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29 June 2003
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‘Unethical’
to kill an embryo
Roll on, Cologne
And they’re
racing ... to help Vinnies
‘Renewal of my faith’
Seminar ‘rekindles Bible fire’
Year
9 - May the force be with you
‘Appoint acting judges’
to solve visa backlog
Charity race day
Society needs to ‘share pain of others’
Bombs
found at Mass site
Movement seeks inquiry on Iraqi
conflict
Cambridge choir in Sydney visit
China visitors
The Catholic
Weekly- Spiritual tension
Letters
Moral values ‘a major role’ for the Church
Challenge
to your neighbourhood?
Jesus Christ, the ultimate
healer
Parents’ acts inspired Sr Huyen
Religion, art ‘a very powerful mix’
Classic
rite controversial, but ‘a jewel’
Real feelings
of life and faith
Bishop Peter Ingham’s message
Clergy-principals’ conference day
Students
share justice issues
New team looks at needs
New director of vocations
Vocation
Awareness Diocesan Poster Competition
Diocesan catechists
train
Gothic paradise - the legacy of Pugin
Roll on, Cologne
This
is the official logo for World Youth Day 2005, which will be held in
the German
city of Cologne (Köln) on August 16-21, 2005.
It draws
on Christian and local symbolism. Organisers say that the large red
cross which
dominates the artwork is a reminder that the event is foremost
an encounter
with Christ.
The star symbolises divine guidance,
as it had led the three Magi on the
road to Bethlehem, and the comet tail represents
the star’s route, which
comes from God.
The two
red peaks stand for Cologne Cathedral, a central point for the World
Youth
Day celebration and the home of the relics of the Magi.
The
large blue ellipse symbolises the universal communion of the Church and
the
water of baptism.
The motto for the Cologne gathering
- “We have come to worship him” - is
from the Magi story in Matthew’s Gospel.
The
theme for World Youth Day in Toronto last year was “You are the salt of
the
earth ...You are the light of the world”.
Pope John
Paul II celebrated Mass for a congregation of 800,000 in Toronto
after
an evening vigil with 500,000 worshippers. They included 1300 young Australians,
many of them from the Sydney archdiocese.
The contingent
was led by 16 bishops, including Archbishop George Pell and
Bishop David Cremin
of Sydney, the Bishop of Wollongong, Bishop Peter Ingham, and the Archbishop of
Canberra and Goulburn, Archbishop Francis Carroll.