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Reshaping the Catholic Church the Church and the Referendum April 2014 Issue No 237£2.50 www.openhousescotland.co.uk Whatever happened Reshaping the The church and to ecumenism? Catholic Church the referendum Editorial The silence of the women We are used to hearing all those stories about the first anyone. If that is the case, what can he have meant? Easter morning, about the women going to the tomb and Perhaps he intended to show that despite our fear and being told that Jesus was not there but had been raised reticence, the Good News is the work of God and cannot from the dead. It is impossible to make all the stories agree be supressed. Death does not have the last word no matter exactly. They come from different Christian communities how dark things may get. which were all grappling with different problems but they The state of the Church can be depressing. How has the were all united in one common faith, although expressed Church survived the ups and downs of history as well as differently. St. Paul sums this faith up when he reminds his the many self-inflicted wounds? We, like the women Corinthian converts of what he had preached to them: outside the empty tomb, may be too afraid to speak out “For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also and we may run away from our task but the Good News received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with will not be kept buried in a dark tomb. The crucified Jesus the Scriptures; that he was buried; that he was raised on was no longer in the tomb but had been raised from the the third day in accordance with the Scriptures” (1 Cor. dead. He is God’s guarantee that love is stronger than 15, 3-4). hatred and life is stronger than death. All the scandals that Each of the Gospels has a different approach to the same have rocked the Church are not sufficient to prevent this story. The strangest of all seems to be that of Mark. Good News from triumphing. Biblical scholars tell us that Mark‘s Gospel actually ends It is helpful from time to time to remind ourselves of just with the women being given the news of the resurrection, what God has done for us. The Exsultet, sung at the Easter being shown the empty tomb, being given the command to Vigil, is an out breaking of joy for the triumph of God tell the other disciples to go to Galilee in order to meet the over darkness: Risen Jesus but then they ran away and said nothing to anyone because they were afraid! Of course Mark’s Gospel This is the night when Jesus Christ broke the chains of has the usual stories also about the appearances of Jesus death and rose triumphant from the grave. after the resurrection but the experts tell us that these were What good would life have been to us, had Christ not added later. come as our Redeemer? There are various theories about the silence and fear of Father, how wonderful your care for us! the women. Some people say that the ending of the Gospel How boundless your merciful love! was lost and the stories we have were added to fill the gap To ransom a slave you gave away your Son. but others say that Mark actually intended to end his O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam, which gained for Gospel with the women too afraid to say anything to us so great a redeemer. The voices of women The church needs to hear the voices of women at all levels. that he seemed to miss the point – the anger directed at the News that four women have been named by Pope Francis church was not caused by the fact that it had abusers as members of the new Pontifical Commission for the within its ranks, but that people in authority were willing Protection of Minors has been widely welcomed. In to protect them. particular, the appointment of the Irish survivor of clerical Ms Collins’ appointment, together with those of the other abuse, Marie Collins, has caused much comment. Ms women, seems so appropriate that it raises the question of Collins, who campaigns for support for survivors of abuse, why it has taken so long. In an institution characterised by was sexually abused by a chaplain when she was a secrecy, the independence and professionalism of all four 13-year-old in a Dublin hospital. She is reported to have women, who include British psychiatrist Baroness Hollins, said that one of her priorities for the new commission is a former Prime Minister of Poland Hanna Suchocka and sea change in the response of the church to abuse survivors French child psychologist Catherine Bonnet, promise a and their families. She told Catholic News Service that wider perspective and a welcome transparency. many survivors will be watching the Vatican commission Ms Collins told CNS that she had remained a Catholic, with interest and looking for evidence of real change. but not without difficulty. She had tried to separate the Ms Collins has said she hopes the commission can change institution of the church from the faith. There had been Pope Francis’ mind on his remarks that no one had done times when practising her faith has been impossible, but more on the issue of child sexual abuse than the church, her belief in God had never wavered. Being appointed to yet the church is the only one to be attacked. She told CNS the commission has not changed anything in this regard. 2 OPEN HOUSE April 2014 Contents Feeding the hungry WILLY SLAVIN Page 3 Mary’s Meals Willy Slavin Mary’s Meals Page 5 Whatever happened to ecumenism? Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, founder and Chief John Miller Executive of Mary’s Meals, was interviewed about Lent Page 9 Reshaping the Church by Fr Willy Slavin. Willy spent five years in Bangladesh. Willy Slavin Page 10 Galloway Diocese William McFadden WS: What does Lent mean to you mostly for children who had been Page 11 Opportunities Missed personally? abandoned. Eventually that became Pat Baird Scottish International Relief (SIR) MM: It’s an opportunity to think which spread beyond Bosnia. Page 12 Easter reflection afresh about God and neighbour. It’s Dalmally is still my home and a chance to show more solidarity Theodora Hawksley Scotland is a very special place for with the poor through almsgiving Page 13 Independence referendum me. Through receiving donations I and prayer. I normally try to do have come to know a Scotland that Newman debate things and then fail – but I suppose really I hadn’t known before. Page 14 ACTS conference that is good for humility. Lent can help me physically and most WS: Does the use of Mary’s name Stephen Smyth importantly allows me more space raise questions? Page 15 Comment for God. MM: Yes, of course. Some people Eilidh Whiteford WS: Do you think the Church could presume it’s my mum’s! I love to have the chance to speak about the Page 16 Notebook make more of Lent? mother of Jesus. In non- Page 17 Letters and Living Spirit MM: I certainly think fasting was denominational schools I can tell something that was more practiced them Mary was a woman who had Page 18 Reviews: books, film, in the church in the past and we to bring up a child in poverty. She music seem to have lost that. Fasting seems was a refugee. This makes the story Page 24 Moments in time to be practised more in some real for them. It’s also a great Orthodox countries I’ve been to. advantage with Muslims who of Thank you to all those who contributed And we know that the Muslim course respect her greatly as Miryam. to this edition of Open House. Ramadan is now very much Open House, which was founded in respected. Many Muslims as well as WS: You have deliberately linked Dundee in 1990, is an independent fasting at that time also give to the your feeding programme with journal of comment and debate on faith poor. I think we all need to spend less education? issues in Scotland. It is rooted in the on ourselves. Lent is the time to MM: The origin of the change from reforms of the Second Vatican Council decide what we should spend on SIR to Mary’s Meals was when we (1962-65) and committed to the others. dialogue which began at the Council - were told of famine in Malawi which has a special link with Scotland within the Catholic Church, in other WS: Is it important for you that because of David Livingstone. I churches, and with all those committed Mary’s Meals is Scottish? to issues of justice and peace. visited a family where the parents www.openhousescotland.co.uk MM: You need to know that Mary’s were affected by HIV. Yet one of the Meals wasn’t something I planned. It Cover: Stained glass window in the boys at 14 still had the hope he church of St Mary, Mother of God, came out of our experience at Craig would be able to go to school. That Leslie, by Lorraine Lamond. Contact Lodge House of Prayer in Dalmally. had an enormous impact on me. We Lorraine on 07792 465889 or email That was a result of us visiting can all remember how important [email protected] Medjugorge. Bosnia was part of the school meals have been for us.
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