 VATICAN : POPE : BUTLER SENTENCED AND OTHER NEWSNOVENA PRAYER TO ST. JUDE PATRON OF HOPELESS CASES - DAY 6ASIA : SYRIA : PRIEST KIDNAPPED IN DAMASCUS - DEAD(Image shared from Radio Vaticana) |
| COMMUNIQUE
OF THE SECRETARIAT OF STATE Vatican City, 25 October 2012 (VIS) - Given below is the text of a communique released today by the Secretariat of State. "The sentence in the trial of Paolo Gabriele, which has now become final, puts a full stop to the end of a sad affair which has had very painful consequences. "A personal offence was done to the Holy Father; the right to privacy of the many people who, by virtue of their office, addressed themselves to him was violated; the Holy See and a number of her institutions suffered prejudice; communications between the bishops of the world and the Holy See were hindered, and scandal was caused among the community of the faithful. Finally, for a period of many months the serenity of the working community which daily serves the Successor of Peter was disturbed. "The accused admitted his guilt at the end of a judicial process which took place transparently and justly, and with full respect for the rights of the defence. The trial was able to ascertain the facts, showing that Mr Gabriele had carried our his criminal plans not at the instigation or incitement of third parties, but on the basis of his own personal convictions, which can in no way be shared. Various conjectures about the existence of plots or the involvement of other people have, in the light of the sentence, been shown to be false. "Now that the sentence is final, Mr Gabriele will have to serve the prison term imposed upon him. He also faces a procedure for dismissal, as laid down in the Regulations of the Roman Curia. "As regards the term of imprisonment, the possibility of pardon still remains which, as has been reiterated on a number of occasions, is a sovereign act on the part of the Holy Father. It does, however, reasonably presuppose repentance on the part of the accused, and a sincere request for pardon to the Supreme Pontiff and those who have been unjustly offended. "In relation to the harm caused, the term inflicted appears both lenient and just, a fact due to the the specific nature of the legislative system from which it arises". |
| DECLARATION
BY HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE DIRECTOR CONCERNING THE SENTENCE AGAINST PAOLO
GABRIELE Vatican City, 25 October 2012 (VIS) - "Since no appeals have been filed against the sentence passed on Paolo Gabriele on 6 October, that sentence has become final. Therefore, by mandate of the president of the Tribunal, the promoter of justice this morning ordered the guilty party be imprisoned, in enactment of the sentence. The order will be carried out during the course of the day", reads a declaration made today by Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. POPE RECEIVES PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS Vatican City, 25 October 2012 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office released the following communique at midday today: "This morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience Demetris Christofias, president of the Republic of Cyprus. The president subsequently went on to meet with Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. who was accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States. "The discussions, which took place in a cordial atmosphere, served to highlight the good relations that exist between the Holy See and the Republic of Cyprus. Consideration was also given to issues of mutual interest, in particular the importance of dialogue and of respect for human rights, including the right to religious freedom. "Since the Republic of Cyprus holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union, the parties also turned their attention to the situation in Europe. Finally, the hope was expressed that initiatives for dialogue and peace between the sides in conflict in the Middle East would achieve a positive outcome, with the contribution of the international community". |
| PILGRIMAGE
TO ROME FOR THE YEAR OF FAITH BY THE ORDER OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF
JERUSALEM Vatican City, 25 October 2012 (VIS) - Three thousand knights and ladies of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (a tenth of the the total membership) will make a pilgrimage to Rome in 2013 for the Year of Faith. The event, which is due to take place from 13 to 15 September, will coincide with the general assembly of the Order and will conclude with a celebration of the Eucharist presided by the Holy Father in St. Peter's Basilica. The Grand Magisterium of the Order held its autumnal session in Rome yesterday evening, under the presidency of Cardinal Edwin Frederick O'Brien, grand master of the Order. During the meeting attention turned, apart from to the pilgrimage, to the statutory commitments of the Order in the Holy Land, and in particular those concerning the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. His Beatitude Fouad Twal, patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins and grand prior of the Order, illustrated a number of projects in the field of education, He recalled how more than 18,000 students (around 2,500 in Israel, 5,700 in Palestine and 10,000 in Jordan), of whom 61 per cent are Christian, frequent the forty-two primary and secondary schools funded by contributions from the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. The patriarch also made reference to the religious and political situation, and to the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, expressing his concern at the growth in fundamentalism in the region. He also noted how the importance of the Holy Land had been confirmed in two important events which took place this year: The World Congress of Families in Milan, Italy, which had focused on the Holy Family of Nazareth, and the International Eucharistic Congress of Dublin, Ireland which had dedicated particular attention to the Cenacle in Jerusalem. |
| AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 25 October 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam, apostolic nuncio to Thailand and Cambodia, and apostolic delegate to Laos and Myanmar. |
TODAY'S MASS ONLINE : THURS. OCT. 25, 2012
| Luke 12: 49 - 53 | |
| 49 | "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! |
| 50 | I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished! |
| 51 | Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division; |
| 52 | for henceforth in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three; |
| 53 | they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." |
NOVENA PRAYER TO ST. JUDE PATRON OF HOPELESS CASES - DAY 6
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit. Amen.O glorious apostle, SAINT JUDE THADDEUS, true relative of Jesus and Mary, I salute you through the most Sacred Heart of Jesus! Through this Heart I praise and thank God for all the graces He has bestowed upon you. Humbly prostrate before you, I implore you through this Heart to look down upon me with compassion. Oh, despise not my poor prayer; let not my trust be confounded! To you God has granted the privilege of aiding mankind in the most desperate cases. Oh, come to my aid that I may praise the mercies of God! All my life I will be grateful to you and will be your faithful client until I can thank you in heaven. Amen.Priest: "Blessed Apostle, with confidence we invoke you!"
People:"Blessed Apostle, with confidence we invoke you!"
Priest: "St. Jude, help of the hopeless, aid me in my distress."
People: "St. Jude, help of the hopeless, aid me in my distress."PRAY FOR US that we before death may expiate all our sins by sincere repentance and the worthy reception of the holy Sacraments.Pray for us that we may appease the Divine Justice and obtain a favorable judgment.Pray for us that we may be admitted into the company of the blessed to rejoice in the presence of our God forever.The following prayer to be recited by both priest and people.Saint Jude, glorious apostle, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor has caused you to be forgotten by many. But the Church honors and invokes you universally as the patron of difficult and desperate cases. Pray for me who am so miserable. Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege accorded to you to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly — (here make your request) — and that I may bless God with you and all the elect throughout all eternity.I promise you, O blessed JUDE, to be ever mindful of this great favor, and I will never cease to honor you as my special and powerful patron and do all in my power to encourage devotion to you. Amen.Saint Jude, pray for us and for all who honor you and invoke your aid.(Say the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be to the Father, 3 times.)
AMERICA : CANADA : 2 PRO-LIFE HEROES WIN GOVERNMENT AWARD
The Government of Canada awarded 2 pro-life heroes: Linda Gibbons and Mary Wagner. They won the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal.
Linda Gibbons, is a humble grandmother, who has spent 10 years often in prison defending the unborn children as their lives are being taken away each day in Canada.
Mary Wagner is a young woman who tries to help pregnant mothers keep their children. Both have been imprisoned for their efforts to save unborn children while standing outside abortion clinics.
These women were nominated by the courageous Conservative MP of Saskatchewan, Maurice Vellacott. He compared these women to the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Unlike the justice minister, Vellacott was unable to award these medals to the victims of crime, because these baby victims are dead, so instead the award to those 'heroines of humanity' Mary Wagner and Linda Gibbons who are trying to protect defenceless, voiceless human beings in the womb from butchery and death, and trying to let vulnerable women know that there are other options and support and adoption possibilities," Vellacott said in a statement. "It's what you would expect in a caring compassionate society."
Vellacott also explained, "It's a pretty upside down world when we honour abortionists like Henry Morgentaler for killing over 5,000 babies and imprison precious women, like Mary Wagner and Linda Gibbons, who try to save babies from such savagery. They are the real heroes of humanity!"
EUROPE : GROUP ROSARY SAID WORLD -WIDE ON SKYPE
IND.CATH.NEWS REPORT
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AUSTRALIA : EMMAUS COLLEGE OPENS ARTS CENTRE
ARCHDIOCESE OF MELBOURNE REPORT: Parish and School News
Emmaus College Opens Bill Holligan
Performing Arts Centre
Tuesday 23 October 2012
THE Bill Holligan Performing Arts Centre was blessed
and officially opened by Mgr Greg Bennet, Vicar General for the Archdiocese of
Melbourne, on Tuesday 9 October.
View Gallery
Representing the Canonical Administrators were Fr Chris Murphy, Fr Tony Feeney, Fr Tony Spierings and Fr Jacob.
The opening took place in the Tony Frizza Stadium to ensure that all students, staff and invited guest were able to attend this very significant event.
In his homily, Mgr Bennet recounted the significance of the Emmaus story and the need for all in the Emmaus community to strive to live by the school motto ‘To Know Christ’. He then proceeded to bless the new facilities.
The Principal of Emmaus College, Mr Tony Hirst, emphasised to students what a privileged position they are now in, to have five buildings under ten years old and facilities comparable with any school in the eastern suburbs. This has come through the commitment of the regional parishes and the sacrifices parents make for a Catholic education for their children. He outlined that this privilege comes with a responsibility, especially to work to the best of one’s ability and the realisation that everyone has to strive to achieve their goals.
The Chair of the College Board, Mr Louis Souchon, then outlined the role that Mr Bill Holligan played during his almost two decades at Emmaus as Assistant Principal. During his last 10 years he worked in a voluntary capacity as a Chaplain in hospitals.
It was then Mr Holligan’s opportunity to respond, and he outlined how far Emmaus has come in its short 32 year history. He indicated that it was not only the wonderful facilities, but also the sense of vibrancy, energy, welcome and drive that exists to make Emmaus a great school. He described the Emmaus Performing Arts Centre as a masterpiece of design, with provision of large and varied spaces, welcoming textures, which he said demonstrated the value of quality builders, innovative and inventive architectural input, and a broader and constant overview and liaison with College staff. He humbly thanked everyone for having the opportunity to have the building named in his honour.
Guests were able to tour the new facility and enjoy afternoon tea at the conclusion of the ceremony.
Photos courtesy of Emmaus College, Vermont South
THE Bill Holligan Performing Arts Centre was blessed
and officially opened by Mgr Greg Bennet, Vicar General for the Archdiocese of
Melbourne, on Tuesday 9 October.View Gallery
Representing the Canonical Administrators were Fr Chris Murphy, Fr Tony Feeney, Fr Tony Spierings and Fr Jacob.
The opening took place in the Tony Frizza Stadium to ensure that all students, staff and invited guest were able to attend this very significant event.
In his homily, Mgr Bennet recounted the significance of the Emmaus story and the need for all in the Emmaus community to strive to live by the school motto ‘To Know Christ’. He then proceeded to bless the new facilities.
The Principal of Emmaus College, Mr Tony Hirst, emphasised to students what a privileged position they are now in, to have five buildings under ten years old and facilities comparable with any school in the eastern suburbs. This has come through the commitment of the regional parishes and the sacrifices parents make for a Catholic education for their children. He outlined that this privilege comes with a responsibility, especially to work to the best of one’s ability and the realisation that everyone has to strive to achieve their goals.
The Chair of the College Board, Mr Louis Souchon, then outlined the role that Mr Bill Holligan played during his almost two decades at Emmaus as Assistant Principal. During his last 10 years he worked in a voluntary capacity as a Chaplain in hospitals.
It was then Mr Holligan’s opportunity to respond, and he outlined how far Emmaus has come in its short 32 year history. He indicated that it was not only the wonderful facilities, but also the sense of vibrancy, energy, welcome and drive that exists to make Emmaus a great school. He described the Emmaus Performing Arts Centre as a masterpiece of design, with provision of large and varied spaces, welcoming textures, which he said demonstrated the value of quality builders, innovative and inventive architectural input, and a broader and constant overview and liaison with College staff. He humbly thanked everyone for having the opportunity to have the building named in his honour.
Guests were able to tour the new facility and enjoy afternoon tea at the conclusion of the ceremony.
Photos courtesy of Emmaus College, Vermont South
AFRICA : KENYA : TRAINING MANUEL FOR WORKING WITH DISABLED
CISA REPORT
NAIROBI, October, 23, 2012 (CISA)-A national organization for the Disabled people in Kenya plans to establish a training manual for use by the women and the persons working in the area of disability in the country.
In an interview with CISA during the opening of the five-day training workshop for disabled persons, October 22 at the Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) Guest House, Nairobi, the Chairperson of the United Disabled Persons of Kenya (UDPK), Ms Godliver Omondi said the issue was central in the catering of the disabled people in the country.
“The proposed training manual is expected to enable the government ministries and departments to review disability as a developmental issue and lead to the development and implementation of curricular and or syllabuses that are disability friendly,” she explained.
More than 10 participants, drawn from various Community- based organizations (CBOs) working in the area of disabilities are attending the five-day training workshop (22-26).
“Through the use of the manual, government officials are expected to gain more interest in disability, such that disability becomes a priority issue in ministries agendas,” explained Ms Omondi.
The workshop topics include: the concept of disability, gender and mainstreaming, how to carry out mainstreaming processes and structure, task, functioning and working processes of a Ministry of Government departments.
The workshop is being organized by the Disabled Women in Africa (DWA) in collaboration with the Eastern African Federation of the Disabled (EAF0D).
Organizers at the workshop told CISA that by the end of the workshop, the proposed Training Manual document will have been worked on.
“This is one of the major businesses ahead of the workshop participants,” explained Mr Peter Musakhi, Assistant director for Gender and Social Development, who is representing the Government at the workshop.
SHARED FROM CISA NEWS
NAIROBI, October, 23, 2012 (CISA)-A national organization for the Disabled people in Kenya plans to establish a training manual for use by the women and the persons working in the area of disability in the country.
In an interview with CISA during the opening of the five-day training workshop for disabled persons, October 22 at the Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) Guest House, Nairobi, the Chairperson of the United Disabled Persons of Kenya (UDPK), Ms Godliver Omondi said the issue was central in the catering of the disabled people in the country.
“The proposed training manual is expected to enable the government ministries and departments to review disability as a developmental issue and lead to the development and implementation of curricular and or syllabuses that are disability friendly,” she explained.
More than 10 participants, drawn from various Community- based organizations (CBOs) working in the area of disabilities are attending the five-day training workshop (22-26).
“Through the use of the manual, government officials are expected to gain more interest in disability, such that disability becomes a priority issue in ministries agendas,” explained Ms Omondi.
The workshop topics include: the concept of disability, gender and mainstreaming, how to carry out mainstreaming processes and structure, task, functioning and working processes of a Ministry of Government departments.
The workshop is being organized by the Disabled Women in Africa (DWA) in collaboration with the Eastern African Federation of the Disabled (EAF0D).
Organizers at the workshop told CISA that by the end of the workshop, the proposed Training Manual document will have been worked on.
“This is one of the major businesses ahead of the workshop participants,” explained Mr Peter Musakhi, Assistant director for Gender and Social Development, who is representing the Government at the workshop.
SHARED FROM CISA NEWS
ASIA : SYRIA : PRIEST KIDNAPPED IN DAMASCUS - DEAD
Agenzia Fides REPORT- The body of the greek orthodox priest Fr. Fadi Jamil Haddad, pastor of the church of St. Elias in Qatana, was found today in the Jaramana neighborhood (north of Damascus) not far from the place where he was kidnapped, on October 19, by unidentified armed group (see Fides 24/10/2012). This was confirmed to Fides by Fr. Haddad’s greek-orthodox confrere, who asked for anonymity. "His body was horribly tortured and his eyes gouged out," he told Fides. "It is a purely terrorist act. Fr. Haddad is a martyr of our church. "
With regards to the responsibilities of the terrible act there is an ongoing rebound of responsibilities between the opposition forces and government authorities, that accuse the armed gangs of armed rebellion in the army. According to Fides sources, the kidnappers had asked the priest’s family and his church a ransom of 50 million Syrian pounds (over 550 thousand euro). It was, however, impossible to find the money and meet this exorbitant demand. A source of Fides condemns "the terrible practice, present for months in this dirty war, of kidnapping and then killing innocent civilians."
Among the various Christian communities in Syria, the greek orthodox is the largest (with about 500 thousand faithful) and is concentrated mainly in the western part of the country and in Damascus. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 25/10/2012) (IMAGE SOURCE: weaselzippers.us)
2012
TODAY'S SAINT - OCT. 25: ST. GAUDENTIUS
St. Gaudentius
BISHOP
Feast: October 25
Information:
Feast Day:
October 25
Born:
Brescia, Italy
Died:
410
Bishop of Brescia from about 387 until about 410; he was the successor of the writer on heresies, St. Philastrius. At the time of that saint's death Gaudentius was making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The people of Brescia bound themselves by an oath that they would accept no other bishop than Gaudentius; and St. Ambrose and other neighbouring prelates, in consequence, obliged him to return, though against his will. The Eastern bishops also threatened to refuse him Communion if he did not obey. We possess the discourse which he made before St. Ambrose and other bishops on the occasion of his consecration, in which he excuses, on the plea of obedience, his youth and his presumption in speaking. He had brought back with him from the East many precious relics of St. John Baptist and of the Apostles, and especially of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, relics of whom he had received at Caesarea in Cappadocia from nieces of St. Basil. These and other relics from Milan and elsewhere he deposited in a basilica which he named Concilium Sanctorum. His sermon on its dedication is extant. From a letter of St. Chrysostom (Ep. clxxxiv) to Gaudentius it may be gathered that the two saints had met at Antioch. When St. Chrysostom had been condemned to exile and had appealed to Pope Innocent and the West in 405, Gaudentius warmly took his part. An embassy to the Eastern Emperor Arcadius from his brother Honorius and from the pope, bearing letters frorn both and from Italian bishops, consisted of Gaudentius and two other bishops. The envoys were seized at Athens and sent to Constantinople, being three days on a ship without food. They were not admitted into the city, but were shut up in a fortress called Athyra, on the coast of Thrace. Their credentials were seized by force, so that the thumb of one of the bishops was broken, and they were offered a large sum of money if they would communicate with Atticus, who had supplanted St. Chrysostom. They were consoled by God, and St. Paul appeared to a deacon amongst them. They were eventually put on board an unseaworthy vessel, and it was said that the captain had orders to wreck them. However, they arrived safe at Lampsacus, where they took ship for Italy, and arrived in twenty days at Otranto. Their own account of their four months' adventures has been preserved to us by Palladius (Dialogus, 4). St. Chrysostom wrote them several grateful letters.
We possess twenty-one genuine tractates by Gaudentius. The first ten are a series of Easter sermons, written down after delivery at the request of Benivolus, the chief of the Brescian nobility, who had been prevented by ill health from hearing them delivered. In the preface Gaudentius takes occasion to disown all unauthorized copies of his sermons published by shorthand writers. These pirated editions seem to have been known to Rufinus, who, in the dedication to St. Gaudentius of his translation of the pseudo-Clementine "Recognitions", praises the intellectual gifts of thne Bishop of Brescia, saying that even his extempore speaking is worthy of publication and of preservation by posterity. The style of Gaudentius is simple, and his matter is good. His body lies at Brescia in the Church of St. John Baptist, on the site of the Concilium Sanctorum. His figure is frequently seen in the altar-pieces of the great Brescian painters, Moretto, Savoldo, and Romanino. The best edition of his works is by Galeardi (Padua, 1720, and in P.L., XX). SOURCE http://www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/G/stgaudentius.asp
Feast: October 25
Information:
Feast Day:
October 25
Born:
Brescia, Italy
Died:
410
Bishop of Brescia from about 387 until about 410; he was the successor of the writer on heresies, St. Philastrius. At the time of that saint's death Gaudentius was making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The people of Brescia bound themselves by an oath that they would accept no other bishop than Gaudentius; and St. Ambrose and other neighbouring prelates, in consequence, obliged him to return, though against his will. The Eastern bishops also threatened to refuse him Communion if he did not obey. We possess the discourse which he made before St. Ambrose and other bishops on the occasion of his consecration, in which he excuses, on the plea of obedience, his youth and his presumption in speaking. He had brought back with him from the East many precious relics of St. John Baptist and of the Apostles, and especially of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, relics of whom he had received at Caesarea in Cappadocia from nieces of St. Basil. These and other relics from Milan and elsewhere he deposited in a basilica which he named Concilium Sanctorum. His sermon on its dedication is extant. From a letter of St. Chrysostom (Ep. clxxxiv) to Gaudentius it may be gathered that the two saints had met at Antioch. When St. Chrysostom had been condemned to exile and had appealed to Pope Innocent and the West in 405, Gaudentius warmly took his part. An embassy to the Eastern Emperor Arcadius from his brother Honorius and from the pope, bearing letters frorn both and from Italian bishops, consisted of Gaudentius and two other bishops. The envoys were seized at Athens and sent to Constantinople, being three days on a ship without food. They were not admitted into the city, but were shut up in a fortress called Athyra, on the coast of Thrace. Their credentials were seized by force, so that the thumb of one of the bishops was broken, and they were offered a large sum of money if they would communicate with Atticus, who had supplanted St. Chrysostom. They were consoled by God, and St. Paul appeared to a deacon amongst them. They were eventually put on board an unseaworthy vessel, and it was said that the captain had orders to wreck them. However, they arrived safe at Lampsacus, where they took ship for Italy, and arrived in twenty days at Otranto. Their own account of their four months' adventures has been preserved to us by Palladius (Dialogus, 4). St. Chrysostom wrote them several grateful letters.
We possess twenty-one genuine tractates by Gaudentius. The first ten are a series of Easter sermons, written down after delivery at the request of Benivolus, the chief of the Brescian nobility, who had been prevented by ill health from hearing them delivered. In the preface Gaudentius takes occasion to disown all unauthorized copies of his sermons published by shorthand writers. These pirated editions seem to have been known to Rufinus, who, in the dedication to St. Gaudentius of his translation of the pseudo-Clementine "Recognitions", praises the intellectual gifts of thne Bishop of Brescia, saying that even his extempore speaking is worthy of publication and of preservation by posterity. The style of Gaudentius is simple, and his matter is good. His body lies at Brescia in the Church of St. John Baptist, on the site of the Concilium Sanctorum. His figure is frequently seen in the altar-pieces of the great Brescian painters, Moretto, Savoldo, and Romanino. The best edition of his works is by Galeardi (Padua, 1720, and in P.L., XX). SOURCE http://www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/G/stgaudentius.asp
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