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Search for in author OR full textWord matches: lady: 365 Ignored words: our 1 - Feb 2016 - Mary “treasured these things and pondered them in her heart”, Peter Westmore(Subscribers only - please login to view) Our Lady immediately sets out from Nazareth for the hill country of Judea where Elizabeth lived and again Luke gives us an extremely detailed account of what happened when Mary met her cousin. 2 - Dec 2015 - Ordinariate Missal: "Divine Worship: The Missal" preserves Anglican patrimony, Fr James Bradley In his paper to the annual festival of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in London on Saturday 19 September 2015 Archbishop J Augustine Di Noia OP Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith presented what might be understood to be the primary theological rationale for the liturgical provision of the personal ordinariates erected under the auspices of the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum ctibus. 3 - Nov 2015 - Miracle: St Charbel cures Muslim toddler in Lebanon, From ASIANEWS Some Christian devotions have spread in many parts of the Muslim world (such as devotion to Mary Our Lady and the desire to be freed from the devil. 4 - Nov 2015 - Anglican Ordinariate: Radical ecumenism – the Ordinariate’s new Catholic Missal, Fr Ramsay Williams The liturgical Calendar of the Ordinariate is the universal Calendar of the Catholic Church but with the addition of certain commemorations with an English or Anglican flavour such as for instance Our Lady of Walsingham St Alban the first English martyr or St Edward the Confessor St Aidan of Lindisfarne and various canonised Archbishops of Canterbury including of course St Augustine of Canterbury. 5 - Oct 2015 - Letters: What is eternal life?, Francis Vrijmoed In other words heaven is eternal life and as eternal life is in the midst of time Our Lady (although the Cardinal does not mention her) being full of Grace must have already experienced heaven during her life on earth notwithstanding she voluntarily accepted to be the Queen of Martyrs during her earthly life. 6 - Oct 2015 - The Rosary: The Luminous Mysteries explained, Audrey English St John Paul states that the Rosary contains the memories of Our Lady; this statement suggests that we enter into the Rosary prayer through the recollection of Marys thoughts and feelings. 7 - Oct 2015 - Pastoral visit: Positive outcome of Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba, AD2000 Report On the following day Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy. 8 - Sep 2015 - Apostolic Letter: Pope Francis proclaims Year of Mercy, AD2000 Report Pope Francis then entrusted the Jubilee Year to Our Lady. 9 - Sep 2015 - The Americas: Cuba: new centre for evangelisation, AD2000 Report Perhaps no symbol represents the past and future of religion on the island more than Our Lady of Charity its patron saint. 10 - Aug 2015 - 5: Greek Orthodox Church’s Encyclical on marriage, AD2000 Report That is why the period of the August Fast for the Dormition of our Lady the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is about to commence is the most appropriate time to beseech the Theotokos of whom we ask as a fervent advocate and invincible battlement fountain of mercy and sheltering retreat for the world to protect the people from such an aberration. 11 - Aug 2015 - Confraternity of Christ the Priest’s Diamond Jubilee, Fr Thomas Casanova It starts off with the same spirit as Our Lady at the Annunciation saying Behold the hand maid of the Lord be it done unto me according to Your word. 12 - Jun 2015 - Family: Pope Francis upholds Church teaching on the family, Fr Ken CLark OLSC Fr Ken Clark is a priest of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. 13 - Jun 2015 - Canonisation: Pope Francis canonises four heroic nuns, AD2000 Report Exactly one year later there was a second apparition in which Our Lady asked her to start a new religious family that was to be known as the Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary. 14 - Apr 2015 - Letters: Jesus words from the Cross, Robert Bom Our Lady has responded in words and deeds ever since. 15 - Apr 2015 - EWTN's new app for smartphones and tablets, Peter Westmore In 1962 after obtaining all necessary permissions she set out with four other sisters to found a new cloistered monastery in the American south Our Lady of the Angels Monastery just outside Bermingham the largest city in Alabama. 16 - Apr 2015 - Designer babies: Dolce&Gabbana versus Elton John, Fr Dwight Longenecker Dwight Longenecker is the parish priest of Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Greenville South Carolina US. 17 - Feb 2015 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90 ISBN 978-1-61278-741-1 The Quotable Newman Dave Arnstrong An alphabetical collection of Newmans thoughts on subjects such as angels predestination and Our Lady. 18 - Feb 2015 - News: The Church Around the World Comensoli became the third Bishop of Broken Bay during a Solemn Mass of Installation at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral Waitara on 12 December 2014. 19 - Dec 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90 ISBN 978-1-61278-741-1 The Quotable Newman Dave Armstrong An alphabetical collection of Newmans thoughts on subjects such as angels predestination and Our Lady. 20 - Nov 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au The book includes discussions of the four essential Marian doctrines of Our Ladys most famous apparitions what the early Christians believed about Mary and much more. 21 - Oct 2014 - Reflection: The Lord hears the cry of the poor, Fr Paul Glynn SM I put the letter on my desk promising myself to answer with a refusal by Sunday night if Our Lady doesnt come to our rescue. 22 - Oct 2014 - Art: Sacred art: window into eternity, Tommy Canning The upper part of the mural in Sacred Heart Church Griffith portrays what Sister Lucia one of the three children to whom Our Lady appeared at Fatima described as her last vision of the Holy Trinity. 23 - Oct 2014 - The implications of Anglican women bishops, Fr Dwight Longenecker More left to join the newly established Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham the church within a church launched by Benedict XVI for Anglicans who wanted to retain their traditions while being in full communion with the Holy See. 24 - Oct 2014 - Do we construct the Church in our own image?, Fr Ken Clark nbsp;(2 Tim 3:2-5) Fr Ken Clark is a former Anglican priest and now a member of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross in Gippsland Victoria. 25 - Sep 2014 - Art: The new mural in Sacred Heart Church, Griffith, NSW, Tommy Canning Beneath the right arm of the cross was Our Lady and in her hand was her Immaculate Heart. 26 - Sep 2014 - Is the US vocations crisis finally over?, Fr Dwight Longenecker Fr Dwight Longenecker is a former Episcopalian minister who became a C atholic and is now the parish priest of Our Lady of the Rosary Greenville South Carolina. 27 - Aug 2014 - Miracle on death row, Cedric Wright Sister Catherine (a member of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul who subsequently was canonised) was given the design by Our Lady a representation of herself in an oval frame surrounded by the inscription: O Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee! 28 - Jul 2014 - Summorum Pontificum: Growth of Latin Mass parishes and chaplaincies in Australia, Michael E. Daniel Other Australian personal parishes with which readers may be familiar are those of the Anglican Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. 29 - Jul 2014 - Pauline Fathers: Opening of Mercy Valley in Mareeba, North Queensland, Garry O'Brien The order whose official name is the Order of St Paul the First Hermit (OSPPE) already conducts the much loved Shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians at Marian Valley just south of Brisbane and the popular Marian Shrine at Berrima in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. 30 - Jun 2014 - Fr Des Byrne: priest and catechist extraordinary, Bishop Peter J. Elliott He was educated at Our Lady of Victories school Camberwell and Saint Kevins College Toorak before entering Corpus Christi College Werribee in 1945. 31 - May 2014 - A new cathedral in the Muslim world The $28 million cathedral named Our Lady of Arabia will serve an estimated 2. 32 - May 2014 - News: The Church Around the World Msgr Rafael Conde Bishop of Maracay denounced the sacrilegious acts and vandalism that occurred in the parish of Our Lady of La Candelaria in la Otra Banda de La Victoria in the municipality of Ribas in the state of Aragua where the tabernacle was destroyed consecrated hosts thrown to the ground and the niche of the crucified Christ damaged. 33 - Apr 2014 - Books: Pope Francis, Our Brother, Our Friend, by Alejandro Bermudez (Editor), Br Barry Coldrey However while there he visited the picture and shrine of Our Lady Undoer of Knots in Augsburg an hours train journey from Munich. 34 - Apr 2014 - Conversion and confession, Cedric Wright At Marian Valley (the Pauline Fathers beautiful Shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians located in the Gold Coast hinterland) there is always a queue for open-air confession on major feast days which draw hundreds of pilgrims. 35 - Apr 2014 - Communicating the Faith with C.S. Lewis, Fr. D. Longenecker Fr Longenecker is parish priest of Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Greenville South Carolina. 36 - Mar 2014 - Private revelations: Are they reliable?, John Young That is recognised by all orthodox theologians and the Catholic Church has officially approved some of these communications: notably the appearances of Our Lady to St Bernadette at Lourdes in 1858 and her appearances to Jacinta Francisco and Lucia at Fatima in 1917. 37 - Mar 2014 - News: The Church Around the World Donal Foley an expert on Medjugorje noted Pope Francis recent comment that Our Lady is a Mother not a postmaster of the post office sending out messages every day. 38 - Feb 2014 - Art: Interview with Tommy Canning: art in the service of truth I was also influenced by the message of Garabandal in the 1960s where four visionaries saw Our Lady. 39 - Dec 2013 - Books: POPE FRANCIS: The Pope from the End of the Earth, by Thomas J. Craughwell, Br Barry Coldrey What is the significance of his particular devotion to Our Lady Undoer of Knots? 40 - Dec 2013 - Schools: Catholic school education: returning to our roots, Paul McCormack However it does show how much Catholic schools have adopted the same style that you are more likely to find that type of slogan on the wall of a modern Catholic school than an image of Our Lady or of the Sacred Heart. 41 - Dec 2013 - News: The Church Around the World Dr Kozinski brings extensive knowledge of and experience within several prominent liberal arts colleges in the US and Canada including Christendom College (Front Royal Virginia) and Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy (Ontario). 42 - Oct 2013 - Blessed Jacinta Marto: heroine of Fatima, Cedric Wright At subsequent appearances Our Lady said that she would soon come to take Jacinta and Francisco to Heaven but that Lucia would remain: Jesus wants to use you to make me known and loved . 43 - Oct 2013 - Church of Divine Mercy in Singapore: an amazing discovery, Kazimierz Kozlowski Interestingly a painting of Our Lady is located at the exit which the faithful touch upon leaving. 44 - Oct 2013 - Pope Francis to consecrate world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Peter Westmore On 13 October the feast of Our Lady of Fatima and the anniversary of the final apparition of Mary to the three peasant children at Fatima Portugal in 1917 Pope Francis will dedicate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 45 - Sep 2013 - Reflection: Put on Christ: Pope Francis' World Youth Day homily, Pope Francis Dear friends in this celebration we have welcomed the image of Our Lady of Aparecida. 46 - Sep 2013 - Books: MYSTICS IN THE MAKING: Laywomen in Today's Church, by Carolyn Humphreys, Br Barry Coldrey Chief among these guides are: the Scriptures the Church Our Lady the Carmelite saints grace contemplative prayer spiritual friendships and community. 47 - Sep 2013 - Frassati: The Holy Terror: a model for young Catholic men, Br Barry Coldrey Aimed at catering for young men between the ages of 18 and 35 who are studying or working in southern Queensland it is one of many similar groups worldwide which call this demographic to a deeper devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist and to Our Lady. 48 - Sep 2013 - News: The Church Around the World In addition to the UKs Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham there are also Ordinariates in North America and Australia. 49 - Aug 2013 - Reflection: Benedict XVI's Assumption homily: 'In God there is space for man', Benedict XVI Marys words tell us that it is a duty of the Church to recall Our Ladys greatness in faith. 50 - Aug 2013 - Lumen Fidei: The great gift of Faith: Pope Francis' first encyclical, Damian Wyld Finally Our Lady is lauded as the perfect icon of faith demonstrating Faith at all times whether it be in treasuring in her heart all that she had heard and seen or in accompanying her Son to the cross. 51 - Aug 2013 - Holy See announces canonisation of Blessed John Paul II, Peter Westmore After hovering between life and death for days the Pope survived and attributed his survival to the intervention of Our Lady who is patroness of Poland. 52 - Jul 2013 - News: The Church Around the World Zenit News Agency Imprisoned Chinese bishop encourages pilgrimage Imprisoned Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin of Shanghai used social media to lead the faithful in prayer as Chinese Catholics observed the feast of Our Lady of Sheshan. 53 - Jun 2013 - Books: SAINTS WHO SAW MARY, by Raphael Brown, Br Barry Coldrey While most canonised saints and beati were not favoured with mystical experiences or visions of Our Lord Our Lady or one of the saints a few were. 54 - Jun 2013 - Why we need the Rosary, Cedric Wright After a small start by the grace of God it has now grown into a Holy Hour with Mass and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Benediction a novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help and lastly the Rosary itself. 55 - Jun 2013 - St Joseph the Worker: Pope Francis: Work is essential to the dignity of the person Today May 1st we celebrate Saint Joseph the Worker and begin the month traditionally dedicated to Our Lady. 56 - Jun 2013 - News: The Church Around the World These statistics do not include ordinations for the recently established Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. 57 - May 2013 - Church unity and the Anglican Ordinariate, Archbishop Gerhard Müller The Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in England and Wales is entering its third year of existence while the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross in Australia is just beginning. 58 - Apr 2013 - Solemn Abbatial Requiem Mass for deceased servicemen on Anzac Day Mass will be in the Extraordinary Form (1962 Missal) and celebrated by Fr Philip Anderson OSB Abbot of Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey Tulsa Oklahoma. 59 - Apr 2013 - 'Jesus Abandoned' in Nigeria: Chiemera's new freedom, Madonna Brosnan Onyinye (Gift from God) is employed at the retreat centre of Our Lady Queen of Peace Benedictine Monastery Ozubulu. 60 - Mar 2013 - Books: CONTEMPLATING CHRIST WITH LUKE by Cardinal George Pell, Brother Barry Coldrey The book works its way through the Churchs liturgical year from Advent to the Feast of Christ the King with a further chapter on the Assumption of Our Lady. 61 - Mar 2013 - News: The Church Around The World Br Barry Coldrey Report Ordinariate given historic London parish The Archdiocese of Westminster has designated the historic Our Lady of the Assumption parish in London to a group of former Anglicans who have joined the Church. 62 - Feb 2013 - Reflection: The cathedral: symbol of Christ's authoritative teaching, Bishop Michael Kennedy One thing I notice every time I enter the cathedral are the fresh and beautiful flowers that constantly adorn Our Ladys altar. 63 - Feb 2013 - Schools: Drawing pupils to God through the true, the good and the beautiful, Rosemary Anderson Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School based in Denver Colorado has nearly doubled its enrolment in one year after introducing a classical curriculum. 64 - Feb 2013 - Parish Renewal: New springtime for Catholic faith at St Mary's, South Brisbane, Jenny Davies Since the Capuchins said their first Mass at the church on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary there has been a spike in Mass attendance. 65 - Dec 2012 - Letters: Abortion silence, Thomas M. Kalotas Towards this end a first step is to familiarise all church-goers with the monstrous crime on our hands by spelling it out via a regular petition included in our Sunday Masses wherein with the help of Our Lady we ask God to change the abortion mentality of our nation and intercede for the slain babies their parents and medical executioners. 66 - Dec 2012 - News: The Church Around the World The Archbishop commended the fact that the home had been placed under the patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe. 67 - Oct 2012 - Missions: Father Raphael: dynamic Nigerian parish priest, Madonna Brosnan Fr Raphael was ordained in 2003 by Bishop Hilary Okeke at Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral Nnewi. 68 - Oct 2012 - Anglican Ordinariate: Melbourne ordinations: historic day for Church in Australia, Peter Westmore The ordination of eight men to the Catholic priesthood in Melbourne on 8 September four of whom were former Anglican priests who have joined the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross is a historic event for the Catholic Church in Australia. 69 - Sep 2012 - Reflection: Fatima: Mary's appeal for penance and conversion, Bishop Arthur Serratelli At this last apparition of Mary at Fatima Mary revealed herself to Jacinta Francisco and Lucia as Our Lady of the Rosary. 70 - Sep 2012 - Books: FATIMA FOR TODAY: The Urgent Marian Message of Hope, by Fr Andrew Apostoli CFR, Brother Barry Coldrey She stressed praying the Rosary and gave the children three secrets three prophetic visions that unfolded over time Unfortunately many of todays Catholics have never heard of the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima and Our Ladys warnings predictions and requests. 71 - Sep 2012 - Letters: Power of the Rosary, Gabrielle Gannon Our Lady said to St Dominic One day through the Rosary and Scapular I will save the world. 72 - Sep 2012 - Australian Catholic Students Association Conference 2012, Br Barry Coldrey In addition to the above-mentioned speakers ACSA was blessed by the presence of four Dominican Sisters from Our Ladys Convent Ganmain Wagga Wagga Diocese: Srs Mary Martin Mary Ephrem Mary Clare and Mary Catherine; and two Sisters from the Dominican Sisters of Nashville Tennessee Sydney Convent: Srs Maria Kolbe and Loretta Park. 73 - Sep 2012 - News: The Church Around the World From 9 September the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross Melbourne Parish will reside and worship at Holy Cross Church with High Mass to be celebrated at 11. 74 - Aug 2012 - Books: LESSONS IN A ROSE-GARDEN: Reviving the Doctrinal Rosary, by Aidan Nichols O.P., Peter Westmore This is not to say that there are no writings on the Rosary: rather the available booklets are devotional in character rather than theological designed to help people to recite the Rosary as a prayer of praise to Our Lady. 75 - Aug 2012 - Letters: Transubstantiation, John Young Would he regard the dogma of the Immaculate Conception as not leading to an appreciation of Our Lady on the grounds that for many centuries it was but a theological opinion and was only proclaimed as a dogma in 1854? 76 - Aug 2012 - The Virgin Mary's key role in our salvation history, Cedric Wright At Guadalupe Our Lady filled Juan Diegos tilma (cloak) with flowers as a message to the archbishop creating a colourful picture of herself which is still preserved in the basilica at Guadalupe and which has baffled theologians and scientists through the centuries. 77 - Aug 2012 - News: The Church Around the World Anglican prayers for Personal Ordinariate The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the UK is about to publish its daily liturgical prayer book as part of its mission to incorporate Anglican traditions within the Catholic Church. 78 - Aug 2012 - Benedict XVI sets up Anglican Ordinariate for Australia, Monsignor Harry Entwistle On 15 June 2012 His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI established in Australia The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross under the patronage of St Augustine of Canterbury. 79 - Jul 2012 - News: The Church Around the World The new community will have the status of a diocese and be known as the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross under the patronage of St Augustine of Canterbury. 80 - Jun 2012 - American priest's work for the protection of life in Russia, Eva-Maria Kolman Lights are burning before the icon of Our Lady of Life; lights for dead babies and lights for life. 81 - Jun 2012 - News: The Church Around the World This new community will have the status of a diocese and will be known as the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross under the patronage of St Augustine of Canterbury. 82 - May 2012 - Letters: Year of Grace, Ken Bayliss Every Catholic should pledge to make better known amongst all Australian Catholics our three patron saints: Our Lady Help of Christians St Francis Xavier and St Thrse of the Infant Jesus to seek their intercession in bringing about unity amongst the members of our Church in this year of Grace. 83 - May 2012 - Mexico: Benedict XVI's reflection on Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Benedict XVI As we now pray the Angelus and remember the Annunciation of the Lord our eyes too turn spiritually towards the hill of Tepeyac to the place where the Mother of God under the title of the Ever-Virgin Mary Our Lady of Guadalupe has been fervently honoured for centuries as a sign of reconciliation and of Gods infinite goodness towards the world. 84 - Apr 2012 - Pro-Life: Albury hosts well-attended Family Life International conference, Wanda Skowronska There were other inspiring speakers at the conference including Sister Moira Debono a member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma Michigan and a lecturer at Notre Dame University in Sydney; Fr Terence Mary Naughtin OFM a counsellor of those with various addictions especially those involved with homosexuality; Sister Yvonne Berecry from the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart who was a missionary in Papua New Guinea and is now a Helper in Sydney; Fr John Rizzo from the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter who has worked in Australia and New Zealand and who spoke of the demonic presence of abortion contrasted with the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist; Fr Peter Murphy who completed his doctorate at the Urban University in Rome and is now parish priest at Lavington Albury; Fr Scott Armstrong a parish priest in Wagga and doctoral candidate at the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne; and Fr Greg Jordan a Jesuit priest whose activities in evangelisation are so numerous that they would take several pages to list. 85 - Mar 2012 - The Immaculate Conception and the development of doctrine, Bishop Peter J. Elliott In the East the Greek title panhagia (the all holy one) has been ascribed to Our Lady since these early Christian centuries and recurs in various liturgies. 86 - Feb 2012 - News: The Church Around the World The Cuban president met with a Holy See delegation to discuss preparations for the forthcoming visit which Benedict himself announced during a Mass on 12 December Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. 87 - Dec 2011 - Religious education: Different worlds: being Catholic in Indonesia and Australia, Phillip Turnbull When you visit a Catholic home there is a crucifix on the wall and a statue of Our Lady prominent in the main room and elsewhere through the home. 88 - Dec 2011 - Schools: St Philomena's school: a beacon of excellence, Alistair Barros Last year saw a stirring performance of the French medieval play Our Ladys Slipper and preparations are underway for this years A Convict Christmas. 89 - Nov 2011 - WYD Madrid: World Youth Day 2011: Experiencing Christ's presence, Dr Joe Santamaria On the day that I conversed with Ben Winkels I looked at the readings for that day the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. 90 - Oct 2011 - Books: MEDJUGORJE REVISITED: 30 Years of Visions or Religious Fraud?, Michael Gilchrist In addition many of the messages attributed to Our Lady including advising disobedience to the bishop dont ring true while the conduct of some of the visionaries and Franciscans since 1981 hasnt helped the credibility. 91 - Oct 2011 - History: Lepanto, history's most decisive naval battle, Bob Denahy Every Christian sailor had been issued with a rosary and the Pope urged Catholic Europe to plead for victory to Our Lady. 92 - Oct 2011 - Pastoral care: One of the Catholic Church's best kept secrets, Marie Mason This year the Conference was held at Our Lady of the Lake University Seminary at Mundelein Chicago. 93 - Oct 2011 - Angelus Message: Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7), Pope Benedict XVI The first Sunday of October offers us two reasons for prayer and reflection: the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary and missionary commitment to which this month is especially dedicated. 94 - Sep 2011 - Sacred Art: Catholic church statuary: a craft in danger, Christopher Akehurst Painted plaster statues of Our Lord and Our Lady and the saints might not be high art but they have had and still to some extent have a hold on the Catholic popular imagination which makes them of value not only as objects of piety but of culture. 95 - Aug 2011 - Obituary: John Wright (1923-2011): pillar of the Catholic faith, Michael Gilchrist A founding member of the first parish council at Our Ladys Ringwood he undertook numerous parish activities while continuing to be a twice-weekly communicant. 96 - Aug 2011 - News: The Church Around the World The common devotion of Sihalese and Tamil Catholics to Our Lady of Madhu could serve as a catalyst as an example that people can live together in our faith he added. 97 - Jul 2011 - Letters: St Peter's wife, Francis Vrijmoed Finally in the litany of Our Lady where we start honouring her as virgin it begins with Virgin most prudent. 98 - Jul 2011 - News: The Church Around the World Although Bishop-elect Nguyen has spent much of his life in Melbourne from 1999 until 2002 he was based in Sydney as parish priest at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church Kellyville. 99 - Jun 2011 - Cardinal Pell: 'liberalism has no young Catholic progeny', Cardinal George Pell We do not know the limits to his hostility to some ancient devotions such as adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and veneration of Our Lady. 100 - Jun 2011 - Australia's Anglican Ordinariate on track, Bishop Peter Elliott Elliotts talk during an Ordinariate Information Day at the Basilica of Our Lady of Victories Camberwell in the Melbourne Archdiocese on 11 June 2011. 101 - May 2011 - Books: ELIZABETH HAYES: Pioneer Franciscan Journalist, by Pauline J. Shaw, Br Barry Coldrey In this regard she founded the journal Our Lady of the Angels editing it as she moved through various parts of the United States eventually doing so from Rome. 102 - May 2011 - Interview: International Conference on Eucharistic Adoration in Rome, Father Florian Racine During a trip to Mexico in front of Our Lady of Guadalupe I received my call to become a priest. 103 - Apr 2011 - Marian Valley and Penrose Park: spiritual powerhouses, Br Barry Coldrey Marian Valley A few kilometres from the town of Canungra the official title of the Pauline Fathers property is the Shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians but the place is better known to Queensland Catholics as Marian Valley. 104 - Apr 2011 - News: The Church Around the World The thing to note is what we all have in common: the habit living a common life devotion to the Eucharist and Our Lady absolute fidelity to the Churchs teachings and the influence of John Paul II. 105 - Mar 2011 - Reflection: Mary's rosary: picture book of faith, hope and love, Bishop Robert Finn This statue of Mary Our Lady of Fatima has been a travelling statue - present in many of our parishes and schools - and we crowned her in the Stadium. 106 - Mar 2011 - New Divine Mercy parish and school for Perth, Fr Paul Fox There are already many pilgrimages to other churches in the parish which include St Annes Church in Bindoon St Catherine of Siena Church at Gingin and Our Ladys Shrine at Bullsbrook. 107 - Mar 2011 - Personal Ordinariates for former Anglicans: worldwide progress, Michael Gilchrist The Vatican Decree specifies that the Ordinariate will be known as the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham and placed under the patronage of Blessed John Henry Newman. 108 - Feb 2011 - Young children: never too early to love God, Bishop Arthur Serratelli On 13 May 2000 the 83rd anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady at Fatima Pope John Paul II beatified Jacinta and Francisco the two little shepherds of Fatima. 109 - Feb 2011 - Vocations: Following in the footsteps of St Francis of Assisi, Kay Cozad Since its move to Fort Wayne in March the nascent community has found a home in the former rectory of St Andrew Parish now known as Our Lady of the Angels Friary. 110 - Feb 2011 - News: The Church Around the World Bishop Andrew Burnham of Ebbsfleet another of the five laid his mitre and crozier at Our Ladys feet in his last sermon as a bishop of the Church of England. 111 - Dec 2010 - News: The Church Around the World The terrorists some wearing suicide vests had taken hostages at the Syriac Catholic Church of Our Lady of Salvation one of Baghdads largest during Sunday Mass and demanded the release of al Qaeda prisoners in Iraq and Egypt. 112 - Nov 2010 - Saints: Blessed John Henry Newman: why he is worthy of canonisation, Frank Mobbs Devotion to Our Lady Both as an Anglican and also as a Catholic he had profound devotion to Our Lady Mary giving many sermons on her and composing prayers to her. 113 - Oct 2010 - New Missal: Why we need the new translation of the Mass, Bishop Peter J. Elliott Our Lady Striking examples of inaccuracy are also evident if Latin references to Our Lady in the Missale Romanum are checked against the current ICEL texts. 114 - Oct 2010 - Real Presence: Nigerian priest brings Eucharistic Adoration to a Brisbane parish, Bob Denahy An example of this phenomenon is the parish of Our Lady of the Rosary Kenmore in the Brisbane Archdiocese which now has as its parish priest Fr Francis Onwunali from Nigeria. 115 - Jul 2010 - Events: Leading US Catholics to visit Australia He is to give a talk titled Our Lady the Eucharist and Islam and will sign his books. 116 - Jun 2010 - Passover: Understanding the Jewish traditions behind the Catholic Mass, Gabrielle Walsh Passover Meal was held on the Tuesday of Holy Week 30 March in the parish hall of the Church of Our Lady Help of Christians East Brunswick Melbourne Archdiocese. 117 - May 2010 - Conversion: 'Strangely and suspiciously tall': an Evangelical meets the Mother of God, Terri Kelleher Mark Sheas overwhelming impression of the importance of the place of Our Lady on his reception into the Catholic Church by way of a no church background childhood and an Evangelical young adulthood was expressed in the words Strangely and suspiciously tall. 118 - Apr 2010 - Jerusalem: Catholic soldiers' World War I military pilgrimage in the Holy Land, Tom Johnstone Much to our surprise we found an Indian Lancer still in full fighting order with lance and sword sheathed shoulder mail glittering in the sun large-turbaned head inclined upwards - saying the Rosary at the Chilean statue of Our Lady before the monastery gates. 119 - Apr 2010 - Bishop Kevin Rhoades: Tribute to an outstanding American Church leader, Fr John Trigilio Teacher and pastor We are praying to the Holy Spirit and Our Lady Mother of the Church that we be sent another gem like Bishop Rhoades. 120 - Mar 2010 - Events: AD2000 - Passover Meal - 30 March 2010 30 pm Our Lady Help of Christians 49 Nicholson Street East Brunswick Fr Lum Vu OFM Cap will lead us in the Christian meaning of the Passover meal Enter more deeply into the Passion of Christ during the Holy Week by having a seder meal similar to the Passover or Last Supper that Jesus would have celebrated with his Apostles. 121 - Mar 2010 - Courage: A Catholic psychologist exposes 'gay' myths, Marie Mason Individuals with SSA are encouraged to find healing intimacy with God as Father Son and Holy Spirit to get to know Our Lady and the saints to meditate on Scripture to pray the Rosary daily to adore our Lord in the Eucharist etc. 122 - Mar 2010 - News: The Church Around the World In January a group of extremists tried to destroy a cross near Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Mundalli Karwar Diocese. 123 - Nov 2009 - Missionaries: Mary Glowrey (1887-1957): Australian witness to hope in India, Robyn Fahy And Fr Dan Strickland MGL On 21 November 1956 the Feast of Our Ladys Presentation Mary was sent a new and lasting cross. 124 - Sep 2009 - Letters: Abortion evil, Diana E. Fox In 1976 the Sydney Archdiocesan Committee of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima (our former name) presented this concept to Bishop Muldoon Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney. 125 - Aug 2009 - Editorial: Feast of Our Lady's Assumption, 15 August, Michael Gilchrist There is no direct scriptural reference to Our Ladys assumption but the Scriptures were concerned with establishing the divinity of Christ not the miraculous assumption of His mother. 126 - Jun 2009 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: The Last Things: death, judgment, Heaven, Purgatory, Hell, Br Barry Coldrey Meanwhile what do modern mystics and visionaries tell us of Our Ladys well-attested apparitions and warnings on the subject of the Last Things? 127 - Jun 2009 - Interview: American Catholics and abortion: the Church at the crossroads, Mariangela Sullivan From the campus of Our Ladys University through peaceful prayer and solidarity we will unequivocally proclaim that the protection of innocent human life must be enshrined in law. 128 - Jun 2009 - News: The Church Around the World These are the extended Mass for the Vigil of Pentecost the additional dismissals at the end of Mass the deletion of the Eucharistic Prayers for Masses with Children from being printed in the altar Missal (as instructed by the Holy Father) a Prayer over the gifts for September 8 and Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ordinary time and the more recent feasts of St Pio of Pietrelcina (23 September) St Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (9 December) and Our Lady of Guadalupe (12 December). 129 - May 2009 - Books: AD2000 Books for May 95 The Immemorial Tridentine Mass Archbishop Fulton Sheen explains the Traditional Latin Mass in this magnificent 1940 black and white film of a sung High Easter Sunday Mass complete with choir and orchestra in Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Chicago. 130 - May 2009 - Editorial: The Virgin Mary's key role in our redemption, Michael Gilchrist The month of May is a timely reminder of the truths of faith that involve Our Lady as a key participant. 131 - Apr 2009 - Books: AD2000 Books for April 95 The Immemorial Tridentine Mass Archbishop Fulton Sheen explains the Traditional Latin Mass in this magnificent 1940 black and white film of a sung High Easter Sunday Mass complete with choir and orchestra in Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Chicago. 132 - Apr 2009 - Foundations of Faith: The Mass and private devotions in Catholic life, Br Barry Coldrey As with approved apparitions such as Lourdes or Fatima particular approved devotions while not obligatory for Catholics are recommended practices for fostering commitment to the essentials such as the Scriptures including the central role of Our Lady the Mass and the sacraments. 133 - Mar 2009 - Books: THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN, by Jacques Jomier OP, Tim Cannon There is frequent reference to the devotion which the Islamic people harbour towards Our Lady. 134 - Mar 2009 - Marian Valley, spiritual oasis for young Brisbane Catholics, Br Barry Coldrey This team held a day Retreat at the glorious shrine to Our Lady Marian Valley on 24 January 2009 to maintain focus and enrich their spiritual lives through deepened relationships with Our Lord. 135 - Feb 2009 - Books: Books available now from AD2000 Books 90 The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary has long been the Churchs essential daily devotion to Our Lady. 136 - Feb 2009 - Letters: Jewish conversions, Andrew Sholl By then his brother Theodore had already become a Catholic and a Jesuit and had founded the Order of Our Lady of Sion for men and women. 137 - Feb 2009 - Fundamental flaws in Bishop Robinson's book, Andrew Kania 116); it is irrelevant whether the Assumption of Our Lady is mentioned in the Gospels. 138 - Feb 2009 - Flying into the Wind for the new evangelisation, Fr John Fowles CCS & Fr Joel Wallace CCS Lisette Dreis with her vitality and zeal welcomed the team to the Shrine of Our Lady of Schoenstatt. 139 - Dec 2008 - Books: The Life of Saint Joseph, by Maria Cecilia Baij, OSB, Tim Cannon Details which might otherwise not have occurred to the reader - the effects on Our Lady of having the Incarnate Word of God present in her womb; the ways in which Jesus divine nature manifested itself during His infancy and childhood - are presented such that on the one hand they appear uncomplicated and commonsensical and on the other they inspire a deep sense of awe. 140 - Dec 2008 - News: The Church Around the World During his homily at a Mass in honour of Our Lady of Zapopan the cardinal encouraged those present to defend life from conception to natural death. 141 - Nov 2008 - Letters: Rebel church in South Brisbane, Bob Osmak Upon entering the church one was immediately awed by its beauty but shocked by the partial camouflaging of its grandeur with the ornate imposing altar left unused in semi-darkness while in front of the life-size statues of Our Lord and Our Lady were political posters and strange prayers the kind seen at political rallies. 142 - Oct 2008 - Letters: New schools in Wagga Wagga, Kevin McInerny KEVIN McINERNEY North Rocks NSWA response The two new colleges referred to in Mr McInerneys letter are known as Blessed Mary MacKillop Colleges and have the individual names Christ the King Boys College and Our Lady of the Rosary Girls College. 143 - Oct 2008 - Foundations of Faith: Recent Marian apparitions and the life of the Church, Br Barry Coldrey As far as we know Our Lady has appeared on Earth more often since 1830 than at any other period in history. 144 - Oct 2008 - Editorial: Sesquicentenary of Our Lady of Lourdes, Peter Westmore In mid-September Pope Benedict made a pilgrimage to Lourdes in southern France to mark the 150th Anniversary of Our Ladys apparitions to a young French girl Bernadette Soubirous. 145 - Aug 2008 - Education: Progress continues with the new Wagga Wagga independent schools, Barbara Chigwidden The planning of two independent high schools Our Lady of the Rosary Girls School and Christ the King Boys School began in 2006 as a response to a need amongst many Catholic families looking for a different approach which would ensure their children leave school not only knowing their faith but practising it. 146 - Jul 2008 - WORLD YOUTH DAY 2008: Juventutem Australia: young people devoted to the traditional liturgy, Alice Woolven 30pm - Opening Mass (Cardinal Pell) at Bangaroo Wednesday July 16 Commem - Our Lady of Mt Carmel 9. 147 - Jul 2008 - News: The Church Around the World The shrine of Our Lady of Laus attracts some 120000 pilgrims each year. 148 - Jun 2008 - Human Rights: China: Olympic rings - or shackles?, Babette Francis Benedict also invited Catholics worldwide to join in a Day of Prayer for the Church in China on 24 May the feast of Our Lady Help of Christians who is venerated with great devotion at the Marian Shrine of Sheshan in Shanghai. 149 - May 2008 - Ballarat: Children's Spirituality Conference at ACU: not to be confused with religion!, Michael Gilchrist Danile Whitney who teaches at Our Lady of Mercy College in Parramatta described the conference to Encounter as great its excellent adding that it raises a lot of questions and a lot of things that as teacher - Im a secondary teacher - that we are doing in the classroom and we need to do more of to encourage the growth of all our students. 150 - Apr 2008 - News: The Church Around the World Benedict made that announcement on 13 May the feast of Our Lady of Fatima some 42 days after John Paul IIs death in 2005. 151 - Mar 2008 - Letters: From India, Fr. A. Joseph One such place was the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock in County Mayo. 152 - Mar 2008 - Recovering the sacred in modern church architecture, Moyra Doorly The recently built Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles has been very controversial here in the United States. 153 - Feb 2008 - Reflection: Devotion to Our Lady: eclipse and revival, Br Barry Coldrey On Saturday 1 December 2007 in St Patricks Cathedral Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart and Bishop Peter Elliott together with many priests concelebrated a Healing Mass to venerate Mary as Our Lady of Lourdes. 154 - Feb 2008 - A remarkable father remembered, Maria Rankin At his funeral there was a full guard of honour consisting of the school children from Our Lady Help of Christians School at Epping Sydney where during life he had attended the church connected to the school. 155 - Feb 2008 - Grace under fire: ordinations, and first Holy Communion in Iraq, Babette Francis Dressed like novice monks and sisters the children went to the Syrian- Catholic Church of Our Lady of Salvation. 156 - Feb 2008 - News: The Church Around the World Bishop Perrier then indicated how on 11 February 2008 Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and World Day of the Sick the first of the 18 apparitions of the Virgin to Bernadette will be commemorated (the last apparition took place on 16 July 1858 Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel). 157 - Dec 2007 - 1962 Missal: Australian bishops support Benedict XV's liberalising of the Latin Mass, AD2000 Report Countless saints gave worship to God by using the same words and singing the same melodies that echo in Our Ladys Cathedral this morning. 158 - Nov 2007 - Letters: Petition At the end of midday Mass on 30 September at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church Randwick the parish priest gave a short summary of a petition authored by Dr Paul Collins which was titled An appeal to the Australian Bishops to ordain priests for our parishes. 159 - Nov 2007 - World Youth Day: Wagga Wagga priest's 'fly-a-thon' project to aid East Timor He was also invited to meet Mother Angelica and the sisters at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery. 160 - Nov 2007 - News: The Church Around The World That vision John Paul said evidently referred to the attempt on his life which took place on May 13 - the feast of our Lady of Fatima - in 1981. 161 - Sep 2007 - Books: THE BEAUTY OF THY HOUSE, by Mark Alessio, Tim Cannon Available from Freedom Publishing) Reviewed by Tim Cannon Many Catholics have some understanding of Our Ladys role in the life of the Church but for the most part its various aspects remain disparate both from each other and from the fuller deposit of faith and doctrine. 162 - Sep 2007 - Poem: A poem for Mary's Birthday, Brian Joseph Mulligan It is topical given that Our Ladys birthday occurs on 8 September. 163 - Sep 2007 - Laity: How the Legion of Mary can benefit parishes, Fr Hugh Thwaites SJ A main reason for introducing the Legion of Mary into a parish is that it would please Our Lady. 164 - Sep 2007 - Pastoral Letter: NSW and ACT Bishops call for a shake-up in Catholic education, Michael Gilchrist There should be crucifixes and pictures of Our Lady and the saints around the schools. 165 - Aug 2007 - Books: The World's First Love, by Fulton J. Sheen, Michael Daniel Available from Freedom Publishing) Of all the books written about Our Lady Fulton Sheens The Worlds First Love is one of the most beautiful ever written. 166 - Aug 2007 - Catholic students' joyful encounter with the Church's sacred music treasury, Gabrielle Walsh The penultimate item was a peaceful melody titled To Our Lady by Christopher Willcock SJ (1947-). 167 - Jul 2007 - Education: New Wagga Wagga schools take their 'leap of faith', Bill Andrews The Blessed Mary MacKillop Colleges trading as Christ the King Boys College and Our Lady of the Rosary Girls College have commenced Year 7 classes this year. 168 - Jun 2007 - Books: EDITH STEIN, WOMAN OF PRAYER: Her Life and Ideals, by Joanne Mosley, Tim Cannon The second part outlines the various Ideal Figures in Ediths Prayers (as it is titled) including the person of Jesus Our Lady Queen Esther of the Old Testament the prophet Elijah and several saints of the Carmelite tradition. 169 - May 2007 - Letters: Thank you from India, Fr. A. Joseph I wish to sing along with Our Lady - My soul glorifies the Lord My spirit rejoices in God my Saviour. 170 - Mar 2007 - Books: Order Books from freedompublishing.com.au The topics covered include the Mass confession suffering youth and sex and Our Lady. 171 - Feb 2007 - Books: New Titles from AD Books The topics covered include the Mass confession suffering youth and sex and Our Lady. 172 - Feb 2007 - Letters: Catholic dolls, Anne Cramer We have six at present: Mother Teresa Saint Th rse Pope John Paul II The Child Jesus Our Lady of Guadalupe and Mary Our Lady of Grace. 173 - Dec 2006 - Books: New Titles from AD Books The topics covered include the Mass confession suffering youth and sex and Our Lady. 174 - Dec 2006 - Books: SACRED PLACES, PILGRIM WAYS: Catholic Pilgrimages in France and Belgium, Michael Gilchrist Modern European pilgrimages have been predominantly Marian since Our Lady has made certain places holy for believers through her apparitions. 175 - Dec 2006 - Shrines: Marian Valley: Queensland's centre of pilgrimage, Peter Westmore Nestled in the Glasshouse Mountains inland from the Gold Coast south of Brisbane lies the Shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians at Marian Valley a beautiful centre of retreat and pilgrimage which lifts the soul to God through his Son and his blessed Mother Mary. 176 - Dec 2006 - Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: the Montessori method for RE, Anne Delsorte Fr Casulleras a Vincentian from Guatemala Fr Calsascar the chaplain to the Childrens House in Barcelona the Sisters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul working in the orphanages in the Balearic Islands the Abbot of the Benedictine Sanctuary of Our Lady of Montserrat and a colleague of Montessori Anna Maccheroni submitted proposals to a Liturgical Congress held in the Basilica of Montserrat. 177 - Nov 2006 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au The topics covered include the Mass confession suffering youth and sex and Our Lady. 178 - Oct 2006 - Educating young Catholics: a bold initiative in Wagga Wagga, Michael Gilchrist Philosophy The Wagga schools are to operate under the company name of Blessed Mary MacKillop Colleges trading as Christ the King Boys College and Our Lady of the Rosary Girls College. 179 - Aug 2006 - Books: Land of Carmel, by Elizabeth Ruth Obbard, Jacinta Cummins Obbard cites the contemplative prayer life of the order as not only one of Carmels most distinguishing and definable characteristics but as the most direct way in which members of the order draw into a closer union with God most notably through the intercession of Our Lady of Carmel. 180 - Jun 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books 95 Not Made by Hands Thomas Sennot This book examines two unique icons of Jesus Christ and Our Lady in terms of their origins importance and authenticity responding to attempts to discredit them as pious forgeries. 181 - Jun 2006 - News: The Church Around the World Zenit News Service Denvers most ordinations in 40 years Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver ordained 11 new priests for his archdiocese on 13 May on the feast of Our Lady of Fatima at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Con-ception. 182 - May 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books 95 Not Made by Hands Thomas Sennot This book examines two unique icons of Jesus Christ and Our Lady in terms of their origins importance and authenticity responding to attempts to discredit them as pious forgeries. 183 - May 2006 - Books: Young Faces of Holiness: Modern Saints in Photos and Words, by Ann Ball, Jacinta Cummins Rather than presenting mere mortals as being above impulsiveness impatience and laziness Ball tells of Blessed Jacinta Marto who despite receiving visions from Our Lady at Fatima was still a sore loser when it came to playing games and would sulk and pout if she lost to one of her friends. 184 - May 2006 - Vocations: Can religious life be rebuilt in Australia?, Sr Mary Augustine OP They are located at the Convent of Our Lady of the Rosary 47 Langham St Ganmain NSW 2702 (02) 6927 6439 Website: www. 185 - Apr 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books 00 Not Made by Hands Thomas Sennot This book examines two unique icons of Jesus Christ and Our Lady in terms of their origins importance and authenticity responding to attempts to discredit them as pious forgeries. 186 - Mar 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books 95 Not Made by Hands Thomas Sennot This book examines two unique icons of Jesus Christ and Our Lady in terms of their origins importance and authenticity responding to attempts to discredit them as pious forgeries. 187 - Mar 2006 - Books: Golden Priest, Wooden Chalice, by Fr Tim Norris, Michael Gilchrist Challenges In the second part of his book Father Norris provides a selection of his homilies dealing with key Catholic doctrines - the Eucharist Resurrection the Papacy Our Lady Gods forgiveness Christs divinity - with a clarity and insight that would have done Fulton Sheen proud. 188 - Mar 2006 - Vocations: Dominican Sisters: religious vocations continue to rise in Nashville, Tracey Rowland Every evening at the end of the Office the entire Congregation chants the Salve Regina while walking in procession to a side altar dedicated to Our Lady. 189 - Feb 2006 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News Lourdes healing recognised as miraculous The Catholic Church has officially recognised the miraculous healing of an Italian woman who visited the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France more than 50 years ago when she was suffering from a fatal form of rheumatic heart disease. 190 - Dec 2005 - Books: In Memory of Me / Come to Me, My Children, by Christine McCarthy, Michael Gilchrist There are also simple explanations of the Mass confession and Our Lady. 191 - Nov 2005 - Books: More good reading from AD Books 00 Our Lady and the Church Hugo Rahner SJ This book first published in German in 1961 has been described by Cardinal Ratzinger as one of the most important theological rediscoveries of the 20th century. 192 - Nov 2005 - Letters: Example needed, Betty Griffin Interestingly it is said that Our Lady told Lucia at Fatima that her Son was very displeased with some womens fashions. 193 - Nov 2005 - Letters: Gnostic gospels and the Da Vinci Code, Fr G.H. Duggan SM The second and final edition contains the first two chapters the witness of Our Lady added in 58 when Luke was in Judea and could easily have visited Galilee. 194 - Nov 2005 - Call to Holiness: Contemplating the Eucharistic Face of Christ, Christine McCarthy Praying the various mysteries of the Rosary the events in the life of Our Lord and Our Lady the Holy Father teaches us how to reflect on them in an attitude of thanksgiving and adoration. 195 - Sep 2005 - Letters: Fatima and Benedict XVI, Paul MacLeod Well just for the record his pontificate was consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima by Cardinal Policarpo Patriarch of Lisbon at a ceremony at Fatima on 13 May. 196 - Sep 2005 - Education: Catholic schools of the future, Br John Moylan CFC They want feast days including as a high priority those of Our Lady to be highlighted and celebrated with more intensity than they are normally in many busy and complex Catholic schools today. 197 - Sep 2005 - Interview: Benedict XVI and the power of the Eucharist, Fr John Corapi A member of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity he now preaches missions retreats and conferences throughout North America and appears regularly on EWTN. 198 - Jul 2005 - Books: More Good Reading from AD Books Release of this English translation of Roberto de Matteis definitive biography coincided with the 150th anniversary of the Popes solemn definition of Our Ladys Immaculate Conception. 199 - May 2005 - Books: Remembering Pope John Paul II The author connects the events in Eastern Europe with Our Ladys prophecies at Fatima. 200 - May 2005 - Letters: Private revelations, Anne Boyce Perhaps Our Lady took the initiative of coming to her children because she foresaw the terrible difficulties that were coming and wanted to provide instruction that they werent going to receive elsewhere. 201 - May 2005 - St Patrick's Church, Soho Square, a spiritual oasis in London, Tess Livingstone Its side altars and walls are dedicated to and adorned by an impressive range of statues which instantly make visitors from all parts of the world feel as though they are on familiar ground - St Anthony of Padua the Piet St Thrse of Lisieux the Blessed Virgin Mary St John Bosco the Sacred Heart St Joseph the Infant of Prague Saints Martha and Mary St Patrick St Anne Our Lady of Lourdes Saints Thomas More and John Fisher and a more recent addition of a picture of St Maximillian Kolbe the martyr of Auschwitz. 202 - Apr 2005 - Marian Valley Shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians, Canungra Marian Valley Shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians was opened in 1995 and is under the care of the monks of the Order of St Paul the Hermit. 203 - Apr 2005 - Letters: Good news, Geoff Storey Since October 2004 when the Year of the Eucharist began lay Catholics throughout Australia have been making a commitment to Our Lord in the Eucharist Our Lady and the Holy Father to become apostles in proclaiming the knowledge love and worship of Jesus in the Eucharist and to offer reparation for the insults sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended. 204 - Apr 2005 - Vocations: Why some new religious orders are attracting recruits, Fr John Hogan Other new communities include the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity the Chemin Neuf Fraternity of Mary Immaculate Queen and the Community of St John. 205 - Feb 2005 - Reflection: Archbishop Hart: Pope John Paul II and the Year of the Eucharist, Archbishop Denis Hart This is the homily given by Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne at the end-of-year Mass for the National Civic Council at Our Lady of Victories Basilica Camberwell on 1 December 2004. 206 - Feb 2005 - Books: Books to read in 2005 95 Shrines of Our Lady in England Anne Vail There are more than 60 shrines in honour of Our Lady in England most from the 13th and 14th centuries. 207 - Feb 2005 - Letters: Books wanted (letter), Edwin McGrath (The Missionaries of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart wrote a companion account to Bishop Schumachs. 208 - Dec 2004 - Books: Making Sense of Private Revelations, by Fr Paul Newton, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Available from AD Books) At some time or other most Catholics come across private revelations usually in the form of reports of apparitions of Our Lady with accompanying messages. 209 - Dec 2004 - Letters: Abortion (letter), Maryse Usher Anne Lastman is not exaggerating when she describes 50 million abortions a year worldwide as the annihilation of nations predicted by Our Lady at Fatima (October AD2000). 210 - Oct 2004 - Reflection: Our Lady, Fatima and the 'annihilation of nations', Anne Lastman The least spoken of prophecies pertaining to Our Lady of Fatima and the whole Fatima story is the prophecy of the annihilation of nations. 211 - Oct 2004 - Letters: Ghana: help needed (letter), Name and address supplied From his letter it seems he also runs an orphanage school which may explain the other items he requests: One large statue of Jesus; one large statue of Our Lady; 94 pairs of metallic rosary beads; 94 pairs luminous rosary beads (he specifically requested ones that shine in the dark); 94 Pieta books; 82 boxes of incense; holy pictures of Mary and Our Lord. 212 - Oct 2004 - Books: Be Not Afraid: Cardinal George Pell's new book to be launched in November Appropriately they are on the topic of Our Lady since October is the month of the Rosary. 213 - Oct 2004 - News: The Church around the World Russian Patriarch thanks Pope for return of icon Patriarch Alexei II has issued a formal statement thanking Pope John Paul II for returning the icon of Our Lady of Kazan to the Russian Orthodox Church. 214 - Mar 2004 - Books: John Henry Newman on the pre-eminent place of the Blessed Virgin in Christianity, Leo Madigan If we deny that the title Mother of the Creator can rightly be attributed to Our Lady we then find ourselves in difficulty with the title Son of God. 215 - Feb 2004 - Letters: One-World Church?, Philip Robinson Msgr Guerra states that all this must be assumed to be the will of Our Lady of Fatima. 216 - Dec 2003 - Letters: Men at church, Rosanne Turne Church history is anathema to most non-Catholics which is why they dont understand devotion to Our Lady and the saints. 217 - Oct 2003 - AD2000 readers' generous response to Queensland Lourdes appeal, Jenny Davies and Nicole King We invite all AD2000 readers to join the Gundersons the Greeveys the seriously ill woman and the pilgrims travelling with them to pray for three miracles with Our Ladys intercession. 218 - Sep 2003 - Letters: Prophetic words (letter), Errol Duke Our Ladys apparitions in Akita Japan in 1973 which were officially sanctioned by the Holy See on 24 April 1984 as worthy of belief certainly relate and help to explain these difficult times we are currently experiencing. 219 - Aug 2003 - Books: Great books at the best prices! Mary is for Everyone Edited William McLoughlin amp; Jill Pinnock These 24 essays are written by men and women from various denominations who all share a devout love of Our Lady. 220 - Aug 2003 - Church architecture: overcoming iconoclasts and cult of ugliness, Larry Henderson The story of Our Lady of Guelph Ontario (Canada) set a new pattern. 221 - Jul 2003 - The concentration camp prisoner who became a Queensland priest, Warren Losberg He was a priest who exuded goodness generosity humility and love for God Our Lady the Holy Father the Church and all mankind. 222 - Jun 2003 - Letters: Prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel (letter), Marie E. Curtin In the April issue of AD2000 Robert Anderson asked for prayers to Our Lady of Good Counsel. 223 - Jun 2003 - Those dreadful old Catholic hymns?, Fr Fabian Duggan OSB Several of my own compositions were chosen to be included in the St Andrews Scottish Hymnal some years ago nearly all of them on Scottish themes such as Our Lady of the Isles and Ye Saints of Scotlands Western Isles. 224 - May 2003 - Review: The Mysteries of Light: Rosary for Children and Youth on cassette, Colleen McGuinness-Howard Perth mothers Brenda Croft and Jenny Knight have continued the standard apparent in their previous recordings by this latest offering which was consecrated to Our Lady of Lourdes on 11 February 2003. 225 - May 2003 - Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan (1928-2002): How faith survived in a Communist prison, Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan On 15 August 1975 on the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady I was invited to the Palace of Independence the Presidents Palace in Saigon only to be arrested. 226 - Apr 2003 - Books: A Seat At The Supper, by Frank Colyer, Mark Posa Much has been written and film makers have produced their versions of what took place at Lourdes when a young girl of 14 Bernadette Soubirous illiterate from a desperately poor family and suffering from poor health claimed she had a vision of Our Lady. 227 - Apr 2003 - Letters: Novena (letter), Robert Anderson Does anyone have prayers to Our Lady of Good Counsel e. 228 - Apr 2003 - Our Lady of Peace: one American parish's successful formula, Arthur J. Brew For 33 years the Our Lady of Peace Shrine of Santa Clara California and its pastor Monsignor John J. 229 - Dec 2002 - Books: Eucharistic Devotion : renewing a timeless tradition / Heart of St Alphonsus, Michael Daniel Muckerman has chosen material from his writings and grouped them thematically with material on the Sacred Heart Corpus Christi Christmas and Our Lady and St Joseph. 230 - Dec 2002 - Letters: St Maria Goretti (letter), Anne Buchan Every morning and every evening St Maria Goretti said the Three Hail Marys in honour of Our Ladys immaculate purity. 231 - Oct 2002 - Reflection: Devotion to God through the Angelus and Rosary, Fr Fabian Duggan OSB From this we can see very clearly that the rosary is not a prayer to Our Lady but rather a prayer through Our Lady. 232 - Sep 2002 - Books: The Lost Shrine of Liskeard, by Claire Riche, Michael Daniel This work details the attempts made to restore the medieval shrine of Our Lady of the Park at Liskeard in Cornwall to Catholic hands and make it once again a place of pilgrimage. 233 - Sep 2002 - Australian Rosary CD wins international recognition, Colleen McGuiness-Howard Brenda and Jennys The Rosary for Children production began in a backyard recording studio and was consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima in May 1998. 234 - Aug 2002 - Books: Abortion And Martyrdom, edited by Aidan Nichols, Tracey Rowland The issue has arisen because a woman who lives in London Patricia de Menezes claims to have received private revelations from Our Lady calling for such a declaration. 235 - Aug 2002 - Letters: Dissent (letter), Clair Tieppo This is a grave error that challenges the teaching office of the bishops of the United States and elsewhere (Meeting with US Bishops at Our Lady Queen of Angels Minor Seminary Los Angeles 16 September 1987). 236 - Aug 2002 - New program to apply Papal teachings in Melbourne Archdiocese, Michael Gilchrist The program - titled Contemplate - Launch Out: Linking Prayer and Mission in the light of Novo Millennio Ineunte - has been placed under the patronage of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and in the words of Archbishop Hart aims to apply the wonderful teaching of Pope John Paul lls Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte (2001) to the Archdiocese of Melbourne. 237 - Aug 2002 - Editorial: The Assumption of Our Lady: 15 August, Michael Gilchrist Although defined as an article of faith by Pope Pius XII as recently as 1950 the Assumption of Our Lady into heaven had been accepted as true from the earliest years of Christianitys existence. 238 - Jul 2002 - Catholic Truth Society in Brisbane, B. Massey The Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Truth Society was founded in Brisbane in 2001 with the aim of preserving publishing and distributing the magnificent Catholic pamphlets that were available to Catholics of past years on Christian doctrine devotion biography and social questions. 239 - Jul 2002 - Events: Cathedral painting - Hollywood Ball, Josie di Mauro The proceeds of the Fifth Annual Hollywood Ball are to go towards the funding of a painting of Our Lady of Perpetual Help for St Patricks Cathedral Melbourne. 240 - Jun 2002 - How John Paul II's 'new springtime' came to an American parish, Elizabeth A. Wittman Votive candles were set up in front of the statues of Our Lady and St Andrew. 241 - May 2002 - Letters: Need for prayer (letter), Kevin Pitt With the happenings we have seen of 11 September 2001 in America and the emerging conflicts together with the worldwide attacks on Christians - some close to Australia - one feels today that our nation must return to God in prayer and invoke the aid of our Patroness of Australia Our Lady Help of Christians. 242 - May 2002 - General absolutions continue in the Toowoomba Diocese, Michael Gilchrist In Queenslands Toowoomba Diocese the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Bulletin of 24 March informed local Catholics that the 3rd Rite of Reconciliation will be held on Tuesday night 26th March at 7. 243 - May 2002 - News: The Church Around the World New pro-life Canadian Catholic college Agreement on credits with Steubenville University Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy a private Catholic college in Barrys Bay Ontario noted for its strong pro-life commitment has recently obtained an articulation agreement from the Franciscan University of Steubenville (FUS). 244 - Apr 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books 95 Our Blessed Mother: Mary in the Catholic Tradition A Benedictine Prayer Book Our Lady is especially important to Catholics hence it is important for all Christians to understand her place in the Catholic tradition. 245 - Apr 2002 - Letters: Bare churches (letter), Ned Haliburton There is not a statue of Our Lady in the main part of the church. 246 - Apr 2002 - Australian version of Maltese Marian shrine of Ta' Pinu On a hill just off the Western Highway outside Bacchus Marsh Victoria a shrine to Our Lady of Ta Pinu is gradually taking shape thanks to the efforts of the Maltese community (see front cover of this issue of AD2000). 247 - Mar 2002 - Books: Fatima Handbook, by Leo Madigan, Catherine Sheehan Included are a handy map of the shrine a brief history and numerous accompanying photographs - some taken at the time of the apparitions of Our Lady in 1917. 248 - Feb 2002 - Reflection: NCC Mass of Thanksgiving: Archbishop Hart's homily, Archbishop Denis Hart The following is the text of Archbishop Denis Harts homily at the National Civic Council Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated at the Basilica of Our Lady of Victories Camberwell on 5 December 2001. 249 - Feb 2002 - News: The Church Around the World The Mother Vicar of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery Sister Mary Catherine said doctors told her that Mother was doing very well. 250 - Nov 2001 - Obituary: Lew Bennett R.I.P. Santamaria took place at Our Lady of Victories Church Camberwell on 16 October. 251 - Nov 2001 - Letters: Catholic women, Errol P. Duke I wonder what Jesus - and especially Our Lady - would think about all this! 252 - Nov 2001 - Winter school: Evangelising in a "post-pagan" culture, Fr Anthony Mastroeni And when they had seen Him St Luke tells us they became in effect the first missioners after Our Lady - in the words of the Holy Father she was the star of evangelisation who carried the baby Jesus to her cousin Elizabeth. 253 - Oct 2001 - Letters: Non-Christian gods (letter), Jane Wilks The well known prayer Hail Holy Queen followed by an invocation to Our Lady Help of Christians would have been a more inclusive choice for a body seeking to meet the spiritual needs of Catholic women. 254 - Sep 2001 - Letters: Feminists (letter), Margaret Jones This would set orthodox Catholics free from having to listen to dissenters and allow them to get on with living their Faith accepting Papal authority and heeding the Church-approved messages of Our Lady which urge regular confession worthy reception of the Eucharist prayer and fasting daily rosary and Scripture reading as ways of putting us on the road to holiness. 255 - Sep 2001 - Letters: Adelaide protest (letter), Pauline Pascoe May Our Lady Help of Christians Patroness of Australia pray for us all. 256 - Sep 2001 - The John Paul II Cultural Centre opens in Washington DC, Alex Sidhu The Gallery of Mary is also located on the ground floor and emphasises the dedication John Paul II has had for Our Lady throughout his Pontificate. 257 - Aug 2001 - Books: Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God, by Scott Hahn, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books) The place of Our Lady in Gods redemptive plan is often a sticking point for people who are returning to the faith or converting to Catholicism. 258 - Aug 2001 - Letters: Choosing life (letter), Mark Whybrow The Sisters of the Gospel of Life (Our Lady amp; St Josephs 106 Dixon Avenue Glasgow G42 8EL Scotland) are now established in Scotland and provide this care. 259 - Aug 2001 - Editorial: The Assumption of Our Lady: 15 August, Michael Gilchrist As we celebrate the Feast of Our Ladys Assumption this month we might recall the words of Vatican II in its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) part 66: Mary has by grace been exalted above all angels and men to a place second only to her Son as the most holy mother of God who was involved in the mysteries of Christ: she is rightly honoured by a special cult in the Church. 260 - Jul 2001 - AD2000 makes impact on the Internet, Francis Young Books that sell today deal with personal holiness prayer saints lives the Eucharist Our Lady and conversion stories - despite the oddball desire of some well-known publishers to spend their advertising budgets pushing faded pop religion that was already dull by the 1970s. 261 - Jun 2001 - Letters: 'Lest we forget' (letter), Marion Craig Fewer still know Kiplings lovely lines to Our Lady in A Hymn Before Battle: O Mary pierced with sorrow Remember reach and save The soul that goes tomorrow Before the God Who gave. 262 - Jun 2001 - News: The Church Around the World Following a pilgrimage to the Holy Land he gave serious consideration to entering the Trappist Monastery of Our Lady of the Snows in France. 263 - May 2001 - A Melbourne artist's labour of love, Michael Gilchrist The usual favourites remain in demand: Our Lord Our Lady St Joseph St Teresa St Patrick St Anthony etc. 264 - Mar 2001 - Books: The Pange Lingua Hymnal, compiled by Paul Newton, Fr Gregory Pritchard PP Fr Gregory Pritchard is parish priest of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church Ringwood in the Melbourne Archdiocese. 265 - Mar 2001 - Cardinal Ratzinger on 'Third Secret' of Fatima In his introduction Archbishop Bertone points out that Sister Lucia has personally confirmed that John Paul IIs consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1982 corresponded to what Our Lady wished and therefore this matter was closed. 266 - Feb 2001 - Bishop Wilson of Wollongong to be the future Archbishop of Adelaide, AD2000 Report The feast of Corpus Christi was marked with an outdoor concelebrated Mass at the shrine of Our Lady of Mercy officiated at by Archbishop Canalini and attended by over 3500 people. 267 - Dec 2000 - New Australian women's religious order, Sr Carmel Doherty Five years of prayer study and research said Sr Carmel have made clear that it is timely to bring forth in this country Fr Woods missionary idea of service to especially honour Our Lady among priests and people thus completing his own broad vision of loving service to Australia. 268 - Dec 2000 - C.S. Lewis: Christian apologist, Sarah Macdonald With Warnie hospitalised in Our Lady of Lourdes C. 269 - Nov 2000 - Books: 'Lourdes: The Original File by a Skeptic Turned Believer' by J.B. Estrade, Katie Lindorff The author next proceeds to describe the appearances of Our Lady to Bernadette although due to his skepticism he was not at the first six of these. 270 - Nov 2000 - The Great Jubilee: reaffirming the spiritual power of indulgences, Catherine Cavanagh And for a shot of inspiring beauty the church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at Randwick is hard to beat. 271 - Nov 2000 - News: The Church Around the World At the end of Mass together with the bishops he recited the Act of Entrustment to Mary before the statue of Our Lady of Fatima. 272 - Aug 2000 - A tribute to Cardinal John O'Connor, Msgr Michael J. Wrenn May Mary Our Lady of New York enfold the mantle of her comforting tenderness and protection about you. 273 - Aug 2000 - Cardinal Ratzinger on 'Third Secret' of Fatima In his introduction Archbishop Bertone points out that Sister Lucia has personally confirmed that John Paul IIs consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1982 corresponded to what Our Lady wished and therefore this matter was closed. 274 - Aug 2000 - Eucharistic Congress in Wollongong: 'a time of blessing', Fr Mark De Battista The feast of Corpus Christi was marked with an outdoor concelebrated Mass at the shrine of Our Lady of Mercy Penrose Park officiated at by Archbishop Canalini and attended by over 3500 people. 275 - Aug 2000 - Rockhampton: shuffling deck chairs on the 'Titanic', AD2000 Report The Pope Our Lady the Statement of Conclusions or the new Catechism might not have managed a look-in but Greens New Agers and feminists would have been more than satisfied. 276 - Jun 2000 - News: The Church Around the World The Holy Father has credited Our Lady of Fatima with intervening and saving his life. 277 - May 2000 - Reflection: Mary's divine motherhood: central to God's plan of salvation, Sr Mary Augustine Lane OP The first thing to be said about Our Ladys divine maternity is that it has been there from the beginning and will be there forever. 278 - Mar 2000 - Education: Religious education: putting the emphasis back on God, Br John Moylan CFC Some tried and true methods among many others used in the past include making the liturgical year a highlight in the classroom and home clear thorough and tested knowledge of doctrines prayers Church and Bible history etc the use of aspirations devotional practices inspiring stories of the saints on their feast days the use of the initials AMDG (Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam) at the top of each page punctuating the school day with set prayer every hour and the bringing of flowers for Our Ladys altar. 279 - Feb 2000 - Letters: Persecution (letter), George F. Simpson Any open-minded visitor will recognise Our Ladys Shrine at Helidon as a holy site. 280 - Feb 2000 - Books: ‘Hidden Way: The Life and Influence of Almire Pichon’ by Mary Frances Coady, Mary O'Neill Pre Pichon born to a peasant family in Normandy in 1843 (after his childless parents made a pilgrimage to Our Lady) had an affectionate and tender manner which reflected his belief in a God who is Father and rich in mercy. 281 - Feb 2000 - News: The Church Around the World Augustine Lane OP Convent of Our Lady of the Rosary Langham St Ganmain NSW 2702. 282 - Dec 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Some 100 students of Dilis Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary accompanied by seminary staff returned to the East Timor capital on 25 September. 283 - Nov 1999 - News: The Church Around the World The travelling statue program has prompted the sponsoring of a wooden statue of Australias patroness as a gift to Our Lady and the Museum at Nazareth. 284 - Sep 1999 - Spirituality: West Australian Rosary tapes: a growing international success story, Colleen McGuiness-Howard The Rosary for Children audio tape (now available in CD form) was consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima in Perth on 13 May 1998 by two young Western Australian housewives and mothers Brenda Croft and Jenny Knight (see AD2000 August 1998 p. 285 - Aug 1999 - Reflection: Hymn In honour of Our Lady's Assumption, Fr Ramsey Williams SSC From the earliest times there had been a solid and deep-rooted conviction among Christians that something quite extraordinary had befallen Our Lady at the moment of her departure from this life. 286 - Aug 1999 - How a Canadian church was saved from destruction, Paul Likoudis Parishioners of the historic Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate in Guelph (Hamilton Diocese Canada) known commonly as the cathedral rallied earlier this year to stop a drastic plan to alter the awe-inspiring interior of their magnificent church. 287 - Jul 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Work on the Fraternitys second American seminary - dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe - is ahead of schedule. 288 - Jun 1999 - The Rosary for Youth PERTH (WA) MOTHERS Brenda Croft and Jenny Knight have followed their remarkable success with The Rosary for Children audio cassette which they produced last year with The Rosary for Youth consecrated to Our Lady Help of Christians Patroness of Australia and launched on her Feast Day of 24 May 1999. 289 - May 1999 - Historic Marian statue brings joy to Perth's Italian Catholics, Rocco Loiacono A much-loved statue of Our Ladys Assumption was brought to Perth Western Australia recently bringing much joy to the migrants who had come to Australia from Delianuova a town in the southern Italian region of Calabria and the home of the statue of Our Ladys Assumption. 290 - May 1999 - News: The Church Around the World There will be celebrations for Marcelinos canonisation in Madrid on 18 June at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Almudena while a pilgrimage of some 5000 youths is planned this year to The Hermitage the French birthplace of the Marists where the missionary activity began in 1836. 291 - Apr 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Priestly ordinations in Vietnam Communist Governments concession On 18 March 1999 the feast of St Joseph Archbishop John Baptist Pham Ming Man of Saigon (or Ho Chi Minh City) ordained nine new priests in the cathedral dedicated to Our Lady Queen of Peace. 292 - Mar 1999 - Pilgrim Statue Of Mary Help Of Christians welcomed in Brisbane, Patrick Quirk These will include the Angelus a Scripture Rosary and procession the Litany of the Blessed Virgin and the Act of Consecration of homes and families to Our Lady Help of Christians Patroness of Australia. 293 - Mar 1999 - Charles Chaput: a remarkable American Archbishop, Louis Power He also shares the Popes love of Our Lady saying: Marys great power flows out of her apparent weakness her humility her lowliness - so too the Church is many times written off by the world and yet she forever leaves her mark on the soul of the age through the witness of holy men and women. 294 - Dec 1998 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic News Service Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Russia Popes message read at dedication ceremony The first major shrine in Russia to Our Lady of Fatima was dedicated at St Catherine of Alexandria Church St Petersburg on 11 October by Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz reports Fr Robert J. 295 - Oct 1998 - Cardinal Ratzinger: the Church does not require dismantled high altars, Bernard Caesar The exquisitely beautiful high altar was to be removed the Blessed Sacrament demoted to the side altar of Our Lady and the marble altar rails the most magnificent in Ireland removed. 296 - Oct 1998 - Pope John Paul II: the impact of his twenty-year pontificate, Peter Westmore Peters Square in 1981 attributing his survival to the intervention of Our Lady to whom he had prayed for deliverance. 297 - Aug 1998 - Australian Rosary tape's success story, Colleen McGuiness-Howard Within two weeks of its production on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima 13 May 1998 orders had come from all over WA interstate and from overseas. 298 - Aug 1998 - Cardinal John Henry Newman and the development of doctrine, Fr Peter Waters Fr Waters is parish priest of Our Lady of the Rosary Church Kyneton in the Melbourne Archdiocese. 299 - Aug 1997 - Reflection: A young Catholic comments on the meaning of church 'participation', Lucy O'Connell Let us deepen our knowledge and appreciation of sacramental grace the Eucharist Our Lady Catherine of Siena Teresa of Avila. 300 - Feb 1997 - The Catholic Church in Singapore: why is it strong and healthy?, Michael Barr I am told that St Josephs is one of the most Chinese of the Catholic churches in Singapore and even there the statues do not depict Our Lord and Our Lady as Chinese. 301 - Nov 1995 - Lord Ripon (1828-1909) - II - How to base political life on Christian principles, Fr John Parsons Father Dalgairns received Lord Ripon into the Catholic Church at the Oratory on 8 September 1874 the Feast of the Birth of Our Lady in whose honour he proceeded to erect in thanksgiving an altar in the Catholic Church at Ripon. 302 - Nov 1995 - Post-conciliar renewal? Some Queensland snapshots, Michael Gilchrist As a final brief snapshot we learn that a church built just over a year ago in the northern Queensland diocese of Cairns - Our Lady Star of the Sea Cardwell - did not include a confessional in its design. 303 - Aug 1995 - Blessed Edith Stein (1891-1942): The most significant German woman this century, Mary O'Neill She prayed for 13 hours before a picture of Our Lady of Sorrows in a church at Munster in reaching her decision. 304 - Jul 1995 - Edel Quinn (1907-1944): Ireland's 20th century apostle to Africa, Michael Gilchrist Overcoming the understandable scepticism of local missionary priests by her pleasant insistence - Please try the Legion for Our Ladys sake - Edel coaxed explained trained and organised as scores of new praesidia sprang up. 305 - Dec 1994 - Many vocations: empty seminaries, Fr Timothy E. Deeter Honour to Our Lady is likewise nowhere to be found except at one place where Marys gospel canticle the Magnificat is prayed on feast days after centering prayer in the evening. 306 - Feb 1994 - Reflection: The Immaculate Conception: Mary’s unique holiness, Br Christian Moe FSC Starting with the fact of Our Ladys Immaculate Conception we see flowing in logical progression the whole span of the economy of salvation. 307 - Oct 1993 - Eucharistic adoration - are we keeping up with the rest of the world?, Christine McCarthy Immense graces will be poured on parishes which undertake perpetual Eucharistic adoration: Christ will be more deeply centred in the hearts of the families of the parish the children will grow in their friendship with Our Blessed Lord teenagers will have a focus for their faith which will give them a greater devotion to the Mass and to their duties and their intimacy with Our Lord and Our Lady will grow. 308 - Oct 1992 - Reflection: Fatima - after seventy-five years, Bishop George Pell This year is the 75th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima Portugal. 309 - Mar 1992 - Mary - Biblical focus of Christian unity, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey One night the group leader turned Our Ladys picture to the wall so as not to offend the Protestants. 310 - Feb 1990 - Thomas Aquinas College, California: a model of Catholic higher education, Michael Gilchrist Other signs of overt Catholicity apart from pictures statues and crucifixes include daily Benediction (in Latin) Rosary sung Compline and devotions to the Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady. 311 - Jun 1989 - Australian Catholicism's one million "lost": a sociological analysis, B.A. Santamaria Others include the Divinity of Christ Christs self-knowledge the Virginity of Our Lady - the list is not exhaustive. 312 - Mar 1989 - Who do they think they are?, B.A. Santamaria None who have denied the Churchs teaching on the Virginity of Our Lady confirmed at the Council of Ephesus? 313 - Feb 1989 - The condition of Catholic teacher training in Australia, Michael Gilchrist Easter the Eucharist the Mass Our Lady or the Gospels but too often these are emptied of their all-important supernatural significance. 314 - Jun 2015 - Reflection: Faith: dialogue of mind and heart, Audrey English 315 - Mar 2015 - Reflection: Hail Mary, Full of Grace, Anne Lastman 316 - Oct 2014 - News: The Church Around the World 317 - Aug 2014 - Letters: Use of iPhone at Mass ..., Audrey English 318 - Apr 2014 - Letters: Appreciation for Anne Lastman, Errol Duke 319 - Dec 2011 - Catholic Literature: Robert Hugh Benson and Christ's Second Coming, Br Christian Moe FSC 320 - Dec 2011 - Tyburn world tour: A visually compelling new documentary on the monastic life, AD2000 Report 321 - Apr 2011 - Literature: The 'impossible dream' of Don Quixote (1 Corinthians 1:21), Andrew Kania 322 - Aug 2010 - Vocations: Mother Dolores Hart OSB: from Hollywood to convent, Michael Gilchrist 323 - Aug 2009 - G.K. Chesterton on modernism and orthodoxy 324 - Aug 2009 - Human rights: Small victories for pro-lifers at the UN, Babette Francis 325 - Sep 2008 - Letters: Invaluable work of Anne Lastman (letter), Errol Duke 326 - Sep 2008 - News: The Church Around the World 327 - Jul 2008 - Letters: Anne Lastman's Remarkable book 'Redeeming Grief', Fr Raymond Wells 328 - Nov 2007 - Ora et labora: How monastic hospitality can strengthen one's faith, Br Barry Coldrey CFC 329 - Aug 2007 - Events: LATIN MASS CELEBRATIONS - Melbourne and Sydney 330 - Jun 2007 - Books: THE SONG OF BERNADETTE, by Franz Werfel, Michael E. Daniel 331 - May 2007 - Letters: Debating euthanasia with facts, Rebecca Soares 332 - May 2007 - Letters: Marital fidelity, Br Con Moloney 333 - May 2007 - The importance of 'holy things' for one's Christian faith, Andrew Kania 334 - May 2007 - Vocations: New religious communities flourishing in the United States, Fr James Lloyd 335 - Sep 2006 - Letters: African pen-friend, Fr Vincent Kajoba 336 - Sep 2006 - Chavagnes: Catholic education in a secular culture, Alexander Morrison 337 - Aug 2006 - Letters: East Timor contraception pressure, Imelda Aslett 338 - Jul 2006 - Re-mythologising: Narnia - faith and fiction: The parallel world of C.S.Lewis, Msgr Peter J. Elliott 339 - May 2006 - Foreign priests - a tale of two Brisbane parishes, Bob Osmak 340 - Feb 2006 - The Church of England: beyond satire?, Rev Peter Mullen 341 - Nov 2005 - Thomas More Centre: Fifty years from Shadowlands: Childhood memories of the world of C. S. Lewis, Msgr Peter J. Elliott 342 - Jul 2005 - Books: Letters To a Young Catholic, by George Weigel, David Birch 343 - Nov 2004 - Books: From East to West You Gather a People, by Fr Russell Hardiman, Brian Peachey 344 - Sep 2004 - Sydney Catholic Adult Education Centre courses prove popular, Peter Holmes 345 - Aug 2004 - News: The Church Around the World 346 - Jun 2004 - Books: Catharine With An 'A', by Edna Keir, Joan Graham 347 - Sep 2003 - Culture: Second 'Carnivale Christi' Catholic arts festival scheduled for Melbourne, Michael Gilchrist 348 - Jul 2003 - Archbishop Hart defends woman in euthanasia case, Peter Westmore 349 - Jun 2003 - The seal of confession: how a priest put his life on the line, Clem Lack 350 - Apr 2002 - Letters: Generous response (letter), Grace O'Hara 351 - Mar 2002 - Reflection: John Paul II: St Joseph's renewed significance for the Church, Br Christian Moe FSC 352 - Mar 2002 - Letters: Last straw (letter), Justin Kearney 353 - Mar 2001 - Letters: Poem to Our Lady, Marion Craig 354 - Mar 2001 - News: The Church Around the World 355 - Feb 2001 - News: The Church Around the World 356 - May 2000 - Books: Francis Thompson: author of 'The Hound of Heaven', Michael Daniel 357 - Apr 2000 - Indulgences and the Millennium Jubilee Year, Neil Coup 358 - Jun 1999 - Reflection: The spirit of poverty of Francis of Assisi, Fr Christopher Sharah FSF 359 - Mar 1999 - A Polish priest's story: how I survived the Nazi occupation, Fr Marcel Pasiecznik 360 - Oct 1995 - Lord Ripon (1828-1909) - I - How to base political life on Christian principles, Fr John Parsons 361 - May 1994 - Reflection: Our Lady: the family context, Bishop George Pell 362 - Nov 1993 - Brompton Oratory, London: Keeping Catholic tradition alive, Simon Matthews 363 - Dec 1991 - New Zealand: 'transforming the Church from within', John Kennedy OBE 364 - Oct 1991 - The priesthood: one layman's view, B.A. Santamaria 365 - Mar 1990 - Close encounter with feminist theology, Dr Frank Mobbs