W ELCOME TO ST PAUL’S. We are

glad that you have come to

worship God with us today. If

you are a visitor from another parish, or

worshipping with us for the first time,

please introduce yourself to our parish

priest, Fr James Collins, or to anyone

wearing a name badge, over a cup of tea

or coffee in the parish hall after the service.

You’ll find the hall behind the church.

Spring Fundraiser p.3

Lunchtime Recital for Organ- Fr Daniel Dries p.5

and Violin Peta Dries

The Community Library p.7

Donation to St Paul’s P.8

Anglicans Together Annual Dinner p.17

World Heritage List P.19

Sunday 23rd September 2018 –

Welcome to worship...

8.00 am – Sung Eucharist

9.30 am – Parish Eucharist

圣公会圣保罗堂欢迎你前来参加我们的英语传

统圣樂圣餐崇拜。

Sunday 30 September at

9.30am Service - Police

Remembrance Day Service

Sunday 7 October at 9.30am

Service - Blessing of the Pets

Tuesday 9 October at 1.15pm

Lunchtime Recital - Judith

Rough –Soprano; Nicole

Smeulders: Contralto; Bransby

Byrne: Accompanist

Sunday 14 October at

11.45am - Spring Fundraiser

Lunch in the Rectory

Friday 19 October - Bus Trip

to Lavender Bay and North

Sydney

Sunday 28 October 2018 at

2.30pm – Organ Recital

David Reccia Chynoweth

Saturday 3 November at 1pm-

4pm- Shop at Blue Illusion at

Burwood Westfield

Tuesday 13 November -

Community Hub in the large

hall

Tuesday 20 November 2018

at 1.15pm Lunchtime

Recital – Clarinet Recital - Ben

Curry Hyde

Saturday 24 November at

7pm - David Carreon - Violin

Recital

Sunday 25th November -

Christmas Luncheon in the

Parish Hall

Tuesday 4 December at

1.15pm Lunchtime Recital -

The Cumberland String

Quartet

Name badges help make St Paul’s an

inclusive community. If you need a new

name badge, fill in the form inside the

pew sheet, send it to the parish office,

and one will be made and left in church

for you.

Toilets are available at the entrance to

the parish hall, which is located behind

the church.

First aid kits are located on the wall of

the kitchen in the Large Hall behind

the church and in the choir vestry.

Ask a member of the clergy or anyone

who’s wearing a name badge. We’re

here to help.

As you take your place in your pew,

please make yourself aware of the route

to the nearest emergency exit. Should

there be a fire, leave quickly, turn right,

and assemble by the roundabout on

Burwood Road.

People needing wheelchair access can

enter St Paul’s most conveniently by the

door at the base of the belltower.

Please turn your mobile phone off or on

to silent before the service starts. It’ll

save you much embarrassment later on.

Children are welcome in church at any

service. There is a selection of

children’s books and toys at the back of

the church near the font and there are

also kids’ activity sheets and pencils

available at the back of the church

where the pew sheets and prayer books

are.

Children’s Church runs during Term

Time. Meet at the back of the church at

the beginning of the 9.30am Eucharist.

Please feel free to bring your children to

the altar rail to receive a blessing, or to

receive Communion if they have been

admitted to the sacrament.

Please do not take photos

inside the church or during the services

of worship without permission.

The last Hub for the year will be

Tuesday 13th November.

Please ask for 2 trays of bread rolls

and 2 trays of loaves & 1 tray of half

loaves & 1 tray of mixed.

You are all doing a fantastic job.

Having bread each week is a great

help to everyone.

≈ 24 September – Margaret

≈ 1st October – Antonia

≈ 8th October - Kerin

≈ 15th October – Margaret

≈ 22nd October – Gabriel

≈ 29th October – Antonia

≈ 5th November – Kerin

≈ 12th November – Gabriel

≈ 19th November – Margaret

≈ 26th November – Antonia

The next spring fundraiser will be

on Sunday 14th October at 11.45am

after the 9.30am service in the

Rectory.

We need donations of quiche/

salad/slices. Could you please let

Pam know how you can help.

Thank you.

$10 ticket or $12 at the door.

We will do one more run later this

year on Thursday 13th of

December. This will be catering

for hot weather and accompanied

by a small Christmas gift.

Thank you to everyone who has

contributed in the past and who

will contribute to this in the future.

Your generosity is very special and

certainly helps those doing it

tough.

Yesterday, Fr James officiated at the wedding of Alicia Shirley Forster to

James Wayne Harold Theiss.

We pray God’s blessing upon them as they begin their lives together.

Thank you to the parishioner who kindly mowed the lawns.

Thank you to the very kind parishioner who has given a beautiful new

chair in the Chapel of our Lady.

The performances of Fr Daniel and

Peta Dries were masterful and

musical. Their programme was in-

spired by J S Bach, and his influ-

ence or connection with Buxtehude,

Sigfrid Karg-Elert and Charles- Ma-

rie Widor. It offered a palette of dif-

fering styles, which demanded

technical prowess.

The majestic ‘Marche triomphale’ of

Karg-Elert and the cantabile of

Bach’s ‘Bist du bei mir’ made the

first part of the programme exciting

and exquisite.

The joyous E major Partita of Bach

is well known, and it was uplifting to

hear it performed so beautifully.

Peta Dries’ phrasing and tone of the

‘Loure’, a slow dance of the Ba-

roque, was alluring and poignant.

The ample tempo, which she chose

for the ‘Loure’, contrasted well with

the exciting outer movements. The

solo violin, interpolated between

the organ brackets, was an

excellent balance to the recital.

Fr Daniel’s second half continued

with skilful playing of the Chaconne

in E minor of Buxtehude. The recital

concluded with Widor’s ‘Allegro’

from Symphonie No. 6, Op. 42.

A movement requiring technical

surety and flair, and we were not

disappointed. A dramatic and

rousing finale to a superb recital.

Sheryl Southwood

Director of Music

SPRING - Poem By Barry Brandy

We give you thanks for the loveliness of spring with its promise of summer.

Bird and blossom see to tell us of the possibility of new life for our own

souls. Spring speaks to us of beginning again, of new beauty that can come

to refurbish our barren lives.

O Lord May the transformation begin in us now as we sit before you -

penitent and expectant. Amen.

Barry Brandy

September 18, 2018

Peta and Fr. Daniel played with

exquisite skill and musical sensitivity.

It was a delight to hear two such fine

musicians perform so well in such a

beautiful setting with such a lovely

acoustic. Thank you, Peta and Fr.

Daniel, for sharing your musical

expertise with us.

The weather was delightful and the

playing was exceptional – all of which

meant that we had our largest number

of people attend a recital at St. Paul’s.

The recital series at St. Paul’s has

been, and continues to be, a great

success. Thank you, Sheryl, for

organizing such a wonderful recital series.

Part of the success of the recital series are the refreshments after each

recital. Tuesday was no exception. Thank you, Jane, Bob, Rosemary, and

Caroline for all of your help.

Thank you, also, to Margaret who does such a great job as our front of

house staff.

With every

blessing to one

and to all.

Peace,

James.

The Annual Police Remembrance Day Service will be celebrated at

St Paul’s Church, Burwood, on Sunday the 30th September, 2018. The

Service will be conducted as part of the 9.30am Service with

Participation by the Senior Anglican NSW Police Chaplain, Reverend

Daniel Connor, and a contingent of uniformed police providing a

ceremonial party.

Our Rector, Rev’ Father James Collins extends a welcome to all

parishioners, visitors, relatives and friends to attend this service and

pay homage to those police who have given their life or suffered other-

wise in the line of duty.

Jim Foster (Detective Superintendent Retired)

Many of you will have noticed the Community Library as you came in to

church this morning. It is mounted on the base of the Flag pole at the

front of the church. Already people have been browsing its contents

and new books have been added.

Thanks go to Dr Bob Woods, whose idea it was, to the Mayor Cr John

Faker who funded it and to Ray Brock who so beautifully assembled

and painted it. Two different parishioners then carefully chose

appropriate books and donated them to get the library started.

These Community Libraries are springing up all over the place and are

proving very popular. Have a browse and see if there is something you

would like to borrow, when you've finished your chosen book bring

it back and select another. Thank you Bob for the idea.

The last hymn we sang on Sunday

was Charles Wesley's ""Forth in

thy name, O Lord, I go".

On our recent trip to England we

visited Bristol and went to

The New Room, John Wesley's

first chapel and dwelling house

and the oldest methodist building

in the world.There is a statue of

Charles in the back courtyard

and one of John on horseback at

the front of the building (see at-

tached photo). John rode thou-

sands of miles preaching the

word of God and he and his

brother certainly took up their cross and they were both living examples

of the first lines of Charles' hymn.

If you ever go to Bristol a visit to St Mary Redcliffe Church, one of the

best parish churches in the world, is a must.

Best wishes,

Stephen Laurence

On behalf of Burwood Council, please accept our donation of a bottle of

wine for all the hard work St Paul’s Anglican Church has achieved with

the Burwood Community this year.

By working together, we can make our community an even better place

to live, work and enjoy.

Yours Sincerely,

Cr John Faker

List of items most needed for the

parish pantry:

Sun Rice Meals e.g. Butter

chicken, Green chicken curry,

Chicken satay, etc

Boxed meals

Tins of corned beef, spam,

ham;

Sugar;

Boxes of Cereals

All Day Breakfast by Heinz;

Tinned tuna, sardines, salmon;

Harvest Meals in a tin

eg Vegetables and Sausages

Rice, cuscus, polenta, instant

potato, pasta, spaghetti

Tinned corn

Tinned vegetables

Sweet & savoury biscuits;

Long life Milk - Full cream

Tinned fruit

Rice Cream

Pasta sauces

For the kitchen:

Washing up liquid

Paper towels

Chux

Sponges

For the laundry:

Washing powder

Health

Feminine hygiene products

Toothpaste

Shampoo & Conditioner

Urgently needed -

Cereal;

Sunrise meals in a box;

Spam & corned beef

WE RUN OUT OF CEREALS

EACH WEEK

LONG LIFE MILK IS

URGENTLY NEEDED

Over the years the parish has benefited from the generosity of

parishioners, not only when they have been active members of the

parish, but also at the time of their death. Parishioners are invited to

remember the parish in their wills by making a bequest as a thank

offering to God and to ensure that generations to come will enjoy

worship and fellowship in well maintained buildings.

Those wishing to make a bequest are invited to do so using these

or a similar form of words: "I bequeath the sum of $............ to the

Rector and Wardens of the Anglican parish of St Paul, Burwood, to be

used at their absolute discretion for the charitable purposes of the

parish."

If you would like to make a donation to the Parish for the upkeep and

maintenance of the Heritage building it can be done through the

National Trust.

Cheques can be made out to

National Trust of Australia (NSW) St Paul’s Anglican Church Burwood

Or

Direct Credit to the above name with bank account details

Westpac

BSB: 032-044

Account number: 742 926

Branch: 275 George Street Sydney NSW

Please contact Pam for more details or place a donation in an

envelope and label with National Trust donation and include your name

for your receipt and an address to post it to.

Thank you.

Proverbs 31.10-31; Psalm 1

James 3.1-12; Mark 9.30-37

The Psalmist tells us that those who are neither

sinful nor scornful are like trees planted beside

streams of water that yield their fruit in due season.

It’s a lovely image. May you bear fruit that brings

glory to God.

Pray for the courage to avoid all that prevents you from bearing fruit.

Pray for the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, the Philippine

Independent Church, giving thanks for the work they do to further

God’s mission in the world.

Text: © Anglican Board of Mission, 2018

Collection given at St Paul’s on

Sunday 16th September: $2331

Other collection given:

Parish Pantry: $160

Drought Relief – $40

St Matthew’s Zababdeh: $50

Building Fund: $10

Total: $2591

Thank you for responding to

God’s generous love. Thank you for your generosity.

St Paul’s Anglican Church

205-207 Burwood Road, Burwood

LUNCHTIME RECITALS

2018

National Trust (2017) award winner for conservation interiors, recreating

the ceiling interior to Edmund Blacket's original design in keeping with

Australian colonial neo-gothic architectural intent.

1.15pm-1.45pm

Other dates and artists TBC

Entry by donation

Light refreshments will follow in the Rectory

St Paul’s Church Office: Ph.: 9747 4327 /

Email: office@stpaulsburwood.anglican.asn.au

Tuesday 9 October

Judith Rough - Soprano, Nicole Smeulders - Contralto

Bransby Byrne - Accompanist

Tuesday 20 November

Ben Curry Hyde – Clarinet

Tuesday 4 December

The Cumberland String Quartet

Tuesday 28 October at 2.30pm

Organ recital

David Reccia Chynoweth

Saturday 24 November at 7.00pm

David Carreon - Violin Recital

to celebrate his six years at Trinity Grammar School as a Music Scholar

St Paul’s Burwood Bus Trip

‘Lower North Shore’ Friday 19th October 2018

Cost: $60 Including paper bag lunch/tea & coffee

Meeting time at Burwood: 8.45am (at public bus stop near Duff Street

opposite the church) Bus leaves promptly at 9 am

Christ Church Lavender Bay

St Francis Xavier Catholic Church Lavender Bay

St Thomas’ North Sydney

Mary McKillop Memorial Chapel & Museum

Please wear your name badge if you have one

Name: _____________________________________________please print

I enclose __________________________________________________(cash/cheque)

Cheques made payable to St Paul’s Church Burwood

Please indicate dietary requirements for sandwiches in paper bag lunch

_____________________________________________________________

Return by Sunday 13th October to avoid disappointment, to Pam Brock or Caroline (in the office) all enquiries to Pam 9747 3619

Organ Recital at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Burwood

Date: October 28th 2018, 2:30 pm

Organist: David Reccia Chynoweth, grandson of the late Bishop Neville Chynoweth

Graduate of the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (Austria)

and of the Conservatorium of Music, Frosinone (Italy)

Program:

Jean-Baptiste Lully: Trumpet tune: Processional Theme from Theseus

(1632-1687)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen BWV 658

(1685-1750) from the Leipzig Prelude Chorales

Sinfonia from the Cantata ‘Wir danken dir’ BWV 29

arr. A.Guilmant

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Sonata in B-flat Major Op.65 n.4

(1809-1847) I. Allegro con brio II. Andante religioso

III. Allegretto IV. Allegro maestoso e vivace

Girolamo Frescobaldi: Capriccio V sulla Bassa Fiammenga

(1583-1643) from the First Book of Capricci

Dietrich Buxtehude: Toccata in d minor BuxWV 155

(1637-1707)

Johannes Brahms: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen

(1833-1897) from the ‘Eleven Chorale Preludes’ Op. Post 122/4

Georg Friedrich Händel: Organ Concerto in B-flat major Op.4 n.2 (arr. (H.Keller)

(1685-1759) I. A tempo ordinario e staccato - Allegro

II. Adagio e staccato III. Allegro, ma non presto

Léon Boëllmann: Suite Gothique, Op. 25

(1862-1897) I. Indroduction - Choral II. Menuet gothique

III. Prière à Notre-Dame IV. Toccata

St James Church is pleased to announce that Janet Nelson, the author of

‘Let Us Pray’ is will be presenting a workshop for intercessors on

Saturday 29th September from 2:00pm to 5:00pm at the St James’ Hall.

Janet’s excellent book has been used by many of us to prepare our inter-

cessions and provides an excellent framework for anyone who wants to

write their own. In this workshop Janet shares ideas, resources and tips

for the writing of intercessions.

Tickets are $30 adults, $25 concessions, free for St James’ Institute

subscribers.

You can book online at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/let-us-pray-

janet-nelson-tickets-49459062387 or by phone to 8227 1305 or

email registrations@sjks.org.au

Thank you to everyone who is dropping their loose change in the box at

the back to help fund new linen for our sanctuaries.

Already some money has gone towards the new red burse and veil we

used at Pentecost and we now have almost enough to purchase our first

new altar cloth for the high altar.

As our altar is narrower than some, the maker will be able to cut two

cloths from the one length of fabric thus reducing our costs for a

second cloth.

With everyone’s help, our altars will be looking wonderful by Christmas

and if we keep up the practice of throwing in our coins we may in time

be able to carry out repairs on our wonderful frontals.

Thanks to your generosity we have been able to purchase a new altar

cloth for the main altar.

Identification

Nomination:

Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley)

and the Forest of the Cedars of

God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)

Location: Northern Region,

Qadisha Valley and Bécharré

District

State Party: Lebanon

Date: 22 January 1997

The forest contains 3000-year-

old trees, the last witnesses to

Biblical times. They are

mentioned 103 times in the Bible, and the Prophet Ezekiel said of the

Cedars of Lebanon “God planted them, and it is He who waters them.”

These giant trees, contemporary with the kings Hiram of Tyre and

Solomon of Jerusalem, know the history of humankind and are worthy

of international protection.

Pilgrims have been coming since the 17th century from all over the

world to admire this forest, which is unique for the beauty both of its

location and its vegetation.

The cedar is so much the symbol of the devotion of the Lebanese

people to their land and to their country that it has been adopted as the

emblem on the national flag.

Gabriel Cross at the Monastery at Wady

Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and St Rafqa

Cultural criteria iii and vi

Notes

1. The property is also nominated under natural criteria ii, iii, and iv.

However, in discussion with the ICOMOS/IUCN mission, the Lebanese

authorities drew attention to the title of their nomination document,

"Proposal for the Inscription of the Cultural Landscape ... of the

Qadisha Valley and the Forest of Cedars, and said that they wished the

nomination to be considered as a cultural land- scape. IUCN's com-

ments are therefore included in this technical evaluation.

2. The 646ha forest reserve within the current nomination was

proposed by the State Party in 1991 for its natural values and was the

subject of a field mission by IUCN in April 1993. IUCN recommended

that the nomination as a natural site be deferred with the suggestion

that the State Party consider either the revision of the nomination to

include other key but separate areas with significant stands of cedars

or the recasting of the nomination as part of a cultural landscape

nomination of the Qadisha Valley as a whole. At its 17th Session in

Cartagena (Colombia) on 6-11 December 1993 the World Heritage

Committee decided not to inscribe the property on the World Heritage

List, with the following observation: “The Committee recognized the

sacred importance of the Cedars of Lebanon. However, the nominated

site is too small to retain its integrity and therefore the Committee was

of the view that it did not meet natural World Heritage criteria. The Del-

egate of Lebanon informed the Committee that steps were being un-

dertaken for the preparation of a future nomination of a cultural land-

scape being considered for the Qadisha Valley, including one grove of

the Lebanese Cedars.” This nomination is the outcome of this.]

Category of property

In terms of the categories of cultural property set out in the 1972 World

Heritage Convention, this is a site.

History and Description

History

Many of the caves in the Qadisha

occupied by the Christian anchorites

had been used in earlier as shelters

and for burials, back as far as the

Palaeolithic period.

Justification by State Party

- The Qadisha Valley

The Qadisha Valley represents the

combined work of nature and hu-

mankind. Over the centuries monks

and hermits have found in this

austere valley a suitable place for the

development of the eremitic life. It

bears unique witness to the centre of Maronite eremitism.

Its natural caves, carved into the hillsides - almost inaccessible,

scattered, irregular, and comfortless - provide the material environment

that is indispensable to contemplation and the life of mortification. In

this way a specific spiritual relationship can be built up between this

rugged landscape and the spiritual needs of hermits.

Caves laid out as hermitages or chapels and monasteries, with interiors

covered with frescoes and facades added, flights of stairs cut into the

rock, and hillsides transformed into terraced fields are techniques spe-

cific to the practical use of the Qadisha Valley by these hermits.

Here is to be found the largest concentration of hillside hermitages and

monasteries, going back to the very origins of Christianity. It is here al-

so that the Holy River, Nahr Qadisha, flows, its source being in a sacred

mountain celebrated in the Scriptures. The Qadisha Valley therefore has

an outstanding universal value as great as that of northern Syria, the

Egyptian Desert, or Mount Athos.

Mount Lebanon

- The Cedar Forest

The ancient text known as the Epic of Gilgamesh, found in central

Mesopotamia, makes reference to this forest and describes the Cedars

of Lebanon as sacred trees.

Since the early centuries of Christianity the Holy Val- ley served as a

refuge for those in search of solitude. Syrian Maronites fled there from

religious persecution from the late 7th century onwards, and this

movement intensified in the 10th century following the destruction of

the Monastery of St Marun. The Maronite monks established their new

centre at Qannubin, in the heart of the Qadisha, and monasteries that

combined eremitism with community life quickly spread over the

surround- ing hills.

At the end of the Crusades the Qadisha caves witnessed dramatic

actions against their supporters, the Maronites. The Mameluk Sultans

Baibars and Qalaoun led cam- paigns in 1268 and 1283 respectively

against these fortress-caves and the surrounding villages. Despite

these attacks, the Deir Qannubin monastery was to be become the seat

of the Maronite Patriarch in the 15th century and to remain so for five

hundred years. In the 17th century the Maronite monks’ reputation for

piety was such that many European poets, historians, geographers,

politicians, and clergy visited and even settled in the Qadisha.

The Holy Valley was, however, not merely the centre of the Maronites.

Its rocky cliffs gave shelter to other Christian communities over the

centuries - Jacobites (Syrian Orthodox), Melchites (Greek Orthodox),

Nestorians, Armenians, even Ethiopians.

The cedar (Cedrus lebani) is described in ancient works on botany as

the oldest tree in the world. It was admired by the Israelites, who

brought it to their land to build the First and Second Temples in

Jerusalem. Historical sources report that the famous cedar forests were

be- ginning to disappear at the time of Justinian in the 6th century AD.

Description

The long, deep Qadisha (Holy) Valley is located at the foot of Mount al-

Makmal in northern Lebanon. Through it the Holy River, Nahr Qadisha,

runs for 35km, from its source in a cave a little way below the sacred ce-

dars. The slopes of the valley form natural ramparts, and their steep cliffs

contain many caves, often at more than 1000m and all difficult of access.

Around them there are the terraces made by the hermits for growing

grain, grapes, and olives. The hermitages, consisting of small cells no

more than the height of a man and sometimes with walls closing them off,

take advantage of irregularities in the rock, which explains their uneven

distribution. Some have wall paintings still surviving.

There are four main monastic complexes. The Qannu- bin Monastery is

on the north-east side of the Qadisha. It is the oldest of the Maronite mon-

asteries; although its foundation is often attributed to the Emperor

Theodosius the Great in 375, it is more likely that it was established by a

disciple of St Theodosius the Cenobite. For the most part it is cut into the

living rock - monastic cells, church, cloister, and accommodation for

travellers.

The Monastery of St Anthony of Quzhayya is on the opposite flank of

the Qadisha. Tradition has its foundation in the 4th century by St Hilarion,

in honour of the Egyptian anchorite, St Anthony the Great, though the ear-

liest documentary records date back only to around 1000. It was de-

stroyed in the 16th century but quickly restored: it comprises a corridor,

meeting room, and chapel, with a mill and a number of hermitages, cut

into the rock, nearby.

The Monastery of Our Lady of Hauqqa (Saydet Hauqqa) is situated at

an altitude of 1150m between Qannubin and Quzhayya, at the base of an

enormous cave. The hermitage appears to have been located on a wide

platform at mid-level, where there is a water reservoir fed by channels.

The upper level, only accessible by ladder, is a cave some 47m long,

where the wealth of medieval pottery and arrowheads that have been

found suggest its use as a refuge. It was founded in the late 13th century

by villagers from Hauqqa.

Traces of fortifications have also been found in the Aassi Hauqqa (cave)

at 1170m altitude. Archaeological finds show that this cave was in use in

Palaeolithic, Roman, and medieval times.

The Monastery of Mar Lichaa (Mar Lisa or St Elisha), mentioned first

in the 14th century, is shared by two communities, a Maronite solitary

order and the Bare- foot Carmelite order. It consists of three or four

small cells, a refectory, and some offices; the communal church includes

four chapels cut into the rock-face.

Other monastic establishments in the Qadisha are the Monastery of Mar

Girgis, with the Chapel of Mar Sal- lita, the Monastery of Mar Yuhanna,

and the Monastery of Mar Abun, with the Hermitage of Mar Sarkis.

There is another group of monasteries in the adjoining Hadshit Valley

(Ouadi Houlat). These were founded by Ethiopian Monophysite monks

expelled from the neighbouring town of Ehden and occupied by them

before their communities scattered elsewhere. They include the her-

mitage-monastery complexes of Deir es- Salib, Mar Antonios, Mar

Semaane, and Mar Assia, along with the isolated chapels of Mar Bohna

and Mar Chmouna.

A 646ha forest reserve contains what remains of the great cedar forest

concentrated in the Forest of Bé- charré extending over no more than

2ha. It is said to contain 375 individual trees, two claimed to be over 3000

years old, ten over 1000 years, and the remainder at least centuries-old.

Management and Protection

Legal status

The whole group of buildings and other constructions in the Qadisha

Valley is protected by having been entered on the General Register of

Historic Monuments on 22 March 1995 by Decree. The Cedar Forest is

classified under the provisions of the 1993 Law on Natural Sites and

Views. It is also a classified forest reserve.

Both forms of designation impose constraints on interventions of all

kinds without authorization.

Management

The structures in the Qadisha Valley come under the definition of waqf

(religious property) and are controlled by the relevant church

authorities: the Maronite Patriarchate, the Maronite Ouadi Esshaya

Order, and the Lebanese Mariamite Order. Professional supervision is

the responsibility of the General Directorate of Antiquities, Ministry of

Culture (Direction Générale des Antiquités, Ministère de la Culture)

The Cedar Forest is the property of the Maronite Patriarchate. It is

managed in collaboration with the Municipality of Bécharré and the

Ministries of the Environment and Tourism. Associated with the official

bodies are two non-governmental organizations, the Association des

Amis de la Forêt des Cèdres and the Comité International de

Sauvegarde du Cèdre du Liban.

The nomination dossier gives no indication of any form of management

plan for the Qadisha Valley. For the Cedar Forest details are given of a

planting and fencing programme carried out by the Association des

Amis. There is also brief mention of a project of the local branch of the

Comité International to create a natural park around the site.

Conservation and Authenticity

Conservation history

There would appear to have been no conservation in the Qadisha Valley

beyond maintenance on currently operating monasteries. Mention is

made of natural degradation of walls, wall-paintings, etc observed in a

number of the caves by a Lebanese underground research group

(Groupe d’Études et de Recherches Souterraines du Liban).

The situation of the Cedar Forest is that there have been relatively recent

efforts to protect the remaining trees and to undertake replanting.

Authenticity

The authenticity of the religious structures within the Qadisha Valley is

high, not least because they have been relatively isolated for a long time,

with caves difficult of access, and so have not been subject to

unsympathetic or inappropriate conservation or restoration work.

Evaluation

Action by Advisory Bodies

A joint ICOMOS-IUCN mission visited the property in April 1998.

Qualities

The Qadisha Valley and the remnant Cedar Forest on the western flank of

Mount Lebanon form a cultural landscape of outstanding universal value.

The steep- walled valley has long been a place of meditation and refuge

and it contains an exceptional number of Christian eremitic and

cenobitic monastic foundations, some of them from a very early phase of

the expansion of Christianity. Traditional land-use in the form of

dramatic terraces continues. The valley's cultural values are comple-

mented by its Jurassic origin, including caves with limestone features,

and the valley supports a wide range of flora and fauna, contributing to

biological diversity. The trees in the Cedar Forest are the survivors of a

great forest that was renowned in antiquity.

Comparative analysis

Other regions of early monasticism include the Sinai peninsula, the

Egyptian desert, and Ethiopia. The Qad- isha group is probably the most

extensive and most densely distributed. The cedars are, of course,

unique because of their significance as a cultural feature rather than as a

natural one, as there are other stands of Cedrus lebani elsewhere in Leb-

anon (eg the Al-Shouf cedar reserve), and especially in Turkey in the

Olympus Beydaglari National Park.

Comments by Advisory Bodies

In their report, the members of the joint ICOMOS- IUCN expert mission

commented that the monastic sites in the Qadisha Valley and the cedar

grove at its head are undoubtedly of outstanding cultural importance.

They are, however, not covered by any form of management plan or

conservation programme.

The mission recommended that the management plan for this property

should take account of the cultural values and also of the natural values,

clearly identifying the indigenous flora and fauna and addressing,

inter alia, their conservation, the approach to visitor use in the Valley,

especially in relation to vehicle use, visitor access within the cedar

grove, and plans to establish an expanded area of Cedrus lebani in as

near a natural manner as possible. Because of the vulnerability of the

natural elements and the visual impact of buildings on the Valley rim,

it was essential that there should be an effective buffer zone around the

nominated area.

In view of the multiple ownership of the components of the nominated

property, it was essential that some form of commission should be set up,

composed of representatives of the key government agencies, local

government, and the owners, with adequate scientific and technical

backup, to coordinate and oversee planning and management of the

property.

At its meeting in June 1998 the Bureau referred the nomination back to

the State Party, requesting details of an overall management and

conservation plan for the monastic sites and monuments of the Qadisha

Valley and for the Cedar Forest (including the establishment of a

commission to coordinate the activities of the different owners and

agencies involved and the definition of an effective buffer zone).

The State Party supplied a document containing the guidelines for the

preparation of a management plan. This took into account all the points

made by the expert mission with the exception of the delineation of the

buffer zone, which is the subject of a special study by the Lebanese

General Directorate of Planning.

Brief description

The Qadisha Valley is one of the most important early Christian monastic

settlements in the world, and its monasteries, many of great age, are set

dramatically in a rugged landscape. Nearby are the remains of the great

forest of the Cedars of Lebanon, which were highly prized for the

construction of great religious buildings in the ancient world.

Recommendation

That this property be inscribed on the World Heritage List on the basis

of criteria iii and iv:

Criterion iii: The Qadisha Valley has been the site of monastic

communities continuously since the earliest years of Christianity. The

trees in the Cedar Forest are survivors of a sacred forest and of one of

the most highly prized building materials of the ancient world.

Criterion iv: The monasteries of the Qadisha Valley are the most

significant surviving examples of this fundamental demonstration of

Christian faith.

ONE of Australia’s iconic Labor leaders and former Governor General

Bill Hayden has been baptised as a Catholic at the age of 85, and after a

lifetime as a declared atheist.

“There’s been a gnawing pain in my heart and soul about what is the

meaning of life. What’s my role in it?” Mr Hayden said.

Now in declining health, the former federal opposition leader and

foreign minister said he hoped his new-found faith might encourage

others as the Church passes through difficult times.

“This took too long, and now I am going to be devoted.

“From this day forward I’m going to vouch for God,” Mr Hayden told

The Catholic Leader as he prepared to be welcomed into the Church

at St Mary’s Church, Ipswich, west of Brisbane, on September 9.

He suffered a stroke in 2014, and as he prepared for the baptism

celebrated by Fr Peter Dillon, Mr Hayden was feeling “great pain” from

a recent fall in which he broke his shoulder. However he was

determined to go ahead.

Fr Dillon said he felt a “real closeness” with the former Australian

leader as he baptised him.

“It was a big thing for him … an act of submission to the fact that there

was no denying for him that God is real and he had come to discover

that,” he said.Mr Hayden attributed his conversion to the influence of

his own mother, who was Catholic, and of the Ursuline Sisters, who

taught him at primary school in inner-city Brisbane, and who stressed

the principles of humanity, social commitment and service to others.

However, it was a recent hospital visit to see Sister of Mercy Angela

Mary Doyle that proved the pivotal moment in Mr Hayden’s faith

journey.

“I have always felt embraced and loved by her Christian example,”

Mr Hayden said, of the 93-year-old, who has been a lifelong inspiration

of service to him, and who was among the congregation at the

baptism.

“Sister Angela Mary Doyle was for twenty-two years administrator of

Mater hospitals in Brisbane – a citadel of health care for the poor of

South Brisbane where I grew up towards the end of the Great

Depression,” he wrote in a letter to friends before the baptism.

Faith decision: Former Labor leader Bill Hayden (seated) on the

day of his baptism at St Mary’s Church, Ipswich, with his siblings

Patricia Oxenham, John Hayden and Joan Moseman.

“Dallas (my wife), our daughter

Ingrid and I recently visited Sister

Angela Mary in the Mater Hospital

where she was a patient.

“The next morning I woke with the

strong sense that I had been in the

presence of a holy woman.

“So after dwelling on these things I

found my way back to the core of

those beliefs – the Church.”

Ironically, Mr Hayden said the mes-

sage that Christianity was a reli-

gion not of rules, but of love came

to him while reading a book on

Shia Islam by academic Malise

Ruthven.

“It is about love for your fellow hu-

mans, forgiveness, compassion and

helpful support,” he said.

“These characteristics are founded

on the teachings of Christ and driv-

en by faith in an external power –

the Christian God whose limita-

tions are beyond what humans

could attain.

“I can no longer accept that human

existence is self-sufficient and

isolated.”

Mr Hayden said he hoped to serve

the Church. “I would like to play an

active part in the St Vincent de Paul

Society,” he said.

Blessed day: Fr Peter Dillon baptises Bill Hayden at St Mary’s Church, Ipswich,

assisted by Fr Stephen Bliss. Mr Hayden said he hoped his baptism might help

others to see the importance of the Church with fresh eyes, especially after

revelations of clerical child sexual abuse. “The problems are caused by hu-

man agents of the Church, but we shouldn’t let our faith be undermined by the

action of agents who aren’t quite as good as they should be,” he said.

“And I want to understand my theology better, by reading the Bible.”

Mr Hayden recalled growing up with a father who treated his mother

“quite badly”. Unfortunately I had experience of what domestic abuse

was all about,” he said.

Mr Hayden was “indebted” to the Ursuline Sisters who taught him at

primary school and shaped his social-policy thinking. He was also

shaped by Sr Angela Mary Doyle at Brisbane’s Mater Hospital who “saw

to it that the poor received the best medical attention at low cost, and

pressed for universal health insurance”. “Without her, there would have

been no Medibank and no Medicare today,” Mr Hayden said.

“She displayed enormous courage in standing up for those principles

against strong opposition, including from the medical profession. “Later

she again showed her strength and morality in standing up to narrow-

minded political leadership in Queensland which wanted certain

patients treated as though their often terminal illness was God’s

judgement on them – something quite contrary to her Christian spirit

and compassion. “Lots of people who couldn’t afford expensive medical

treatment, can now because she broke ranks and came out and

supported it.”

Mr Hayden started his adult career as a policeman before entering

politics.

Faith inspiration:

Bill Hayden and

Sr Angela Mary

He succeeded Gough Whitlam as Leader of the Opposition and led

the Labor party for six years, including an election defeat in 1980.

Just weeks before the 1983 election he resigned after key frontbench-

ers switched allegiances to support Bob Hawke as leader.

In a Hawke government, Mr Hayden served as Minister for Foreign

Affairs from 1983 to 1988 (Trade was added to his portfolio from

1987), and was then appointed governor-general for seven years.

Mr Hayden said he’d been wrestling with the idea of becoming a

Catholic for a long time.

Among messages of congratulations he received a “marvellous letter”

from former prime minister Kevin Rudd.

Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge also congratulated Mr Hayden.

“I’m delighted for Bill and think it is a gift for not only him and his

family but for the entire Church in some sense,” he said.

“This is just another extraordinary moment late in life for a man who

has already had an extraordinary journey.

“He wasn’t a flawless politician, but he made a remarkable contribu-

tion.

“As one of his colleagues said to me, we owe Bill Hayden a lot

including Medicare.”

Gazing on Jesus: Bill Hayden looking at the crucifix in St Mary’s

Church, Ipswich, on the day of his baptism.

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Pray for the Anglican Church –

for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury;

Philip Freier of Melbourne, Primate of

Australia; Glenn, Archbishop of Sydney;

Michael Stead, our Regional Bishop; and

for all the bishops, priests, deacons and

Religious of the Anglican Communion.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we

are asked to pray for The Anglican

Church of Tanzania, for its bishop,

The Most Revd Ezekiel Kumir Kondocan,

and for all his clergy and people.

Pray for Fr James and for Fr

Michael as well as for Helen and

Antonia. May God bless them

and their ministries and may we support

them as they work among us in Christ’s

name.

Pray for St Paul’s: God of mercy,

strengthen us to help shape a parish

where diversity is a source of

enrichment, compassion is common,

life’s poetry realized, suffering

lightened through sharing, justice

attended, joy pervasive, hope lived,

the hum of the universe heard, and

together with you and each other we

build what is beautiful, true, worthy

of your generosity to us, an echo of

your kingdom. Amen. (Ted Loder)

Pray for, St Matthew’s,

Zababdeh, (West Bank,

Palestinian Territorries), our

Anglican Communion Partner:

We remember especially their Parish

Priest, Fr Saleem Dawani, and his

ministry in the parish. We remember

also Jameel Maher, who acts as the St

Matthew’s partnership link person with

us. May both our parishes be blessed

by the link we are establishing.

Pray for the Church’s mission:

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out

your arms of love on the hard wood of

the cross that everyone might come

within the reach of your saving

embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that

we, reaching forth our hands in love,

may bring those who do not know you to

the knowledge and love of you; for the

honour of your name. Amen. (Author

unknown)

Pray for our Children’s Church:

The Lord said, ‘Let the little children

come to me and do not forbid them for

such is the kingdom of heaven’. Bless,

Lord, your children who now stand

before you in prayer. Help them to

understand the depth of your love.

O Lord, bless our Children's Church

and all its future endeavours, that

through it we may glorify you with your

Father and the Holy Spirit, now, always

and forever. Amen.

Pray for peace: Lead me from death

to life, from falsehood to truth; lead me

from despair to hope, from fear to trust;

lead me from hate to love, from war to

peace.

Let peace fill our hearts, our world, our

universe.

Pray for all in need, we remember

especially this week all those people

with oppressive work and daily

hardships.

Pray for the sick and their

carers: Andrew; Joyce Bannister;

Margaret Baseley; Barry Brandy; John

Burns; June Cameron; Scott Cameron;

Peter Comino; Andrew Connolly;

Rodney Chesham; Hilary Davies; Dave

Ernst; Fahim; Maria Fry; Florence; Paul

Gibson; Frank Haines; Caroline Huet;

Matthew; Margaret Hayes; Bruce

Hellyer; Bishop Ivan Lee; Bishop Ken

Mason; Pamela McParlane; Jan Morgan;

Y Nhan; Nicola; Erene O’Connor; Alister

& Sally Palmer; Paul Phillips; Robert;

Jean Rennick; Malcolm Sandstrom; Jean

Storey; Elsa Sorensen; Peter Sorensen;

Kevin Sutton; Nancy Thompson; Reg

Vine; Margaret Wheatley; Bill Whittle;

Bob Woods;

In love and charity please

remember the recently departed,

especially Vicki Dodman,

The Reverend Dr Philip Blake and

Archbishop Donald Robinson that God

may grant them a place of refreshment,

light and peace.

Pray, too, for, Gwendoline Beryl John,

Eulalie Patricia Salisbury, Robert

Walwin Ferris, Susan Gai Laurence,

Stanley Duncan Richardson and John

Henry Corkill and for any others whose

year’s mind falls around this time.

Rest eternal grant unto them O Lord, and

let light perpetual shine upon them!

A mid-week Eucharist will be held in the Chapel of our Lord's Passion on

Wednesday at 10.30am.

Commemorations noted by the lectionary this week –

Tuesday 25 September - Sergius of Moscow, abbot and teacher (d.1392)

Wednesday 26 September – Lancelot Andrewes, bishop of Winchester

(d.1626)

Thursday 27 September - Vincent De Paul, priest, worker with the poor

(d.1660)

Saturday 29 September - Michael and All Angels

Phone 9747 4327

Post PO Box 530, Burwood, NSW 1805

Website www.stpaulsburwood.org.au

Rector Fr James Collins

rector@stpaulsburwood.anglican.asn.au

Senior Assistant Priest Fr Michael Deasey OAM

Honorary Priest Fr Jim Pettigrew

Lay Minister Ms Rosemary King

Director of Music Mrs Sheryl Southwood

Organist Mr Joshua Ryan

Rector’s Warden Dr Jane Carrick – 0418 399 664

People’s Wardens Mrs Elizabeth Griffiths – 8033 3113

Mrs Pam Brock – 9747 3619

Office Secretary Mrs Caroline Badra

(9.30am to 2.30pm, Tuesday to Friday)

office@stpaulsburwood.anglican.asn.au

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