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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: [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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
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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
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