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26 VOCATIONS OCTOBER 2012 • FLOURISH Thinking about Life Choices? Sr Frances will help you choose what’s right for you! Visit: www.sistersofnazareth.com Email: vocinfo@sistersofnazareth.com Mobile: + 44 (0) 77 859 759 61 www.franciscanvocations.org.uk FOR WOMEN EXPLORING FRANCISCAN VOCATION SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS SOUTH AFRICA NIGERIA ZAMBIA EGYPT BENIN TOGO IVORY COAST TANZANIA LIBERIA GHANA ZAIRE NIGER WHO ARE WE? An international community of missionary priests for Africa. We are called to the service of the most abandoned - that is, those who have not heard the Gospel preached to them, and those in need of liberation from poverty, hunger and oppression. WHAT DO WE DO? Proclaim and live the Gospel with the people of Africa. WILL YOU JOIN US? Send the coupon for more details about our lifestyle, work and Mission… I wish to know more about the Society of African Missions Name:................................................................................. Age:................. Address: ...................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................... .................................... Telephone: ............................................................. Please print clearly and send to: Fr. Patrick McGuire, SMA St Theresa’s, Clarendon Place, Dunblane, Perthshire FK15 9HB Living out my dream every day INVOLVEMENT within my home parish of Saint Peter’s Dumbarton, and friendship with the priests, Canon Nicky Rowan and Father John Muldoon, meant I began to entertain the possibility of becoming a priest myself. I thought about it a lot, but kept it to myself. I bought a few books that would help me to pray, as I thought prayer would help me discern the way forward. When I was in sixth year in Saint Patrick’s High School, five former pupils were at the school celebrating their silver jubilees of priestly ordination. During the purvey, a group of us were playing dares and mine was to approach Archbishop Winning and ask him to sign my order of service. Asked Bold as brass, I approached the Archbishop, and, as he was signing the booklet, he asked the teacher, whose conversation with him I had interrupted, if any of the boys would make priests. “Yes”, he said, “John Campbell.” That was me! The truth was I had already made an appointment to speak to the school chaplain about it, but I had to run up the road and tell my parents, who were gobsmacked, in case they heard of it from someone else. By September I was in seminary, and there I had a ball. Fr Campbell shortly after his ordination in 1987 with pupils of St Peter’s Primary, Bellsmyre, his old school I loved the life of the seminary, especially the study of theology because it had a clear application to pastoral life. And although I wasn’t so taken with it at the time, I have come to appreciate the importance of philosophy. I have grown in my need for knowledge as I have grown in my desire to feed God’s people through my preaching and ministry. By around the age of 16, I had already begun to take the notion of priesthood seriously. I dreamt of being as good as JERICHO The Compassion of Jesus Drug & Alcohol Rehabs., Refuge for Victims of Domestic Violence, Supported Accommodation for the Destitute, the Distressed, and all being ‘passed by on the other side.’ A COMMUNITY OF MEN OF PRAYER FOR OUR TIMES (founded 1970) Vocation info. from Bro. Patrick Mullen, The Jericho Society, Mater Salvatoris, Harelaw Farm, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire. PA10 2PY Scottish Charity SC016909 Tel: 01505 614669 Email: theJerichosociety@gmail.com the priests I knew. I dreamt of working in a parish, helping to shape and animate it. Through prayer and formation in seminary, that dream grew into an ambition which was fulfilled on the day of ordination and every day since over the past 25 years. Surprises Every day, I get out of bed to live my dream, to fulfil my ambition, and to live as a priest. It has not all been magical. There have been some terrible mistakes and disasters. Each new day has its own surprises and excitement. But my desire is the same. I go about my work and prayer hoping to be a good shepherd, to encourage, lead Archbishop Conti presents Fr Campbell with a gift to mark his Silver Jubilee On 5 September, FR JOHN CAMPBELL celebrated his Silver Jubilee of ordination to the priesthood with a Mass of Thanksgiving in St Paul’s, Shettleston, where he has served for the past 22 years. Here he reflects on how he understood and responded to the call to ministry and the graces he derives from life as a priest and feed, to protect, help and guide. And every night, as I do my examine, I discover yet again it’s our people who have encouraged, fed, led, guided and loved. For the last 25 years, my life has had meaning because I have shared in Christ’s priesthood – the priesthood of believers through baptism, the ministerial priesthood through ordination. And, just as in seminary, I’ve had a ball. I have received so much more than I have been able to give. My dream is that the next 25 years and more will be just as rewarding and enjoyable as I continue to minister as a priest, called to serve the community of faith and build up the body of Christ. CONGREGATION OF ALEXIAN BROTHERS The Alexian Brothers, as followers of Jesus the Healer, dedicate their lives toserving the sick and those on the margins of society. They do this with the support of prayer and community life. IsJesuscalling you? Email: stalexius@eircom.net Tel: 00353 94 937 6996 www.alexianbrothers.ie
FLOURISH • OCTOBER 2012 MISSION 27 THIS year’s Mission Sunday theme of ‘Faith in Action’ highlights the work supported by Scottish Catholics in missionary dioceses in Ghana, Zimbabwe and India. Renewed appeal to support Church’s missionary work Fr Tom Welsh, National Director of Missio Scotland explained: “The theme is particularly appropriate this year, as the annual focus on the missionary work of the Church coincides with the launch of the Year of Faith, marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. “Pope Benedict has called all to reflect on and deepen our faith, which he describes as a gift which must be shared. “This echoes the words of his predecessor, Blessed John Paul II, who encouraged every parish, family and individual to give priority to the work of the Pontifical Mission Societies as the primary channel for meeting our missionary obligation.” On a recent visit to southern India, Fr Welsh visited the Prem Niketan Home where religious sisters care for children with disabilities. He met Sr Lizzie, who is primary carer for five year-old Chandu. Born with hydrocephalus, he was not expected THE Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima was consecrated in the city of Karaganda in Kazakhstan, last month, marking the rise of Christianity in a region that once hosted camps for victims of Soviet persecution. Bishop Janusz Kaleta of Karaganda said the large church will be “a place of prayer and a visible sign to attract new faithful to the Christian faith.” Over 1500 people attended the opening liturgy, including Catholic faithful, Orthodox Christian leaders, Muslim leaders, and local civil authorities. Fr Piotr Pytlowany, rector of the Diocese of Karaganda’s seminary, said the to live, but through care and support has learned to walk and the Sr Lizzie is hopeful that he will soon talk. In dioceses across India, Africa and Asia, missionary churches are being supported in living out the Gospel of Christ, bringing faith, hope and love into the lives of millions of people. The Pontifical Mission Societies are better known under the title Missio Scotland and were founded by a French laywoman, Pauline Marie Jaricot, in 1823. She organized the first collection for the mission in China, gaining support of workers in her family’s silk factory in Lyon. Last year, thanks to the generosity of parishioners, Missio Scotland raised almost £347,000 to support the missionary outreach of the Church. All parishioners have an opportunity to contribute to this year’s collection on Mission Sunday, 21st October. Kazakhstan cathedral tribute to victims of repression achievement is “the fruits of the martyrs and the suffering that Christians lived in the past in these lands.” “We entrust the Catholic community in Kazakhstan, and in all the countries of the former Soviet Union, to the special protection of the Virgin of Fatima, who has already worked miracles,” he added. Under Soviet rule, Kazakhstan became a place of deportation. Karaganda was the centre for a web of ‘Karlag’ concentration camps for victims of religious and political oppression. Soviet authorities sent thousands of Catholics of Polish, Ukrainian and German nationality, as well as those from Lithuania and Belarus, to the region. In a pastoral letter marking the new cathedral’s dedication, the Catholic bishops said Karaganda earned “hideous notoriety” as a place of repression and banishment for anyone who dared to challenge atheistic materialism. “From the tragic depths of those dark and difficult years of atheism and religious persecution, Karaganda and its surroundings was illuminated with the shining light of the numerous priests who lived, worked and finally died here,” the bishops stated. Kateri Tekakwitha ON Mission Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI will canonise seven people who witnessed faithfully to Christ and brought his love to others. Among them is Kateri Tekakwitha, a young Mohawk woman, who will become first Native American saint. Known as Lily of the Mohawks, she was born in 1656 in upstate New York and was only four when her parents and brother died of smallpox. Takeri survived but her face was badly scarred and her eyesight impaired. In 1675, aged 18, Kateri met the Jesuit Father Jacques de Lamberville and started studying the catechism with him. She was baptised two years later. Over the next four years, Kateri endured great suffering from a serious illness, but was known for her gentleness, kindness and good humour. She died just before her 24th birthday. Among the other new saints is Marianne Cope Marianne Cope Witnesses to Christ who carried on the work of caring for people with leprosy on the Hawaiian islands begun under Fr Damien de Veuster – who was canonized in 2009. French Jesuit priest, James Berthieu served as a missionary on Madagascar during the turbulent years of the second half of the 19th century. When he refused to renounce his Christian faith, he was clubbed to death in 1896. His body was thrown into a river and never recovered. The other new saints are Pedro Calungsod (a missionary catechist from the Philippines), John Baptist Piamarta (an Italian priest whose apostolate was among young people and workers’ families), Carmen Sallés y Barangueras (a champion of women’s rights and dignity who founded a religious community in Spain) and Anna Schäffer (a young Bavarian woman crippled by a work accident who devoted her life to prayer and catechesis before her death in 1925). ?Is God calling you Vocation Director, Nunraw Abbey HADDINGTON, EH41 4LW, Scotland Or email: nunraw.abbot@yahoo.co.uk Scottish Charity No SCO22611 to a life of silence and solitude within a community of fellow seekers? The Cistercian monks at Nunraw Abbey offer such an opportunity. With them you can praise God through the psalms and liturgy at set times during the day. You will have time to study the ways of God and to meet God in your lectio divina. And, you will find work that will keep body and soul together. If you have good reason to believe God may be calling you to be a monk, write to: A life of prayer with the Holy Mass as its Source and Centre • Benedictine • Eucharistic • Contemplative • Liturgical Do you feel called to this life? Would you like to be a Benedictine Oblate? Would you like to spend a set time in Adoration during the day, or help to organise a group of four or more for Night Adoration? Monastic Afternoon - from 2pm onevery last Saturday of the month Holy Manna Retreat Centre for Individuals and small groups Holy Mass daily. Expositionof the Blessed Sacrament day and night. Tyburn Convent Gloria Deo DVD £15 plus postage The Path of Mother Adele Garnier £20 plus postage For more information please contact Mother Prioress Benedictine Monastery, 5 Mackerston Place, Largs, KA30 8BY Tel01475 687 320 info@benedictinemonasterylargs.com www.tyburnconvent.org.uk World Mission Sunday—21st October 2012 Faith in Action MISSIO Scotland, the only charity to guarantee support for every one of the 1069 mission dioceses of the world. This World Mission Sunday, please give generously. For further information contact MISSIO Scotland, 4 Laird Street, Coatbridge, ML5 3LJ Phone: 01236 449774 Website: www.missioscotland.org.uk Registered Charity No SC014858
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