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FREE CATHOLIC MONTHLY NEWSPAPER MONSIGNOR FINTAN GAVIN WELCOMED TO THE NO. 255 MAY 2019 | 250,000 COPIES NATIONWIDE | WWW.ALIVE.IE | ‘REAL CAPITAL’ PAGE 2 ALIVE!Actor, Neal McDonough. “YOU ARE WORTH SO MUCH” PAGE 3 US BISHOPS THANK PRESIDENT FOR MEXICO CITY POLICY PAGE 8 ACTOR LOSES ROLE GOD IS MUSIC PAGE 16 BECAUSE OF SEE PAGE 2 MAKING A ‘HOME’ IN CATHOLIC BELIEFS IRELAND PAGE 17 Simon Harris cuts funds to maternity safety measures in order to pay for abortion PAGE 4 • The content of the newspaper ALIVE! and the views expressed in it are those of the editor and contributors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Irish Dominican Province. 2 | ALIVE! MAY 2019 Monsignor Fintan Photo: Cillian Kelly. Gavin welcomed to the ‘Real Capital’ LIAM O’CONNOR He said that he looked forward to the job and would be looking for guidance from Bishop Buckley as utgoing Bishop of Cork and he settled into the role. Ross, John Buckley, in wel- Bishop-elect Gavin was born Ocoming Dublin priest and in Dublin on 1 January 1966 he is the new Bishop elect Monsignor the second eldest of seven brothers Fintan Gavin to the Diocese also and sisters. His family roots are welcomed him to the Real Capital, in Marino, Saint Vincent de Paul which was received with laughter Parish, on the Northside of Dublin. from the congregation in a nearly He played hurling and football full Cathedral. with Saint Vincent’s GAA Club, Bishop Buckley opened his Marino, and was a member of address in Irish and continued by Marino Athletic Club. Bishop-elect mentioning all the wonderful ini- Gavin was ordained to the priest- tiatives and groups in the Diocese, hood by Bishop Éamonn Walsh, while thanking his priests for their Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, on 7 dedication in service to the people. June 1991. Bishop elect Monsignor Gavin The diocese of Cork and Ross now former Chancellor of the Dublin includes Cork City and part of Archdiocese spoke about how County Cork. It has a Catholic excited he is, but also how he was in population of 220,000 across 68 Bishop-elect of Cork & Ross, shock when told that Pope Francis parishes and its patron saints are Monsignor Fintan Gavin. had appointed him to this new role. Saint Finbarr and Saint Fachtna. FROM PAGE 1 ACTOR LOSES ROLE BECAUSE Atheist to Priest JACK WALSH – that he put down to music and Dominicans in 2012 and will be OF CATHOLIC BELIEFS community rather than God. ordained to the priesthood in “One Sunday I went to Mass August of this year. and of Brothers, Desperate respected his decision and his discovered the new age on my own and at Communion Housewives and Suits star talent, as he has just finished a US movement and I found it time, although I wasn’t receiving BNeal McDonough recalls TV series with Irish actor Aiden “Ivery exhilarating; it was new the Eucharist, I experienced the how he was fired from the ABC Gillen, Project Blue Book, and will and exciting. At the same-time I presence of Christ. I felt at this TV Show Scoundrels for refusing star in the second series of the TV struggled with my belief in God moment intense joy as I could to engage in love scenes. “I was show Yellowstone alongside vet- and eventually stopped believing see who Christ was -God- and [surprised], and it was a horrible eran actor Kevin Costner, to be altogether in Him, seeing reli- this compelled me to start read- situation for me,” the actor, and aired in June. gion as a crutch people use, and ing scripture”. practicing Catholic, recently told also as a social construct.” Immediately his life com- Closer Weekly. These are the words of Br. Jesse pletely changed: “My life turned The actor recounts that from Maingot OP, an Irish Dominican then on he found it very difficult to around rapidly to the point that student originally from Trinidad get another role as people thought I started considering a vocation. he was a religious zealot. “I put God and Tobago. After this taste of Christ, I deep- and family first, and me second. When discussing this atheistic ened my prayer life and sought a That’s what I live by.” period of his life he recollects that religious order with a desire for It was reported that his stance he became disillusioned with his seeking truth and in a communal and subsequent sacking cost him faith because Catholics weren’t setting; and so the Dominican Actor, $1m in pay cheques. Fortunately, living the life they were preach- Order was the perfect fit.” Neal McDonough. Br. Jesse Maingot, OP. other producers and casting agents ing, and in particular a lack of joy Br. Jesse joined the Irish in the Faith. And, reflecting what one hears from many a young adult today, Br Jesse found faith boring, a religion of don’ts. “I felt burdened by not being free to do what I wanted to do, to me Catholicism equalled guilt”, he recalls. However, there was a turning point, when observing nature, he could see that there must be an Discerning a Vocation? objective true reality, which led The Dominican Order him think there might be moral and spiritual truths as well. CONTACT OUR VOCATIONS DIRECTOR Around the same time, Br. Fr Colm Mannion OP Jesse started going back to Mass 087 446 5344 through the invitation of a friend. He still had no belief in God, but Prayer. Study. Community. Preaching. found in Church a peace and joy MAY 2019 ALIVE! | 3 WITH COFFEE COMES JOY “You are worth so much” LIAM O’CONNOR wo young men with very dif- ferent stories, but with a Photo: Cillian Kelly. Tcommon mission to tell young people how much they are worth- Jason Osbourne and David Hunt are both members of the group Pure in Heart which was founded in the 1990’s with the vision of ‘Purity amongst the youth’. They are part of a team that A group of guests and volunteers at the thank you speaks in secondary schools and evening for BREW 132. parishes on the issue. Jason has returned recently to the faith. In Jason (left) and David (right) speaking with a couple of JACK WALSH college he was reading the likes alike. We want it to be a place young people at a recent of atheistic authors such as Chris- where people can experience a Catholic Conference. Photo: Cillian Kelly. presence of Christ’s joy while all topher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, but then after the death of e are very excited enjoying good coffee”. At the same time, as his conver- than that. The prayer meetings and about our new Cáfe”, his grandfather he started to reflect There are several religious sion, he met some young Catholics adoration helped with this. It was smiles Courtney Hol- Orders and charities in the city more deeply on the meaning of life. “W in college and from there started when I moved to Dublin I started brook the manager of Brew 132, supporting the project, while This led him to read some east- going back to mass. It was these going to Pure in Heart”, he said. a new coffee shop in the centre of the Cáfe is being run by a com- ern philosophy and also Christian new friends that introduced him to Both men start their presenta- Cork city. mittee of young adults from authors such as C.S. Lewis and Pure in Heart. tion talking about one’s self-worth, Brew 132 is named after various different Catholic youth J.R.R. Tolkien. It was the book Hebrews 13:2 ‘Do not neglect to groups including Youth 2000, Mere Christianity by Lewis that had David Hunt on the other hand “people have no idea of their self- show hospitality to strangers, for Ignite, UCC’s Catholic Society, the most profound effect on him. was a Mechanical Engineer who worth anymore. The world tells you by doing that some have enter- Nightfever, Jesus Youth, and He recalls, “C.S. Lewis is a totally was in Cork for a number of years are not enough, encouraging young tained angels without knowing it.’ Juventutem, whose leader Pat- full blown super-naturalist: that where he met other young Catho- people to live up to the standards “It is a simple idea, a Cáfe where rick is looking forward to seeing God exists- Satan exists; heaven lics and started going to weekly they see in movies and magazines. young Catholic adults can come the Cáfe flourish. and hell exists. Along with his prayer meetings, which brought We tell the them the truth that they and meet their friends in a Chris- “It is a first for Cork and a fan- intelligent defence of the Faith and him deeper into his faith, “I had are worth so much more than the tian atmosphere, but also a place tastic opportunity. I look forward the confidence that he had in God, been going to mass on Sundays, world tells them”. where everybody should feel wel- to encouraging all my friends to this inspired me and led me back to however, I was a bare minimum To book Pure in Heart for your come, Christian and non-Christian drop in”. practicing the Faith”. Catholic and I needed to be more school or parish phone 01 662 9543. The only way is Up JACK WALSH “By visiting holy places of Rome, Ostia, and Bracciano alongside a programme which will include mass and the recitation he ancient tradition of Pilgrimage is of the Divine Office, pilgrims will have the deeply rooted in the Irish psyche.