Letters

Pro-life play: The Call of Guadalupe

Andrew Rabel

Contents - May 2005 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Challenges facing John Paul II's successor Benedict XVI - Michael Gilchrist 'Santo Subito': the impact of John Paul II - Peter Westmore News: The Church Around the World Year of Eucharist: Religious education: Catholic youth have their say - Shannon Donahoo Catholic beliefs and practices: the challenge ahead for Australia - Michael Gilchrist The Da Vinci Code and the itching ears syndrome - John Young UK survey: why church pews are emptying St Patrick's Church, Soho Square, a spiritual oasis in London - Tess Livingstone Bioethics: IVF and embryonic stem cell research: the social and ethical issues - Kerrie Allen Letters: Appeal to the young - Justin Lynch Letters: God's Champion - Robert Garrett Letters: Theology at ACU - Henk Verhoeven Letters: Overseas priests - Jenny Bruty Letters: Priest shortage - Jeff Harvie Letters: Heroic virtue - Bob Denahy Letters: Catholic education - Geoff Storey Letters: Private revelations - Anne Boyce Letters: Sex before marriage - Dr Arnold Jago Letters: Society of St Pius X - Stephen McInerney Letters: Ecclesial unity - Meg Fennell Letters: Correcting pastoral blunders - Kevin McManus Letters: Catholic hymns - Dolores Lightbody Letters: Pro-life play: The Call of Guadalupe - Andrew Rabel Letters: Latin Mass Times in Hobart - Kevin Tighe Letters: Corpus Christi Procession in Brisbane - Josie Mangano Books: Sacred and Secular Scriptures / The Catholic Revival in English Literature - David Birch (reviewer) Books: A GENTLE JESUIT: Philip Caraman SJ, by June Rockett - George Russo (reviewer) Books: Remembering Pope John Paul II Reflection: Pope John Paul II and the redemptive power of suffering - Fr Paul Stuart

It may be of interest to readers of AD2000 (and for the moment those living in Victoria) that a musical play, whose purpose is to bring about an awareness of the evil of abortion, is about to have its premiere. The venue is the state-of-the-art BESEN Centre, 87-89 Station Street, Burwood.

Known as the Call of Guadalupe the play is largely a dramatisation of what happened in 1531, when the Mother of God left her image on the tilma of Juan Diego in Mexico City, today one of the most frequent sites of pilgrimage in the Catholic world.

The play begins with an everyday couple, whose unborn child may interfere with the husband's prospects for promotion, and then goes back to the climactic events of the 16th century, linking this with the present day culture of death, a term coined by the late Holy Father.

Patrons of the event include a number of Catholic organisations, as well as Bishops Prowse, Deakin and Coleridge.

To purchase tickets, please contact Pauline Tee on 0403 836 56. For further information, I can be contacted at 0425 715 653, or at 1/100 Power Road, Doveton, Vic 3177.

ANDREW RABEL
Doveton, Vic

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 18 No 4 (May 2005), p. 15