Today, 18 August 2002

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  • 22 1 The CathOliC News M.I.T.A. (P) No. 032/01/2002 PPS 201/4/2003 I SUNDAY, AUGUST 18-August 25, 2002 SINGAPORE 500/WEST MALAYSIA RM1.20 Vol.52 No. 17
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  • 1160 1 After Toronto For practically a whole week, 23-28 July, Toronto, in Canada, enjoyed the attention of the world with its celebration of World Youth Day and the presence of the Holy Father during that time. The euphoria climaxed with 600,000 people participating in the closing Mass of the Holy Father.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 30 1 4 So will Your ways be known upon the earth and all nations know Your saving help. Psalm 66 lim^¥ .bb^bBb^b^b^bIb^b^ V^ Scripture B^BiBri *-X,mPa 'iJMQBE H' BiKBBfe^, I^^B^^^Bh BSflBni
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  • VATICAN
    • 122 2 Pope John Paul II arrived at "La Aurora" International Airport of the City of Guatemala, capital of Guatemala at 3pm local time on July 29, after a 5-hour flight from Toronto. He was met by the President of the Republic of Guatemala, His Exc. Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera,
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    • 60 2 The Holy Father was met by the President of the Federal Republic of Mexico, His Exc. Vincente Fox Quesada, the Apostolic Nuncio and officials of the Government and Church, on his arrival at the "Benito Juarez" International Airport of Ciudad de Mexico, Capital of Mexico, at 7.30 pm
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    • 62 2 On Friday 2 August the Holy Father returned from his Apostolic visit which brought him to Toronto, the City of Guatemala and the City of Mexico. He arrived at Rome's Ciampino Airport at 9.00 am local time, after a twelve and a half hour flight and immediatley
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    • 210 2 98th Mission Poland Telegramme of the Holy Father to The most Reverend Alessandro D'errioo Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan Deeply grieved at the news of terrorist attacks in Pakistan this week, the reprehensible assaults on innocent life at the Murree Christian school and at a Christian hospital in Taxila, the Holy
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    • Article, Illustration
      168 2 Vatican Press Reports Max Rossi, Catholic Press Photo) Targetting a "century" It is being said that the Holy Father is not done with travel abroad yet. It would seem that he is trying to make his "century". He has just clocked his 97th Missionary journey. This month, August,
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    • 273 2 Her Exc. Adrienne Clarkson, Govemor-Gerenal of Canada.. Most grateful for the warm welcome which Canada has given me on the occasion of the 17th World Youth Day and thankful for the courtesies extended to me in your delightful country. I renew to your excellency the assuranceof my
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    • 46 2 August is vacation month for Europe in general, and the Vatican Is no exception. Except for pressing and urgent matters, Vatican offices are, to ali intents and purposes, closed during this time. There will consequently be a dearth of Vatican news during this period.
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    • 87 2 In our love, let us pray for them in their twilight years and in their afflictions. Rev. Fr. Claude Barreteau, MEP Rev. Fr. Felix Brygier, MEP Rev. Fr. Balthazar Chang, CICM Rev. Fr. Francois Dufay, MEP Rev. Fr. Edmund Dunne, CSsR Rev. Fr. James Wallace, CSsR Rev,
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  • LOCAL
    • 344 3 Bth July 2002 My Dear People of God, Regarding the Priestly Society of St Pius X As there is some confusion among our faithful with regard to the above Society of Saint Pius X, I would like to draw your attention to the canonical
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    • 793 3  -  Rev. Frank Depoorter, CICM By The most recent issues of the Catholic News launched a prayer appeal for two priests who are critically Nil (Fr Simon Yim and myself) I would like to thank you for your concern and care. Many, many loving friends informed me that
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    • 556 12  -  Mel Diamse-Lee By THE HOME and household was the centre of Christian activity during the time of the early Christians and St Paul encouraged that relationships between the faithful be like those of "brothers and sisters". This was the gist of the talks of Fr
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    • 413 12  -  Daniel Tan By WHILE many students spent their June school holiday frolicking in beaches or bumming around with friends,l9 students of St Joseph's Institution (SJI), went on a mission trip to the remote Thapsake province in Thailand from June 48. Led by two teachers one of
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    • 199 12  -  Sara Ng By AT A July 6 Mass organised by the Catholic Teachers' Movement, Friar Michael D'Cruz said that when a person's heart is in what he or she does, the burden is lighter. God's yoke is easy and His burden light and allows the person to
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  • the family Life Line
    • 688 4  -  Dr John Lim Bulletin of the Family Life Society, Archdiocese of Singapore Owing to lack of space, we will resume our series of suicide articles by Bro. Collin Wee, FSC, in the next issue of LifeLine. Fr Marx celebrated 60 years of his
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    • 444 4  -  ui-JMumm^ Joyful Parenting is an FLS programme that helps parents bring up a loving, close-knit family unit. It promotes breastfeeding as a means of family bonding. Breastfeeding helps parents intimately understand and bond with their newborn baby and become better aware of their role towards their
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    • 407 4 The Family Life Society is a non-profit organisation registered under the Societies Act of Singapore in 1985. It was established under the auspices of the Catholic Archbishop of Singapore to make the family apostolate a priority of the local Church. We aim to promote a deeper understanding and respect for
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  • REGIONAL
    • 438 5 INDONESIA, Padang, (UCAN) "The youth are the future of the Church" is an empty slogan in the Indonesian Catholic Church, which has not given enough attention to young people's concerns, a bishops' conference official says. Jesuit Father Josephus Wardaya, executive secretary of the Indonesian bishops' Youth
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    • 228 5 UZBEKISTAN, Tashkent. (UCAN) Organ recitals, art exhibitions and management of a Catholic website are some of the activities that enliven unfinished Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Tashkent. Construction work for a church began in 1912 but was stalled by 70 years of Soviet communist rule before
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    • 125 5 THAILAND, Bangkok (UCAN) A mobile library has been launched to help minor seminarians in Thailand improve English reading skills they will need in the major seminary. Father Joseph Chaiyo Kitsakul, director of the Holy Family National Intermediate Seminary is in charge of the project. "When fully opened, each
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    • 245 5 PHILIPPINES, Manila (UCAN) An official of the organizing committee for the Fourth World Meeting of Families next January in Manila hopes the gathering will draw attention to family preservation and ministry. Preparations for some 10,000 delegates, expected to be led by Pope John Paul 11, have gathered
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    • 142 5 CANADA, Toronto, (UCAN) Ethnic Chinese delegates at the recent World Youth Day (WYD) celebration say the event has laid the groundwork for a support network among them. "We want to form a global network of young Chinese Catholics," said Selena Chan, who coorganized a concert for the delegates
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    • 304 10 MYANMAR, Yangon (UCAN) Representatives from various Churches in Myanmar, including the Catholic Church, met in a workshop in Yangon to discuss ways of equipping evangelizers for mission work. Reverend Peter Thein Maung, priest of St. John's Anglican Church in Yangon, told some 40 participants July 24 to
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    • 581 10 VIETNAM, Hung Hoa, (UCAN) Efforts to train young lay leaders since 1995 have helped a diocese in northern Vietnam meet changing pastoral needs. "The training of young leaders has made parishes more dynamic, enabling them to catch up with progress in society," said Joseph Ta Quang Van,
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    • 340 10 COLOMBO (UCAN) The newly installed archbishop of Colombo has urged fellow citizens to work toward ending Sri Lanka's twodecade long ethnic conflict. During his installation on July 27, Archbishop Oswald Gomis of Colombo stressed the importance of all ethnic and religious communities working together to resolve the
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    • 295 10 INDONESIA, Karawang, (UCAN) Muslim students sang verses from the Qur'an in front of a Catholic church in Indonesia during a farewell gathering for a Dutch missioner who promoted interreligious harmony. Some 500 students from an Islamic boarding school in Rengasdenglok, West Java, offered a "salawat" thanksgiving prayer at
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    • 283 13 INDIA, Pune, (UCAN) The Maharashtra Handicapped Employees Federation has asked the western Indian state of Maharashtra to end discrimination against them and Implement laws meant for their welfare. State law guarantees the disabled 3 percent of the jobs in all government offices, but "very few offices followed this
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    • 487 13 MALAYSIA, Bukit Mertajam, (UCAN) Thousands thronged a major pilgrimage centre in Malaysia to celebrate the feast of Saint Anne as Church officials inaugurated a larger church. The crowd for the consecration Mass July 26 overflowed the new church with its 2,000-seat capacity. Many stood in the aisles, at
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    • 93 13 MALAYSIA, Plentong, (UCAN) The Catholic bishops of Malaysia have expressed "alarm* over the impact on religious freedom of what they see as increasing politicization of Islam in the country. Malaysia has witnessed the "process of Islamization of our laws and regulations," the bishops say in an Aug. 1 statement.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 947 6 CHILDREN'S CORNER 1 This quiz is open to children who are preparing to receive Holy Communion and are attending classes AnSW6PS fof Contest No. 6 (Ist. Cornin.) at their Parishes. 2 It has to be the children's own effort and parents are asked to use this as an opportunity to
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  • 97th MISSION
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      100 7 Confounding the sceptics, a crowd of 800,000 at the Closing Mass with Pope John Paul II at Downsview Park in Toronto (CNS photo from pool). Always in the shadow of his "boss", the Holy Father's Secretary, Bishop Stanislaw Dziwisz. The Pope arrives in Guatemala City July 29 to canonize
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      171 7 Pope John Paul II arrives in his popemobile at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City July 31. Crowds of 2 million people lined the streets as the pontiff arrived to celebrate a Mass of canonization for Mexican Nahuatl Indian Juan Dieqo, who experienced
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    • 101 7 Pope of the Nations J Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo Cabrera welcomes Pope John Paul II to Guatemala City. The pontiff made a short visit there to canonize St. Pedro de San Jose Betancur, affectionately known as Hermano Pedro, the first Centra! American saint. (CNS photo from pool).
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  • FAITH IN LIFE
    • 745 8 20 Ordinary August 18 Texts: 1 Rd: Is. 56:1. 6-7 Resp: Ps 66 2 Rd: Rom 11:13-15. 29-32 Gospel: Mt 1521-28 First Reading: The last sentence of the passage: my house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples." suggests the theme not only
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      68 8 "ORDINARY TIME' Liturgical Colour: GREEN Symbolizes "HOPE" in the Christian context hope in eternal life, founded on Christ's promise. The focus is on our Response to God revealing himself through Salvation History. Sunday Cycle: 1 A 60 OUT WORK), PROCLAIM ii)C(3OdON6WS TO All CAMION Graphics: Copyright. The Order of SLBenedid
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    • 734 8 21 Ordinary August 25 Texts: 1 Rd: te 22: 19-23 Resp: Ps 137 2 Rd: Rom 11:33-36 Gospel: Mt 16:13-20 First Reading: An allusion to the Messiah who is to come. Jesus was born of the House of King David. Responsoriat: in praise of God in his greatness
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 36 8 Feasts of the Week: Mon 19 St John Eudes, priest Tues 20 St Bernard, abbot, doctor Wed 21 St Pius X, Pope Thurs 22 Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary Sat 24 St Bartholomew, Apostle, Feast (Gloria)
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    • 22 8 Feasts of the Week: Tues 27 St Monica Wed 28 St Augustine, bishop, doctor Thur 29 Martyrdom of St John the Baptist
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  • FORMATION
    • 11 9 by Dr (Rev) Robert P Balhetchet, Ph.D. (Theol.)
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    • 231 9 Theology {"Theos" is the Greek word for God) can be said to be the study of God. However, one must immediately add a caution that one cannot really expect to "know" God and to plumb the depths of his ineffable mystery. It has been said that if
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    • 153 9 "Ecclesiology" is that branch of Theology which deals with the Church. ("Ecclesia" is the Greek Latin word for "Church") What immediately comes to mind when we say "church" is either the building where we worship, or the "Church" to which we belong (=parish), or which Christian Church
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    • 376 9 The whole purpose of the Vatican II was to expound the nature and mission of the Church. This was a very enormous task to undertake, but one which the Council Fathers under the guidance of the Holy Spirit were able to achieve. As far as scope, coverage
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    • Article, Illustration
      14 9 Graphics: Copyright.. The Order of St.Benedict The Documents of Vatican II
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    • 22 9  -  Rev. Ambrose Vaz, SSL by Professor of Sacred Scripture St Francis Xavier's Major Seminary THE BIBLE THE OLD TESTAMENT
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    • 313 9 The heart of Judaism is the Pentateuch also known as the 'Torah' the "Law", or the "Five books of Moses." It is not difficult to understand why. The unifying factor and vehicle of salvation history is the people of God those chosen by him and made the object
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    • 133 9 Primeval History the Prologue to Redemptive History Primeval History (cf. Gen 1-11) answers the question "What was God's motive in forming a people in the first place?" Before attention begins to center on one family at the call of Abraham (cf. Gen 12), we are given a glimpse of the
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  • EDITORIAL
    • 541 11  -  DR(REV) ROBERT P. BALHETCHET Human interaction is very much symbol-based. All our communication consists of symbols. Our thoughts are expressed and communicated through symbols for that is what language, written or spoken consists of. The spoken word is simply sounds that we agree, stand for certain things. Likewise the
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    • 1166 11 10 July 2002 was truly a red-letter day for the Mongolian Catholic Mission which was started on 10 July 1992. His Eminence Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, (Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples), and Apostolic Nuncio Giovanni Battista Morandini presided at the Anniversary
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    • 199 13 TEACHER DAY FAMILY MASS Dates: Saturday August 31, 5 pm-6 pm. Venue: Good Shepherd Chapel, (next to Marymount Convent, 790 Thomson Rd. Contact: Catholic Teachers Movement www.veritas,org,sg/ctm or Gail: 6258-1422 (school) I 6454-4094 (H) or Stella: 6288-2682 stfer@pacific, net.sg HOSANNA! MUSIC MINISTRY'S CONCERT "Approved" the concert Venue: Jubilee Hall, Raffles
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    • 1458 14 IN MEMORIAM 7 am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me shall never die." For all those who have no one to pray for them we pray to the Lord. In loving memory of Eleventh [Ninth Vnnii ersarj Twelfth n^^^^7T»nT^^*l Fifteenth Rest in peace, i fcl >
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  • YOUNG CATHOLICS
    • 476 15 NOT long ago I promised to give you an update of the proposed programme for post-confirmation teenagers. Well, we still have a long way to go with the programme but here is what I can tell you so far. On July 9, I proposed
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    • 259 15 CANADA, Toronto, (UCAN) Young Pakistani and Sri Lankan Catholics at the World Youth Day celebration in Canada said the experience strengthened their faith and inspired them to get more involved in their local Church. Ten youths represented the Church of Pakistan, which makes up only 1.5
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    • 417 15  -  Gerard O'Connel By CANADA, Toronto, (UCAN) Two Asians who had lunch with Pope John Paul II during WYD celebrations in Canada said they were left in awe of the spontaneous and "lively" pope. Shirley Tso Suet-lin, a secondary school teacher from Hong Kong, and Sangeetha
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  • WORLD
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      55 16 Very well-known in Singapore, educationist and artist, de La Salie Brother Joseph McNally stands dewarfed by his sculpture in the Singapore Embassy in Wasington D.C. The missionary and artist culls his inspiration from the Christian mysteries, his subjects from universal symbolism and his materials from swamps and bogs.
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    • 537 16 SWEDEN, Stjarnholm Representatives of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) held their third plenary meeting in Stjarnholm, Sweden Its cd-mod era tors were Archbishop Mario Conti (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland) and Bishop Jonas Jonson (Lutheran Bishop of Strangnas, Sweden). Known
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