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Fighting Fund concludes

Contents - Dec 2011 - Buy a copy now Homily: Benedict XVI: From his Christmas homily - Pope Benedict XVI Ad Limina Visit: Australia's Bishops reaffirm their unity with Benedict XVI - Michael Gilchrist News: The Church Around the World Vocations: Do not be afraid: successful Young Men of God retreat - Dr Barry Coldrey Youth Events: iWitness Retreat and Campion Summer Program Religious freedom: The plight of Christians in Islamic countries - Babette Francis Schools: St Philomena's school: a beacon of excellence - Alistair Barros Religious education: Different worlds: being Catholic in Indonesia and Australia - Phillip Turnbull Tyburn world tour: A visually compelling new documentary on the monastic life - AD2000 Report Pilgrimage: Young disabled Catholics: new ministry initiative - Fr James McCarthy Catholic Literature: Robert Hugh Benson and Christ's Second Coming - Br Christian Moe FSC Summorum Pontificum: Latin Mass in Melbourne's St Patrick's Cathedral - Michael Daniel Letters: Homeschooling - Matthew Buckley Letters: Eucharistic confusion - John Royal Letters: Atheism - Paul Fitzgerald Letters: Vatican II - Peter Howard Letters: Natural law - Thomas A. Watkin Letters: Devotion to Mary - Cedric Wright Letters: Action needed - Dick Nolan Events: Advent and Christmas Liturgies - Extraordinary Form Books: WHY WE SHOULD CALL OURSELVES CHRISTIANS, by Marcello Pera - Elizabeth Lev (reviewer) Books: RONALD KNOX AND ENGLISH CATHOLICISM, by Terry Tastard - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Donations: Fighting Fund concludes Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: Advent faith, Christmas and the Pope's call to evangelise - Fr Dennis Byrnes

Support the Fighting Fund! In this issue of AD2000, we conclude our annual Fighting Fund appeal to give readers the opportunity to help ensure the continuation of AD2000 and its associated works. We are all aware that there needs to be a strong and articulate Christian presence in all walks of life in Australia, to preserve the Christian values on which Australian society was founded, and without which it will not continue to survive and flourish. This is primarily the responsibility of lay people rather than religious leaders, and AD2000 is committed to playing its role.

It is incumbent on every one of us to ensure that this voice is not silenced by our apathy, or by the prevailing secular culture which seeks to marginalise Christianity, to confine it exclusively to the private sphere. By contributing to the Fighting Fund, you are helping ensure that Christian values are defended and proclaimed throughout our country, for the good of all.

The following donations are gratefully acknowledged:

Anonymous (8) $575.00

Total acknowledged $5,995.00

Total received $25,857.00

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 24 No 11 (December 2011 - January 2012), p. 18