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2 March 2003

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Food for lots of thought

Pope calls for peace fast on Ash Wednesday

Café bid to curb violence

Supper guests share their stories with archbishop

Sex-change marriage challenge

Archbishop's plea for asylum seekers

Changing the guard at Vinnies

Why East Timor refugees should be allowed to stay

Seminars on Theology of the Body

Project Compassion 2003 - Lenten campaign to break the 'chains of slavery'

Aid work in Kiribati wins Bill a 'thank you' from Govt

Christian ideals can 'guide us to share'

Australian Marist takes over as Cardinal Newman diaries editor

Editorial: Saint of the surgery?

Letters: Beat of a different drum?

Conversation: Fr John Flader, adult education director and Opus Dei priest - Teaching adults more about Catholic faith

A writer puts things in perspective

Right or wrong, it's a matter of ethics

Three in one: A parish with something for everyone

600 million children living in poverty

Bishops stage rally for Hunter jobs

Poet gives credit to Mary MacKillop

New home, chaplain and a youth ministry team

Mass, flags set celebrations in train

Christian ideals can 'guide us to share'

Lent is approaching and that means Shrove (or Pancake) Tuesday is too, time to heat up the griddle and get out some maple syrup.

The tradition of scoffing pancakes on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday sprang from the need to use up the indulgences and perishables such as flour, eggs, butter and sugar, making it easier to abstain from goodies during the six-week Lenten season.

Caritas Australia's Project Compassion boxes have become a time-honoured Lenten tradition, too.

This year Caritas is launching its major fund-raising campaign nationally on Shrove Tuesday, March 4.

The theme for this years' Project Compassion is Freedom from Slavery, inspired by the words of the prophet Isaiah fulfilled in Jesus: "He has sent me to proclaim release to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free" (Luke 4:18).

The national director of Caritas Australia, Jack de Groot, says: "Caritas Australia calls on the Australian community to respond compassionately during Lent to the needs of impoverished communities worldwide.

"The Christian ideals embodied in Lent can guide us to share withpeople around the world regardless of race, political beliefs, religion or gender."

As part of this year's Project Compassion campaign, Thelma Rosario, assistant director of Caritas Development Institute, the training and research centre of Caritas Bangladesh, and Peter Meduka, executive secretary of Caritas Tanzania, will visit Australia this month.

Project Compassion provides Australians with an opportunity to support development programs throughout the world and enables Caritas Australia to respond with relief aid to poorcountries in times of crisis.

Last year Project Compassion raised more than $6 million, making it one of Australia's largest public fundraising campaigns for overseas aid and development.

PANCAKES: GET READY FOR A JAM (AND CREAM) SESSION

Have a pre-penance pancake pig-out this Tuesday, March 4 (Shrove Tuesday):

Combine a cup of flour with a cup of milk and a pinch of salt