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目錄目錄

司鐸年司鐸年編者的話

聽君一席話

新年新願

敬夫與愛妻

上善若水—聖經營後記

休而不退

年終有感

初念淺,轉念深

悟生

溫暖的家

無私的奉獻

偉大的母親

Editorial

Christmas Forever

From Family Camp to My Purpose of Life

賞一相 Pictorial

報告板 Notices

廣告贊助 Sponsors

青年之聲 Voices of Youth

兒童樂園 Children’s Corner

活動 CCC Activities

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編 者 的 話

「願恩寵與平安，由我們的父天主和主耶穌基督，賜

與你們！」（弗1:2）。

公元2010年，農曆歲次庚寅，又屬虎年，祝各位虎虎

生威，精神奕奕。

今年仍是司鐸年，請繼續為所有神父祈禱。多謝江神

父來稿及周景勳神父答應百忙中為今年每期季刊執筆。

四旬期於2月17日開始，請各位妥善準備心靈，透過閱

讀及默想聖言，以祈禱—皈依、補贖—愛德和克己—自

我約束，活出更豐盛的靈性生活，為慶祝基督復活的奧

蹟。主佑平安。

福

音

萬

世

傳

主

愛

千

秋

頌

聽 君 一 席 話 主題 佚名

嚴冬季節，正是檸檬成熟時。好友和鄰

居，就會給我送來一袋袋的檸檬。淡淡的

清香加上濃濃的友情，頓時使室內的寒氣

變成暖流。很多時看見金黃的檸檬，也教

我想起有關一位神父的講道。

一次彌撒中，炎夏的聖堂，只有牆上幾

把風扇徐徐擺動。神父以水果作比喻，天

主賞給人不同的水果，有些人可能得到晶

瑩青透的葡萄；有些得到紅紅可口的草

莓；有些得到皮光肉滑的香蕉，可是也有

人得到天主給的是檸檬，因此會很不開

心。的確，檸檬其貌不揚，只有酸酸的味

道，不像其他如蘋果、蜜桃、西瓜等等，

有吸引人的外表，令人垂涎的果汁。不過

在這樣悶熱的天氣，我們現在有杯凍檸水

或檸蜜，是否很提神，若果來杯凍可樂，

再加片檸檬，那是否更好呢？我們聽了，

都哈哈大笑。神父真是風趣。他繼續道出

檸檬其實有特別之處，含有豐富維他命C和

清新香味，可作飲用和調味，有些人在手

術後，若把檸檬湊近鼻子，有助甦醒，可

見其獨特之處，所以不用抱怨天主賜給其

他人可口的水果，而你卻得個檸檬，正如

天主賜給我們的才能、天賦、樣貌……等

等，各有不同。耶穌的塔冷通比喻，就是

指出天主給予的才智因人而異，最重要是

要善用，不應浪費天主的恩寵。

日前一位朋友為了孩子問題，很不開

心。她非常羨慕身邊有些友人的子女既孝

順又成材，有的聰明又勤力，倒是自己的

孩子常教自己失望。我便向她轉述神父多

年前的檸檬故事，希望她能欣賞一下天主

送給她的檸檬。最終我們都明白，無論怎

樣，都不能把檸檬變成其他水果；可能用

心品嘗，便發掘到檸檬的可愛。或許神父

的道理也會帶給她一點啟發，期盼她的孩

子能成為暖心的熱檸蜜，怡神的凍檸水。

今年是司鐸年，令我想起不少神父，他

們真像空中的繁星，在我的信仰路途上，

人生旅程中，因主的愛伴我行。感謝天

主。

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新的一年，

翻開生命新的一頁。

一道皓光透視出新的希望，

猶似靜寂的池塘，

突發一聲響，

青蛙躍進水中央…

在意識中的一顆願心，

為生命的覺醒確立了「信」。

脫然有覺，

豁然有悟，

輕鬆自在—無執物我，

靜觀中—物我兩忘。

通天地一氣，

一切都有生生的氣息，

新的一片嫩葉，

新的一條細蟲，

新的一隻雛鳥，

新的一個真我，

宇宙間充滿著希望—

為什麼人不懂得將自己放在希望中。

嚐試將生命的烏雲撥開，

不管是順是逆，

不管是平坦或是崎嶇，

走上歸依的旅途，

揭開復生的面貌，

樂在心裏…

新 年 新 願 神來之筆 周景勳神父

敬 夫 與 愛 妻 神來之筆 江綏 蒙席神父

【編者按：江綏神父，中國福建省出生，1959年在菲律賓馬尼拉晉鐸，後在台灣及美國多

處熱心事主，建立及領導多個華人團體，2000年被教宗若望保祿二世晉升為教宗榮譽蒙

席，2003年榮休，現居美國。以上為江蒙席去年十月訪澳時舉辦的一個婚姻講座的精彩

內容。】

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上善若水—聖經營後記 活動回顧 Maria Lee

在九小時的飛機旅程中，可能睡也睡得

不太好吧！剛下了機，隨即被人從機場接載

過來，要趕個多、兩個小時的車程，才到達

聖保祿國際學校。如此風塵僕僕過後，踏進

禮堂的周景勳神父卻竟然面帶笑意，眼光流

露神采；話題旋即提到自己的髮型，弄來滿

堂哄笑之聲，讓人人如沐春風。

整個聖經營的講題豐富，以中國文化和

中國哲學為基礎，而帶出我們可以如何努力

去渴望、尋找和追隨那位仁愛的、無處不

在、時刻深情地等待我們去靠近的天主。周

神父學識廣博，引用的材料甚為廣泛；除了

耶穌、聖經人物和聖人的行實之外，還有道

家、儒家、佛學的學術理論，以及文人與學

者的古典詩文和故事。當中，難免有「之乎

者也」、絕非我等中文造詣不深者所能明白

的文言文。可是，不怕！經過周神父深入淺

出、娓娓道來、既清楚又動聽、循循善誘的

解說，似乎又不難領略當中的精粹。讓在海

外生活了一段日子的我們，有機會重新品味

和嘴嚼華夏文化的涵養與甘飴。

要在這裏如數家珍地記錄聖經營的精彩

多姿的講題內容，我怕力有不遞，還是將此

重任，交與比任何人都更能勝任愉快的CD或

者MP3的錄音吧。相信讀者若有機會親自聆

聽，感受周神父和營友間的現場互動與交

流，將會更加精彩傳神。我呢，還是隨意寫

寫這個聖經營給我的一些特別印象和得益

吧！

周神父在講談中，曾經提及他少年求學

時成績的不理想、成長中遇到一些不公平的

際遇，或者不如意的處境。當時他緊咬牙

關，靠著比別人付出更多的時間和努力，苦

幹硬拼，讓自己闖過先天資質的限制，跨越

人間有限的條件，而最終實踐了自己的理

想—在長上指定的有限年數內，完成了博

士學位。他還有許多其他的講述，都語氣平

和，不亢不卑，還不時流露幽默的本色。是

他的隨和與謙虛，讓我恍似親眼看見他如何

發憤的歷程，亦借此反思自勉！是他通達人

間世情的胸襟，讓我聽不見怨天尤人、責非

罵人的憤慨話。什麽是彬彬學者？什麽是溫

柔敦厚？由周景勳神父身上，我體會到了！

透過周神父講論水的各種善性—利萬物

而能包容不爭、居善地而能虛空謙下、心善

淵而致寧靜明潔、與善仁而達真愛相通、言

善信而可正心誠真、政善治而足律己化人、

事善能而願服務犧牲、動善時而將透徹通

達—引領我不斷沉思。我看見耶穌基督這

個富於仁愛的善牧，為了願意人人獲得更豐

富、更自由的生命，而甘心謙抑自下、居於

人間。我體會祂那份毫不保留的捨得和真

愛，不單引領了被人間鄙視的稅吏和罪婦等

無數的人，讓他們得到救恩和活水；祂也教

導了我們在獨處的寧靜中，不斷去尋找祂、

聆聽祂。祂不但為我們打開了前往真善美的

道路，又親自示範了 如何走上那條無法逃

避、又不能回頭的苦路。祂伸出了手，以祂

自己的身體成就了那個救贖的十字架。而在

死亡之前，既寬恕了大盜，又懇求了天父饒

恕一切把祂置於死地的無知人。更在升天之

前，開解了伯多祿因三次不認主而糾纏著的

心結。

耶穌的犧牲和周神父的奮鬥，都說明為

了使命，為了理想，該義無反顧，勇往直

前。卻原來，跟隨基督，也該如此！在聖經

營的第一天，周神父就問我們：你們有理想

嗎？你們有為那個理想奮鬥過嗎？有因為那

個理想而創造出新的生命嗎？追隨耶穌，也

正如是！我們要自問：我們有把愛耶穌、跟

隨耶穌作為理想嗎？我們可有用心去靠近

祂，去愛祂，或者去被祂所愛？如果沒有的

話，我們只是流於表面的侍奉天主，因為

「親而不見不為親，愛而無心不為愛」。如

此，我們在高低起伏的信仰歷程中，勢必固

步自封，困囿於自設的有限之內，一旦信仰

上遇到困境時，必然沮喪失望！結果，只會

落得在信仰旅途中，裹足不前的收場！也

許，如今我們也該時常自我挑戰，自我警

醒，究竟我們可有好好地和耶穌相處，究竟

有沒有為此而勇毅堅持呢？

那幾天，就在賢哲文人的熏陶中，在耶

穌基督的善性內，人性一時間濡染於高度的

涵養、情操和氣度之中，而彷似被提升起

來；豈不快哉！然而，為免得日後重墮誘惑

中，又豈能不加倍警醒呢！

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休 而 不 退 生活隨筆

綠衣獅

一個湮雨淒迷的早上，正當大部份人仍

沉睡在狂歡派對後暖暖的被窩中，我與老

伴從 Moss Vale 聖經營趕往北雪梨參加朋友

的「榮休」大禮。朋友乃「五十後」（五

十年代以後出生），是典型的好男人，嫖

賭飲吹無一沾染，勤奮工作，高薪厚職，

熱愛生命，更愛家庭。一次旅遊後，發現

自己患上癌症，從此…

一個大半生都在接受科學訓練，凡事講

求邏輯、證據，極為理性的人，「無厘

頭」（莫名其妙）被判「死緩」，大惑不

解兼難以接受之餘，開始尋找生命的意義

和奧秘。各方好友送給他不少聖經和靈修

書籍，帶他到教會。朋友後來皈依了基

督，接受了基督教的浸禮，找到了一主

「好人家」，這是他最大的得著。

一次又一次的化療、電療、手術、藥

物、副作用…，更健碩的身體也開始凋

殘，更頑強的鬥志也開始消沉，人也漸漸

沮喪。去年的一個晚上，我找華人天主教

會CCC的一位專業輔導員幫忙，她對輔導癌

症病人很有經驗和心得，更經常開辦課程

訓練這方面的義工，只可惜她要赴聖地朝

聖，起行在即，但她卻沒有置朋友於不

顧，她介紹朋友去找康恩關懷中心（Cancare

Centre, www.cancarecentre.org.au），一個基督

教的組織。在那裏，朋友認識了一位傳道

人義工。就是這位傳道人，在朋友瀰留的

一個晚上，火速來到醫院為朋友禱告，辦

妥「離境手續」；也就是這位傳道人，在

萬眾歡騰的聖誕節翌日，取消一切活動，

為朋友主持安息禮，慶祝他返回天鄉；同

樣是這位傳道人，現正在帶領著朋友的妻

兒，一步一步走向獲得永生的道路。

朋友雖然已在放大假長休，但他在這塵

世裏所留下的功績卻沒有消退。俗世的成

就只是浮雲，不提也罷；因著他的病苦與

安息，他的妻兒，甚或是親朋戚友，都正

在踏上得救的道路。縱使他們是接受基督

（新）教的洗禮，但都是信奉同一的主，

宣揚同一的愛，就算是「堂兄弟姊妹」

罷，也是同屬基督徒這個大家庭的。

不禁想到，CCC 雖不時被自己至親的兄

弟姊妹視為非「名門正娶」，但這位名正

言順、行得正企得正的「阿二」，廿多年

來不離不棄、盡忠職守地揍大的孝子賢

孫，都在或多或少、或動或靜、或以言或

以行、或直接或間接、有意無意地在做著

愛德的工作。很多人都擔心自己無德無

能，不會做福傳的工作，周景勳神父在聖

經營曾引用莊子的話：「無用之用，是謂

大用」。天主既然「生得你出，養得你

大」，必有方法「用到你盡」；養兵千

日，用在一「招」，今日或許未用到你，

但時辰一到，閣下便要耍出那九陰真功的

絕招。記得有神父說過，我們只要做好自

己的工作，已經是在光榮天主、是在福

傳。畢竟，我們做的每一件事，或一舉一

動，或隨口「噏」的一句話，都可以帶來

連串可大可小的影響；特別是我們這些已

被標籤為基督徒的，除了「勿以善小而不

為」外，更要「勿以惡小而為之」，免得

「陀衰家」、開倒車、幫倒忙。

在這司鐸年，我們除了為自家的司鐸祈

禱外，也請為那些替我們的「堂兄弟姊

妹」服務的牧者祈禱，希望所有神職人員

都竭盡所能被天主「用到盡」、不去「托

手踭」（推辭）。一如上述那中年牧者，

在「冬大過年」的晚上為朋友作臨終禱

告，在喜氣洋洋的假日替朋友舉行安息

禮，絕沒有如周景勳神父所戲言的CEO（行

政總裁）那樣：「今日夠鐘收工，你明天

才死吧！」；之後還帶領著那「八十後」

的青年和「五十後」的「老餅」踏上得救

之路。如果所有牧者都能這樣「大小通

吃」、「照單全收」、沒有把年齡歧視，

豈不是更受人敬重，更為上主所喜悅，福

傳豈不是更有效，世界豈不是更和諧，人

間豈不是更美好嗎？

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年 終 有 感 生活隨筆 多默

二００九年終，覺得自己老了，自怨自

艾，太不像話。主恩浩瀚，無以為報。寫

七言絕句自勉。

青春不再心仍在，

大海天空我敢航，

何價安康難創業，

良朋老伴渡時光。

年青時，曾想過做酵母，愛主愛人。現

在年老了，信念未改，主的旨意，一路帶

領。老了，有些事情力不從心。膝蓋時有

痛楚，早上第一次爬樓梯，有一拐一拐的

毛病。從跪下至站立，膝蓋無力，小病是

福。小毛病提醒自己注意健康，勤力散

步。

生老病死是人生必經過程。人類只是這

地球的旅客，這一生旅程完結，終點永生

在望。我知道凡事信靠天主，跟隨祂的旨

意，但是知易行難。平安何價，健康難

求！筆者信德薄弱，謹記祈禱和主恩。欣

賞老年恩愛夫妻，兩人總比一人好，夫妻

攜手同步，羨煞旁人。跌倒的時候，良朋

扶一把。正是一年容易又中秋。兒女是主

的恩賜，父母只不過是托管者。以身作

則，凡事信靠主，引導他們踏上光明大

道。是主揀選了我們，在教會大家庭內，

我們有緣成主內的兄弟姊妹。

年青時，很怕往老人院送聖體，因為怕

面對老、病和死，心裏難受。如今天天探

母親，那裏就是我的另一個家。筆者敬佩

聖雲仙會內的義工，給貧苦家庭雪中送

炭，無家可歸者衛生溫飽。箇中喜樂，難

以形容。我們都是基督宗徒，有傳揚福音

的責任。目前公教學校，聖經課老師人手

短缺，筆者很榮幸當上導師，跟五年級學

生分享自己最愛的信仰。身體弱能的小兄

弟姊妹，我沒有忘記，希望活動很快展

開，祈禱有一天傷健同樂，傷健一家！筆

者替受惠者多謝所有的義工，特別是教會

內的，你們使世界更美好！

感謝主。感謝主賜的一切。感謝主賜我

能力去愛祂愛人！在此，僅與年老的，將

年老的和義工們共勉。

初 念 淺, 轉 念 深 分甘同享

網絡轉載

一隻小豬、一隻綿羊和一頭乳牛，被關

在同一個畜欄裏。

有一次，牧人捉住小豬，牠大聲號叫，

猛烈地抗拒。綿羊和乳牛討厭牠的號叫，

便說：「他常常捉我們，我們並不大呼小

叫。」

小豬聽了回答道：「捉你們和捉我完全

是兩回事，他捉你們，只是要你們的毛和

乳汁，但是捉住我，卻是要我的命呢！」

在紐約地鐵搭車的時候，有一個小男孩

在車廂裏又哭又鬧，而看起來像爸爸的男

人，卻坐在原處，聞風不動。大家對這個

現象非常反感，但都敢怒不敢言。

張三挺身而出質問那個男人：「你沒看

到你的孩子這麼吵鬧嗎？你應該管管他

啊！」

男人這才回過神來：「對不起！我這孩

子的媽媽兩個鐘頭前在醫院過世，我正在

想以後要怎麼辦？所以⋯⋯真的對不起！」

立場不同、所處環境不同的人，很難了

解對方的感受；因此對別人的失意、挫

折、傷痛，不宜只看表面的現象，而應要

深層的用心去了解、關懷。

人，容易什麼事都從自己的角度出發，

直到明白了真相。「設身處地」是很容易

懂的道理，實踐起來卻不容易。

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悟 生 生活隨筆 瑪加利大

每年的一月廿六日是澳洲日，今年比往

年更熱鬧，因全國各地都舉行一些豐富多

采的活動。當日早上八時，雪梨的皇家植

物園內以土著傳統舞蹈儀式揭開帷幕，跟

著在不同地區亦有其他多姿多采節目。墨

爾本各民族社區成員皆穿上鮮艷的民族服

裝在街上遊行，吸引許多市民駐足而觀。

當成千上萬民眾湧入各大都市參加慶祝

活動時，一班來自世界一百多個國家的一

萬六千多名移民在不同地區舉行宣誓入

籍，成為這個國家的新公民。以這樣有特

殊意義的方式來紀念澳洲日，人數亦創下

新的記錄。

澳洲是民主國家，人口不多，四周多自

然林木，不但居住環境清幽，且民風純

樸，是理想的移民地方。可惜在炎熱的夏

季，若不常下雨，每因天氣太乾燥而引起

山火。去年墨爾本的山林大火奪去了一百

七十多人性命，今年二月七日中午，有政

客、政要、受害者的家人及市民在當地聖

保羅大教堂參加這場澳洲有史以來最嚴重

的自然災難的追悼會。首先各人同默哀一

分鐘，跟着點蠟燭，以這些儀式來象徵未

來的光輝和希望。

元旦過去，中國的農曆新年又到，傳統

的中國人一般都重視春節。近日市面上很

多地區都張燈結綵，各華人社團亦忙著籌

備各類慶祝節目來迎接虎年。況且大年初

一適逢週日，許多人不用上班，加上雪梨

是個華洋共處、中西文化交流的大都會。

到時定有許多國籍的人齊來趁熱鬧，一同

慶祝，共同分享這個歡樂的節日。

我們有 幸在擁有自由民主及居住環境幽

美的澳洲過著安穩的日子，生活雖平淡亦

應知足。況且人生變幻無常，不能常處於

風平浪靜中，故碰到任何困難或遇到什麼

挫折，亦不用害怕。不再對過去耿耿于

懷，不用為未來憂心忡忡，若各人的目標

只求天天都能活著，不太苛求或奢望什

麼，那麼對任何人來說，每一天都是新的

開始。正是日日新又日新，人若易滿足，

並能善待每一天，珍惜每一天，內心常充

滿喜樂，生活雖平淡，身體亦會健康及長

壽！

人的心靈多是脆弱的，加上人生旅途並

不平坦且常變幻。故身為天主教徒的我們

在日常生活中若有 幸地能事事順意，得到

喜樂，應存有感恩之心，多謝主的眷顧。

若不幸地碰到困難或不快之事，也勿太難

過，因天主常與我們同在，祂定能保守著

我們，只要我們常祈禱多依賴天主，必能

化險為夷，逢凶化吉，平安地渡過每一

天！天主保佑！

初念淺,轉念深 (續)

「初念淺，轉念深」，第一個念頭是對

事件的情緒反應，通常較膚淺，也容易造成

誤會；但一轉念，腦海裏會為對方找尋可能

的理由。如此，心情一寬，憤怒也就消失無

蹤了，很多不必要的紛爭就不會發生。

佛家說：「凡所有相皆屬虛幻。」又

說：「若見諸相非相，即見如來。」

我們不要被耳朵所聽到的，眼睛所看到

的表相蒙蔽了，因為它不一定是真相、實

相。必須離相，見諸相非相，才能一窺實

相。

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溫 暖 的 家 高齡之家 高齡之家一委員

每一次踏進高齡之家的大門，都有一份

特別的感覺，猶如從煩囂的鬧市進入了一

個安寧的境界。這個有十六個單位的小社

區，給人一個很整潔和舒適的環境，住戶

的前園都種植了很多品種的花卉和灌木，

經他們悉心照料，形成了一個美麗的花

園。

一條小徑從這花園中穿過，到達每一戶

的前門。這條通道是住戶們經常接觸的地

方，平時各人出來活動，見面打個招呼，

互相問好，或串門交談，互相關懷。

小徑的一端有一尊白色的聖母像，坐立

在小丘上一棵大樹的樹蔭下，微笑著為長

者們祝福。在小徑另一端的水池上，一尊

慈祥的聖母像被安放在一個巖洞中，池裏

有幾尾錦鯉活潑地游著，帶出了一股生

氣。這兩尊聖母像一前一後的立在這片土

地，守護著這個「家」，為長者住戶們帶

來平安。

偶爾走到屋後的花園去，真令我驚嘆，

原來這群長者都是好園丁，他們利用了佔

地不大的後園，圃出了一片田園來。小田

裏種了不少新鮮的果菜，有些已長得茂

盛，快可以送進廚房上鍋了。不過這群長

者都是有愛心的，不會只自己一人獨享，

多會跟鄰居及訪客一同分享。

除了園藝外，不少住戶也是烹調高手。

在午餐和晚飯時份，幾位口味志同道合的

長者，各人弄個拿手好菜，一起聚餐。飯

後互相閒談，分享烹飪的心得，或說說笑

笑生活裏有趣的經歷，互享快樂人生的一

段時刻。

社區內設有一個共用會堂，是為各住戶

一起活動而設的場所，多年來得到司徒修

女的幫助，安排了在會堂裏定期舉辦宗教

性和悠閒的活動，令住戶及其他到訪的長

者身心都得到了照顧。活動後的聚餐更是

大家溝通的好機會，一邊享用美食，一邊

閒談，可以互相增進認識，彼此關懷。

這裏的確是個溫暖的家，各人得到一個

獨立生活的良好環境，又可以沒有語言隔

膜地與鄰居溝通，結成好友，這正實現了

一群創辦者的目標。縱然跟其他社區一

樣，當一群從不同生活背景而來的人聚居

在一起，發生一些小摩擦是無可避免的

事，幸好有天主的護佑，很多事情大家都

能平心靜氣地處理。

長者們在獨居的生活中，難免會碰上一

些問題，如體能做不到的事，需要親人和

義工幫忙解決。很感謝一群熱心的義工，

多年來抽出不少工餘時間，協助管理這個

家及安排各類活動，盡量照顧了住戶的需

要，令長者們安心生活。

這個家已建立了十年，漸上軌道，但將

來的維修及發展，仍然需要不少義工加入

參與，特別是要多些人手探望這些長者，

令他們不會因獨居而感到空虛。若您有興

趣想知道多一些詳情，請與我們聯絡。聯

絡方法請參閱本刊底頁。

虎年剛至，祝願各位長者及兄弟姊妹身

體健康，生活愉快！

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無 私 的 奉 獻 中文學校 一家長

自從陸總理登位，說得一腔流利的普通

話，全澳學習中文之風四起。單在悉尼，

中文學校就不下四五十間，有教會或社團

辦的，也有私人或補習社開設的。每逢週

末或週日，借用各學校、社區或教會禮堂

上課，好不熱鬧。

身為家長，我不能將兒女送到每一所中

文學校去試試看，所以只能靠口碑和辦學

的團體來作決定，我有 幸選了華人天主教

會的中文學校給我的兒女學習中文。每個

週日，看見那百多二百名學子整齊地集

隊，老師、主任及校長的訓話和勸勉，加

上各式各樣與中國文化有關的課外活動，

如中國舞蹈、書畫示範等，我肯定沒有選

擇錯誤。

有家長甲說，她的女兒在某某中文學校

呆了差不多兩年，連自己的中文名也認不

出，更遑論會寫了；家長乙也說，她的兒

子在某某中文學校，全班三十多人，只此

一班，大者十五六歲，小者四五歲，每週

聚在一起就是看看中文電視，聽聽中文

歌，沒有課程和班級可言，比託兒所還要

差，但因收費便宜，很多家長都樂於放下

兒女，去購物和下午茶了。

我曾介紹本中文學校給家長丙，他一來

到，掉頭便走。原因是他看見那麼多的工

作人員，以這樣的規模，想必收費昂貴，

後來他驚訝原來很多都是義工，連校長也

是義務的，這可能與宗教信仰有關吧；他

慶幸當年我攔著了他，沒有讓他走寶。

我相信，即使是受薪的老師們，他們也

絕不是為了那比不上「麥當勞」的時薪而

去執起那沒有報酬的教鞭，並要放棄在週

日的家庭日和休息，更要在四十多度炎夏

沒有空調的班房工作。記得我曾與一位跌

傷了腳的老師閒談，問她為什麼不放假休

息，答案是不想學生失去學習的連貫性。

就是這份執著、愛心和責任心，這所中文

學校的老師都很少缺課和流失，他們都為

了讓我們的下一代多點認識中華文化而作

出了無私的奉獻。

母親是我們兄妹生活的明燈。在我們孩

提的時候，她細心地照顧我們兄妹倆。每

當我哭時，她會放下所有的工作來細心安

慰我。

在日常生活裏，我們兄妹看到母親每天

都工作到很晚才回家。但是每天早上，我

們起來的時候，早餐已弄好在桌上了，午

餐的便當也放進書包裏了，這樣仔細的安

排，好讓我們快快樂樂地上學去。放學的

時候，媽媽都親自到學校來接我們回家，

並做下午茶給我們吃。吃完後，我們會自

動自覺地做功課，媽媽就開始做晚飯。煮

完晚飯後她就去上夜班。

每當我們生病時，她會用中國人的方法

熬中藥。因為媽媽的悉心照顧，我們的病

很快就會康復。母親常常說：「你們兄妹

在良好的環境下成長，要努力學習，將來

才能為社會服務。」每當我們拿到好的成

績，媽媽會用親切的話來鼓勵和讚美我

們。每次老人們要求幫忙買東西，媽媽都

會樂意去幫忙。媽媽的工作雖然很辛勞，

但她從來都沒有向我們訴苦。

每年母親節，這日子是我們兄妹的機

會，好告訴媽媽我們有多愛她。因此，我

們都花心思，買禮物，安排節目，好讓她

過上愉悅的一天，因為她真是一個偉大的

母親。

偉 大 的 母 親 中文學校 任潔敏 (2009年

S4PM作文比賽冠軍)

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As the year 2010 is still fresh, I like to wish everyone a very blessed year to be filled with the peace of love of God. The theme of this issue of the Quarterly Bulletin is still "Year of the Priest". At the beginning of the year, let us give a thought to vocation.

There is a message from the Brisbane Archdio-cese website that describes vocation very well. I like to share with you by quoting "Priesthood is more than celebrating Mass and telling people about God. It is about knowing the central call of one's life and giving one all for this call. Priests are called to be fortright messengers for hope, strong community leaders and spiritual guides for both the lost and the faithful".

Sydney has a rich diversity of Chinese Catholic communities but to my memory, there is hardly any young men and women entering the seminary or religious order in the past 20 years. It is a way for us to express our love for God by encouraging our sons and daughters to answer His calling. As Jesus said "many are called but few are chosen"; putting Jesus' word in the context of 2010 it is "few are called and far less fewer are chosen".

Let us keep praying for vocation coming from our community and keeping our minds open to encourage and support those young men and women who are contemplating on their calling. May the peace of God be with you always.

Editorial

Christmas Forever Fr Vlad

The Dominican mystic Meister Eckhart says that God the Father is continuously giving birth to His Son. This means that the Incarnation is never a one-time event. Jesus Christ is being begotten by the Father every single moment, here and now, un-til the end of time.

Christmas which is a commemoration of that historical event wherein “the Word was made flesh” (Jn 1. 14) reminds us that Jesus was born in our midst fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah of the Immanuel, “God is with us”. Therefore the celebra-tion of Christmas is our encounter with the imma-nent God. He becomes a pilgrim-God with His people in a pilgrimage towards Himself.

The continuous re-birthing of Jesus is expedi-ent because of the need of creation destroyed by sin to be transformed back to its “Christic form”. St. Paul tells us that creation continuous to groan as it experiences the pangs of birth (Rom. 8:22). There is a re-birthing of the cosmos every single moment since creation and until the end of time; new forms of life emerge; new species reborn; new discover-ies; new inventions. Creation continuous to ex-plode albeit in creative silence. “The whole crea-tion groans together with the Holy Spirit within ourselves making us His sons and sets our whole being free” (Rom 8:23). God, through His powerful Word, never stops charging creation with the gran-deur which can only come from His Wisdom. The Child in God continuous to play with the imprints

of His feet which fills every single corner of the universe. These vestiges carry in themselves the likeness of His image and therefore charged with His goodness and perfection: “Creation is charged in the grandeur of God" (Gerard Manly Hopkins). That is why after the creation of the universe, God saw that it was good and yet after creating man, He saw that it was very good (Gen. 1:31). That is be-cause man is the apex of creation.

During Christmas God did not just “become flesh” but he became a child: Innocent. Pure. Help-less. Powerless. Unimaginably an awesome wonder to behold! This reminds us of that wonderful truth that each one of us is a child of God: beloved by the Father; heir of the Kingdom. It is our greatest identity; a gratuitous gift which we do not even deserve. The baby-Jesus in the crib, smiling and with open arms reminds us of the joy of the Father reverberating His voice which we heard during the Baptism (Lk. 3:22) and the Transfiguration of Je-sus (Lk. 9:35): “This is my Beloved Son.” And the same voice reverberates throughout the heavens when we were baptized, as if the Father is also say-ing to us “You are my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.” Such is the joy of the Father when He created us.

Whenever I see the baby Jesus in the crib, I see myself, lying there. I see God Father smiling at me, exploding with joy.

Such is the joy and blessing of Christmas.

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From Family Camp to My Purpose of Life SC

The 2009 Christmas family camp was held at Moss Vale. It was the first time that my husband would accompany me. Normally I would be there by myself or with friends. Most likely I would have asked my younger son to join, but the expected reply would be ‘I don’t know people in there or not interested’. The same with my husband, he is the least expected to go as he is not yet a Christian.

We joined the camp simply because I wanted to be out of the house during the Christmas period. It would be too quiet just to have the two of us dur-ing this festive season. A few friends warned us of this empty-nest syndrome falling on us too soon and too sudden.

We went there as a getaway, not expecting anything. We listened to the talks on the first 2 days – impressed but vaguely grasped. I went to the reconciliation on the second night – relieved but still loaded with uncertainty. We watched the talents of the young people on the last day show, amused but a bit envious. The reason of all this contradicting feeling was partly because of the loss of two family members in the last two years.

In August 2007, my Dad was hospitalized in Hong Kong mainly due to diarrhoea and high tem-perature. Within a day, some complication arose, and he was unconscious.

Within three weeks, he left us without saying a word. It just gave nearly every family member enough time to visit him for the last time in the hospital.

My Dad was one of my heroes in my life. He did not have much education, but tried hard to give us the education that we would ask for. In his last two years of life, he always asked about this ques-tion of “What’s the purpose of my life?”, or “Why am I here?”

For a few times, I tried to talk him out of his distress, but could not get far with my limited life experience.

My younger son went to Hong Kong for the funeral. It was his first time being involved at that close level. Two years later, also in August, my younger son had a tragic accident while riding his motor bike in the national park with a few friends. He didn’t even get a chance to go to the hospital. It was a big shock to us and again there was no good-

bye. It turned my life upside down, swapped my days into nightmares, broke all my dreams, and scooped a hole in my heart.

When such a tragedy happens in a family, one’s “fight and flight” psychological system will kick in. In the first four months, there were so many things to take care of among all the emo-tional denial and work uncertainty that there was no time to hesitate or get sick. We battled through all the drama like a zombie, during which I went back to Hong Kong two times, and came back just in time for the CCC Christmas family camp.

It’s the first time that my husband would ac-company me to this kind of church camp. Over the years, it was only the children’s baptism and con-firmation events that would bring him to the church.

Surprisingly, he was impressed by the talk and presentation ideas by Fr Edward. Father’s message had touched his inert button, and aroused resonant waves. He even started to sit in the Catechism class and has been reading the Bible and class notes on most nights. We are looking forward to the Bible group for the fourth time and many more to come.

Looking back, we have lost a part of our family like losing a part of our body. Days are filled with pain and sorrow like the dead end of a tunnel. However, this has also brought us closer to the Church, and made us realise that the purpose of life is to find God, follow Christ’s way and put the trust in Him. To some people, the timing and participa-tion at the camp is a routine activity nearly every year, but to us it is like a miracle.

With God’s timing, on the day following the camp, I was at home feeling very lonely and miser-able. I called up Joanna and asked for Father’s time to come and bless my house. Like another miracle, Angel was able to arrange it and turned up at my place in a couple of hours amidst Father’s very tight schedule.

Now I can feel that when one is desperate and grieving, the church support can make a lot of dif-ference and bring immense peace of mind. It is our most grateful thanks to the organisers of the camp and everyone involved. Every bit of support is much appreciated and we need God’s grace to live on.

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二百多人參加 2009 家庭營﹐多謝周景勳神父﹑黎令滔神父 (Fr Lito)及 Fr Dennis 帶領成人及青年組 Over 200 people joined the 2009 family camp, thanks to Fr Edward Chau, Fr Lito and Fr Dennis leading the adult and youth groups

孩子也長大了﹐司徒修女仍是廿年如一日﹐獨力照顧一群活潑的未來主人翁﹐更安排他們演出聖經話劇 Children have already grown up, Sr Teresia Seeto still works tirelessly for over 20 years, looking after our energetic

‘boss-to-be’, and arranged them for scripture performances

☆ 家庭營 2009 Family Camp ☆

壁壘分明

成人組

決戰

青年組

Youths vs Adults competition

短兵相接﹐包剪踏論英雄﹖ Scissors-paper-rock﹖

皆大歡喜 Everybody wins

吃喝玩樂﹐工作快樂﹐今年家庭營

萬勿錯過

All the fun and joy, don’t miss the

family camp this year

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聽出耳油﹐徇眾要求﹐周神父繼家庭營後在中區中心舉行多場講座 Encore to Fr Edward Chau’s talk in the family camp, more talks were arranged in Camperdown

中區中心慶祝聖誕 Christmas celebration in Camperdown centre

與服務中區中心的神長慶祝聖誕 Christmas celebration with the fathers

servicing Camperdown centre

聖誕子夜彌撒—歌詠團及聖誕老人

Christmas Eve Mass — the choir and santa

北區中心慶祝聖誕﹐有小朋友的精彩表演﹐正副本堂神父也來捧場 Christmas celebration in Lindfield centre, with wonderful performances by the children and

participated by the parish priests Fr Vlad and Fr Raul

中文學校慶祝農曆

新年﹐一眾師生穿

著傳統賀年服裝﹐

校長到各班派利是

及糖果

Chinese New Year celebration in Chinese School, teachers and students wearing traditional Chinese costumes and the principal giving out ‘lai see’ and candies to all classes

賞一相 Pictorial

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北區中心慶祝農曆新年﹐有精彩的舞蹈及功夫表演助慶 Chinese New Year celebration in Lindfield centre, what an

excellent dance and kung-fu performance

喜上加喜﹐三位小壽星與馬神父齊賀壽﹐適逢農曆新年﹐更加上有教友新居入伙﹐金豬助慶﹐美酒佳餚﹐飲飽

食醉後﹐教友不忘為聖瑪利主教座堂籌款晚宴作準備 More happy events, 3 youths’ birthdays, Chinese New Year and a family celebrating their new home with a roast pig. After the

delicious food and wine, everyone was busy preparing for the fund raising dinner for St Mary’s Cathedral

馬神父和藹可親﹑平易近人﹐「慈愛樂園」祈禱小組近百位老中青少幼教友為他慶祝生日 Fr Mo is so friendly and approachable, near 100 people of all ages from the Happy Family Chinese Group in Carlingford celebrated his birthday

高齡之家長者及義工慶祝馬神父生日

Celebrating Fr Mo’s birthday in CCC Homes

中區中心慶祝長者May Tam 生日

Camperdown centre celebrate May Tam’s birthday

中區中心舉行甄選禮 Rite of Election in Camperdown centre 中區中心教友在Peter Wong家歡度炎夏 Camperdown centre enjoyed a BBQ at Peter Wong's

house to blast off the summer holidays

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☆ 籌 款 晚 宴 Fund Raising Dinner ☆

近四百人參加由 CCC 主辦的籌款晚宴﹐(左至右)：貝爾樞機﹐會長尤炳軒﹐籌委會主席曾維斌﹔金牌司儀黃肇強及 Maria Lee Around 400 people joined the fund raising dinner organised by CCC, (L to R): Cardinal George Pell, Bernard Yau (CCC president), Ben Tsang

(Fund raising committee chairman); Peter Wong & Maria Lee (MC)

(L) Presenting the cheque of $40,000 to St Mary’s Cathedral (R) Cardinal George Pell with the fund raising committee

CCC 將四萬元支票呈遞給聖瑪利主教座堂 貝爾樞機與籌款委員會成員

多謝各位神長及修女撥冗光臨 Thanks to all the bishops, fathers and sisters for coming

Chris Herron & Louise Loh from the fund raising department of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney

雪梨總主教區籌款單位的 Chris 及 Louise 貝爾樞機雅興大發﹐與青年齊唱聖詩

Cardinal George Pell singing hymns with the youths

施展渾身解數推銷拍賣物品 Trying hard to promote auction items

貝爾樞機為投得的聖物祝聖 Cardinal Pell blessed the auctioned items

二胡伴奏福音粵曲﹐別樹一幟 Good News in Cantonese opera

多個參加團體的代表帶領全場歌頌上主 Representatives from all participating Catholic groups led everyone to praise the Lord

青春無敵﹐俊男美女表演歌劇 ‘Sister Act’ performed by the youths

壓軸好戲七十年代攪

笑歌劇「你回來吧」, 引得哄堂大笑 An amusing Chinese show of the 70’s ended the dinner in laughter

多謝所有參加及演出的多個華人天主教團

體﹐更多相片可在本會網頁欣賞及下載

Thank you to the many Chinese Catholic

groups participating in the event, more photos

can be viewed and download from CCC website

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大小齋例

「守齋」的用意是:第一為彌

補罪過;第二是促使教友歸依

基督的心愈益成長,引導教友

思想像基督,行動肖似基督。

「小齋」:教會規定凡已滿十

四歲的教友在每年的聖灰禮

儀日及聖週內星期五記念基

督聖死日應守小齋,即在那兩

天放棄取用熱血動物的肉類

食品。

「大齋」:教會也要求十八至

五十九歲的教友在上述兩個

日子除守小齋外,還要守大

齋,即在那兩天只可飽食一

餐,其他兩餐只可進食少許食

物,其餘時間可飲流質飲品,

但不可進食其他食物(藥物

除外)。

教區決定依照以往的慣例,寬

免在星期五守小齋的規定,但

建議教友在每星期五,在食物

及煙酒方面作個人克制,或協

助有需要的人。教友可減少

看電視﹑打牌或其他的娛樂,

作為克己犧牲的方式。教友

也可獻出餘暇,為窮人﹑病者﹑

老人或孤獨的人作特殊服務。

此外,在四旬期內,教友可作

特別的努力,每天參與彌撒,

朝拜聖體或拜苦路。

四旬期拜苦路 Activities in Lent

中區中心 逢星期五晚上 8:00

St. Joseph’s Church every Friday 8:00 pm

北區中心

逢星期五晚上 8:30

(拜苦路及玫瑰經)

Holy Family of Nazareth’s Church every Friday 8:30pm

(Station of the Cross and Rosary)

聖週禮儀時間表 Timetable in Holy Week 1/4 聖週四 Holy Thursday

下午 8:00 pm

主的晚餐 Lord’s Supper

2/4 主受難日 Good Friday

上午 10:00 am -

下午 2:30 pm

下午 3:00 pm

當日須守大小齋

避靜 (包括午餐, 修和聖事﹐

拜苦路)

閻神父主持中文組

青年組

兒童組 (司徒修女帶領)

苦難禮儀, 朝拜十字聖架

Fasting & abstinence

Retreat (include light lunch,

Reconciliation, Station of the Cross)

Fr. Yim conduct Chinese group

Youth group

Children Group (led by Sr. Seeto)

Passion, Veneration of the Cross

3/4 聖週六 Holy Saturday

下午 6:30 pm

下午 8:00 pm

主復活前夕彌撒暨聖洗聖事

聚餐 (需預早登記)

Easter Vigil Mass with Baptism

Dinner (Registration required)

All above liturgy will be conferred by Fr. Joseph Yim at Santa Sabina College, 90 The Boulevarde Strathfield

以上三天禮儀均由閻德龍神父主禮﹐在 Santa Sabina College 舉行

閻神父將於 4/4 在中區主禮主復活彌撒

Fr. Joseph Yim will celebrate Easter Mass in Camperdown centre on 4/4

丙年主日讀經 Sunday Readings Year C

每日聖言 http://www.catholic-dlc.org.hk/frame3.htm Daily reading: http://www.usccb.org/nab/index.htm

07/03/10 四旬期三 Ex 出 3:1-8,13-15 詠 103 1 Cor 格前 10:1-6,10-12 Lk 路 13:1-9

14/03/10 四旬期四 Jos 蘇 5:9-12 詠 34 2 Cor 格後 5:17-21 Lk 路 15:1-3,11-32

21/03/10 四旬期五 Isa 依 43:16-21 詠 126 Phil 斐 3:8-14 Jn 若 8:1-11

28/03/10 聖枝主日 Isa 依 50:4-7 詠 22 Phil 斐 2:6-11 Lk 路 22:14 - 23:56

04/04/10 復活主日一 Acts 宗 10:34,37-43 詠 118 Col 歌 3:1-4 Jn 若 20:1-9

11/04/10 復活主日二 Acts 宗 5:12-16 詠 118 Rev 默 1:9-13,17-19 Jn 若 20:19-31

18/04/10 復活主日三 Acts 宗 5:27-32,40-41 詠 30 Rev 默 5:11-14 Jn 若 21:1-19

25/04/10 復活主日四 Acts 宗 13:14,43-52 詠 100 Rev 默 7:9,14-17 Jn 若 10:27-30

02/05/10 復活主日五 Acts 宗 14:21-27 詠 145 Rev 默 21:1-5 Jn 若 13:31-35

09/05/10 復活主日六 Acts 宗 15:1-2,22-29 詠 67 Rev 默 21:10-14,22-23 Jn 若 14:23-29

16/05/10 耶穌升天節 Acts 宗 1:1-11 詠 47 Heb 希 9:24-28,10:19-23 Lk 路 24:46-53

23/05/10 五旬節 Gen 創 11:1-9 詠 104 Rom 羅 8:22-27 Jn 若 7:37-39

30/05/10 聖三主日 Prov 箴 8:22-31 詠 8 Rom 羅 5:1-5 Jn 若 16:12-15

06/06/10 聖體聖血節 Gen 創 14:18-20 詠 110 1 Cor 格前 11:23-26 Lk 路 9:11-17

13/06/10 常年期十一 2 Sam 12:7-10,13 詠 32 Gal 迦 2:16,19-21 Lk 路 7:36-8﹕3

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CCC 第三個電台節目『愛在永恆』

已於二月十六日大年初三啟播，逢星期二中午十二時在

2CR 電臺播出，星期三晚上九時四十五分重播。

『愛在永恆』以教友生活故事與分享為主，青年組更於

每月第四個星期二主持一輯節目。電台組的成員除 CCC

教友外，亦有來自不同華人團體的教友參與，特別是主

題曲及節目內的歌曲。請大家按時收聽。

閻德龍神父主持避靜

2/4/10 主受難日上午十時至下午二時半，在 Santa Sabina

College 舉行，包括修和聖事及拜苦路，同時設有青年組

(由大青年帶領)及兒童組(司徒修女帶領)。

午餐備有簡單麵包及飲品，歡迎自由捐獻，需預早報

名。可在中區，北區，中文學校或 Email 報名。

2010 年度家庭營

周景勳神父主持成人組

日期﹕ 26/12 – 28/12

地點﹕Moss Vale 聖保祿國際學校

(詳情稍後公佈)

讚美崇拜夜

將於五月舉行﹐詳情稍後公佈﹐

請留意CCC網頁

Praise and Worship Night

Will be held in May, details to be

advised later on CCC website

神父主日講道

1. 閻德龍神父 http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/tak-lung

2. 關傑棠神父 www.ccc-inc.org.au

3. 徐錦堯神父 http://jesus.cirs.org.hk/audio_mass.asp

4. 羅國輝神父 http://thomaskflaw.blogspot.com

5. 關俊棠神父 http://www.livingfaith.org.hk/

馬神父新手提電話 : New mobile number of Fr. Mo

0468 624 298 (Virgin)

雪梨聖瑪利主教座堂文物保護工程籌款活動

Fund raising for the Conservation of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney 五元獎券已於二零一零年二月二十七日在同樂軒酒家舉行籌款

晚宴中抽獎，中獎名單如下 :

$5.00 Raffle tickets had been drawn during the fund raising dinner at

Zilver Restaurant on Saturday 27th February 2010, the results were :

1st Prize Tissot Man Watch Value $650 1084 2nd Prize Moet Chandon Franch Champagne Value $600 368 3rd prize Gift Voucher Value $500 7373 4th Prize Gift Voucher Value $500 5832 5th prize Gift Voucher Value $450 5623 6th prize 2 Returned air tickets to Gold Coast Value $400 233 7th Prize 14K Y/G Frash Water Pearl Necklace Value $380 39 8th Prize Cardini Watches one pair Value $199 5480 9th Prize Chanel Miniature Perfume Value $110 6646 10th Prize Gift Voucher Value $100 5709 11th Prize 5 assorted colour silk scarfs 5361 12th prize Candle Set 4714 13th Prize CD and Cassette Player 2 4029 All prizes must be collected by 27/5/2010 , please contact Ben Tsang 獎品必須於 2010 年 5 月 27 日前領取，請與曾先生聯絡：

0411 722 280

鳴謝 Thank You 本刊非常榮幸得到多位神長來稿支持﹐

周景勳神父(香港)已為今年四期供稿﹐江

綏神父(美國)及 Lindfield 堂區神父 Fr Vlad

也為今期提稿﹐另柏斯的王神父﹑香港

的關俊棠神父﹑閻德龍神父﹐更少不得

本地元老馬神父及梁神父﹐也會為本刊

供稿。他們的「神來之筆」﹐定必「筆」

同凡響。願主繼續保守他們﹐帶領我們活

出信仰﹐「神采飛揚」。

本刊可在本會網頁收看及下載﹐如欲收

取印刷本﹐請通知我們﹐聯絡方法請參

閱底頁。

We are very honoured to have a lot of priests

contributing articles to this Quarterly bulletin.

Fr Vlad, parish priests of Lindfield, had

kindly agreed to let us reprint his article in

this issue. Other fathers in Hong Kong, USA,

Perth and of course our ‘locals’ Fr Mo and Fr

Leung, have agreed or have already put in arti-

cles in our Quarterly. May God continue to

bless them to guide us in living the faith.

This publication is available on our website.

If you want a hard copy, please contact us.

Contact details are listed in the bottom page.

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中文學校招收 2010 年度各級新生

時間

(逢星

期日

上課)

粵語 : 上午班 幼稚園﹐小一至小五 8:30-11:00am

小六至中學各年級 8:15-11:15am 下午班 學前班﹑幼稚園至小五 1:45-4:15 pm 小六至中學各年級 1:45-4:45 pm 普通話﹕下午班各年級 1:45-4:15pm

地點 Northmead High School, 28 Campbell St., Northmead 宗旨 推廣中文教育﹐保存母語；延續中華文化及其優良傳

統。除注重學業外﹐同時關注學生之品德修養﹐以及人

格之全面發展。

課程 粵語班﹕採用本地及香港出版之課本﹐中﹑高年級加入普

通話課程。以繁體字教學, 同時介紹簡體字。

普通話班 : 採用本地及中國出版之課本, 輔以漢語拼音。

一至六年級用簡體字課本, 並介紹繁體字。

中學各年級仍用繁體字課本, 兼介紹簡體字。

本校以教授聽﹑說﹑讀﹑寫為主﹐同時介紹中國文化。

鼓勵學生參加各類活動﹐活學活用中文。

本校中學四年級學生的成績已被主流英文中學所承認,

且可將本校評定學生的成績放入主流英文中學十年級

該學生的成績表內(Year 10 School Certificate), 這些學校

包括最著名的精英中學。

為學生及家長開設課餘班﹕ 舞蹈班﹕ 學生 12:45-1:30pm﹐4:15-5:00pm

家長 3:15-4:00pm

報名 電話報名﹕0432 450 652 黃太 Catherine Wong

校務處﹕星期日: 8:30am-11:30am; 1:30-4:30pm

查詢 電話同上，Email: school@ccc-inc.org.au PO Box 414, Burwood NSW 1805 或瀏覽本會網頁 www.ccc-inc.org.au 下載報名表

This project is funded by the Minister for Education and Training and administered by the Department of Education and Training

本校 由 教育培訓部長撥款支持 及 由教育培訓部管理

Chinese Catholic Community Inc.

Revenue & Expenditure account (exclusive of Chinese

School) for the period 1/7/09 to 31/12/09 華人天主教會收支表 1/7/09 至 31/12/09(中文學校除外)

Income 收入

CCC Collection 主日奉獻 $ 1,414.75

Lunch Money 午餐收入 $ 7,691.75

Other Donations 捐款 $ 3,782.00

Book Sales 售賣宗教書籍 $ 1,356.34

Audio Sale CD 銷售 $ 527.28

Advertising Income 廣告收入 $ 1,200.02

Family/Youth Camps 家庭營 $ 16,240.00

Miscellaneous Income 什項銷售 $ 385.00

Total Income 總收入 $ 51,029.98

Expense 支出

Advertising 廣告支出 $ 963.59

Audit fees 核數費用 $ 4,100.00

Family/Youth Camp Expenses 家庭營/青年營 $ 12,827.54

Religious Books 購買宗教書籍 $ 845.22

Audio Productions CD 製作 $ 1,058.18 Donations 捐款 $ 10,238.00 St. Mary's Cathedral fund

raising 聖瑪利主教座堂籌款

$ 310.00

Function & Activities Expenses 活動支出 $ 2,501.73

Postage 郵費 $ 966.43 Radio Preaching 電台傳播 $ 58.00 Stipend-Sister 修女酬金 $ 9,000.00 Subscription 刊物訂購 $ 130.00 Sundries 什項 $ 111.55 Telephone 電話費用 $ 49.00 Visiting Priest 神父酬金 $ 4,000.00

Total Expense 總支出 $ 68,081.03

Net Profit / (Loss) 盈餘 / (虧損) ($17,051.05 )

Interest Income 銀行利息 $ 3,110.84

Fr Kwan Retreat 關俊棠神父避靜 $ 5,322.00

Visiting the Sick training 探訪病人工作坊 $ 1,591.11 Fr Kwan Retreat 關俊棠神父避靜 $ 6,457.13 Gift 禮品 $ 1,561.39 Insurance 保險費 $ 3,360.23 Lunch 午餐 $ 5,388.84 Printing & Stationery 印刷費用 $ 2,563.09

刊物訂閱 一年訂閱費

聖地 (全年 4 期) AU$27.50

聖經季刊 (全年 4 期) AU$35.00

聖經啟蒙和信仰更新 (各 12 期) AU$29.00

書籍出售 思高聖經 (大) $30 思高聖經 (小) $25 和平綸音 (甲乙丙年全套) $31 天主教要理 $50 梵蒂岡大公會議 $26 基本倫理神學 $12 西區歌詠團二千年出版 CD“主來吧！” $5

刊物，書籍可在中區中心，北區中心或

中文學校領取，如郵寄須另加郵費 詳情可參閱 CCC 網頁, 訂閱請與各中心聯絡

福音廣播節目－〔風中傳愛〕CD

由CCC製作的福音廣播節目〔風中傳愛〕

CD現接受訂購。CD輯錄了（禮儀年丙

年）的52個節目內容。無論自用或送給

親友都是很好的靈修及福傳工具。CD有

兩款﹕

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Once again the new look “Voices of Youth” welcomes you! Hope you had enjoyed the last issue and with your thoughtful prayers the team will continue to produce greater things for you to read. So where are you right now? Are you sitting in front of your computer reading this while still surfing ‘facebook’, or on the bus and train going to school and work? In today’s modern society time is crucial. Everybody seems so busy that we sometimes forget what is or should be the most important to us. Do we treat our faith with importance? Is it your priority? Do you focus on your faith only when you feel like it and put it aside when there are “more important” things to do? Are you reading this right now since you have nothing else better to do? Or is it by chance that this page of the Quarterly is somehow opened amongst all the piled up documents on your desk? Do not be ashamed if this is you because I was once like that. Going to church seemed like an obligation. Reading the bible, oh no thanks! Did I pray before? Yes, but only when I needed help. God has blessed my faith to change and to grow in my relationship with Him. It has become my lifestyle now. Going to church, reading the bible or praying is like in simple terms, talking to God. Do you like talking to your friends? But how many can boldly say I LIKE TALKING TO GOD, I TALK TO HIM EVERYDAY, EVERY SECOND AND EVERYTHING I DO IS THE RESPONSE TO MY CONVERSATION WITH HIM. I must say I’m still not strong enough to be totally that bold but will always strive for that goal. For us Catholics this is our life’s goal – to have greater relationship with God. You might ask: it is such a touch journey and so time consuming how did the people before us do it? This brings us to what we are going to talk about in this issue – Saints. So how do Saints do it? How can they continue to be so dedicated to their faith even against all odds. How can they give the importance and priority that God deserves? We will learn from our favourite Saints.

"Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love." These are the beautiful words of St Thérèse of Lisieux –“Little Flower”. Her spirituality is based on “The Little Way”. She was a French Carmelite nun. Although she lived a short and un-heroic life she served God with a simple and a great heart. She loved God in the simplest of things. We might sometimes feel we are nothing or cannot do great things, but it is these little things but with great love for God that St Thérèse says to keep God's kingdom alive. ‘I AM A CATHOLIC’ IS A STRONG STATEMENT! BUT

ONLY TAKES A SIMPLE ACTION OF LOVE WITH A SINCERE HEART FOR GOD TO PROVE IT! GIVE GOD YOUR PRIORITY! With my simplest heart for you, Your Brother In Christ,

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Often if you have lost something, you are asked to pray to St Anthony of Padua, also known as the ‘finder of lost articles’. St Anthony of Padua was born in 1195 in Portugal, and lived only to the young age of thirty six before he passed away in 1231, but the short time he was on earth was enough to become known as a public preacher. He joined the Franciscan order in 1221, becoming a Franciscan in the hope of shedding his own blood and becoming a martyr for his beliefs. An ordination of Dominicans and Franciscans in the year 1222 became the chance to prove his knowledge, when asked to give a short sermon. As he began to speak, his knowledge become obvious and soon after this ordination, he was assigned to preach in northern Italy. Many preachers in Anthony’s day had lifestyles which contrasted sharply to lives of the poorer people to whom they preached, and so their teachings of living simply were often ignored. Anthony however was well received by the community as he showed genuineness in gospel living, teaching by example as opposed to just words. St Anthony is a great example of the Catholic faith, being a person who was living the gospel as opposed to just preaching it. His level of devotion to God and willingness to preach the good news is something we should all strive to achieve. We should all seek to live by St Anthony’s standards as opposed to just praying to him when we lose something. Because if we replicate even just a little of his devotion, we would all become better Catholics, and better people.

All for now until we meet again. Let the Saints be your role model as you continue to live the gospel. Get your priorities right! For simple love not for heroic deeds, for spiritual growth not for materialistic wealth, live the gospel as opposed to just preaching it! Anyway remember to continue to pray for all the priests this year and also the youths as they continue to serve the Lord!

Let Our HEARTS MELT! Let Our SPIRITS BURN! IN YOUR NAME!

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Christopher was a Canaanite 12 cubits (18 ft) tall and with a fearsome face. While serving the king of Canaan, he took it into his head to go and serve the greatest king there was. He went to the king who was reputed to be the greatest, but one day he saw the king cross himself at the mention of the devil. On thus learning that the king feared the devil, he departed to look for the devil. He came across a band of marauders, one of whom declared himself to be the devil, so Christopher decided to serve him. But when he saw his new master avoid a wayside cross and found out that the devil feared Christ, he left him and enquired from people where to find Christ. He met a hermit who instructed him in the Christian faith. Christopher asked him how he could serve Christ. When the hermit suggested fasting and prayer, Christopher replied that he was unable to perform that service. The hermit then suggested that because of his size and strength Christopher could serve Christ by assisting people to cross a dangerous river, where they were perishing in the attempt. The hermit promised that this service would be pleasing to Christ. After Christopher had performed this service for some time, a little child asked him to take him across the river. During the crossing, the river became swollen and the child seemed as heavy as lead so much that Christopher could scarcely carry him and found himself in great difficulty. When he finally reached the other side, he said to the child: "You have put me in the greatest danger. I do not think the whole world could have been as heavy on my shoulders as you were." The child replied: "You had on your shoulders not only the whole world but Him who made it. I am Christ your king, whom you are serving by this work." The child then vanished. Like Saint Christopher, we often search for things that will make us more powerful in society and as a result we see people becoming slaves to materialistic wealth. Yet as Catholics know that there is more than just materialistic wealth; we know that Christ died for all of mankind so that we may have life when our earthly days are over. Having known Christ, St Christopher later went on to serve God and converted thousands of people to Christianity.

‘Year of the Priest’ The priesthood is the love

of the heart of Jesus --St. John Vianney

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Celebrations are all around us,

especially at the end of the year

and at the beginning of each

year! Can you remember the most recent one (the one that has just

passed?) It was Chinese New Year! As is the traditional

saying– Kung Hai Fat Choi to everyone!!

I hope that you celebrated safely with your family on February 14th and in doing so, have learnt more about Chinese culture and traditions :D

DIRECTIONS

How did I get here?

There might be times when you feel lost because you haven’t been paying attention to what is happening in front of you. Unravel the signs to see what King Saul did (I’ll guarantee that it’s even worse than not paying attention!)

Celebrations are all around us,

especially at the end of the year

and at the beginning of

each year! Can you remember the most recent one (the one that has just

passed?) It was Chinese New Year! As is the traditional

saying– Kung Hai Fat Choi to everyone!!

I hope that you celebrated safely with your family on February 14th and in doing so, have learnt more about Chinese culture and traditions :D

DIRECTIONS

How did I get here?

There might be times when you feel lost because you haven’t been paying attention to what is happening in front of you. Unravel the signs to see what King Saul did (I’ll guarantee that it’s even worse than not paying attention!)

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So how can we not? What ways are there to help us?

• By listening out with all our hearts to what God reminds us gently - what we should

choose, between right or wrong, what makes us happy and what won’t – only God knows

and so we should trust in Him.

How can we hear what God is saying?

• By praying more and more, once a month, once a week, then becoming once everyday,

we will be able to tune our ears to hear the faint whispers that Christ so lovingly

speaks to us.

LENT

LENT

LENT LENT

LENT

LENT

LENT

LENT LENT

LENT

Why do we need to ‘prepare’ for Lent? Why is Lent such an important part of our lives?

As Christians (people who believe in God), we can do something to show that we remember Jesus as he died on the cross for us – for us to be cleansed from sins.

~Having read what the message is, I would not want to get in the same fix as King Saul!~

What are some particular days that

we know mark the

beginning, middle

and end of Lent?

• Ash Wednes-day • 1st Sunday of Lent

• Palm Sunday • Good Friday • Easter Day

GOODBYE!

HANG ON TO THOSE MOMENTS THAT ARE

SHARED WITH GOD!!!

Answers to last issue’s ‘Bible teasers’ and ‘Fill-a-word’: 1. 1. Candle light 2. 2. Silent night 3. 3. Tongues of fire

Numbers on STARS: A-1 B-7 K-13 R-19 E-2 G-9 L-14 Y-20 O-4 C-10 M-15 W-21 U-5 H-11 N-16 V-22 D-6 Q-18 T-23

FINAL MESSAGE:

“Celebrate Christmas with everyone!”