THE PRIEST the journal of Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy ISSN 0818-9005 Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia. Vol 25 No 1 – March 2010 Where Peter is, there is the Church. “I think of all those priests INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ISSUE who quietly Australian and USA Confraternities present Christ’s words and of Catholic Clergy, Rome, January 2010 actions each day to the faithful Chairmen’s Word 1 and to the whole world, striving Priestly Identity: Truth and Charity to be one with Dario Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos 3 the Lord in their throughts and Jesus Christ Our Priest their will, their Archbishop Raymond Burke 4 sentiments and their style of Perspectives on the Priesthood in Recent Times life ... [remain- Mgr J. Anthony McDaid 5 ing] faithful to their vocation A Patristic and Pastoral Trilogy as ‘Friends of Father Joseph Carola, SJ 6 Christ’.” (Holy Father in The Genius of the Roman Rite and the Identity of the Priest Instuting the Year for Father Paul F. C. Gunter, OSB 12 Priests) The Hermeneutics of Inquisition Picture of the Mgr Hans Feichtinger 16 icon commis- sioned by the Found in Translation: “Sacral Vernacular” Bishops of New Zealand for the Father U. M.Lang, Cong. Orat. 20 Year for Priests: copy courtesy Pictorial Record of International Conference of NZ Catholic Editor 2, 25 and The Catholic . Weekly TheAuthentic Spirit of the Liturgy in Roman Usage Saint John Mary Vianney, Mgr Guido Marini 28 Patron Saint of Priests and “patron” of our 2010 Preaching to Priests International Conference, Father Paul Murray, OP 32 Rome, for the Year for Priests. The Priest as Sinner in the Thought of St Augustine Father Robert Dodaro, OSA 42 Enjoying Priesthood Today Father Timothy Finegan, PP 49 Successful First International Conference: Domus Sanctae Marthae, Vatican City State Anglophone Clergy, 4 - 8 January 2010 under the joint patronage of the ACCC and the CCC of the USA THE PRIEST the journal of the Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy Editor: Rev Paul-Anthony McGavin, MTh, PhD, MACE. Associate Editor: Professor David Birch, DPhil (York). Editor: PO Box 246, Jamison Centre ACT 2614 [email protected] www.australianccc.org Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia. Where Peter is, there is the Church. USA Confraternity of Catholic Clergy: Chairmen’s Word [email protected] Pope Benedict XVI afforded us the opportunity to accomplish our our man in Rome; Fr Glen Tattersall, the major organiser from the long held hope of holding an International Conference for anglophone Australian end; Mrs Carmel Negline, our indefatigable administrative clergy. In calling the “Year for Priests”, the Holy Father pushed us to officer of our Secretariat; and Dr Chris Steward, for his IT expertise and put aside all the practical and logistical obstacles that seemed before assistance with photography and with booklets (with Hugh Henry). us and to realise the long held hope! The special website developed by Dr Chris Steward to publicise the And what a time we had! Over 80 priests from Australia, USA, Conference was a great success and contributed to so many priests New Zealand, Ireland, England, Scotland and Nigeria gathered in from diverse parts of the English-speaking world attending. the shadow of St Peter’s Basilica to celebrate the gift of the Sacred We are particularly grateful for this Special International Conference Priesthood, to hear talks of the highest calibre that will assist our issue of The Priest, so timely produced by our Editor, and under priestly ministry, to spend time in fraternal conversation and above difficult conditions during his Seminary teaching assignment in all to celebrate the Sacred Mysteries. Ethiopia. The two Confraternities of Catholic Clergy of the USA and of Australia My hope is that the bonds forged during those great days in Rome will met together and encouraged our priestly brothers from England, Ire- continue to bear fruit for the Church and for the health and vitality of land, Scotland and Wales to form their own confraternity. Please God, the ministerial priesthood. this new confraternity will emerge in the coming months. The only adequate response that one can make to days such as those The Conference was a real “shot in the arm” for those who attended. we spent together in Rome is: DEO GRATIAS The celebration of the Sacred Liturgy was dignified, noble and beauti- Rev John Walshe, National Chairman, ACCC ful. We were privileged to have magnificent churches and basilicas, gracious and erudite celebrants and preachers, and magnificent music Rev Dr John Trigilio, President, CCC, USA provided by the “Lassus Scholars” of Dublin. We wish to record the [Pictured below are the Australian Chairman (standing) and the USA President (seated) during a Conference presentation (Ed.)] debt of gratitude that we owe to our benefactors and sponsors: His Eminence George Cardinal Pell, The Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta and Granda Liturgical Arts. Over the years we have been attending Confraternity conferences we have been blessed with some excellent speakers. We have never experienced, however, a conference where every talk and speaker was excellent. On this occasion we did. We were truly graced by the depth, scholarship and practical application of all of our talks. Those who did not attend will have the benefit of reading these talks as they are reproduced in this Special Issue of The Priest. The Conference was a success because so many people put hours of work and dedication into the preparation. We wish to express the thanks of all to the following who contributed so much: Fr Mark Withoos, ACCC EXECUTIVE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES National Chairman National Vice-Chairman Secretary Publicity Officer Clergy ordained more than 5 years $100 Rev John Walshe PP Rev Glen Tattersall Rev Brendan Lee Rev Peter Krigovsky Clergy ordained less than 5 years $50 10 Rogers St, 21 Cromwell Street PO Box 553 [email protected] Retired clergy $50 Mentone VIC 3194 Caufield VIC 3161 Albury NSW 2640 (03) 9583 2103 Seminarians no dues payable Councillors NSW Rev Michael Kennedy, PP (02) 6953 2099 Lay Associates $25 Editor VIC Rev Andrew Keswick (03) 9308 1727 Lay Pensioners/Retiree: $15 Rev Dr P A McGavin QLD Rev Adrian Sharp, PP (07) 5529 9144 PO Box 246 Jamison ACT 2614 Longer Term Membership 5 yrs 10 5rs SA Rev Paul Crotty (08) 8632 3977 Clergy $450 $875 WA Rev Stephen Casey PP (08) 9185 1406 Lay Associates $110 $230 Representatives ACT Rev Kevin Brannelly PP (02) 6288 1979 Treasurer TAS Rev Gerald Quinn CP (03) 6234 4866 Rev Andrew Wise PP NZ Rev Denis Collins 0011 64 3 377 5610 Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia. PO Box 95 Cranbourne VIC 3977 Where Peter is, there is the Church. MEMBERSHIP AND DUES to: ACCC Secretariat, PO Box 8004, North Road LPO, Brighton East VIC 3187 phone/fax (9am-3pm weekdays only): (03) 9596 4343 e-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.australianccc.org/ Printing: Active Print, Wagga Wagga NSW 1 The Priest Glimpses of our First International Conference Conferences do not just “happen” Conferences do not just “happen”: they have to be organ- ised. Some one remarked that organising priests is like herd- ing cats! Add to this the fact that the Conference occurred in Rome, where “pazienza” is the watchword, and it is amaz- ing that the Conference “happened”! and happened with efficiency! The selection of speakers was dazzling; the selection of principal celebrants for the liturgies was dazzling; the music for the liturgies was wonderful; the venues amazing - and all the hard work from our Secretariat (which means Mrs Carmel Negline!), the work in internet promotion (which means Dr Chris Steward) bore fruit! From the Australian end, Father Glen Tattersall of the Archdiocese of Mel- bourne, was the primary mover. And from the Rome end, another Melbourne priest, now working in the Congregation His Eminence Antonio Cardinal Canizares for Divine Worship, Father Mark Withoos, was the primary Llovera, Prefect of the Congregation for mover. The last also bore the biggest burden for “making Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sac- things happen” during the Conference itself. raments, following his celebration of Holy There are other names who deserve to be remembered and Mass according to the Extraordinary Form who should be specifically mentioned (our hard-working for the Conference at St John Lateran Treasurer, Father Andrew Wise, for example), but in all fair- Basilica on Thursday 7 January 2010. The ness, the faces in the top righthand photo deserve the great- Cardinal is flanked (left) by Father Mark est prominance, and the greatest thanks for all that they did Withoos and (right) by Father Glen Tatter- for the bishops, priests and deacons who were so blessed by sall (see text to the left of photo). the hard and generous work undertaken for the Conference. We were extremely fortunate in having the Domus Sanctae Marthae in the Vatican City as our main venue, and nearby Casa Pastor Bonus, conducted by the Vicariate of Rome, for additional accommodation, and are grateful to the Direc- tors and staff of these venues for their kind attention to our hospitality. The bottom right hand photo was taken during our first gathering at “the Domus”. We also were extremely fortunate in having the use of a lecture room and gathering space at the nearby Pontifical Teutonic College in the Vatican for most of our Conference lectures. The different present- ers to whom we are specially indebted are acknowledged with the presentation of their papers in this special Confer- ence Issue of our journal. A selected photographic record of this our first International Conference is presented at pages 25-26 of this issue, and remarks by the Chairmen of the two Confraternities are found at the opposite page.