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School chaplain Fr Martin Chambers (centre) is welcomed by pupils to the St 's Campus, St Andrew’s Primary School, Kilmarnock, after completing a leg of the SCIAF cycle pilgrimage with Fr Stephen Latham, Ian Dunn, SCO deputy editor, and SCIAF’s Alistair Dutton and Val Morgan. Report, see pages 12-13. More on SCIAF pilgrimage, pages 9 and 23 SUPPORTING 50 YEARS OF SCIAF, 1965-2015 PIC: PAUL McSHERRY Martyr Oscar Romero’s ‘star’ rises I The late El Salvadorean archbishop is Beatified in his home country, according to Francis’ wishes

By Ian Dunn teachings on liberation and wanted a Archbishop Romero ‘constructed peace World attention social revolution based on supernatural with the force of love, gave testimony US President Barack Obama also sent ARCHBISHOP Oscar Romero has interior reform. His spiritual life drew of his faith, his life,’ the Pope writes. his congratulations to El Salvador. been Beatified in El Salvador, with much from Opus Dei. He reminded others that God never “Archbishop Romero was an declaring from the At the beginning of this year Pope abandons us in our difficulties. inspiration for people in El Salvador and Vatican that the martyr’s feast will Francis approved his martyrdom and “He sees oppression, hears the cries across the Americas,” he said. “He was be celebrated on March 24 each called for the ceremony of his of pain of his children, helps to free a wise pastor and a courageous man who year—the day ‘in which he was to be held. them from oppression and takes them to persevered in the face of opposition from born into Heaven.’ a new and fertile land.” extremes on both sides. He fearlessly Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of Beatification In difficult times, Archbishop Romero confronted the evils he saw, guided by the the Congregation for the Causes of The Beatification began at 10am local ‘guided, defended and protected his flock, needs of his beloved pueblo, the poor , presided over Blessed Oscar time in front of a vast congregation of remaining loyal to the Gospel, in and oppressed people of El Salvador.” Romero’s May 23 Beatification Mass in people, who filled the streets surrounding communion with the Church,’ he said. President Obama said that ‘El the capital city of San Salvador, an the Salvador Plaza of the Mundo de San His ministry, the Pope added, was Salvador has come a long way in the event that drew crowds of more than Salvador. distinguished for particular attention to last 35 years. Those who once fought on 300,000 people onto the streets. At the beginning of the ceremony the poorest and marginalised. the battlefield now compete for votes “Blessed Romero is another brilliant Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas, the Those who have Archbishop Romero and negotiate in the National Assembly.’ star that belongs to the sanctity of the current archbishop of San Salvador, ‘as a friend in faith, who invoke him as “But we, and the Salvadoran people, Church of the Americas,” the head of read a message asking Pope Francis ‘to protector and intercessor, who admire recognise there is much more to do,” the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints’ deign to enrol in the number of the him, should find in him strength and he added. Causes said during the ceremony. “And blesseds this venerable energy to build the Kingdom of God,’ thanks be to God, there are many.” Archbishop Romero was killed—while Óscar Arnulfo Romero Galdámez.’ and should work for a more equitable I [email protected] celebrating Mass on March 24, 1980— In a letter read first in Latin and then and dignified social order, the Pope said. Shining example due to hatred of the Faith, in the midst of in Spanish, the Holy Father says that ‘to “This is the moment for favourable In his homily, Cardinal Amato, said that the birth of a civil war between leftist fulfill the hope of many faithful and proper national reconciliation. The ‘the figure of Romero is still alive and guerrillas and the dictatorial government Christians’ and by virtue of his apostolic Pope participates in this hope, is united giving comfort to the marginalised of of the right. He was 62. authority he authorised that hereafter in prayer, so the seed of martyrdom is the earth.’ While hailed as a hero by many who Archbishop Romero ‘is called Blessed entrenched in the true paths of the sons “His option for the poor was not believe in Liberation theology based on and his feast is celebrated the day of and daughters of this nation, which ideological, but evangelical,” he added. Marxist ideology, Archbishop Romero March 24, on the day that he was born prides itself on carrying the name of the “His charity extended to the persecutors.” in fact faithfully adhered to Catholic into Heaven.’ divine Saviour of the world.”

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Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow celebrated the Neophytes Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral on Sunday for those recently Baptised and received into the Church at Easter. Archbishop Tartaglia welcomed some of the almost 70 people who were welcomed into the Church in the archdiocese. He invited the 'new Catholics' to gather around him in the cathedral sanctuary as he encouraged them. “There is no such thing as an 'ordinary' Catholic life,” he said. “Your story is extraordinary. I sometimes wish we could publish a book with the faith journeys of each of you—it would be so inspiring.” The new converts from the year’s Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults programme had gathered with their families to meet the archbishop

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Parishioners at St Margaret Mary’s in Castlemilk erected a cross in the parish grounds having raised money for their cause with a walking pilgrimage. Bishop goes back to school Inspired by an empty plinth in the church grounds, the parish got to work restoring it with a full OUR LADY and St Francis favourite Gospel reading to his sized cross. Over the last four Primary in Carfin recently favourite colour. months, parishioners have raised welcomed Bishop Joseph The Bishop then spent time money for the new feature, Toal of Motherwell to with P6 and P7 pupils, who including with a sponsored the school. made their Sacrament of pilgrimage walk from Castlemilk The bishop spent time with Confirmation on Thursday, and to Schoenstatt at Campsie Glen on every class and took questions later celebrated Mass with the Palm Sunday (below).The cross from the inquiring youngsters school’s Confirmandi in St has now been installed in time for who asked everything from his Church. the parish First Communions. (Left) is parish priest Fr Savage along with parishioners and employees of PMK civil engineering who helped erect the cross.The plinth socket supplied and produced by Drew Bell

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By Ian Dunn assisted suicide changed their minds when presented with this argument. PRO-life campaigners were anticipating Peter Kearney, director of the Scottish victory this week as legislation allowing Catholic Media Office, said the polling assisted suicide in Scotland looked showed that ‘once the implications of certain to be rejected by MSPs. assisted suicide are explained to people, MSPs debated and voted on the general their support for it drops dramatically.’ principles of theAssisted Suicide (Scotland) “Fortunately MSPs have studied these Bill just after the SCO went to press, but proposals closely and will now be well close to three quarters of them had already aware of their dangers and shortcomings,” suggested they would vote against it. he said. “Any change in the law to allow Bill opponents Care Not Killing (CNK), assisted suicide would place pressure on backed by the Church, carried out an vulnerable people to end their lives for fear ‘extensive’ canvassing exercise tracking of being a financial, emotional or care the ‘attitudes’ of MSPs over several burden upon others. This would especially Leading sectarianism on months. Its ‘guide to voting intentions’ affect people who are disabled, elderly, indicate that between 65-75 per cent of sick or depressed.” MSPs will vote against the controversial, He also stressed that the ‘vast majority a merry dance in prison ‘flawed’ legislation. of UK doctors are opposed to legalising MSP Patrick Harvie’s member’s bill, euthanasia along with the British Medical A SPOOF video of a Catholic at Fullarton Parish Church, first brought forward by independent MSP Association, the Royal College of priest and a Church of Irvine, Scotland, said: “We Margo MacDonald who died after a battle Physicians, the Royal College of General Scotland minister ‘jailed’ for both love the cinema and have with Parkinson’s disease in 2014, seeks to Practitioners, the Association for Palliative terrible dancing has been shot done various send-ups of films allow those with terminal or life-shortening Medicine and the British Geriatric Society. inside a working prison. and characters to help spread illnesses to be helped to end their lives. It looks likely that members of the The Shoeshank Redemption the message and connect with “We are extremely hopeful that the bill Scottish Parliament will shortly join the features the Rev Neil Urquhart as many people as possible. will be comprehensively rejected by MSPs ranks of those opposed to this unnecessary and Fr Willie Boyd, of St “Our stint inside Greenock jail on Wednesday,” Gordon Macdonald, and unethical practice.’ Mary’s in Irvine, who get sent was a very special one. It really convenor of CNK, (right) said. “The Holyrood’s health committee concluded down to Greenock Prison, was a great privilege to be allowed indications from this voting intentions last month that the legislation contains Scotland, for three months for access to the prison and the people exercise are that at present there could be ‘significant flaws’ and a majority of bad dance moves. there. Sectarianism is still an anything from two-thirds to three-quarters members of the committee opposed its They made the video (above), issue in the area in general. Fr of the chamber voting against the bill. general principles. which also stars prisoners, to try Willie and I have been working “That is most encouraging but we don’t per cent disagree strongly and 8 per cent It noted an ‘unacceptable’ lack of clarity and break down sectarianism. together to try and combat it, want to pre-judge anything and will await disagree. The remaining 12 per cent said in some of the language in the bill and Fr Boyd said they’d had a though within the prison itself the decision of the MSPs.” they do not know. concerns that the legislation had the great response. it’s not a big problem.” The voting survey comes as a poll The poll, which questioned 1044 adults, potential to undermine suicide prevention “Once again we found a wealth The Scottish Government revealed public support for assisted suicide also found that when people heard messages, among other issues. of goodwill and willingness to announced this week that it will was weakening. arguments against assisted suicide their The Scottish Parliament decides this join in with our anti-sectarian spend a further £3 million on A survey by ORB International on minds would change. week whether or not to reject the bill but antics,” he said. “Deep down community projects intended to behalf of CARE (Christian Action Such arguments include the risk that the committee stated that it would require people want to get on with tackle sectarianism over the Research and Education) for Scotland people will feel pressurised into ending their ‘significant amendment should it progress each other and an appetite to coming year. revealed only 35 percent of Scots agree life early so as not to be a financial or care through the parliamentary scrutiny process.’ delight in diversity and strongly with the principle of assisted burden on loved ones. According to the celebrate what we have in I Watch the video at: https:// suicide while 38 per cent agree, a further 7 poll, a total of 22 per cent of those backing I [email protected] common with each other.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4 Mr Urquhart, who is minister Mh1vet6c0

plans to expand it to all of the for St Andrews and Edinburgh “Obviously, nowadays things The men, aged between 61 The 23-page indictment lists NEWS ROUNDUP capital’s high schools, including Archdocese said. happen a lot sooner than you and 77 face charges of physi- 131 charges involving more the Catholic ones. “Therefore, anything that would want them to. Personally cally and sexually abusing boys than 40 alleged victims. Parents opposition to “Catholic schools across could potentially undermine speaking, I would rather my at the former St Ninian’s The school was run by the condom programme Edinburgh have their own, that commonsense approach child came to me.” School in Falkland. Christian Brothers organisation CATHOLIC parents in Edinburgh distinct programme for promoting would be unhelpful” he said. The accused are John Farrell, until it closed in the 1980s. are up in arms at plans to hand out healthy relationships entitled Lisa Quinn, chair of St Five men charged 72, Paul Kelly, 62, Edward Prosecutors allege a number of condoms at the capital’s schools. Called to Love, which is rooted Joseph’s RC Primary School’s with historic abuse Egan, 77, Michael Murphy, 75, sexual attacks took place A sexual health programme in a Christian understanding of parent council, who plans to FIVE men have appeared in and William Don, 61. All five against pupils there. Judge that freely distributes condoms love, marriage and the family, and send her daughter to a Catholic court facing allegations of pleaded not guilty to the Lord Turnbull adjourned the to children as young as 13 will leads to good life outcomes for high school in Edinburgh after abusing pupils at a Fife Catholic charges at the High Court in case until a further hearing in be nearly doubled in size under our young people,” a spokesman she finishes P7 next year, said: school between 1970 and 1983 Glasgow. July and no trial was set.

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IMMACULATE Conception Church in Maryhill was illu- minated in colour on Sunday as the Glasgow parish cele- brated its annual international Mass. Parishioners were asked to wear red clothing—the Mass coin- ciding with Pentecost—at the multi-cultural event, which also celebrated the donation of £8300 raised for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) over Lent, with an additional £1800 donated to help those suffering in Nepal from the recent earthquake. Rachel Lamb, parish officer for SCIAF, attended the Mass and praised the ‘incredible’ and ‘astonishing’ amount raised—the majority of which will be doubled by the government as part of their matched funding scheme. Parishioners began their international celebration—now in its second year—with a traditional Scottish flavour, as youngster Calum (right) piped in the congregation. Calum and his sister Kerry got fully involved in the occasion, dressing in kilts for the Mass, and Kerry later read a prayer in both Gaelic and English. Hospice visit inspires St Leonard’s Faith Award pupils In total 24 nationalities were present at the Mass, which saw the church decked out in flags from across the world and some By Daniel Harkins Park and raised £300 for the for a talk on the sanctuary, and up to allow the children to par- parishioners wearing their national dress. charity. Now her fellow students some of the sacred objects and ticipate in the liturgy of Sunday After Mass, a buffet was held offering a taste of Africa and A TRIP to a hospice in East plan a sponsored relay around vessels used in services, given by masses in the parish throughout dishes from different countries provided by the parishioners and Kilbride has inspired primary their school campus—the Jim Lee, one of the sacristans the months of May and June, a catering company made up of former asylum seekers, now res- six children at St Leonard’s Hospice Heroes’ Run—which at the parish. and they have been leading ident in Scotland. Primary School to help those will take place next month. Parish priest Fr Gerard staff and other pupils at the Parish priest Fr Jim Lawlor (inset) said the Mass was cele- with life limiting illnesses as St Leonard’s pupils have Chromy recently included the school’s May Rosary. brated on Pentecost as most of the prayers and scripture readings they work towards gaining been taking part in a number of students, together with their John Scanlon, a P6 teacher at are about language, tying the parish’s international nature into the Pope Francis Faith Award. activities as they work towards counterparts at St Hilary’s the school, said the response of the Acts of the Apostles. The youngsters visited the Pope Francis Faith Award. Primary School, in the procession the children to their hospice “It’s exciting and energising,” Fr Lawlor said of his parish’s Kilbride Hospice and were The awards were launched in before Mass on Palm Sunday. visit was tremendous. community. “We’ve got an immigrant history so it is really good given a tour of the new £3 Lent 2014 following the success On May 18, the Pope Francis “My colleague, Mrs Scott, that it is continuing. The parish has massively changed in the last million building’s facilities, of the Caritas Award for senior Faith Award students attended and I are delighted with the way five years alone and it’s just now about embracing different ways learning about the help the staff school pupils, and seek to the parish’s annual Mass for the the children have responded to of doing things and different traditions. give to those with cancer, involve pupils in the life of sick and acted as welcomers in the new award,” he said. “They “I Baptised a baby recently—a family from northern Nigeria. Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple their parishes. addition to supporting the seem to have grasped the message They’ve got a tradition that at Baptisms they lay the baby on the Sclerosis and lung diseases. The pupils, assisted by their singing. Already, groups of that their Faith is to be lived altar at the end of the Christening as a promise that this baby will Following the visit, the children parish coordinator, have been at pupils have been twinned as and shared, and, together with one day be able to come for their Holy Communion. It’s just wee set their minds to coming up the heart of activities in their prayer partners with some of the children from St Hilary’s things like that.” with ways to help the hospice. local church. Many of them the sick of the parish and have Primary, they are enjoying Fr Lawlor added that one recent Baptism was broadcast over Pupil Emma McNeill was so were confirmed by Bishop received some letters and cards playing an even bigger role in the internet on Skype so the child’s family in Peru could watch, keen to support the work of the Joseph Toal of Motherwell in from parishioners in apprecia- the life of the parish.” despite the significant time difference. charity that she undertook a March and since then have tion of their support. ’s community sprit even extended at sponsored cycle in Strathclyde attended St Leonard’s Church Rotas have also been drawn I [email protected] one point to helping a young teenage girl from the Congo receive the right to stay in the country, after parishioners wrote letters on Flags out at St Bernard’s her behalf, acted as a mentor, and travelled en masse to the court CHILDREN from St Bernard’s a number of activities, including Catholic Primary School in Coatbridge a teddy bear fun day (below), talent hosted a festival of fundraising show, and a cake and candy stall. recently as they handed over Not content to simply raise mothers the fruits of their charity work money, the pupils also purchased to six grateful organisations. a large quantity of groceries for praised by £1900 was raised in total by the Shawhead Food Bank in the the children over Lent, with the Lanarkshire town. funds going towards the work of And extra celebrations were in seminarians Let the Children Live, St order after the school was Andrew’s Hospice, SCIAF, awarded its fifth Green Flag (left) Yorkhill Hospital, St Margaret’s in ten years for its eco activities THE Union of Catholic Child and Family Care and the studying the environment, Mothers (UCM) Scotland Children’s Hospice Association. biodiversity and the affects of held their 68th Annual The money was raised through littering. General Meeting at Conforti Institute in Coatbridge and received some words of encouragement from Scotland’s future priests. The UCM were joined by Medjugorje 2015 Bishop Emeritus Joseph Devine 21 - 28 June 2015 of Motherwell—spiritual director of the group— Val Ward, 13 - 20 September national president of UCM Departing from Edinburgh England, Rose Maunder, seminarian at St Mary’s College, national president of UCM Wales, Oscott in Birmingham. £544 and Elizabeth Upsher, national Writing on behalf of the president of Catholic Women’s Scottish seminarians, he Contact Roger Foster 01475 793 987 League England and Wales. thanked the mothers for the One of UCM’s charisms is to generosity and encouragement support vocations to the they have shown them throughout priesthood and religious life their study and formation. 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SCOTLAND’S bishops And Ms Byrne added that, have a new voice to help having witnessed the work of communicate their faith- the Justice and Peace Commis- filled message. Erin Byrne, sion, the Scottish Catholic a former communications International Aid Fund and officer for a grant-making Care Not Killing’s campaign charity called Foundation against the Assisted Suicide Scotland, joined the Scottish Bill, she sees part of her remit Catholic Media Office as a being ‘to ensure that the press and research officer in Catholic voice of compassion April and said she looks for- and reason is heard in ward to spreading the public debate.’ Church’s message. “We’re an engaged, vibrant “We recently marked our and energetic people and the 49th Communications Sunday media, both new and old, has a and asked God to guide us in vital role to play in channelling doing his work and sharing his peoples’ passion and hope for Gospel message,” she said. the future,” she added. “After one month in the , She said that she is looking it’s clear that the work is cer- forward to ‘working closely tainly varied and I look forward with our sister organisations to contributing to the Church’s doing God’s work at home and efforts to spread its message in abroad.’ all its freshness and beauty.” “ I recently met the team at Ms Byrne said she turns to SCIAF to learn more about Pope Francis and his embrace their work overseas, including of Twitter for inspiration, quot- their urgent campaign to bring ing one of his tweets: “Let us aid to those suffering in the learn to live with kindness, to aftermath of the terrible love everyone, even when they earthquakes in Nepal,” do not love us.” she said.

for her hearing. Emergency Appeal,” she added. “We’ll make sure this money goes Christina Leitch, a member of the parish council, said the Mass to those who need it most.” was ‘an opportunity to celebrate the racial and cultural diversity It was a busy weekend for the parish, as it welcomed 20 First of our parish but also our being part of the massive international Communicants on the Saturday, saw two babies Baptised on the family of the and the family of humankind, cre- Sunday and celebrated two marriages. ated by God.’ Immaculate Conception, originally St Mary’s, dates back to Philippa Bonella, SCIAF’s head of communications and educa- 1851 when immigrants, mainly from Donegal, formed a sizeable tion, said she would ‘like to thank everyone from the Immaculate part of the congregation. The proud multi-cultural tradition con- Conception parish in Maryhill for their incredible generosity.’ tinues to this day. “On Sunday we received cheques of over £8,000 to help people work their way out of poverty and £1800 for our Nepal Earthquake I [email protected]

Grant turns St Teresa’s parish hall into Newarthill resource By James Langton (L-r): Fr Bobby Kane, Parish Priest, Michael Cunningham of Viridor, Joseph Mullen, hall committee chair- ST TERESA’S parish hall in man, Helen McKenna, local council- Newarthill has been trans- lor, Willie Brown, contractor and formed thanks to a grant from Cathie Scullion, hall caretaker Viridor recycling company. The hall has undergone a total internal refurbishment, providing nificant involvement in the project. new kitchen and toilet facilities North Lanarkshire councillor as well as a self-contained Helen McKenna, who attended meeting room. the event, said she was very A member of the committee pleased that the Viridor had been said: “The interior of the hall them enough. We must also thank parishioners and clergy of St able to spread benefits around so had come to the end of its work- WB Builders whose work was Teresa’s Church and of Newarthill many communities, adding that ing life and it showed. The Viri- first class.” Parish Church. At the event a the standard of the refurbish- dor grant has breathed new life A formal opening held recently plaque from Viridor was pre- ment was beyond what she into the hall and we cannot thank was attended by local dignitaries, sented, to acknowledge their sig- dared to expect.

SPOTLIGHT ON today’s world, and is somewhat so please be aware that as you counter cultural, however our pray for us and vocations, we in Parishioners in St Lord was counter cultural and turn will pray for the UCM, Columbkilles step for what was right and just, your good works and an Rutherglen gather and we too are called to do increase of members.” in the church hall the same, and it gives us The letter concludes by asking for tea as they encouragement to note that the Catholic mothers to pray for cerebrate the 70th there are good Catholic people, Deacon James Travers, who will birthday of parish like yourselves, who really be ordained to the priesthood priest Fr Pat are living out the faith and on July 1 at Sacred Heart Hennessey remembering us in prayer. Bellshill, that ‘he may always alongside “We are all on a journey and be true to the Gospel and live a assistant priest Fr all in need of support, and our life worthy of service to the Ghislain rector has told me that the good people of God.’ Mulumanzi UCM is declining in number PIC: T QUIGLEY and is in need of new members, PIC: TOM EADIE WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 6 WORLD/VATICAN NEWS SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY MAY 29 2015

Pope Francis calls on international Time for reflection after Ireland community to help fix migrant crisis says yes to same-sex marriage

POPE Francis called on the that have agreed to take in people suspected migrant grave sites By Stephen Reilly affirmation of the views of young people (right) international community on who are facing ‘severe suffering have been found in 28 people- then the Church has a huge task in front of it to find Sunday to help migrants and danger,’ but encouraged ‘the trafficking camps along the THE Archbishop of Dublin has said the the language to get its message across’ to them. crossing the Bay of Bengal international community to offer Thai border. Church in Ireland needs a ‘reality check’ “I ask myself, most of these young people who and the Andaman Sea, them humanitarian assistance.’ National Police Chief Khalid after the country voted overwhelmingly in voted yes are products of our Catholic school thousands of whom have Indonesia has begun search Abu Bakar said some of the favour of legalising same-sex marriage. system for 12 years. I’m saying there’s a big been stranded on boats with and rescue missions for the graves—found since May 11— Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin was challenge there to see how we get across the dwindling supplies. thousands of migrants believed may contain more than one body. speaking after Friday’s referendum, which saw message of the Church,” he said. “I continue to follow with to be adrift in its waters. The They are close to an area of 62 per cent vote in favour of legalisation with 38 Quinn, leader of the Catholic think tank profound worry and pain in my country had initially been Thailand where trafficking per cent opposed. Sixty per cent of 3.2 million Iona Institute and a prominent No campaigner, heart the stories of many fending off boats, but has since camps and dozens of shallow eligible voters cast their ballots in the poll. said he was troubled when no political party and refugees in the Bay of Bengal agreed to provide them with graves were found this month. “The Church needs a reality check right across only a half-dozen politicians backed the ‘no’cause. and the Andaman Sea,” the Pope temporary shelter. Thailand subsequently the board, to look at the things we are doing well “The fact that no political party supported said to crowds who had gathered Over 3000 people—mostly cracked down on the routes and look at the areas where we need to say, have them must be a concern from a democratic point for his Regina Coeli address in Bangladeshi or Rohingya used by traffickers to move we drifted away completely from young people?” of view,” he said. St Peter’s Square last Sunday. Muslims from Myanmar— migrants through its territory. Archbishop Martin said. “When I met Pope The Irish Prime Minister said he was delighted A migrant crisis has flared up have arrived in Indonesia, The operation forced traffickers Benedict XVI at my first synod as archbishop, with the result. in Southeast Asia as Rohingya Malaysia and Thailand in the to move the migrants by sea he asked me, where are the points of contact “Ireland has made history—the first country in Muslims fleeing persecution in past two weeks. instead. Thousands were left between the Catholic Church and those places the world to vote for equal marriage,” Taoiseach Myanmar and Bangladeshis The UN Secretary-General, stranded, however, after the where the future of Irish culture are being Enda Kenny said. “With today’s vote we have trying to escape poverty at home Ban Ki-moon, has called on traffickers abandoned them and formed? He talked to me about young people, disclosed who we are: a generous, compassionate, become prey to human traffickers. South-East Asian nations to do no country would take them in. about theatre, about media, about universities.” bold and joyful people. Yes to inclusion, yes to After Thailand cracked down more to protect migrants. The traffickers have been The archbishop added: “We [the Church] have generosity, yes to love, yes to equal marriage.” on the practice, traffickers “It’s important to save human using the jungles of southern to stop and have a reality check, not move into UK Prime Minister David Cameron praised the began abandoning overloaded lives. Whatever the reasons may Thailand and northern Malaysia denial of the realities. We won’t begin again with result in a statement on the UK Government website. boats on the open sea rather than be when they are out on the sea, for years to smuggle people a sense of renewal, with a sense of denial. “My heartfelt congratulations to the people of trying to smuggle the people their life is endangered,” Mr into Malaysia. Most of the “I appreciate how gay and lesbian men and Ireland, who have voted today to introduce same- through Thailand. The United Ban said in a speech in Vietnam. migrants are Rohingya Muslims women feel on this day. That they feel this is sex marriage,” he said. “Just over a year ago, we Nations refugee agency said on The scale of the problem fleeing persecution in Myanmar, something that is enriching the way they live. I introduced same-sex civil marriage and sent out Friday some 3500 are stranded. facing migrants in the region rights groups say, but others think it is a social revolution.” a clear message: you are equal whether you are The Holy Father said that he was revealed on Monday when are Bangladeshis seeking Archbishop Martin (above) said that he voted straight or gay.” appreciated the efforts of countries Malaysian police said 139 employment in Malaysia. ‘no’ in the referendum, saying that gay rights Same-sex marriage, however, remains illegal should be respected ‘without changing the in Northern Ireland. definition of marriage.’ Fears grow as Jesuit priest is kidnapped in Syria He also said that ‘if this referendum is an I Comment on the referendum, page 10

AS ANOTHER priest is fundamentalists in Qaryatayn,” kidnapped in Syria, local the director of the Jesuit Refugee Christians fear Islamic Service said. extremists have seized him. But he added that in the past SPOTLIGHT ON Fr Jacques Mourad (right) Fr Mourad had negotiated with was travelling in Qaryatayn with the Islamist rebel militia Al a co-worker last Thursday when Nusra Front to secure the release two motorcycles drew up of hostages. alongside their car. The “When I asked him if he was kidnappers seized the vehicle intending to leave, he told me and abducted the Jesuit priest. that he would do so only if Qaryatayn is a small town forced—otherwise he would around 65 miles (100 km) south- Deir Mar Musa monastery remain with his people,” he said. west of Palmyra, which was where he was living. The The Jesuit said the abduction of seized by the extremist group monastery is about 50 miles this priest was being interpreted Islamic State recently. north of Damascus. by many as a sign that Islamic For the past 12 years, Fr “He has always helped the State would try to capture Homs. Mourad had been ministering to Syrians and has welcomed a Recalling the abduction of Fr Qaryatayn’s Syriac Catholic great many Muslims into the Dall’Oglio and Bishops community. monastery of Mar Elias,” Fr Yohanna Ibrahim and Bulos Fr Nawras Sammour, director Sammour said. Yazigi—as well as the killings of of the Jesuit Refugee Services He told ACN that Fr Mourad Fr François Mourad and Fr Frans for the Middle East, told Aid to had continued his ministry in the Van Der Lugt—Fr Sammour said the Church in Need: “We still area, even though he was aware priests working in the region have no news of him. We only of the growing extremist threat. knew the dangers. know that he was abducted by Speaking from Damascus, Fr “We priests are fully aware of four men, undoubtedly belong- Sammour recalled that Fr the risks we run, but we cannot ing to a jihadist group.” Mourad was apprehensive at do anything other than remain Fr Sammour described how, their last meeting around two Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, visited St Patrick’s Catholic Church during its 200th anniversary celebrations alongside the Syrian people, both in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on May 21. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall made the visit during over the last few days, Fr months ago. Christians and Muslims,” he the first part of a two-day visit to Northern Ireland Mourad had welcomed refugees “He was extremely concerned said. “In many cases we are the from Palmyra, who had fled to about the presence of the only ones they have to turn to.” WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY MAY 29 2015 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER WORLD/VATICAN NEWS 7

four-day period in 1989, are seeking along a common NEWS ROUNDUP experienced by refugees who path. It is the spiritual unity of had gathered in the church dur- prayer for one another. It is the ing the Mozambican Civil War: unity of our common labor on There were about 270 people, behalf of our brothers and sisters, many were children. It was the and all those who believe in the hottest month of the year and sovereignty of Christ.” there was no water in the church. They all prayed to Sr Holy Father decries Irene (left) and they all got culture of waste enough water for all the DECRYING the culture of refugees. It was enough for all waste, Pope Francis received of them to drink, to refresh members of the Italian themselves and even to bathe a Christian Workers Associations baby girl who was born in that in audience on May 23 and said occasion. They named her Irene. that work is dignified when it is The people with a grateful free, creative, participatory, and heart kept on repeating: “We are marked by solidarity. saved by the intercession of Sr The Pope called for ‘a prompt Irene. Sr Irene heard us and has and vigorous response against helped us. It was Mama Irene this global economic system who performed the miracle.” where the centre of human life Sister Irene Stefani is an idol, the god of money. Beatified in Pope’s message of That is what truly commands!’ SISTER Irene Stefani (1891- Christian unity “This god of money destroys 1930), an Italian Consolata POPE Francis sent a video and causes the culture of waste: Missionary sister, was Beatified message to the Celebration of one discards babies because in Kenya on May 23. Christian Unity—an event that they are not conceived, or they Cardinal Pengo of took place on May 23 at the are exploited or killed before Tanzania presided at the Mass Phoenix Convention Centre. birth,” he said. “The elderly are of Beatification, which took The celebration was sponsored discarded, because they do not place at Dedan Kimathi by the John 17 Movement, an have decent care, do not have University of Technology organisation founded by a medicine, or receive miserable in Nyeri. Protestant pastor and whose pensions. And now, we even The nation’s president, leadership team includes a discard young people.” Uhuru Kenyatta, was among bishop, Catholic laymen, and After reflecting on the the nearly 100,000 Faithful evangelical Protestants. conditions under which labour who attended the Mass. “I will be with you spiritu- is dignified, the Holy Father The official website of ally and with all my heart,” the called members of the workers’ Blessed Stefani’s Beatification Pope said. “We will search associations to show ‘constant recounted the miracle whose together, we will pray together, fidelity to Jesus Christ and to approval by Pope Francis for the grace of unity. The unity the Word of God’ and to ‘study cleared the way for her that is budding among us is that and apply the social doctrine of Beatification. It was a miraculous unity which begins under the the Church when confronted multiplication of water in a seal of the one Baptism we have with the new challenges of the church’s Baptismal font over a all received. It is the unity we contemporary world.’

ANNUAL WEST END CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION INHONOUROFSTJOHNOGILVIE Care for and respect the earth, Holy Father says

ON THE feast of Pentecost, Corpus Christi Procession led by Pope Francis told Christians that they have a duty to care Archbishop Philip Tartaglia for and respect the earth. “The Holy Spirit whom Christ Sunday 7 June 2015 sent from the Father, and the Creator Spirit who gives life to all We are calling on Catholics and anyone of good will or interest to things, are one and the same,” the Pope said. “Respect for creation, join in a Corpus Christi procession from then, is a requirement of our Faith: the ‘garden’ in which we live is Turnbull Hall, University of Glasgow, 13-15 SouthparkTerrace, not entrusted to us to be exploited, but rather to be cultivated and Glasgow G12 8LG tended with respect.” The Holy Father—dressed in to red vestments traditional for the solemnity of Pentecost (right)— St Peterʼs Church, 46-50 Hyndland Street, Glasgow, G11 5PS. made these remarks during Mass in St Peter’s Basilica. Christ, the new .’ In this Father’s upcoming encyclical on The day will commence with Holy mass celebrated at 11.30 a.m. Reflecting on Adam—who way, ‘we will indeed be able to environmental degradation and himself was ‘formed from the experience the freedom of the the global effects of climate by Archbishop Philip at Turnbull Hall, University of Glasgow earth’—the Pope explained that sons and daughters, in harmony change on the poor. this respect for the earth is only with all creation,’the Pope added. Expected to be published in followed by the procession leaving Turnbull Hall at 1.00 p.m. possible when man is renewed These remarks about man’s mid-late June, the document has Holy Hour will commence at 2.00 p.m. at St Peterʼs Church by the Holy Spirit, and ‘reformed responsibility to care for the already been written and is by the Father on the model of earth comes ahead of the Holy currently being translated. followed by a light buffet in the church hall. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 8 MARY’S MEALS SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY MAY 29 2015

We’ve come a long, long way together MAGNUS MacFARLANE-BARROW founder and chief executive officer of Mary’s Meals, reflects on the milestone of reaching one million of the world’s poorest children with a life-changing meal in school

T LAST, together, we have reached meal in school in this world of plenty! place in the back of our van on their way to church. that long-anticipated milestone! [Now], But, of course, in another sense this landmark These goods were taken back to our warehouses more than one million children— changes nothing. Not for the children who are still and categorised. Some ended up on containers and 1,035,637 to be exact—will eat one waiting for Mary’s Meals. The same hunger trucks headed for Liberia, while others were sent to of our meals in a place of education, continues to gnaw at their tummies, waste their be sold in our charity shops, which were also being a miracle which you have helped make happen. I limbs and slay each of their precious dreams. set up and run by groups of amazing, dedicated dearly wish you could have been with us last week And so our desire to reach them—the 57 million volunteers. Ain Chirimba, a small Malawian village nestled at children who are out of school around the world “The team collecting goods at the parishes then the foot of craggy mountains, where—until today, the millions more who suffer from chronic also began to give talks to the congregations at the recently—children were going hungry. hunger—burns as brightly as it ever did. Perhaps invitation of the priests and ministers, and then to The local school there is one of many in even more brightly, in fact, because we can now sell raffle tickets outside the churches as the con- Malawi’s Machinga district that have received see so clearly how our meals change things forever gregations left. In time they recruited an incredibly Mary’s Meals in the most recent expansion of our —children are coming to school in their droves to committed team—among whom were teenagers, school feeding programme—an expansion which receive their nutritious daily meal, concentrate on elderly people, a lady in a wheelchair and a blind saw us surpass the million threshold and which, as their studies and then grow up to become men gentleman—big enough to be present in at least always, was only possible because of the continuing and women who can lift themselves and their three parishes each weekend and raising hundreds generosity and ‘little acts of love’ of our supporters communities out of poverty. of thousands of pounds. They created massive all around the world. Among those celebrating at Chirimba was a awareness and respect for our work. To this day they We went to Chirimba to rejoice and give thanks gifted young member of our staff. I looked over as continue this initiative, sacrificing their weekends, for the feeding of our ‘millionth child.’ On the Dyson stood beside his motorbike, smiling broadly wind, rain or shine, and they humble me and teach fields in front of the school kitchen where our meals as he watched the children frolicking around us. me with their good cheer and self-giving love. I are now served to queues of laughing children, we Dyson is an orphan who once ate our meals in like to describe our work as just a series of lots and sang with grateful hearts and danced with joy, school. He is adamant that without Mary’s Meals lots of little acts of love, and when I do so, I stamping on the injustice of a world where far too he wouldn’t be here today. usually think of them standing outside a church in many still go hungry, where so many live in And so, even as we rightly celebrate this the face of the horizontal Scottish rain.” poverty, where too many children never experience moment and give thanks, I find myself thinking the opportunities education can bring. about the countless villages in Haiti, Liberia, I The Shed that Fed a Million Children by Magnus The reaching of this big number is important. In Zambia, Kenya, India, Malawi and elsewhere, MacFarlane-Barrow is out now, published by the years that have passed since we began by feeding where children are waiting for us, and some words visit local parishes to spread the word about our William Collins (ISBN: 9780008127640). Available just 200 children in 2002, we have seen that of ’s come to mind: “Yesterday is work. Their efforts are lauded by Magnus now from good bookstores and online Mary’s Meals really works and I think the reaching gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only MacFarlane-Barrow in his book, The Shed that of this momentous milestone not only gives today. Let us begin.” Thank you. Fed a Million Children (above): “A formidable I If you or someone you know would like to help encouragement to our army of volunteers and group of 50 volunteers from the Glasgow area had Mary’s Meals reach more children with a daily meal supporters around the world, but also enables us to any Scottish Catholic Observer readers begun to visit a different parish every Sunday in school by volunteering with the Rags to Riches or tell the world even more loudly that our vision is will be familiar with the Mary’s Meals where the parishioners had been previously invited Raffle teams, please call 0141 336 7094 or e-mail possible: We can provide every child with a daily Rags to Riches and Raffle teams, who to bring their unwanted clothing and bric-a-brac to your enquiry to: [email protected] M WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY MAY 29 2015 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER LETTERS 9

LETTER OF THE WEEK PICTURES OF THE WEEK Green shoots of hope in our Church, for our young

OUR Faith is alive, of that I have never had any doubt, but our Church, well our Church here in Scotland has had its fair share of struggles it is only fair to say. That it is why it is so uplifting to see the fresh green shoots of hope in our Church. To read about the revival of the official pilgrimage in Dunfermline, and of Archbishop Leo Cushley’s involvement in it, in the May 15 SCO and then to see the touring icon of Our Lady of Paisley ahead of a diocesan synod next year called by Bishop John Keenan in the May 22 edition of the newspaper, well it is inspiring. And then there are our young people. They gathered in Carfin Grotto for the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, they will do us proud by turning out in force at the ACN Scotland Youth Rally in solidarity with persecuted Christians at the Grotto on June The SCIAF Cycle pilgrimage 11. But before that, students from Catholic recently stopped at Carfin schools will be rewarded for living social Grotto for Mass with Bishop teaching at the Caritas Award Ceremony on Joseph Toal (left) bishop Wednesday June 3. president of SCIAF, in the glass Later this summer our young people will chapel. (Above) Fr Stephen once again be called to gather, this time at Reilly cycled into the grotto the Scottish Catholic Youth Festival in with Alistair Dutton, SCIAF Stirling from July 30 to August 2.This is director, Mari Everett and the Year of Consecrated Life, and I pray for Louise Joyce from SCIAF vocations in the hope that is one of the PICS: PAUL McSHERRY products of our healing Church. Soon the Year of Mercy will be upon us, and I also pray God show us mercy by calling more of our number to the priesthood and religious life. God said that, as Christians, we would be persecuted, that we would be tested. I Scots beware of legalising euthanasia programme. believe we have been and we are still being assisted suicide/euthanasia The Dutch doctors bravely and persecuted and tested today. The question successfully resisted, in spite of threats and is, will we pass these tests or will we fall at IF SCOTS want to consider legalising imprisonment, and refused to kill the ESTABLISHED IN 1885 the first hurdles. Pope Frances says that we euthanasia in whatever form [MSPs voting handicapped or mentally ill, to abort babies as parents must be central in the lives and on bill after SCO went to press this week], or to kill off sick children. Yet, 40 years educations of our children, passing on the common sense should lead them to first later, Holland was a much more secularised Faith. That is the real test we face here in investigate the Dutch experience. A study country and the scene became rather Scotland. of its Euthanasia practise makes sobering different. Are we up to the task? I hope and pray reading. Euthanasia was never de-criminalised we are, for it is a task we dare not fail. The Dutch history of euthanasia is but by 1984 the Royal Dutch Medical Role models need not be deeply ironical as in 1941, Holland seems Association had issued instructions on how Mr McGuigan to have been the only occupied country in to euthanise, and the courts had failed to perfect, nor always unifying HAMILTON Europe to refuse to carry out the German prosecute doctors for killing their patients. Since then, in a terrible progression, euthanasia for the terminally ill has come AINT or sinner: We are one, can be both, and are reminded Be wary of allowing assisted (US$100 instead of thousands of dollars.) to include the chronically ill; euthanasia for this week that the goal of sainthood does not necessarily suicide for NHS budgeting This leaves the patient with the ‘choice’to the physically ill has come to include mean perfection in everyone’s eyes. When he visited Scot- pay for their own pain killing medicine, if they euthanasia for psychiatric problems—for land and England in 2010 Pope Benedict XVI told young IN THE US, physician assisted suicide is have the means, or if they cannot pay the instance depression. Catholics that there were some of the future saints of the legal in a few states and under various stages options are dying in agonising pain or agreeing Voluntary euthanasia has progressed to 21st century. He inspired them to fulfill that potential. of review in other states. It was anticipated to assisted suicide by lethal injection. Some involuntary euthanasia. The Beatification of Oscar Romero on Saturday places on the path that it would be only occasionally used but have opted for assisted suicide to spare their Today often decisions are taken by toS sainthood the El Salvadorian archbishop whose martyrdom Pope this is no longer the case. children the cost burden of their medication in doctors or the families of the patients, Francis, Benedict XVI’s successor, recognised. Even the most basic health insurance plans these circumstances, being made to feel that patients who can be as young as 12 Despite only serving as his country’s archbishop for three years include a minimum level of care for they are obliged to die. years old. before his assassination in 1980 while celebrating Mass, Archbishop terminally ill patients, that being to provide ‘a Whether these clever loopholes were not Today, euthanasia in Holland is hedged Romero had a profound impact on the social, economic and political pain management protocol’ for however foreseen by lawmakers or whether the round by laws and regulations which, like status quo in El Salvador. The archbishop was the most powerful and many months, weeks or days until the legislation was deliberately and conveniently the emperor’s new clothes, owe more to vocal of his nation’s Church figures and he soon became known as patient’s natural death. vague is not known, but this version of reputation than to substance. ‘The People’s .’ With the legislation change, allowing euthanasia is getting a hearing now in most According to Dr Hank Jockensen, a The iconic yet controversial religious leader worked tirelessly to assisted suicide, the insurance companies can first world countries and could easily slip into well-known Dutch medical ethicist, ‘the help the lower-class and was the most influential opponent of the gov- now state (and have done so successfully) the mainstream medical system if not majority of cases in which doctors ernment’s oppression of the poor. Thousands of people attended his that their requirement now is simply to opposed vigorously. intentionally shorten patients’ lives, either sermons, many of which were broadcast on the radio. Young edu- provide for this new minimum level of care, Stephen Clark by act or omission, remain unnotified, cated people in his country talk of him as a hero, but some of their that is the the cost of the lethal injection. MANILA, PHILIPPINE unchecked and invisible to justice.’ more affluent parents don’t always remember him in this way. Perhaps this is why all the leading Pope John Paul II, the Vatican and the Church in El Salvador, how- disability groups in the UK (Inclusion ever, questioned Romero’s alleged ties to Liberation theology, Marx- Why are humans not as how they will vote on the brutal and Scotland, Disability Rights UK, The ists organisations and political activism. important as foxes? unacceptable practice of fox hunting.” Disabled Peoples Council and Not Dead No Pope, it would seem, has ever made anyone a saint who so Lucky old fox! Yet) oppose changing the law. polarised opinion. Anyone, it could be said, apart from St John Paul IT WAS interesting to read in Monday May Now I wonder if they could go one better The medical profession is against II himself, the Polish Pope who had a strong aversion to any move- 18 Daily Record (page 7) the following and apply the same statements to end the legalising Assisted Suicide, including the ment that evokes memories of Stalinism. How interesting that Pope statements: brutal and unacceptable practice of British Medical Association, the Royal Francis, with his Argentinean roots, has furthered both of their causes “Scotland knows what is right and wrong Abortion. College of Physicians, the Royal College for sainthood in our broad, universal Church. and we have never shied away from the Or is human life less important? of GPs, the Association for Palliative Ultimately, Martyr Oscar Romero has likely been Beatified for his moral responsibilities to help our Medicine and the British Geriatric love, compassion, bravery and proactive stance against socially unjust neighbours.” Eddie Kelly Society. situations. “The SNP must end the confusion on BY EMAIL [The Catholic Faith and the pro-life His work is continued today by many in the Church, Catholic movement know that] all people are organisations and charities. Look at Justice and Peace Scotland, G SCO reserves the right to edit letters to conform with space or style requirements valuable, not just the able and productive Mary’s Meals and SCIAF (reports in this week’s SCO) for further G This page is used solely for reader opinion and therefore views expressed are not necessarily shared by SCO [members of our society.] inspiration, and also examine the work of Aid to the Church in Need G If you would like to share your opinion, send your correspondence to the address below against persecution. G Whether you use e-mail or post, you must provide your full name, address, and phone number or your letter will Our young people, our soon-to-be new Caritas Award winners, our not be used Lesley J Findlay future saints of the 21st century, need inspiration. They would do well INVERNESS SHIRE to look to the saints, not popular culture, to find role models. WRITE TO LETTERS, SCO, 19 WATERLOO STREET, GLASGOW G2 6BT [email protected] 10 COMMENT SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY MAY 29 2015 Recent history of inaction by Church a factor in referendum

financed from the US. Because BY HUGH the Catholic hierarchy failed to fearlessly and frankly face up to McLOUGHLIN past mistakes and be open about them, that gay lobby and their friends in the media had a field THE result of the Irish refer- day. There wasn’t an altar boy endum on same-sex marriage safe in Ireland! That this was a was entirely predictable and grotesque lie did not matter. had been for some consider- Nobody would have believed the able time. bishops anyway because when the After all, in the lead up to the allegations began to emerge the plebiscite the Irish bishops bishops stayed silent. Their seemed to have already resigned silence was taken as an admission themselves to their fate and, with- of guilt. out even turning up at the ring- Thereafter, anything dreamt up side, threw in their collective by the gay lobby was believed in towel. Ireland. Remember Peter Tatchell It is all very well for those of us turning up at the Holocaust who witnessed the train crash Memorial and subsequent stories from this side of the Irish Sea to of 50,000 homosexuals being complain that the Yes Equality done to death in the ‘death campaign had been massively camps?’ Untrue. Yes, some died in funded from abroad, for that is, concentration camps where they indeed, true. Just one example: had been sentenced to hard labour one of the partners in the yes cam- but nowhere near the number put paign, GLEN (the Gay and Les- forward. And they were never part bian Equality Network), received of the Holocaust, of the Final Does the Irish Church from a US outfit called Atlantic Solution. They did not feature on Philanthropies $4,727,860 in the the agenda of the Wannsee confer- period 2005-11. This is democ- ence that defined it and they were racy US style. Buy the vote! not herded into the gas chambers. Yet the Irish bishops had a plat- But it was believed. form, a voice and an authority that Remember the story upon need a reality check? money cannot buy. It would which the film The Magdalene appear they failed to use either of Sisters was based? Do you know the first two and previous inaction that it was the product of a DECLAN McSWEENEY reflects on Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum meant they had lost the third. fevered imagination? But it was They lost it when confronted with believed. More recently, there was the fact that some few priests had the story of the hundreds of chil- HE outcome of denial of the realities. consensus and the views of is hardly surprising that the sexually abused children, their drens’ bodies dumped by the nuns the Republic of “We won’t begin again influential people, but the Church’s position on same- bishops did not act and, to make in the septic tank in Tuam. It was Ireland’s referen- with a sense of renewal by same applied twenty years sex marriage had little influ- matters worse, when they found obscenely distorted nonsense dum on same-sex simply denying,” he said. ago, yet the results could not ence. out that some among them had because, apart from anything else, marriage is certain The archbishop warned be more different. However, while the yes not acted the other bishops did not no septic tank has ever been built to give rise to a great deal of against becoming ‘a church of Clearly, the difference has vote in Dublin was over- act against them. Sadly for them, in Ireland that was big enough. soul-searching on the part of the like-minded.’ been generational—whereas whelming, the other striking the Irish are a highly literate peo- But it was believed. And I am in Tthe Catholic Church there. He stressed that he was not young people traditionally feature of the referendum ple. They all know the story about no way unfeeling or uncaring of After the Republic became calling for a change in funda- have been slow to vote, on this was the shift in opinion in the the King having no clothes. And the poor wee souls who had been the first country in the world mental teaching on marriage occasion they came out in their rest of the country. Only one thy can tell the real thing when buried in unmarked graves. I can- to introduce same -sex mar- and the family, but added that droves, with large numbers of of the 43 constituencies— they see it. not say the same for those who riage by vote of the people— ‘we tend to think in black and recent migrants travelling, not Roscommon-South Rabbie Burns wrote: “Facts are used them for their own evil ends. as opposed to parliamentary white but most of us live in the just from Britain, but from all Leitrim—recorded a no chiels that winna ding.” When One of which was the outcome of decisions or court rulings— area of grey, and if the Church over the world, to exercise majority, in dramatic contrast stories started appearing in the the referendum. by a two-thirds majority, the has a harsh teaching, it seems to their franchise. Polling officers to the divorce referendum press about abuse in Boston Arch- In Ireland there are four arch- Archbishop of Dublin, Diar- be condemning those who are reported they had never before when the bulk of constituen- diocese in the US, it was a cer- bishops, 21 suffragan bishops, muid Martin, has said that the not in line with it.’ seen young people in school cies outside Dublin, Cork and tainty that Ireland would next be with one diocese currently sede Church needs a ‘reality “But all of us live in the uniforms coming to vote. Limerick voted no. closely looked at. Why were the vacante, and three auxiliary bish- check.’ grey area,” he added. “All of Nonetheless, while the The impact of abuse scan- Irish bishops not ready to deal ops. On the retired list are three “I think really that the us fail. All of us are intoler- youth vote (above) was deci- dals continues to haunt the with this? And to deal with it archbishops, two of whom are Church needs to do a reality ant. All of us make mistakes. sive, it is clear that many of Church in Ireland, but the openly and honestly? Is anti-cleri- cardinals, 12 bishops and eight check, a reality check right All of us sin and all of us these young people persuaded Yes campaign also benefited calism unknown in Ireland? Did auxiliary bishops. Did any of across the board, to look at pick ourselves up again with their parents and even grand- from the manner in which they think that RTE and The Irish them truly distinguish the things it’s doing well, to the help of that institution, parents to vote for the intro- gay and lesbian people came Times loved them still? Well they themselves in the defence of look at the areas where we which should be there to do duction of same-sex marriage. out publicly during the cam- ken noo! marriage during the lead up to the really have to start and say: that.” In that context, the result paign about their own lives. Over the last ten or more years referendum? ‘Look, have we drifted away clearly reflects the decline in One thinks in particular of there have been relentless attacks I hope Archbishop Charles completely from young peo- ith over 62.07 per the nfluence of the Catholic the TV3 presenter Ursula on the Irish Catholic Church John Brown (below), Apostolic ple?’ ” he told RTÉ News. cent voting Yes, the Church—in 1998, weekly Halligan, who came out as a spearheaded, it could be reason- Nuncio to Ireland, is asking him- He said it was an ‘over- result was much Mass attendance stood at 60 lesbian at the age of 54, and ably said, by the gay lobby and self the same question. whelming vote in one direc- Wmore decisive than was per cent, according to the bish- the Irish Times journalist Una tion’ and a ‘social revolution’ widely expected and stands ops’ own figures, but more Mullally, also a lesbian, who and he understood how gay in total contrast to the recent surveys have shown it is spoke of the hate mail she men and lesbians saw the divorce referendum of 20 down to 35 per cent and received when she spoke result as enriching their lives. years ago, when the amend- only 14 per cent in Dublin publicly about being treated Referring to the difficulty ment was passed by a Archdiocese. for cancer. of getting the Church’s mes- whisker, at just over 50 per If one excludes the older Now that the people have sage across to young people, cent. generation and immigrants, it had their say, one must hope Archbishop Martin said it Opponents of same-sex means that very few young that both sides can avoid was important that the marriage argue that they were Irish-born men and women in recriminations and focus on Church must not move into fighting against an all-party the capital attend Mass, so it reconciliation.

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WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK FRIDAY MAY 29 2015 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER COMMENT 11 She belongs to us and we belong to Her In this, the month of Mary, DEACON HENRY McKENNA explains the multi-faceted role She has in the Church

HE Second Vatican Council closed on called, the ‘Assumption is fundamentally nothing the feast of the Immaculate Conception more than what is promised to all the Faithful.’ under the Pontificate of Pope Paul VI Being Assumed into Heaven Mary reminds us in 1965 and called on all of humanity that we are but a short time here on earth and not to holiness. This call to holiness is far from eternal life, all that separates us is faith recognised by the life of the Blessed Mary in Her Son, it is a reminder to us of the glory that who from the Annunciation to standing at the foot awaits each one of us since we are all sons and Tof the Cross Her Faith never wavered. It is fit- daughters of God since our Baptism, as St John ting that the council who opened the doors of the tells us ‘we are already the children of God.’ (1 Church to the modern world closed on this feast John 3:2) day.The council recognised the importance of Mary By the gift of the Holy Spirit the infallibility of to be the role model of the Christian life and faith. the dogma of the Assumption, (Declared 1950) In the Catholic Church, Mary is recognised as the Catholic Church recognised Mary as the a model of faith, like the Apostles and saints, but ‘Queen of Heaven’ in that Jesus seated His She is not divine nor is She able to provide alone Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, to a throne at for our salvation. Jesus Christ alone is God and His right hand side in Heaven, She has arrived at capable of saving all mankind. However Mary’s the homeland at the end of her journey, that is roles are important for the Christian life and why the Catholic Church speaks of Mary as the faith. As the blessed of all human beings Mary ‘Eschatological Icon of the Church.’ (CCC 972). co-operated in the saving work of her Son and still co-operates in heaven and so our prayers and the Church. Mary is Israel, ‘the Daughter of uttered Her yes in the name of the whole of y venerating Mary the Catholic Church intercessions are still to be encouraged to Mary Zion’ the nation from whom awaits the coming humanity. By Her obedience She became the takes the form of prayer for intercession our ‘Advocate.’ of the messiah. This symbol also refers to the new Eve, mother of all the living, by doing so with Her Son, Jesus Christ. Painted icons, The importance of Mary who herself is called Church, for Jesus at the foot of the Cross gives She is an example to us all in the virtues whereby Bstatues and titles are given to Her; She is also one , was decreed by the Council of Ephesus His Mother Mary to the John, the Church She continued Her journey on earth striving to of the most highly venerated saints, with several in 431AD as ‘Mother of God,’ developing our are the Faithful disciples of Christ whom the dragon increase in holiness through hardships, suffering major feasts dedicated to Her. Lumen Gentium understanding of Mary as ‘Mother of God in Revelations went ‘to make war with the rest of for the world to gain its salvation, in doing so describes Mary as higher than all created beings, Incarnate.’ This emphasised the importance of Her offspring who keep the commandments of God through Her charity and in keeping Her virginity including the angels, ‘She far surpasses all the relationship Mary had with Jesus and in Her and bear testimony to Jesus.’(Revelations 12:17). she is a spiritual single source of fertility to the creatures, both in Heaven and on earth. (Lumen maternal role in the Catholic Church. Mary is seen In order to fulfil this plan Mary had to be holy, world, like any good mother Mary is concerned Gentium 53). Many devotions to Our Lady are as a great example and role model of the pilgrim ‘born of God’s grace’ the favoured one, Hail full for us Her family, She continues Her maternal to be encouraged, such examples used mostly for Church, indeed by imitating Her ‘obedience of of grace, Kecharitomene free from all sin, indeed role in Heaven in relation to all the members of prayer to Our Lady are the Rosary and the Hail faith’ we too hope to see God face to face after original sin, She had to be ‘redeemed from the Christ’s Body, the Church. She continues to care Mary indeed the offers splendid our earthly journey is over. moment of her conception’ in other words, Her for Her Son’s brothers and sisters who journey sections of valuable instruction on Catechesis Mary is also known as Mater Dei, the Mother sinlessness was a gift of grace, saving Her before on earth amid dangers and difficulties, until they (CCC 2673-2679) with Mary being the of Jesus, and also as Mother of the Church. Her She sinned, in fact the new plan of salvation was are led to their blessed home through Her motherly perfect ‘Orans.’ role as Mother of the Church draws from Her now being established reaffirming that at no time love. (Lumen Gentium 42, 43) Through prayer and devotion we are called to role as Mother of Jesus. This is highlighted by in her existence was She alienated from God. That is why She is invoked as ‘advocate, helper, an intimate relationship with Mary, She has the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, (Lumen Gentium 56). benefactress and mediatrix.’ She intercedes for given us a way of living in conformity with Her which does not give separate teaching on Mary, By being the favoured one, in the New Testament us with Her Son (John 2:1-12) but She is not to Son, and She is the Church’s model of faith and but gives her a key place in Lumen Gentium, the Paul mentions Mary once, though not by name, be adored like God Himself but, honoured, charity, by Her intercession and prayers we pray document on the Church. The Second Vatican whereby he refers to Jesus being ‘born of a venerated (hyperdulia) as the one whom we can that our souls will be delivered from death. She Council clearly shows the significance of Mary woman’ (Galatians 4:4), emphasising that Mary call out to in times of trial and distress, one who is a living, loving maternal ‘Advocate’ for Her in the Church and reiterates the importance of would be part of God’s plan from the beginning. is worthy of honour and veneration. She is the children, She constantly plays an active role in Her role through the ‘mystery of the Incarnate This is apparent from Her role in our redemption for one who is uniquely fashioned by God, as no the life and mission of the Church, not just as our Word and the Mystical Body.’ (Lumen Gentium when She pronounced her fiat at theAnnunciation, other has ever been or will ever be. In the Church, Sister but as our spiritual Mother, She places 54) It looks at the intimate relationship of Mary and in giving Her consent to the mystery of the Mary is venerated as the purest realisation of Herself between Her Son and mankind acting as and the Church, for the very role of the Church Incarnation, Mary was already collaborating in faith, Her faith never wavered, even to standing our ‘mediatrix’ she is God’s gift to us, and she is is to bear Christ into the world today. Her Son’s work, as we have mentioned. Jesus is at the foot of the Cross. “She shines forth on the pivotal point of salvation history. Saviour and Head of his Mystical Body; on the earth, until the day of the Lord shall come, a sign ary is also known as the Immaculate cross He gave Mary to us as our Mother. of certain hope and comfort to the pilgrim people hen we consider and indeed appreciate Conception ever virgin aeiparthenos. This is made more apparent in Mary’s of God.” The Church rightly honours her with the true meaning of the Incarnation we Mary’s role is seen in God’s plan in that Magnificat where Our Blessed Lady ‘speaks not the title ‘Mother of God’ and dedicates Liturgical see Mary being a representative of the MShe links the Incarnation with the eternal plan of merely as one of the poor, but totally identifies feasts in Her honour emphasising the special humanW race, acting on our behalf, participating in God therefore Her ‘role is seen as not mere the marvels which God has done for Her with the devotion the Church has for Mary (Lumen the redemptive work of her Son, this incorporates peripheral or incidental.’ (Kevin Preston 2003) final fulfilment of his promises.’ This identifies Gentium 68) indeed the faithful must be encouraged the role of Mary in our Christian life being In the mystery of the Incarnation, the Holy Mary as the ‘Daughter of Zion,’ the Mother of to reverence the memory ‘of the glorious ever fulfilled in our journey home to God through Spirit—through Mary—brought to fulfilment all the Saviour, indeed Pope Benedict XVI implied Virgin Mary, Mother of God and of our Lord Mary’s Metestiseen (Assumption) into Heaven. the preparations for the coming of Christ among Mary to be ‘the woman who Herself is described Jesus Christ.’ (Lumen Gentium 53) In Mary through Her faith and obedience we the people of Israel. Through Her virginity and as the true holy remnant, as the authentic daughter of have the promise of a happiness and joy that Her response of Faith, Mary wholly gives Herself Zion and who is thereby the Mother of the Saviour.’ t the end of her life, Our Blessed Lady, offers us a life that is full and everlasting, a joy to God, and through this act of faith, She truly This is highlighted by the fact that Eve who was Assumed body and soul into Heaven that lies in wait for those who follow the example becomes the Mother of the Saviour and a symbol disobeyed God and brought sin and death into still free from all sin, arriving at the goal of Mary, and a promise from Christ that as his of the Church. She brought forth ‘the Word made the world, is countered by Mary who is seen as towardsA which we are making in anticipation disciples our bodies will rise at the end of time flesh, who dwelt amongst us.’ (John 1:14) the new Eve who obeys the Lord and brings Jesus with the Church in that the Church exists without and be with God forever in Heaven. We acknowledge that through the dogma of and redemption into the world. Mary ‘Our ‘spot or wrinkle.’ Mary had done the will of the Mary’s response of faith should open up a the Immaculate Conception, (Declared 1854), Mother,’ who by Her own free will accepted the Father and now shares in Her glorified role as response of our own faith and should give us She is ‘full of grace.’ declares that a virgin message of the angel, and cooperated fully with intercessor for us; She now shares in Her Son’s hope on our own pilgrim journey to the Father in will conceive a son and call him ‘Immanuel’ God in bringing forth into the world ‘the Word Heavenly glory. By Her Faith She has shown us that Mary having gone before us is a model of (Isaiah 7:14) ‘God with us’ a sign of the coming Incarnate,’who becomes ‘Son of Mary.’(Mark 6:3) that we are all destined to be with the Father in our own personal relationship with God. Yes, of a saviour born of a very special woman bringing Mary ‘found favour with God’ and brought into Heaven and indeed God wishes it for each one Mary had the fullness of grace and goes before into the world the Messiah the one in whom the world God’s only Son, similarly it was by of us. It highlights the true plan of God in that every us, but this grace is intended for us all in that by redemption will be fulfilled, She will be granted Her faith that for Her the state of blessedness and person has ‘the perfect realisation of that union our own powers we cannot be the beloved children a unique role in the work of salvation. We look to certainty in the promise would be fulfilled: “Blessed between Christ and His ‘bride,’ the Church, of of God, but only by the sheer grace of God alone. Mary as a humble virgin who was raised up to be is she who believed that the promise made Her which the Eucharist is a foretaste and pledge.’ That is why Mary can be called both model and the one who would give sinless human nature the by the Lord would be fulfilled.” (Luke 1:30-45) The importance and the meaning of the Mother of the Church. Mary in Her various roles second Person of the Trinity, so that he would be Assumption concerns man’s life and destiny in that of Mother of the Church have always taken the our saviour. In God’s plan Mary is the ‘woman.’ hrough Her blessedness Mary had a we journey towards God and eternal happiness, Church and its people to the heart of Her Son, (John 2:4) prominent role in cooperating in the work clearly it identifies Mary’s role in participating Jesus, that is why She belongs to us, and indeed The ‘woman’ is seen as a symbol of Israel and Tof salvation freely and obediently. She with the plan of God, and to which we are all we belong to Her. 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HITTING THE ROAD WITH SCIAF IAN DUNN tells of the joys of taking part in the SCIAF cycle pilgrimage, and of being SCO deputy editor Despite facing the daunting task of tackling the Ayrshire hills as part of the SCIAF cycle pilgrimage, Ian Dunn, the WAS quite surprised when my editor ‘kindly’ he’s making the effort. flags, and generally happy as Larry, This must be indeed the whole Clyde Valley is spread out beneath SCO’s deputy editor (above left) was heartened by the signed me up to a day with SCIAF director “Sure we could go out in the car, but the response what Sir Chris Hoy feels like. us, the view is stunning. welcome that he, the SCIAF team and local priests Fr Alistair Dutton on his mammoth SCIAF cycle to this has been absolutely amazing, one thing that’s Headteacher Ann Murray says this was important Martin Chambers and Fr Stephen Latham received from pilgrimage of Scotland. Although I do cycle been clear is that people have a real affection for to the pupils as they’re ‘really invested in SCIAF 3.10pm We speed down the hill, a couple of cheery the pupils of St Andrew’s Primary School in Kilmarnock to work quite often, it’s a pretty big leap from SCIAF and fortunate that’s meant they’ve been very and it’s a big part of the life of the school.’ lambs briefly bounding down along side us. (above centre and right). This gave him and the SCIAF that to the 50 mile ‘jaunt’ that was being proposed. welcoming to me,” he added. “SCIAF’s work is so team the will to continue on their cycle, which ended in Still, ever willing to do anything for the SCO, I important, helping our brothers and sisters who are 12noon After a quick snack and some filming for 3.30pm On reaching Hamilton we have a brief Motherwell (below) agreed. What follows is a true and absolutely accurate less fortunate all over the world,” he said. “Hopefully STV Glasgow, who are doing a story for that evening’s moment of raw terror as we travel along a dual PICS ABOVE LEFT AND BELOW: IAN DUNN I PICS ABOVE CENTRE AND RIGHT: PAUL McSHERRY record of my day on two wheels with SCIAF. in a small way this is making the people who support news, we’re back on the road. carriage way as a massive truck threatens to emerge SCIAF feel closer to them.” out on top of me, but luckily I manage to avoid it. 6.20am Leave my flat on Glasgow’s Southside to 12.30pm Fr Chambers takes us to Hurlford, but cycle to SCIAF’s offices in the West End. This is a 8am We arrive in Troon, where we attend Mass at despite having gone from John O Groats to Land’s 3.45pm We arrive at St Bernadette’s, Motherwell, lot more pleasant than my normal commute because Our Lady of the Assumption and St Meddan parish End before, he and Fr Latham call it a day here. where the parish priest Fr Stephen Reilly gives us a there is no one else on the road. with Canon Archie Brown. A beautiful church and a very warm welcome. humbling start to the day. 12.35pm Now the work begins to get up and over 6.50am Arrive at SCIAF’s offices were I’m pointed the Ayrshire hills. Val from SCIAF—a road cycling 4.45pm We head back to Glasgow in the van. I’m out byVal Morgan—SCIAF’s‘tough as old boots’media 8.45am We stop for a photograph with the lovely veteran—urges me to ‘learn to love the hills.’ Love knackered and have somehow managed to get sunburnt. officer, veteran of umpteen trip to SCIAF’s projects parishioners of Our Lady’s. is a strong word for how I feel about hills at this point. We are stuck in traffic for what seems like an age. all over the world—to SCIAF’s director Alistair Dutton, who is suspiciously fresh and energetic for 8.55am We meet two titans of the Ayrshire cycling 1.30pm We stop for lunch, in good spirits. The map 6pm Back to Glasgow, I cycle back from the centre a man whose already cycled 500 miles and by no scheme Fr Martin Chambers and Fr Stephen Latham suggests there’s not that much more hill to climb. of town to the south side extremely slowly. At one means least, Damien Clony, the extremely helpful —two Kilmarnock priests, who will be our guides point an enormous man on a tricycle over takes me. SCIAF volunteer who will be driving the support van. through Ayrshire. We were also joined by SCIAF’s 2pm Back on the road. Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Mark . 6.20pm Home. 7am We stick the bikes in the van and head for 2.10pm Hill. Troon, on the way down Alistair tells me about why 9.10am We are waved off from Troon by P1s from 6.25pm Asleep. he’s doing this. St Patrick’s Primary School, were extremely excitable! 2.11pm More hills. “When I came into the job, I sat down with almost The day couldn’t have gone any better and it was a everyone at SCIAF and the one thing that I heard 9.15am We get underway on the 12 miles from Troon 2.12pm Even more hills welcome reminder of how much affection the people again and again was that we needed to do more to be to Kilmarnock. The countryside is beautiful, the of Scotland have for SCIAF and its work. That day, out there communicating with our supporters, thanking company is excellent, there’s a great view of the view 2.15pm The hill is interrupted as a friendly motorist Alistair from SCIAF hit 600 miles and I was very them for their help and making sure they feel part of of the sea and the sun is shining. Life could not be better. winds down his window to shout an obscure glad not to be getting up the next morning to add to it! SCIAF’s work,” he said. “As this was SCIAF’s 50th Ayrshire term of ‘endearment.’ Sadly Fr Chambers year, this seemed like a really good way to mark it, to get 10.30am We arrive at our next stop, St Andrew’s and Fr Latham are no longer here to translate. I [email protected] out on the road and meet as many people as possible.” Primary School in Kilmarnock to a hero’s welcome. He says that people really appreciate the fact that The entire school is out and cheering us, waving 2.45pm We crest the hill. 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HITTING THE ROAD WITH SCIAF IAN DUNN tells of the joys of taking part in the SCIAF cycle pilgrimage, and of being SCO deputy editor Despite facing the daunting task of tackling the Ayrshire hills as part of the SCIAF cycle pilgrimage, Ian Dunn, the WAS quite surprised when my editor ‘kindly’ he’s making the effort. flags, and generally happy as Larry, This must be indeed the whole Clyde Valley is spread out beneath SCO’s deputy editor (above left) was heartened by the signed me up to a day with SCIAF director “Sure we could go out in the car, but the response what Sir Chris Hoy feels like. us, the view is stunning. welcome that he, the SCIAF team and local priests Fr Alistair Dutton on his mammoth SCIAF cycle to this has been absolutely amazing, one thing that’s Headteacher Ann Murray says this was important Martin Chambers and Fr Stephen Latham received from pilgrimage of Scotland. Although I do cycle been clear is that people have a real affection for to the pupils as they’re ‘really invested in SCIAF 3.10pm We speed down the hill, a couple of cheery the pupils of St Andrew’s Primary School in Kilmarnock to work quite often, it’s a pretty big leap from SCIAF and fortunate that’s meant they’ve been very and it’s a big part of the life of the school.’ lambs briefly bounding down along side us. (above centre and right). This gave him and the SCIAF that to the 50 mile ‘jaunt’ that was being proposed. welcoming to me,” he added. “SCIAF’s work is so team the will to continue on their cycle, which ended in Still, ever willing to do anything for the SCO, I important, helping our brothers and sisters who are 12noon After a quick snack and some filming for 3.30pm On reaching Hamilton we have a brief Motherwell (below) agreed. What follows is a true and absolutely accurate less fortunate all over the world,” he said. “Hopefully STV Glasgow, who are doing a story for that evening’s moment of raw terror as we travel along a dual PICS ABOVE LEFT AND BELOW: IAN DUNN I PICS ABOVE CENTRE AND RIGHT: PAUL McSHERRY record of my day on two wheels with SCIAF. in a small way this is making the people who support news, we’re back on the road. carriage way as a massive truck threatens to emerge SCIAF feel closer to them.” out on top of me, but luckily I manage to avoid it. 6.20am Leave my flat on Glasgow’s Southside to 12.30pm Fr Chambers takes us to Hurlford, but cycle to SCIAF’s offices in the West End. This is a 8am We arrive in Troon, where we attend Mass at despite having gone from John O Groats to Land’s 3.45pm We arrive at St Bernadette’s, Motherwell, lot more pleasant than my normal commute because Our Lady of the Assumption and St Meddan parish End before, he and Fr Latham call it a day here. where the parish priest Fr Stephen Reilly gives us a there is no one else on the road. with Canon Archie Brown. A beautiful church and a very warm welcome. humbling start to the day. 12.35pm Now the work begins to get up and over 6.50am Arrive at SCIAF’s offices were I’m pointed the Ayrshire hills. Val from SCIAF—a road cycling 4.45pm We head back to Glasgow in the van. I’m out byVal Morgan—SCIAF’s‘tough as old boots’media 8.45am We stop for a photograph with the lovely veteran—urges me to ‘learn to love the hills.’ Love knackered and have somehow managed to get sunburnt. officer, veteran of umpteen trip to SCIAF’s projects parishioners of Our Lady’s. is a strong word for how I feel about hills at this point. We are stuck in traffic for what seems like an age. all over the world—to SCIAF’s director Alistair Dutton, who is suspiciously fresh and energetic for 8.55am We meet two titans of the Ayrshire cycling 1.30pm We stop for lunch, in good spirits. The map 6pm Back to Glasgow, I cycle back from the centre a man whose already cycled 500 miles and by no scheme Fr Martin Chambers and Fr Stephen Latham suggests there’s not that much more hill to climb. of town to the south side extremely slowly. At one means least, Damien Clony, the extremely helpful —two Kilmarnock priests, who will be our guides point an enormous man on a tricycle over takes me. SCIAF volunteer who will be driving the support van. through Ayrshire. We were also joined by SCIAF’s 2pm Back on the road. Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Mark Adams. 6.20pm Home. 7am We stick the bikes in the van and head for 2.10pm Hill. Troon, on the way down Alistair tells me about why 9.10am We are waved off from Troon by P1s from 6.25pm Asleep. he’s doing this. St Patrick’s Primary School, were extremely excitable! 2.11pm More hills. “When I came into the job, I sat down with almost The day couldn’t have gone any better and it was a everyone at SCIAF and the one thing that I heard 9.15am We get underway on the 12 miles from Troon 2.12pm Even more hills welcome reminder of how much affection the people again and again was that we needed to do more to be to Kilmarnock. The countryside is beautiful, the of Scotland have for SCIAF and its work. That day, out there communicating with our supporters, thanking company is excellent, there’s a great view of the view 2.15pm The hill is interrupted as a friendly motorist Alistair from SCIAF hit 600 miles and I was very them for their help and making sure they feel part of of the sea and the sun is shining. Life could not be better. winds down his window to shout an obscure glad not to be getting up the next morning to add to it! SCIAF’s work,” he said. “As this was SCIAF’s 50th Ayrshire term of ‘endearment.’ Sadly Fr Chambers year, this seemed like a really good way to mark it, to get 10.30am We arrive at our next stop, St Andrew’s and Fr Latham are no longer here to translate. I [email protected] out on the road and meet as many people as possible.” Primary School in Kilmarnock to a hero’s welcome. He says that people really appreciate the fact that The entire school is out and cheering us, waving 2.45pm We crest the hill. 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lassical spiritual writers speak of something they term ‘inordinate attachments,’ and, Cfor them, these ‘inordinate attachments’ are a moral fault, something we need to control by willpower. However what they mean by ‘inordinate attach- ments’ covers a wide range of things. In their view, we can be inordinately attached to our pride, to our appearance, BY FR RONALD to money, to power, to pleasure, to comfort, to possessions, to sex, and to ROLHEISER an endless list of other things. They saw this as the opposite of the virtue HE renowned spiritual of detachment. And, since its opposite writer,Henri Nouwen (right), is a virtue, ‘inordinate attachment’ is, made no secret about the for classical spirituality, a vice, a fact that he was emotionally moral and spiritual flaw. over-sensitive and that he There is a lot to be said positively suffered, sometimes to the point of for this view. Normally, lack of clinical depression, from emotional detachment is a moral flaw. But, Tobsessions. At times, he, a vowed perhaps there is an exception. An celibate, was simply overpowered by inordinate attachment can also be an the feeling of being in love with someone emotional obsession with another You cannot simply wish or will your obsessed and driven. But these ‘daimons’ God. We are infinite spirits journeying who was hopelessly unavailable that person and this muddies the moral way free of an obsession. But is that a are also very often at the root of our in a finite world. Obsessions come with he became psychologically paralysed issue. Obsessions, generally, are not moral flaw? creativity and that is why we often the territory. In ancient myths, gods and needed professional help. freely-chosen, nor are they often Sometimes too we speak of ‘being see—in the phraseology of Michael and goddesses often fell helplessly in Yet, given Nouwen’s moral honesty within the power of the will to control, possessed by demons’ and that also Higgins—‘tortured genius’ in many love with human beings, but the and the transparency of his life, one at least inside the emotions. As our old has a variety of meanings. We can be high-achievers, romantics, people with ancients believed that this was a place would hardly ascribe this to him as a and moral theology books possessed by a power beyond us that artistic temperaments, and people like where the divine and human met. And moral flaw, however emotionally- used to correctly teach: We are overpowers our will, be that the devil Van Gogh and Nouwen, who, under that still happens: The divine in us crippling it was at times. He simply responsible for our actions, but we are himself or some overpowering the pressure of an obsession, cut off an sometimes too falls hopelessly in love could not help himself sometimes, not responsible for how we feel. Our addiction such as alcohol or drugs. ear or check themselves into a clinic. with another human being. This, of such was his emotional sensitivity. emotions are like wild horses; they Most of us are not overpowered, but course, does not give us an excuse to act Almost all sensitive people suffer roam where they will and are not each of us battles with his or her own hat is the point of highlighting out as we would like on those feelings, something similar, though perhaps not easily domesticated and harnessed. demons and the line between obsession this? A deeper understanding but it does tell us that this is more an as acute as what afflicted Henri Nouwen. Hence, I believe, the notion of and possession is sometimes thin. of ourselves and others, is encounter between the divine and the Moreover these kinds of emotional ‘inordinate attachments,’ as expressed Moreover, today archetypal theW point. We should not be so mystified human than it is a moral flaw. obsessions affect our whole lives, in classical spirituality, needs to be psychologists speak of something they by what happens sometimes in our including our moral and religious lives. nuanced by series of other concepts call ‘daimons,’ that is, they believe world and inside us. We are wild, I Fr Ronald Rolheiser is a priest and What we do in the pain and paralysis which, while still carrying the same that what explains our actions are not obsessed, complex creatures, and that member of the Missionary Oblates of of obsession rarely does us proud and warning labels, carry something more. just nature and nurture, but also complexity does not take its root, first Mary Immaculate. He is president of is often far from a free act. In the grip For example, today we speak of powerful ‘angels’ and ‘demons’ inside of all, in what is evil inside us. Rather the Oblate School of Theology in San of an emotional obsession we cannot ‘obsessions,’ and we all know how us, that relentlessly haunt our bodies it is rooted in what is deepest inside us, Antonio, Texas. Visit his website at think freely, pray freely, decide things powerful and crippling these can be. and minds and leave us chronically namely, the image and likeness of www.ronrolheiser.com

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ON HIS visit to Britain, or the loss of someone, give us Churchill, Britain’s Prime she was only 19 months old, a begining late May 1982, Pope courage and support that we Minister, gave one of his most severe illness left her deaf John Paul II spoke in Glasgow. may better encourage others famous speeches in the House and blind. It was extremely The Pope said that Jesus offers who share the same kind of of Commons: “We shall not difficult for Helen and her a new way of living: To be experience. flag or fail. We shall fight in family to communicate. As gentle, generous, simple, and Lead us to act justly and France, we shall fight on the Helen could not hear anyone’s above all, sincere; to avoid fairly, helping people to see the seas and oceans, we shall fight voice to copy, she had not being arrogant, fault-finding, best in one another, so that with growing confidence and learned to speak. or self-seeking. The disciples those who have fallen out may growing strength in the air. It was impossible to educate of the new Kingdom must seek be reconciled and live in We shall defend our island, her until a young teacher called happiness even amidst poverty, peace. whatever the cost may be. Annie Sullivan arrived. One deprivation, tears and May we learn always to be We shall fight on the beaches, of Annie’s strengths, as she oppression. To aim for the genuine and sincere, avoiding we shall fight on the landing described it herself, was that Kingdom requires a radical arrogance and doing others grounds, we shall fight in the she had been blind, and change in outlook, in mentality, down, treating other people as fields and in the streets, we eventually she managed to in behaviour, in relationships the equals that they are. shall fight in the hills; ‘reach’ Helen and was able to with others. Bless us when times are we shall never surrender.” teach her. Jesus offers a new way of hard, and walk with us as the We’ll use as our prayer some Helen Keller graduated life… He has a specific task in Good Shepherd who leads and words of St Ignatius Loyola: from college with honours and life for each and every one of protects. Amen. later visited many countries, us. Each of us is hand-picked, PRAYERS FOR THE WEEK Teach us, good Lord, to serve speaking about winning called by name by Jesus. EARLY IN the Second World you as you deserve; to give and through, despite difficulties War, in May and June 1940, soldiers presumed they would around Dunkirk. By June 4 not to count the cost; to fight and physical handicaps. Lord Jesus, you call us friends the German Army made great all soon be captured as prisoners 1940, almost by a miracle, and not to heed the wounds; to She died on June 1 this day and you call each one of us by advances and kept pushing the of war, and they destroyed much over 330,000 British, French toil and not to seek for rest; to in 1968. name. May your Holy Spirit be British Expeditionary Force of their fighting equipment, to and Belgium troops had been labour and to ask for no In her life she said: fully alive in us that we may towards the sea, as well as the prevent the Germans using it. evacuated from Dunkirk, under reward, save that of knowing truly appreciate and love French and the Belgians. Ships, small fishing boats gunfire from the Germans. that we do your will. Amen. I thank God for my handicaps ourselves, and so more readily For a while, Hitler halted his and pleasure craft set out from Would Hitler now invade because, through them, I have value and serve others. advance outside the French England to try to rescue some Britain? HELEN Keller was born in the found myself, my work, and my When we experience sorrow port of Dunkirk. The Allied of the many soldiers trapped On that same day, Winston southern United States. When God.

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HERIFF William F Lunny, uni- ular with his colleagues, the local Bar and school that it is today. SUNDAY MAY 31 versally known as ‘Frank,’ died the large Court staff until he retired in 1998 He only recently retired as the parish rep- The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. unexpectedly in France on May 2. with some health problems. One of these resentative on the school council. He was He was a prominent Catholic and problems was diabetes which required the also a member of the Committee of the Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40. Response: a long term parishioner of St regular injection of Insulin as well as dietary Carfin Centre and served the local commu- Happy the people the Lord has chosen as Bride’s in Bothwell and one of the very few care. In 2002 he and Elizabeth went on a pil- nity on the Bothwell Village Association and His own. Romans 8:14-17. Matthew 28:16-20. lawyers who spent time in almost every tier grimage to Lourdes. On the day they left the Twinning Committee. ofS the profession. He practised as a solicitor, Frank failed to inject on the journey home At his packed Requiem Mass, in the pres- then as a procurator fiscal before joining the but found that there were no after effects. ence of Archbishop Emeritus Mario Conti, MONDAY attorney general’s office in the Carribean This continued and he discovered that the ill- the celebrant Bishop Joseph Toal and sev- Tobit 1:3; 2:1-8. Response: Happy the island of Antigua. He later became an Advo- ness had disappeared and did not return. His eral fellow priests, his Parish Priest Fr cate and appeared in the Higher Courts until deep devotion to Lourdes remained particu- Thomas Doyle, in a moving tribute, said that man who fears the Lord. Mark 12:1-12. 1984 when he was appointed a sheriff at larly constant and undimmed. Frank had almost been his right hand man Hamilton. Frank joined the ancient Catholic order of when anything needed to be started, fixed or He was one of a family of five children of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre which is finished and the huge loss to the family TUESDAY schoolteachers James and Sara Ann Lunny dedicated to helping churches and schools in would also be a severe loss to him and to the Tobit 2:9-14. Response: With a firm heart and educated at St Patrick’s, Sheildmuir, Our the volatile Middle East. He visited a num- parish. he trusts in the Lord. Mark 12:13-17. Lady's High School in Motherwell and Glas- ber of European countries as well as On a family motoring trip, the Lunnys came gow University where he graduated MA Jerusalem many times and forged links with across a house for sale in the French Alps. As LLB in 1961. He was legal apprentice then the organisation in Scotland. He retired in DIY experts, the condition did not phase them WEDNESDAY assistant to his namesake the late Frank 2013 with the highest rank of Knight Grand and within weeks it was theirs. It was to Tobit: 3:1-11, 16-17. Response: To you O Quinn, another prominent Bothwell Cross of the Holy Sepulchre (KGCHS) become almost a second home to them and to Catholic, before joining the Procurator Fis- After retirement he also became chairman the family for many years. It also nearly lord I lift up my soul. Mark 12:18-27. cal Service in 1967. of PHEW (Positive Help Engaging Ways ) a became a second home to friends and col- It was that year that he and Elizabeth Lanarkshire charity providing respite and leagues who visited and were given free ski McDermott, a schoolteacher, were married. short breaks in a hotel environment for chil- lessons and vineyard visits by day and pul- THURSDAY In due course they had a daughter Anne dren and adults with severe to profound verised by the Lunnys at Scrabble every Tobit 6:10-11; 9-14; 8:4-9. Response: O Marie, a mathematics teacher now resident learning difficulties. evening. There was also the surprise of dis- blessed are those who fear the Lord. in New Zealand, and two sons Peter and This organisation had a modest beginning covering that the teetotal sheriff, who had Mark who both followed their father into the and was founded in Bothwell by his col- been a pioneer for more than 50 years, was Mark 12:28-34. Law. league Sheriff John Maguire and his wife something of a wine expert and collector. In 1974, the Lunnys moved to Antigua for Eva in the early eighties with volunteers pro- His sudden death in a way reflected a FRIDAY two years and loved the change when Frank viding respite care in their homes for a long, interesting, professional, religious and took up his post as Crown Counsel in the weekend. It became a limited company and varied life. He had just come to a halt for Tobit 11:5-17. Response: My soul, give Attorney General's office there. On their Frank and the secretary David McKendrick Mass outside their local Church in France praise to the Lord. Mark 12:35-37. return, he was called to the Scottish Bar and and a committed team raised the finance to when it happened without warning. He is in 1984 was appointed a Sheriff at Hamil- have new hotel style premises built and survived by his wife Elizabeth who was sit- ton. As a Motherwell boy who had settled in opened in central Motherwell. ting by his side and by their children Anne SATURDAY Bothwell he knew the people, their habits, Back in the early 1970s he recognised the Marie, Peter and Mark and four grandchil- Tobit 12:1, 5-15, 20. Response: Blessed their behaviour and their difficulties better need for a Catholic primary school for Both- dren. RIP. than most. He was a businesslike judge, pop- well and St Brides has since become the LEWIS CAMERON be God, who lives forever. Mark 12:38-44. WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK 16 FAITH IN CULTURE SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY MAY 29 2015 Victory of faith, forgiveness over violence FAITH IN CULTURE looks at ‘protest’ songs including the Church of Scotland minister’s for those beheaded by ISIS

1974, any other Friday I would have been on one Songs of Innocence is an album where U2 have me of what the Christian faith is really about,” he of the streets in a record shop but I wasn't there on returned to the violent times they lived through as added. “This is real faith and this is the choice we that occasion and so survived. One of my best teenagers, the album deals with bullies in all their make. I wanted to write something to encourage mates, he was there and it really destroyed his life forms or as Bono suggests, ‘People who define the Coptic Christians and also Muslims—I use in some ways. I called him to say I had written a themselves by degrading someone else’ be it ter- the image of the treasure and the pearl from the By Richard song about the experience and in particular his rorism, domestic violence, clerical abuse or street parables. experience and asked his permission to put it out." hassle. Living through violent events is perhaps “From my knowledge of living in Pakistan, Mus- Purden Andy Rowan has lived with the horrors of what one reason why the singer has engaged in protest lims who convert to Christianity lose absolutely he saw that day, even carrying a piece from one of songs while embracing a love of Christ—it’s that everything—their family, their community and their HE Dublin car bombings of May 1974 the cars with him throughout his life to various parts dichotomy which generates many of U2’s most home—but they still regard it as gain. I think for us were one of the most lethal attacks car- of the world, at times sleeping rough and surviving vital moments. in the west these events give us a perspective, you ried out during the conflict widely a period on heroin to numb his memories in the after- realise how valuable our faith really is.” known as The Troubles killing 33 peo- math. “He's a hero to me,” Bono said. “A survivor.” loser to home, Church of Scotland minister “Stronger than fear” Bono sings on Raised By ple and injuring almost 300 civilians. Earlier the band had written about Rowan's struggles John Young has written a song also in the Wolves. Out of the 21 martyrs that were executed The tragic event is one U2 are revisiting on tour in with addiction on Bad, a song that captured the atten- protest mould about the 21 Christian men one of the men was later identified as Matthew a collage of images and sounds. When discussing tion of many when it was dramatically performed Ccaptured and beheaded by ISIS in February of this Ayairga, a young black man also looking for work theT track which documents the event Raised By at Live Aid, it's become something of a folk/protest year. Ya Rabbi Yasou was written as an emotional while making his way back to Africa. Although Wolves the band’s singer Bono spoke of how he song for generations of fans. response to the 21 who refused to renounce their originally identified as having no faith when and others were forever shaped by the act of terror, “The worst things in the world are justified by faith. A number of well-known church leaders Matthew was asked by his captor to reject Christ, saying: “The car bombing was a Friday night in belief,” sings Bono on Raised By Wolves. have written about or at least heard Ya Rabbi Yasou inspired by his fellow prisoners he replied ‘their and in the spirit of folk music it has taken on a life God is my God’ before being beheaded along with of its own in far off places. Its writer explains how his brothers in Christ. his perception of the Coptic Christian community Pope Francis spoke of ‘an ecumenism of blood’ Gordius No 196 had previously been limited. and described the 21 men’s martyrdom as the CROSSWORD “We are all quick to stereotype churches and in ‘supreme witness’ for Christ. my mind the Coptic Church was an ageing church Beshir Kamel lost two brothers that day in Febru- with lots of tradition and ritual but not much life. A ary, in a response to his brothers’ deaths he thanked 123 4 5 6 7 friend of mine asked me to have a look at this video the killers for posting their final testimony online on YouTube which was a convention of Coptic saying those final calls to Jesus strengthened his Christians,” he said. “It was mind-blowing, there faith. The victory in this story is not the culture of 89 were thousands of them spanning generations and fear and hatred perpetrated by violent jihadists, it praising God. It was so uplifting I watched this clip is the faith of the 21 martyrs and the message of every day for three weeks.” forgiveness from those affected. Faith over fear 10 11 12 It was from this community that 20 ordinary and forgiveness over hate will not allow violence First entry out the hat on FRI working men went looking for work in Libya. John and death to have the final word. 13 14 JUNE 5 will be the winner Young like many others was deeply affected when he heard of their deaths. 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DEATH CAMERON GEDDES KANE 5th Anniversary 35th Anniversary Loving and happy memories In loving memory of Effie, a In loving memory of our dad, of our mum, gran and great- FINN Patricia Margaret, aged 89 dear sister-in-law and aunt, William Geddes, died May gran, Kathleen, who sadly years, late of Bexhill-on-Sea, who died June 6, 2010. 30, 1980. died on June 3, 2007. East Sussex. Formerly of Quietly today your memory Quietly today your memory The leaves and the flowers Glasgow, Dunure and Troon we treasure, we treasure, may wither, – Retired Art Teacher. Missing you always, Missing you always, The golden sun may set, Peacefully called to Glory on forgetting you never. forgetting you never. But the hearts that loved you May 4, 2015. Margaret and family. Liz and family. dearly, Reunited with her beloved Are the hearts that won’t forget. sister Kathleen. R.I.P. McLAUGHLIN CAMPBELL GILLESPIE McEVOY 5th Anniversary 3rd Anniversary You had a smile for In loving memory of Neilly, Treasured memories of our In loving memory of our dear In loving memory of Edward everyone, who died on January 2, darling son and brother, 50TH BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE mother and grandmother, Gillespie, KCHS, who died You had a heart of gold, 2000, whose birthday Joseph, whom God called to occurs on May 29. Jessie, who died on May 31, tragically on June 4, 2012. You left the sweetest 2010, and also her beloved Eddie, beloved husband of memories, Heaven, suddenly, on June The years are slowly 1, 1992. passing, husband, Donald John, who Patricia, who died April 30, This world could ever hold. We keep you close within But in our hearts you died on March 11, 1990. 2010. Much loved father to Gone but not forgotten. our hearts, stay, R.I.P. Paul, Julie and Denise, who Inserted by John, Mark and Elizabeth. Along with all the Close to our hearts they died on April 21, 2012, And there you shall remain, Martin and David and grand- Ours is just a simple prayer, memories, shall remain forever. To walk with us throughout father to their families. God bless you granny and Time cannot take away. Loved and sadly missed. our lives, Remembered with great keep you in His care. Loved and remembered Our Lady and St Joseph, Until we meet again. pray for them. affection by friends, clients Your loving grandchildren always. Mum and Dad. Inserted by James, and associates in a wide and great-grandchildren. xxx Rest in peace. Ours is just a simple prayer, Margaret, Mary, Lola and range of professional From the family. Lord, keep Joseph in Your Catherine Ann. community and civic groups. LYNCH DELANEY, Michael care. Remembering with love the Requiescat in Pace. 5th Anniversary of Harry McNULTY Lynch, loving husband of the With all our love, Terence 50th birthday of Michael, on Remember today my twin GRANT late Morag, loving dad and and Celine. June 3, who was killed last cousins, Kevin and 13th Anniversary grandad, who died June 1, April. Baptised in St Michael, on their birthday, Margaret’s, Airdrie, in 1965. In loving memory of a dear 2010. McGARRIGLE May 27. mother, grandmother and Five years have passed 23rd Anniversary With the love of all his family, If I could have a single wish great-grandmother, since that sad day, In loving memory of my dear children and friends. and never ask another, St Michael please look after Elizabeth, Bessie (née When the one we loved was mother, Grace, who died I’d have a day to spend it McCourt), who died on June called away, him. with my cousins, May 31, 1992, and my dad, 2, 2002, also remembering The blow was hard, the Francis; also my beloved We’d sit and talk and shock severe, Terence Grant, a dear father, brothers, Robert, Francis reminisce of family times grandfather and great-grand- We little thought the end was BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE and Edward. gone by, father, who died on May 26, near. But boys that would never CLINTON Our Lady of Lourdes, pray 4th Anniversary 1961. We do not forget him, be enough, May they rest in peace. We never intend, for them. Because then we’d have to In loving memory of John, Patricia. our dear son-in-law, who Sacred Heart of Jesus, have We think of him daily, say goodbye. mercy on them. And will to the end. From cousin Geraldine and died on May 31, 2011. Keep your arms around him Our Lady of the Rosary of Eternal rest, grant unto him, McGINNESS David, Louise, Juliet and Fatima, pray for them. O Lord, 21st Anniversary of James Ryan Patrick. Xxx Lord, Keep him in Your care, Our Lady of Lourdes, pray And let perpetual light shine (Jimmy), dearly loved dad Make up for all he suffered, for them. upon him, and grandpa, who died June MEMORIAM And all that seemed unfair. Inserted by their loving May he rest in peace. 1, 1994. Inserted by Mary and John daughters Moira, Margaret St Anthony, pray for him. Also our much loved mum, and Kathleen, sons, Eugene, Inserted by all your loving BRADSHAW Green and family. Catherine (Rooney), who Sean, Terence, James and family, home and away. DOUGHERTY Of your charity, please pray died October 24, 2001. Peter. Remembering with love, our for the repose of the soul of On whose souls, sweet dear mother, Bridget, a Anne Keegan, beloved wife McCAFFERY 11th Anniversary Jesus, have mercy. loving gran and great-gran, of Thomas Bradshaw and HAMILTON-THOMSON Remembering today and In loving memory of Dermot, Our Lady of Lourdes, pray who died on April 21, 1998, dearly loved mother of always, John, devoted who died on May 29, 2004, for them. and whose birthday occurs Anne-Marie and husband, father and grand- beloved husband of Inserted by the family. on June 2. Clare-Frances, who died father, died May 27, 2013. Kathleen, dearly loved father Your memory is so precious, June 4, 1989. Also Kevin, died June 13, of Nicholas and Karen, dear Your presence missed so Most Sacred Heart of MacINNES much, 1996, Anna, died December father-in-law of Patricia and 7th Anniversary of our Jesus, we place all our 3, 1977, and Ann, died loving grandfather of Leo You will always be trust in You. beloved mum and gran, remembered, January 14, 1996. and Joseph. Peggy, died May 31, 2008, And loved by all of us. Forever in our hearts. Sadly missed. also 25th Anniversary of BUCHANAN DOCHERTY The Hamilton and Thomson May he rest in peace. Sacred Heart of Jesus, grant Colin, devoted father and Treasured memories of 9th Anniversary families. her eternal rest. Sarah Buchanan, died May In loving memory of my grandfather, died May 18, St Joseph, pray for her. MacDONALD 31, 1998, also John beloved wife, Chrissie, who 1989. R.I.P. St Roch, pray for her. HUTCHESON 25th Anniversary Buchanan, died July 16, sadly died June 8, 2006, a In loving memory of my dear Of your charity, please pray The years we shared St Pio, pray for her. much loved mother and 1996. husband, and our dear for the repose of the soul of together are memories held Her loving family. grandmother. Deep in our hearts your father, William, who died my dear husband, and our dear, She was a person so very rare, memory is kept. June 2, 1970, also his father, John Charles The happiness you gave us Content at home and always All Saints, pray for them. MacDonald, who died on there, daughter Cathleen, March keeps you ever near. John Alick, Chrissie and 16, 1990, his son Robert, May 30, 1990. R.I.P. Our Lady of the Isles, pray family. Her love was unselfish, for her family she lived. July 2, 2007 and his daughter Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for them. Time passes, memories stay, Maureen, November 19, for him. Inserted by Paul, Fay and BUCHANAN We love and remember you 2007. Inserted by his loving wife family. In loving memory of Sarah every day, Just a prayer from ones who Theresa and family, Buchanan, died May 31, Lord Jesus, forgive us a loved you, Glasgow and Inverness. 1998, also John Buchanan, Just a memory fond and true, MacINNES quiet tear, To Place an In loving memory of our dear died July 16, 1996. A silent wish that she was In our hearts you’ll live Intimation contact aunt, Peggy, who died May Loved and remembered still here, forever, Patricia every day. And keep her safe in your love, Because we thought the 31, 2008. May they rest in peace. world of you. Fondly remembered. Until we all come home. 0141 241 6106 Mairi, Tom, Sarah, Colin and Inserted by husband Willie Inserted by his wife Margaret Sadly missed. Laura. and family. and family. [email protected] The Gribbens family. FRIDAY MAY 29 2015 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 19 FAMILYANNOUNCEMENTS

MacINNES O’REILLY WALKER STEWART O DEAR ST JOSEPH OF DEAR FATHER in heaven, In loving memory of our dear In loving memory of Patricia, 11th Anniversary Una and her family would CUPERTINO, who, by your please send all healing and mother and grandmother, loving wife of the late Happy memories of Joan like to thank family, friends prayers, did seek from God love to your special child, Flora, died March 24, 1978, Joseph, loving mum and (née MacDonald) who died and neighbours for the many that you should be asked at Through the Lord Jesus our dear father, Norman, gran, who died on June 4, June 2, 2004. Loving mother Mass cards, expressions of your examination the only Christ. Amen. died June 4, 1974, our dear 2008. of Patricia and Ann and sympathy and flowers after propositions you knew, pray brothers, John, accidentally We do not need a special day loving grandma to Catherine Tommy’s death. Thanks to that I too, like you, may DEAR HEART OF JESUS killed in Auckland, New To bring you to our mind, and Elaine. the staff at Carrickstone succeed in the examination Dear Heart of Jesus in the for which I am preparing. In Zealand, October 13, 1949, The memories we have of you Eternal rest grant unto her, Nursing Home and Monk- past I have asked you for return I will make you known and Ronald, died suddenly Are the everlasting kind. O Lord, lands Hospital. Also thanks many favours, this time I ask Eternal rest grant unto her, and cause you to be you for this special one January 5, 1980, also our And let perpetual light shine to Gerald Mellon for invoked; publication dear aunt, Bella Johnston, O Lord, upon her, professional services. (mention favour), take it promised. Thank you for Dear Heart of Jesus, and died February 7, 1981. And let perpetual light shine May she rest in peace. Holy Mass will be offered for exam passes. – H.McL. place it within Your broken In the shelter of Thy Sacred upon her, Until we meet again. the intentions of all. heart where your Father Heart, May she rest in peace. St Martin de Porres, pray for Amen. NOVENA PRAYER TO ST sees it, then in his merciful Dear Jesus, may they rest. her. Inserted by all your loving JUDE eyes it will become Your Our Lady of Fatima, pray for Your loving family. THANKSGIVING May the Sacred Heart of family. favour, not mine. Amen. Say them. Jesus be praised, adored, DEAR HEART OF JESUS for three days, publication Their loving family. WRIGHT glorified and loved through- promised. In fond and loving memory Dear Heart of Jesus in the out the world now and for- past I have asked you for MacKINNON, Monica of our dearly beloved par- ever more. Sacred Heart of many favours, this time I ask MAY THE SACRED HEART Borve, Isle of Barra ents, our mother, Dolina, Jesus have mercy on us. St of Jesus be adored, glori- you for this special one Jude helper of the hopeless, It’s been nine years and we died May 28, 1973, and our fied, loved, throughout the (mention favour), take it pray for us. St Jude, great miss your laugh most of all. father, Andrew, died April 18, world. Sacred Heart of Dear Heart of Jesus, and miracle worker, pray for us. Her needs in life were simple, 1964, also our dearly Jesus, pray for us. place it within Your broken Say nine times daily. Love for her family true, beloved sister, Chrissie, died heart where your Father As long as they were happy, February 7, 1996, and our sees it, then in his merciful O DEAR ST JOSEPH OF O DEAR ST JOSEPH OF Then she was happy too. dearly beloved brother, , who, by your eyes it will become Your CUPERTINO, who, by your CUPERTINO She gave us all she had to Roddy, died May 24, 2005. favour, not mine. Amen. Say prayers, did seek from God prayers, did seek from God give, On whose souls, sweet for three days, publication that you should be asked at that you should be asked at , Mary Gifts both big and small, PRENTICE Jesus, have mercy. promised. – D.G. your examination the only your examination the only But most of all she gave us 13th Anniversary Our Lady of Lourdes, pray propositions you knew, pray propositions you knew, pray In loving memory of mum. love, for them. NOVENA TO ST CLARE that I too, like you, may that I too, like you, may The greatest gift of all. In the quiet of the evening Always in our thoughts and Say nine Hail Mary’s for nine succeed in the examination succeed in the examination Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray I sit and think of you, prayers. days with a lighted candle; for which I am preparing. In for which I am preparing. In for her. I open up my memory book Inserted by their loving publication promised. return I will make you known return I will make you known Of the things we used to do, From all the family. family. and cause you to be and cause you to be And as I turn the pages GRATEFUL thanks to St invoked; publication invoked; publication My eyes are filled with tears, promised. Thank you for MacNEIL Anthony for prayers promised. Thank you for For, although I have my 19th Anniversary ACKNOWLEDGEMENT answered. - R.M. exam passes. – S.M. exam passes. – L.J. memories In loving memory of our dear I can’t hold back the tears. father, Iain, who died May MacDONALD Love and miss you so much. 30, 1996. The family of the late Patrick Mary Ann, David, Stephen “I am very grateful to Charlotte (Missionary Donor) for the You are forever in our Joseph MacDonald would and David, and great-grand- most sincerely like to thank thoughts and prayers. daughter Skye. xxxxx renewal of the SCO. 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Our weekly series on Children’s Liturgy has lesson plans and activity suggestions for use with young people who are on the path to Christ Each week, Catechists will find readings and Psalm responses, complemented by prayer, reflection, FAITH discussion questions, and activities. Please feel free to use them as you wish The lessons are created by Adorer-theologians using the lens of the spirituality of St Maria de Mattias, which also embraces precious blood spirituality FIRST While this is the starting point for the lessons, readers are invited to approach them however the spirit moves you The Church is concerned with the availability and understanding of scripture for children who have their rightful place in the Church. In light of this SCO aims to provide a useful tool in drawing children closer to KIDS the Catholic Faith

kingdom, ‘on earth as it is in Heaven.’ Jesus will pray in your name because you have saved came to tell us; to give us the power of the me. CHILDREN’S Spirit, so we could continue ‘building up the (R) I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the Body of Christ.’ name of the Lord. CROSSWORD 83 G As a group covenant, promise to pray for I will offer you a sacrifice to show how grateful each other, especially when you come to I am, and I will pray. church, during the coming weeks. I will keep my promise to you when your people 1 2 3 4 G Have each child print their name on the gather at your temple in Jerusalem. scroll. Then share a piece of bread and some (R) I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the 5 grape juice. name of the Lord. G 6 7 Recite the Our Father together. Alleluia Prayer John 6:51. 8 Dear Jesus, we give us your Body and Blood as (R) Alleluia, Alleluia. a sign that we share totally in your life, death I am the living bread from heaven, says the Lord; 9 10 The Body and Blood of Christ and Resurrection. We know you give us life and whoever eats this bread will live forever. love every day. We thank you. Amen. (R) Alleluia, Alleluia. 11 Reflection First Reading Gospel 12

COMMUNION. Holy Communion. We are This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made This is my body. This is my blood. A reading from the 13 14 united, by the Spirit of Jesus in a common with you. A reading from the book of Exodus 24:3-8 Holy Gospel according to Mark 14:12-16, 22-26. union which helps us to be holy. Communion told the people all of the Lord’s It was the first day of the Feast of Thin Bread and 15 isn’t just an action it is a statement of belief. commands and laws. the Passover lambs were being killed. Jesus’ We gather together, in a common union, in The people answered: “We will do everything disciples asked him: “Where do you want us to 16 17 the Spirit, through which celebrate our belief the Lord has commanded!” prepare the Passover meal?” that Jesus gave us his body and blood. Then Moses wrote down all that the Lord had Jesus said to two of the disciples: “Go into 18 This feast of Corpus Christi—The Body of said. the city, where you will meet a man carrying a Christ—began in 1294. About the first 12 The next morning Moses got up early and jar of water. Follow him, and when he goes into centuries Communion was given in both built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He a house, say to the owner: ‘Our teacher wants ACROSS bread and wine. Even infants received the took a large stone for each of the 12 tribes of to know if you have a room where he can eat the 1 ‘Harry Potter and the ______of Azkaban’ (8) sacred wine. Beginning in the 12th century Israel and placed the stones there. Then he sent Passover meal with his disciples.’ The owner 6 Tidy (4) and continuing into the 13th, the practice of some young men to burn offerings and sacrifice will take you upstairs and show you a large 7 You shoot them from a bow (6) receiving the sacred wine began to be limited bulls as special offerings to the Lord. Moses put room furnished and ready for you to use. 9 You may get a puncture in this (4) to the priest presider alone. Early in the 20th half of the blood from the animals into some Prepare the meal there.” 10 Snooker stick (3) century, then especially during and after the bowls and sprinkled the other half on the altar. The two disciples went into the city and 11 You use a paddle in this kind of boat (5) 12 Canal boat (5) Second Vatican Council, the practice was Moses read aloud from the book of the Lord’s found everything just as Jesus had told them. So 13 Don’t go (4) encouraged. Most people take it for granted promises,and the people shouted: “We will obey they prepared the Passover meal. 15 You can relax in this while getting lovely but in reality, it has only been in the last 30 the Lord! We will do everything he has During the meal Jesus took some bread in his and clean (4) years or so that Catholics have been able to commanded.” hands. He blessed the bread and broke it. Then 16 Female pig (3) 17 Do as you are told (4) receive in the hand and under both species. Then Moses took the blood that was in the He gave it to His disciples and said: “Take this. 18 Homeless person (5) The first reading, Moses talks about the bowls. He sprinkled it on the people and told It is my Body.” blood of the covenant and uses it to sprinkle them: “This blood shows that the Lord will keep Jesus picked up a cup of wine and gave DOWN on the people. Today, we use Holy Water to all of His promises to you.” thanks to God. He then gave it to His disciples 1 Flamingos are this colour (4) bless the assembly—good idea. The Bread The Word of the Lord and said: “Drink it!” 2 Rome is the capital city of this country (5) 3 This piece of jewellery is usually part of a which Jesus ‘took, blest, broke and gave’ to So they all drank some. Then He said: “This pair (7) the disciples is a sign of the New Covenant. Responsorial Psalm is my Blood, which is poured out for many 4 You might put things in this at the 147:12 and 14, 19-20. people, and with it God makes his agreement. supermarket (6) Activity (R) I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the From now on I will not drink any wine, until I 5 You might put on this kind of show at G school (7) Bring a small loaf of bread and some grape name of the Lord. drink new wine in God’s Kingdom.” 8 Christmas is in this month (8) juice to share. What must I give you, Lord, for being so good Then they sang a hymn and went out to the 9 A farmer drives it while ploughing (7) G On a piece of construction paper make a to me? Mount of Olives. 13 You can buy things here (4) scroll. At the top of the scroll write in big I will pour out an offering of wine to you and I The Gospel of the Lord 14 Toy that goes up and down on a string letters ‘We are the Body of Christ.’ Leave (2-2) enough spaces on the scroll for the children to LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION print their name. G As you begin the session, talk a little about ACROSS how you have grown together as ‘the Body of 1 Biscuits 7 Add 8 Leopard 9 Dry 11 Vase Christ’ this year. Don’t you know and love 13 Beehive 16 Adam 17 Rattle 18 Tale 19 Silver each other more now than at the beginning? 20 Rat Are we being/acting like the Body of Christ DOWN more faithfully? 1 Black Beauty 2 Saddle 3 Ugly 4 Troy 5 Judge G Help the children understand that being the 6 Tara 10 Everest 12 Smaller 14 Hammer 15 Stole Body of Christ is an everyday, all the time, covenant, choice, responsibility, commitment. G We come to Church on Sundays, to The Children’s Liturgy page is celebrate and remember that Jesus is the Bread published one week in advance to of Life. Jesus gave us new life and promises us eternal life. The Third Commandment, allow RE teachers and those taking ‘remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day the Children’s Liturgy at weekly (Sunday),’ commands us to gather as the Body of Christ at least once a week. Masses to use, if they wish, this G The Our Father is a prayer of the Body of page as an accompaniment to their Christ. As the Body of Christ on earth, we are to be ‘making disciples’ and creating a teaching materials

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By Dan McGinty of faculty for science in St Columba’s High School, STANDREW’S and St Bride’s Clydebank, before moving to St High School in East Kilbride John Ogilvie High School in unveiled its new headteacher Hamilton as depute headteacher after the retirement of Dougie in 2006. Cosgrove. “I’m absolutely delighted to Mr Cosgrove—who retired in have been appointed as Mr October—will be replaced by Cosgrove’s successor and I am Fiona Mullen, after MoiraAgnew grateful for the support and took over the position and kindness of Moira Agnew who served as interim headteacher acted as headteacher in the while a successor was appointed. interim period,” Mrs Mullen Mrs Mullen—a native of said. “My goal is to build on the Uddingston—will draw on her excellent work they have done experience as a teacher in a and to lead our school of Faith career, which has spanned and learning from outstanding to almost 30 years and saw her exceptional. Working with our work in schools across the west highly talented students and staff of Scotland. to achieve this will be a real Mrs Mullen began her teaching honour and privilege. career in 1986 as physics and “Staff, pupils and parents maths teacher in St Thomas have made me feel very wel- Aquinas Secondary School in come and I look forward to get- Jordanhill, before moving to St ting to know them over the Leonard’s Secondary School in coming months.” Easterhouse as assistant princi- Mrs Mullen is married and pal teacher of physics in 1991. has three children, aged 22, 20 After several years there, she and 15. took up the post of principal teacher of physics and then head I [email protected]

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Lochyside pupils won’t be found flagging

CHILDREN from Lochyside ordinary activities. and featuring representatives Primary School in Fort Having previously been from pupils, staff and parents, William were celebrating awarded a green Eco-flag after the renewal of their award is recently after they were matching the award criteria recognition of the importance awarded a new Eco-flag for required for school’s who wish Lochyside places on education the school’s commitment to to have their environmental and action on the environment. environmental action. efforts recognised Lochyside Pictured (above) with the With a variety of programmes have continued to keep the flag are some of the many Children from Our Lady of Sorrows church in Fintry, Dundee, were celebrating as they received the Sacrament and events aimed at increasing environment at the heart of pupils at the school whose hard of Holy Communion. The youngsters were joined on their special day by their family and friends, as well as Lochyside’s eco-friendly activities school life. work has ensured they were the teachers who prepared them for the sacrament and parish priest Fr Jim Walls, who celebrated Mass and raising awareness of the With an eco-committee again awarded the flag. PIC: EDDIE MAHONEY impact on the environment by meeting regularly in the school, PIC: ANTHONY MacMILLAN Giffnock Catenians welcome a new member to their ranks THE Glasgow Giffnock Circle Among those present for the of the Catenians rounded off enrolment (right) were provincial their year of activities on a high president, Peter Bleasdale, while by welcoming another new looking on was another prospective brother as their latest member. Catenian, who the circle hope Stephen McGuire was might also become a member in LIKE OUR FACEBOOK introduced to the circle by Euan the future. PAGE AND FOLLOW US ON McArthur, Province 22 Youth “Enroling Stephen is a fitting TWITTER: @SCO_NEWS Officer, and was enrolled at the way to end the Catenian year,” April meeting in the Orchard President Nick Clark said. “We Park Hotel, having got to know are very happy to have him in the circle in previous evenings the circle.” spent with them as a guest. After enrolment, Euan Mr McGuire, a parishioner of McArthur delivered a talk on his Our Lady of Perpetual Succour past experiences in journalism as in Beith, is a partner at Hennessy, part of a new initiative being Bowie and Co Solicitors and encouraged by the Glasgow Estate Agents in Bishopbriggs, Giffnock Circle on ‘a getting to Lenzie and Glasgow. know you’ basis. E-MAIL CELEBRATING LIFE EVENTS TO DAN McGINTY AT [email protected] FRIDAY MAY 29 2015 SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER CELEBRATING LIFE 23

Wheels up all over Scotland SCIAF’s 50th anniversary the team before they leave Cycle Pilgrimage has been Fortrose Abbey; Bishop Hugh covering hundreds of miles Gilbert and Alistair hit the road around Scotland, with Director in Aberdeen; pupils at St John’s Alistair Dutton thanking Academy in Perth show their supporters in schools and love; Alistair and Outreach parishes for helping to change Manager Gemma Lamara the lives of millions of poor receive a cheque from the young people for the better. Here is a people at St Mary’s RC Primary look at some of their stops. school in Dundee; the team get (Left, clockwise) Bishop a loud welcome at St Dominic’s Peter Moran blesses Alistair and Primary School in Crieff.

GOLDEN JUBILEE ARCHIVE REPORT: SEPTEMBER 17 1982 Back from Central America/A challenge from SCIAF

DURING 2015—the golden jubilee year of the Fr Survil spent eight years in Central America, including El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. injustice of such a world […] due not to nature but Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) where he dedicated his work to poor people and “I hope my speaking in Scotland will help to man’s selfishness and exploitation of others. It is in —the SCO will bring you highlights of the their rights and was expelled from Nicaragua’s people to understand the situation we are in and our power to alter this situation,” Bishop Conti wrote. last five decades of the campaigns and work Somoza dictatorship, only to be allowed to return why,” Fr Survil said. “In a country like ours, it is “It is not sufficient to say ‘be fed’, we must feed. of the Catholic aid agency—an agency of the by the Sandinistas. impossible to separate religion and politics.” The cost of a 10-year programme to provide for Bishops’ Conference of Scotland—as its reach Though he condemned statements from some essential food and health needs in the developing developed and it became a member of the Sandinista members who roused opposition to IN HIS letter to be read out in parishes on SCIAF countries would be less than half of what the world umbrella organisation Caritas Internationalis. bishops, Fr Survil accepted that with freedom of Sunday (September 19), Mario Conti the then spends in ONE YEAR on armaments.” belief being upheld in the country and civic duty Bishop of Aberdeen and President of SCIAF This article also revealed that SCIAF paid out SCIAF invited Fr Bernard Survil to speak about restored, the situation there was much better under condemned overindulgence in the UK and starvation over £200,000 last year, and that Bishop Conti his time working in Nicaragua and the situation for the Somoza dictatorship and lamented threats in the developing world. hoped that Scots Catholics would be even more Catholics in Central America. from the Ronald Reagan-backed dictatorships “We must be deeply disturbed by the gross generous in the year of the Papal visit. E-MAIL CELEBRATING LIFE EVENTS TO DAN McGINTY AT [email protected] 24 CATHOLICISM AND ISLAM SCOTTISH CATHOLIC OBSERVER FRIDAY MAY 29 2015 Christians, Muslims and the growth of civilisation DR HARRY SCHNITKER’S series tracing the history of Islam and its relationship THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ISLAM with Catholicism looks at the cultural-religious cross-fertilisation that went on

O DATE, we have examined in some PIC: BERNARD GAGNON dynasty contributed significantly to developing an detail the rise of early Islam and the Islamic cultural idiom, and that they were aided in impact this had on the Church. Most of this enterprise by their Christian subjects. that impact was felt by Christians who Few examples are more clear than the creation today are no longer Catholic, but of a mosque architecture. The most famous of Orthodox. This fact gives the early years of Islam Umayyad mosques is the most famous ancient a rather distant feel to modern Catholics: it was building in Damascus, the Ğāmi' Banī 'Umayya al- Tsomething that happened somewhere else, to ‘others.’ Kabīr. Now the Great Mosque in Damascus (left) is That was not how it was experienced by the a paradox, for it is an exemplar both of the negative eighth-century Church, which was still very much consequences that the Islamic conquest could have unified. In addition, the Latin Church was affected: for Christians and of the fruitful impact of the ancient Latin Church in North Africa and Christianity on the Islamic perception of beauty. It across the Iberian Peninsula fell under the control is also illustrative of how Islam merged within its of the Caliphate, and in North Africa was destined new cultural expressions all the various strands, to vanish completely. Christian and Persian, that preceded it. All parts of Christendom were to feel the impact The negative aspect exemplified by the mosque of the great cultural ferment that followed the rise is the fact that it is a conqueror’s statement: the of Islam. The Middle East, long a major centre and ancient Christian church dedicated to St John the cradle for cultures and civilisation, experienced yet Baptist was demolished to make space. This another major pulse of intellectual and cultural happened in spite of the fact that the church had fervour. The great wars between Byzantium and contained a Muslim prayer space, for, like Persia had supressed the experiential nature of the Christians, Muslims venerate . A region. Now, in the encounter between Christianity, and Christianity reveals much about the permeability The tone was set when Damascus fell to the victor imposing its architectural vision is nothing Islam and the minor faiths of the Middle East, and of the boundaries between the two faiths. This was armies of Islam: “In the name of Allah, the new, of course: the Christian church had replaced encouraged and protected by the all-powerful Caliphs the norm almost from the outset of the rule of the compassionate, the merciful. This is what Khalid a temple dedicated to Jupiter. Building of the and their court, a great explosion of cultural Caliphs. For a variety of reasons, some political, ibn al-Walid would grant to the inhabitants of mosque began in 705AD, and was completed in growth occurred. some financial, some spiritual, Christians and Damascus if he enters therein: he promises to give 715AD. Some 12,000 labourers, from India, Iraq, The fact that this fertilised Islam—The Prophet Muslims enjoyed a remarkable and remarkably them security for their lives, property, and Egypt, Morocco and Persia, as well as numerous Muhammad would not have recognised the long period of coexistence, which lasted for three churches. Their city shall not be demolished, Greeks were employed. cultural expressions of Islam by the late 800s— centuries and more. neither shall any Muslim be quartered in their This already ensured some convergence of styles, houses. Thereunto we give them the pact of Allah but it was the adoption of two distinct Byzantine and the protection of his Prophet, the caliphs, and elements, the dome and the curved arch, that was the believers. So long as they pay the poll tax, Christianity’s main contribution to the Islamic nothing but good shall befall them.” This compared style. It was mirrored by that other ancient mosque, rather favourably to the normal standards of early the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, constructed on medieval warfare. top of the ancient Jewish Temple in 691AD, and Christian bishops of all denominations under thus slightly older than the Damascus mosque. This the Caliphate expressed their surprise at the mild was also obviously based on Christian architecture. treatment they received from the ruling Muslim It is said to have mirrored the layout of the ancient elite. Christians, as long as they paid their tax, Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. ruled themselves and could found new churches Vernacular architecture, too, had many traces of and monasteries. Indeed, several Caliphs and other Christian and Roman culture, evidenced by, Muslim notables assisted financially in these amongst others, thermal baths, floor mosaics and foundations. The court had three main languages, frescoes. Mosaics and frescoes were also used in Arabic, Greek and Persian, and this ensured that early mosques, mainly to depict landscapes. 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