Letters

Parish revitalised

Br Con Moloney CFC

Contents - Aug 2004 - Buy a copy now Editorial: New challenges for Catholic education - Peter Westmore Pope's representative reminds Australian religious leaders on liturgy abuses - Archbishop Francesco Canalini News: The Church Around the World Getting serious about orthodoxy: an American bishop shows how - Michael Gilchrist Catholic politicians and informed conscience - Bishop Michael Sheridan Bioethics: Embryo stem-cell research: time for a moral benchmark - Christopher Pyne MP The morning after pill - Bishop Anthony Fisher History: Catholic education: triumph over adversity - Cardinal George Pell Carnivale Christi: Whatever happened to beauty in art? - Paul Fitzgerald The Catholic Church and the Greens: why? - Tony Kearney Letters: Missal translation - Pastor David Buck Letters: Hymn parody - Peter Hannigan Letters: Casual trend - Gina Voskulen Letters: Parish revitalised - Br Con Moloney CFC Letters: Threats to family - Gordon Southern Letters: Abortion - Anne Boyce Letters: Relearning needed - Anne Lastman Letters: Gospel dates - Jack R. Nyman Books: DANIEL MANNIX: Wit and Wisdom, by Michael Gilchrist - Hermann Kelly (reviewer) Books: A Guide To The Passion Of The Christ : 100 Questions - Fr Scot Armstrong STL (reviewer) Books: Interview with the author of 'The Da Vinci Hoax' - Carl E. Olsen Books: More new titles for 2004 from AD Books Reflection: Why teaching in a Catholic school is far more than a profession - Fr Dennis Byrnes

Congratulations on the July issue of AD2000. I feel it contains several excellent articles, particularly those by Fathers Camilleri and Trese.

I would like to highlight several points made by these priests, but space does not permit. Let me share just one such point that impressed me.

Fr Camilleri tells that he was given charge of a spiritually run-down parish and how it was revitalised by his introduction of an hour's adoration before the exposed Blessed Sacrament, each day of the week.

Father concludes his article with, "Over the following month, the roster of adorers kept increasing, until upwards of twenty parishioners attended each day, with an inspiring follow-up of improving Mass attendance on Sundays. Within twelve months, this once spiritually run-down parish had been transformed."

Congratulations Fr Camilleri! Keep up the wonderful work you are doing for the Lord.

BR CON MOLONEY CFC
Nudgee College
Virginia, Qld

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 17 No 7 (August 2004), p. 15