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austraLasia #2391

Another step on the 150th - from an unlikely source

SYDNEY: 30th March 2009 -- While a major Catholic weekly (indeed it is called 'The Catholic Weekly') is hardly an unlikely source for news about saints, it was, one has to admit, a surprise to open Sydney's Catholic Weekly for the last week in March to find Michael Rua explicitly nominated as 'Saint of the week' - looking forward a few days to April 6th. And it was even more intriguing to see the acknowledgement at the bottom of the article: www.salesians.org.uk.  Well done guys!
    But there it was: Don Rua, the Living Rule, Feastday April 6th, Saint of the Day.  We probably would have overlooked this one, not that it is the 'feast day' we Salesians celebrate. Instead we do that on October 29, but let's not knock back a good thing when it comes our way. In true Catholic tradition, and the Catholic Weekly would adhere to such, as it is a voice for Sydney's well-known Cardinal Pell, the Rua 'feast day' is the day of his entry into paradise, which was 99 years ago on 6th April. The article, quoted in full from the UK website but in the new context of 'Saint of the Day' will certainly lead Sydney Catholics to know something of this wonderful Salesian and probably also lead them to believe he is a full-blown saint.  We won't be disappointed about that.
    There is little point in quoting extensively from the item here.  You can trace it yourself by going to www.salesians.org.uk and picking the 'Saints' tag, then Blessed Michael Rua.  The Catholic Weekly has also taken the photo, the one with just a hint of a smile.  Pity, since readers would know that we now could have offered them one depicting considerable mirth.
    Maybe we should include this as another step, another reminder, in the 150th, though no doubt it will be picked up again in late October. A bit like life at the Pisana where some can manage to celebrate both birthday and 'onomastico'.

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Title: australasia 2391
Subject and key words: SDB General Rua
Date (year): 2009

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