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Interim Newsletter Deus Lo Vult—God Wills It MMXV1 3rd Quarter EQUESTRIAN ORDER OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF JERUSALEM Lieutenancy of Queensland Interim Newsletter This Issue Calendar Page 1 Queensland Lieutenancy Meetings and Events 2016 Calendar Northern Section Annual Retreat First Sundays of every month for Mass at St Patrick’s Church, Fortitude Page 2 Pope Francis on terrorism Valley and Nourishment afterwards (Except January). New Queensland Lieutenant Order Information Day 11th August 2016 Page 3 Installation of new Lieutenant Saturday 11:30am Mass at the Cathedral Australian Lieutenant’s Meeting - Sydney on the 17th September New Website of the Grand Magisterium Page 4 Establishing an EOHSJ Presence in Tasmania Northern Section Annual Retreat Page 5 Northern Section Annual Retreat Patriarch Fouad Twal, resignation June 24, 2016 Page 6 From the New Website of the Grand Magisterium: Our commitment in the Holy Land Page 7 Chaplaincy Reflection Page 8 Featured website - Sacred Places We remember our deceased members: Lucas & Nic’s excellent idea for the Homeless Other Lieutenancy Dates Page 9 King of Jordan to fund restoration of Holy Sepul- chre Australian Lieutenants Lieutenancy of Aust. Qld New Council Members A successful annual retreat was held again in Townsville see page 4 for a report by Vince Crowley KHS President Townsville Section Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Editor: Nick de Weger KCHS Mob 0413 239 717 phone 07 3715 6625 Email: [email protected] 1 POPE FRANCIS: presence?' The guest of stone! To welcome Him, there is no need for many things, but rather just one thing Pope Francis: terrorism rooted in idolatry of money only: to listen to Him, the Word, to listen to Him, show Him a fraternal attitude, so that He feels that He is (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis returned to decry terrorism as among family, and not in temporary lodging." an inhuman evil on Sunday evening, even as he once again insisted that the real root cause of terrorism is the idolatry "Understood in this way, hospitality, which is one of of wealth, and not true religion. the works of mercy, can be seen to be truly a human Speaking to reporters during his in-flight press conference and Christian virtue, a virtue that in today’s world, on return from Krakow, where he had traveled on Wednes- risks being set aside. Indeed, there is a growing num- day of last week to lead World Youth Day celebrations, the ber of guest houses and accommodations, but in these Holy Father said, “Terrorism grows when there is no other places, one does not always find true hospitality. option, and to the extent the world economy has at its cen- Many institutions are established to assist in many ter the god of money and not the person.” forms of illness, loneliness, marginalisation, but the “This,” the Pope stressed, “is fundamental terrorism, it is likelihood diminishes that a foreigner or a marginal- against all humanity.” ised, excluded person can find someone willing to lis- ten to him … to his sorrowful story. Even in one’s own Discussing his own experience with interreligious dialogue, home, among one’s own family, it is easier to find ser- the Holy Father said that Muslims seek “peace and encoun- vice and care of various types rather than listening ter,” adding, “If I speak of Islamic violence, I should speak of and acceptance"… Catholic violence. Not all Muslims are violent, not all Catho- (Angelus: 17 July 2016, Vatican City) lics are violent.” Pope Francis went on to say, “It is not right and it is not just New Queensland Lieutenant to say that Islam is terroristic,” before denying the repre- sentative character of the so-called Islamic State, which he dismissed as a small fundamentalist group. “There are violent persons of this religion – this is true: I believe that in pretty much every religion there is always a small group of fundamentalists. Fundamentalists! We have them. When fundamentalism comes to kill, it can kill with the language [it deploys],” Pope Francis said. The pope’s remarks came in response to a question from a French journalist, who was asking the Holy Father to ex- pand upon comments he made on the topic of the French The Governor General has appointed a new Lieuten- priest, 84 Year-old Fr. Jacques Hamel, who was slain by two ant for the Queensland Lieutenancy. devotees of the so-called Islamic State last week, as he cele- After consulting the Presidency of the Grand Magiste- brated Mass. rium, His Eminence the Cardinal Grand Master Edwin Pope Francis: The Ability to Listen is The Route O’Brien has appointed Dr Monica Thomson DCHS as to Peace the next Lieutenant of the Australia Queensland Lieu- tenancy. The Decree of Appointment takes effect on In busying herself, Martha runs the risk of forgetting – and 27 June 2016. this is the problem – the presence of her guest, Who in this The Lieutenant of Honour Mr. Peter Carroll KC*HS case is Jesus. A guest does not need to be merely served, said it has been an honour to serve you as Lieutenant fed, and cared for. ... Above all it is necessary that he is lis- for the past four years and I am delighted at the tened to. The guest must be welcomed as a person. The Grand Master’s choice of Monica Thomson as my answer Jesus gives Martha – when He tells her that only successor. one thing is necessary – finds its full meaning with refer- ence to the Word of Jesus Himself, the Word which enlight- Installation of new Lieutenant will be held on Saturday ens and sustains all that we are and all that we do. 17th September during the 11:30am Mass at the Cathedral with a luncheon to follow. "For example," continued the Pope, "if we go to pray before a crucifix, and we talk and talk, and then leave, we do not listen to Jesus. We do not allow Him to speak to our hearts. Listening is the key word. Do not forget. … Just as we should not forget that in the house of Martha and Mary, Jesus – before being Lord and Teacher – is a pilgrim and a guest. Therefore, His answer has this first and more immediate significance: 'Martha, Martha, why do you worry so much over the guest that you come to the point of forgetting His 2 Australian Lieutenant’s Meeting- Sydney (Taken from the West Australian Lieutenancy June Newsletter) Your Lieutenant travelled to Sydney in June for a conference and at the same time attended the installation Mass for the new Lieutenant NSW, H.E. Justice Francois Kunc, which was held in the under-croft of St Mary’s Cathedral. The Mass was sung in Latin by the Special Services Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral and was concelebrated by Most Rev. Peter Comensoli DD KC*HS, Rev Dr Thomas Carroll KCHS – Director Office of the Permanent Diaconite, Rev Fr John Knight KCHS – Chaplain Catholic Mission and Rev Fr Donald Richardson KC*HS - Director Liturgical Commission NSW Most Rev. Peter Comensoli Bishop of Broken Bay with left to right, Philip Donato, Lieutenant elect (SA), H.E. Peter Carroll (Qld) , H.E Francois Kunc (NSW), H.E Paul Bartley – Member of the Grand Magisterium, H.E. Will Kinemonth (Vic), H.E.Jack Gardner (WA) The Conference covered development of new Lieutenancies in New Zealand and Tasmania also Asia-Pacific, legal structure for charitable status, brochures and web pages, Pilgrimages, spirituality development and Annales among other matters. New Website of the Grand Magisterium Alfredo Bastianelli, Having recently assumed the role as Chancellor, including responsibility for communi- cations, advises that the new website of the Grand Magisterium is now online at: www.oessh.va The website, managed by our Communication Ser- vice in coordination with the Holy See Secretariat for Communications, is available in five languages. We hope that it will grow thanks to the participation of your Lieutenancy, especially with regard to local news that we would be most happy to share. The website will certainly contribute to increased awareness of the vocation of the Knights and Dames as well as our projects in the Holy Land. It will also allow us to intensify our regular exchange of information between representatives of the Order on the five continents at the service of communion among us all. May I take this opportunity to assure you that the Communications Office and I are at your service and hope to carry on building bridges between Lieutenancies so that the grace of the Risen Christ continues to be spread throughout the world today. Members are invited subscribe to the newsletter so that they can receive it directly via email. Meeting of Lieutenants from Asia and Oceania (October 17-18, 2015) This photo appears on the new website of the Grand Magisterium. You may recognize some of your Councillors. 3 Establishing an EOHSJ Presence in Tasmania From the Victorian Lieutenancy News Letter: The initiative to establish a presence of the Order in Tasmania, foreshadowed at the April AGM, is pro- ceeding. I have spoken to and exchanged correspondence with Michael McKenna KCGHS, who is resident in Hobart and Liturgical Master of Ceremonies to the Archbishop of Hobart. Our Grand Prior, Archbishop Denis Hart DD KCGHS, has approved the establishing of a Section of the Australia Victoria Lieutenancy in Tasmania if it has the agreement of Archbishop Julian Porteous. A letter seeking agreement has been sent to Archbishop Porteous. Subject to the agreement of Archbishop Porteous, it is tentatively proposed that representatives of our Lieutenancy will travel to Hobart on Saturday 19 November 2016 and hold an information session with potential candidates.
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