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Topic Started: Saturday, 5. July 2008, 20:50 (33 Views)
Rose of York	Tuesday, 22. July 2008, 13:12 Post #16
Administrator Posts: 14,517 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	KatyA Monday, 21. July 2008, 21:58 Whether it is a "fruit" of WYD I know not, but it appears that Australia is to open diplomatic relations with the Holy See for the first time Please can we reintroduce transportation to Australia? I would like to nominate my bishop to be the Holy See's Ambassador to Australia. He would be happy, so would I. He's a dear old chap, harmless and non controversial. in anticipation.
	$Posted Image$ Catholic and proud of it! Talk to God before Mass. Talk to each other afterwards


Deacon Robert	Tuesday, 22. July 2008, 14:23 Post #17
Posts: 819 Group: Members Member #15 Joined: September 26, 2006	Rumor has it that Card. Pell may be headed to Westminster. The comment that went with it: "Australia's gain is Westminster's loss"
	Dcn Robert


Bob Crowley	Friday, 25. July 2008, 14:24 Post #18
Posts: 535 Group: Members Member #127 Joined: December 21, 2007	Rose of York Tuesday, 22. July 2008, 13:12 KatyA Monday, 21. July 2008, 21:58 Whether it is a "fruit" of WYD I know not, but it appears that Australia is to open diplomatic relations with the Holy See for the first time Please can we reintroduce transportation to Australia? I would like to nominate my bishop to be the Holy See's Ambassador to Australia. He would be happy, so would I. He's a dear old chap, harmless and non controversial. in anticipation. Reminds me of the joke where a Kiwi was being interviewed by an Australian Customs official. "Anything to declare?" asked the customs official. "No" said the Kiwi. "Any criminal record?" asked the customs official. The Kiwi looked worried. "I didn't know we still had to have one to come here".



Rose of York	Friday, 22. August 2008, 20:04 Post #19
Administrator Posts: 14,517 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	This was posted on Clare's forum (you know, that trad one. ) Quote: Traditional Catholic family friends in Ireland are sending their 16-year-old son to Hereford to college and are desperate to have him stay in a good Catholic environment rather than in halls. They've asked if anyone, anyone at all, would be willing to have him as a lodger during term-time. It would be ideal for someone who lives on their own and would like to rent out a room, or a family with a spare room etc etc. If anyone would be willing to open their homes to him for a time, or if anyone can think of someone who would (for example an elderly person who doesn't have the internet and who wouldn't otherwise be aware of the request) please could they contact me a.s.a.p. It can be anywhere in Herefordshire I think, any small piece of help or pointing them in the right direction would be much appreciated. Please spread the word as quickly as possible! If you don't know of anyone, please out of your charity keep the young lad in your prayers so that he finds accommodation. Many thanks! A member of Clare's forum asked if the appeal could go out on other forums, and the answer was YES. Clare has contacted this forum, asking for help. So, as we are all aware of the moral dangers, and the possibility of loneliness and isolation for a 16 year old lad going to college in Hereford, England, if anybody can help put the word about it would be appreciated. If you can help, or know someone who can, it would be best to send a private message direct to Clare as she is in internet contact with the poster on her forum. The student lives with his family in Ireland.
	$Posted Image$ Catholic and proud of it! Talk to God before Mass. Talk to each other afterwards


Derekap	Saturday, 23. August 2008, 14:32 Post #20
Posts: 3,408 Group: Members Member #14 Joined: September 26, 2006	Is Clare looking for an Extraordinary Family or an Ordinary Family?
	Derekap


OsullivanB	Saturday, 23. August 2008, 14:48 Post #21
Posts: 2,193 Group: Moderator Member #205 Joined: August 14, 2008	Do you have the Rite to ask that?



Paduan	Tuesday, 26. August 2008, 12:52 Post #22
Posts: 205 Group: Members Member #108 Joined: December 2, 2007	I just thought I'd share with you my amazement at my father... I have just come back from a short break this weekend in Wales (where to my great joy I went to Mass and chanced to meet one of the lastest men to be ordained to the Priesthood from my Seminary) to be told by my father that he has enrolled in a local Archery group. Despite his venerable age (87), the effects of his Parkinsons (he's really rather wobbly all of the time these days) in addition to his various other conditions, he has managed, holding a 16lb bow, to score 3 golds (bull's eyes) per 4 shots, amazing the leader of the group. And me! I guess all those prayers for his Parkinsons must be effective! :D Would you believe that he's now talking about taking it up competitively and trying to be good enough for the 2012 Olympics! He's been a championship marksman many years ago... it now wouldn't surprise me if he achieved it. Anyway, I thought I'd share the good news! Keep on praying... it's obviously working!
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Patrick	Tuesday, 26. August 2008, 12:55 Post #23
Administrator Posts: 3,629 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: September 25, 2006	WoW!!! That is absolutely amazing!! :o



OsullivanB	Tuesday, 26. August 2008, 16:46 Post #24
Posts: 2,193 Group: Moderator Member #205 Joined: August 14, 2008	Lovely news! Papist Bulls - you can't beat'em.



saundthorp	Tuesday, 26. August 2008, 16:47 Post #25
Posts: 135 Group: Members Member #90 Joined: June 29, 2007	That has boosted me no end. I'm 70 next week and was feeling quite depressed about reaching that dubious milestone. But hey, I have at least 17 years still ahead of me.
	Truth is still the truth even if no one believes it. Error is still error even if everyone believes it. (Archbishop Fulton Sheen)


Derekap	Wednesday, 27. August 2008, 20:04 Post #26
Posts: 3,408 Group: Members Member #14 Joined: September 26, 2006	If I set-off now I might get a Gold Medal for the slowest Marathon in 2012. (Any chance of a scooter race?)
	Derekap


saundthorp	Monday, 1. September 2008, 11:10 Post #27
Posts: 135 Group: Members Member #90 Joined: June 29, 2007	My apoligies if this subject has been raised elswhere, but I couldn't find it. Bishop Patrick O'Donoghue's new book, "Fit for Mission? Church" applies as much to Catholicism in this country as it does to his Diocese. He identifies much of what is wrong with the Church in this country. What I would call, "Protestant Creep" Here is an excellent summary from Independent Catholic News. http://www.indcatholicnews.com/pod329.html
	Truth is still the truth even if no one believes it. Error is still error even if everyone believes it. (Archbishop Fulton Sheen)


Rose of York	Monday, 1. September 2008, 14:27 Post #28
Administrator Posts: 14,517 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	saundthorp Monday, 1. September 2008, 11:10 My apoligies if this subject has been raised elswhere, but I couldn't find it. http://www.indcatholicnews.com/pod329.html I'm glad you did start a new topic. Last night I read about it, considered opening a topic and thought "no, wait and see if another member mentions it." This is great news. Bishop O'Donoghue has been speaking out lately. In retirement he will not be constrained by his Office as Bishop of a diocese. It makes a change from statements about Green Issues. We do have a responsibility to the environment, but I wish the bishops would bring God into their statements. When they speak about World Peace, they say nothing about the Commandments. Many of the pronouncements of our bishops could be made by atheists.
	$Posted Image$ Catholic and proud of it! Talk to God before Mass. Talk to each other afterwards


Rose of York	Monday, 1. September 2008, 14:52 Post #29
Administrator Posts: 14,517 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Last year Bishop O'Donohue published a booklet called Fit for Mission. I suppose the book expands on the booklet. The booklet can be viewed online,. PDF version Text version, suitable for quoting on forum The big one, 92 pages is: http://www.lancasterrcdiocese.org.uk/mission%20review/Fit%20for%20Mission%20Church-1.pdf The booklet is copyright. We can quote chunks for discussion but not the whole document in one go.
	$Posted Image$ Catholic and proud of it! Talk to God before Mass. Talk to each other afterwards


Fortunatus	Monday, 1. September 2008, 17:49 Post #30
Posts: 720 Group: Members Member #98 Joined: September 3, 2007	I am especially interested in O'Donohue's views on liturgy which I find as further evidence of the belief, which can be found in numerous writings that, to quote one source which I confess to having trouble tracking down, "Liturgy is not something that we do for God but something that God does for us." This is not another plea for the return of the Tridentine Mass � my position on that ought to be fairly well-known by now � but rather a request for a recognition of what liturgy actually is and is for. Fr Finigan has strong views on what he describes as "Creative Liturgy":- see here. Whether or not you agree with all his comments (and those of his correspondents) he is by no means alone in arguing that we have lost touch with why we attend Mass and to some extent what the Mass is. Here is another example, this time a review by Alcuin Reid of Hemming's book Worship as a Revelation: The Past, Present and Future of Catholic Liturgy. I'm focusing on this particular aspect of O'Donohue's treatise because it seems to me that if we get the liturgy and our approach to the liturgy right than much else will follow. To an extent what we have lost over recent decades, in the lay life as well as the spiritual life, is a sense of order and discipline but surely the Christian way of life (I include almost all those denominations who believe in Christ's divinity whatever else may divide us) is about order and discipline. Like adolescents we sub-consciously crave certainty and knowledge of where the boundaries are, for all we may kick against them. The other sections highlighted by ICN serve only to reinforce this argument.



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