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Neocat trouble in Japan

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From Union of Catholic Asian News:

ZY04894.1495 April 29, 2008 66 EM-lines (697 words)

VATICAN – Japanese Bishops Meet Pope For Second Time In Five Months

By Gerard O’Connell, Special Correspondent in Rome

ROME (UCAN) — In an extraordinary move, the Japanese Bishops’ Conference sent a delegation last week to discuss with Pope Benedict XVI "the serious problem" they are having with the Neocatechumenal Way and its seminary in Takamatsu diocese.

The four prelates went to the Vatican to seek the pope’s understanding and intervention to help resolve the situation.

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Not the Way

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The Most Rev Donald Sproxton, Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, has commented on "Neocats will save us".

from Bishop Don Sproxton
date Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:16 PM
subject RE: World Youth Day threat?

Church Mouse,

Thank you for your email.

As you noted, the email seems to come from a purported follower of the Neocatechumenal Way. It contains sentiments that do not accord with those of the ordinary brothers and sisters of the Way.

Bishop Sproxton

From: The Church Mouse
Sent: Saturday, 8 March 2008 12:44 PM
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God Bless America

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No less than three emails arrived overnight from our Neocat saviour (Neocats will save us) in the USA.
Here they are:

from MArcos Antonio PAtino
date Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:55 AM
subject Church Mouse: World Youth Day! Rocks!

Dear Church Mouse,

Michael claimed we don’t donate or spend time in a Homeless shelter really? When was the last time you spent time in a homeless shelter.

For our World Youth DAy projects our parish send a group to Guatamela on bringing health care to small children outside of the Capital.

World Youth … Continue reading →

Easter liturgy prescribed

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Despite several attempts over the last couple of weeks to engage the Neocat clergy in dialogue over details for the Easter ceremonies there has been stoney silence until the following item appeared in the church bulletin this weekend.

Holy Week Guidelines

The liturgy as prescribed for Holy Week and at all other times is the public worship of the whole Church and therefore must be respected. The liturgies for Holy Week are to follow the rubrics of the Church. These are outlined in any Sunday Missal.

None of the liturgies are to be done without me[sic] being … Continue reading →

Mum Shirl memorial rededication

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New Mum Shirl memorial plaque

On February 27, the Mum Shirl memorial outside St Vincent’s church was rededicated by Lord Mayor, Clover Moore MP.

The following article appeared in this month’s issue of The South Sydney Herald:

Saint of Redfern remembered ‘Mum’ Shirl (1924-1998)

The City of Sydney lit up Redfern Street on February 27 in an official memorial service for Colleen Shirl Perry, better known as “Mum Shirl”.

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Neocats will save us

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from    MArcos Antonio Patino
date    Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 5:24 PM
subject Church Mouse: World Youth Day

Dear Church Mouse,

I am a Young Catholic from the NeoCatechumenal Way. I am coming to Sydney in July 2008 for World Youth Day and with 40 young people from the NeoCatechumenal Way from my PArish here in the United States of America.

I admired your passion and work for the Aboriginal People in Australia, but I think you are using your Church for Political reasons. The Church is not a Politcal platform nor a Political … Continue reading →

Sorry Day

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Sorry Day, 13 February 2008, was a day of great happiness and hope for our Aboriginal brothers and sisters. On that day our new government said sorry for many of the atrocities inflicted upon Aborigines by previous administrations.

   

Readers might be interested in Fr Frank Brennan’s piece Stolen Generations apology ‘about right’ or the item Speech gets standing ovation in Redfern in the Sydney Morning Herald.

   

It is hard to imagine what the Redfern Neocat clergy made of all this.

 

 

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PM Kevin Rudd’s sorry speech

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The text of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s speech to Parliament.

February 13, 2008 – 3:55PM

I move:

That today we honour the indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

We reflect on their past mistreatment.

We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were stolen generations – this blemished chapter in our nation’s history.

The time has now come for the nation to … Continue reading →