cil of Britain said the UK was a dent in standing up to defend authors Sir Terry Pratchett and cared for children with social, the facility, in part due to cuts in As the only remaining board largely Christian country. them,” the prime minister said. Philip Pullman. However, 59 behavioural and educational council finding caused by the member, however, Mgr Smith is Mr Cameron said last week He also spoke of his faith in per cent of Briton’s do self problems. In the 1960s an inde- recession. now being pursued for that liabil- that the UK must be ‘more con- his Easter message, saying he identify as Christian. pendent board of managers took Its unexpected closure meant ity. Mgr Smith is unable to com- fident’ about its Christianity. found ‘peace’ in Christianity. over the school after the De Salle that a substantial pension liabil- ment due to the legal proceedings. “Crucially, the Christian A number of celebrity athe- I Gerald Warner on David Brothers decided they could no ity—‘cessation charge’—was values of responsibility, hard ists objected to the PM’s char- Cameron’s comments, see longer continue to run the facility. assessed as due to the Strath- I [email protected] work, charity, compassion, acterisation of Britain as a page 10 Make the Easter message a central part of your lives

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Margaret’s Academy, Liv- Bishop John Keenan of Paisley and Archbishop Twice the ingston, arranged a well- Emeritus Mario Conti where in attendance as Mgr attended parish conference Tomas Halik spoke during Lent at the university recently as part of a number on the importance of Easter and his experiences of charitable and faith-filled living under communist repression. celebration activities held over the Mgr Halik (right), who was awarded the pres- course of the school year. tigious Templeton Prize last month, led an under- A total of 21 groups from ground network in Communist Czechoslovakia five local parishes gathered that worked to promote democracy and advance for award together in St Margaret’s to talk religious freedoms. After the 1989 Velvet Revo- about upcoming and past lution which put an end to communist rule, Mgr events in their local parishes Halik helped the country transition to democracy winner and to speak to pupils at the before spending the subsequent years advancing school. Lisa Harkins, St Mar- the cause of religious understanding. garet’s head girl, and Craig His talk—entitled Can the Story of Easter Con- Hendry, head boy, helped lead tinue in Us—was attended by 350 members of the the conference where they public as well as university staff and students, and spoke to, and learned from, was followed by a dinner for invited guests. After- local parishioners. wards, Mgr Halik responded to questions and The conference turned out to spoke of his experiences under communist repres- be a great success as the speak- sion and the methodology he adopts in his dia- ers that came along gave illu- logue with atheists. minating talks about their work Archbishop Emeritus Conti said Mgr Halik and inspired many sixth year spoke at the dinner on his views of those without pupils to join the groups and faith. dedicate their time to the “He believes that many of today’s non-believ- Church. ers think, as did the Athenians at the Areopagus in Samantha O’Brien, one of St Paul’s day, that they have heard it all before in the Caritas pupils at the school, myths and speculations,” theArchbishop Emeritus said the experience helped her said. “He believes that in a sense the God in whom to engage more in the life of we live and move and have our being is very close the Church. but seen only ‘in a glass darkly.’ Our methodol- “After the conference, I am ogy must be to encounter those who still seek for confident to say that once answers to life’s mysteries through respectful and school is finished and I have patient dialogue.” more spare time I will look fur- A Catholic convert, Mgr Halik was born in ther into joining one of these Prague in 1948 and joined the Church as an 18 fantastic groups and dedicate year old. After a period of study in the UK, he my time to giving to people in having someone different to award had made her stronger. returned to Czechoslovakia following the Soviet my local community,” she said. talk to can really make a differ- “It has also strengthened my Union’s invasion in 1968. Under communist rule, Mgr Halik now advocates religious tolerance Samantha and her fellow ence. belief in God,” she said. “I he was persecuted by the secret police as an through his writing and lectures and believes he Caritas students are involved in “Going to these monthly vis- chose to do the Caritas award enemy of the regime and spent nearly two decades can use his Catholic faith to helped bridge the gap a number of worthwhile causes its gives me a strong sense of because I felt I was drifting organising a secret underground network of aca- between those of different religions and none. in their community. Once a humility as we are bringing a away from my faith and I demics, theologians and philosophers. The former democracy campaigner, who has month, the pupils visit Craigen- lot of joy to the residents and it thought that it would strengthen In 1969, Jan Palach, a friend and fellow student recently been supporting the Ukrainian protesters gar Sheltered Housing and per- makes me feel warm inside it again. The award has made of Mgr Halik, burned himself alive in protest at who forced out President Viktor Yanukovych, was form and entertain the knowing that I am making me realise that God is always the Soviet invasion. The death had a large impact awarded more than £1 million as part of The Tem- residents, some of whom do not them happy while doing some- there for me, through the tough on the young Catholic Halik and inspired him to pleton Prize which honours ‘a living person who have many visitors or are thing I enjoy.” and stressful times but also the become a priest. In 1978 he was ordained to the has made an exceptional contribution to affirming unable to leave the housing The Caritas Awards are open good times. It has taught me to priesthood in secret. life’s spiritual dimension.’ complex. “Every time we go to young people of all faiths and love one another and if there is After the fall of communism, he helped Pope Other Catholic recipients of the Templeton you can see it in the residents denominations, with participants an opportunity where I could John Paul II prepare for his visit to Czechoslova- award include Mother Teresa of Calcutta and faces just how much joy we expected to gather and submit offer my help to another person kia and in 1992 the Pope appointed him advisor Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Move- bring to their day,” Samantha evidence of their faith witness, who needs it, to take it.” to the Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non- ment. said. “As they can get quite learning and reflection. St Mar- Believers. Eric Priest, Emeritus professor of pure mathe- lonely, seeing new faces and garet’s pupil Samantha said the I [email protected]

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A HIGHLY awaited biogra- of bothArgentinean history and the poor and to serve the poor.” phy of Pope Francis was original Spanish texts of his writ- Professor Aguilar is a Camal- unveiled last week by a lead- ings, speeches and homilies.’ dolese Benedictine Oblate and ing theologian at St Andrews “The election of Pope Francis has lived in Scotland for more University. in March 2013 marked an impor- than 20 years. He said his book is Pope Francis: His Life and tant moment within the Roman much-awaited by those who fol- Thought is written by the Catholic Church, a moment of low his life because ‘it brings Chilean-born Professor Mario continuities and discontinuities,” new insights and documents that Aguilar, chair of religion and pol- Professor Aguilar said. “On the could settle the role of the then itics at the university. one hand, he is the first Latin Cardinal Bergoglio during the The biography, which was American and the first Jesuit to military period of Argentina, and launched at a public roundtable in be elected to lead his Church; on the foundations for the role of St Andrews, is based on the writ- the other hand he provides conti- Pope Francis today within the ings of the Holy Father in the nuity through a focus on the international arena.’ context of his research in needs of the poor that goes back The professor has written Argentina and Chile. to John XXIII and Vatican II. extensively on the Church in Speaking ahead of the launch, “A traditional thinker, theolog- Latin America, Africa and Asia, Professor Aguilar said the biogra- ically speaking, since being including books on the Church in phy is ‘the first to analyse Pope elected he has spoken repeatedly Chile and one on the politics of Francis’life and thought in the light of the need for the Church to be theology in Latin America. Dumbarton convent sold

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By Stephen Reilly called, where everything began!” he observed. “To return there, to return to the place where they POPE Francis encouraged those present at were originally called. Jesus had walked along the Vatican Easter Vigil to remember the the shores of the lake as the fishermen were cast- moment they first felt the love of God, say- ing their nets. He had called them, and they left ing that Jesus’ resurrection is a time to relive everything and followed Him.” this experience anew. Returning to Galilee, the Pope continued, “Returning to Galilee means treasuring in my ‘means to re-read everything on the basis of the heart the living memory of that call, when Jesus Cross and its victory without fear.’ passed my way, gazed at me with mercy and “To re-read everything—Jesus’ preaching, his asked me to follow him,” the Holy Father said miracles, the new community, the excitement and during the evening vigil last saturday, held every the defections, even the betrayal—to re-read year the night before Easter as a commemoration everything starting from the end, which is a new of Jesus’ Resurrection. beginning, from this supreme act of love,” he said “It means reviving the memory of that moment For each of us as well ‘there is a Galilee’ at the when His eyes met mine, the moment when He origin of our journey with Jesus,’ the Pope went made me realise that He loved me,” the Pope said. on to say, expressing that this return is a beauti- Beginning his reflections, Pope Francis (right) ful rediscovery of our baptism which helps us to recounted the events of the Gospel, recalling how draw a new energy from the sources of our Faith. when the women come to the tomb and found it Addressing those in attendance, the Holy Father empty an angel told them to go to Galilee and tell encouraged each to ask themselves: “What is my the disciples what they saw. He added that on their Galilee? Where is my Galilee? Did it go away or way they met Jesus, who told them to do the same I remember it? Have I forgotten it? Have I gone and that there, ‘they will see me... Don’t be afraid.’ off on roads and paths which made me forget it?” Observing how ‘the disciples had scattered; “Lord, help me: tell me what my Galilee is; for their faith had been utterly shaken, everything you know that I want to return there to encounter seemed over, all their certainties had crumbled you and to let myself be embraced by your mercy,” and their hopes had died’ after Jesus’ death, the he prayed. Pope explained that the women’s message, Emphasising how the Easter Gospel reading is ‘incredible as it was, came to them like a ray of ‘very clear,’ the Pope said that ‘we need to go light in the darkness.’ back there, to see Jesus risen, and to become wit- After the women’s testimony ‘the news spread: nesses of his resurrection.’ Jesus is Risen as He said,’the Pope stated, drawing “This is not to go back in time; it is not a kind attention to Jesus’command for the women to return of nostalgia,” the Pope clarified, but rather “it is to Galilee. He noted that they ‘had heard it twice, returning to our first love, in order to receive the first from the angel and then from Jesus himself: fire which Jesus has kindled in the world and to “Let them go to Galilee; there they will see me.”’ bring that fire to all people, to the very ends of “Galilee is the place where they were first the earth.”

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THE plight of immigrants, the poor, the sick, the eld- erly, unemployed and pris- oners dominated Pope Francis’ Good Friday serv- ice at Rome’s Colosseum as he led Catholics around the world in commemorating the day Jesus died. The Pope presided at the tradi- tional Via Crucis service (right) around the ancient Roman ruin. Holy Father calls on Christians to Sitting on a chair on the Palatine Hill just opposite the spread the joy of Easter to others Colosseum and often kneeling to pray, he listened intently as POPE Francis on Monday Pope Francis emphasised the meditations inspired by the 14 exhorted the Christian faith- joy and wonder of the Resurrec- Stations of the Cross were read ful to spread the joy of Easter tion accounts in the Gospels. to the crowd of thousands hold- to others. He noted the example of Mary ing candles. “Happy Easter!” he said. “Christ Magdalene, who ‘wept for the loss Pairs of immigrants, prisoners, is risen! He is truly risen.” of her Lord and could not believe homeless, elderly, women, dis- fight against organised crime in Others spoke of the plight of hardship, with bitter days of The Pope (above) addressed her eyes seeing Him risen.’ abled, former drug addicts and southern Italy. battered women, abused chil- solitude and even despair,” thousands of Faithful gathered in The Pope encouraged the con- others alternated carrying a large One spoke of ‘all those wrongs dren, home-bound and lonely another meditation read. St Peter’s Square for the Regina gregation to let the experience of cross between each of the stations which created the economic crisis elderly, prisoners who endure The participants at the event Coeli on April 21. the Resurrection ‘be imprinted that describe the main events in and its grave social consequences: torture, victims of organised were urged to listen to ‘the cry “Let the joyous wonder of in our hearts and in our lives.’ the last hours of Jesus’ life. job insecurity, unemployment, crime and loansharks. of those persecuted, the dying, Easter Sunday radiate through He said that the Virgin Mary’s This year’s meditations were dismissals, an economy that rules “Today, many of our brothers the terminally ill.’ our thoughts, looks, attitudes, experience of the death and Res- written by Italian Archbishop rather than serves, financial and sisters, like Jesus, are In brief words at the end of gestures and words,” he said. urrection of Her Son made her Giancarlo Maria Bregantini speculation, suicide among nailed to a bed of pain, at hos- the service, Pope Francis urged Those who help radiate the heart a source of peace, comfort Campobasso-Bojano, who has business owners, corruption and pital, in homes for the elderly, the crowd to ‘remember all the joy of the Resurrection can bring and mercy. been in the front line in the usury, the loss of local industry.’ in our families. It is a time of abandoned people.’ the ‘light’ of the Risen Lord to Mary is ‘the Mother full of others by spreading happiness, hope, the Mother of all the disci- by helping those in pain and by ples, the Mother of the Church,’ bringing ‘serenity and hope,’ the he said. A solemn and spiritually uplifting visit to the Vatican Pope explained. After concluding his remarks, This radiating wonder must the Pope led the Faithful in the come ‘from within us,’ from a Regina Coeli. He then wished By Steve Lavery young member of staff directed heart that is ‘immersed in the them all a very happy and Holy us to the altar dedicated to source of this joy,’ he said. Easter. ON SUNDAY April 6, my Blessed John Paul II. More can- wife and I had hoped to get to dles lit and prayers said. Mass in St Peter’s in Rome, My wife wanted to see the but even after arriving early statue of St Veronica, but this it was evident from the size was cordoned off and we had to of the queue this dream was view it from behind barriers. not to be. So Mass at Church While there, we noticed the high of the Holy Spirit and a visit altar was covered with about 60 to the shrine of St Faustina reliquaries of various shapes and it was. sizes. We had to ask and it was We returned for the Angelus in then we discovered that our St Peter’s Square and listened to prayers had been answered and the Holy Father calling us to more. There was to be Mass at break free from our sepulchres of 4pm followed by solemn ves- (Above) The altar of Pope sin. Everyone in the square was pers, which traditionally, on that John XXIII and (below) the given a copy of St Matthew’s Sunday, implore the help of the altar of Pope John Paul II Gospel after being told by Pope saints to lead the Church into the Francis to share the Good News last two weeks of Lent. with those we meet. We joined in and loved the After a pleasant afternoon solemnity of the occasion with walk down by the River Tiber, the litany of the saints being sung Try to serve others with love we once again passed St Peter’s as we processed around the basil- the queue was considerably ica followed by the singing of the IN THE humble act of greatly swollen due to the indi- smaller and 20 minutes later we psalms and antiphons of vespers washing his disciples’ feet, vidual’s medical condition.With were inside the basilica. led by some of the Vatican choir. Jesus is showing all Chris- a white towel, he dried each A centre isle had been created The final blessing of the day tians how he wants us to foot and kissed it, often having so we were given spectacular was back at the statue of St Veron- serve others with love, Pope to bend onto the floor to reach view of the interior. It was then ica above which a door opened Francis said at Holy Thurs- the feet of those who were com- we came upon the altar dedi- and two cardinals blessed all those day Mass last night. pletely paralysed. cated to Pope John XXII and gathered beneath with the veil During the evening Mass at a Two aides assisted the Pope with candle lit and prayers said with which St Veronica wiped the rehabilitation facility on the in kneeling and standing back we began to move off when a face of Jesus. outskirts of Rome, the Pope up, which proved increasingly washed the feet of four women difficult as the 77-year-old and eight men who are living Pope made his way across the general of the Secretariat for democratic way,” Bishop in praying for the victims of the with disabilities (above). chapel to serve all 12 patients. NEWS ROUNDUP the Economy. Henry D’Souza of Bellary said. ferry disaster in Korea and their “This is the legacy that Jesus Yet, before rising, he gave each Mgr Fabian Pedacchio More than 814 million Indians families.’ leaves us,” the Pope said, one of them a long and loving Leaniz, who had been second are registered to vote in the South Korea has been adding that he wants it to be gaze and broad smile. Mgr Lahzi Gaid given to Mgr Xuereb and is a priest polls, which take place in nine plunged into mourning follow- passed down through people’s Jesus’ gesture was like a part- MGRtop Vatican Yoannis Lahzi post Gaid, a of the Buenos Aires archdio- rounds from April 7 to May 12. ing the sinking of a shuttle loving service to others. ing gift and ‘an inheritance’ that priest of the Coptic Patriar- cese, is now first secretary to The Indian bishops issued a ferry the Sewol earlier this Ranging in ages from 16 to he left out of love, the Pope said chate of Alexandria, has the Pope, and Mgr Lahzi Gaid pastoral anticipating the elec- week carrying 476 passengers 86, nine of the 12 patients were during the Holy Thursday Mass been made second personal will assist him. tions, saying that Catholics in on board. Many of them—more Italian, one was a Muslim from of the Lord’s Supper celebrated secretary to Pope Francis. the nation ‘must pray ardently than 300—were high school Libya, one was a woman from at the Father Carlo Gnocchi The position is among the for a good government.’ students on a school trip to the Ethiopia and one young man Foundation’s Our Lady of Prov- Pope’s closest collaborators, Indian Catholics pray holiday island of Jeju. The offi- was from Cape Verde.Two sis- idence Centre. and this marks the first time that CATHOLICSahead of electionsin India are pray- cial death tool had reached 108 ters helped patients, all of them “You, too, must love each an Eastern Catholic priest has ing as they vote in the midst of Popeʼs prayers for by Tuesday with nearly 200 with limited mobility, remove other, be servants in love,” he been appointed to the position. five weeks of the nation’s parlia- POPEferry Francis tragedy has asked victims people more still missing. their shoes and socks. The Pope said in a brief homily, which he The vacancy was created mentary elections, now going on worldwide to join him in prayer Pope Francis is due to visit then knelt on both knees on a delivered off the cuff. when Mgr Alfred Xuereb was in the world’s largest democracy. for the victims of the tragic South Korea this August for small cushion before each per- He asked people to think of transferred from his position as “We are very hopeful that the ferry disaster in South Korea. Asian Youth Day, August 14- son. He poured water from a ways ‘how we can serve others Pope Francis’ personal secre- general elections underway will Using twitter, the Holy 18, and the beatification of the small silver pitcher over each better—that’s what Jesus tary to being prelate secretary be conducted in a free and Father tweeted: ‘Please join me 124 new Korean Martyrs. person’s foot; some feet were wanted from us.’ WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 8 THEOLOGY OF THE BODY SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY APRIL 25 2014 In touch with creation and humanity BISHOP JOHN KEENAN continues his series looking at Blessed Pope John Paul II’s moral teaching, the Theology of the Body

NYONE who lived closely with the Pope from Poland—as I did as a sem- inarian in Rome—could not fail to be struck forcefully by two striking dimensions of the man. Pope John Paul was, at one and the same time, the gifted charismatic persona idolised by the Aworld and its media and, at the same time, he was an inscrutable mystic who daily went into the depths of God and to places none of us could ever quite fathom or grasp. I witnessed this closely when I celebrated Mass with him as his deacon in the Sunday that marked the elevation of the then Archbishop Winning and 20 others to the College of Cardinals. I had never seen St Peter’s Basilica as stuffed with cardinals, bishops, priests and Faith- ful, or attended quite such a joyful spectacle. As deacon, standing beside the Pope on the high altar, I prepared the chalice with wine and a drop of water and attempted to hand it to him as I usually did for all the celebrants I had up until then served. The Holy Father, however, was so transfixed in contemplative prayer over the host on the corporal that he did not even notice me or the chalice until I reached in and placed it immediately under his gaze and into his hands. Then he clasped it, uninter- rupted in contemplation, and carried on. Among the many other cardinals gathered around the altar there was a sense of awe so intense you could have heard a pin drop. After Mass and private thanks- giving, of course, there returned to the public scene the more familiar Pope of handshakes, smiles, witty quips and chat that the world knew so well.

n all this Pope John Paul lived out the dimen- sions of his Theology of the Body. In the first half of his work the Pope wrote of the three Istages of man: Original man before the Fall, his- torical man from the Fall to the Second Coming, and eschatological man, or how we will be in Heaven. On the Last Day we will rise again in our mortal bodies, flesh and bones and all, because we are not angels but incarnate spirits. God created us in the flesh. He came in the flesh, died in the flesh and rose in the flesh to offer us eternal life in the flesh. Moreover, in the next life, men will be men with men’s flesh and women will be women with women’s bodies. Of course the state of our bodies will be changed but the meaning will remain the same. The meaning of the body is love. The body is a call to love in such a way that even in our flesh we are copies of God. Both in this life and in the next our meaning will be to make a gift of our- selves to others in love by means of our bodies. As we make our way through the world, how- ever, historical man carries within him the damage of the Fall and there is no way back to the original innocence of Eden. So we march nobly on guard- ing our honour, not with ease but with daily care and effort against temptation, until we reach the glory of Heaven. While on earth we struggle daily in the battle of the flesh that begins in our heart. Every day the choice before us whether we will live the logic of pleasing ourselves in our body, what is called self-gratification that has its end in the lust of the flesh, or whether we will choose to make our bodies into gifts to God and others in a self-donation that culminates in holiness. The Lord Blessed Pope John Paul II’s Papacy was often marked Jesus is the great example, expressed supremely in by both his intense prayerfulness and closeness to God (right) as well as his charisma, captured eleoquently the words of the Eucharist; this is My Body, for (above) in this painting by artist Troy Edkins you. Making an offering of Himself in obedience to His Father’s plan for His Body, His flesh became the means by which He brought new life to the world. when the woman came he would be able really to give himself in life-giving communion with her. ut back to that Mass in St Peter’s. In the Then and only then would it no longer be good for Garden, before the Fall, humanity lived in man to be alone but without proper solitude no real original innocence which came with the Communion. experienceB of original solitude and original com- Here is the key to Pope John Paul’s life. It was munion. Adam was first created alone or in soli- not so much natural charisma that made him such a tude and it was good. In solitude Adam learned good communicator. It was daily solitude, in prayer how to think and to be a worker, naming the ani- and Mass, that made him so remarkably a man of mals. He learned about proper freedom and how communion with all of creation and humanity. to be in a relationship with God, Who had given Later he will show how this is written even into him a whole Garden as well as one Tree that Adam our fertility. Couples benefit from regular periods was to keep aside as his thanksgiving gift in return of solitude, when they abstain from the passionate to God. In solitude he grew to enjoy God’s friend- impulse and consolation of sexual intimacy, in ship, walking with Him in the cool of the evening order to re-gather some self-possession and be able air. All of this solitude with God was necessary in to give themselves ever anew in the life-giving and order to allow Adam to possess himself so that affirming communion of their marital embrace. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY APRIL 25 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER LETTERS 9

S LETTER OF THE WEEK Bishopbriggs PICTURE OF THE WEEK Churches Together Scotland’s shame has (BCT) organised a geographical boundaries Good Friday Walk of Witness on April IN 1994 I worked for 10 months in 18. The Walk of Hamilton, where, at the tender age of 40, I Witness started at first encountered sectarian attitudes. I was at Kenmure Parish astonished to hear the rhetoric employed by Church (Church of Scotland), passed otherwise intelligent adults. through the village This rhetoric was underscored by and visitedall the deliberate ignorance, on the part of the Christian individuals concerned (on both sides of the churches, with a divide), about the actual beliefs and stop in St practices of Christians from other Matthews RC traditions. As an active Church of Scotland Church. At member (married to a Roman Catholic) I Bishopbriggs was surprised to discover that I was a Cross, Canon ‘Prodestant’—a label which I had never Robert Hill gave a heard before, and one with which I didn't talk with readings identify, even in its correctly spelled form. of The Lord’s In fact, I had only ever heard ‘protestant’ in Passion and the context of history at school, and didn’t Resurrection. believe the term could or would be used in Members of BCT a modern Christian context. I lay claim are seen here only to the label ‘Christian,’ qualified if gathered as they absolutely necessary by ‘reformed,’ leave St Matthew’s during the walk on ‘presbyterian,’ or ‘evangelical.’ Good Friday ‘Sectarian Scotland’ is an identifiable, limited geographical area, rather than a PIC: PAUL term applicable to the country as a whole - McSHERRY thank the Lord! Alasdair Brooks ABERDEEN

Sympathy in spite of differences G SCO reserves the right to edit letters to conform with space or style requirements G This page is used solely for reader opinion and therefore views expressed are not necessarily shared by SCO G If you would like to share your opinion, send your correspondence to the address below G Whether you use e-mail or post, you must provide your full name, address, and phone number or your letter will not be used ‘I WAS moved by the SCO editorial comment on April 13. I sometimes struggle to speak up for my Catholic beliefs when Faith, hope, loyalty and with those left to rebuild confidence in our Christian and human goodness demand my the future Church here in Scotland—our priests and sympathy for people like the late Margo religious along with current and new MacDonald MSP. IF I DID not know better, I would say that members of the Bishop’s Conference of ESTABLISHED IN 1885 She was a good woman. I do not The Scottish Catholic Observer still had a Scotland. supported euthanasia but it is hard to say wee soft spot for Cardinal Keith O’Brien I respect all who have gone before and no to stuggling individuals. (SCO editorial Palm Sunday) that risks the work that they have done, but know the Perhaps this is why we should not go being a barrier to the here and now. blame game and raking over old coals is there, why we should not open Pandora’s While I can see that the result of the distasteful and not our constructive way box. It may not be fashionable to quote cardinal’s conduct ‘admissions’ last year forward. those who have fallen from grace, but have been severe, who are we to say In the end, who are we to judge? We just The joy of Easter is extended ‘don’t kill your granny.’ whether they have been disproportionate? have to hold firm to our Faith. Martha Gordon That is not to say I do not value loyalty, I Mrs Campbell by the Papal Canonisations BELLSHILL just feel as Catholics our loyalty now lies LIVINGSTON

OPE Francis, our bishops and clergy guided us well Holy Spirit does not need our because of calls to courses to study the Papal Canonisations will be through the joyful celebration of Easter to show us the way help with bishop selection Second Vatican Council documents.Teachers a glorious day forward. Yet the Faithful who observe the Easter triduum did not want to know about change run the gauntlet of emotion from the first Eucharist at the HUGH McLoughlin’s column on bishops Congregations were equally stiff-necked. I LOOK forward to the coverage of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday through the Garden of Geth- (SCO April 11) have no relevance in the Young Fr Vincent Logan came back to Papal Canonisations on April 27. I was semane, Jesus’ betrayal, the Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion context of the Catholic Church in Scotland Edinburgh well qualified to be schools intrigued to see that cinemas up and down before the Resurrection. Easter, the most important festival in the today, where the pressing need is for chaplain, but had difficulty encouraging the country were broadcasting the ChristianP calendar, comes after the Lenten period of preparation and penitential prayer by all in teachers to use the material he left in dookits. ceremony live. Who says we are a secular there is good reason why we need such a lengthy period to prepare. acknowledgement of negligence of duty in Of course,the Holy Spirit did not leave us society? I enjoyed Robert Cassidy’s While the meaning of Easter is accessible to Catholics of all ages, fostering humility and study. bereft. We made progress, but He certainly is thoughts on Blessed John XXIII ( SCO unlike Christmas, the story of Jesus’ death and Resurrection is not a I claim experience and age to make that not looking for instructions from us! April 11) and now Bishop John Keenan’s PG child-friendly tale. The happy ending is ours: Salvation and life challenge! In the 1960s the St John Bosco Mary Ferguson insight into Blessed John Paul II (SCO everlasting. And while Jesus ultimately rises from the dead, His suf- Guild Of Catholic Teachers melted away NEWRY April 18 and ongoing). Keep up the good fering and death for our sins is central to his Passion and never far work. away from our minds during this year’s sun-filled Easter celebrations, Alan Dawson or any year’s. For our Church is truly a suffering Church. The Eucharist is a privilege without the Eucharist and its celebration. HAMILTON This fact makes our Christian witness all the more important. While not everyone is afforded Absenting oneself from the Sunday secular society would have us believe that the numbers of the faith- Eucharist is, more often than not, the first ful are irreversibly falling—in spite of half-hearted protestations on AM I alone in thinking that Kevin step towards losing Faith completely. It John Paul II gave us all hope Christianity’s central role in the UK from Prime Minister David McKenna’s article in last week’s SCO, was Our Lord himself who commanded us to aspire to be better Cameron last week—reality is very different. In some parishes there Confessions of a part-time Mass-goer was to ‘do this in memory of me.’ Like a wise may have been seats to be had on Holy Thursday, but by Good Fri- facetious, cynical, in poor taste and not the mother who knows what is best for their BLESSED John Paul II was said to be day many of us saw that was clearly no longer the case. Our role now kind of article that one would expect to read child, our Mother, the Church show us the many things in his day—the most travelled is to keep and grow our Easter congregations. in a Catholic newspaper? The flippant way way to fulfil the Lord’s command by Pontiff, and the Pope whose Pontificate With our Easter joy still fresh, this coming weekend’s double Papal he jokes about the lukewarm practice of his placing a serious obligation on us to be at saw more Canonisations than any of his Canonisations extends our spiritual celebrations through to Divine Faith and the overall mocking tone he used Mass each Sunday for ourselves and for the modern day predecessors are among but a Mercy Sunday and there couldn’t be a more appropriate day for might have been intended as an attempt at sake of others. I pray that Mr McKenna few of the accolades. Blessed John Paul II to become a saint. For those present when John humour but I thought it in poor taste. may one day come to a new appreciation of How fitting then, that he too is being Paul II spoke to Scotland in 1982—at Murrayfield, Bellahouston and Kevin McKenna would do well to the value and importance of Sunday Mass made a saint the Sunday after Easter. He is the small gathering at St Joseph’s, Rosewell—to know now we were consider a phrase used by early Christian as a weekly opportunity to have our faith indeed worthy. I refer not to the suffering in the presence of a saint is overwhelming. Yet we must not allow our martyrs in North Africa who were caught nourished by Word and Sacrament as well in his life, of which there was much own experiences to overshadow the magnitude of the Canonisation celebrating the forbidden Sunday as an opportunity to rub shoulders with our especially in his later years. I speak not of also of Good Pope John. For the life of John XXIII is also being hon- Eucharist. They were arrested, tortured and fellow Catholics and support them in their him as a Charismatic leader and an astute oured on Sunday. sentenced to death. When asked by the faith by our simple presence alongside if conservative theologian. The Catholic Church’s recognition of saints is not without its crit- judge why they were celebrating the them in the pews. Part-time Mass goers I speak of the many different types of ics, both inside and outside the Church. That is why this week, in Christian Sunday Eucharist, even though can very quickly become ‘former people he saw raised to sainthood. Those addition to Bishop John Keenan’s article on John Paul II, and Hugh they knew it was a capital offence their Mass-goers’ and that would be very sad— who traditionally may not have been seen McLoughlin’s thoughts on John XXII, the SCO also begins a new response was ‘sine dominico non and not really something to joke about. to fit the mould. He gave us all hope. series by Harry Schnitker. The Journeys of Faith series looks at those possumus!’ We are not able [to live] REV JAMES A GRANT, NAME AND ADDRESS who have taken less than traditional paths to recognition in the without the ‘lordly thing,’” meaning PP, HOLY FAMILY, MOSSEND SUPPLIED Catholic Church. WRITE TO LETTERS, SCO, 19 WATERLOO STREET, GLASGOW G2 6BT [email protected] 10 COMMENT SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY APRIL 25 2014 Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Cameron, if you think you fool anyone?

AVE does God—pro- record he was f course, Mr Cameron’s inane voking a shortage of stung by a jelly- remarks about religion are no sick-bags across the fish. more absurd and hypocritical land. A politician deceiv- Mr Cameron Othan the leaders of other parties, for ing and prevaricating in has presided over example Ed Miliband’s recent claim: the run-up to elections is never a pretty the most aggres- “I have a particular faith. I describe sight. When he attempts to draft God sively anti-Chris- myself as a Jewish atheist.” When vot- intoD his campaign, for cynical advan- tian government ers with religious convictions are tage, it lends an extra dimension of in British history. being courted, every politician must distaste to the squalid exercise. But Catholic adoption claim a faith, even if, as in Mr even by the standards of 21st-century agencies have Miliband’s case, it consists of not hav- British politics David Cameron is a been forced to ing one. Thus, atheism is redefined as stranger to shame. close down on his ‘a faith,’ just as relationships that are If Mr Cameron had just come into watch—under the antithesis of marriage or family office at the beginning of this month, BY GERALD WARNER laws for which he are ludicrously described as being his Easter message might have voted while still those things. sounded plausible: the usual bum- going to export the Bill team. I think in opposition in All three mainstream parties—Con- bling, Anglican-agnostic gibberish we they can take it around the world.” 2 0 0 7 — a n d servative, Labour and Liberal Democ- expect from British politicians, but at But Mr Cameron has told his close Christians have rat—are equally complicit in their least he might have been given credit associates that he badly underestimated faced dismissal attacks on Christianity and family life, for a broadly well-meaning attitude the opposition the measure would pro- for wearing a as is the SNP in Scotland, which has towards Christianity. But he came to voke and, if he had known, would not cross in the work- just passed its own homosexual ‘mar- power four years ago and the dis- have introduced the legislation. Con- place. In between riage’ law. Only UKIP has stood apart graceful way in which he has abused servative constituency associations in such aggressions, from the anti-Christian crusade and that power to attack the Christian faith England have haemorrhaged members Mr Cameron that is what is alarming Mr Cameron. makes his Easter waffle a scandalous in protest; many of them are now inca- has sought to He has been alarmed by Nigel Farage piece of vote-chasing hypocrisy. pable of fighting an election campaign. dupe Christian saying we need to mount a ‘more mus- He told Britain to be ‘more confi- The defectors have gone over to UKIP, voters by pre- cular defence of our Judaeo-Christian dent about our status as a Christian the only political party that opposed tending he is on heritage.’ country’ and urged us to be ‘more homosexual marriage. our side. In July Mr Cameron’s Christian ‘evangeli- evangelical’ about our faith. This is a PIC: PA PHOTOS 2012 he told the cal’ posturing is a desperate attempt to brand new ‘gospel’according to Dave: ave’s Damascene conversion House of Com- claw back much-needed Christian just nine months ago his evangelisa- to Christianity has been unprincipled attempt to woo back mons, with a straight face, that the votes from UKIP. tion was directed towards sending his inspired by fear, with polls Christian voters to the Conservatives. right to wear the cross was ‘an Mr Cameron is making noises now government ministers out to spread Dforecasting the Tories will come in His chances are nil. Such articles are absolutely vital freedom.’Two months about the plight of Syrian Christians, homosexual marriage around the third in the European elections, with written by speechwriters and special later his government opposed an whose situation would have been even world. At a party in 10 Downing Street UKIP tipped for first place. advisers: while his weasel words were appeal in the Strasbourg Court of worse if he had not been foiled in his to celebrate the steamrolling of same- The Prime Minister’s ‘Christian’ disseminated for consumption by sup- Human Rights by Christians demand- attempt to bomb Damascus and arm sex marriage onto the statute book, Mr antics over Easter— three separate ini- posedly gullible churchgoers, Chris- ing that vital freedom, when the gov- murderous jihadists. Cameron told an audience of homo- tiatives including an article in the tianity’s most recent evangelist spent ernment lawyer said that if Christians His opportunist posturing is an sexual activists: “I talk about how Church of England’s newspaper Holy Week on pilgrimage to the beach didn’t like the banning of the cross they insult to our religion, but also to our we’ve got to export more, so I’m Church Times—were a desperate and at Lanzarote, where it is gratifying to could ‘resign and move to another job.’ intelligence.

The views expressed in the opinion What do you think of GERALD WARNER’S comments on David Cameron? Send your points of pages of the SCO are those of view to the SCO. Write to Letters, SCO, 19 Waterloo St, Glasgow G2 6BT or e-mail [email protected] informed individuals and groups and not necessarily those of the newspaper or the Church We must let go of our fears, embrace Christ and radical change

ONE of the highlights of student occasionally we have to pause and of us will recognise. Often, in life, tive and negative, now they That was some challenge for the life was amateur dramatics. think again. If we allowed fear to we make our choices based on our become positive and are able to disciples then. It is the same for us Watching the film version of dominate our lives, we would fears. Real risk taking is seldom look beyond the limitations of their now. All that is required of us is Robert Bolt;s play,A Man For All Fr Eddie become catatonic. We have to bal- part of our thinking, traditionally situation towards the possibilities that we should let go of our fears. Seasons, which we staged in Dry- ance the negative energy that fear most of us opt for safety first. The that lay ahead. We have nothing to lose and every- grange, brought back memories. McGhee creates and allow the very positive disciples are waiting for the situa- At this time in the life of the thing to gain. Quite by accident I then stumbled energy of freedom to flow. Only tion to calm itself before they dare Church it is easy to become pes- There appears to be no doubt upon an old black and white film awful reality. It has been distress- then is growth and progress possi- emerge from hiding. They are not simistic. Things don’t look at all that we are called to radical change starring John Mills called Morn- ing to watch as parents struggle to ble. Inevitably, for parents, this is the stuff of which heroes are made. promising. These last 20 years as the Church here in Scotland. We ing Departure. This was another come to terms with the loss of their a difficult choice. Their urge to They are unable at this time to see have hardly been the most glorious can’t live as if we were the Church of the plays that we staged. It is children. For them their very worst protect their children has to be bal- the possibilities, they see only the in our history. Locally, the number of the 19th or even 20th century. the story of a crew trapped in a fears have been realised. Their anced by the need to allow then to limitations. Potentially, this is also of people attending Mass has more We have to be the Church of the submarine. It is the story of the ill fears very quickly turn to frustra- become themselves. For this they true for you and for me. than halved and the number of 21st century, meeting every chal- fated attempt to rescue those crew tion and then to anger and it is per- need to be free. What are we to make of the clergy serving parish communities lenge that lies ahead. We can’t members who had survived the fectly understandable. Disaster on This week the Gospel invites us appearance of Jesus in the midst of had dropped by around 70 per afford to get stuck. When the disci- initial impact with a wartime this scale happens infrequently but into a fear filled room. The room is this group of fear filled people? cent. We can stand back and say: ples let go of their fears they were mine. The play was a very tense when they do they touch all of our shared by those friends of Jesus The key to our understanding, is “Things are not what they used to able to move forward. Could this affair, far removed from the pro- fears. One moment there is a ferry who had run away when he was the greeting that is put on the lips be!” Alternatively we can ask our- small group of fear filled men have ductions that we usually staged. full of excited and enthusiastic arrested, tried by both Jews and of Jesus. “Peace be with you!” selves: ‘How can we shape the believed that their actions would Sometimes I wonder if my fear of young people and in a few Romans, condemned and Cruci- Immediately, Jesus is inviting future to meet the real needs?” transform the world? History tells confined spaces comes from moments, chaos. For parents it fied. They had good reason to be everyone present to calm them- Fear of change is the most insidi- us that they did. Can we move for- being a part of that production. does not bear thinking about. Do afraid. They had seen Roman jus- selves, to banish fear. He doesn’t ous fear of all. When Jesus ward in the 21st century free from The ferry disaster off the coast they blame themselves for allow- tice at first hand and its conse- ask how they are. He knows! They appeared among his disciples he fear? We have to answer that ques- of South Korea has monopolised ing their children the freedom to quences were not to be are afraid! Later in the story, was calling on them, not just to tion individually as disciples and the news headlines for a week. participate in what seemed like an contemplated. At the beginning of Thomas makes his profession of change their thinking, but to collectively as faith communities. There seems to be a familiar pat- adventure? Probably. For all of us this story the disciples are held Faith. It is this profession of Faith change it radically. The Jesus of History will be our judge. Lets tern to these events. Initially there hindsight is 20/20 vision. We make captive not by the Romans but by that frees Thomas from his fear. history had gone. hope that we won’t be judged and is hope of rescue and then as that our choices based on the informa- their own fear. They are free to Faith allows new possibilities to The risen Christ was challeng- found wanting. hope fades there comes the tion that we have. Mostly every- leave the room but they choose to emerge. Before this moment the ing them to create a new and moment of having to deal with the thing works out fine, but just stay. This is a situation that many disciples of Jesus were introspec- dynamic history, free from fear. 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an enthusiastic supporter of the in its meetings. providing a path of social pros- European Union. However, he But Pope John identified the perity, rather there is a rise of also knew that institutions are crucial ingredient for any distrust and dissatisfaction put- not enough to ensure a just and decent society. He wrote that ting the future of the European caring society. He observed ‘the most perniciously typical Union itself at risk. So too the that Europe seemed to have aspect of the modern era con- result of the referendum may grown tired and it was he who sists in the absurd attempt to reflect a perfectly valid prefer- and he knows and most thoroughly diagnosed the reconstruct a solid and fruitful ence but the prosperity of our WIR understands us.” culture of death that is spread- temporal order divorced from nation will not be assured by a ED ing throughout the continent. God, who is, in fact, the only particular constitutional IN GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Events have shown John foundation on which it can arrangement. The more crucial Paul II to be accurate and FR PAOLO PADRINI, (above) endure.’ (John XXIII Mater et question is whether members nicknamed the iPriest, has Europe is struggling to face the Magistra) of our society return to the val- developed an Arabic version BY JOHN DEIGHAN future with confidence at Without God, the light of ues that allowed Scotland and An SCO diary of his iBreviary app. The almost every level. Demo- conscience and truth is obscured Europe to thrive. original iBreviary app, graphically we are facing a cri- and society although it presently The Bible is a long story of A NEW Argentine football launched in 2008, allows COTLAND is facing sis, which is largely ignored by benefits from the foundations how turning our backs on God team named after Pope users to access Catholic major political politicians. Who would have on which it was built by previ- always leads to social downfall Francis and meant to promote prayers, readings, and hymns choices in the months thought that the birth rate ous generations, ends up cut off whereas turning to God non-violence has had two on their Apple mobile devices, ahead. Next month could have slumped so precip- from the roots which give it life. ensures social flourishing. players sent off in its first with some Catholics finding the elections for the itously in only a couple of So for example Christian From a worldwide perspective match. The Papa Francisco the app more convenient than European Parliament will be decades. Families are frag- Europe cemented the impor- this is what Pope Francis team was founded by Jorge carrying paper breviaries held and, in September, a refer- menting and people increas- tance of personal freedom but knows and why he is urging all Ramirez, an admirer of the around. “The app has become endumS will decide on Scottish ingly live alone. Generations now that the concept of freedom of us to evangelise in every Pope. It has 47 members and a must-have for priests and independence. of young people across many has been detached from the pur- way we can to show that was set up shortly after the cardinals and has been really The European political proj- areas of Europe struggle to pose of freedom, which is to Christianity is a source of joy archbishop of the city, appreciated with the Catholic ect was initiated in the aftermath find work. Euthanasia is now pursue good, it is now often and hope. Often we fail to live Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, was Church,” Fr Padrini said last of the Second World War as a practised on those who are seen as license to do whatever up to its message and it is per- elected Pontiff. Pope Francis week. means of ensuring peace in ‘tired of living’ and even on we please. haps these failures that prompt is an avid football fan and a The priest, who is a new Europe. Its masterminds were supporter of Buenos Aires media advisor for the sick children. Within the con- The misuse of freedom is those who want to eradicate club San Lorenzo. Pontifical Council for prompted by Catholic social tinent that was Christendom, always an option but when faith from the public square He has no official Social teaching to build a political sys- aggressive voices wish to con- influential voices in society sys- but to throw out the message connection to Communications, tem that required nations to see demn any evidence of reli- tematically rebel against the because of the failings of peo- the Papa also cited the each other as partners and col- gious faith in public life even moral basis of society then trou- ple of faith is like a traveller Francisco late Cardinal laborators with a common des- to the point of denouncing ble is in store. Good Pope John destroying a map because he club. The Carlo Maria tiny. freedom of conscience and stated it clearly when he wrote mistakenly took a wrong turn. semi- prof- Martini as a Debate around independ- freedom of belief as privileges that: ‘Mutual trust... cannot Human nature will always be essional former ence has overshadowed all rather than rights. begin nor increase except by weak and prone to evil but team plays iBreviary user. other political considerations Another great Pope who recognition of, and respect for, Christianity has been the great- in the lower On April 12, in our media. The possibilities will be Canonised with John the moral order. But the moral est civilising force to enter the regions of the iPriest of future stability and prosper- Paul II is John XXIII (below order has no existence except in world. the Argentine launched an ity have been batted between right). He too recognised the God; cut off from God it must As good citizens we will league Arabic version of the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ camps with need to build a just society necessarily disintegrate.’ participate in the political system, and the app, great energy. with proper institutions. He Signs of that disintegration issues of our age but it is how chose the confronting the ban Both of these forthcoming famously called for a world- are all around and thus the effectively we can be the nickname, ‘The Saint of against selling or possessing political votes are obviously wide political authority to thrust of the Church’s new leaven for spreading faith in the South.’ The behaviour on Catholic breviaries in some important. Practical solutions ensure an adequate interna- evangelisation is to present God that will ultimately deter- the pitch in the first game Muslim countries. are required to confront the against Trefules wasn't “This app opens a door for tional forum for resolving hope again. It is not going to mine our future prosperity. particularly saintly, though, as religious freedom,” Fr Padrini political challenges encoun- global problems. Thus the be found simply by finding the I John Deighan is the two players from each team said. tered in society. Pope John Holy See has supported the right political arrangement. were sent off. “The Catholic who prays in Paul II (below left), who is to principle of the United Nations European institutions have parliamentary officer for Scotland’s bishops “Our motto is no hooligans, Arabic is a symbol of religious be Canonised this Sunday, was and participated as an observer shown themselves incapable of no violence and no insults,” coexistence and peace. I Mr Ramirez, the club hope that the app is seen as a president, said before the peaceful and not as a hostile game. The club could serve gesture. And I hope it is not as a much-needed antidote censored.” for Argentine football, which is The Arabic version of plagued at all levels by iBreviary is available for violence and hooligan groups iPhones, and an iPad version known in Spanish as ‘barras will be released in three bravas.’ weeks. Android versions Violence is endemic in the should be available this Argentine game, and the summer. The downloads are Argentine Football Association free. Pope Francis himself has has been criticised for doing cited technology as a means little to stamp it out. The club to attract people, increase was almost named Real dialogue, and remove barriers. Buenos Aires, in honour of the “A culture of encounter famous Spanish club Real demands that we be ready Madrid, but eventually the not only to give, but also to idea of naming a club to receive,” the Pope said in a honour the Argentina-born January statement. Pope prevailed. The first “Media can help us greatly match was played in this, especially nowadays, appropriately in Lujan, a site when the networks of human revered by local Roman communication have made Catholics. Its famous Basilica unprecedented advances. The of Our Lady of Lujan could be Internet, in particular, offers glimpsed from the playing immense possibilities for field. Several players encounter and solidarity. This acknowledged it may be is something truly good. A gift difficult to always be on their from God.” best behaviour. Which is all very well, but “It will be a complicated any Catholics in Saudi Arabia thing if we insult others,” who download the ibreviary midfielder Fabian Gaddi said. would do well not to let their “But the Pope is Argentine phone out of sight…

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LEARNING LESSONS IN BOTH LOVE AND LIFE IN ECUADOR Scottish priest FR COLIN MacINNES, a missionary living and working in Atahualpa, Ecuador, explains how we can learn from the loving example being set by some of his own parishioners

In Ecuador the heart rules number on the banners is 62. Is it possible that there ing from illness we were able to visit the housebound, A sense of love and solidairty permeates the lives of Fr I have chosen the above title not merely because the are 62 candidates for the mayorship of the country’s give those chronically ill, the Sacrament of the Sick MacInnes’ parishioners be they on the election campaign trail (above), building houses for fellow parishioners memories of St Valentine’s Day when words and towns and cities! The heart rules. and gift them a food parcel. It was quite a task but it (above centre), working in the family fishing business gestures of eternal love were celebrated on the On a more individual level the call of the heart is was thoroughly worthwhile. I can see clearly that peo- (above right) or caring for the sick (right) streets and balconies of our rather small village, also felt very deeply. A young girl—sweet 16—from ple of deep faith can face pain and suffering and yet from early evening till late on at night, if not into the a rather affluent family abandoned her studies and enjoy internal peace and joy. I always come away say- following morning are still commented on. ran away from home to be with her boyfriend who ing that we must never forget nor abandon the chron- The fishing industry provides employment for It was a day when national newspapers held a was from a very poor family in my parish. After ically ill. It is as much an obligation of faith as is more than 90 per cent of the people of the parish. truce regarding the political campaign which was in weeks of negotiations involving both families I mar- going to Sunday Mass. It is the example that Jesus There are many different types of fishing: medium full swing at the time and extolled rather the bliss ried the young couple in the parish church. That was Christ left with us and which we cannot ignore. sized trawlers that go out into the open sea for a few and virtues of the ‘Jupiters and Cupiters’ of this just over a year ago. During the week both of them Both towns where I work are divided into barrios— hundred miles; small open boats which use nets or world. Sentimentalism reigned supreme. were riding on a motorcycle and a service bus neighbourhoods—representing the different times and hooks and fish within 200 miles of land (there are The heart rules is also the explanation of the pas- crashed into them. It seemed that the girl had groups of people who established themselves in the about 300 of such boats in the parish); and there are sionate political campaign, which was being weighed escaped serious injury and she was attending to her area. In one town there are 20 barrios and ten in the those who fish nearer the shore for prawns, crabs in the country in preparation for the local and husband who was stretched out on the road uncon- other. Every week a small group of volunteers go and small lobsters. regional elections. It is difficult to believe that with scious. The police arrived, looked at the boy and round each house of one particular barrio and collect The life of the inshore fisherman is hard and pun- a budget, not that much bigger than a middle class then said to the girl: “We will take you to hospital, food to make parcels for the poor. In the past three ishing. In an open boat they have to face the blazing family budget in Scotland, nine different parties can your boyfriend is dead.” When she heard these fatal months a total of 290 parcels have been delivered to sun during the day and then the cold currents that spend two months holding parades, marches, musi- words she had heart failure and dropped dead. The needy people. The poor are helped in this way and the come up from the Antarctic at night. Fishing is also cal festivals to round up people so as to give them boy is recovering in hospital. The heart rules. community is made more conscientious of their a family business. Four boxes of hooks have to be the opportunity to hear of their master plan to trans- The call of the heart is deeply felt here in Ecuador. responsibility to their ‘brothers and sisters in need.’ baited every second day and there are 400-500 form the village of 14,000 electors into a modern There is something noble and appealing about such hooks on each line. It really is quite a task. prosperous mini-metropolis. an attitude to life but, as we all know, the heart can Solidarity rather than charity From an early age children are taught to be part of The supporters are just gathering. In one of my also deceive; lead us along ragged roads where A solidarity group in the parish also attends to hous- the family economy in their struggle to survive. parishes there are nine different political parties— survival is difficult; and can abandon us when need is ing improvements of elderly people whose houses are Children are even employed in building their home. each with the firm conviction that they are God’s most. Would the perfect combination be an falling into disrepair. There are many such cases but Even the youngest makes a valiant contribution and appointed organisation to lead the town to wealth Ecuadorean heart and a Scottish mind? our resources are limited. Houses have been built by is proud to do so. I ask you, have we anything to and prosperity. the solidarity group. They do not have doors or win- learn from this experience within our family circles? Sentiment and emotion is on parade in the Care of the sick dows (many other houses are in similar conditions). I regional elections. A caravana—a convoy of lorries, We have formed a group of people in both parishes They might not compare with the most advanced If anyone wishes to support Fr Colin MacInnesʼ vans and trucks, filled with enthusiastic party fol- who attend to the spiritual welfare of the sick and apartment in Glasgow’s west end, but they are cer- missionary effort, donations can be made out to lowers waving their banners and extolling the mer- housebound. tainly a great improvement on what was there previ- Scottish Catholic Observer Charity Appeal, 19 its of their hero—has just passed my door. The On the international day dedicated to those suffer- ously, before the roof and the walls toppled inwards. Waterloo St, Glasgow, G2 6BT WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 12 MISSIONS MESSAGE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER APRIL 25 2014 APRIL 25 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER MISSIONS MESSAGE 13

LEARNING LESSONS IN BOTH LOVE AND LIFE IN ECUADOR Scottish priest FR COLIN MacINNES, a missionary living and working in Atahualpa, Ecuador, explains how we can learn from the loving example being set by some of his own parishioners

In Ecuador the heart rules number on the banners is 62. Is it possible that there ing from illness we were able to visit the housebound, A sense of love and solidairty permeates the lives of Fr I have chosen the above title not merely because the are 62 candidates for the mayorship of the country’s give those chronically ill, the Sacrament of the Sick MacInnes’ parishioners be they on the election campaign trail (above), building houses for fellow parishioners memories of St Valentine’s Day when words and towns and cities! The heart rules. and gift them a food parcel. It was quite a task but it (above centre), working in the family fishing business gestures of eternal love were celebrated on the On a more individual level the call of the heart is was thoroughly worthwhile. I can see clearly that peo- (above right) or caring for the sick (right) streets and balconies of our rather small village, also felt very deeply. A young girl—sweet 16—from ple of deep faith can face pain and suffering and yet from early evening till late on at night, if not into the a rather affluent family abandoned her studies and enjoy internal peace and joy. I always come away say- following morning are still commented on. ran away from home to be with her boyfriend who ing that we must never forget nor abandon the chron- The fishing industry provides employment for It was a day when national newspapers held a was from a very poor family in my parish. After ically ill. It is as much an obligation of faith as is more than 90 per cent of the people of the parish. truce regarding the political campaign which was in weeks of negotiations involving both families I mar- going to Sunday Mass. It is the example that Jesus There are many different types of fishing: medium full swing at the time and extolled rather the bliss ried the young couple in the parish church. That was Christ left with us and which we cannot ignore. sized trawlers that go out into the open sea for a few and virtues of the ‘Jupiters and Cupiters’ of this just over a year ago. During the week both of them Both towns where I work are divided into barrios— hundred miles; small open boats which use nets or world. Sentimentalism reigned supreme. were riding on a motorcycle and a service bus neighbourhoods—representing the different times and hooks and fish within 200 miles of land (there are The heart rules is also the explanation of the pas- crashed into them. It seemed that the girl had groups of people who established themselves in the about 300 of such boats in the parish); and there are sionate political campaign, which was being weighed escaped serious injury and she was attending to her area. In one town there are 20 barrios and ten in the those who fish nearer the shore for prawns, crabs in the country in preparation for the local and husband who was stretched out on the road uncon- other. Every week a small group of volunteers go and small lobsters. regional elections. It is difficult to believe that with scious. The police arrived, looked at the boy and round each house of one particular barrio and collect The life of the inshore fisherman is hard and pun- a budget, not that much bigger than a middle class then said to the girl: “We will take you to hospital, food to make parcels for the poor. In the past three ishing. In an open boat they have to face the blazing family budget in Scotland, nine different parties can your boyfriend is dead.” When she heard these fatal months a total of 290 parcels have been delivered to sun during the day and then the cold currents that spend two months holding parades, marches, musi- words she had heart failure and dropped dead. The needy people. The poor are helped in this way and the come up from the Antarctic at night. Fishing is also cal festivals to round up people so as to give them boy is recovering in hospital. The heart rules. community is made more conscientious of their a family business. Four boxes of hooks have to be the opportunity to hear of their master plan to trans- The call of the heart is deeply felt here in Ecuador. responsibility to their ‘brothers and sisters in need.’ baited every second day and there are 400-500 form the village of 14,000 electors into a modern There is something noble and appealing about such hooks on each line. It really is quite a task. prosperous mini-metropolis. an attitude to life but, as we all know, the heart can Solidarity rather than charity From an early age children are taught to be part of The supporters are just gathering. In one of my also deceive; lead us along ragged roads where A solidarity group in the parish also attends to hous- the family economy in their struggle to survive. parishes there are nine different political parties— survival is difficult; and can abandon us when need is ing improvements of elderly people whose houses are Children are even employed in building their home. each with the firm conviction that they are God’s most. Would the perfect combination be an falling into disrepair. There are many such cases but Even the youngest makes a valiant contribution and appointed organisation to lead the town to wealth Ecuadorean heart and a Scottish mind? our resources are limited. Houses have been built by is proud to do so. I ask you, have we anything to and prosperity. the solidarity group. They do not have doors or win- learn from this experience within our family circles? Sentiment and emotion is on parade in the Care of the sick dows (many other houses are in similar conditions). I regional elections. A caravana—a convoy of lorries, We have formed a group of people in both parishes They might not compare with the most advanced If anyone wishes to support Fr Colin MacInnesʼ vans and trucks, filled with enthusiastic party fol- who attend to the spiritual welfare of the sick and apartment in Glasgow’s west end, but they are cer- missionary effort, donations can be made out to lowers waving their banners and extolling the mer- housebound. tainly a great improvement on what was there previ- Scottish Catholic Observer Charity Appeal, 19 its of their hero—has just passed my door. The On the international day dedicated to those suffer- ously, before the roof and the walls toppled inwards. Waterloo St, Glasgow, G2 6BT WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 14 STRONG IN FAITH SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY APRIL 25 2014

A weekly BISHOPS’ ENGAGEMENTS discussion chaired by strong in faith young Catholics ARCHBISHOP TARTAGLIA Archbishop of Glasgow, www.rcag.org.uk DISCUSSION: How can we share the joy of Easter with those SUN April 27 12PM Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral. around us? MON 2PM Meeting of the Executive of the Council of Priests. 4.30PM Executive of the Catholic Education AIDANMICHAELCOOK: After a joyful cele- bration of Easter Sunday, a day so great it is Commission. 7.30PM Confirmation Mass for Our Lady celebrated for a whole week and extends into of the Missions Primary School in St Vincent’s Church. a whole season of 50 days, we are left won- TUE 10.30AM P7 Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral. WED dering how to share that joy with others. It is 9.30AM Mass in St Mary’s Duntocher, with Association such a great joy, how could we not want to share it! of Catholic Primary Head Teachers of the Archdiocese Of course, we can wish people a happy of Glasgow (APHTA). 10.30AM APHTA Conference in Easter, and we can give out Easter eggs, but St Mary’s, Duntocher, Parish Hall. FRI 10.30AM Mass neither really conveys the depth of our joy. for Primary 7 Children in St Andrew’s Cathedral. That joy is on fact bound up in belief in Christ, and so we see that to share our joy we need to share Christ. self-giving.’ So the invitation to Mass is not act, as we work for the triumph of the civil- ARCHBISHOP CUSHLEY So sharing the joy of Easter comes with the the end, but the beginning. isation of love.” usual difficulties of evangelisation but also Our sharing the joy of Easter, and our Faith Even the Apostles’ were afraid to preach Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh with a ready-made conversation starter: the in general, is closely linked with the sending about Christ until the sending of the Holy www.archdiocese-edinburgh.com ‘happy Easter’ or chocolate egg that fails to of the Holy Spirit. Explaining Confirmation, Spirit at Pentecost. But once they had convey the fullness of our joy can be the start- Pope Benedict said: “What does it mean to received the Holy Spirit, that very day about SAT APR 26 10AM Pro-life Rosary at Sacred Heart ing point of a discussion about Easter. We can receive the ‘seal’ of the Holy Spirit? It means 3000 people joined them and were Baptised. parish, Lauriston, Edinburgh. SUN 11AM Confirmations, say how we celebrated it and explain the great being indelibly marked, inalterably changed, Simply being joyful can have its own attrac- joys of Easter, and perhaps invite our friends a new creation. tion but to truly share the joy we need to Our Lady & St Bridget’s, West Calder & St Thomas, to come along to Mass at some point in East- For those who have received this gift, share the source of our joy: the Risen Christ Addiewell in West Calder. TUE 10AM SCIAF Induction ertide. nothing can ever be the same! Being ‘Bap- who brings us new life. So let’s turn to the Course, Glasgow. WED 7PM Confirmations in St Mary’s, The liturgy can be a great means of evange- tised’ in the one Spirit means being set on gift of our Confirmation, and share the joy Bo’ness. THU 10AM Meeting with Armed Forces repre- lisation and sharing our joy. As Pope Francis fire with the love of God. Being ‘given to of the Risen Christ this Eastertide. said in Evangelii Gaudium, ‘Evangelisation drink’ of the Spirit means being refreshed by And if you have any great ideas of how sentatives and Chaplains, South Queensferry. 7PM Con- with joy becomes beauty in the Liturgy, as the beauty of the Lord’s plan for us and for exactly to do so, come and let us know on firmations, St Joseph’s, Whitburn and the Sacred Heart part of our daily concern to spread goodness. the world, and becoming in turn a source of Facebook and join in our other discussions. & St Anthony’s, Armadale in Whitburn. The Church evangelises and is herself evan- spiritual refreshment for others. Being gelised through the beauty of the Liturgy, ‘sealed with the Spirit’means not being afraid I Have your say on this and upcoming which is both a celebration of the task of to stand up for Christ, letting the truth of the topics at http://www.facebook.com BISHOP GILBERT evangelisation and the source of Her renewed Gospel permeate the way we see, think and /scostronginfaith Aberdeen, www.dioceseofaberdeen.com

SUN APR 27 9.45AM Mass St Columba’s Bridge of Credit due to Good Pope for his WWII actions Don. 6.30PM Mass King’s College. SAT 3PM Cursillo By Hugh McLoughlin Mass, Pluscarden. 6.30PM Confirmations St Mary’s, became involved with another Military Attaché were seated at Inverness. interesting piece of treachery.And the next table during Elliott’s SPY Wednesday—the it involved the Apostolic Dele- stag party in the Park Hotel, BISHOP TOAL Wednesday of Holy Week; so gate’s secretary, a Mgr Rici, ‘a Istanbul not Glasgow.) called because it is taken by most unattractive little man.’ He Two things registered about Argyll and the Isles, www.rcdai.org.uk tradition to be the day upon had, Elliott discovered, been this. Firstly, Papa Roncalli was which Judas Iscariot sold out ‘operating a clandestine wireless entirely human. Here is a man we his Master for 30 pieces of sil- set on behalf of the Italian mili- can admire not as an alabaster BISHOP ROBSON ver—found me reading a tary intelligence.’ Mr Elliott likeness on the mantelpieces of recently published book, an tipped off the authorities and Mgr the devout but as a heroic charac- Dunkeld, www.rcdod.org.uk early birthday present, which I Rici was arrested. It was left to ter in an entirely profane drama. had put aside to read specifi- Mr Elliott, ‘with some embarrass- Secondly, in this singular SAT APR 26 10:30AM Easter Saturday, Confirma- cally on that day. ment,’ to inform his friend, Arch- man—whom Mgr Domenico tions, St Bride’s Monifieth. SUN 11AM Divine Mercy A Spy Among Friends, by Ben bishop Roncalli, that his secretary Tardini, the Secretary for the Macintyre, is about someone would be ‘spending a consider- Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Sunday, Confirmations, St Clement’s, Dundee. 6PM who sold out his masters, his able period breaking rocks in an Affairs of the Holy See, the Vat- Parish Mass, St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee. THU country, his friends and his fam- Anatolian penal colony.’ ican’s Foreign Secretary (the 7PM Comfirmations, St John’s Perth. FRI 1PM Mass, ily (he spied on his own father). Since Mr Elliott later stated that Secretary for the Extraordinary It is the story of that most noto- the Nazis and this great teeming His Excellency ‘merely shrugged’ Ecclesiastical Affairs of the St Andrew’s Cathedral. SAT 10AM Mass for the Sick, rious and treacherous, as well as metropolis, the gateway from and gave him the impression that Holy See) dismissed as an intel- St Bernadette’s, Tullibody. most lethally successful, spy of Europe to the Orient, and poten- ‘he was not altogether dis- lectual nonentity who should the 20th century: Harold Adrian tially the quickest way for the pleased.’ it would seem unlikely never have been recruited to the Russell ‘Kim’ Philby. Third Reich to the oilfields of that the future Pope John XXIII diplomatic service of the Holy BISHOP CUNNINGHAM And Good Pope John, (Blessed North Africa, had become ‘an would have quickly or strenu- See—this secret agent of His John XXIII (above right) who espionage hothouse… the scene ously prayed diplomatic immu- Majesty’s Government, who Galloway, www.gallowaydiocese.org.uk will be Canonised on Sunday) of a fierce, secret war.’ nity in his underling’s behalf. despite his love for his bride had gets an honourable mention. Which war was being fought The spy and the prelate had no love for her religion, clearly MON APR 28 2:30PM Education Strategy Group As Europe was for a second out by no less than 17 different become friends because Elliott— discerned a prelate putting the Bishop’s House time in the 20th century set at war, intelligence organisations, not who was not a Catholic, his exceedingly profane, the dark Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe including the host nation but most father being Sir Claude Aurelius arts of the intelligence opera- Roncalli had beenApostolic Dele- definitely including the Italians. Elliott, then headmaster of tive’s world, his world, to a gate to both Greece and Turkey— And part of their effort was being Eton—had fallen in love with his saintly use: the saving of the something that would be waged from within the Apostolic secretary, Elizabeth Holberton, a lives of countless thousands of unthinkable now—since the end Delegate’s residence. But not by ‘quite posh’and devout Catholic. Jews from their hellish destiny: FIND AND LIKE THE SCOTTISH of November of 1934. Prior to the future Pope and Saint. Mgr Roncalli officiated at the the gas chambers of Auschwitz. that, for over nine years he had It was to Istanbul in 1942, to wedding in his own private Over nearly 20 years, Mgr CATHOLIC OBSERVER PAGE ON been, firstly, Apostolic Visitor lead MI6’s counter-espionage chapel on April 10, 1943. Roncalli had built up contacts at (1925-31) and then, secondly, operations, that one of the, Mr Elliott (in Macintyre’s all levels, in the Church and out, FACEBOOK Apostolic Delegate (1931-34) in appropriately enough styled in book) summed up Archbishop throughout the region: in Turkey, neighbouring (to both) Bulgaria. this connection, ‘Young Turks’ Roncalli thus: “Roncalli… Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, In the war, Turkey, like the of the Secret Intelligence Serv- proved to be a fund of good Serbia, Slovakia, the Levant and, Holy See, was neutral and so ice, Nicholas Elliott, was sent. intelligence, and a vigorous anti- of course, back in Italy. And he Mgr Roncalli made his base Elliott was Kim Philby’s best Fascist. Like so many in wartime used them all to save the Jews in FOLLOW THE SCOTTISH there and not in Greece. How- friend and greatest supporter Istanbul, Roncalli was playing a their hour of need. And I am con- CATHOLIC OBSERVER AT ever, just like most of the diplo- within MI6. Twenty one years double game, dining with von fident that time will prove that he matic corps, he based himself later he would beg to be, and Papen and taking his wife’s con- did so with the approval of Pope SCO_NEWS ON TWITTER. not in Ankara, the capital, but at was, allowed to confront him in fession, while using his office to Pius XII and the help of his Be first to find out the latest Istanbul, a mere 40 miles from Beirut in January 1963 with smuggle Jewish refugees out of friend, Mgr Giovanni Battista the border with Bulgaria. By final proof of his treachery. occupied Europe.” Montini, who would later suc- news 1942, Bulgaria was occupied by But in Istanbul, Mr Elliott (Von Papen and the German ceed him as Pope. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY APRIL 25 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER REFLECTION 15 EWTN PROGRAMMES

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HE Paschal candle, first lit during tian life springs forth.” How are we to nur- the Easter Vigil and then placed A SPIRITUAL ture this new life in our families, among our on prominent display in our children and in our own hearts? SUNDAY APRIL 27 churches during the Easter season REFLECTION It is good to know the date of our Baptism, Acts 2:42-47. Response: Give thanks to and near baptismal fonts the rest the day when we became adopted children the Lord for He is good, for His love has of the liturgical year, is a striking reminder of of God, the most important day in our no end. 1 Peter 1:3-9 the light of the Risen Christ and of our own lives.We should celebrate it! We can keep Tbaptismal grace. the symbols of the Baptismal candle and gar- During the Easter Vigil, gathered outside ment given to our children in Baptism and MONDAY the nave, the Faithful strain forward to hear recall with them that happy day: who cele- Apocalypse 12:10-11. Response: Those the words of the priest as he prepares the brated it with us, where it happened, and who so in tears will sing when they reap. Paschal candle: “Christ yesterday and today, other details surrounding the event. We John 15:18-21. the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and should also live this celebration of our Bap- the Omega, all time belongs to Him and all tismal grace by celebrating Sunday Mass the ages. To Him be glory and power ignite the candles of those about me. together each week, regularly receiving the TUESDAY through every age and for ever. Amen.” Five My little light may be small when it is sacraments of Holy Eucharist and Reconcil- Feast of St Catherine of Siena. 1 John 1; grains of incense are inserted into the candle alone, but when joined to those of the other iation, practicing daily family prayer, and 5-2:2. Response: My soul, give thanks to in the form of a cross as the priest says: “By members of the Church, it produces a radi- studying the truths of our faith in age-appro- the Lord. Matthew 11:25-30 His holy and glorious wounds, may Christ ance strong enough to illumine the darkness priate ways. Such practices are vital to liv- the Lord guard us and protect us. Amen.” around us, reminding us of the importance ing in Faith. The Paschal candle is then lit from a small of staying close to the Church so that Inviting others along to Mass (such as WEDNESDAY charcoal fire, and its flame is used to begin together we can effect real good for the friends who come for sleep-overs on Satur- Acts 5:17-26. Response: This poor man the lighting of the individual candles of those world. Usually, I need to shelter the flame so day nights) or explaining to those who are called and the Lord heard him. John 3:16- present. As the flame is shared, the glow that contrary winds do not extinguish it; sim- curious why we have certain practices as 21 spreads slowly, and soon a veritable river of ilarly, I need to protect the faith I profess Catholics are helps to exercising our faith light is formed as the faithful process with from the harmful influences of the flesh, the and sharing it with others. Our faith will their candles up the aisle of the church and world, and the devil. grow, certainly, if we share it, protect it, and THURSDAY into their pews. The solemn silence of the As I hold the candle, alight with the flame nurture it as carefully as we would the little Acts 5:27-33. Response: This poor man event is pierced by the Exsultet, as the priest from the Paschal candle, I renew my Bap- flame given to us at the Easter Vigil. called and the Lord heard him. John 3:31- or deacon recites or sings the ancient hymn tismal promises, rejecting Satan, all his Not long ago, two of our sisters driving up of the Church proclaiming the glorious good works, and all his empty promises and to a local Catholic church came upon a 36 news of Easter. affirming my faith in the One God, Father, young man who had just been Baptised This ceremony is a profound reminder of Son, and Holy Spirit, in the Church He moments before. They described his face as FRIDAY some of the most essential truths of our established, the communion of saints, the one of radiance, pure happiness, and serene Acts 5:34-42. Response: There is one Faith. Firstly, Jesus is risen from the dead: forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the peace. It was as if the grace-filled light of the thing I ask of the Lord, to live in the house “The light has shone in the darkness and the body and the life of the world to come. It is risen Christ were shining through his soul darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5) Christ who gives me the strength to make and spilling out onto his countenance. of the Lord. John 6:1-15 Just as the flame is passed from the Paschal these bold proclamations and endeavour to As we gaze upon the Paschal candle with candle to my individual taper, Christ’s risen live them day to day. its gentle light, may we all reclaim our own SATURDAY life has been imparted to me in Baptism. My Baptismal joy this Easter Season! Feast of Ss Philip and James. 1 Corinthians Baptismal faith grows and impacts the world he Catechism (n1254) reminds us that: 15:1-8. Response: Their word goes forth when I share it with others by words, deeds, “Baptism is the source of that new life I Sr Anna Christi Solis is based with the and prayers, just as I use my candle to help in Christ from which the entire Chris- Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia in Elgin through all the earth. John 14:6-14. 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lets us down? Whether it be political, governing, respect it doesn’t matter that he is a ‘good man,’ a religious, media or sport based—we’ve all been sacrifice on the potential killer’s terms must be made. there and in varying degrees of magnitude. Despite him being treated with malice and con- Fr Brian D’Arcy (right), a Passionist priest from tempt, there is a void in the lives of his parishioners the north of Ireland is a respected faith voice in the that adultery and drugs are unable to fill. They want By Richard secular media. His latest book Food For The Soul what Fr Lavelle represents to be true. In an uncer- is a compilation of reflections, among them he dis- tain world, they need what is behind the institution, Purden cusses the pain of his struggle with the Vatican, they want the Faith that drives him to be real. which led to the ‘foundations of his faith’ being There is struggle and a process that the Church HE story of Keane Wallis-Bennett who shattered. As a survivor of abuse he was critical of governance on the grounds that it lacked compas- is going though. Whether it be a fictional charac- was tragically killed when an internal wall the way Church leadership handled abuse scandals sion and was not as Christ intended it.” ter like Fr Lavelle or the very real Fr D’Arcy, the collapsed on her attending a gym class at in Ireland and elsewhere. In the writing his personal Fr D’Arcy was at his lowest ebb at the start of visibility of men such as these is valuable. It’s Liberton High School was one that devastation is clear. His aim was to highlight the 2013. Gradually the shadows eventually passed. important that we see others struggling the way we made parents across the land shudder. ‘culture of secrecy’ that has troubled the Church’s With Pope Francis’ election came a new hope and sometimes do ourselves. It helps us relate or put The effect on the local community was palpa- recovery. Not aiming to shock or sensationalise, he perspective, ‘the kind that can only come from our own journey of faith in perspective. ble, leaving people in a numb like state. Local simply articulated a simple truth. What followed God.’ The newly appointed Pope challenged rig- Being part of an organisation, be it religious, polit- chapelsT and churches opened their doors as many was a warning that he could be excommunicated. orously the same areas that Fr D’Arcy was repri- ical or sporting offers accountability and community. looked for solace and support. In news reports a From that came a dark night of the soul to the point manded for. That salvaged the vocation to which It gives us context in the wider world. The story of number of parents questioned governing bodies. where he questioned his future as a priest, saying: he had dedicated his life and healed deep wounds. these two priests illustrate that there are times when What happens when our faith in an institution “I was critical of the Vatican's approach to church It can be one person, or many, in a position of we feel alone and that is not necessarily a bad thing. power that can betray the life-giving values of an It’s during those times of struggle that our Faith can institution. Evil or irresponsible acts can isolate us grow, where we have to look beyond humanity and from something that has been an essential part of lean on God for deeper support and understanding. our life and community. Fr D’Arcy’s story tells us Easter returns our mind and spirit to the ultimate CROSSWORD Canonisation Special that even when we think a situation is hopeless, the sacrifice of Christ. Reflecting on the Passion pres- promise of change is never far, prayers are ents us with a refreshed perspective of peace, answered and restoration is possible. mercy and love for others. It’s there that we can 123 4 5 6 7 often find the strength to be an effective part of urrently playing in cinemas Calvary community once again. directed by John Michael McDonah is a 89 film that suggests something similar. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any CDuring confession Fr James Lavelle, played by of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive Brendan Gleeson, is told by one of his parishioners as the Lord forgave you. (Colossians 3:13-14) that he will be killed as an act of revenge for abuse at 10 11 12 I Richard Purden is a freelance journalist, the First entry out the hat next the hands of a former priest. Despite it being made author of We are Celtic Supporters, Faithful 13 14 TUESDAY will be the winner clear that Fr Lavelle represents the best of priesthood, the potential murderer wants revenge and his anger is Through and Through, an SCO feature writer and directed at the institution, not the individual. 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BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE CAMPBELL McCONVILLE Treasured memories of In loving memory of Cissie, Mary, our dearly loved sister passed away April 27, 1987, SMITH a loving wife, mother and In loving memory of my and aunt, died April 29, Our caring staff are here to listen and advise you, gran. beloved wife and our 2007. R.I.P. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To know we never said mother, Sadie, died May 27, Loved and remembered goodbye will always bring 2002, whose birthday falls every day. 53 Morrison Street Glasgow regret, on April 26. St Anthony, pray for her. But the hearts that truly “Remembered with love this Chrissie, James and Claire. 0141 429 4433 loved you, day and every day.” Are the hearts that won’t for- Joe, Josephine and Bill. CAMPBELL get, 7th Anniversary GARDNER 1st Anniversary Not just today but every day. “Stay independent... In loving memory of Mary, a Remembering our dear St Martin, pray for her. 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MacKAY, Mary Kate MARTIN NAIRN ROBELLO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 4th Anniversary 7th Anniversary 9th Anniversary 15th Anniversary In loving memory of Mary Of your charity, please pray In loving memory of our In loving memory of our Kate MacKay, who died April dear mother and grand- MacMILLAN for the repose of the soul of dear dad, Andrew Nairn, 29, 2010. Also remembered Margaret (Peggy) Martin, mother, Nan, who died on The family of the late Madge who died on April 29, 2005. her late husband, Angus beloved wife of the late April 26, 1999. MacMillan (McNulty) would MacKay, died February 9, Allan, mother and grand- We loved you yesterday, Our Lady of Aberdeen, pray like to thank Fr Stephen 1997. mother, who died on April today, tomorrow – forever. for her. McGrattan for a truly uplift- A smile for all, a heart of 17, 2007. R.I.P. Inserted by the family. ing celebration of Holy Mass gold, We lived in hope, His loving family. and spiritual comfort offered Two of the best this world We prayed in vain, TAGGART following our Mum’s recent death. Our gratitude is also could hold, That God would make you ROONEY 4th Anniversary O’NEILL extended to G Telfer for Never selfish, always kind, well again, Twentieth Anniversary of In loving memory of my In loving memory of James, These are the memories loving dad and grandpa, funeral arrangements, But He decided we must JOHN, aged 13 years and 2 beloved parents, Tom, who they left behind. days, who now would have who sadly died on April 29, “Many Hands” Ladies for a part, died April 25, 1985, and Inserted by John Angus and been aged 33 years. Killed 2010, lovely tea, the parishioners He eased your pain but Alice, who died February 5, family, Greenock. broke our hearts, in a traffic incident on May A loving heart stopped beat- of St John’s Church and to 2012. But you did not go alone, for 1, 1994. ing, all medical and Community Much loved and remem- MacKIGGAN part of us went with you, To lose someone like you, As we watched you slip Care staff for their profes- bered every day. 16th Anniversary That day God called you Who is so special, away, sional services. Our appreci- Is really hard to bear. In loving memory of our home. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray Our hearts were truly bro- ation is also extended to all It hardly seems believable, dear mother and grand- You suffered much in for them. ken, who offered messages of That you are, mother, Isabella, who died silence, Robert, Eileen and Joshua. As you fought so hard to sympathy and to those who May 1, 1998. No longer there. stay, paid their respects in the Your spirit did not bend, You left us far too early, No tears, no verse can ever You bore your cross with God saw you were getting Church and at the cemetery. say, Before your time, it seems, tired, Holy Mass will be offered for dignity, And now you cannot have, How much we miss you But a cure was not to be, all. Until the very end. The chance to achieve, every day, So He put His arms around Our Lady of Lourdes, pray All of those dreams…… Memories of you are proudly you, for her. However hard it is though, THANKSGIVING kept, Inserted by her loving family, We have comfort in the And whispered come to me. Someone too special to ever Glasgow and Inverness. thought, Too dearly loved to ever be forget. Of all the happy memories, forgotten. Donald John, Jennifer and Until we meet again. NOVENA TO ST CLARE And the happiness you Say nine Hail Mary’s for Robert. – Fortrose. brought. Inserted by your loving nine days with a lighted can- You always lived life to the famiy at home and away. dle; publication promised. – MacKIGGAN full, STEWART E.N. 16th Anniversary But ours cannot be the 11th Anniversary THOMSON In loving memory of our same, Paul, today like many other Precious memories of our GRATEFUL thanks to the dear mother, granny and Until the day we can, days bring special thoughts beloved dad and granda, Once more, see, Sacred Heart, St Anthony, great-granny, Isabel, who of you, Alex, died April 28, 1967. died on May 1, 1998. John’s smiling face Also our mum and granny, St Jude and St Joseph and With happy times we shared Sweet are the memories, again…… Margaret (Maggie) died all other saints. – M.G. and caring things you’d do. silently kept, Goodbyes are not forever, June 23, 1974. Of a mother we loved and Goodbyes are not the end, But, once more it’s a May the winds of Heaven BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, will never forget. MONK They simply mean, reminder that life’s road is blow gently, you who can find a way, The family at home and In memory of Angus, who “We will miss you” sometimes rough, And whisper for you to hear, when there is no way, away. passed away on May 1, Until we meet again. Because the time we shared That we still love and miss please help us. Repeat six Granny 2 we miss you. 2013. Irreplaceable, Paul just wasn’t long you, times. Publication promised. And always will be…… From all the great- grand- Forever loved. enough. Always wishing you were – P.P. John, you are loved, children. Anne, Sorcha, Ciorstaidh, When you went away I here. By a love, Katie and family. thought the world would GRATEFUL thanks to Dear Beyond all telling, Every day we think of you, McLEAN end, We miss you more and Heart of Jesus for all And missed by a grief, favours received. Still pray- 7th Anniversary MONK Beyond all tears….. But then I felt your presence more, ing - H. McL. In loving memory of our 2nd Anniversary By Mum, Dad, Peter and Son and knew we’d meet Just wishing we could see dear Aunt Margaret, who In loving memory of my dear Frances. again. you, died April 30, 2007. husband, Angus John, a lov- To know you was to laugh Throughout the year I think Come walking through the DEAR HEART OF JESUS Dear Heart of Jesus in the Our Lady of Lourdes, pray ing father and grandfather, John, of you and once in a while I door. for her. past I have asked you for who died April 28, 2012. But to miss you is to cry. cry, Time has not healed our Inserted by Irene, Ian, Alex heartache, many favours, this time I ask Fondly remembered and From your family and friends For although you’re gone, it and families. who miss you. Or stopped our falling tears, you for this special one sorely missed. was much too soon to say I have no doubt, We cherish still the memory, (mention favour), take it Eternal rest grant unto him, goodbye. McQUILLAN That you are safe, Of the ones we loved so Dear Heart of Jesus, and Precious and loving memo- O Lord. I know that you, I still wish I could touch you dear. place it within Your broken ries of Teresa, loving wife of Inserted by Katie and family Are now in, and see your smiling face, heart where your Father the late Jack, loving mother at home and away. A better place. But I will have to be content TIERNEY sees it, then in his merciful of Kate and Annabelle, lov- I know you to feel you round the place. 1st Anniversary eyes it will become Your ing gran and great-gran, MULRANEY Would be welcomed, And when the time comes Precious memories of favour, not mine. Amen. who died April 28, 2004. 1st Anniversary With open arms, Paul, that it’s my time to Cathy, loving wife of the late Say for three days, publica- Ours is just a simple prayer, In loving memory of Jimmy, And all around, leave, John, loving mum, gran and tion promised. – J. McN. God bless and keep you in who died April 19, 2013. Peace and calm. I know your face will be the great-gran, who died April There was even a seat, His care. Loving father and grandfa- first that I see. 25, 2013. NOVENA TO ST CLARE Reserved for you, Our Lady of Lourdes and St Loved and missed every Say nine Hail Mary’s for ther. A reward, John, And now that you’re in Pio, pray for her. day. nine days with a lighted can- Never more than a thought For the life Heaven, your love will be Inserted by all your loving dle; publication promised. – away, And the love, my guide, Your loving family. family. Loved and remembered That you gave. Although I cannot see you, I every day. x But still…… know you’re by my side. WARD NOVENA TO ST CLARE MILLRINE 16th Anniversary Say nine Hail Mary’s for The ache in my heart, Love and miss you always 11th Anniversary In loving memory of our nine days with a lighted can- Just will not go away. Paul. Treasured memories of my MURRAY dear mother, Margaret dle; publication promised. – 28th Anniversary beloved husband, our dad May God hold you, Our Lady Star of the Sea, Kane, who died on May 1, C.C. and our papa, Frank, who In loving memory of Thomas In the palm, pray for him. 1998, also our dear father, L. Murray, M.A., K S.G. who Of His hand. died on April 25, 2003. Inserted by Mum, Donna, John Ward, died October THANKS to the Sacred Just as he was he will died April 26, 1986. John, you are, 13, 1980. R.I.P. Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Jim, always be, within our hearts. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray Loved and remembered, Our Lady of Fatima, pray for Lourdes, St Martha, St Anne St Francis, pray for him. for him. With every tear Kirsty, Darcy and Dean them. and St Pio for prayers Rena and family. Inserted by the family. wept………… Paul. Inserted by the family. answered. - P.K. IMPORTANT NEW COIN ANNOUNCEMENT

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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

Every time we go to Mass the priest breaks You give me glorious victories to your chosen bread (now we use hosts) and shares it along king. CHILDREN’S with the wine. If we pay attention at that (R) I love you, Lord, my strength. part of the Mass we can actually feel Jesus with us. The best part is that we can Alleluia CROSSWORD 28 experience that feeling every time we go to Luke 24:32. Mass. Next time you are in church try to (R) Alleluia, alleluia. listen to the prayers and watch the actions of Lord Jesus, make your word plain to us; make 1 2 3 4 5 the priest. Notice how you feel Jesus with our hearts burn with love when you speak. you. Notice how that feeling can make you (R) Alleluia, alleluia. 6

feel loved, safe and happy, then carry that 7 feeling with you when you leave church. Let Gospel it guide you throughout your day and They recognised Jesus in the breaking of the bread. A 8 throughout your life. reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 24:13-35. 9 Discussion Two of Jesus’ disciples were going to the village I Wh y don’t you think the disciples of Emmaus, which was about seven miles from 10 11 12 recognised Jesus? Jerusalem. As they were talking and thinking I Wh at happened to make them realise that it about what had happened, Jesus came near and 13 was Him? started walking along beside them. But they did I Ho w do you think they felt when they not know who he was. 14 15

realised it was Jesus? Jesus asked them: “What were you talking 16 I Wh at can you do to help yourself pay about as you walked along?” attention during Mass so you don’t miss The two of them stood there looking sad and Jesus? gloomy. Then the one named Cleopas asked I Ho w do you recognise Jesus in your life? Jesus: “Are you the only person from Jerusalem 17 who didn’t know what was happening there Prayer these last few days?” Dear Jesus, please help me to recognise you in “What do you mean?” Jesus asked. ACROSS myself and others. Please help me to feel your They answered: “Those things that happened 1 Harry Potter's school (8) presence and know that you are with me. to Jesus from Nazareth. By what He did and 6 Everyone or everything (3) Third Sunday of Easter In your name, I pray. Amen. said He showed that He was a powerful prophet, 7 The Titanic sank when it hit one (7) who pleased God and all the people. Then the 8 Black Beauty was one (5) Activity chief priests and our leaders had Him arrested 9 You can build a castle with it on the Reflection G Supplies: Blank name tags, markers. Other and sentenced to die on a cross. We had hoped beach (4) THEY say that hindsight is 20/20. This optional decorating supplies such as glue, that He would be the one to set Israel free! 10 It was built in Ancient Egypt (7) means that often we cannot fully glitter, and so on. “But it has already been three days since all 13 You use them when rowing a boat (4) understand an event in our lives until it is G Gi ve every child a name tag. Ask them to this happened. Some women in our group 15 Part of the body between your shoulder over. write ‘Jesus’ on it, decorate it and then wear it surprised us. They had gone to the tomb early in and your wrist (3) We experience this all the time. During a back to church and throughout the rest of the the morning, but did not find the body of Jesus. 16 Of the best quality (9) football match we shoot, but the shot is day to remind themselves that Jesus is with They came back, saying that they had seen a 17 They had to let this down if you wanted blocked. Later someone tells us that a them and in them as well as everyone else. vision of angels who told them that He is alive. to go into a castle (10) teammate was in space and they had a Some men from our group went to the tomb and better chance of scoring. We realise that we First Reading found it just as the women had said. But they DOWN should have passed the ball instead of It was impossible for Jesus to be held by the power of didn’t see Jesus either.” 1 Frozen raindrops (10) shooting. Hades. A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 2:14, Then Jesus asked the two disciples: “Why 2 A seller of fruit and vegetables (11) Another example is when we angrily 22-24. can’t you understand? How can you be so slow 3 It’s usually the last word of a prayer (4) 4 Look up to see someone walking on this accuse a friend of doing something and On the day of Pentecost, Peter stood with the 11 to believe all that the prophets said? Didn’t you in the circus (9) don’t listen to their explanation. Later we apostles and spoke in a loud and clear voice to know that the Messiah would have to suffer 5 The colour of the sky on a nice day (4) find out that they were telling us the truth the crowd: “Friends and everyone else living in before He was given His glory?” 6 We get our oxygen by breathing this (3) and we should have listened. Jerusalem, listen carefully to what I have to say! Jesus then explained everything written about 11 Beef or mutton, perhaps (4) Often this happens because we were not “Now, listen to what I have to say about Jesus Himself in the Scriptures, beginning with the 12 Cause harm to (6) paying full attention. We are not looking or from Nazareth. God proved that He sent Jesus Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophets. 14 Went by plane (4) listening well enough. The two disciples in to you by having Him work miracles, wonders, When the two of them came near the village today’s Gospel experienced this. They and signs. All of you know this. where they were going, Jesus seemed to be LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION walked all day talking with a ‘stranger’ “God had already planned and decided that Jesus going farther. They begged Him: “Stay with us! about Jesus. It was not until they sat down would be handed over to you. So you took Him It’s already late, and the sun is going down.” So ACROSS to dinner and the stranger broke the bread and had evil men put Him to death on a cross.” Jesus went into the house to stay with them. 1 Abracadabra 6 Broken 7 Reap 8 Envelope that they realised who it was. “But God set Him free from death and raised After Jesus sat down to eat, He took some 11 Adam 12 Pump 13 Cape 14 Raincoat 15 Starve Unfortunately, Jesus disappeared leaving Him to life. Death could not hold Him in its bread. He blessed it and broke it. Then He gave 16 Sad them thinking, ‘how could we not have power.” it to them. At once they knew who He was, but known it was Him?’ They thought of so The Word of the Lord He disappeared. They said to each other: DOWN many things they could have said and “When He talked with us along the road and 1 Ambulance 2 Roof 3 Clean 4 April 5 Apple tart questions they could have asked if they had Responsorial Psalm explained the Scriptures to us, didn’t it warm 8 Emperor 9 Vampire 10 Obvious recognised Him earlier in the day and paid 18:1-2, 46 and 50ab. our hearts?” closer attention. (R) I love you, Lord, my strength. So they got right up and returned to One of the most important parts of today’s I love you, Lord God and you make me strong. Jerusalem. The two disciples found the 11 The Children’s Liturgy page is published story is what happened to help them finally You are my mighty rock, my fortress, my pro- apostles and the others gathered together. And one week in advance to allow RE teachers recognise Jesus. It was when He broke the tector, the rock where I am safe, my shield, my they learned from the group that the Lord was bread, just as He had done at the Last powerful weapon, and my place of shelter. really alive and had appeared to Peter. Then the and those taking the Children’s Liturgy at Supper. At the Last Supper, Jesus told them (R) I love you, Lord, my strength. disciples from Emmaus told what happened on weekly Masses to use, if they wish, this to always remember Him when they broke You are the living Lord! I will praise you. the road and how they knew He was the Lord page as an accompaniment to their bread and shared wine. It is in these actions You are a mighty rock. I will honour you when He broke the bread. that we still experience Jesus’ presence. for keeping me safe. The Gospel of the Lord teaching materials

WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 22 CELEBRATING LIFE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY APRIL 25 2014 Dunkeld parishioners celebrate being awarded eco-congregation status

By Dan McGinty gregation award, and while each of the congrega- tions in the tri-parish area have all contributed indi- FR KEVIN Golden recently celebrated with vidually in their words, deeds and actions in caring parishioners in the ‘tri-parish’ area of for God’s Creation, it was the collective unit of the Abroath, Carnoustie and Monifieth, which he three parishes functioning as one eco-congregation, serves as the churches there were awarded which particularly impressed the assessors. ‘eco-congregation’ status. Among the areas vital to the establishment of an The parishes—St Thomas of Canterbury,Arbroath, eco-congregation are the strong commitment to St Anne’s, Carnoustie, and St Bride’s, Monifieth— teaching on eco-theology, the development of an began the long process to be recognised as an eco- active children’s liturgy, which uses elements of congregation back in 2010, when they received a eco responsibility and the support for Fair Trade call from the Justice and Peace Commission. both in church and community. That call was lead by Bishop Peter Moran, More than satisfying the criteria of the assessors Bishop President of the Scottish Catholic Justice the award plaques were handed over to members and Peace Commission, who wrote to all Catholic of the congregation by Bishop Stephen Robson at parishes across Scotland asking them to consider the conclusion of 40 hours adoration at St Thomas how they function as congregations and called on of Canterbury in Arbroath. them to participate in the ecumenical movement Alongside Fr Kevin Golden as the parishes co-ordinated by Eco-Congregations Scotland. received the award from Bishop Robson (left) The movement sees Christian congregations of were Chris Boyle, Paula Fenwick, Judy McLellan, all denominations join together and link environ- Margaret McKinlay, Clare Clarke, Eddie Mahoney mental issues to the practise of their faith, taking Church of Scotland, but with Christians of all Catholic Church was well-represented. and Ronnie Deas. action in their churches and local communities. denominations participating the parishioners of After four years of working together, the cluster Eco-Congregation Scotland was started by the Arbroath, Carnoustie and Monifieth made sure the of parishes were recently assessed for an Eco-Con- I [email protected]

MEMBERS of the Secular Franciscan Order gathered Secular Franciscan Order elects new council to serve Scotland together at Blessed John Duns Scotus, in Glasgow as the order elected a new council to serve the groups and members across Scotland. With four groups across the country, in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness and Ellon, the new office bearers will work throughout Scotland, represent- ing all parts of the country where they have operations. The candidates for election were joined by Paula Pearce OFS, national minister of the order, who travelled from the south of England to conduct the election, and Fr Stephen Innes OFM Cap, and are pictured with the new office bearers.

AN ARTICLE FROM THE SCO ARCHIVES SPOTLIGHT ON .....1950s.....1960s.....1970s.....1980s.....1990s.....2000s..... A breakthrough for workers’ rights

THIS week, we travel back CAFOD believed that IBM as the campaigns officer for ten years to the year 2004. now led the field amongst its another Catholic aid agency, The top story in The Scot- competitors, due to the fact that SCIAF, was quick to praise the tish Catholic Observer then they now guaranteed a 60 hour work done by CAFOD and that was that a major Catholic working week for workers and the success of this campaign aid agency had struck a deal workers were also guaranteed showed the true power of lob- with the computing agency at least one day off. bying and the impact that it can IBM to improve workers Katherine Astill, who was have on the wider world. rights with the introduction policy analyst for CAFOD “SCIAF welcomes the of a code of conduct for its admitted that the change in pol- success of the campaign about suppliers throughout the icy was ‘a great achievement working conditions,” he said. world. for CAFOD’s campaigners, “It proves that companies are “The code will ensure that who have sent thousands of being forced to listen to workers contracted to IBM in messages to IBM.’ She added: consumers’ concerns. Unfair Latin and Central America and “The IBM code is roughly as working conditions are one the Far East will be safe from good as the code of other indus- aspect of the battle for trade harassment, discrimination and try leaders, Dell and Hewlett- justice and as a fellow member unsafe working conditions,” the Packard. It is definitely a move of the Trade Justice Movement; report said. “The move fol- in the right direction.” SCIAF is focusing on the rights lowed pressure from CAFOD, IBM and other computing of the rural poor. Together, over the Catholic Aid Agency for companies had been criticised 50 organisations are campaign- Overseas Development, which in a report released in January ing to change trade policies to is run by English and Welsh 2004 by CAFOD for exploiting lift the 1.2 billion who live on Bishops.” workers in the developing less than one dollar a day from A Catholic couple from Lambhill in Glasgow celebrated their anniversary by attending Mass in Rome CAFOD were delighted with world. The criticism came after poverty.” celebrated by Pope Francis. Francis and Mary Ward, active members of St Agnes’ in Lambhill met in Glasgow the steps taken by IBM to it research revealed that work- The only real criticism that after arriving in Glasgow from their native Ireland, and married in 1964. Francis, originally of Arranmore ensure that labour standards ers for IBM, Dell and Hewlett- CAFOD had of the new policy Island, Donegal, landed in Scotland in 1954, while his wife Mary (née Keenan) made the same journey in were improved and upheld Packard were suffering was the failure for IBM to 1958, this time from her home in Leode, Hilltown in County Down. Marrying in the parish of St Teresa of throughout the company’s sup- harassment, discrimination and allow its workers to unionise, Lisieux fifty years ago, the couple were blessed with four daughters, one son and, now, nine grandchildren. ply chain and for the fact that intolerable working conditions Devout Catholics who remain active in the daily life of their parish of St Agnes’, the couple were honoured to which CAFOD believed with- attend Mass said by the Holy Father as part of the celebrations for their golden jubilee, and afterwards were the workers conditions will be in factories in Mexico, Thai- out unions any real sustainable presented to Pope Francis himself monitored. After the code of land and also China. improvement would be limited. conduct was announced Patrick Grady who worked STEPHEN EDWARDSON E-MAIL CELEBRATING LIFE EVENTS TO DAN MCGINTY AT [email protected] FRIDAY APRIL 25 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FEATURES 23 Dè bh’ ann an Crìosdaidheachd Cheilteach? GÀIDHLIG In his Gaelic column this month, ANDREAS WOLFF refers to Irish writer Brendan Lehane’s support for the idea of Celtic Christianity

N ROBH a leithid a rud ri Crìosdaid- An am beurla (In English) heachd Cheilteach idir ann a bu choir faighneachd, dh’fhaodte? Chan eil a S THERE such a thing as Celtic Christian- h-uile duine ag aontachadh. Ach lorg ity? According to Irish journalist Brendan mi leabhar le Brendan Lehane, fear- Lehane there seems to be no doubt. In his naidheachd Èirinneach air a bheil Early Celtic book Early Celtic Christianity, he argues Christianity. Tha esan a’ dèanamh dealbh dhuinn that after abbots in Gaul in central Europe Aair dè cho cudromach is a bha, na bheachdsan, had become corrupt in ‘only one remote corner of buaidh Chrìosdaidheachd Cheilteach air an Roinn the western world did Christians have the time and Eòrpa air fad. freedomI to develop and mature the creed. The cor- Tha an leabhar a’ tòiseachadh le eachdraidh nan ner was Ireland.’ seann Greugach, nan Ròmanach agus nam man- He goes on to tell us how Irish monks then achainn san Èipheit. Bheir an t-ughdar iomradh air spread their knowledge all over Europe and indeed na seann treubhan Ceilteach agus mar a chaidh am to Scotland not least St Columba. The book has putadh dha na sgìrean far a bheil iad san là an- significance for Scotland because for centuries the diugh. Na bheachdsan bha buaidh aig a’ chultar Scottish and Irish cultures were in fact one. It is Cheilteach air mar a chaidh Crìosdaidheachd a chur well written and has many interesting insights. an gniomh sna h-àiteachan sin. Leis mar a chaidh Unfortunately it doesn’t discuss opposing points manaich Èirinneach an uair sin dhan Roinn Eòrpa of view. agus gu dearbha a dh’Alba bha buaidh aca air leas- I remember from a course at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, achadh Chrìosdaidheachd air fad. Scotland’s Gaelic college on the Isle of Skye, that Tha an leabhar air leth inntinneach. Ach chan eil not everyone would agree that the Celts were a a h-uile duine ag aontachadh idir. Bha cùrsa againn homogeneous group for 1000 years before Christ aig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig air a’ chuspair agus tha e adhna mus tàinig Crìosd. Chuala mise argamaid (Os cionn seo) Manachainn Eilean Orosaigh bhon 14mh as Lehane would have it. In fact it has been argued coltach nach eil a h-uile eòlaiche a’ tighinn dhan nach eil sin idir dearbhte, nach robh fèin-aithne aig linn that they lived in small tribes and weren’t at all cho-dhùnadh sin. Nam bheachdsan tha e duilich na Ceiltich mar Cheiltich is iad beò ann an treubhan aware of their common heritage. nach eil an t-ughdar a’ sgrìobhadh ann an doigh beaga agus gur iad na Ròmanaich a thug an t-ainm We read about Tuatha De Danann the magical saidheansail. Tha e a’ toirt seachad na tùsan aige “Ceiltich” orra. Mar a thuirt mi, tha e duilich nach Ach às dèidh greis tha e coltach gun do dh’fhàs people who lived in Ireland before the arrival of the aig deireadh an leabhair, ach cha bhi e a’ deasbad eil Lehane a’ deasbad nan argamaidean sin. cuid dhe na h-abaidean beairteach agus bha cuid Celtic Milesians from Iberia (Spain) and hear of the nan argamaidean. Tuigidh mi nach e sin amas an Tha sinn a’leughadh mu mar a thàinig treubh Ceil- dhiubh an sàs ann an poileataigs barrachd na bha arrival of Christianity in Ireland in the fifth century leabhair. Ach bhiodh e math an taobh eile a sgrù- teach Mhilesia bho Iberia (far a bheil an Spàinn san ann an obair Dhè. Theich mòran nach robh airson AD. The Celts were pushed back to the far corners dadh cuideachd. là an-diugh) gu Èirinn sa 4mh linn RC. Bha Tuatha gabhail ris an sin a dh’Èirinn agus ann am beachd of Europe such as Ireland and Scotland where the Carson a tha sin uile cudromach? Tha, air sgàth De Danaan air tuineachadh an sin cheanna, sluagh le Lehane b’e sin an aon àite far am b’urrainn do Dhi- structure of society ‘changed little before the 16th is gun robh cultar nan Gàidheal an Alba is an Èirinn miotas gu leòr, ach gun cus fianais againn orra. adhachd ga leasachadh. Seo dìreach toiseach na century, when Cromwell’s troops smashed the fab- air a dhlùth cheangal. Gu dearbha à-rèir eòlaichean An uair sin tha sinn a’ leum air adhart dhan 5mh sgeòil. Cumaidh sinn oirnn a’sgrùdadh an leabhair ric of an ancient civilisation.’We will continue our b’ e an aon chultar a bh’ ann aig aon àm. Tha sinn linn AD dar an thàinig Crìosdaidheachd gu Èirinn. aig àm eile. scrutiny of the book in another column. a’leubhadh gur e buidheann aon-ghnèitheach a bha Bha beatha nam manach fasanta san Roinn Eòrpa, Sin e bhuamsa à Earra-Ghàidheal. Gus an ath- sna Ceiltich air feadh na Roinn Eòrpa fad mìle bli- m.e. ann an Gaul (far a bheil an Fhraing an-diugh). mhìos: Beannachd leibh. I [email protected] Step out from the crowd and follow Jesus In his monthly series, JOE McGRATH looks at the fourth station and asks us all to consider taking up our own Cross

HE fourth station on the passively by and watch the torture and found behind the balaclava on the pro- Way of the Cross is where humiliation unfold? Russian protestor in Ukraine? You Jesus meets His Mother. I also wondered how Jesus felt when might argue that these are hard ques- There is no mention of this He saw His Mother. He would see the tions. You would be right. How could I in any of the Gospels. I pain in Her face and He would know imagine that you could find Jesus in wonder why. Then it seems obvious, that, even though She was powerless to someone you oppose? Well, that’s we know His Mother was at the foot do anything, She was there for Him. what Jesus could do. Think of the Tof the cross. She must have followed That’s what parents have to do. We times He was seen in the company of Him all the way there. have to be there, often powerless to the lowest of the low, the people most Jesus has recovered from His fall. help, just there as moral support. I sup- despised in society. Jesus could see He is continuing His final journey, pose we all cause our parents worry see them in difficulty or do I step for- worth in the worst of people. I must weakened but goaded on by the shouts and pain as we grow up. I’m sure I ward and offer my help? learn to do the same. and blow of his executioners. Then, JOE McGRATH’S caused my mother a great deal of worry I recently viewed a YouTube video I must face up to the possibility that struggling on, He lifts His head and as I moved from one job to another and of a member of the Orange Lodge on current performance I could be one sees His mother in the crowd. Their WAY OF THE CROSS never applied for the job in the Post arguing for a No vote in the independ- of the crowd. Perhaps I would have eyes meet. What are they thinking? PART FOUR Office that she thought would bring me ence referendum. The comments from joined in the shouting, afraid to speak Mary is there, not by chance, but security. Through it all she was sup- other viewers accused him of being a out for the innocent man and too ready because She has followed Her Son. portive in everything I did. That’s what bigot who was not worth listening to. to seek approval from the powerful Less than a week ago He was welcomed Mary must have been confused but I I owe my children, my support and my Nobody was considering the points he elite. Would I be willing to suffer the to Jerusalem by cheering crowds wav- imagine She must have been remember- acceptance of their decisions, even made. He was condemned for who he disapproval of my friends and neigh- ing palm fronds. Now, a few days later, ing the prophesy of Simeon when Jesus when I don’t understand the reasons. was rather than what he was saying. I bours by saying they were wrong? things have changed completely. Did was taken to the Temple: “You see this was ashamed of the treatment he got. This is very hard but Jesus never Mary understand what was happening child: He is destined for the fall and the f course, when I think of this sta- Would Jesus have reacted in that way? promised that following Him would be or was She bewildered by the sudden rising of many in Israel, destined to be a tion, I never consider the crowd. It is easier to be part of the mob than easy. Mary followed him and was there change? How did She feel, seeing Her sign that is rejected—and a sword will Who were these people who to speak out for justice. for him even at the worst of times. I only Son, weak and bleeding, being pierce your own soul too—so that the howledO for his execution? Where were The school I taught in before I think we are called on to do the same. led to a criminal’s death? secret thoughts of many may be laid the supporters and the people He had retired had just that as its motto: We must be there for Jesus in His suf- Mothers always seem to feel the bare.” (Luke 2: 34, 35) helped? To put it bluntly, where would I ‘Speak out for justice.’ What better fering. Where will we find Jesus in His pain their children experience. Any- Mary must have been feeling that have been if I had been in Jerusalem on advice could a Catholic school give to suffering? Look around. Wherever we body who has seen a toddler bump his sword as She stood in the crowd. that day? I like to think that I would its pupils? How many of us follow that see the rejected people we see Jesus head on a table and cry out in pain will Here, before Her, is Jesus being have tried to help Jesus. If I look at my advice? Do I speak out for justice or rejected. Wherever we see the crimi- remember the mother scooping him rejected. The crowds that had wel- behaviour today I have to question that. am I happy to see someone get their nal, jailed for his crimes, we see Jesus up, wishing to take the pain herself, comed Him only days before were As a practicing Christian am I really comeuppance? I suppose I need to suffering with him. The sick, the and soothing the child. That never now baying for his blood. Mary knew following Jesus’ example? Do I remind myself that I meet Jesus in homeless and the lonely are all oppor- ends. Mothers continue to watch their that Jesus was here for a purpose. She behave like Jesus in my dealings with everyone I encounter. Do I see Jesus in tunities for me to step out of the crowd, children grow and experience the must have realised that this was all other people? How do I react when the eyes of a beggar on the street? Do stop howling for Jesus’ execution and pains of growing. The mother feels part of His destiny. There is no men- others attack the Church? Do I stand I see Jesus in the face of the convict become a follower, helping the Jesus I their pains. When the child is too old tion of Mary screaming or making a back and watch or do I speak up? Am being led off to start a long sentence? find in unexpected places. to scoop up and comfort the mother is fuss. She did not try to intervene. I I there for the stranger who is lost or Am I able to see Jesus in the illegal still there, comforting as best she can. wonder how I would react if my child in difficulty? How do I treat the peo- immigrant being flown home in hand- I http://theviewfromjoemcgrath. Once a mother always a mother. was in that situation? Could I stand ple I don’t agree with? Am I happy to cuffs? Can I imagine that Jesus is to be wordpress.com WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 24 JOURNEYS OF FAITH SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY APRIL 25 2014 Dorothy Day’s hallmark was a loving simplicity DR HARRY SCHNITKER begins a series looking at different people’s journeys JOURNEYS OF FAITH of faith by giving us an insight into the life of Catholic Activist Dorothy Day

HE Church has always been preoccu- pied by sanctity. This is natural: Christ came to redeem humanity, and the process of redemption is the road to sanctity. The modern Church has placed great emphasis on the sanctity and saint- hood of all the Faithful. Lumen Gentium, the Sec- Tond Vatican Council document, summed it up neatly: “The classes and duties of life are many, but holiness is one—that sanctity which is culti- vated by all.” (Lumen Gentium 41) This has resulted in a great increase in Canoni- sations. Pope St John Paul II created more saints than any Pope in history. In Novo Millennio Ine- unte he wrote: “The ways of holiness are many, according to the vocation of each individual. I thank the Lord that in these years he has enabled me to Beatify and Canonise a large number of Christians, and among them many lay people who attained holiness in the most ordinary circum- stances of life.” Yet the guidelines on what makes a saint are actually remarkably stable. They were laid down by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-58) in his De servo- rum Dei beatificatione et Beatorum Canonizatione: “Three elements are required: an ancient tradition of devotion, the constant and common attestation of trustworthy historians on the virtues or martyr- dom, and the uninterrupted fame of miracles.” Occasionally a Pope can ignore one or two, but not all of the elements on that list. Effectively, however, since the Canonisation of saints is part of the Pope’s infallibility, he is entitled to dispense with these. Men and women from all over the world, from every walk of life have been Canon- ised; sanctity is increasingly recognised as the virtue of the many.

owever, for so many, sainthood is still something that is associated with the impossibly good, the impossibly devout, theH impossibly meek. Yet the theology of the Church is very clear on sanctity: it is for all of us. We may not be saints yet—well, we’d have to be dead for that!—but we can travel on the way to sainthood. And yes, on that road we are allowed to stumble. We may not have the best of starts, we cal to you—that is, if you are still reading—then moved across the US in search of jobs. Her mother Again, there was nothing here that suggested may falter, give up for a while, and even stray so that is because it is. This is perhaps a little off- came from a similar middle-class background, and any sense of the Divine. Quite the opposite: far from the path that it requires a minor miracle to putting, so for the next few months I would like to they had married in an Episcopalian church. Their Dorothy’s life displayed all the hedonistic tenden- find it back. introduce you to those icons of our Church, the religious life was minimal, but they were solidly cies of the 20th century. It is helpful to point out The basic notion is simple. When Christ was saints, those whose pilgrimage is completed. How- WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant American). that all this happened prior to 1926, a good four Baptised in the Jordan by St John the Baptist, the ever, the saints that I am going to discuss are not the Then, in adolescence, Dorothy’s life changed. decades before the so-called ‘revolution’ of the water did not wash Him clean, as it does with us usual suspects, those presented to us as if they were She read the works by the aristocratic Prince Peter 1960s. Her conversion was an odd one, and came during our own Baptism—there were no stains to perfect from birth, never made mistakes and whose Kropotkin, more particularly The Conquest of seemingly from nowhere. The birth of her daugh- wash away. Instead, the water washed our own storming of the Gates of Heaven was pre-ordained. Bread. This formulated an anarchist vision for the ter, Tamar Teresa, was certainly the tipping point: infirmities, our mistakes and our deliberate rejec- If such saints existed, and I doubt it, then they future, inspired by a short-lived anarchic commu- mother followed infant daughter into the Church. tions of the Divine—or sins—onto Him. These must have been unbearable. The men and women nist commune in Mexico during the 1911 revolu- To Dorothy (above), she was escaping the were destroyed when Our Lord was nailed to His I am interested in are much more approachable, tion. Both there, and later in Spain, the anarchists nihilistic materialism of the world around her, but Cross, and stayed in the grave when He rose again. their lives a far clearer reflection of ours: messy, displayed a deep hatred of the Church. Yet it was for the rest of her life she was conscious of the It is what makes Easter such a great feast: He did difficult and full of mistakes. It is exactly that this work, and others by Kropotkin, that inspired impact her conversion had had. She became an not merely conquer physical death, He conquered which makes them interesting, for they stumbled the young Day. advocate for the poorest, established the Catholic our imperfections for us and made us perfect. to Heaven’s Doors, and were let in, nonetheless. In every way, her readings were more formative Worker in accordance with the social teaching of This is what St Paul meant when he talked about than any university experience. Dorothy would the Church, erected workers’ houses and farms, dying with Christ in Baptism and rising with Him; y first witness to the ordinariness of sanc- read only what she wished to read, and what she and wrote endless columns on the plight of the when he spoke of casting off the old self and tak- tity and to the messiness of life is not a wanted was radical Marxist literature. The system poor. She fought for equal rights for black people, ing on Jesus. Now being given the opportunity of canonised saint, nor even a beatified, was at fault, and Dorothy Day, like so many young but decried abortions and divorce, speaking with perfection does not mean we’ll go and grasp it; our Malthough she has been declared Venerable. She is people then and now, was going to tear it down. the conviction of the sufferer. human nature stands in the way, and the Crucifix- Dorothy Day, whose On Pilgrimage has been my She dropped out and began working for radical When she died in 1980, she was a household ion is an eternal event as well as one that took Lenten reading this year. It was not a particularly Marxist papers in New York. These were all very name in many a Catholic home, and was venerated place in time and space. demanding read, not because what she has to say favourable to the new Soviet Union, and con- by the poor in the US. She had been a voice for the There is a confusion between this, our human is simple, but because her life was profoundly sim- firmed her total embrace of the radical left. voiceless. Her whole life was imbued by prayer, nature, and our human perfection. For centuries ple. Simplicity was her hallmark, but it was a char- Needless to say, this was hardly the ideal prepa- and as a Benedictine Oblate she prayed the Psalms mankind thought that the imperfections prevented acteristic grounded in reality. ration for a Catholic woman who had become daily. Her favourite prayer from the Office of the all but the elect from reaching sanctity. Then, Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a prominent fig- known for her embrace of poverty and her denial of Hours, though, was the Canticle of Daniel, which driven by the Enlightenment and human-centred ure in the US Civil Rights movement, lived a life the importance of class. There was absolutely noth- she elaborated on endlessly: “Bless the Lord, all the philosophy, the notion grew that sin is nonsense, on the cusp of social thinking and was often seen ing that showed that she had embarked on a journey works of the Lord, praise and glorify God forever.” and that we can reach perfection here on earth and by establishment figures, both secular and in the to holiness, indeed, that she even realised that such The canticle goes on and lets all creation praise the autonomously. Yet neither is true; the one is a sin of Church, as a problem. This was partly because of a journey existed at all. Dorothy was living together Creator, repeating time-and-again the phrase ‘praise despair, the other of pride. Properly realised, there the causes she espoused, partly because of her with a partner, had had an abortion, and lived what and glorify God forever.’Dorothy Day embraced this is no need for despondency, nor for false pride— ‘very colourful’background. In her early life, how- can only be described as in a totally bohemian fash- with her heart and her soul: it was the song that we can set out on the pilgrimage to perfection. ever, there was little that hinted at what was to ion. She considered herself to be agnostic, notwith- accompanied her on her own journey to sanctity, If the above sounds rather abstract and theologi- come. Her father was a sports journalist, who standing an early interest in religion. which had had such unpromising beginnings. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK