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ss the Diocese of Parramatta since February 1998 Catholic 2003 Pope John Paul II releases encyclical on the Eucharist: Ecclesia de Eucharistia. Bicentenary of the first official Mass in NSW celebrated by Fr James Dixon in Sydney on 15 May 1803 and Parramatta on 22 May 1803. Opening of House of Welcome ecumenical project for asylum seekers and refugees. Nicephorus Wing-Hon Tan ordained to the permanent diaconate. Re-opening of St Patrick’s Cathedral, which was destroyed by fire on 19 February 1996. 1 st religious profession in rebuilt in St Patrick’s Cathedral – Helen Stannard RSM and Mary White RSM. Catholic National Vocations Awareness Week: 7-14 August 2005 pages 10-15 A new parish is born… Padre Pio, GlenmorePark By Dan McAloon. IN July this year the Diocese’s newest parish, Padre Pio Parish, Glenmore Park, was established with Fr Kevin Lee, 41, installed as the first Parish Priest. In the 18 months leading up to his appointment Fr Kevin had been Glenmore Park’s acting administrator, under the auspices of St Nicholas of Myra Parish, Penrith; Glenmore Park being the fourth parish to be established from there after Kingswood, Emu Plains and Cranebrook. Fr Kevin said that Padre Pio was adopted as Glenmore Park’s patron saint after careful consultation with parishioners. “We know that Padre Pio’s story might not be so well known to many Australians or that, to some ears at least, his very name might be a bit odd sounding. Well, we are here to change all that,” 2005 he said In Padre Pio the new parish has a role model who exemplifies virtually every aspect of the Church’s life and teaching. “He is our near contemporary, a man who lived in modern times and dedicated his whole life to Christ’s ministry on earth,” Fr Blessed John XXIII Primary School opens at Stanhope Gardens. Death of Pope John Paul II on 2 April and election of Pope Benedict XVI on 19 April. Fr Robert Riedling and Fr David Hume ordained priests for the Diocese of Parramatta at St Patrick’s Cathedral. Parish of Padre Pio established at Glenmore Park. Friars of St Francis at Dundas Valley made Private Assoc. of Christ’s Faithful. Padre Pio. Pope Benedict XVI releases his first encyclical: 2002 Relics of St Therese of Lisieux visit Our Lady of Mt Carmel Parish, Wentworthville. Diocesan pilgrims celebrate World Youth Day in Toronto, Canada. Fr Warren Edwards ordained a priest for the Diocese of Parramatta at St Patrick’s Church, Blacktown. Centenary of St Michael’s Family Centre (formerly St Michael’s Orphanage). Parramatta Pastoral Institute becomes Institute for Mission. 2004 Robertus Kim and Leon Decena ordained to the permanent diaconate in St Patrick’s Cathedral. Opening of Holy Family Primary School at Emerton. Diocese hosts 3 rd International Interfaith Conference in Parramatta. Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth celebrate 50 years of service at St Andrew’s Parish, Marayong. Fr Bob Sheridan ordained a priest for the Diocese of Parramatta in St Patrick’s Cathedral. Deus Caritas Est (God is Love) Kevin said. “His holiness – his name translates as Father Pious – is a rebut to the secular materialism of the world we inhabit, just as his many miracles reaffirm the spiritual in our lives.” In life, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina was a Franciscan friar who lived simply in the friary at San Giovanni Rotondo. His day commenced when he rose at 3am, and he often didn’t retire to bed for another 20 hours. His greatest joy was to celebrate Mass and hear the confessions of the people who thronged to his church. A noted miracle worker and evangeliser, he was renowned for his piety and his gift of healing as much as for the marks of the stigmata that he carried on his body for 50 years. He died at age 81 on 23 September 1968, which is now his feast day. In 2002 he was canonised by Pope John Paul II. When the Pope was the Bishop of Cracow, he had personal experience of Padre Pio’s gift of healing when he appealed to him to pray for a friend gravely ill with throat cancer. Pio’s positive response to the Bishop was later confirmed by doctors who pronounced the friend cured. Padre Pio Parish is located in one of Penrith’s fastest-growing areas, with residents numbering 17,000 at the time of the 2001 census, and all of them, including more than 6,000 children, living in private dwellings. The suburb is set to explode over the next five years as another 10,000 new households appear. Though the civic planners have seen to the social and recreational needs of Glenmore Park’s residents, this is also the very epicentre of the mortgage belt, and Fr Kevin is concerned for the people’s eternal salvation in the midst of material pursuits. “If ever there was a place ready for the evangelising spirit of Padre Pio it is here,” he said. “Our Catholic community has to find its own authentic voice among many who are ‘unchurched’ and ignorant of the Church and its teachings. Yes, I think we could do with a miracle or two here.” Continued page 3. Holy Family Parish Mount Druitt, connecting a community pages 16-17 Diocese of Parramatta Volume 8, August 2005 All the latest news from our Catholic schools pages 20-23 Blessed Mary MacKillop On 8 August, Australians will celebrate the Feast Day of Blessed Mary MacKillop (details page 15). In St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta the Shrine to Mary MacKillop is located in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Melbourne sculptor Peter Corlett said that at a symbolic level, his sculpture of Mary MacKillop represents her egalitarian vision, her faith and belief in God’s way of reaching out through her to the poor. Photo: Hamilton Lund. Community support for ministry page 4 Inter-faith dialogue alive in Parramatta page 5 Campion College ‘Catholic’ in higher learning page 9 SREs head back to school in 2006 page 15 Anniversary of Granville train disaster page 18 Pope Benedict XVI signs his first encyclical in his private office at Vatican Palace. Photo: AAP Image. Diocese of Parramatta Volume 9, February 2006 Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love) Benedict releases his first encyclical IN HIS first encyclical, Pope Benedict XVI called for a deeper understanding of love as a gift from God to be shared in a self-sacrificial way, both at a personal and social level. The Holy Father said love between couples, often reduced today to selfish sexual pleasure, needs to be purified to include “concern and care for the other”. Love is also charity, he said, and the Church has an obligation to help the needy wherever they are found – but its primary motives must always be spiritual, never political or ideological. The nearly 16,000-word encyclical, entitled Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love), was issued on 25 January 2006 in seven languages. Addressed to all Catholics, it was divided into two sections, one on the meaning of love in salvation history, the other on the practice of love by the Church. Benedict said his aim was to “speak of the love which God lavishes upon us and which we in return must share with others”. The two aspects, personal love and the practice of charity, are profoundly interconnected, he said. The encyclical begins with a phrase from the First Letter of John: “God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” Benedict said the line expresses the heart of the Christian faith, which understands the creator as a loving God and which sees Christ’s death as the ultimate sign of God’s love for man. In today’s world, however, the term “love” is frequently used and misused, he said. Most commonly, it is understood as representing “eros”, the erotic love between a man and a woman. The Church, from its earliest days, proposed a new vision of self-sacrificial love expressed in the word “agape”, he said. At times, he said, the Church, with all its commandments and prohibitions, has been accused of poisoning eros or of being ready to “blow the whistle” just when the joy of erotic love presented itself. But in modern society, he said, it has become clear that eros itself Continued on P3 2007 Bishop Kevin Manning celebrates 10 years as Bishop of Parramatta. 100 th issue of Catholic Outlook, which is relaunched as a monthly magazine. Dedication of Blessed John XXIII Church at Stanhope Gardens. Parochial District of Rouse Hill established. Beranga Ngurring education and settlement service for Southern Sudanese refugee opens at the Mamre Project in St Marys. World Youth Day Cross & Icon arrive in Parramatta. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine celebrates The 20 years. Bishop’s Lenten Message: Sr Naomi: a vocation lived through Aboriginal Catholic Ministry – a place to meet, heal and grow spiritually Photo: Suja Samivel CatholicOutlook Volume 11, November 2008 2009 Celebrating the Year for Priests. Joseph Ledang, Owen Rogers and Tony Hoban ordained for the permanent diaconate in the Diocese of Parramatta. Catholic schools benefit from Australian Government’s Building the Education Revolution. 2006 Greg Whitby appointed Executive Director of Schools. Bishop Manning hosts first Vision Youth Leadership Breakfast. Campion College, Australia’s first Catholic liberal arts college, opens at Old Toongabbie. Bishop Manning receives Kahlil Gibran International Award from Arab Heritage League. Clergy Support Foundation established. Catholic Women’s League of Aust. (CWLA), Diocese of Parramatta, celebrates 20 th anniversary. CatholicOutlook Volume 10, February 2007 an opportunity to turn our hearts to living as Jesus did 100TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE 2008 Fr Andrew Bass ordained a priest for the Diocese of Parramatta. World Youth Day 2008 takes place in Sydney. First annual Father’s Day Appeal for Retired & Sick Priests. Society of Jesus appointed to administer Holy Family Parish, Mt Druitt. First students graduate from Campion College. Palms Australia celebrates its golden jubilee. Bishop Kevin Manning publishes Christian-Muslim Relations: Guidelines for Catholics in the Diocese of Parramatta. CatholicOutlook Volume 12, December 2009/ January 2010 Wishing all readers a joyous Christmas Jay Borthwick (Joseph) and Jordan Loughlin- Smith (Mary) from Corpus Christ Primary, Cranebrook. Photograph: David Tang Catch up with all the latest Catholic news on the Diocese of Parramatta website and facebook page catholicoutlook.org facebook.com/parracatholic
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