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4 CatholicOutlook August 2015Triduum Novena& MassFor theFeast of Our Ladyof PenafranciaLiving Out God’s Mercy andCompassion in theYear of the PoorSaturday 29 August1 st Triduum Novena and Mass11am in St Joseph’s Church12-22 Richmond Road, KingswoodReplica of Our Lady of Penafranciawill stay for one weekSaturday 5 September2 nd Triduum Novena and Mass11am in Holy Trinity Churchcnr Bennalong and Randle Sts,GranvilleReplica of Our Lady of Penafranciawill stay for one weekSaturday 12 September3 rd Triduum Novena and Mass11am in St Andrew’s Church40 Breakfast Road, MarayongReplica of Our Lady of Penafranciawill stay for one weekSaturday 19 SeptemberFeast of Our Lady of PenafranciaNovena at 9am prior toMass at 9.30amSt Nicholas of Myra Church, Penrithcarpark entry thru Higgins StreetFluvial Procession on Nepean RiverBoarding Nepean Belle at 11.45amTench Reserve Wharf, JamisontownLunch program & entertainment1pm-4pm at Factory Rd ReserveJamisontownFor further informationcontact theAustralian Devotees ofOur Lady of Penafranciatel 0419 233 643.Photographs: Alfred Boudib.Nuncio receives a warm welcome from Filipino Catholic communityFilipino Catholics turned out in force to welcomethe Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, ArchbishopAdolfo Tito Yllana, in Blacktown last month.Mass in St Michael’s Church on Sunday 26 Junewas followed by a celebratory lunch.The gathering was an opportunity for membersof the largest migrant community in the Dioceseto greet Archbishop Yllana, who was born inNaga City in the Philippines.The 68-year-old has served in the diplomaticrole of Papal Nuncio for more than 30 years,spending time in at least 15 countries.“A Papal Nuncio is one who represents theHoly Father,” he explained in the June 2015 issueof Catholic Voice. “We serve to strengthen thebond between the Holy Father and the bishops.“We carry out his thoughts and his wishes,communicating them so that we are able toserve the local community and they can see thatthe Holy Father is concerned for them and heloves them.”It is almost three months since ArchbishopYllana arrived in Australia to take up his postin Canberra.Aside from passing through Brisbane andSydney airports, he had never been to Australiaprior to his arrival on 30 April.“It’s a new world for me and a new experience,”he said. “It’s more organised. I’ve never livedanywhere like Australia in all my assignments.“It’s a big challenge, because this is a bigcountry, but there is a well-rooted Christiantradition here.”Archbishop Yllana has a strong devotion tothe patroness of the Philippines, Our Lady ofPeñafrancia, as well as to St Joseph.Our Lady’s feast day will be celebrated inPenrith on Saturday 19 September with aNovena, Mass and Fluvial (water) Procession onthe Nepean River (for details see panel at left).Sat 5 Sept, 8.30am - 2.30pmNorth SydneySat 12 Sept, 8.30am - 4pmStrathfieldwww.acu.edu.au/opendayCRICOS registered provider: 00004G
CatholicOutlook August 2015 5AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC MIGRANT AND REFUGEE OFFICECelebrating 20 years of missionFr Maurizio Pettena CSWelcoming the stranger, a characteristicof the early Church, remains a permanentfeature of the Church of God. It is markedby the vocation to be in exile, in diaspora,dispersed among cultures and ethnicgroups without ever identifying itselfcompletely with any of these.Welcoming the stranger is thus intrinsicto the nature of the Church itself andbears witness to its fidelity to the Gospel(Erga Migrantes, 22).The Catholic Church in Australia haslong been at the forefront in the pastoralcare of migrants and refugees.HistoryIn 1944, the Australian EpiscopalConference created a sub-committee onimmigration. The sub-committee, chairedby Bishop McGuire, was appointed to lookafter the interests of Catholics with regardto immigration.Lay committees already formed undertheir respective bishops in NSW andother states came under the direction ofBishop McGuire.The Bishop and the sub-committeewere aware that there was a strongdetermination by powerful influences toincrease the population of Australia bymeans of immigration.It was a matter of waiting for therepatriation of servicemen and clarificationof economic conditions before encouragingmass immigration.In response to a request fromthe Australian Government to havea Catholic body responsible for‘In the “strangers”, theChurch sees Christ who“pitches his tent amongus” and “knocks atour door.”’immigration matters, Bishop McGuirewas granted approval to form the FederalCatholic Migration Committee (FCMC),later the Federal Catholic ImmigrationCommittee (FCIC), by selecting itsmembers and preparing a constitution.In April 1947, the committee wasannounced, although Western Australiaalready had a Catholic body calledthe Episcopal Migration and WelfareAssociation, which was responsible forbringing out Catholic migrant childrenfrom the UK and accommodating them inorphanages in WA.Offices open nationallyCatholic Migration Offices were openedin capital cities and state committees wereformed of archdiocesan and diocesanrepresentatives. The Federal Office openedin Sydney.The opening of these offices in 1947coincided with the commencement offree and assisted migration to Australia.In the early part of the operation, thework centred around British migrantsand displaced persons, many of whomwere Catholics.During 1948, the flow of migrants toAustralia continued to increase. Around thistime, it became obvious that there was aneed for priests from various nationalities tominister to migrants in their own language.The recruitment of overseas priests onan individual basis and need, determinedby the local bishops, commenced in 1948.The Australian Catholic Migrant andRefugee Office (ACMRO) was establishedby the Australian Catholic BishopsConference on 1 July 1995.It took the place of two previous ACBCbodies, the Federal Catholic ImmigrationCommittee and the Australian CatholicRefugee Office, and assumed many oftheir functions.ACMRO reported to the ACBCthrough the Bishops Committee forMigrants and Refugees.New challengesToday, due to the new challenges we face,Two Burmese refugee boys in Ban Mai Nai Soi temporary shelter in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.Photo: Seipoe/Shutterstock.comthere is a greater emphasis about migrantsand refugees than there in the past.Consequently, this has led toanother focus, the emphasis oneducation and awareness risingwithin the Church at all levels.Aware of the challenges that lie ahead,the ACMRO team celebrates with gratitudeto the Lord on this anniversary. TheACMRO remembers with an immense debtof gratitude the leadership of the bishopdelegates; Bishop Patrick Dogherty andBishop Joseph Grech, the hard work of pastACMRO Directors Mons. Crennan andMons. Murphy and the dedication of themany staff who have been companions onthis journey.The latest document issued by thePontifical Council for the Pastoral Care ofMigrants and Itinerant People (Cor Unum)is Welcoming Christ in Refugees and ForciblyDisplaced Persons.Christ ‘knocks at our door’These pastoral guidelines state what shouldbe the way of the Church in consideringand treating the stranger. “In the ‘strangers’,the Church sees Christ who ‘pitches his tentamong us’ and ‘knocks at our door’” (n. 22).It also points out that very often,Migrant andRefugee Sunday30 August 2015This year’s theme:‘Church without frontiers,Mother to all’www.acmro.org.au“through the action inspired by the Gospelof Church-related agencies, or evenindividuals, wrought with great generosityand self-sacrifice, one comes to know thelove of Christ and the transforming powerof its grace in these situations that are, inthemselves, very often hopeless” (n. 3). Inthe ‘strangers’, the Church sees Christ who‘pitches his tent among us’ and that ‘knocksat our door’” (n. 22).In the stranger, the Church hears thevoice of Christ echoing within the verydepth of our Christian identity: “I was astranger and you welcomed me” (Mt 25:35).Fr Maurizio Pettena CS is Director of theAustralian Catholic Migrant andRefugee Office.Proud photography partner of Catholic Outlookcatholicinsurance.org.au1300 655 003Home Contents Car Personal Accident Travel Landlord CaravanCCI CatholicOutlook Sponsorship printAd APR15.indd 116/04/2015 8:16:47 AM5
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