1 EQUESTRIAN ORDER OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF JERUSALEM Lieutenancy of Queensland Deus Lo Vult—God Wills It March 2016 Special Edition Page 1 Jerusalem Day March 12th 2016 Page 2 Investure of Mary Williams DHS and Mark Ben- ne KHS - 13th March Page 3 Paral Minutes of the Regional Consulta in Ade- laide Page 10 Grand Master’s Address Townsville’s meritus Bishop Benjamin Dies aged 91 This Issue Editor: Nick de Weger KCHS Mob 0413 239 717 phone 07 3715 6625 Email: [email protected]Sister Doctor Maeve Louise Heaney VDMF kept the audi- ence spell bound with her charismac presentaon of thought provok- ing quotes and her insights on “What kind of beauty will save the world?” ……….. Is Music, Art and Beauty the answer to this modern world? Her finishing address was in Song. "Two trumpets sound in a different way, but one and the same Spirit blows air through them. The first says: Beauful, the most beauful of the children of man; and the second, with Isaiah, says: \We have seen him: he had no beauty, no dignity..." St. Augusne Beauty is the last thing which the thinking intellect dares to approach, as only it dances as an uncontained splendour around the double constellaon of the true and the good [...] Beauty' is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both impercepbly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to its own avarice and sadness. In a world without beauty [...] in a world which is perhaps not wholly without beauty, but which can no longer see it or reckon with it: in such a world the good also loses its arac- veness, the self-evidence of why it must be carried out. Hans Urs von Balthasar. Your Side of Time Alone and I'm waing Silent, I can sense You On my own, on the threshold of the moment Breathing...one before the other All alone, but you can take your me Diving in to your sense of me Let your will be mine… Let your word be mine Don’t tell me "everything's alright” We both know: Everything's all wrong! Yet somehow, sll now, I believe... Something Slowly, life is breaking Open, and through the cracks I pray the life comes Streaming in through the wounds of me Let your truth be mine Don't say that: "Everything's ok!" Let's face it: what more could go wrong? Yet somehow, sll now, I can see... Something new... New heaven, new earth; the old things have past No more mourning, no more pain: something new... Jerusalem Day, Investitures Minutes of the Regional Consulta in Adelaide Jerusalem Day March 12 th 2016 Heartbeat: is it yours or mine? Hold sll It's a precious place to be now. .. Touching down on your side of me Let this space be mine…
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EQUESTRIAN ORDER
OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF JERUSALEM
Lieutenancy of Queensland
Deus Lo Vult—God Wills It March 2016 Special Edition
Page 1 Jerusalem Day March 12th 2016 Page 2 Investiture of Mary Williams DHS and Mark Ben-nett KHS - 13th March Page 3 Partial Minutes of the Regional Consulta in Ade-laide Page 10 Grand Master’s Address Townsville’s meritus Bishop Benjamin Dies aged 91
Sister Doctor Maeve Louise Heaney VDMF kept the audi-ence spell bound with her charismatic presentation of thought provok-ing quotes and
her insights on “What kind of beauty will save the world?” ……….. Is Music, Art and Beauty the answer to this modern world? Her finishing address was in Song. "Two trumpets sound in a different way, but one and the same Spirit blows air through them. The first says: Beautiful, the most beautiful of the children of man; and the second, with Isaiah, says: \We have seen him: he had no beauty, no dignity..." St. Augustine Beauty is the last thing which the thinking intellect dares to approach, as only it dances as an uncontained splendour around the double constellation of the true and the good [...] Beauty' is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to its own avarice and sadness. In a world without beauty [...] in a world which is perhaps not wholly without beauty, but which can no longer see it or reckon with it: in such a world the good also loses its attrac-tiveness, the self-evidence of why it must be carried out. Hans Urs von Balthasar.
Your Side of Time
Alone and I'm waiting Silent, I can sense You On my own, on the threshold of the moment Breathing...one before the other All alone, but you can take your time Diving in to your sense of time Let your will be mine… Let your word be mine
Don’t tell me "everything's alright” We both know: Everything's all wrong!
Yet somehow, still now, I believe... Something
Slowly, life is breaking Open, and through the cracks I pray the life comes Streaming in through the wounds of time Let your truth be mine
Don't say that: "Everything's ok!" Let's face it: what more could go wrong?
Yet somehow, still now, I can see... Something new...
New heaven, new earth; the old things have past No more mourning, no more pain: something new...
Jerusalem Day, Investitures Minutes of the Regional Consulta in Adelaide
Jerusalem Day March 12th 2016
Heartbeat: is it yours or mine? Hold still It's a precious place to be now. .. Touching down on your side of time Let this space be mine…
The Lunch at Tattersalls exceeded bookings and extra places were soon supplied. Yours truly (the Editor) got lost in the Queens Carpark and with the help of the Lillicraps found his car.
Investiture of Mary Williams DHS and Mark Bennett KHS - 13th March
The 2016 Investitures of Mrs. Mary Williams DHS, wife of Jack
Williams KHS and Mark Bennett KHS by Prior of the Order Arch-
bishop Mark Coleridge KCHS was held at Saint Stephens Cathedral
during the 10 am Mass. The new investees were welcomed at a
formal lunch at Tattersalls 215 Queen St, Brisbane. Preceded by
the Vigil on Jerusalem Day following the AGM.
Mrs. Mary Williams signing documents after the blessing of the
Overcoming high age profile (many lieutenancies just replacing deaths of membership)
The new constitution – was discussed at last Consulta:
Rules need to be stated
Review with the Canon Law some actions predate current constitution of 1984
Necessity of closer co-operation with the local Church
Extending Geographic Territory
Chancellor Philip Donato South Australia –
The Role and Effectiveness of the Order.
Service not honour
Role and effectiveness – clear purpose
Think regionally but work at home
Communication - Witness, sharing
Spirituality
Quality of Candidates
Young people and cost
Pilgrimage for young people
Australian pilgrimage at home
Sharing resources
Cav Prof Agostino Borromeo, Governor General –
Organisational Matters,
The situation in the Holy Land;
Intifada means “to throw off”. An insurgence against the State.
The first Intifada between 1987 - 1993 had positive result. It achieved the two-state principle with East Jerusalem
(older part) as capital of Palestine
The second Intifada between 2000 - 2005 gave a negative result. It hardened Israel policy against the two-state
solution.
Many believed that another Intifada would occur during the two wars in Gaza during 2009, and last year in 2014
(the last war lasted 61 days of bombing) but no Intifada occurred.
What moves the masses in the last days is an underlying problem of current unrest is access to Al Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli Govt using force to increase access of Jews and limiting access to Muslims.
Leader of Hamas is urging for third Intifada to eliminate Israel. Reaction especially in East Jerusalem.
Christians are also under attack by Jewish extremists. On 14th June 2015, a second fire-bombing attack on the
Tagbatha holy place.
Pressure on West Bank Christians from the wall expansion and illegal settlement building on West Bank and confis-
cation of Christian property and homes.
The action of IS in Syria and Iraq causing a refugee problem for Jordan and the Catholic Church must face this issue.
Jordan which only has a population of 4 million must deal with over 1.5 million refugees. A small percentage of
these refugees are Christians but the Church must help them all.
Israel has stated that only a true Jewish state can fully protect the Holy Land and Places.
Peace will not come soon to the region.
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Minutes of the Regional Consulta in Adelaide
Review the Trend of Donations.
Expenditures:
The LPJ gets a monthly Cheque of USD 550,000 for administration expenses, for three major expenses which in-
cludes the institutions fees, schools fees and seminary fees, i.e. USD 6.6 million pa.
The LPJ ‘Hebrew speaking Catholic Vicarey’ in Israel get an additional Euro 100,000 monthly for small number of
converted Jews which attend the Vicarey to celebrate catholic mass in Hebrew. (Immigrants from India and Philip-
pines is high, over 3000 catholic Indians are now in Israel which are Hebrew speaking.)
Specific projects get funding after site visits and assessment and setting of priorities. Payments are progressive. In
2015 Euro 1.5 million has been approved, the priorities are sent by the LPJ.
The Order covers 90% of institutes cost of the LPJ budget.
Only last year the order covered 100% of the seminary cost.
The Order covers 87% of the LPJ school costs.
Partial support is given to the ‘Congregation for the Oriental Churches’.
Examples of project support for ‘Congregation for the Oriental Churches’;
Support for churches in Eastern Europe and India
Daughters of Charity Hospital in Nazareth
Melkite (Eastern Church) in Israel
Greek Melkite projects
Since 2009 projects in Egypt (previously Holy See)
Maronite projects in Cyprus
We exclude Lebanon as we have no direct knowledge (Holy See)
Italian hospital in Jordan, helping poor no fee paying people
Lieutenancies have the ability to view the Order webpage with a special log on and password to see all special projects,
then the Lieutenancies can add funds to the project of choice
Other costs met:
Medical Insurance for LPJ
Aid for refugees
Gaza emergency fund of USD 1.0 million (not yet all spent because of customs restrictions on entry of goods)
Support for Bethlehem University (run by Christian Brothers Schools). Two thirds of students are girls. Sixty percent
of students are Muslims. It is hoped to engender in them Christian virtues of peace, justice and forgiveness. The
future leaders are formed in our university.
Note: Madaba University debt of USD 100 million is no longer serviced by the Order this is now the responsibility of the
Vatican.
Trend in Donations
Year Euro millions Comment
2012 11.7 1/10th of our donation comes from Germany.
They pay high fees and raise money via banks.
2014 10.9 1.7 million from Germany
2015 YTD 9.4 2 USA Lieutenancy have received money from legacies.
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Minutes of the Regional Consulta in Adelaide
Sunday 18 October 2015 Morning Session
Cav Prof Agostino Borromeo, Governor General –
Hotel Columbus Hotel Columbus is the only property owned by the Order. In 2002 the contract with the current tenants was not renewed,
the contract should have ended in 2007. The Italian law tends to protect the rights of the tenants so after seven years of
court action the final hearing was won by the Order. The next step is to remove the tenants and then the Hotel will be fully
returned to the Order. The Hotel will then undergo two years of refurbishment after which negotiations with the new ten-
ants will be finished. When the refurbishments are completed the Hotel will operate profitably and pay for the annual cost
of the Grand Magisterium. All remaining funds will be sent to the Holy land.
Cav Prof Agostino Borromeo, Governor General –
Madaba University The Madaba University was built by LPJ and now has a capital debt of USD 106 million. University is built on Islamic land and
it cannot be sold. The debt has been taken over by Holy See with an initial USD 50 million loan. Some 1600 students attend
the university. The breakeven point is 3000 students which will allow servicing of debt. The Order will continue to assist
with operating costs via a Foundation. Already a Foundation has been established as a shareholding company. The Founda-
tion Board will now operate and control the University under strict rules. It is expected that ultimately the University will be
making a profit. The Madaba University is already known as the Vatican University. In Jordan you cannot have a Catholic
University only a non-Islamic University.
Chancellor Francois Kunc KCHS
Spirituality and Renewal, Lectio Divina
A brief outline of lection divina:
Talk less and listen more (to god) – obedience == listening
To hear God in prayer – read scripture
The 3 R’s Rule: Read – Reflect – Resolve
Being comfortable with silence
Readings relevant to the Order
Spirituality has to be “biblical” – understanding the bible
Analyse the Knight’s prayer
A separate paper on Spiritual Formation was provided. The exercise used Mark 10:35-45
Actions
1. Justice Kunc to prepare with members of each lieutenancy a document with regards to spiritual development
and formation
2. NSW Lieutenancy to develop plans for Biannual Oceania Regional Conference for 2017/18
3. SA Lieutenancy to circulate list of delegates, their contact details and email addresses to facilitate regular con-
tact between Executive Council members of the lieutenancies, Magistral Delegates and Sections.
Signed as a true copy of the proceeding by:
Lieutenant David Wong KGCHS* Date
J Pintabona L Fantasia
Secretary John Pintabona KHS (WA) Secretary Lou Fantasia KCHS (SA)
Date 22 February 2016 Date: 22 February 2016
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Emeritus Bishop Benjamin, who served as the fourth bish-op of Townsville between 1984 and 2000, is mourned by Catholics in the northern Queensland diocese as a “leader before his times.”
Townsville diocesan administrator Fr Mick Lowcock de-scribed Bishop Benjamin as a “real pastor” of Townsville.
“Many saw him as a wise and loving bishop,” Fr Lowcock said.
"He was a good preacher, a great story teller and loved Townsville after coming from Rockhampton Diocese where he served in many country parishes – Mount Morgan, Tambo, Yeppoon.”
Born in Rockhampton in 1925, he entered the seminary in Brisbane and was ordained on July 25, 1949, by Bp Andrew Tynan of Rockhampton.
He served in parishes in the Rockhampton diocese for 34 years before his Episcopal ordination on May 9, 1984.
Bp Benjamin is survived by one brother.
He was known for his love of family and travelling overseas for weddings and other reunions.