In 2005 Terence and Grace Yeow introduced Bonnie Yim to the RCIA group. RCIA stands for the Rite of Christian Ini-tiation of Adults and is the process, or journey, that the Church has set for adults seeking Bap-tism. Mem-bers of the RCIA team are: Frank and Sandy Mazzarolo (hosts), Bridgette Bar-rett, Sue Wakeham, Merrylyn Lau-dato, Jona-thon Sturt-Bray, Drew Nemeth, Frank Fahy and of course Mgr Swann. Bonnie is studying at Magill univer-sity campus and is work-ing towards a PhD.

We gather every two weeks at Frank and Sandy’s home for the RCIA meetings, which are very relaxed and down to earth. We share our experiences in the light of the Gospels and come to a deeper under-standing of the faith and a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. The

meetings are not a course of instruction but occasions for us to ask questions and find an-swers through group dis-cussion and in the light of Church teaching.

When Bonnie first joined

the group she became an Enquirer, one who is still ‘finding out’ if member-ship of the Catholic Church is what is deeply desired. On the First Sunday of Advent she took the first formal step on her journey to her Easter Baptism. Through this part of the Sunday Liturgy Bonnie was ac-

cepted into the Order of Catechumens, becoming a learner rather than an enquirer.

One the First Sunday of Lent, Bonnie took the second formal step. At the 10.30 Mass the par-

ish, through the members present, sent Bonnie with our prayers and support to meet Archbishop Wil-son and be enrolled as one of the Elect. This parish liturgy is very spe-cial because it says that the members of the par-ish consider Bonnie a

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A Journey to Easter

Special dates of interest: ⇒ Holy Thursday - Mass of the Lord’s Supper

at 7:30pm. Followed by Adoration of the Cross till 11:00pm

⇒ Good Friday - Stations of the Cross at 11am. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion at 3:00pm

⇒ Holy Saturday - No Morning Mass. Vigil Mass of the Resurrection starting at 7:30pm

⇒ Easter Sunday - Mass at usual times of 8:30 and 10:30am

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Easter Triduum 3

India - My Perspective 4

Observations from a Hotel Window 6

Hesed - “A Little Piece of Heaven” 7

St. Joseph’s Feast Day Breakfast 8

Catholic Ecclesial Movements 10

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Bonnie with Archbishop Wilson

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encouraged to do this through the prayers and support of the community. The first Reconciliation is celebrated

during this time.

Because the different steps of the Rite are celebrated at different Masses everybody should have had an oppor-tunity to know and recog-nize Bonnie who normally attends the 10.30 Mass and also plays the keyboard for the Youth Masses.

Bonnie will be Baptized and Confirmed during the Easter Vigil and then fully partici-pate in the Eucharist by re-ceiving Communion. After Baptism Bonnie will be ‘clothed with a white gar-ment’, symbolising the new life of Christ into which she has been born anew.

This marks the beginning of Bonnie’s ‘life in Christ’.

Frank Fahy

The next step in the journey is the Scrutinies which occurred on the third, fourth and fifth Sundays of Lent and at

a different Mass each weekend. In this step the Elect is encouraged to look within him or herself and to eliminate those things which are not of God or are contrary to God’s will. The Elect is

suitable person to be received by the archbishop. This is called the Rite of Election and is a sign of God’s special calling. Parish-ioners have already been called, many through Bap-tism as children, and Bonnie is now called to join us.

With members of the team Bonnie attended St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral that after-noon and was presented to the archbishop together with Catechumens from through-out the archdiocese. Archbishop Wilson then signed the ‘Book of the Elect’ indicating his acceptance of all the Catechumens. After-wards, there were refresh-ments in the Cathedral Hall and the archbishop met each of the Elect individually. Merrylyn had brought her camera and the archbishop was happy to be pho-tographed with Bonnie.

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This quilted banner will speak differ-ently to each person who looks at it.

As an entity, it represents the St. Joseph’s community, both as a whole ministry and the Sacramental growth of each individual. So it has many symbols. You will find:

♦ Grapes, representing wine

♦ An olive tree for oil

♦ A wheat field

♦ A patch of fire

♦ Several areas of water

All of these elements are significant in the celebrations of the seven Sacraments.

♦ The cradling hands, reaching down from the sky (representing heaven), show the intimate con-nection between God and us. Hu-manity, through working with the earth and the whole of creation, gives glory to God.

♦ Our parish is located near and amongst the beautiful foothills within the “Five Creeks” region of our Archdiocese. Surrounded by majestic Eucalyptus, the parish

church, with its cross, it is a clear sign of the Catholic Faith Commu-nity of this district.

The quilt was commenced on the 16th April 2005 under the guidance of Michele Hill, a professional quilter.

Symbolic guidelines were set, then three full days were spent in the par-ish hall with Stephanie Roach, Pia Beltrame, Annemarie Mein, Erica Kennedy, Peggy Buckler, Bridgette Barrett all stitching, with Monsignor Swann and Frank Fahy joining in the discussions and luncheons. Gradu-ally the quilt evolved in detail with the contribution of various fabrics and talents. In between these and ongo-ing days, various tasks such as hand stitching and quilting were performed individually at home.

Our banner will be used for various celebrations, both in our own Church

and at Diocesan events and is a clear indicator of a constant and vibrant community.

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Mgr. John Swann praying over Bonnie with support from her sponsors.

Warren Duke, my son-in-law was a brilliant artist. He was one of my part-ners in the restoration business and everything he undertook was done with the refinement of an expert. He established a rock band called Baba Ganush. He was probably one of the best drummers in Australia.

Warren loved sunflowers and he planted them everywhere. Every sum-mer when we visited his family, the sunflowers dominated his garden. He planted them also at his parents’ place and my property. Some grew larger than dinner plates. Warren died nearly five years ago and is buried at Norton Summit. His headstone is made of simple sandstone, engraved with a beautiful design that he drew many years ago. His grave is covered with beach sand. Often his little sons and their mother Adrienne visit. Sometimes I go with them. The boys, Sebastian and Isaac, play in the sand, talk to

their father and leave the imprints of their hands and feet in the sand for Daddy.

Two years ago, Warren’s brother Rod-ney found a tin full of Warren’s sun-flower seeds. He distributed these to members of the family and friends. He took six seeds and placed them in the sand on Warren’s grave. Everyone planted these seeds in their gardens. Hardly any germinated. The ones that did soon withered and died. The only ones which grew well were on War-ren’s grave. Several months later when the family visited the grave they were surprised to see six huge sun-flowers growing beautifully.

I have just returned from Warren’s grave where I photographed the sun-flowers which have come up for the second year.

Joseph Garreffa

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We are about to begin the most sol-emn part of the Church’s year – the Easter Triduum (the word ‘triduum’ meaning three days). In fact this is one continuing celebration over three days commencing on Thursday Evening with The Lord’s Supper. It is almost like a drama in three acts over three days. This is reflected in the beginning and ending of the various services; there is no dismissal after Thursday’s Mass, there is no formal welcome or dismissal at the Friday ceremony, and Easter begins with the blessing of the fire and paschal candle.

The original Entrance Antiphon for Holy Thursday is an expression of that clear linkage between the various ser-vices of the Easter Triduum: “We should glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, for he is our salvation, our life, and our resurrection; through him we are saved and made free.” This sets the scene for celebrating the Paschal Mystery. Each “act” of the paschal drama celebrates one aspect of Christ’s Passover from death to life – a Passover that is ours in spirit now, but it is a sign of our ultimate Passover with him into eternity. That’s why the celebration of the death and resurrec-tion of Jesus are so very central to our Christian faith.

In our celebration we recall how the Jewish people celebrate their Pass-over from slavery in Egypt to freedom and the enjoyment of the Promised Land by way of an annual memorial meal – which we recall in our Easter celebrations. In celebrating that meal with his disciples on Holy Thursday Jesus elevated its meaning so that it became for us a memorial of his Passover from death to life – from the cross to resurrection.

Every time we celebrate Mass we are celebrating that past event as a pre-sent reality.

When declaring last year as the Year of the Eucharist, Pope John Paul ex-pressed the hope that we would reflect more deeply on the significance of this wonderful gift given to us in the Eucharist. It has sometimes been said that if people really appreciated the meaning and value of the Eucharist, we would ensure that we did not miss Mass.

Vatican II gave an emphasis on the Eucharist as a meal. With it’s origin deeply rooted in the Last Supper where Christ gathered for the paschal meal with his apostles, that meal ele-ment is obvious. But it is no ordinary meal – it is a sacred meal, a sacrifi-

cial meal linked with Jesus’ passion and death. We speak of it as a Memo-rial Meal – “Do this in memory of me”, he said. And we remember Christ’s death and resurrection. Every celebra-tion unites us in spirit with Christ’s death upon the Cross and his resur-rection – that “pledge” of our future glory.

Our three day celebration of the Pas-chal Mystery brings home to us the connection between the Last Supper, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, and all three are commemorated in every celebration of the Eucharist. That’s why Easter and the Eucharist are so central to our lives as Chris-tians.

Finally, the very meaning of the word Eucharist is thanksgiving – it is a common theme running through many prayers of the Mass, especially the Eucharistic Prayer where we give thanks for our salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus, we thank God for creation, for life, for the gifts of bread and wine, the gift of grace and everything else that comes to us from God. There never ceases to be a good reason for us to thank God.

Mgr John Swann

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Easter Triduum

Moments When I Am Most Aware of God

sea of Indian faces and a cacophony of shouting voices and car horns, they found us in minutes. It was during the walk to the cars that we encountered the “other side” of the Indian experi-ence: poverty! To be confronted by beggars when you are already in a stressed situation (tired from travelling, jet-lagged, etc.) is quite unnerving, es-pecially when this practice is basically unknown in our western culture. We were advised to ignore them as beg-ging is illegal and the majority, it seems, are professional, working in teams with their own “patch” and for some kind of supervisor. As an out-sider, I felt quite vulnerable and moved by their plight during early encounters.

Sadly, they are so common (you are harassed whenever your vehicle stops in traffic) that one soon becomes deaf to their persistence. It really is a moral dilemma.

Within a couple of hours (yes: that long) we were comfortably settled in our hotel rooms. India is the land of bureaucracy and I.S.D. (Indian Stan-dard Time). Nothing seems to start on time! The car will pick you up at 7:30pm . . . car arrives at 8:15pm . . . don’t worry, be happy!

India is also a land of uniforms. In Australia, we tend towards individuality and uniforms are the domain of the police, military, schools, sporting teams and the like. In India they love uniforms. The hotels staff have sev-eral different uniforms, each appropri-

In mid-February I had the opportunity to re-visit the country of my birth. My memories of India were those of a small child; for that’s what I was when I left at the time of partition (as it was referred to) and Indian independence in 1947. My own memories are of mi-nor incidents. My “pre-knowledge” came from my parents and extended family, who had been living there for about 4 generations from the mid-19th century. So, apart from the informa-tion I had grown up with, my knowl-edge of modern India was gleaned from the media at large.

Why India? Quite simply: my young-est daughter, Kate, was to be married; surely the best of reasons for any fa-ther.

India is not like Aus-tralia, or any other western country, to my knowledge. India has so many experi-ences to offer at both ends of the social spectrum.

We arrived at Mum-bai International Air-port, after a 14 hour flight (including Sin-gapore stop-over), at 10:45pm. The tem-perature was 32°C and the humidity 85%. The atmos-phere was heavy (smoke to 3000 me-tres was the report prior to landing). Surprisingly, you get accustomed to it (apart from the chronic cough I developed and still have at the time of writing this article). Fortunately, Vicks throat lozenges are readily available and cheap at 1 rupee (3 cents) each . . . they’re sold loose! We’d had all our shots and were relig-iously taking our malaria tablets, so confidence was high. We also stuck to the rule that, if it isn’t peeled, boiled or cooked, don’t eat it (unfortunately, this means no salads)! Well, most of the time. Even in the hotels, teeth brushing meant bottled water (which was provided anyway).

Kate and her fiancé, Vishal (both hav-ing arrived a week earlier), plus others were outside the terminal to meet us. The general public are not allowed to enter airport terminals in India unless they are bona fide travellers. Amidst a

ate to the individual’s status. Hotel doormen are adorned with outfits straight out of the Raj (complete with regal turban) or, possibly the “Arabian Nights” . . . “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” comes to mind. The airports are manned by the army or police (I’m not sure which) in their desert tan fa-tigues, black berets and Uzis. Staff, in department stores, all look alike (3 per customer). Even official guides at na-tional monuments (they must be ac-credited) have to wear a uniform as a condition of employment. At least one knows who to approach when looking for assistance!

The wedding day approaches . . . 3 days of festivities!

Two days prior to the wedding, open house was held at the groom’s family home. A large marquee was erected in the apartment block courtyard/car park. This became the venue for 3 days of meeting and greeting of old friends and acquaintances as well as many relatives flying in from New Delhi (1400km to the north) and, of course, those for-eigners from Australia. 2 cooks plus kitchen staff set up in a sheltered area (all their own gear) and proceeded to cook con-tinuously during most of the daylight hours and into the night over the next 3 days. People tend

to come and go during the day.

In the evening of the first day, every-one met at a hotel for a cocktail party, as seems to be the tradition in modern times within middle class Indian soci-ety. This is an occasion for relaxing, interacting and, to some extent, net-working. Men generally wear lounge suits, and women, ornate saris or shal-war kameez (loose fitting trouser and shirt type outfit). The evening included music in a western style plus more food and drink and wound up at around 3am.

On the day before the wedding, the mehendi ritual took place where the bride's hands and feet are decorated with henna or mehendi. The women who apply these intricate patterns are highly skilled. Kate had 3 women

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Taj Mahal - New Dehli

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working continuously for 4 hours. Other women also had their hands decorated as did all the Australian men (not wishing to miss out). Later in the day (food and drink still flowing) we were entertained by dholak (traditional North Indian drum) players. Guests danced to the rhythm of the dholaks much as westerners would dance at a disco. The tradition is that when people are pleased with the player’s efforts, banknotes are waved around in the air for all to see and then given to the player. These drummers played continuously for about 3 hours with around half a dozen 1-2 minute breaks. Casual clothes are generally worn, although the Indian women generally wear saris or shalwar kemeez.

The wedding day celebrations started at the marquee venue at around 8pm. with the emphasis on the groom alone. Generally, the bride and her family would wait at the wedding venue for the trium-phant arrival of the groom, riding a heavily decorated white horse. As a concession to our western igno-rance, we were allowed to witness the groom-only part of the ceremony, including the baraat (the wedding procession of the groom on his white horse), complete with red uniformed brass band in the lead, dholak play-ers, 3-metre lengths of fire crackers being set off in the street and all traf-fic held up. What a sight it was!

I had decided right from the start that I would enter into the spirit and tradition of the Punjabi wedding ceremony. This included the traditional formal In-dian wedding attire: sherwani (ornate, embroidered, high button, shin length coat) over a churidar (loose cotton py-jama type trouser with tapered legs that concertina at the bottom) and jut-tis (traditional Punjabi slippers). Cilla and Kate’s sister’s wore more modern attire with an Indian flavour.

We – the bridal party – went ahead of the baraat to the ornately decorated wedding venue at a nearby hotel, where the groom was welcomed. There was an exchange of flowered garlands between “senior males”, as is the tradition. The actual wedding ritual involved much chanting of sacred text (they read it from a book, just as we do in our Christian traditions), accom-panied by anointings, sprinkling with flower petals, etc. The couple were finally declared to be married at ap-

proximately 2:00am after the ritual of pradakshina (walking 7 times around a sacred fire) and a wedding feast fol-lowed.

After two more days of relaxing and site seeing, we caught the Mumbai Rajdhani Express for the 1400 km, overnight trip north to New Delhi. We were privileged to have an air condi-tioned compartment for the 17 hour

journey through some beautiful coun-tryside. For a country of more than a billion people, there seems to be a lot of empty space. It was interesting to observe the early morning prepara-tions – cooking fires, outdoor ablu-tions, etc. - as we passed through some of the remote villages along the way.

A mini-bus awaited us at the station for the 4 hour journey south-east to Agra, home of the famed Taj Mahal (Crown Palace). Agra is the ancient capital of India (as it was before colo-nial rule) and home of the Mughal em-perors. Shah Jahan seems to be the best known in the west because of the white marble mausoleum he had built for his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal (Beloved of the Palace), who died af-ter giving birth to their 14th child, whilst accompanying him on a cam-paign to crush a rebellion. Construc-tion started in 1632 and took 20,000 people 22 years to complete. The 4

minarets at the corners lean away slightly from the mausoleum so that, in the event of an earthquake, they won’t fall onto the main building. They’re still standing after 350 years, so maybe this was a bit of engineering overkill. Many of us have seen pic-tures of the Taj, but nothing can cap-ture the splendour that this monument presents to the naked eye. This is es-pecially so at sunset. A kilometre or so

away, across the Yamuna River, are the foundations of the Black Taj, which Shah Jahan commenced as his own tomb, only to be overthrown by his son (for using public funds) and imprisoned in the nearby Agra Fort. As a concession, he could see his wife’s tomb from his apartment window. On his death, Shar Jahan was entombed to the left side of his wife, the only non-symmetrical con-struction on the building.

We returned to New Delhi after two days for final site seeing, including India Gate (a huge WW1 memorial), the Presidential Palace (former Vice-Regal Lodge of colonial times) and the famed Qutub Minar, a red sand-stone monument dating from the 13th century. Sadly, our intended visit to the Raj Gaat (Mahatma Gandhi’s tomb) was cancelled (twice) due to closure for security reasons because a certain G.W. Bush was arriving the next day and was deemed to be more important than us. As a con-solation The Honourable J.W. How-

ard, M.P. and spouse, visited it several days later. Maybe they’ll share some of their holiday pics with us! Whilst in New Delhi, we took the opportunity to check out the Australian High Com-mission: a home away from home. Not terribly imposing, I have to say. But, wait until the new edifice around the corner is finished . . . our taxes at work!

New Delhi International Airport . . . in-teresting! It’s easy to recognise your bags on the carousel at the new inter-national terminal in Adelaide: they are the ones with strong industrial strength white plastic tape around them . . . In-dian baggage security! Wherever you wander, there’s no place like home.

India is a fascinating place. We’ve only scratched its surface. When I left India, a part of me stayed behind, beckoning me to return again . . . soon!

Peter Rees

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Qutub Minar - New Dehli

From my hotel window I could see a portion of the plaza affronting St. Jo-seph’s Church in Beijing. It was late spring and the weather was quite warm and daylight came very early. From approximately 5.30am people started gathering on the plaza and the daily rou-tine would begin. On the lower portion of the plaza and around the rose gardens, which extended down one side of the church, Tai Chi exercises were in full swing. The other side of the church had lawn with concrete edg-ing and elderly men and women, with their pet dogs on a lead, would walk along the edging. I was told it helped maintain their balance and posture. (I tried it and fell off after four steps!) In a cor-ner of the lower plaza chil-dren in school uniforms would gather and with a CD player turned on low, do a rhythmic exercise like a cross between dancing and aero-bics. As soon as the right hand door of the church was opened those who had gath-ered on the upper plaza would begin entering for the first morn-ing Mass which began at 6.00am. When Mass was finished, the left hand door opened and those who had been on the lower plaza filed in through the right hand door and those who had been inside came out the left door and

moved to the lower plaza to begin their exercises. I don’t know what hap-pened during the rest of the day as I was out sightseeing but each evening the plaza was filled with people –

hawkers selling ‘genuine’ Rolex watches or artefacts, art students of-fering to paint your name in Chinese characters, food vendors pushing their carts, couples and families just going for a walk. It was alive and fascinat-ing.

For the gardeners of the parish those huge containers and the rose garden didn’t have soil or potting mix – it was a hard packed pale yellow clay and yet there were masses of blooms. Every

night water trucks patrolled the streets and drenched everything with huge sprays of water – anyone not quick enough on their feet also got a drenching!

I’ve never been to Europe but somehow the Church itself reminded me of Spain and inside it was like step-ping back in time – slightly uneven concrete slab floor and a carpet up the centre aisle. Statues of Mary and Joseph, which could have been transported from our own St. Joe’s, stood in al-coves on either side of the altar and a profusion of gold stars on blue back-ground covered the ceiling over the altar.

The truly amazing thing was that in a city with 8 mil-lion bicycles I never once saw anyone ride their bike across or around any of the

grounds surrounding the church and not one sign saying “No Skateboards, Bike Riding or Roller Blades.”

Carol Galbraith

in unnecessary or less charitable con-versation”.

When Jesus was 12, Joseph and Mary took him with them on their annual journey to Jerusalem to attend the feast of the Passover. Little is known of Joseph after this journey.

At the crucifixion, Jesus asked the apostle John to care for Mary who was apparently a widow at that time.

Joseph is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church; the Greek Orthodox and the Episcopal Churches.

In the Catholic Church, Joseph is a saint second in dignity only to Mary.

The Rev. Fr. Patrignani S.J. once made this comment. He went on to say, “St. Joseph is a Saint who may justly be styled “The Help of Chris-tians”, in all necessities, both temporal and spiritual”.

St. Teresa of Avila said, “He was the first Christian to whom it was said, “Take the Child and His Mother”. This led to the saying “You will always find Jesus and Mary with Joseph”.

St. Bridget of Sweden stated that, “St. Joseph was so reserved and careful in his speech that not one word was ever issued from his mouth that was not good and holy, nor did he ever indulge

He is the patron saint of workers, of the family and of the dying, and the patron against atheistic communism.

In 1870, Pope Pius IX declared him patron of the Catholic Church. The greatest honour accorded him came in 1962 when Pope John XXIII ordered that Joseph’s name be included in the list of Saints in the Cannon of the Mass, directly after the name of Mary. We should be proud that our Parish and School carry his name.

Brian Carter

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Observations from a hotel window

St Joseph - The Most Powerful Saint in Heaven, The Most Forgotten Saint in the Church

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“Hesed is A Little Piece of Heaven”. That is a comment in the Hesed Visi-tor's Book after one of the recent birth-day celebrations of the Hesed Chris-tian Community, now 22 years of age.

Hesed is a Hebrew word with a cluster of meanings, loosely translated as “Tenderness and Love”. The Hesed Christian Community was started by Mercy Sisters Rose Carey and Pat Kenny in a rented house in Payneham in 1983. They had no money other than Social Security payments and their modest stipends, but trusted that God would provide. And indeed He has. From that modest beginning, He-sed has grown to include a cluster of eight two bedroom units and two lar-ger houses in Ellis Street Magill, rented from the South Australian Housing Trust. Along with the Virgin Mary, Hesed says “He that is mighty has done great things for us”. Sr Pat Kenny still coordinates the Community’s work, ably assisted by Sr Mary O’Loughlin, Sr Betty Schonfeldt, Sr Felicia Holland and more recently Br. Ben McCabe. Fr Peter Galvin also lives at He-sed and says occa-sional Masses there.

Hesed has an open door policy and is a “Haven for the Lost” – for whatever reason the person is lost or marginalised, be it through drugs, gambling, alcohol, mental ill-ness, marriage break-up or any other reason. Sr Pat and her team have de-

veloped a 12 step “Growth Toward Wholeness” program, complementary to other 12 step programs but de-scribed by Sr Pat as having “a spiritual emphasis based on a day to day structured life of prayer, scripture based learning and work in order to grow in wholeness of body, mind, heart and spirit.” Not all residents are Catholic, many have fallen away from their faith, but the Hesed program gently encour-ages them to let God work in their lives.

At Hesed’s Annual Dedication Mass, many of the Hesed Community re-dedicate themselves to Hesed for peri-ods of 12 months, or in some cases a lifetime. It is very touching to hear tes-

timonies from those whose lives were bro-ken before coming to Hesed, but have now been rebuilt. For ex-ample, one of the He-sed Community spoke of how, after his life of alcoholism led to a breakdown of relation-ships with his family, he has just completed

two years of sobriety at Hesed and is now slowly re-establishing a relation-ship with his wife and family. Another community member described Hesed as offering “the opportunity to integrate recovery with a deepening and flour-

ishing of their spiritual, sacramental and prayer life”. Community members with varying backgrounds speak of the gentleness they find at Hesed, of how

they are accepted just as they are, irrespec-tive of their broken-ness. Even those who were residents in ear-lier years and now live as part of the wider community keep in regular touch with He-sed, such has been its impact on their lives. Some who initially

came to Hesed for help and are now well have decided to stay and help others as they were helped. As Sr Mary says: “It is so rewarding to be part of this….it is challenging, enlight-ening, a spiritual haven of rehabilita-tion for all who are searching for new life”.

Many volunteers have assisted Hesed over the years, each finding as did St Francis of Assisi “it is in giving that we receive”. It can be truly inspiring to see a community living as Jesus said “Love one another as I have loved you”. Tranmere parishioners, who can see some of the Hesed community at Parish Masses but may know little about Hesed and its work, are encour-aged to visit this “little piece of heaven” and discover the “saints” within their parish boundary. Whether you visit Hesed with the aim to help, or just to find out more about it, you are assured of a warm welcome.

Alan Tyson

son in St Francis Xavier Cathedral for the Commissioning of the incoming National Executive. South Australia – Mrs Mary Schultz, National President, and Mrs Maureen Clark as National secretary of the CWL Australia for the forthcoming two years. Also the Cen-tenary of the foundation of the Catholic Women’s League in England was celebrated at this Mass.

Several members recently attended the World Day of Prayer at the Church of Christ, Magill with two of our mem-bers taking part in the service.

Maureen Furst

We wish to sincerely thank the parish-ioners who supported our Trading Ta-ble held on Sunday March 26th. It was a great success realising $670, some of which will be sent to the victims of the shocking cyclone “Larry” at In-nisfail and surrounding areas.

This year we have been happy to wel-come two new members, namely Josie Kennett and Immaculata Ci-rocca. Unfortunately due to age we have lost some good members too, but we still have 20 members.

Recently, on February 19th, seven members attended the installation Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wil-

Australia’s new tourism slogan has certainly created a great deal of inter-est, especially in the United Kingdom and Canada. It appears to have got the results.

With the decline in Mass attendances of a Sunday, perhaps we should con-sider doing something similar to in-crease our numbers?

How about a large sign in front of the Church with the following message:-

Mass Here Every Sunday

Where the Bloody Hell are you?

Brian Carter

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Hesed: “A Little Piece of Heaven”

CWL News National Tourism Slogan

Hesed is a Hebrew word with a cluster

of meanings, loosely translated as

“Tenderness and Love”.

… truly inspiring to see a community liv-

ing as Jesus said “Love one another

as I have loved you”.

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St Joseph’s Feast Day Breakfast Photos

mitted to working for peace and ecu-menical dialogue. Mission: Putting the Gospel into practice in daily life through prayer, friendship and service to the poor. www.santegidio.org

Cursillo Movement

Founded in Spain in 1949 by a group of young people. Millions around the world have been enriched by the spiri-tual-peak experience offered by Cur-sillo’s weekend programs. Mission: Developing fervent lay people who will influence all segments of society. www.natl-cursillo.org

Focolare Movement

Founded in Italy in 1943 by Chiara Lu-bich, it numbers over 5 million in 182 countries. Mission: Fostering unity and universal brotherhood in all aspects of life through its Gospel-based spiritual-ity. www.focolare.org/en

L’Arche

Founded in France in 1964 by Cana-dian Jean Vanier, L’Arche has 120 communities in 30 countries. Mission: Creating homes and programs for people with developmental disabilities based on Jesus’ Beat i tudes. www.larchecanada.org

Legion of Mary

Founded in Ireland in 1921 by Frank Duff, this organisation of lay people is present today in nearly every diocese throughout the world with 13 million adherents. Mission: Giving glory to God through the holiness of its mem-bers. www.legion-of-mary.ie

Madonna House Apostolate

Founded in Canada in 1947 by Cath-erine Doherty, this community of priests and lay persons has estab-lished missionary field houses world-

Plans are moving ahead for a 2nd meeting of Lay movements at the Vati-can on Saturday June 3rd, the eve of Pentecost 2006. It has been widely touted that the future of the Church is in its lay movements. Below is some information on some Ecclesial Move-ments in the Catholic Church.

Apostolate for Family Consecration

Founded in the USA in 1965 by Jerry and Gwen Coniker. Mission: Bringing families deeper into their faith. www.familyland.org

Catholic Worker Movement

Founded in the USA in 1933 by Doro-thy Day and Peter Maurin. This move-ment works for peace and the equal distribution of goods. There are 185 local communities providing social ser-vices. Mission: Hospitality towards those on the margins of society. www.catholicworker.com

Catholic Charismatic Renewal

Around 70 million Roman Catholics worldwide have been active in this movement, founded in the USA in 1967 among college students. Mis-sion: A renewal of faith through per-sonal and communal experiences of the Holy Spirit. www.garg.com/ccc

Communion and Liberation (CL)

Founded in Italy in 1954 by Msgr. Luigi Giussani, CL has 150,000 members in 70 countries. Mission: The education to Christian maturity of its adherents, and collaboration in the mission of the Church in all spheres of life. www.clonline.org

Community of St. Egidio

Founded in Italy in 1968 by Professor Andrea Riccardi, the Community num-bers 17,000 members worldwide com-

wide. Mission: Loving Jesus Christ in daily life by serving the poor and living the Gospel. www.madonnahouse.org

Neocatechumenal Way

Founded in Spain in 1964 by Kiko Ar-guello, it numbers 17,000 communities in 105 countries and produced a flour-ishing of vocations. Over 730 priests have been ordained and 4,000 women have embraced religious life. Mission: Helping parishes with a program of a d u l t C h r i s t i a n f o r m a t i o n . www.camminoneocatecumenale.it/en

Regum Christi

Founded in Mexico in 1959 by Rev. Marcial Maciel, LC, Regum Christi is comprised of lay members and Le-gionaries of Christ priests with 80,000 members in 30 counties. Mission: Spreading Christ’s message to hu-manity through personal and organ-i s e d a p o s t o l i c a c t i v i t i e s . www.regumchristi.org

Schoenstatt Movement

Founded in Germany in 1928 by Fr. Joseph Kentenich, it numbers one mil-lion people in 40 countries and en-courages the coordination of all the Church’s apostolic forces. Mission: To be a living part of the Church with Our Lady as mother and model. www.schoenstatt.org

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Founded in the USA in 1968 by Fr. Gabriel Calvo, this movement is active in 93 countries. Over 5 million Catholic couples and thousands of priests have benefited from its life-enhancing week-ends. Mission: Revitalising Christian marriage. www.wwme.org

Terence Yeow

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Controversial Abortion Pill - RU486 number of abortions, not to find new methods to end human life. It can never be claimed to be safe; the Sun-day Mail (19th March 2006) reported that seven women have died from side effects.

I have been told that a number of years ago there was a sticker and

Recently the Federal Parliament de-bated whether the above drug should be brought into Australia. The entire purpose of taking RU486 during preg-nancy is to kill an unborn child.

It is estimated that there are up to 100,000 abortions a year in Australia; we should be looking to reduce the

poster which had a photo of a baby, perhaps three months old, which read something to the effect; “Kill her now and it’s murder – 6 months ago it would have only been abortion.”

Perhaps these stickers should be re-made?

Brian Carter

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St Vincent de Paul Society good works

Cyclone Larry

Miraculously the 290km per hour gales did not result in any loss of life. SVDP is helping the hundreds of families that have damaged homes and farms.

Once again we thank our parishioners for their support.

When such storms hit poorer countries the damage and loss of life is usually huge. Their homes are fragile and the infrastructure is inadequate to cope with these forces of nature. We are so fortunate to live where we live!

Food For Thought ‘‘Do not look the other way…. the world hungers for action, not words.’ Nelson Mandela A rich person is not always someone who has the most, but someone who needs the least. ‘We can do no great things; only small things with great love.’ Mother Teresa

Twinning Sunday

This year April 23 falls on a Sunday and so we invite you to celebrate with us!!

April 23 is the birthday of Frederic Ozanam. On his 20th birthday he and his friends founded the Society in response to criticism that Catholics just talked about helping the poor without doing anything.

Frederic’s dream of a worldwide network in support of the poor and marginalised has been realised.

Vincentians celebrate this event around the world as ‘Twinning Sunday’.

South Australian Conferences are twinned with parish communities in India, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. We in Tranmere celebrate a ‘twinning partnership’ with 3 communities in India:

the St Sebastian parish, the Sacred Heart school and the St Mary parish communities in the southern state of Kerala.

For more information go to: http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/stjostrmr/

While we celebrate and pray for them here, they are praying for us in their communities.

We thank our Tranmere parish community for helping to make it possible for the Society to do ’good works’ here in Adelaide and around the world. Thank You!

Assist-A-Student This Program has been a huge success in recent years around Australia. Our Parishioners have consistently supported it with great enthusiasm. Supporters should have received this year’s informative newsletter by mail. Each year the Program is launched in February and ends in September. The Big Blue Bin We appeal to parishioners to use the bin only for clothing, etc. The Society is incurring crippling costs caused by the dumping of rubbish in the collection bins. Many bins have been removed for that reason. Thank you for your support. SVDP Tranmere

Pakistan Earthquake Appeal Great response from the Parish and Parishioners–Thank You The SVDP of Pakistan has exhausted all its disaster funds. It has appealed to the Society in Australia, England and Wales to help it pay for emergency shelters to protect the tents from wind rain and snow. The photo below show the arrival of SVDP supplies of blankets at a tent settlement before the winter weather struck. Note the crowded tent village behind the banner and the tents dotted on the slopes.

PARISH PERSONNEL

EDITORIAL TEAM

Terence & Grace Yeow, Tom Spinks

and Sonia on 12 Mar 2006

♦ Marcello Lombardi, son of Antonio & Rachel on 19 Mar 2006

♦ Dante Guidotto, son of Fabian & Donna on 26 Mar 2006

♦ Hannah O’Driscoll, daughter of Philip & Kathryn on 26 Mar 2006

May They Rest in Peace

Our sympathy goes to fami-lies & friends of recently de-ceased parishioners: ♦ Frank Halliday of Magill 16 March

2006

♦ Bridie Banbury of Magill 19 March 2006

Personal Notices

The "Parish to Parish for Bed & Break-fast" book is now available - This lat-est Edition has over 100 homes in N.Z. and 23 in Australia where Catholics can enjoy great hospitality at the reasonable price of $25 a night for one person, and $40 a night for two persons sharing a room. To order your copy - phone Marie Anderson on 0011-64-3-3595541 or by sending a cheque for $18 (which in-cludes postage), with your name and address, to

Marie Anderson

2 Brent Place

Christchurch 8005

New Zealand

Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:

Why did God make mothers? Mostly to clean the house.

How did God make mothers? Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.

What ingredients are mothers made of? God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.

Why did God give you Your mother & not some other mum? We're related.

What kind of little girl was your mum? They say she used to be nice.

What did mum need to know about dad before she married him? Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your mum marry your dad? My grandma says that Mum didn't have her thinking cap on.

Who's the boss at your house? Mum. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.

What's the difference between mums & dads? Dads are taller & stronger, but mums have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's. Mums also have magic, they make you feel better with-out medicine.

What does your mum do in her spare time? Mothers don't do spare time.

What would it take to make your mum perfect? On the inside she's al-ready perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.

If you could change one thing about your Mum, what would it be? I'd make my Mum smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me. I would also like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.

Parish B&Bs

BAPTISMS We welcome into our Parish faith community the recently baptised: ♦ Nickolas Miller son of Claude and

Maria on 19 Feb 2006

♦ Holly Stadler, daughter of Henry and Yvonna on 26 Feb 2006

♦ Francesca Cirocco, daughter of Francesco & Siobhan on 26 Feb 2006

♦ Hannah Bailey, daughter of Stephen & Catherine on 11 Mar 2006

♦ William Barone, son of Emero & Elizabeth on 12 Mar 2006

♦ Jake Smith, son of Wayne and Tri-cia on 12 Mar 2006

♦ Cartia De Ieso, daughter of Donato

Tranmere Times is the bi-monthly parish newsletter of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Tranmere. This church serves the people

living but not entirely in the Adelaide suburbs of Kensington, Magill, Newton, Norton Summit and Hills, Rostrevor, Rosslyn Park, St. Morris,

Tranmere and Woodforde.

Parish Priest: Fr. John Swann Pastoral Associate: Mr Frank Fahy

Parish School Principal: Paul Murphy Parish REC: Annka Goioisa

Parish Secretary: Carol Galbraith

St. Joseph’s Church 484 Magill Rd, Kensington Gdns 5068

phone: 8431-6932, fax: 8361-3086 email: stjostrmr@picknowl.com.au

Parish Website

http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/stjostrmr

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Why God Made Mums