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I The Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund has won UK Government fund-matching for its Wee Box, Big Change Lenten Appeal next year, the charity’s 50th anniversary year

Pope sends aid to Iraqi refugees By Daniel Harkins

POPE Francis has given $1 million as a personal con- tribution to help religious minorities in Iraq who are being persecuted by the Islamic State (IS). The £606,350 donation was revealed by Papal Envoy Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisa- tion of Peoples, after he returned from a week in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan Region. Cardinal Filoni said he took one tenth of the (Left) A mother sells what little food she has at the DR Pope’s contribution with him to Congo border. (Above) Rosaries hang among the per- the Middle Eastern country, and sonal possessions of genocide victims at a memorial that ‘75 per cent of the money was inside the church in Ntarama, Rwanda. Next year’s delivered to Catholics and the SCIAF Wee Box campaign aims to help both countries remaining 25 per cent to the Yazidi community.’ A predominantly Kurdish group located in north- ern Iraq, the Yazidis have been forced to flee persecution by IS, the Sunni Muslim group that has Double your SCIAF support taken control of large parts of the country. Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako By Ian Dunn lic donations to selected charity appeals, generosity of Scots to good causes,” she ‘as every penny they raise will literally go has said Christians in Iraq face ‘a giving the public a say in how Britain’s said. “By doubling donations to the Wee twice as far.’ real risk of genocide.’ An esti- THE UK Government has annou- aid budget is spent and doubling cam- Box appeal, the United Kingdom will mated 1.4 million Christians, nced that it will match every pound paign donations. ensure every pound the public donates Help for Africa mainly Chaldean Catholics, donated to SCIAF’s 50th anniversary “The news that SCIAF has been suc- helps twice as many women feed their The money raised by next year’s cam- lived in Iraq before the 2003 US- Wee Box, Big Change appeal cessful in obtaining like-for-like fund- families, start businesses and lift them- paign will give women farmers in the led invasion of the country, a next Lent. ing from the Department for selves out of poverty.” African countries seeds, tools and agri- number that has dwindled to The aid agency is now hopeful that, International Development for next SCIAF Director Alistair Dutton said cultural training, farm animals and vet- fewer than 450,000. with the match funding, it could raise year’s Lenten appeal is very welcome,” the charity would be able to save count- erinary care, community ponds and Cardinal Filoni spent August more than £2 million pounds for the Tartaglia said. “It will less lives with the extra money. pumps to improve access to clean water, 12-20 in the city of Erbil—the world’s poorest during the appeal. hopefully serve as an extra stimulus to “Winning DFID’s UK Aid Match and help them plan how to deal with capital of the Kurdistan Region Archbishop , presi- supporters to dig deep, knowing that for scheme means that every pound given disasters such as droughts and floods. located close to IS-controlled dent of the Bishops’ Conference of every pound they give, another pound to us in next year’s Wee Box, Big In addition small loans will allow territory. “As long as our Chris- who is on the board of the will come from the UK Government to Change Lent appeal will be doubled,” women farmers to start small busi- tians remain in the region, we Scottish Catholic International Aid help the people in developing countries he said. “This is fantastic news for the nesses and legal aid will help them own cannot abandon them,” the car- Fund, said the money would help those who so desperately need our help. Next thousands of women farmers whose their land. Training in the community dinal said. who needed it most. The SCIAF 2015 year is SCIAF’s 50th anniversary and lives we are helping to transform in the will also promote women’s rights and Wee Box appeal will help women farm- so the promise of a record breaking Democratic Republic of Congo, leadership. I Latest on Iraq, page 5 ers in the Democratic Republic of appeal and being able to help many Malawi and Rwanda.” The Wee Box campaign raised Congo, Malawi and Rwanda grow more more people is doubly welcome.” He said that the extra money ‘will help £862,189 in 2013, £847,054 in 2012 food, boost their incomes and have a more women, who are often the poorest and £959,030 in 2011. SCIAF was set bigger say in their communities. Track record of the poor in developing countries, to up in Rutherglen, outside , in SCIAF was selected for the fund match provide for themselves, their families, and 1964. Next year is the agency’s 50th Doubling donations scheme because of its fantastic record, strengthen their communities in the long anniversary. The match funding was awarded to International Development Secretary term.’ SCIAF through the UK Department for Justine Greening said. Mr Dutton added that he hoped I SCIAF director discusses new report International Development’s (DFID) “SCIAF is doing fantastic work to SCIAF’s many supporters would take the on big business and poverty with Scot- UK Aid Match scheme. The pro- reduce poverty around the world and chance to redouble the efforts for next tish Minister Humza Yousaf, page 19 gramme matches pound for pound pub- has a long history of channeling the year’s 50th anniversary Lenten campaign, I [email protected] SCO, 19 Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 6BT I tel 0141 221 4956 I fax 0141 221 4546 I e-mail [email protected] 2 WHAT’S ON SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY AUGUST 29 2014 BISHOPS ENGAGEMENTS Fr Laurence’s retreat at St Mary’s Cathedral ARCHBISHOP TARTAGLIA —www.rcag.org.uk MON SEP 1 2PM in St Agatha’s Primary School, Kirkintil- draws in 1000 people loch, for 40th Anniversary. TUE 9.30AM SCIAF Board Meeting. THU-FRI CHAPS Conference (St Andrews). SUN 3PM Mass at the National Pilgrimage to the Carfin Grotto Shrine

ARCHBISHOP CUSHLEY MORE than 1000 people felt alienated from God. I was Archbishop of Edinburgh—www.archdiocese-edinburgh.com attended a Parish Healing angry with God. But now I feel SUN AUG 31 4:30PM Mass for the Annual Pilgrimage of the Mission Weekend at St light. Something has lifted.” Venerable Margaret Sinclair, St Patrick’s, Edinburgh. Mary’s Cathedral, . Fr Laurence said the event Beginning on the Thursday helped people become more at BISHOP GILBERT evening and continuing till after one with Christ. “We are being —www.dioceseofaberdeen.org the last Mass on Sunday called by the Lord to prepare SUN AUG 31 10AM Confirmations St Lawrence’s, Dingwall. MON evening, Little Way Healing ourselves to become part of a 9.30AM Conference of Deacons, Elgin. TUE 2PM AUCMS Advi- Ministries (LWHM) offered warm tide renewing the sory Board Meeting, Divinity Library Kings. WED 10AM Diocesan healing prayer ministry to Church,” he said. Management Committee meeting, Bishop’s House. THU 2PM parishioners and all-comers “It is warm because it is a tide Meeting re: St John Ogilvie celebrations 2015. 7PM Queen’s alike. of love, of listening, of recom- Cross Former Pupil Supper, Bishop’s House. FRI 7PM Deanery clergy dinner to welcome Fr Ray Mallet OFM Conv and Fr Jakub Led by Augustinian friar Fr mitment and renewal. Czajka OFM Conv. Laurence Brassill and Pauline “Through this healing prayer Edwards, the LWHM team the Holy Spirit leads people BISHOP TOAL prayed with people individually from being detached, solitary Bishop of Motherwell—www.rcdom.org.uk or sometimes in whole family and often isolated, to the experi- TUE SEP 2 9.30AM SCIAF Board Meeting. WED 2PM Joining groups by the laying on of hands ence of a more engaged and con- Diocesan Clergy Pilgrimage to Scalan, Attending Clergy Assembly on Thursday evening, on Satur- scious membership of Christ’s in Argyll & the Isles. THU 10AM Mass of Farewell, St Columba’s day, and after each Mass— Body.” Cathedral, Oban. FRI 12PM Tackling Sectarianism Lunch, Glas- both English and Polish—on The Aberdeen Cathedral gow. 7PM KHS Investiture Mass, St Andrew’s Cathedral. Sunday. LWHM team offers the Little “What really pleased me was Way Healing of Memories min- BISHOP ROBSON the vast number of people from istry by appointment on Thurs- Bishop of Dunkeld—www.rcdod.org.uk the parish and beyond who came day afternoons. SAT AUG 30 6PM Pastoral Visitation, Vigil Mass, St Mary’s Lochee, Dundee. SUN 11:30AM Pastoral Visitation, St Mary’s forward for healing prayer,” “After this amazing weekend Lochee, Dundee. 3PM Reception for Mgr Waldek Turek, Secre- Cathedral Administrator Fr we are fully booked for the next tariat of State, Vatican City. Keith Herrera said. few months,” Deacon Tony All day Friday was devoted to Schmitz said. BISHOP KEENAN more prolonged prayer for the “A number of people felt their —www.rcdop.org.uk healing of memories for individ- faith in God restored after MON SEP 1 7PM Meeting the parishioners of Renfrewshire uals, with one attendee speaking receiving a tangible experience parishes in St Aidan’s, Johnstone. WED 7PM Meeting the parish- about the spirituality of the of healing. ioners of Renfrewshire parishes in St Charles’, Paisley experience. “This often then enables them THU 7.30PM Meeting the parishioners of Inverclyde parishes in St “I was like a stone when I to witness to their faith. John the Baptist, Port Glasgow arrived,” the parishioner said. “I Aberdeen, as elsewhere, is in had had several miscarriages. I much need of such witness.”

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A touch of Cologne at St Mary’s, Inverness

MUSIC lovers in the parish were joined by locals with a pas- ities enthralled those present, with of St Mary’s in Inverness sion for music as they marvelled one parishioner of St Mary’s not- were given a treat when the at the talent and skill of their vis- ing that ‘their musical skill, pres- Cologne Philharmonic Orch- itors. ent in the precision and clarity of estra performed there as part The members of the orchestra every note, seemed so fitting in of their tour of the UK and hail from several different Euro- such a beautiful church as St Ireland. pean countries, and fittingly their Mary’s, as these gifts of the Holy The Polish Faithful from across Scotland gathered for their Annual Pilgrimage to Carfin Grotto last Sunday. The performance took place repertoire included works by Spirit were truly raised to the Fr Marian Lekawa, head of the Polish Catholic Mission in Scotland, is seen here leading the Rosary procession to on the Feast of the Transfigura- Vivaldi, Mozart and Tchaikovsky glory of God.’ the Polish Shrine for Benediction at the Altar of St John Paul II PIC: TOM EADIE tion, and Catholics in the area among others. Their musical abil- JANE MacMASTER

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By Ian Dunn challenges ahead. “It is certainly the case that, for the first BISHOP of Paisley has time since our foundation in 1948, the written to every parish ahead of trav- number of serving priests we have will no elling for meetings across the diocese longer allow us to maintain the present to discuss with parishioners the future system where each parish has its own of the Church in Paisley. priest but this calls us first to ask what is Bishop Keenan (right) foresees these the Spirit saying to the Church in Paisley,” consultations leading to a diocesan synod he said, “Yes, it could be seen as a crisis in 2015 and assured people that it’s impor- but I prefer to see it, from the point of tant that first principles are established view of faith, as a privileged opportunity before any possible parish closures are for renewal. We have the grace of time to considered as ‘just because a parish does- think, pray and plan in the year ahead for n’t have a priest that doesn’t meant it will something genuinely fruitful.” close.’ The bishop said his hope was the result Having used the five months since he of this reflection and consultation would Archbishop Philip Tartaglia (left) performed the honours as Fr John was appointed to take stock of the diocese, be ‘a Diocesan Synod sometime in 2015.’ Hughes, rector of the in , was formally pronounced a the bishop says he was ‘convinced that the “I would propose the theme of the Form- monsignor last Sunday at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Glasgow. The archbishop presented Fr Hughes with the parchment with which Pope Holy Spirit wants us not to manage ing the Lay Faithful as Co-leaders of our Francis designates him to be a Chaplain of His Holiness.“I am delighted decline but to plan for a new growth of our Parishes and Evangelisers of our World,” he for John,” the archbishop said.“This award recognises Mgr John Church in Paisley’ but this would require inevitable parish closures.” said. “Such a synod would allow us the Hughes’ distinguished service to Catholic teacher education and to the a commitment from the laity. The bishop said his vision for the future opportunity of comprehensive, prayerful formation of priests.” Glasgow priest Mgr Hughes is 65 and qualifies “This will come about through you, the rested on four points, drawn from Pope and thoughtful discernment so as to reach under new regulations to be named a monsignor. He has been rector of laity—each of you without exception–— Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium: making conclusions for laying the foundations of a the Scots College Rome for five years. Before that, he was Vice-Rector of striving to be the saints of the 21st century parishes centres of ‘joyful missionary significant reorientation of our diocese Scotus College Seminary in , Glasgow. Previously, he was in your homes and in the world, taking up endeavour, fostering a sense of spiritual beginning towards the end of 2015, though chaplain and lecturer at St Andrew’s College of Education, which your full responsibilities in the leadership renewal in the diocese’s priests and teach- this timescale is be flexible, not in terms of educated teachers for Catholic schools PIC: PAUL McSHERRY of our parishes—shoulder to shoulder with ers, helping the laity, especially women a model parish closures but rather from the our priests, deacons and religious, and, take on leadership roles across the Church perspective of the full, collaborative leader- together, setting out on an urgent mission and always ‘being attentive to the cry of ship of laity, religious and priests in parishes of new evangelisation of the lapsed, the poor.’ re-founded on the strategy of a new and sus- unchurched and excluded in our parish He added that though parish closures tained evangelisation for growth in the com- Mancunia boundaries,” he said. “So, I hope you can would ‘certainly be a feature in our plan- ing generation.” see how my vision—which is the Pope’s ning it is and has to remain a minor one vision—goes well beyond the mind-set of for our diocese’ there were significant I [email protected] Feast of the Immaculate Conception - One day Pilgrimage to Lourdes - 8th of December - £299 Bishop Keenan supports community after Ferguson closure Early departure from Manchester direct to Lourdes with a full day in Lourdes with Mass and visit to the Grotto! (Limited space)

By Daniel Harkins guson Shipbuilders in Port Glas- there are now no other merchant Ferguson Shipbuilders was 6th - 9th December departure from Liverpool gow had gone into administration yards open on the lower Clyde. founded in 1903 and had been 3 nights Full board Accommodation with BISHOP John Keenan of after more than 100 years in busi- “In the days since the struggling with a lack of orders transfers and full Spiritual program. Paisley has offered his ness,” Bishop Keenan said. announcement, we have heard and ‘significant cash-flow pres- £299 plus the fl ights costs at the time of booking, prayers and support for those “My thoughts and prayers are business and political leaders sure.’Askeleton staff of seven please book early for cheaper deals! facing unemployment after with all those affected by this offer support and talk of a poten- remains employed by the com- the closure of Ferguson Ship- news; the employees themselves, tially profitable future for Fergu- pany, with the rest of the employ- builders in Port Glasgow. but also their families and the sons, building ferries and ees discovering they had been Ferguson Shipbuilders, the last wider community for whom this carrying out work on vessels for made redundant after turning up remaining shipyard on the lower yard had been a landmark on the the oil, gas and renewable energy for work on the morning of the Christmas in Lourdes Clyde, called in Administrators Clyde for so long. It was testa- sectors. I understand potential closure. 23rd – 27th December - 4 nights from £390pp plus fl ight cost on August 15 with the loss of 70 ment to the skill and dedication owners have been bidding to buy Four bids have been made for from London. Full spiritual program led by jobs. “Together with the entire of generations of workers that the yard and I sincerely hope that the company, with Clyde Blow- Fr Michael Coleman - Free single room for all pilgrims community of Port Glasgow and Fergusons was the last remaining this will allow its continued oper- ers Capital named as preferred www.mancunia.com the whole population of Inver- independently owned shipbuild- ation. I assure all those involved bidder by the administrators. ABTA No.Y5280 clyde, I was deeply saddened to ing yard on the Firth of Clyde in these efforts of my prayerful [email protected] hear the news last week that Fer- and its closure will mean that support.” I [email protected] Telephone: 0161 883 1515 5126

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PARISHIONERS of St Bride’s in East Kilbride had mixed emotions last week as they celebrated the 50th anniversary of their church and said goodbye to the architect who designed the award-winning building. Bishop of Motherwell Dio- cese celebrated the two Sunday moning Charity help sailors after Masses to mark the anniversary of the church, built in a striking and controver- tragic death of shipmate sial Modernist style. The previous week, Andy MacMillan, the renowned Scottish architect and pro- By Ian Dunn Fifteen Filipino crewmen fessor who designed St Bride’s and a num- attended the communion service ber of other Catholic buildings across THE Catholic seafarers’ and joined in prayers for the Scotland, died aged 85. A winner of the charity Apostleship of the deceased worker and his family. Royal Institute of British Architects Sea (AoS) is helping to sup- Following the service the seafar- (RIBA) Award for Architecture on four port a group of sailors after a ers requested that the cabins and occasions, Mr MacMillan designed the worker fell ill on a ship and work areas be blessed. They much criticised and equally praised St later died in Aberdeen. also asked that the AoS chaplain Peter’s Seminary, Cardross, as well as the A 24-year-old British man visit them again when they library at Wadham College, Oxford, and Bishop Joseph Toal of Motherwell celebrated became ill suddenly on board an returned from their next voyage. other university buildings. His family had nearby St Andrew and St Bride’s High, Mass last Sunday at St Bride’s in East Kilbride offshore support vessel on “The crew were absolutely asked that there be no flowers at his made the presentation on behalf of with Fr Ness and local clergy to mark the August 13 and was taken to the delighted,” Deacon Duncan said. funeral and instead that donations be made the parish to Bishop Toal after the parish’s 50th anniversary Aberdeen Royal Infirmary “It was a dejected ship when I in his memory to help fund the renovation second Mass. PIC: TOM EADIE where he died. The vessel’s crew came on board and much hap- of St Bride’s. “I was very happy to be asked to make members were distraught after pier when I left. I brought prayer The church is looking to raise £2 mil- the formal presentation of a gift to Bishop learning that the worker had cards and they were all snapped lion to fund renovation work and was Toal on behalf of the parish after Mass on died. AoS visited the seafarers up quickly so I think it did mean recently awarded half of that through a Sunday,” Kirstyn said. “He was very gra- Bronze Medal from RIBA on board and provided much a lot to them.” £1 million legacy grant from environmen- cious in his words of thanks to me as I John Thompson, 83, attended the needed support and assistance. In June AoS visited a Filipino tal company Viridor Credits, according to handed the gift to him. I feel it was an hon- Solemn Opening of St Bride’s in August The Rev Douglas Duncan, seafarer in hospital who had parish priest Fr Owen Ness. A condition of our to be invited to mark in this way both 1964 and also attended the 50th Anniver- AoS port chaplain in Aberdeen, been taken ill while working on the grant, however, is a prompt start to the golden jubilee of the first Mass in the sary Mass concelebrated by Bishop Toal later conducted a communion a supply ship at Peterhead and the work. church and the first Mass which our new last weekend. He said he was a long-time service on the vessel after was able to provide him with St Bride’s had previously celebrated its bishop has celebrated here.” admirer of the building—‘no windows receiving requests from the phone cards, money, Wi-Fi, anniversary in June at a Mass attended by Named the third best modern church in means no distractions’—and was crew. food, and arranged for his wash- Bishop Emeritus . Since a recent architectural competition, St delighted that Bishop Toal graced the “Some of the crew where in ing to be done. Earlier in the then, Bishop Toal has been installed in Bride’s is celebrated for its controversial parish with his presence. the mess room, where it hap- year AoS also provided practical Motherwell, and he came to the parish to Modernist aesthetic. The church took five One of Mr Thompson’s sons was a con- pened and they were quite pre- and pastoral assistance to an mark the church’s history. years to complete, with work beginning in temporary of the then Joseph Toal at St pared,” Deacon Duncan said. “I injured fisherman from Senegal “It is a great joy to be able to come to 1959. Mary’s College, Blairs, Aberdeen, and he got a call from the captain, who had to be airlifted to hospi- St Bride’s and celebrate Mass as part of Built in the style known as ‘brutalist’ had the opportunity to speak to the bishop brought some hosts and Holy tal after sustaining injuries on the continuing golden jubilee celebrations architecture, the imposing brick structure after Mass about their connection. Water from the local Church and his ship in the North Sea. for this church,” Bishop Toal said. has split opinion but has picked up numer- just had a chat with the crew and Kirstyn Higgins, an S4 student from ous awards since its opening, including a I [email protected] then offered them communion.” I [email protected]

Queenship diamond jubilee PIC: TOM EADIE Archbishop leads Sinclair pilgrims THE sun came out in Carfin rosary procession round the last Sunday as devotees of National Shrine preceding the ARCHBISHOP Our Lady gathered for an celebration. The Queenship of will lead the St Andrews and annual Mass with added Mary was established in order to Edinburgh Archdiocese pil- anniversary celebrations. make Mary ‘better known and grimage to the shrine of the The Queenship of Mary better loved in our hearts, in our Venerable Margaret Sinclair marked its Diamond Jubilee homes and in our families’ on Sunday. with a Mass (right) in St Francis through encouraging the faithful The annual pilgrimage will Xavier Church and Grotto to enthrone a picture or statue of take place at 2pm at St Patrick’s attended by Bishop Joseph Toal, Mary Immaculate Queen in the Church, Cowgate, Edinburgh. Bishop of Motherwell, with a home. Holy Hour will take place at 2:30pm and will be followed by Holy Mass at 4:30pm.This will be the first pilgrimage with Archbishop Cushley as cele- brant and preacher. Medjugorje 2014 Parishioners from St Alphonsus Margaret Sinclair was born in September 10th in Calton enjoyed a trip to Ayr SPOTLIGHT ON 1900 in Edinburgh and was last week organised by the Soci- Baptised in St Patrick’s. She left £544 excluding insurance ety of St Vincent De Paul. More school at 14 and worked in fac- Departing from Edinburgh than 50 parishioners from the tories. In 1923 she entered the Glasgow parish, joined by fellow Poor Clare Convent in Notting contact faithful from Coatbridge, took- Hill, London, and was given the Roger Foster part. The day was spent at the name Sister Mary Francis of the Mercury Hotel with music, food, Five Wounds. 01475 793 987 drinks and raffle with prizes Following her death of tuber- generously donated by Clydes- culosis in 1925, cures and dale Office Equipment. The favours were attributed to her SSVP’s primary work in the intercession. EWTN CATHOLIC TV IS ON SKY EPG 589 parish is with the homeless and In 1942 the cause for her Sky Freesat £175 total cost , no monthly charges. food banks, but took time out to Canonisation was introduced by 200 Free channels including EWTN TV & Radio. organise the community outing. Pope Pius XII and in 1978 St Call Sky on 08442411602 for installation. Eileen McElhinney from the charity said the parishioners, Pope Paul VI declared her Ven- Call EWTN on 020 83502542 or e-mail [email protected] some of whom were 90-years- erable. Her cuase has been led for free monthly posted programme guide and old, had a great day by a number of the faithful visit www.ewtn.co.uk for more info. including Bishop of Dunkeld. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY AUGUST 29 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER VATICAN/WORLD NEWS 5

every last possession and now have no means to buy food or attend to their basic Papal envoy confirms needs,” he said. “How can members of the same family inflict such atrocities on their own people in the name of religion? Or is it rather the manipulation of ruth- dire situation in Iraq less greed for power that inflicts such ruthless violence on so many innocent people? We send our love, support and solidarity… Finally, we in Caritas join By Dominic Lynch ties has resulted in more than a million our voices to yours as we advocate with people fleeing their homes. Last week, religious and civil leaders, at local, POPE Francis’ personal envoy to the United Nations called for action to national, regional, and global levels, to Iraq has returned from the crisis- prevent a further massacre in the north of ensure that the safety of affected people hit country to brief the Holy Father the country. concerned is put at the forefront, that the on the plight of persecuted minori- Cardinal Filoni spent a week in Iraq rule of law is recognised and enforced, ties and the reported genocide of and has spoken about the desperate situ- and that no more weapons reach those Christians. ation for people there. “A mother committing such crimes against human Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of showed me her little three month girl, life and dignity.” the Congregation for the Evangelisation saying that while they were fleeing from weapons; they have been driven out conflict between Shiite and Sunni Mus- Maria Lozano, adjunct communica- of Peoples (right with Holy Father), vis- Mosul, the baby’s gold earrings were from their homes in a cowardly way. lims adding to the crisis that has tions director for Aid to the Church in ited the country on a humanitarian mis- removed,” he said. “The object in itself is They have not engaged the enemy seen widespread murder of Christian Need, has said that the faith of Iraqi sion and briefed the Holy Father on his not important, but that violence also “How can one guarantee the right of minorities. Christians remains strong in the face of return. “He was very attentive,” the car- expresses contempt towards the little these people to live in dignity in their Last week two Catholic charities exile and suffering. dinal said. “[Pope Francis] let me speak ones. I said: they have removed the ear- own homes? Certainly not giving way to spoke out against the atrocities and the “The faith is the reason for their lives,” at length. He took to heart all the situa- rings, but the most precious things are violence and trying to contain it in every pressure on the faith of those affected. Ms Lozano, who recently returned from tions I spoke about; the expectations of still with you: your child and your dig- way. But we cannot hear the cry of these Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodriguez Iraq’s Kurdistan region, said. “And our Christians and their worries, as well nity.” people who tell us: help us, and defend Maradiaga, president of Caritas Interna- despite the persecution, children wear as the approach taken by the local The cardinal went on to speak about us. For this purpose, would it not be use- tionalis, has written to the charity’s rep- rosaries around their necks and the peo- churches.” the difficulties of helping those in need ful to know in the first place who pro- resentative in Iraq, Bishop Shlemon ple do not hide their tattoos of crosses or The situation in Iraq continues to fluc- through military action. “The Church… vides money and weapons to jihadists, Warduni, and to Chaldean Catholic their medals that identify them as Chris- tuate, as government forces battle with is and will always be against war,” he and aim at stopping the flow?” Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako. tians. They are not going to renounce Islamic State (IS) militants, whose per- said. “But these poor people have the Violence in Iraq has steadily “With great dismay we see images of their faith, even though that is the reason secution of Christian and other minori- right to be defended. They have no increased, with an escalating sectarian people who literally have been robbed of why they are being persecuted.”

Support for family of beheaded journalist Day of Devotion to St. Philomena A man walks past a sign outside a POPE Francis has phoned the Rochester, New Hampshire, at shop put up in memory of James 6th September at 12pm parents of Catholic journalist which a message of condolence Foley (inset) in his hometown of James Foley who was from the Pope was read out. Rochester, NH, US St. Philomena Church beheaded by Islamic State “The Holy Father, deeply sad- militants in Syria. dened by the death of James on August 19. Last Sunday, Mr Niddry Road, Winchburgh, West Lothian, EH5 26RY The Pope spoke to devout Wright Foley, asks you kindly to Foley’s parents posted a letter on Catholics John and Diane Foley convey his personal condolences Facebook their son had dictated for with Fr Scott Deeley with the help of a Spanish-speak- and the assurance of his closeness them while in captivity in Syria in Rosary, Holy Mass, Veneration of 1st Class Relic, St. Philomena novena prayers, St. Philom- ing friend of the family in a phone in prayer to James’loved ones,” the which he said: “I pray for you to conversation reported to have message read. Fr Paul Gousse, of stay strong and to believe. I really ena devotional items from the Sanctuary in Italy available, Membership of the Archconfraternity, lasted around 20 minutes. Mr Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, said feel I can touch you even in this Tea/ Coffee Foley’s parents said they drew the Pope’s phone call helped com- darkness when I pray.” ‘huge comfort’ from the phone fort the family. “Having the Pope Mr Foley had previously been Book your seat on the bus leaving from Glasgow call. “We know Jimmy’s free,” himself call the family to express held captive while reporting from John Foley said. “He’s finally free. his sympathy and condolences I Libya and had written afterwards And we know he’s in God’s think is huge for them,” he said. about his Faith.“If nothing else, Pilgrimage September 2014 SOLD OUT hands… and we know he’s in James Foley was captured in prayer was the glue that enabled heaven.” Diane Foley added that Syria in 2012. Militants from the my freedom, an inner freedom first Call now to book your place on our PILGRIMAGE TO ITALY May 2015 her son was a ‘courageous, fearless Islamic State, who have been and later the miracle of being journalist’ and said he ‘would fighting the Syrian regime and released during a war in which the for the Discovery of the Sacred Body of St. Philomena never want us to hate or be bitter.’ have committed a number of regime had no real incentive to A Memorial Mass was held for atrocities against religious minori- free us,” Mr Foley wrote in the Glasgow - Rome Mr Foley on Sunday in Our Lady ties in Iraq, released a video show- magazine of his Alma Mater, the May 2015 of the Holy Rosary Church in ing the execution of the journalist Jesuit Marquette University. £850 7 nights his genuine and firm faith, which Ukraine’s NEWS ROUNDUP comes from on high.’ Independence day Papal audience & Tour of Rome, “Jesus feels a great joy in His THE Pope asked for the Faith- Shrine of the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano, Jesus, faith and heart, because He recognises in ful to turn their attention to the Church Simon the hand of the Father, the Ukraine, which celebrated its Shrines of: St. Philomena, St. Rita, St. Gerard Majella, St. Michaelʼs Cave, St. Benedictʼs action of the Holy Spirit,” the Independence Day last Sunday. Monastery Monte Cassino, IN HIS weekly Angelus address Pope said. “The Lord has in The Ukraine has been last Sunday, Pope Francis spoke mind the image of building, the embroiled in conflict since the Pompeii & Sorrento about Peter’s faith in Jesus and image of the community as an country’s President was ousted. his renaming from Simon to edifice. And so, when He hears “My thoughts go in a particu- Peter. The Pope said Jesus gave Simon’s frank profession of faith, lar way to the beloved land of Contact: 0141 328 3890 or [email protected] Simon his new name ‘not for his He calls him ‘rock’ and makes Ukraine,” the Pope said. “Let us Family of St. Philomena, Queenspark Business Centre, 77 Torrisdale St, Glasgow, G42 8PW own personal qualities or his clear His intention of building entrust the whole nation to the Scottish Charity Number SC030253 human merits, but on account of His Church on this faith.” Lord Jesus and to the Madonna.” WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 6 ITALIAN CHAPEL SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY AUGUST 29 2014

PIC: COURTESY OF THE ORCADIAN Looking back at a miracle This summer marks the 70th anniversary of Orkney’s famous Italian chapel, CSEJ often referred to as the ‘Miracle of Camp 60.’ Author PHILIP PARIS explains why a converted Nissen hut on a tiny uninhabited island is so important Centre for Social & OMETIMES it is only remained hidden since 1944. (Top left) Visitors from Italy, in by looking back at Orkney for the 70th anniversary of After four years I had followed the Italian Chape (top right)l. Back Environmental Justice events, and at our lives, every feasible avenue and had run row, from the left: Fabio Chiocchetti that we can see out of questions to which I could (son of chapel artist Domenico whether we are going find answers. Chiocchetti), Elio Fonti and Nino De Poverty in a World of Plenty in the right direction. This sum- I told the story of the chapel in Simone. Front row, from the left: Gino Lecture Series 2014 mer many of us have spent time two totally different books, an Caprara (former PoW), Letizia ‘lookingS back’ because of the historical fiction and a non-fic- Chiocchetti Fonti (Domenico's anniversaries connected to the tion. I thought my own involve- daughter and honorary president of First and Second World Wars. ment with the building would the Italian Chapel Preservation It is also the 70th anniversary diminish following their publica- Committee), Gabriella Tamburello, Sir Harry Burns of the creation of an extraordinary harbour for the British Home tion, but I was wrong. I am often Barbara De Simone (grand-daughter 2nd Health and Poverty in Scotland monument to the human spirit’s Fleet. Like Italians in many POW writing or speaking about it or of Guiseppe Palumbi), Gianna ability to achieve greatness when camps around the world, those on I’m being contacted by someone Palumbi (Barbara’s mother), Elua SEPT Professor of Global Public Health at faced with enormous hardship Lamb Holm built a chapel. But I wondering if I can provide infor- Barraccu (daughter of PoW Ugo Strathclyde University and Former and despair. Such is the Italian wanted much more than basic mation. Barrucci) and Pia Chiocchetti chapel’s standing that during May facts. Behind Buttapasta’s stun- The chapel has inspired me in (Fabio’s wife). (Left) Philip Paris &KLHI 0HGLFDO 2I¿FHU 6FRWODQG Pope Francis sent a special bless- ning façade and Chiocchetti’s many different ways and I’ve ing to mark the occasion ahead of beautiful paintings there were sto- recently written a stage play, an anniversary Mass that was cel- ries of enemies and friendships, Heart of the Chapel. I am now event about the building at ebrated by the Apostolic Nuncio hope and hardship, despair and seeking a theatre company to take Orkney’s prestigious St Magnus Sr Lynne Baron FCJ to Great Britain and Archbishop love. I wanted those stories this to the next step. Earlier in the festival, which was started (com- Emeritus Mario Conti. because only with them came an year I was delighted to be asked pletely unplanned) by 94-year-old 9th Poverty and Women: Over the last few weeks I’ve understanding of the chapel, one to be a consultant on a very excit- Gino Caprara, who walked out thought often of that day in that you can’t get from figures ing project, a feature film inspired from the audience, took over the SEPT The Potential Impact of Education August 2005 when I first entered and dates. by the chapel. The film script for chairman’s seat and recounted Vocations director for the FCJ Province the chapel along with my wife, The Melted Heart is being written some of his memories of the time Catherine. We were on honey- mongst the many things it by Glasgow-based Italian he spent as a PoW in Orkney. and chaplain to London Goldsmiths & moon in Orkney and had represents, the chapel is a scriptwriter Inga Sempel and pro- The chapel’s fame grows every London Southbank Universities absolutely no idea how this Sec- symbol of friendship and duced by Clive Leighton for year. It is Orkney’s second most ond World War Nissen hut, con- ACatherine and I have made many Storm and Light Pictures. The visited tourist attraction with verted with scrap material and close friends because of this jour- director is Matteo Piccinini. around 100,000 people a year leftover cement, would change ney. One of them is John Muir, gazing upon the many wonders Mary Colwell our lives. The experience of that secretary of the chapel preserva- n June Catherine and I were inside. The building crosses all 16th Poverty and the Natural World visit was so moving that I vowed tion committee since the sixties back in Orkney for our annual boundaries of race and national- to find out as much as I could and who provided the contact holiday, this trip coinciding ity, reaching out to us with a mes- SEPT $ZDUGZLQQLQJ UDGLR 79 DQG LQWHUQHW about the events surrounding the details for several of the descen- Iwith a visit by several Italians sage of peace and hope from producer with BBC Natural History Unit chapel’s creation. This turned into dents of the key artists behind the who were there to mark the occa- people now long gone. Many of a quest that consumed every spare chapel and the men who ran sion of the 70th anniversary. This their children and grandchildren for Radio 4 programme Shared Planet minute I had for the next four Camp 60 in which it was built. included the son and daughter of have formed strong friendships years. As time went on, the list of Domenico Chiocchetti, the key because of what happened on a The basic facts were well pub- people to interview grew and artist, and the daughter and grand- windswept island 70 years ago. licised. At the beginning of 1942 grew… the 101-year-old daugh- daughter of Giuseppe Palumbi, As the son of one ex PoW said to All three lectures take place in around 550 Italian prisoners-of- ter of the man who owned Lamb the blacksmith who created the me ‘the chapel is a moving, St Aloysius’ College Hall, war arrived on the tiny Orkney Holm during the Second World intricate wrought iron rood never-ending story’. He is right. commencing at 7pm. island of Lamb Holm. They had War, ex PoWs and their fami- screen. None of the Palumbi fam- Light shines brightest when the been transported from a PoW lies… they all had a part of the ily had ever been to Orkney so darkness is greatest. Admission Free. camp in Egypt, having been cap- chapel’s story or knowledge of this was a particularly moving tured during the North African what it was like to be a PoW in a experience for them. Indeed, it I The Italian Chapel, and St Aloysius’ College Campaigns, and were there to strange country, and no-one had would be fair to say there were Orkney’s Italian Chapel: The True 45 Hill St, Glasgow, G3 6RJ. Tel: 0141 332 3190 help build huge barriers, to seal ever asked them before to tell it. tears all around on more than one Story of an Icon are published by Email: [email protected] www.staloysius.org the eastern entrances into Scapa There were so many amazing dis- occasion! Black & White Publishing in Edinburgh. 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Northern Iraq and the largest Christian responsibility for this massacre. While city in that country, fell to ISIS with murder was rampant in Iraq and Syria, devastating consequences. the BBC and other media were obses- Tens of thousands of Christians fled sively focused on Gaza. The margin- from the city to Erbil, the Kurdish cap- alisation—virtual demonisation—of ital. Mosul, another largely Christian Christianity in this country is now so city, was also taken by ISIS, its extreme that it was only thought per- churches profaned and destroyed, and missible by the media to address the Christians given a stark choice of con- Iraq crisis when the genocide version to Islam or death. By early extended to the non-Christian Yazidi August there were 130,000 Christian sect. Why is the uni- refugees in the cities of Erbil and versally discredited by the sins of a Dohuk alone. Over the border in tiny minority of abusive priests, but Syria, the city of Aleppo, another Islam is not considered morally BY GERALD WARNER ancient Christian settlement, fears the responsible for its adherents’ crimes? same fate if ISIS is not stopped. Iraq was destabilised by Britain and The scale of the murder, rape and A man kisses the ring of Cardinal Fernando are welcoming in your countries an America’s invasion and overthrow of T IS open season on Christians, destruction cannot yet be computed Filoni during an August 13 visit to Erbil, Iraq. ever growing number of Muslims… Saddam Hussein, on the pretext of especially Catholics, in all because of the chaos reigning in the Pope Francis met Cardinal Filoni last week, Your values are not their values. If you non-existent weapons of mass destruc- regions of the world where region, but it is the worst assault on after the cardinal returned to the Vatican do not understand this soon enough, tion. Muslim intolerance is now run- Christianity in modern times. It com- you will become the victims of the Only parliamentary revolts on both ning rampant. The range of this pels Catholics to confront certain real- abuses of the [Assad] regime, so why enemy you have welcomed in your sides of the Atlantic prevented David religious genocide is wide, its toll ities that have for too long been are we not now seeing those thousands home.” Cameron and Barack Obama from dreadful. Iraq and Syria are currently evaded. Among these is the farcical of protesters against what IS is intervening militarily in Syria to theI scenes of the most ferocious terror, double standard governing ‘inter-faith doing?” He concluded that all the Syr- efore the fall of Mosul the replace Bashar Assad with the fanat- but Egypt, Libya, Pakistan, Nigeria, dialogue.’ Islam’s apologists can no ian Muslim rebel groups shared the city’s Syriac Catholic Arch- ics who now call themselves the Sudan, Somalia and other countries longer maintain the pretence that this same anti-Christian agenda. bishop Youhanna Boutros Islamic State. Now, in Iraq and Syria, are also in the front line. The surviving far-flung jihad is some kind of aberra- His question had already been tren- MosheB published an open letter to his when intervention to prevent genocide Catholic Maronites in Lebanon are tion contrary to the tenets of the ‘Reli- chantly answered by Archbishop Amel flock, appealing to them not to flee or is urgently needed, the cowardly increasingly under threat. gion of Peace.’ Nona, Chaldean Catholic Archeparch emigrate, including the statement ‘We mantra is ‘No boots on the ground.’Of Iraq and Syria are the focus of a of Mosul, exiled from his diocese, should be taking up arms…’ course, the victims are Christians and Catholic martyrdom that is especially frightened and angry Christian who bluntly warned the West: “Our These robust sentiments were in therefore dispensable. horrific, for two reasons: Its scale and citizen of Aleppo recently sufferings today are the prelude of stark contrast to many European bish- We must pray for our persecuted the fact that Christianity is being posed the key question: “Why those you, Europeans and Western ops who were competing to send syco- fellow Catholics and support charities extinguished in its historic cradle. Aaren’t the moderate Muslims doing Christians, will also suffer in the near phantic messages to Muslim operating to relieve their suffering. Christians have lived on the Plains of more to stop the extremists in their future.” communities at the conclusion of But we must also stand up and make it Nineveh from time immemorial, midst? Do they agree with their ideol- He added: “Your liberal and demo- Ramadan. No wonder Middle Eastern clear to politicians and media alike before Islam made its appearance in ogy and extremism? cratic principles are worth nothing Christians feel abandoned and that Christians will no longer tolerate the 7th century. On August 7, “We saw hundreds of thousands of here. You must consider again our betrayed by the West. second-class status or submit meekly Qaraqosh, the Christian capital of protesters in the streets against the reality in the Middle East, because you But militant secularism shares to persecution.

The views expressed in the opinion What do you think of GERALD WARNER’S comments on PERSECUTION? Send your points pages of the SCO are those of 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 Jesus’ mission was to get people to think in a radically new way MUCH has been made of the the uniform of the Ayrshire Yeo- cism in Europe would create the all love answers, questions only acceptance. It would come at a 100 anniversary of the begin- manry. This picture hung above environment for a new conflict. cause a degree of difficulty and great personal cost, so mostly we ning of the Great War. Since the fireplace in Granny McGhee’s Politicians make the choices but that makes us long for our comfort opt for safety first. This option may August 4 there has been a steady house for as long as I remember. the lives of ordinary men and zone. We understand war, however make sense as the world sees stream of information regarding Fr Eddie As the eldest grandson it is now in women would once more be put difficult that may be. We under- things. Does it make sense in this conflict that engulfed the my possession. My grandfather on the line. Before the world had stand how the world thinks. The Gospel terms? There’s that ques- world at the beginning of the McGhee was no war hero. He was con- had time to draw breath, the sec- challenge for us who call ourselves tion again! At the critical moment 20th century. All of the combat- scripted as were most of his con- ond great conflict began. disciples is to create the environ- in the life of Jesus, his friends ran ants have now gone. written at the time. It left me with temporaries, after the war went Conflict and humankind seem ment for a different kind of think- away. Cowardice is the quality that There are grainy, sepia or black a profound sense of sadness. It back to work in the pits. That was to go hand in hand, so what are we ing. It won’t be comfortable we find most contemptible, not just and white images left as saddens me that we appear to have the lot for most soldiers who did to make of the Gospel this week? because it can’t be comfortable. in war, but in every difficult situa- reminders. Given the sophisticate learned so very little. Certainly, as return from the war. There was no Jesus tells his friends ‘if anyone We would look and sound so dif- tion. Have we the courage to face nature of high definition television the news of current conflicts is awareness of post-traumatic stress, wants to be a follower of mine he ferent. the challenge of the Gospel today? pictures that are now familiar to they had to get on with whatever must renounce himself…’These We might even stand out in a reported, we are not dealing with I [email protected] us, the remaining images of the almost incalculable numbers of life offered. They were promised are difficult words to hear. Self crowd. We would not find popular Great War appear almost as dead. Instead we deal with mil- ‘a land fit for heroes’on their renunciation! Put the other person grotesque as the conflict itself. lions of people whose lives are return. This promised land failed first, regardless of the difficulty. Sadly, many of the images that fill profoundly disrupted, whose to materialise. When we do hear these words the THE GLASGOW PHOENIX CHOIR our screens at the beginning of the future looks bleak and uncertain. Post-Great War Britain was temptation immediately is to ratio- 21st century are still of conflict, of Meanwhile, the great and power- seized not by overwhelming patri- nalise away the degree of diffi- Sponsored by The Co-operative Funeralcare bloodshed and of destruction. ful nations of the world stand on otic fervour, but by a sense of relief culty. It is a bit like ‘turning the WELCOMES NEW SINGERS IN ALL SECTIONS There may not be global conflict the periphery and look on, fearful that the carnage was over. In paral- other cheek,’we rationalise that in the sense that the Great War was of becoming engaged and anxious lel was a growing awareness that away too. Jesus is embarked on a Come and Sing Along with the Glasgow Phoenix Choir as a global conflict, but it would not to be seen to be doing nothing. the ‘old order’had gone. What was mission and that mission is to get we rehearse - All in the April Evening; Scots Wha Hae; seem that in the intervening 100 War is a complex subject. Hind- swept away was much more than people to think in a radically new Battle Hymn of the Republic; Do you Hear the People Sing. years we have not learned a lot sight is always 20/20 vision. We the territorial ambitions of Queen way. We all know the conse- Singers of all types and skills are sought to join the choir, about peace. Among the many Victoria’s assorted grandchildren. quences of thinking in the ‘old can sit back and indulge in the all welcome especially Sopranos, Tenors and Basses. anthologies of poetry that litter my paralysis of analysis at a safe dis- Profound sociological change was way.’To think as the world thinks bookshelves is a very faded copy tance but that will never alter the happening and a new and more has always meant war and con- MAKE CONTACT of Up The Line To Death. First reality. Great conflicts are fought challenging political climate devel- flict. Jesus asks for a new vision. BY EMAIL - [email protected] published in 1964, 50 years after between great nations but ulti- oping. Already there had been rev- That is really scary! What do we TELEPHONE - 0141 892 6113 the beginning of the Great War, it mately conflicts spiral down to the olution in Russia. 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WHAT is amazing about the Vatican is that even its most recent traditions are pretty ancient. Every Sunday and on many holy days, tens of thousands of people gather in said. St Peter’s Square to recite the And so was born another Angelus prayer with the Pope. beautiful Catholic tradition! And they have done so for 60 years. GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG It is such a fixture of life at the Vatican and in Rome that A HORRIFYING story from tours to the Vatican include a Nigeria where the Department guide pointing up to the of State Services (DSS) has Apostolic Palace and telling warned the general public to be people ‘the second window wary of terrorists who may BY TOM from the right’ is where the describe themselves as nuns to GALLAGHER Pope stands on Sundays to carry out bombings lead the Marian prayer. The According to a statement by prayer gets its name from its the deputy director of Public opening words in Latin—the Relations the warning became He future is language the popes use for necessary following the alleged not my area’ their recitation of the prayer: theft of some pieces of Catholic used to be Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae Church Reverend Sisters’ one of the (The angel of the Lord declared regalia at Sabon Gari, Kano, by stock phrases unto Mary). unidentified persons, and the of Tom Devine, Scotland’s most The Vatican newspaper possibility of using same to launch terrorist attacks on the influential historian. He is L’Osservatore Roman, recently rounding off a career full of ran an article describing the first innocent citizens. ‘T “On August 20, 2014, some achievement with a high-profile public Papal recitation of the conversion to political national- prayer. It was August 15 1954, unidentified persons broke into and Pope Pius XII was at Castel a tailoring shop located in ism (if not the SNP itself). 200th anniversary of the fund his scholarship, to back lion people, can turn out alright Gandolfo, the Papal summer Kano, and stole about thirteen In a statement published in Catholic parish of St Mary’s in future Tom Devines? for them. residence. Pope Pius had pieces of Catholic Church full in last week’s Bella Caledo- central Edinburgh, my own local He tweeted last week that ‘the The pre-nationalist Tom proclaimed 1954 a Marian Year Reverend Sisters’ regalia,” the nia, he made a series of claims parish. He is likely to dwell on lion is indeed rampant.’ He has Devine would certainly have and members of Italian Catholic statement reads. about how the economy, Euro- the journey of Scottish Catholics blossomed into an historian demanded such answers from Action wanted to celebrate the “With the recent trend of pean ties, the universities, and which he sees as one towards seeking to use his own renown any student turning in an essay feast of the Assumption of Mary female suicide bombings in the Scotland’s energy sector were equality and embracing the sym- to forge a nation. Beforehand, arguing why Scotland’s future with special prayers. For country, the theft of these poised to flourish under inde- bols of Scottish nationhood. the commentator Gerry Hassan must be post-British. He should centuries Popes recited the regalia heightens concerns pendence. He did not appear to Many Catholics of course has claimed that the conversion now be prepared to debate with Angelus in the morning, at noon about the possibility of terrorist share any of the doubts, such as continue to believe that a patri- of Sir Tom and others to nation- others who find his case for and in the evening. Church elements using same to those expressed by Sir Ian otic outlook can be reconciled alism is based in part upon breaking away rhetorical and bells throughout Italy and perpetrate acts of terror.” Wood, a giant of the oil industry with retention of the Union. high-profile middle-class figures insubstantial. It is simply not across Europe would ring to The government further in the North-East, about Scot- Indeed some of us think that a wishing to remain influential. good enough for him to join called on the citizens to be remind the faithful to stop and land’s ability to make ends meet. positive Scottish identity is This may be harsh but the his- with Kevin McKenna in last pray, honoring Mary’s role in the vigilant and report any suspicious persons to the How Christians would fare in likely to flourish in a devolved torian should acknowledge that week’s SCO in dismissing well- incarnation of Jesus. Pope Pius an independent land where Britain more than in a separate if the experiment goes wrong, it founded concerns as ‘dangerous fulfilled Catholic Action’s appropriate authority. “Consequently, this Service avowedly secularist figures like Scotland. is likely to be the lives of ordi- nonsense.’ request to pray with him by Nicola Sturgeon and Patrick If the economic hopes of the allowing Vatican Radio into the wishes to draw the attention of nary folk that will be blighted A Catholic community in summer villa to broadcast his the public to this development, Harvie are likely to wield huge SNP prove a mirage and many not the lives of those who enjoy Scotland has endured not only midday recitation live. and to call on all citizens to be influence, was passed over. No of the young are compelled to close links to people in power. through faith but because it “The experience must have more circumspect and exercise mention was made by Sir Tom move away to earn a living, To his credit, he has given the made political choices based on pleased Pius XII because that greater vigilance with users of (deservedly knighted this sum- what effect will it have on their powerless a voice in his history practical needs rather than autumn he willingly agreed to such peculiar attires.” mer) of Ireland where leading view of Scotland? Is he really writing. Now he needs to show romantic ideology. That should- recite the Angelus with the A horrible thought, that national figures openly admit certain that an Edinburgh-ruled how, for ordinary folk, the n’t be forgotten as September faithful in St Peter’s Square hopefully will not come to that the economy was misman- state juggling the finances will departure of British state jobs 18 approaches. from the window of his office. fruition. Let us hope that the aged for most of the post-inde- find the money for the research from their communities and the Since that time, the world has habit abductor was just a pendence period. funding, perhaps over a millions financing of health, education, I Tom Gallagher is emeritus come to know that window profound devotee of I will be there next week so pounds worth of which he has pension and security needs from professor of politics at Brad- well,” L’Osservatore’s story religious garb. will miss his talk marking the received from the British state to a tax-base of well under 4 mil- ford University Like any mother, Our Lady has her own way of getting things done

MOTHERS famously have Something similar happened of the Council, Karl Rahner, the Scripture, Tradition in the the Church.’ their own ways of getting Mgr at the end of the Second Vatican Jesuit consultant to Cardinal Church prior to the schism with Good enough for Ambrose, things done. And Mary, the Council. For a number of rea- Frings, had said that he and the the Eastern Orthodox, and the and good enough for Paul Vl. Mother of Jesus, whose Basil sons it had been decided that the then Fr Ratzinger, later to be Dogmatic Definitions of the So he ‘sneaked’ it into the Assumption we celebrated Council would not award any Pope Benedict XVl, found the Immaculate Conception and the speech with which he closed the earlier this month, was no Loftus further titles to Mary. And there proposed text on Mary ‘a source Assumption. In this he was very third session of the Council in exception. was some disquiet even about of the greatest concern.’ going largely successful, thanks to 1964: “For the glory of the Vir- One example is to be found in ground and the circle of gold existing titles—their theological on to speak of the ‘unimagin- help from the Chilean and gin and our consolation, we pro- the fact that she is at the heart of stars. implications were not always able harm’ that could come French Bishops. claim Mary the Most Holy the European Union, despite its With a conspiratorial twinkle clear. from it, and accusing those who So—no more titles for Mary? Mother of the Church, that is, constant efforts to be non-reli- he told me that many people For instance ‘co-redemptrix,’ wanted simply to have a sepa- Er, well not quite. Like any the Mother of the whole People gious. It was during my year at had their own ideas, but he even though it had been used by rate document, acknowledging mother, she had her own way of of God, both the faithful and the the then European Economic knew the secret. As a good one Pope, was seen as a chal- existing Marian titles and getting things done. pastors.” Community in Brussels in the Catholic he had designed it so lenge to Christ’s unique role, bestowing new ones, of acting There’s nothing in any of the It cannot be a coincidence early 1970s, that I learned how that the blue represented and for the same reason ‘medi- ‘dishonourably.’ official documents of the Coun- that Paul Vl’s long overdue she achieved this. I was intro- Mary’s cloak, and the gold stars atrix of all graces’ fared little Christopher Butler, Abbot cil about a new title for Mary, Beatification will take place in duced at a reception to the man her crown in heaven. Mention better in the discussionas it Primate of the Benedictines and but Pope Paul Vl was originally the middle of October, a month who had designed the EEC flag, of God may have been excluded unfolded. the most gentle of English gen- a priest of the Milan diocese in traditionally devoted to Mary which still serves as the Euro- from any eventual European At the Fulda Conference of tlemen, urged that only three Italy, whose great bishop, and to the Rosary. She protects pean Union flag. Constitution, but His Mother’s bishops from Northern Coun- sources should be used for the Ambrose, in the Fourth the European Union and the I asked him to explain the cloak and crown fly over the tries, held in Germany immedi- chapter on Mary to be included Century, had no hesitation in Church. symbolism of the blue back- European Union. ately prior to the second session in the document on the Church; referring to Mary as ‘Mother of May she protect us all.

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LETTER OF THE WEEK Catholic education goes beyond our schools

YOUR letter of the week headed commentators need to keep abreast of change, takes a swipe at your correspondent, regular contributor, Gerald Warner who readers that I know consider to be a writer of ability, well balanced and knowledgeable and touching on issues that affect, and often concern, those of us still in the pews. Catholic education in our schools has been a dismal failure for the most part. The proof success or otherwise can be garnered and best served by the old words ‘By their fruits shall the be judged’ (now if that is a misquote it still serves to get my message across) and the harvest is sparse. As few as 10 per cent of Catholics leaving school remain steadfast in the faith. Of course Mr Liston having once been a diocesan education adviser, would naturally take umbrage at any hint that would even suggest that Catholic teaching in our schools could in any way be questioned. I leave that to the statistics, they speak louder than words which throw doubt on the quality of what is taught in our schools by way of Catholic RE. I attended a Mass in Alloa which was also attended by pupils of the primary in that town. Teachers lead the children in, did not acknowledge the presence of the Blessed Sacrament and the children filed into the pews and not one genuflected. The priest, who should have been preparing himself to worthily celebrate the Sacred Mysteries went round the pews engaging in conversation which the participants seemed to find hilarious. There is a growing tendency among Scotland’s NATO standing is food banks for instance. And yes, all the concerned parents to home teach rather than not nuclear based religious leaders in Scotland are opposed to send their children to ‘Catholic’ schools. That nuclear weapons; it seems axiomatic that a is a question that needs to be addressed. To I FIND it astonishing that Archie Birt weapon able to kill millions ESTABLISHED IN 1885 keep abreast with change without question is (Letters SCO August 15) considers that indiscriminately might be considered no longer an option for many Catholics and opposition to Trident is a ‘tawdry’ debate. sinful, although it would be a human who to say this, is not the way to deal with what is He seems quite happy to live within a few did it. Then Stephen Shaw castigated the not serving the Church. Cath Doherty, miles of the largest nuclear arsenal in SNP Government for wanting to remain in another excellent contributor to your paper, Europe. His assumption that to move it NATO. Very few of NATO members have spoke columns in her final sentence in her some 100 miles south will not change nuclear weapons and Scotland’s strategic article in the same issue. much, ignores the fact that Scotland will geographical position is vital. Help to double your David Erskine, save a vast amount of money, some of Jim Lynch, ALLOA which could be spent on the removal of EDINBURGH charitable efforts

We are better with the Will our schools be next? Will we have to No point in asking ‘should the HESE days everyone wants, if not needs, their discre- ‘devil’ we know take down religious items such as Pope be allowed to retire’ tionary income to go further. In times of austerity and cri- Crucifixes, as was the case recently in sis, those with no reserves, those in absolute poverty, WHILE I would agree with Mr Kerr’s Italy. There seems to be a policy in Europe ASKING if the Holy Father should be suffer disproportionately. While Easter 2015 may seem a letter (SCO Aug 15) regarding veiled and the US of diluting religious expression allowed to retire as opposed to dying on long way off (the schools are only just back from their sectarianism in Scotland, I would also (Christmas and Easter come to mind). the job (SCO August 22) is somewhat like summer break), the good news that SCIAF’s 50th anniversary Wee have to state that we are better with the People may not be aware that priests and asking if all Catholics support Scottish Box, Big Change campaign has won British government fund match- devil we know as the one we don’t. I fear bishops have been taken to task by law in independence. Pointless. ingT is a welcome and a much needed boost to the work of the inter- an Independent Scotland as I do not trust Canada and other countries because they Each Pope, like each Catholics voter, has national aid agency of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland. any of the parties in Holyrood. The recent refused to marry gay couples. How safe to weigh up the consequences of their During Lent next year, for every pound you donate to the Scottish vote taken on same-sex marriage was would we be if independence came? Would decision and do what they think is right Catholic International Aid Fund, SCIAF will receive another through enough to make my mind up that those in others not form their own political parties so and (for the greater) good. Neither scenario the UK Department for International Development’s UK Aid Match power do not represent the majority of that they can push through their ideals? benefits from the sweeping generalisations scheme. Scots. It is one thing to give gay people the Look what happened in Bosnia, and Iraq. or rhetoric that have been bandied about of SCIAF, which was started in Rutherglen in 1965, is now a house- right to marry (and good luck to them) but I was once asked at a meeting I attended late. So Pope Francis, Scottish voters, let hold name nationally and an expert in its field. As part of the Catholic to fail to put in place a law to protect those on homelessness to give causes for the your conscience be your guide. Caritas Internationalis charity network, SCIAF can effectively get religious groups and workers so they can problem. I included ‘civil war’ to which a B Thomson emergency aid through to epicentres at times of crisis by working legally opt out of marrying gay couples on lady next to me said ‘that couldn’t happen MOTHERWELL with its Caritas partners, as well as working towards long term solu- the grounds of religious belief was, to say in this country.’ I reminded her that over tions to the problems in the less developed world. the least, undemocratic. 3000 people had died in Northern Ireland. CLARIFICATIONS The Scottish Church and Scotland as a whole are proud of SCIAF, The government in Westminster put the We need to stay with the ‘devil’ we know. whose backers from the world of media, sport, politics and enter- opt out law in place to protect religious It may not be ideal but in my eyes they are In last week’s SCO, the Scottish priest who tainment grow year-on-year, as does the call on its resources. groups in England and Wales. One has to fairer than what we have in Scotland. was a Second World War PoW is also Supporters of the charity now have the opportunity to help make ask why was this not done in Scotland? Eddie Kelly, known as Fr Alexander Geddes Gerry or SCIAF’s 50th anniversary Wee Box appeal a record-breaker, to give Where will it stop if we get independence. SUPPLIED Fr A Geddes Gerry and the intimation for the international development work of Scotland’s Bishops a huge the 25th anniversary of his death ran in the boost and to make every pound donated double its worth. No place in civilised world killing millions of men, women and SCO in July 25 edition. He regarded Pope Francis knows that intervention and prayer go a long ways to for Trident children at the touch of a button, how can Buckie as his real home but never served helping those in need, but he too sees that campaigns to help need this be reconciled with the command to there. financial support. The Holy Father recently made a substantial finan- IT IS obvious nuclear weapons can not be love your neighbour as yourself? Also in last week’s SCO, St Mahew’s cial donation to help alleviate the suffering of persecuted Christians uninvented, (Archie Birt SCO August 15), Parliament is proposing to spend 100 Cardross Open Day on September 6 is not in Iraq and surrounding areas. but by voting Yes on Sept 18 we can send a million pounds on upgrading Trident, part of Glasgow Doors Open week and the Given the significant amount of lead time to prepare before next message to the rest of the world that the would this money not be better spent on story ran without a photograph. Lent, schools, parishes and community organisations can really get people of Scotland believe that there is no health, education or helping the poor? It was the Glasgow Archdiocesan their thinking caps on now as to what to do to raises funds for next place in a civilised world for the Robert Graham, pilgrimage to Lourdes that was featured on year’s SCIAF Wee Box campaign. abomination that is Trident. It is capable of LINWOOD page 6 in last week’s newspaper. Anyone making plans will be bolstered in the knowledge that all donations will be doubled. What an ideal opportunity to put faith into 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 action for maximum results, a real gift at a time when so many feel 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 called to action yet powerless to help given the scale of international use e-mail or post, you must provide your full name, address, and phone number or your letter will not be used need and problems. 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JOE McGRATH’S WAY OF THE CROSS PART EIGHT

N THIS series of articles I’m looking at the Way of the Cross and I’m trying to find the meaning behind it; the message for us. This is a curious incident on that final journey. Who were these women? Why were they weeping and why does Jesus speak to them in the way He does? It’s very strange and it needs looking into. II looked into the gospel accounts to see what I could find there. The only mention of this comes in Luke’s Gospel. Large numbers of people followed him, and of women too, who mourned and lamented for him. But Jesus turned to them and said, ’Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep rather for yourselves and for your children. For the days will surely come when people will say, “Happy are those who are barren, the wombs that have never borne, the breasts that have never suck- led!” Then they will begin to say to the moun- tains, “Fall on us!”; to the hills, “Cover us!” For if men use the green wood like this, what will hap- pen when it is dry?’ (Ìomhaigh an Naoimh Chonain. Eaglais Naomh Chonain an Loch Obha Luke 23: 27, 31

The other three evangelists do not mention this incident. Why has Luke picked this out? He must have recognised an important message in this pas- Aghaidh ri Aghaidh ris an Diabhal GÀIDHLIG sage. The women in the passage are not the women who followed Jesus from Galilee. They are women of Jerusalem. If they are not followers why are they weeping and why does Jesus seem to discount their In his Gaelic column this month, ANDREAS WOLFF lasks who is sorrow? The question is one of ritual. Death has many rit- St Conan and then looks at how the legend of the saint and uals in different societies. In Jewish tradition women would be hired to come and weep and wail the Devil made its way into folklore and today’s language at funerals to set the sad, sombre tone of the occa- sion. This harks back to the story of Rachel whose tears prompted God’s forgiveness. Rituals like this -rèir bileag a gheibhear am broinn Chaochaill an Naomh Chonain san Fhaoilleach 684, are not uncommon in many societies. In Africa Eaglais Naomh Chonain ann am baile ach tha eas-aonta ann cuine. Tha cuid dhen bheachd there are many tribes where wailing women are a religious ritual really held no great meaning for ness. Perhaps Jesus is warning the Jews of what is Some kneel and appear devout but might be think- Loch Obha an Earra-Ghàidheal is e an gur e là a bhàis air an 26mh agus cuid eile ag ràdhn matter of course. them in the first place. to befall them after rejecting him as the Messiah. ing about something else. Some are praying in the Naomh Chonain naomh sgìre Lath- gur ann air an 13mh a bha e. Bha Iain Colgan a bha na Ann am Beurla (In English) Jesus is the green wood in the quote. He brought presence of the Lord. I am not making any judge- arna. Cuiridh mi geall nach eil fios aig mhanach Èirinneach san 17mh linn na shàr-sgoilear recall a story from my friend Fr Pat McGuire am writing this while we are commemorating the completion of the covenant between God and ments here. I am just admitting that the ritual mòran a tha a’ fuireach ann mu dhèidhinn sin. Ach air na manaich Èirinneach tràth. Ann an 1645 who was on his first mission station in Ghana the start of the First World War, the Great War as man a new covenant. The Jews rejected him and sometimes does not highlight the importance of the cò bha san duine? dh’fhoillsich e an leabhar Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae WHO was St Conan? According to vain, in Belgium in 1645. The when he had to officiate at a funeral. The dead the media are calling it again. We have solemn stuck with the dry wood, the incomplete covenant. moment but can fool us (me included) into think- AChan eil am fiosrachadh pailte. Bha e beò san 7mh ann an Louvain sa Bheilg, far an robh e ag obair. Bha the website of St Conan’s Kirk in saint’s feast day is thus celebrated man’s widow jumped into the grave to be with her ceremonies of rembrance of those who died one hun- This would not be immediately obvious to the peo- ing we have got it right. If we are not offering our- Lochawe he is the patron saint of the on January 13. I I linn, ach chan eil fhios le cinnt cuine a rugadh e. Is sean làmh-sgrìobhainnean aige a dh’innse gur ann air husband and could not be persuaded to come out. dred years ago. There seems to be little remembrance ple. After the crucifixion the Jewish religion con- selves with the bread and wine, if we are not coltach gun robh e a’fuireach ann an Gleann Urchaidh. an 13mh la a chaochaill an Naomh Chonain agus tha Lorn area in Argyll. Born in the 7th Apparently St Conan wasn’t afraid At a loss, het turned to a local priest for advice. He of those politicians who failed to avert a war in the tinued and does to this day. Christianity started joining in the sacrifice at the consecration then we Tha tobar air a h-ainmeachadh às a dhèidh ann an an là fèille aige fhathast air an là sin. century he lived in Glenorchy. There of meeting the Devil face to face. was told to start filling in the grave. When the first first place. History shows little evidence of lessons small and grew slowly. are missing the point. Clachan an Dìseirt. A-rèir bileag bho chomann Tha ùirsgeul aithnichte ceangailte ris cuideachd. is a well in Dalmally named after One day the two met to decide the spade of earth was put in the woman jumped out. learnt from the slaughter as we have managed to keep The message in Luke’s Gospel is really one for The rituals are good. They are the signposts that eachdraidh a’ bhaile chaidh a bheannachadh leis an Mar a bha mòran dhe na sean naoimh Ceilteach cha him. future of the souls of the people of She was following a local ritual. fighting wars where there need be none. us. He is warning us about adopting rituals which, can keep us on the right track, alert us to something naomh. Bhiodh e tric na shuidhe ri a thaobh agus la a robh eagal air an Naomh Chonain tachairt ris an Dia- He is said to have blessed it and Lorn. This may seem strange to us but we do similar Is this false ritual what Jesus was referring to though not bad in themselves, can hide the real important. When we forget to recognise what the bha seo thàinig madadh-allaidh mòr an rathad. Dìreach bhal aghaidh ri aghaidh. Là a bha seo thachair an dithis often sat nearby. When a wolf came They went about this in a busi- things. Do you remember the film Oliver? Oliver when He told the women not to weep for Him? The message. What do I mean by that? Let’s look at rit- ritual is alerting us to then we have lost the plot. aig an àm dar a bha e a’ dol a thoirt ionnsaigh air an gus bruidhinn air dè bhiodh an dàn do anaman mhuin- one day he managed to make it dis- ness-like manner. The good people was sold to an undertaker and dressed in black with ritual can hide the truth. Jesus’ words refer the ual in our Christian lives. Going to mass on a Sun- We are like the weeping women. The Pharisees Naomh Chonain thug esan air teicheadh. ntir Latharna. Thàinig iad gu aonta mar a dhèanadh aappear just as the wolf was about to were to be the saint’s, the bad the a top hat, a mummer to precede the hearse and set women to another part of the Torah, our old testa- day is a good place to start. were hot on ritual and you know what Jesus Tha ìomhaigh dhe taobh a-muigh Eaglais Naomh luchd-gnothachais: Rinn iad sgarradh eadarra ann an attack. Devil’s and the middling were to be a sad tone. We are still bound by funeral rituals ment, where in Jeremiah it says, thought of them. Chonain. Air làrach-lìn na h-eaglaise lorgar beagan a trì bhuidhnean: daoine math, daoine olc agus daoine St Conan’s Kirk has a statue of shared equally. today. We wear black. We have solemn faces, bells You there! Call the mourning women! Let them hen I was a boy (not really that long ago, This is not about ‘going to Communion’and then bharrachd fiosrachaidh mu dhèidhinn. Thàinig e à sa mheadhan. Bhiodh na daoine math leis an naomh, him. Following in the tradition of St This, they agreed, would happen toll a solemn message of sadness. Yet, as Christians, come! Send for those who are best at it! let them surely) we were taught that the obligation carrying on with things as normal. This is our Èirinn bho thùs agus bha e a’leantainn ann an tràidis- na daoine olc leis an Diabhal agus bha iad gu bhith a’ Columba, although he didn’t know by choosing in turns. we believe that death is the start of our new life in come! Let them lose no time in raising the lament was to assist at the sacrifice of the mass. opportunity to accept Jesus into our lives and give ean an Naoimh Cholm Chille, ged nach robh an dithis roinn na daoine sa mheadhan eadarra ann an dòigh him personally, he later became a Allegedly, however the Devil got heaven; surely a happy occasion? for us! Let our eyes rain tears, our eyelids run That is a wee bit more than just being there. At the that life to him in our sacrifice. We should be going bishop on the Isle of Man. He died too excited and stretched out his W eòlach air a’chèile. Mar dhuine òg chaidh a thaghadh chothromach. Bha seo gu bhith a’ tachairt fear mu Rituals around death are changing in our society with weeping! Yes, the wail is to be heard from consecration we are witnessing something extraor- out of church on a mission. We should be out to gus balaich an rìgh a theagasg. Rinnear na easbuig e seach. Dh’obraich sin glè mhath gus an robh an Diab- in 684, although the exact date is a hand when it was the saint’s turn. St as we reject religion and need something in its Zion, what ruin is ours, what utter shame! dinary. change the world, starting small, growing slowly. ann an Eilean Mhanainn. Tha e coltach gun robhar hal air mhireann agus e a’ sìneadh a làmh a-mach aig matter of debate. Conan though would have none of place. I remember watching the funeral of Princess Jeremiah 9:16,19 The bread and wine becomes the second person Changing ourselves and becoming an influence on eòlach air mar Easbuig Innis Phàdraig agus gun do àm dar nach bu chòir. Cha robh an Naomh Chonan An Irish monk who researched his this and exclaimed, “Na, na, fair Diana and being amazed when people began throw- of the Trinity. Lights don’t flash. There is no boom- others by our example. dh’fhàg e buaidh air an eilean. Dh’aithnichear toilichte idir agus is coltach gun do chuir e stad air an earlier colleagues set the day as Jan- play, paw for paw.” ing roses on to the hearse. This is in the face of the punishment that God is ing voice from heaven. Never the less we come into In this station I have learned something Luke cuideachd mar Mochonna e, rud nach eil na iognadh. Diabhal le abairt a chìthear gu h-ìosal ann am Beurla. uary 13. This phrase has apparently passed Laying bunches of flowers, teddy bears or foot- to wreak on the Israelites for forsaking the law.The the presence of Jesus, our saviour. This is impossi- wanted to tell us about ritual. We must be able to Bha “mo-“ a’ ciallachadh an aon rud is a tha e san là Tha a’cheist orm an robh Beurla aige ge-tà. Iain Colgan published his book, into proverbial usage in many ball tops on railings or at the roadside has become passage about calling on the mountains to fall on ble for us to understand fully. It requires our belief. recognise Jesus there and be alert to his presence in an-diugh. B’ e dòigh labhairt a bh’ ann gus spèis a Sin e bhuamsa à Gleann Urchaidh. Gus an ath- Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae, in Lou- places. a ritual to mark the death of a loved one or even us is a reference to another scriptural passage. This How do we react to this? our lives. thoirt do chuideigin. mhìos: Beannachd leibh. someone we barely knew. People are searching for one is from Hosea 10:8 warning the Israelites of the Reactions vary. Some people talk through this something to replace a religious ritual. Perhaps the punishment God will mete out for their unfaithful- part of the Mass. Some read the parish bulletin. 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JOE McGRATH’S WAY OF THE CROSS PART EIGHT

N THIS series of articles I’m looking at the Way of the Cross and I’m trying to find the meaning behind it; the message for us. This is a curious incident on that final journey. Who were these women? Why were they weeping and why does Jesus speak to them in the way He does? It’s very strange and it needs looking into. II looked into the gospel accounts to see what I could find there. The only mention of this comes in Luke’s Gospel. Large numbers of people followed him, and of women too, who mourned and lamented for him. But Jesus turned to them and said, ’Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep rather for yourselves and for your children. For the days will surely come when people will say, “Happy are those who are barren, the wombs that have never borne, the breasts that have never suck- led!” Then they will begin to say to the moun- tains, “Fall on us!”; to the hills, “Cover us!” For if men use the green wood like this, what will hap- pen when it is dry?’ (Ìomhaigh an Naoimh Chonain. Eaglais Naomh Chonain an Loch Obha Luke 23: 27, 31

The other three evangelists do not mention this incident. Why has Luke picked this out? He must have recognised an important message in this pas- Aghaidh ri Aghaidh ris an Diabhal GÀIDHLIG sage. The women in the passage are not the women who followed Jesus from Galilee. They are women of Jerusalem. If they are not followers why are they weeping and why does Jesus seem to discount their In his Gaelic column this month, ANDREAS WOLFF lasks who is sorrow? The question is one of ritual. Death has many rit- St Conan and then looks at how the legend of the saint and uals in different societies. In Jewish tradition women would be hired to come and weep and wail the Devil made its way into folklore and today’s language at funerals to set the sad, sombre tone of the occa- sion. This harks back to the story of Rachel whose tears prompted God’s forgiveness. Rituals like this -rèir bileag a gheibhear am broinn Chaochaill an Naomh Chonain san Fhaoilleach 684, are not uncommon in many societies. In Africa Eaglais Naomh Chonain ann am baile ach tha eas-aonta ann cuine. Tha cuid dhen bheachd there are many tribes where wailing women are a religious ritual really held no great meaning for ness. Perhaps Jesus is warning the Jews of what is Some kneel and appear devout but might be think- Loch Obha an Earra-Ghàidheal is e an gur e là a bhàis air an 26mh agus cuid eile ag ràdhn matter of course. them in the first place. to befall them after rejecting him as the Messiah. ing about something else. Some are praying in the Naomh Chonain naomh sgìre Lath- gur ann air an 13mh a bha e. Bha Iain Colgan a bha na Ann am Beurla (In English) Jesus is the green wood in the quote. He brought presence of the Lord. I am not making any judge- arna. Cuiridh mi geall nach eil fios aig mhanach Èirinneach san 17mh linn na shàr-sgoilear recall a story from my friend Fr Pat McGuire am writing this while we are commemorating the completion of the covenant between God and ments here. I am just admitting that the ritual mòran a tha a’ fuireach ann mu dhèidhinn sin. Ach air na manaich Èirinneach tràth. Ann an 1645 who was on his first mission station in Ghana the start of the First World War, the Great War as man a new covenant. The Jews rejected him and sometimes does not highlight the importance of the cò bha san duine? dh’fhoillsich e an leabhar Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae WHO was St Conan? According to vain, in Belgium in 1645. The when he had to officiate at a funeral. The dead the media are calling it again. We have solemn stuck with the dry wood, the incomplete covenant. moment but can fool us (me included) into think- AChan eil am fiosrachadh pailte. Bha e beò san 7mh ann an Louvain sa Bheilg, far an robh e ag obair. Bha the website of St Conan’s Kirk in saint’s feast day is thus celebrated man’s widow jumped into the grave to be with her ceremonies of rembrance of those who died one hun- This would not be immediately obvious to the peo- ing we have got it right. If we are not offering our- Lochawe he is the patron saint of the on January 13. I I linn, ach chan eil fhios le cinnt cuine a rugadh e. Is sean làmh-sgrìobhainnean aige a dh’innse gur ann air husband and could not be persuaded to come out. dred years ago. There seems to be little remembrance ple. After the crucifixion the Jewish religion con- selves with the bread and wine, if we are not coltach gun robh e a’fuireach ann an Gleann Urchaidh. an 13mh la a chaochaill an Naomh Chonain agus tha Lorn area in Argyll. Born in the 7th Apparently St Conan wasn’t afraid At a loss, het turned to a local priest for advice. He of those politicians who failed to avert a war in the tinued and does to this day. Christianity started joining in the sacrifice at the consecration then we Tha tobar air a h-ainmeachadh às a dhèidh ann an an là fèille aige fhathast air an là sin. century he lived in Glenorchy. There of meeting the Devil face to face. was told to start filling in the grave. When the first first place. History shows little evidence of lessons small and grew slowly. are missing the point. Clachan an Dìseirt. A-rèir bileag bho chomann Tha ùirsgeul aithnichte ceangailte ris cuideachd. is a well in Dalmally named after One day the two met to decide the spade of earth was put in the woman jumped out. learnt from the slaughter as we have managed to keep The message in Luke’s Gospel is really one for The rituals are good. They are the signposts that eachdraidh a’ bhaile chaidh a bheannachadh leis an Mar a bha mòran dhe na sean naoimh Ceilteach cha him. future of the souls of the people of She was following a local ritual. fighting wars where there need be none. us. He is warning us about adopting rituals which, can keep us on the right track, alert us to something naomh. Bhiodh e tric na shuidhe ri a thaobh agus la a robh eagal air an Naomh Chonain tachairt ris an Dia- He is said to have blessed it and Lorn. This may seem strange to us but we do similar Is this false ritual what Jesus was referring to though not bad in themselves, can hide the real important. When we forget to recognise what the bha seo thàinig madadh-allaidh mòr an rathad. Dìreach bhal aghaidh ri aghaidh. Là a bha seo thachair an dithis often sat nearby. When a wolf came They went about this in a busi- things. Do you remember the film Oliver? Oliver when He told the women not to weep for Him? The message. What do I mean by that? Let’s look at rit- ritual is alerting us to then we have lost the plot. aig an àm dar a bha e a’ dol a thoirt ionnsaigh air an gus bruidhinn air dè bhiodh an dàn do anaman mhuin- one day he managed to make it dis- ness-like manner. The good people was sold to an undertaker and dressed in black with ritual can hide the truth. Jesus’ words refer the ual in our Christian lives. Going to mass on a Sun- We are like the weeping women. The Pharisees Naomh Chonain thug esan air teicheadh. ntir Latharna. Thàinig iad gu aonta mar a dhèanadh aappear just as the wolf was about to were to be the saint’s, the bad the a top hat, a mummer to precede the hearse and set women to another part of the Torah, our old testa- day is a good place to start. were hot on ritual and you know what Jesus Tha ìomhaigh dhe taobh a-muigh Eaglais Naomh luchd-gnothachais: Rinn iad sgarradh eadarra ann an attack. Devil’s and the middling were to be a sad tone. We are still bound by funeral rituals ment, where in Jeremiah it says, thought of them. Chonain. Air làrach-lìn na h-eaglaise lorgar beagan a trì bhuidhnean: daoine math, daoine olc agus daoine St Conan’s Kirk has a statue of shared equally. today. We wear black. We have solemn faces, bells You there! Call the mourning women! Let them hen I was a boy (not really that long ago, This is not about ‘going to Communion’and then bharrachd fiosrachaidh mu dhèidhinn. Thàinig e à sa mheadhan. Bhiodh na daoine math leis an naomh, him. Following in the tradition of St This, they agreed, would happen toll a solemn message of sadness. Yet, as Christians, come! Send for those who are best at it! let them surely) we were taught that the obligation carrying on with things as normal. This is our Èirinn bho thùs agus bha e a’leantainn ann an tràidis- na daoine olc leis an Diabhal agus bha iad gu bhith a’ Columba, although he didn’t know by choosing in turns. we believe that death is the start of our new life in come! Let them lose no time in raising the lament was to assist at the sacrifice of the mass. opportunity to accept Jesus into our lives and give ean an Naoimh Cholm Chille, ged nach robh an dithis roinn na daoine sa mheadhan eadarra ann an dòigh him personally, he later became a Allegedly, however the Devil got heaven; surely a happy occasion? for us! Let our eyes rain tears, our eyelids run That is a wee bit more than just being there. At the that life to him in our sacrifice. We should be going bishop on the Isle of Man. He died too excited and stretched out his W eòlach air a’chèile. Mar dhuine òg chaidh a thaghadh chothromach. Bha seo gu bhith a’ tachairt fear mu Rituals around death are changing in our society with weeping! Yes, the wail is to be heard from consecration we are witnessing something extraor- out of church on a mission. We should be out to gus balaich an rìgh a theagasg. Rinnear na easbuig e seach. Dh’obraich sin glè mhath gus an robh an Diab- in 684, although the exact date is a hand when it was the saint’s turn. St as we reject religion and need something in its Zion, what ruin is ours, what utter shame! dinary. change the world, starting small, growing slowly. ann an Eilean Mhanainn. Tha e coltach gun robhar hal air mhireann agus e a’ sìneadh a làmh a-mach aig matter of debate. Conan though would have none of place. I remember watching the funeral of Princess Jeremiah 9:16,19 The bread and wine becomes the second person Changing ourselves and becoming an influence on eòlach air mar Easbuig Innis Phàdraig agus gun do àm dar nach bu chòir. Cha robh an Naomh Chonan An Irish monk who researched his this and exclaimed, “Na, na, fair Diana and being amazed when people began throw- of the Trinity. Lights don’t flash. There is no boom- others by our example. dh’fhàg e buaidh air an eilean. Dh’aithnichear toilichte idir agus is coltach gun do chuir e stad air an earlier colleagues set the day as Jan- play, paw for paw.” ing roses on to the hearse. This is in the face of the punishment that God is ing voice from heaven. Never the less we come into In this station I have learned something Luke cuideachd mar Mochonna e, rud nach eil na iognadh. Diabhal le abairt a chìthear gu h-ìosal ann am Beurla. uary 13. This phrase has apparently passed Laying bunches of flowers, teddy bears or foot- to wreak on the Israelites for forsaking the law.The the presence of Jesus, our saviour. This is impossi- wanted to tell us about ritual. We must be able to Bha “mo-“ a’ ciallachadh an aon rud is a tha e san là Tha a’cheist orm an robh Beurla aige ge-tà. Iain Colgan published his book, into proverbial usage in many ball tops on railings or at the roadside has become passage about calling on the mountains to fall on ble for us to understand fully. It requires our belief. recognise Jesus there and be alert to his presence in an-diugh. B’ e dòigh labhairt a bh’ ann gus spèis a Sin e bhuamsa à Gleann Urchaidh. Gus an ath- Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae, in Lou- places. a ritual to mark the death of a loved one or even us is a reference to another scriptural passage. This How do we react to this? our lives. thoirt do chuideigin. mhìos: Beannachd leibh. someone we barely knew. People are searching for one is from Hosea 10:8 warning the Israelites of the Reactions vary. Some people talk through this something to replace a religious ritual. Perhaps the punishment God will mete out for their unfaithful- part of the Mass. Some read the parish bulletin. I http://theviewfromjoemcgrath.wordpress.com WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 12 FR ROLHEISER SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY AUGUST 29 2014 Why do we fear our own maturity? time. What’s meant by that? Brown, I marvelled at my nerve back We sometimes speak of an old soul then, and, like Jane Urquhart, it was inside a young person, and this is refreshing to reacquaint myself with meant both as a compliment and a crit- the young man who had written that icism, perhaps more the latter. We book, sensing that he had a livelier sometimes look at a young person poetry and more verve in him than the whose body is full of life and overfull older person who was rereading that with energy and see a precociousness text. of soul that belies that youth and Some of us never grow-up. The energy and we can’t help wondering body ages, but the soul remains imma- whether that premature maturity isn’t ture, clinging to adolescence, fearful inhibiting the life-principle. And so we of responsibility, fearful of commit- have a mixed reaction: What a mature ment, fearful of opportunity slipping young person. But is his or her life away, fearful of ageing, fearful of own BY FR RONALD too-grey and sterile before its time? maturity, and, not least, fearful of Reflecting on this, I was reminded death. This is not a formula for happi- ROLHEISER of a comment that Raymond Brown ness, but one for an ever-increasing once made in a class. The context of fear, disappointment, and bitterness in UR bodies and our souls his remark is important: This was not life. each have their separate the comment of a young man still Not growing-up eventually catches aging process, and they looking to leave a mark on life, but up with everyone, and what is judged aren’t always in har- rather the comment of a very mature, as cute at 20, colourful at 30, and mony. Thus, TE Lau- successful, and respected man who eccentric at 40, becomes intolerable at rence, in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, was the envy of his peers. Nearly 70 50. At a certain age, even poetry and makes this comment about someone: years old, wonderfully mature, uni- verve don’t compensate for immatu- “HeO feared his maturity as it grew versally respected for everything from rity. The soul too must grow-up. upon him, with its ripe thought and his scholarship to his personal But, for some of us, the danger is finished art, but which lacked the integrity, he was a mature soul. And the opposite, we grow old before our poetry of boyhood to make living a still his comment betrayed the subtle then, in those moments where you feel What’s unspoken in her comment is time, becoming old souls in still young full end of life… his rangeful, mortal fear that perhaps his maturity had your age and your present reticence, her present admiration (and dare I say, bodies, mature, responsible, commit- soul was aging faster than his body, stripped him of some of the poetry of you sometimes look back and say: envy) for the poetry that once infused ted, able to look age, diminishment, was going to die before it, like most of his boyhood. His comment was some- ‘That’s bravest thing I ever did! Wow, her younger self. and mortality square in the eye, but ours.” thing to this effect: “You know when I had nerve then! I’m much more I had a similar feeling some years devoid of the poetry, verve, colour, I suspect that all of us, at some you reach a certain age, as I have now, afraid of things now!’” ago when, for a new release of my and humour which are meant to make level, fear growing into maturity. It’s and you look back on what you’ve Jane Urquhart (above), the Canadian book, The Restless Heart, I was asked a mature person mellow and alive, like not so much that we don’t want to give done, you’re sometimes embarrassed novelist, echoes this sentiment. Re-read- to update it. I’d written the book when a finely-aged old wine. up the habits of our youth or that we by some of the things you did in your ing one of her own books which she had I was still in my 20s, a lonely and rest- fear that the joys of maturity are sec- youth, not immoral things, just things written 20 years before, she comments: less young man then, partly looking I Fr Ronald Rolheiser is a Catholic ond-best to the pleasures of youth. that now, from your present perspec- “It is tremendously satisfying to be able for my place in life. Now, nearly 25 priest and member of the Missionary There is, I believe, a deeper reason: tive, seem immature and ill thought- to reacquaint myself with the young years later and somewhat more Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He is We fear, as Laurence puts it, that our out, things that you are now too wise woman who wrote these tales, and to mature, I was sometimes embarrassed president of the Oblate School of maturity will strip us of the poetry of to ever risk doing. Recalling them, ini- know that what was going on in her by some of the things I’d written all Theology in San Antonio, Texas. Visit our youth and make us old before tially you are a little embarrassed. But mind intrigues me still.” those years back; but, like Raymond his website at www.ronrolheiser.com

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THE VILLAINS, THE own style. Overall, the play look like Peter Pan chasing his battling it out; to the whim of the letter being sent, that ends up in VOTE AND THE BLACK shows that many of the issues shadow. The character of audience, the coaches and the the Kaisers office, and his life BLACK OIL raised are a sign that some things Mister Malasombra wasn’t promoters. takes an unexpected turn. Caught Red Handed Theatre don’t change. Politicians are still clearly explained as to what his Particularly moving is the The cast tell this story Sweet Grassmarket (Venue 18) driven by money, greed and or part in the play was apart from interaction between Stuart and through a creative use of props, power and the capitalist being the villain. his brother/trainer Teddy. You red party poppers for blood, IF THE title of this play sounds machine. The human rights of The company tumbling can feel the tension of them and vocal sound effects using a familiar, that is because it is. It the less fortunate sometimes now through everything with some trying to forget where they came microphone and a harmonica is a continuation of the have little or no voice at all. repeated motions did not help from, what they’ve had to for the train announcements. politically charged yet The play proves that although to clarify the characters actions. endure, and the moral of We also see a mocking of both humorous up to relevant we laugh at our culture, and There was some comedic parts knowing that this is a once in a the British and German atti- political play The Cheviot the grumble about our situation, it but overall this piece of life time shot at making it big, to tudes towards not only the war Stag and the Black Black Oil. emphasises that we should be physical theatre failed to let the world know who they are. but life in general. With the Scottish thankful for what we’ve got. And deliver the strong narrative that Sporting plays are few and far Granted leave from the PoW independence referendum fast understand what we could lose. it promised. between but if future plays take camp, we see Captain Robert approaching, what’s the danger if on this topic, Lace Up would be Campbell make a mad dash for any of us vote on whether we’re MALASOMBRA LACE UP an example to follow. Blighty, and then, to preserve by ourselves or we stand Dance, theatre, comedy Drama The cast of Lace Up his honour, return to the Ger- together. The play explores the Summerhall (Venue 26) theSpace on North Bridge DEAR MISTER KAISER man camp. whirlwind of the political past A WORD of warning: Physical (Venue 36) for an intimate and tangible Hour Lot Theatre The real Captain Robert and bring us up to date with theatre or dance is not for FOLLOWING on from the interaction with the audience, Bedlam Theatre (Venue 29) Campbell did indeed go on this Donald Trump, Alastair Darling everyone—as indicated by sporting talent displayed in the meaning we can see the tears, the A SMALL cast of actors effec- mad cap adventure home only and Alex Salmond. people leaving during this Glasgow Commonwealth games sweat, and the anger come forth tively bring this based on true to return to his captors, he sur- The clever use of parody performance. Picture a sinister comes a talented exhibition of a from the actors in an explosion events story to life through the vived the War and eventually songs and skits gives the more modern Nosferatu, with raw home grown Scottish talent. of emotion. use of humour and effective escaped the PoW camp. He audience an informative, the chilling music, and staccato It comes in the play Lace Up. The dialogue is portrayed face character double casting. With then went on to serve in the humorous yet very real picture of violins eerily taking you It chronicles the rise of a Scottish on to the audience and the the warning that ‘we’re not his- Second World War. our modern Scotland. What do through a shadowed wood. boxer Stuart Macmillan and how monologues allow for a deeper torians’ but we would like to Overall, this play portrays a we stand to lose? What could we Along with the distortion of he is given the chance to make it understanding of the characters, think that this is what happened story that may have been lost, gain? Is there a point in voting at shadows and light effects big in Las Vegas, to fight for the the reason they are what they are scenes adding to the adventur- or not included, in the history all? making a surreal setting. World Title, to be the champion and their motives. The play does ous narrative. books and it showcases the It also delves into the heritage The narrative is supposed to of the World. But how far are we not shy away from the harsh Captain Campbell is a resilience of a generation to of the original 7:84 play using portray the soul separate but, prepared to go to push ourselves, realities of boxing, the mind British PoW in Germany dur- persevere in the worst of times. some original songs reworked or due to the limits of the physically and mentally? games, that boxing is nothing but ing the First World War but done in the theatre company’s production, it does at points The front facing stage allows two modern day gladiators through the simple action of a CHRISTINE GLEN WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY AUGUST 29 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER REFLECTION 13 EWTN PROGRAMMES

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On the Dominican Way Pilgrim- CATHOLIC LIVES 9PM we wended our way up the A SPIRITUAL age, the Dominican friars had done a mar- 7.30PM IF ONLY WE HAD LISTENED treacherous slope. Rivulets of vellous job plotting our route and keeping to water danced between our feet REFLECTION it with highly detailed surveyor’s maps. At and our boots gripped tenuously times we were turning into holes between to the muddy, rocky way. Brambles hedged bramble patches or crossing stiles hidden by us in on one side and the grassy hillside branches. It reminded me of Our Lord’s LAY READERS’ GUIDE Twalled us in on the other. Our legs and lungs words, “Enter through the narrow gate; for ached for relief, but the pace was steady and the gate is wide and the way is broad that relentless, for we had a deadline to meet on leads to destruction, and there are many who the other side. At one point I realised that enter through it. For the gate is small and the while things were rather unpleasant physically, way is narrow that leads to life, and there are SUNDAY AUGUST 31 spiritually there was a place of respite always few who find it” (Matthew 7:13-14). As Jeremiah 20:7-9. Response: My soul is waiting for me, a place where Jesus was wait- Catholics, we are blessed to have so many thirsting for you, O lord my God. Romans ing. The gift of baptism has made my soul, as Its monumental splendour has for centuries detailed directions to heaven: the Sacred every baptized soul, a haven of God’s presence beckoned weary pilgrims, calling forth hope. Scriptures, Sacred Tradition, the Magis- 12:1-2 Matthew 16:21-27. and a place of encounter with him. A new The majesty of the place cries out constantly, terium of the Church and the examples of the strength at this encounter filled not only my “Yes, our life in this ‘veil of tears’ is worth it saints which illumine our way and help us MONDAY soul, but my body as well, and I began to walk because at the end of this pilgrimage is the find the narrow path that leads to the glori- 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. Response: Lord, how I with greater joy and lightness in the midst of eternal splendour of heaven.” ous destination of heaven. love your law. Luke 4:16-30. the rainstorm on the mountain. All along the way, glints of the destina- Though it was certainly sad to say good- This was not the only moment of grace I tion’s glory broke through. Each evening, bye to the friends made and places discov- experienced on the Dominican Way Pil- hospitable Christians—Catholic and Angli- ered along the pilgrimage way, we know that TUESDAY grimage from Arundel to Canterbury. The can—opened to us their homes, parish halls, ‘we have here no lasting city, but we seek the 1 Corinthians 2: 10b-16. Response: The August 7-17 pilgrimage was organised by or kitchens where we could find refreshment city that is to come’ (Hebrews 13:14). The Lord is just in all his ways. Luke 4:31-37 the Dominican friars of the English Province and welcome. Those we journeyed with also graces and efforts needed to reach this last- for young adults of the Dominican Youth made the passage lighter by setting a good ing city become clearer after undertaking Movement, an initiative that links university pace, carrying heavy backpacks for a while, and experiencing a walking pilgrimage, WEDNESDAY students and young adults connected to or starting a cheerful song. Our life pilgrim- something our medieval ancestors under- St Gregory the Great Dominican chaplaincies, priories, and con- age, too, is freshened by the kindness and stood clearly and which increasing numbers Thessalonians 2:2-8. Response: Proclaim vents around the United Kingdom and encouragement of so many friends and char- of modern people are discovering as well. indeed, around the world. Three Dominican itable strangers who help us along the way. the wonders of the Lord among the peo- friars, three Dominican sisters, and fourteen We pilgrims of life are headed for a spe- I Pictures from the Dominican Way Pilgrim- ples. Matthew 16:13-19. young adults undertook the pilgrimage, trav- cific destination, heaven, and the way has age are available at www.facebook.com/ eling as St. Dominic did in the 13th century: been mapped out by those who have gone TheDominicanWay. by foot, praying, singing, and sharing the THURSDAY faith along the way. The pilgrimage bore the 1 Corinthians 3: 18-23. Response: The imprint of the Dominican charism with its Lordʼs is the earth and its fullness. Luke balance of effort and enjoyment, silence and 5:1-11 community life, joyfulness and thoughtful- ness on living the Gospel vibrantly in the world. FRIDAY The ten days on the road heightened my 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Response: The awareness of the many metaphors for the salvation of the just comes from the Lord. Christian life in a walking pilgrimage. Per- Luke 5:33-39. haps the key to them all is the glory of the destination. After seven days of hard walk- ing through the countryside of southern Eng- SATURDAY land, the spires of Canterbury Cathedral 1 Corinthians 4:6b-15. Response: could be seen rising resplendently over the The Lord is close to all who call him. horizon, like a vision of the New Jerusalem. Luke 6:1-5. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 14 THAT’S LIFE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY AUGUST 29 2014 Some decisions can be too hard alone THAT’S LIFE discovers that the world of love and marriage is a complicated place, but that abortion remains a blight on life

gerated sort of girl. baby would be such a disaster that they feel There was an early flash of frenzy when the impelled to terminate their pregnancy. Whether bridesmaids were asked to do the honours but that their own choice or at their husband’s behest they was a lovely mark of their affection. As for the feel that, difficult as that decision may be, it is bet- mother-of the-bride, I was so excited that I had to be ter than risking the stability of their marriage. They By Mary scraped off the ceiling. Himself and his son are just fear that a baby, the very thing that in other cir- as happy but they, manfully, make themselves scarce cumstances brought them so much joy, would be McGinty when us girls get up a head of steam. an unbearable strain. We are gradually feeling our way through this new INT green or teal? Full-length or and slightly surreal world of wedding preparations. t her trial last year Vicky Price the former ballerina? These are the questions The first hint that we had entered a strange and curi- wife of ex-cabinet minister Chris Huhne, which occupy my girls and me. ous realm came when we went shopping for the told of her heartbreak over an abortion she The chat has been all about wed- wedding dress. The lady in the bridal shop carried hadA undergone two decades ago. She said she dings since our eldest daughter the dress to the fitting room with the same tender- wanted to keep the baby but he ‘absolutely resis- and her lovely young man announced their ness that I carried the bride-to-be when she was new- late fountain or the destination wedding (Tahiti is ted’ saying it was ‘bad timing, bad financially, bad engagement. The bride-to-be is more bridechilla born. The show had begun and fair play to the doing a roaring trade this year) all it takes is a cur- for his career.’Two years later she was again preg- thanM bridezilla when it comes to the arrangements. purveyor of said wedding gown, she certainly knew sory look at a wedding magazine and you are nant and this time, despite the strength of his feel- We don’t expect her to stomp off in a strop if the her stuff. It’s a new world and I love it. hooked. Thirty years ago when I was a bride it was ings, she kept the baby. floral centrepieces turn out to be fuchsia rather The wedding industry is big business and quite different. I thought I was the height of With their usual propaganda machine in full- than cerise. She is more the understated than exag- although you might not be tempted by the choco- sophistication when I finished my look with a dou- swing the British Pregnancy Advisory Service put ble coat of clear nail polish. a positive spin on the figures. They claim mothers Watching a young couple prepare for their life choose abortion out of responsibility to their chil- together is a pleasure for any parent. Marriage is a dren, blaming the economic climate and societal great adventure and it sure does make it easier to pressure to indulge children materially. One of the CROSSWORD Gordius No 157 cope with life’s tribulations when you have some- other reasons that may account for the rise in abor- one at your side. tions in women in relationships is that the vasec- tomy rate has plummeted. That is thought to be 1 2 345 678 bortion statistics are always grim reading because more men want to keep their options open but the latest figures filled me with a par- in case their marriage fails. 9 ticular sadness as they revealed that two Relationship counsellors say it is an especially 1011 thirdsA of women having terminations are married difficult dilemma for couples to resolve. 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DEATHS CAMPBELL GREEN In loving memory of a dear In loving memory of my dear husband, father, father-in-law husband, father and grandfa- PARR, Gerard and grampa, Angus John, ther, Dick, who died on Peacefully, at St John’s Hos- who died on August 25, September 4, 1989. R.I.P. pital, Livingston, on August 2009. R.I.P. Sadly missed. 21, 2014, Gerard Alphonsus, Eternal rest grant unto him, O Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for aged 81 years, beloved Lord, him. husband of Ellen, loving And let perpetual light shine St Anne, pray for him. father to Des, Ray and Rose upon him. Inserted by his loving wife and much loved granda to Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for and family. Keiran and Katie. him. Fortified by Rites of Catholic KANE Inserted by Mary, Mary Bella COX MacCORMICK Remembering our beloved HOUSTON Church. and family. Treasured memories of Bert, 8th Anniversary In loving memory of my mother, Margaret (née Coll), Uiskevagh, Benbecula. loving husband, dad and In loving memory of our dear beloved husband, our dear who died on September 1, MacINNES, Mary papa, died August 18, 2005, mother, Mary, who died dad and granpa, Norman, 2005 and whose 100th birth- Very suddenly, but peacefully, CAMPBELL aged 59 years. August 30, 2006. Also our who died suddenly on day would be on September at Uist and Barra Hospital, on 7th Anniversary We think of him as living, dear father, Edward, who September 1, 2006. R.I.P. 1, 2014. August 9, 2014, Mary, In loving memory of our dear In the hearts of those he died on May 5, 2009 and our You lived your life according A smile for all, a heart of beloved wife of John, dear sister-in-law and aunt, Nan dear brother, Patrick, who to your faith in God which touched, gold, mother of Stuart and Karen, Campbell, who died August died on August 30, 1996. you passed on to your chil- For nothing loved is ever lost, The very best this world granny of Bethan and Owain. 26, 2007. May they rest in peace. dren. And he was loved so much. could hold, The family would like to thank To those who think of her Sacred Heart of Jesus, have Your are now enjoying your You’re forever in our hearts. Never selfish, always kind, relatives, friends and neigh- today, mercy on them. eternal reward which is life Rest in peace. These are the memories you bours for Mass and sympathy A little prayer to Jesus say. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for everlasting. Agnes and the family. cards and expressions of Our Lady of the Isles, pray them. have left behind. sympathy, all those who trav- Till we meet again. for her. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for elled from the mainland, Fr. 38 Jarvie Avenue, Plains. Donald, Mary and family. him. Dr. Wilhelm Kursawa for Holy KEEGAN 3rd Anniversary Your loving wife Joan and Mass and attendance at family. graveside. Also the doctors Please pray for the repose of and ambulance personnel the soul of Anna Maria who attended Mary, Neil Keegan, who died Septem- MacCORMICK MacIntyre for funeral ber 2, 2011. Beloved wife of In loving memory of our arrangements and also the the late Arthur RIP and loving brother, brother-in-law and Politician for catering mum of Gerard, Lawrence, Uncle Norman, died arrangements. Bryan and Fr Desmond September 1, 2006. Holy Mass will be offered for CSsR. Fois shiorruidh thoir dha a the intentions of all. Thighearna. GALLAGHER Requiescat in Pace. Inserted by Iain Ruairidh, McLAUGHLIN, John Cherished and happy memo- McLEISH KIMMINS Katie and Mairi. Peacefully at Wishaw Gen- CLEWS ries of Brian, a beloved son Remembering with love, Precious memories of my eral Hospital, on Tuesday, In memory of Grace, a won- and brother, who died on Andy, whose 81st birthday derful and much loved mum dearest mother, Mabel, MacDONALD August 19, aged 95 years. August 28, 1985, also occurs on August 28. and gran, who died on (English), who died on 6th Anniversary Loving husband of the late St Andrew and St Paul, pray August 31, 2002; also our remembering his dad, August 28, 1993, also my Treasured and loving memo- Rosena (née Ward). Much for him. loved father, grandfather, dear dad and granda, Charlie, who died July 21, dear father, Matthew, who ries of Catriona, a beloved Inserted by Rosemary, Nebbie, who died January 2001 and his mum, Isa, who daughter and sister, who died great-grandfather and Sandra, Anthony, Mathew died on March 24, 1997. brother. 26, 1999. R.I.P. died September 25, 2012. If only we could meet you, on August 29, 2008, aged 44 and John. Although you are not beside The family wish to thank Together again. Just for a little while, years. us, Father Rodgers and all rela- Lamb of God, grant them To tell you how much we Deep in my heart lies a pic- tives and friends for their kind You are never far away, ture more precious than sil- You are always in our hearts, eternal rest. miss you, words and prayers. ver or gold, With every passing day, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Or just to see you smile, May his soul rest in peace. It’s a picture of a wonderful As time goes by without you, pray for them. To put our arms around you, Semper Fidelis. daughter whose memory will And days turn into years, So loved, so missed. But this we cannot do, They hold a million memo- So until we meet again, never grow old. WYLIE Inserted by their loving ries, May God take care of you. To a beautiful life came a Peacefully at home, on Mon- family. day, August 18, 2014, after a And many a silent tear. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have sudden end, short illness, Robert Magnus Inserted by John, Grace, mercy on them. She died as she lived, every- GORDON – BURNS (Bob), beloved husband of Cathy, Maureen, Karen and St Anthony, pray for them. one’s friend. Phyllis. In loving memory of our dear Catherine, dearly loved dad St Margaret, pray for them. Our Lady of the Isles, grant grandparents, John Gordon of Diane, Maree and Lorna. O’HARE Inserted by their daughter her eternal rest. Treasured memories of CLEMENTS 1884-1939 and Catherine Adored granda of Rebecca. Irenée, grandchildren Mum. David, a wonderful husband, 2nd Anniversary O’Donnell 1887-1930. Dorothy-Anne and Brian and Memories are like threads of dad and papa, who died Feb- In loving memory of Theresa, Their 8 children: Duncan great grandsons Declan, gold, BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE ruary 13, 2002, and whose loving wife of the late John, 1913-1960, Kieran and Tristan. They never tarnish or grow birthday occurs on Septem- loving mum of Annabel and Annie 1914-1974 and her Therese and loving gran of old. ber 3. husband Patrick Burns 1915- CAMERON Sophia and Jamie, died Sep- Morag. Forever in our hearts. 1984, McCARVILL Precious memories of Jack, tember 1, 2012. 2nd Anniversary Jesus, I trust in You. James 1916-2006 (Rayleigh) loving husband of Cath, Inserted by his ever loving A silent prayer keeps us in In loving memory of our dear and his wife Elaine Tizard loving father and grandfather, wife Esther and family. touch, mother, grandmother and who died February 5, 2007 With the mum we loved and died 2006, great-grandmother, Elizabeth and whose birthday occurs miss so much. Alice 1918-2010, (Betty), who died August 30, on September 2. MEMORIAM Your loving fsamily. John 1920-2006, 2012. Also our dear father, We do not need a special George 1921-1973 (Philadel- Patrick, who died April 7, day, COONEY phia), 1986, and our dear brother, To bring you to our mind, ARMSTRONG 25th Anniversary Angus 1927-1981 and his Terence, who died November The memories we have of 20th Anniversary Remembering our dear dad wife Marie Henretty died 15, 2004. In loving memory of Tommy, you, and papa, Jim, who died on 1988, Eternal rest grant unto them, Are the everlasting kind. a dear husband, father and September 1, 1989, also our O Lord, Alexander 1929-2009 (Ket- Time slips past but memories grandpa, died September 3, dear mum and grandma, And let perpetual light shine tering) last. 1994. Bunty, who died April 4, upon them, McGINLEY Loved and remembered Sadly missed by family and 2007, and our dear brother Will those who think of them May they rest in peace. Treasured memories of Mary every day. friends. and uncle, John, who died today, Amen. Kathleen Kilkey, who died Inserted by your lloving wife, Our Lady and St Joseph, July 4, 1984. A little prayer to Jesus say. Immaculate Heart of Mary September 1, 2002. sons, daughter and grand- pray for him. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for From Alice Morton (née and St Pio, pray for them. May she rest in peace. children. From all the family. them. Burns). Inserted by the family. 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MacINTYRE MacLEAN Cherished memories of our In loving memory of our dear much loved mum, Flora Anne father and grandfather, MacIntyre, who passed away Hector MacLean, died August September 1, 1995, also 31, 2004, beloved husband remembering our dear dad, of the late Ann Theresa Alexander MacIntyre. MacLean. Words are few, thoughts are Miss you so much. deep, Forever in our thoughts and Memories of you we will prayers. always keep. All your family, home and Our Lady of the Isles, watch away. McGOVERN over them. MARTIN, Betty Boyle STEWART, Hughie TRAYNOR 15th Anniversary of our dear Inserted by their loving With loving memories of my 7th Anniversary 22nd Anniversary MacLELLAN beloved wife, mum, mother- In loving memory of my hus- Treasured memories of daughter Tina and son-in-law 1st Anniversary son and brother, John in-law and granny, who went band, my pal. Joseph Traynor, devoted and David (Livingston). In loving memory of my Patrick, who died August 26, to God on August 30, 2011. The pain I felt on losing you dearly loved husband, father, beloved husband, Archie, 1999. Married September 4, 1965. never goes away, father-in-law, grandad and MacINTYRE father and grandfather, who I dream of all that will be and But you are always on my brother, who died September Sacred Heart of Jesus, have 19th Anniversary died August 25, 2013, aged crying a tear for every minute mind, no matter what the day. 2, 1992. R.I.P. Also all our mercy on him. Precious memories of our 86 years. we are apart. I’m thankful for the love that I loved ones gone before and Mum and sisters. dear mum, and nana, Flora Happy memories kept for- Through somewhere in the always had from you, since. ever, Anne MacIntyre, who died loneliness, somewhere in the And will hold on to that happi- St Joseph, pray for them. Of a day when we were all McGRORY September 1, 1995. Remem- emptiness, I find myself feel- ness today and all year Our love for you is eternal. together, bering also our dear dad and ing very loved and I realise through. Inserted by his loving wife, 31st Anniversary Each of us in our own way, nen, who died on January 14, it’s not the loving that hurts I have lost someone so children and grandchildren. In loving memory of my Have special thoughts of you 1979. so much, its being without close, so wonderful, so dear, great-aunt, Mary Jane, who every day. R.I.P. Precious memories lovingly you. When I think about your spe- Inserted by your loving wife, died September 1, 1983. Loved and remembered cial ways, I wish that you THANKSGIVING kept MaryAnn and all the family at R.I.P. every day. were near. Of a mum and dad too spe- home and away. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have cial to forget. Loving husband Ronnie. But although you’ve left this thanks to St mercy on her. Our Lady of the Isles, pray Requiescat in pace world, you’ll stay within my GRATEFUL MacMILLAN Mum I can never say good- heart, Martha, the Blessed Virgin 12th Anniversary for them. In loving memory of my bye to you, Guiding like an angel even and Dear Heart of Jesus. Still Inserted by loving family in beloved husband and our In loving memory of a dear Because I could never bear though we are apart. praying. – I.R. much loved father and grand- father and grandfather, John, Edinburgh. the pain, For love is everlasting and so father, Neil, who died on who died August 28, 2001. Instead I say I love you Mum, are memories, GRATEFUL thanks to St August 29, 2010. MacISAAC – MacKINNON Until we meet again. Your legacy that’s always Joseph of Cupertino, St R.I.P. Fois shiorruidh thoir dha a Treasured memories of Iain Daughters Liz-Anne, Elaine & there will light the way for Martha and St Jude. – A.M. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have Thighearna agus solus nach and Angus – Iain, a dear Marie –Louise, son-in-law me. mercy on him. diobair dearrsadh air. husband, dad and grandad, Arthur. So quickly goes a week, a NOVENA TO ST CLARE Gun robh fhois ann an sith. We think of you often, and who died September 2, 1989, Holy Family, keep her close. month will disappear, Say nine Hail Mary’s for nine Amen. talk of you still, Granny Betty, whom we And then the year returns days with a lighted candle; Angus, a dear brother, uncle Inserted by his loving wife adored ever so much, and your anniversary is here. publication promised. – E.N. We haven’t forgotten, and and great-uncle, who died Ann and family. never will. August 31, 1998. R.I.P. Rest now, ever so peaceful in Today they are with you, Heaven above. tomorrow they are gone, THANK YOU Our Lady. – Inserted by Moira, Calum and There’s a place in our hearts McMURRAY From your Magnificent 7. In the days that follow, E.M. no one can own, Cherished memories of family. xxxoxxx somehow life goes on. A part of our lives that is Michael, died August 28, The tears that fell like rain GRATEFUL thanks to Our 2010. A much loved husband, McGUINNESS yours alone, when souls are torn apart, Lady and St Anthony for dad and granda. MARTIN 29th Anniversary Deep in our hearts you are In time are gently frozen in favours received. Publication They never die who live in Third Anniversary of our In loving memory of our dear both living yet, the corners of my heart. promised. – N.M.N. the hearts they leave behind. beautiful sister and aunt, father, John (Jackie), who To love, to cherish and never As every year passes, in my Queen of the Most Holy Betty, died August 30, 2011. died on August 29, 1985. forget. heart you will always stay, DEAR HEART OF JESUS Rosary, pray for him. In our hearts you are always Sacred Heart of Jesus, have St Joseph, pray for them. Because I will love you for- Dear Heart of Jesus in the Inserted by his loving wife there, mercy on him. Sadly missed. ever, pal, just like I do today. past I have asked you for Inserted by Cushla, Trevor Frances and family. Loved and remembered in Rodina and family, at home I miss you so much Shug. many favours, this time I ask and Stephen-John, Desmond every prayer. and Oban. Our Lady Star of the Sea, you for this special one (men- and Margaret. OATES Inserted by your loving broth- pray for him tion favour), take it Dear 18th Anniversary ers, sisters and family. Inserted by your wife Rena, Heart of Jesus, and place it McLAREN In loving memory of our dear Donna, Jim, Kirsty, Darcy within Your broken heart 13th Anniversary mother, Annie (Docherty), and Dean Paul. where your Father sees it, Treasured memories of a who died on August 31, REILLY then in his merciful eyes it beloved daughter, Helen, 1996, and our dear father, In loving memory of Charles will become Your favour, not who died September 2, 2001, John, who died on July 26, P. Reilly, who died August 29, WALKER mine. Amen. Say for three aged 35. 1991. 1978, and of his beloved Precious and loving memo- days, publication promised. – The thirteenth year has gone, May they rest in peace. wife, Winifred Reilly, who ries of James (Jimmy) who T.C. Since God called you home, Inserted by the family. died July 28, 2001. sadly died September 6, To a place of peace and hap- Ever in our thoughts and 1999. Loving father and piness, BLESSED VIRGIN MARY prayers. grandfather. You had never known, you who can find a way when The family. Dearer to us than words can He called your name and there is no way please help tell, me. Repeat six times. Publi- MacINTYRE when He came, WILSON Was the father we loved so cation promised. – N.M.N. 7th Anniversary With open arms He quietly said, Treasured memories of my well, In loving memory of our dear My child, you have suffered beloved parents, Bridget, We do not forget him, DEAR HEART OF JESUS father and grandfather, more than you can stand, died August 24, 1971, and We never intend, Dear Heart of Jesus in the Donald, died September 1, Come with Me to a better Peter, died March 22, 1969; We think of him daily, past I have asked you for 2007, aged 78 years, our land. also my dear uncle, William And will to the end. many favours, this time I ask you for this special one (men- dear mother and grand- From Dad and Mum. Rolland, died July 13, 1981. Eternal rest grant unto him, O St Pio, pray for her. Eternal rest grant unto them, Lord, tion favour), take it Dear mother, Chrissie, died Janu- Heart of Jesus, and place it A special smile, a special PARKER O Lord, And let perpetual light shine ary 6, 1986, aged 48 years. face, 1st Anniversary of my loving within Your broken heart And let perpetual light shine upon him, Fois shiorruidh thoir dhaibh a A loving mother we can’t niece, Suzanne, who died where your Father sees it, upon them. May he rest in peace. Thighearna replace, August 30, 2013. then in his merciful eyes it Cherished memories. May they rest in peace. Our Lady of Lourdes and St Agus solus nach dibir An empty space no one can will become Your favour, not fill, Our Lady of Lourdes, St Amen. Pio, pray for him and all oth- mine. Amen. Say for three dearsadh orra. We miss you, Mum, and Bernadette and St Suzanne, Sorely missed. ers gone before and after. days, publication promised. Sadly missed by their family always will. pray for her. Always in my thoughts. Loved and remembered Also grateful thanks to St Pio in South Uist and Glasgow. Kelly and Sean. Love Aunt Margaret. Bernadette. xx always by your loving family. and St Martin. - J.H. 18 CHILDREN’S PAGE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY AUGUST 29 2014

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

G Hav e you ever done something wrong and might have been asked to agree on some rules CHILDREN’S been told about it by your friend? of behaviour in the classroom. This could also G How did you feel? be brought in as an indication of the need for G Why do you think your friend talked to you support, respect and care for each other. CROSSWORD 46 about it? G Hav e you ever felt you should say First Reading something to your friend when Ezekiel 33:7-9 1 2 3 4 5 you know they have done wrong? YOU, son of man—I have appointed you as a G Was it easy or difficult to do? sentinel for the house of Israel; when you hear G Why might it have been difficult? a word from my mouth, you must warn them G What might happen if we don’t tell our for me. 6 friends when they have When I say to the wicked, “You wicked, you done wrong? must die,” and you do not speak up to warn the 7 wicked about their ways, they shall die in their Prayer sins, but I will hold you responsible for their 8 9 Leader: You give us all that we need, Lord blood. 10 have mercy. If, however, you warn the wicked to turn All: Lord, have mercy. from their ways, but they do not, then they shall 11 Leader: You forgive us when we stray, Christ die in their sins, but you shall save your life. have mercy. The Word of the Lord 12 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time All: Christ, have mercy. Leader: You promise to be with us always, Gospel 13 Lord have mercy. In today’s Gospel Jesus tells us how we can help the Reflection All: Lord, have mercy. community to grow by being able to help each other 14 In today’s Gospel Jesus talks to His Activity to live as God wants us to live. Matthew 18:15-20. 15 disciples about the responsibility they have IF YOUR brother sins [against you], go and tell as individuals and as community to help For today’s activity you will need to prepare a him his fault between you and him alone. If he each other to live as God wants us to live. list of situations of bad behaviour that listens to you, you have won over your brother. In this passage also, Jesus assures the children might experience – ‘Problems’. If he does not listen, take one or two others ACROSS disciples of His presence with them when Write each one on a slip of paper and place in along with you, so that ‘every fact may be 4 In the pantomime, she has two ugly even two or three are gathered to pray in a bag or box. established on the testimony of two or three stepsisters (10) his name. It is in prayer that we gain the Have your ‘Problems’ in a bag or box. Ask witnesses.’ 6 Gazelle and springbok are strength to face the challenges of showing a child to draw out one slip from the box and If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. type of this deer-like creature (8) our love and care for others in the way read it out. Ask for suggestions as to how one If he refuses to listen even to the church, then 7 Large deciduous tree (3) Jesus describes. might help one’s friend to do better treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax 8 The laws of a game or group (5) —‘Solutions.’ collector. Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind 10 The lowest rank in the army (7) Reflection With younger children you might also have on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever 11 Oxygen is one (3) G Wh at does Jesus say we should do first if some written solutions that the children could you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 12 Meant (8) we know that one of our friends is doing be asked to comment on. Again, [amen,] I say to you, if two of you 14 Fruit with a fuzzy skin (7) something wrong? Draw from the children some thoughts on agree on earth about anything for which they are 15 Not tall (5) G Wh at does he tell us to do next if that how our behaviour affects the whole to pray, it shall be granted to them by my doesn’t work? community, thus illustrating why the heavenly Father. G Wh at should we then do? community has a responsibility to help people For where two or three are gathered together DOWN G How will Jesus help us in this task? to correct their behaviour. in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 1 Seat (5) When Jesus spoke to the disciples it was Some, in this first week back at school The Gospel of the Lord 2 These plants might sting you (7) maybe at a time when some of them had 3 Fish that looks a bit like a snake (3) noticed others who were not behaving as God 4 Scientific tests (11) would want them to. Perhaps they had asked 5 This plant is grown in an orchard (5,4) Jesus to do something and he was trying to 9 What give Popeye his amazing help them to take on the responsibility strength (7) themselves. 11 Fantastic (5) If we love people and really want the best 13 Paintings and other creative works (3) for them we need to be strong enough to help them to do the right thing. Real friendship and Christian love includes helping each other LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION even when it is difficult. Sometimes we realise that we cannot do it on our own so ACROSS Jesus suggests that maybe one or two others 1 Comic 6 Baker 7 Carve 8 Slow 10 American might help. Maybe your friend does not 11 Tale 12 Wipe 14 Aristocats 16 Diving board believe that he or she has done anything wrong and it takes others to convince him or DOWN her. 1 Fall 2 Try 4 Miracle 5 Cleaning 7 Corgi 8 Sometimes even that may fail and we can Scotland 9 Water-ski 12 Wrong 13 Piano 15 Sir go further for help, maybe in school we could ask for help from our teacher, or at home from our parents. However we deal with the The Children’s Liturgy page is published situation maybe it is important that we first one week in advance to allow RE teachers say a prayer to Jesus to help us to show our and those taking the Children’s Liturgy at love and our care for our friend in whatever we do. In our Gospel today Jesus tells us that weekly Masses to use, if they wish, this when we pray in his name, even two or three page as an accompaniment to their of us, he will be there—to guide us and teaching materials support us. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY AUGUST 29 2014 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER CELEBRATING LIFE 19 Clydesider met Scottish Commonwealth icon Erraid Davies By Daniel McGinty

WITH volunteers from across Scotland and beyond travelling to Glasgow to play their part in the recent 2014 Commonwealth Games, Bill Carlton made sure that he was among them. A prominent member of the Pioneer Association, Mr Carlton joined the ‘Cydesiders’ as they took on the role of the public face of the games, directing tourists, assisting spectators and providing a friendly point of contact for all those in Glasgow during the festival of sport. Some 15,000 volunteers played their part in the games, and they were praised for making the event the wonderful sporting and social experi- ence it was, with the image of the city many visi- tors to Glasgow took away with them being formed by the army of helpers. Mr Carlton was based with a group of city centre volunteers, operating around George Square, the Merchant City and Glasgow Green, meeting and greeting the public and guiding visitors and specta- tors to events. The fortnight of sport wasn’t all vol- unteering work, though, as Mr Carlton got to join in the spirit of the games and enjoy some of the many activities hosted in the city for the games, among them the Commonwealth Mass at St Andrew’s Cathedral. He even got the chance to meet one of the most iconic Commonwelath athletes, Erraid Davies (right), a bronze medal winner in the SB9 category 100m breaststroke. Miss Davies, Scotland’s youngest ath- lete at the games, met Pope Benedict XVI while on a family visit to Rome in 2006 when she was lifted out the offertory procession at the Commonwealth George Square Meeting and being photographed my volunteering.” of her wheelchair into the Popemobile. Mass in the Cathedral,” Mr Carlton said. with the young swimmer Erraid Davies from Shet- “I had many highlights, including taking part in “My main highlight was at the athlete’s parade in land. It made my day and was a wonderful end to I [email protected]

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Fort William RC Primary School (left has ) welcomed its newest intake of Primary One pupils The pupils joining the school will be the last group to do so in its current format, as after next year’s summer break Fort William will merge with Lochyside RC Pri- mary School (new primary ones right) and share a joint campus with Caol Primary School on the site of their current building PICS: ANTHONY MacMILLAN

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PARISHIONERS of St abroad, find Bride’s in Monifieth joined parish priest Fr Kevin Golden and like the as he praised Eddie Mahoney for his work in the parish over Scottish 50 years. Celebrating his 50 years of Catholic Alistair Dutton, SCIAF’s new work in the parish, Mr Mahoney Director, is seen here with looked back and said, “It feels with Humza Yousef, the like it was just yesterday I Observer page ’s Min- started.” ister for External Affairs and Throughout his many years of on Facebook International Development. service Mr Mahoney has brought Mr Dutton presented the dedication and seflessness to his and follow us minister with SCIAF’s new work in St Bride’s, in the local report on big business and parishes of St Anne’s in poverty, and explained the Carnoustie and St Thomas of on Twitter charity’s humanitarian work Canterbury in Arbroath, and in Gaza, Syria and Iraq. indeed across the Diocese of @SCO_NEWS SCIAF’s director also Dunkeld. thanked the Scottish Gov- “On behalf of priests and strength to carry on working for ernment for £294,000 which parishioners past and present,I many years,” Fr Golden said. it has given to help poor say ‘thank you’ to Eddie for his Mr Mahoney isn’t ready to farmers in Zambia to grow more food dedicated service to St Bride’s stop yet, though, and will con- and ask the Lord to give him tinue his duties in the parish.

E-MAIL CELEBRATING LIFE EVENTS TO DAN MCGINTY AT [email protected] 20 COUNCILS OF THE CHURCH SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY AUGUST 29 2014 Discover most influential councils in Church history DR HARRY SCHNITKER continues his series by looking at the ‘Second’ COUNCILS OF THE CHURCH Council of Ephesus and the more definitive Council of Chalcedon

HE pair of councils under consideration and Dioscorus, and died from shock and injuries a lit- today can safely be said to have been the tle later. Such was the heated atmosphere around this most important and influential in history. debate that respectable Churchmen resorted to public They determined the fate of the Middle violence. However, the victory of Eutyches was short- East, opened the door for the creation of lived. A year later, his protector, the Emperor, Theo- an Islamic empire, firmly and indisputably established dosius II, died. the primacy of the See of Peter and caused the most This returned power to the hands of his sister, the Tsignificant division within Christianity prior to the orthodox St Pulcheria, who had already played a sig- parting of the ways between Catholicism and Ortho- nificant role at the First Council of Ephesus. doxy. Although the Church recognises but one of these n the West, the Pope, St Leo I (left), issued the councils, they are intimately linked. The ‘Second’ strongest possible condemnation of the proceed- Council of Ephesus (449 AD), also known as ings at Ephesus in 449, and wrote the famous Latrocinium or the Robber Council, was the prelude ITome of Leo (also known as The Dogmatic Letter to to the far more definitive and definitely orthodox Flavian), stating the position of the Roman Church Council of Chalcedon (451 AD). At Ephesus in 431 vis-à-vis the nature of Christ. He was also very clear AD, the councils debated and pronounced upon the about Rome’s primacy,which some at Constantinople nature of Christ, and these pronouncements flowed wished to see diluted. They held that, as the new impe- from decisions made at Ephesus. rial capital, Constantinople should share Rome’s pri- The victory of those who regarded the Virgin Mary macy. as the Theotokos, or God-Bearer had been almost Leo wanted nothing to do with this, seeing it as a complete in 431. We saw how remnants of the breach with the past. This is less ‘political talk’ than Church, particularly that part under Persian rule, broke one would think. Leo originally opposed the calling of away and formed an independent Church, in a classic the Council of Chalcedon, as it was ‘wrong to discuss example of rupture. However, we also saw that the and change the faith handed down by our fathers.’He majority, indeed, the overwhelming majority, was, simply put, a traditionalist. Events overtook him, accepted the decisions of Ephesus, and how these for the Emperor, Marcian, Pulcheria’s husband, had were very much based upon the traditions of the pre- called the council before the Pope was aware. vious four centuries. As it happened, the council was good news, both For some, however, Ephesus had not gone far for Rome and for orthodoxy. It accepted Leo’s Tome, enough. They held that in Christ there could not pos- acclaiming that ‘Peter had spoken through Leo.’ sibly be two distinct natures, human and Divine. The Again, we have this emphasis on continuity with the human was always going to be subordinate to the past, based upon Matthew 16:13-20, which speaks of Divine, indeed, would be supressed by the Divine. Peter as the Church’s rock. It was a clear acknowl- This was, of course, a reaction against the Nestorians, edgement of Rome’s primacy.The definition of Christ with their emphasis on Christ’s humanity, and, at first as having two natures, human and Divine, as sup- glance, does not appear too unreasonable. It certainly ported by Scripture, and as stated by Leo in his Tome, shows a considerable respect for God, and a proper became the accepted formula of orthodoxy. Flavian understanding of humanity. was declared a martyr, and Eutyches excommuni- However, it created a great problem: what to do cated. with Christ’s self-referencing as ‘Son of Man,’ in For Pope Leo, the outcome was providential. He or ben-’adam. In the Greek transla- was much preoccupied with the Hunnish invasions םדא–ןב Hebrew tion, the language used by the Church fathers, it was laying waste western Europe, and with the rapidly rendered υ ς το νθρώπου, the son of the human melting power of the Emperors in the West. Rome being. ‘The’ὁ ἱὸ son ofὺἀ man, as opposed to ‘son of man’ was being replaced with Germanic kingdoms, many is unique to the Gospels, and nowhere is the combi- of which were adherents to a much older heresy than nation of ‘the son of man’and ‘the son of God’more that of Eutyches,Arianism. In the east, however, there clearly stated than during the trial of Jesus, as related was consternation. The Church in Armenia had not in Mark 14:61, when Jesus affirms He is the Son of been able to attend the council, and simply failed to God, and then self-refers as ‘The Son of Man’ who take notice. Gradually, it accepted a modified version will be seated at the Right Hand of God. of Eutyches’s Monophysitism, now known as Mia- The most extreme wing of those propounding the physitism, or the doctrine that Christ’s human and Divinity of Christ and who removed His humanity Divine nature are united into one nature. were the followers of a Constantinople monk called The vast majority of the Church in Egypt Eutyches (c380-c456). denounced Chalcedon, and the Coptic Church, still He had been a vociferous opponent of Nestorius. the most numerous Christian Church in the Middle Now Eutyches did not claim that Christ’s humanity East, was born. was incomplete or even limited, merely that it was Where Egypt led, Ethiopia followed. Finally, all subsumed by His Divinity. This appeared close over Syria and the Middle East, but not in the Holy enough to the great St Cyril, Patriarch of Alexan- Land, Christians broke away from Rome to form what dria, for Eutyches to be identified with the Egyptian today is called the Syrian Orthodox Church, again a party. Church that is Miaphysite in its theology. It was the most profound schism to hit the Church in the period t Flavian, the Patriarch of Constantinople, how- between the first century and the eleventh. The con- ever, was deeply worried about the apparent sequences were grave. Not only was unity perma- break with Scripture and by the implications of nently impaired, but a dislike of orthodox Byzantine suchS a break. To deny the importance of the human- rule meant that few in the Middle East seriously ity of Jesus has severe effects on our understanding of opposed the Islamic armies of the seventh century. Salvation. God intervening in human affairs was Chalcedon is a most ironic council: Its decisions hardly a novelty: The Old Testament is replete with were firmly based on tradition, and it sought most dili- such interventions. However, the Gospel was some- gently to prevent rupture with the past. Instead, it thing new, radically new: It claimed through the wit- achieved rupture in the present, and caused one of the ness of Christ that God had united Himself with worst and most regrettable schisms in history. It was mankind in order to redeem his creation from its own not until very recently that Pope St John Paul II and folly, which sprang from human free will. That union, the Coptic Pope, Shenouda III, agreed that the mutual as Blessed John Henry Newman would remark upon defrocked him. That would have been it, but the monk proponent, and Dioscorus had been Cyril’s secretary anathemas that followed Chalcedon were based upon many centuries later, was crucial to redemption: was well-connected. He managed to persuade the and his successor. a poor understanding of each-others theological posi- mankind participated in the Fall, and now had to par- Patriarch of Alexandria, Dioscorus I, that he shared Dioscorus reinstated the monk at the Second Coun- tion, and that, in fact, there is no difference between ticipate in redemption, too. the Alexandrian School’s theology on the nature of cil of Ephesus, a year after Eutyches had been both in their understanding of the nature of Christ. So Flavian called a local council in Constantinople in Christ. This carried great weight, for the champion of deposed. For St Flavian, Ephesus was a personal perhaps the rupture will prove to have been tempo- November 448 which condemned Eutyches and orthodoxy, St Cyril, had been that School’s greatest tragedy; he was physically attacked by both Eutyches rary after all. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK