OZ Catholic Workers Object to Cardinal Appointing General Chancellor of A.C.U.!
OZ CW | 27.11.2010 07:51
SUNDAY NOV 28th 10.30am-1pm *Join the Catholic Worker Anti-War Vigil Outside the Brisbane Catholic Cathedral in Opposition to the Appointment of Gen.Cosgrove as Chancellor of Australian Catholic University
More info Contact Sean
More info Contact Sean
HAS THE CHURCH HAS LOST ITS MORAL DIRECTION BY
APPOINTING WAR PROMOTER GENERAL PETER COSGROVE AS CHANCELLOR OF ACU?
Demonstration at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney 2.30pm Sunday November 28
Inauguration ceremony for General Cosgrove’s Appointment at 3pm
"The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner. But we are destroying crops, setting fire to entire villages and to the people in them. We are not performing the works of mercy but the works of war." – Dorothy Day
We are members of the Catholic Worker Movement. We were greatly disturbed when we read this week that it was announced that Iraq war promoter General Peter Cosgrove has been appointed the new chancellor of Australian Catholic University.
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=24281#hys
This is of great concern considering that Cosgrove, former head of the ADF during the Howard era, would have been well aware of warnings of a humanitarian disaster and the non-existence of Iraq's link to terrorism or any arsenal of WMDs by experts like Britain's Dr David Kelly, UN arms inspector Scott Ritter and Australia's own intelligence expert, Andrew Wilkie.
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/s804540.htm
Cosgrove, a Catholic, would also have been aware of warnings by Pope John Paul II that war with Iraq was "a defeat for humanity which could not be morally or legally justified."
http://www.cjd.org/paper/jp2war.html
The pope said the U.N. charter and international law "remind us war cannot be decided upon, even when it is a matter of ensuring the common good, except as the last option and in accordance with very strict conditions, without ignoring the consequences for the civilian population both during and after the military options."
http://www.americancatholic.org/news/JustWar/iraq/papalstatement.asp
Yet, Cosgrove ignored the leaders of his own Church and chose to follow the leaders of the western military-industrial complex into a war which ignored international law and turned Iraq into a humanitarian disaster which would only serve to promote anti-western hatred and terrorism. Why then has Cardinal George Pell and the ACU turned a blind eye to someone who has so blatantly acted against the morality of the Church and decided to appoint Cosgrove to such a prestigious position in the Australian Catholic Church?
Peter Cosgrove might be viewed as "an outstanding Australian and an eminent Australian Catholic" by ACU's Vice Chancellor, Prof. Greg Craven, but the fact is that Cosgrove turned his back on Pope John Paul II and the Church by leading Australia into the war in Iraq. He would have known that this was done under the false pretext of eliminating Weapons Of Mass Destruction. He has the blood of thousands of innocent Iraqis on his hands and was a participant in the destruction of an entire nation's civil infrastructure and shares responsibility for the subsequent civil war. He did nothing to stop the torture and abuse of Abu Graib, the holocaust of Falluja, the horror of cluster bombs or the decimation of the Iraqi Catholic (Chaldean) community.
"Philosopy and Key Values" of ACU, found on the university web site:
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ACU is founded on "a long history of commitment to truth, in a spirit of freedom and service ... It prizes such key values as:
* following the way of Christ and commitment to Christian values;
* participating in the community and mission of the Church;
* a continuing dialogue between faith and reason - represented, for example, by the dialogue between philosophy and science;
* respect for truth in all its forms and collaboration in seeking it through all the disciplines;
* promotion of the common good, and the dignity of the human person;
* collaboration of all our staff and students, whatever their beliefs, in the interests of a more decent and humane society;
* the promotion of teaching and research in ways that most serve the mission of the University;
* respect for academic freedom."
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It would appear that at least four of the key values (in bold) should exclude a person like Peter Cosgrove from the position that he now holds.
Hundreds of thousands of Australians took to the streets in 2003 in the largest anti-war marches in Australian history to show their opposition to Australia's involvement in Iraq. Peter Cosgrove is not "an outstanding Australian" to these good people. Cosgrove knew well that the position of the Church and the Pope was this was clearly not a “Just War”. His appointment brings ACU and the Catholic Church in Australia into blood-soaked disrepute.
APPOINTING WAR PROMOTER GENERAL PETER COSGROVE AS CHANCELLOR OF ACU?
Demonstration at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney 2.30pm Sunday November 28
Inauguration ceremony for General Cosgrove’s Appointment at 3pm
"The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner. But we are destroying crops, setting fire to entire villages and to the people in them. We are not performing the works of mercy but the works of war." – Dorothy Day
We are members of the Catholic Worker Movement. We were greatly disturbed when we read this week that it was announced that Iraq war promoter General Peter Cosgrove has been appointed the new chancellor of Australian Catholic University.
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=24281#hys This is of great concern considering that Cosgrove, former head of the ADF during the Howard era, would have been well aware of warnings of a humanitarian disaster and the non-existence of Iraq's link to terrorism or any arsenal of WMDs by experts like Britain's Dr David Kelly, UN arms inspector Scott Ritter and Australia's own intelligence expert, Andrew Wilkie.
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/s804540.htm Cosgrove, a Catholic, would also have been aware of warnings by Pope John Paul II that war with Iraq was "a defeat for humanity which could not be morally or legally justified."
http://www.cjd.org/paper/jp2war.html The pope said the U.N. charter and international law "remind us war cannot be decided upon, even when it is a matter of ensuring the common good, except as the last option and in accordance with very strict conditions, without ignoring the consequences for the civilian population both during and after the military options."
http://www.americancatholic.org/news/JustWar/iraq/papalstatement.asp Yet, Cosgrove ignored the leaders of his own Church and chose to follow the leaders of the western military-industrial complex into a war which ignored international law and turned Iraq into a humanitarian disaster which would only serve to promote anti-western hatred and terrorism. Why then has Cardinal George Pell and the ACU turned a blind eye to someone who has so blatantly acted against the morality of the Church and decided to appoint Cosgrove to such a prestigious position in the Australian Catholic Church?
Peter Cosgrove might be viewed as "an outstanding Australian and an eminent Australian Catholic" by ACU's Vice Chancellor, Prof. Greg Craven, but the fact is that Cosgrove turned his back on Pope John Paul II and the Church by leading Australia into the war in Iraq. He would have known that this was done under the false pretext of eliminating Weapons Of Mass Destruction. He has the blood of thousands of innocent Iraqis on his hands and was a participant in the destruction of an entire nation's civil infrastructure and shares responsibility for the subsequent civil war. He did nothing to stop the torture and abuse of Abu Graib, the holocaust of Falluja, the horror of cluster bombs or the decimation of the Iraqi Catholic (Chaldean) community.
"Philosopy and Key Values" of ACU, found on the university web site:
----------
ACU is founded on "a long history of commitment to truth, in a spirit of freedom and service ... It prizes such key values as:
* following the way of Christ and commitment to Christian values;
* participating in the community and mission of the Church;
* a continuing dialogue between faith and reason - represented, for example, by the dialogue between philosophy and science;
* respect for truth in all its forms and collaboration in seeking it through all the disciplines;
* promotion of the common good, and the dignity of the human person;
* collaboration of all our staff and students, whatever their beliefs, in the interests of a more decent and humane society;
* the promotion of teaching and research in ways that most serve the mission of the University;
* respect for academic freedom."
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It would appear that at least four of the key values (in bold) should exclude a person like Peter Cosgrove from the position that he now holds.
Hundreds of thousands of Australians took to the streets in 2003 in the largest anti-war marches in Australian history to show their opposition to Australia's involvement in Iraq. Peter Cosgrove is not "an outstanding Australian" to these good people. Cosgrove knew well that the position of the Church and the Pope was this was clearly not a “Just War”. His appointment brings ACU and the Catholic Church in Australia into blood-soaked disrepute.
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Cops & Spooks Attacking Our "Sunday N28" Organising Efforts - Bristol/ Brisbane
27.11.2010 09:49
Hi folks, in the last 48 hours I have been working (in the late hours & early hours) hard with folks in Brisbane on a Catholic Worker (CW) response to Sydney's Cardinal Pell apppointing General Cosgrove Chancellor of Australian Catholic University (ACU)...appointment happens Sunday at a 3pm mass at Sydney Cathedral
Briz CW people will stage a vigil in the morning outside Brisbane's Catholic Cathedral
We have bought a $400 plane ticket (if you'd like to contribute to the plane fare get back to me...(so far donations Jimmy 100, Carole 100 Sean 100, me 50)...if we get more donnies we can defray the contributions of the aforementioned...got it.. ok?)
.......... we are sending Jimmy D down to Sydney to vigil at St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral fro when he lands until the completiton of the ritual to appoint General Cosgrove Cancellor of Australian Catholic University.........., Jimmy D did media outreach yesterday, his sister (celebrated children's doctor is meeting with the Brisbane bishop on the issue of Cosgrove's appointment this week)
Yesterday, in Sydney, NSW police approached a Catholic activist friend ASKING who was behind this effort....NSW police said their intel was 200 CW's coming (we're not sure where the other 199 are comig from at the present time)......during Friday night as we conitued email work on this project ..........pseudonym posted comments began to appear during this period.... on a post advertising my Sundy/ Monday talks in Bristol......on Bristol indymedia...
these comment/ attacks....making general nonspecific accuations of sexual harrassment by me (no victims/ no times/ no places) in Australia in the 1980's
.....smellls like the NSW cops googling me and doing what they can to distract and discredit me
...CW in England also has a long history (Liverpool '90's with British Aerospace and an intel group that works for BAe...Bristol is a BAE Systems town...could be them... anyway here's the link check it out...make of what you will and feel free to repsond (below is a promo for what we are planning in Bsbane and Sydney...if ya can help out with that would be appreeciated)
Peace
Ciaron
LINK - 1980's sexual haraasment accusationsover on Bristol indymedia and my reponses
*SUNDAY NOV 28th 10.30am-1pm *Join the Catholic Worker Anti-War Vigil Outside the Brisbane Catholic Cathedral in Opposition to the Appointment of Gen.Cosgrove as Chancellor of Australian Catholic University
More info Ph. Sean O'Reilly: 042 374 9946
HAS THE CHURCH LOST ITS MORAL DIRECTION BY
APPOINTING WAR PROMOTER GENERAL PETER COSGROVE AS CHANCELLOR OF ACU?
*Demonstration at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney 2.30pm Sunday November 28
Inauguration ceremony for General Cosgrove’s Appointment at 3pm
More info. Ph. Jimmy Dodrill 0414 898 380
"The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner. But we are destroying crops, setting fire to entire villages and to the people in them. We are not performing the works of mercy but the works of war." – Dorothy Day
We are members of the Catholic Worker Movement. We were greatly disturbed when we read this week that it was announced that Iraq war promoter General Peter Cosgrove has been appointed the new chancellor of Australian Catholic University.
This is of great concern considering that Cosgrove, former head of the ADF during the Howard era, would have been well aware of warnings of a humanitarian disaster and the non-existence of Iraq's link to terrorism or any arsenal of WMDs by experts like Britain's Dr David Kelly, UN arms inspector Scott Ritter and Australia's own intelligence expert, Andrew Wilkie.
Cosgrove, a Catholic, would also have been aware of warnings by Pope John Paul II that war with Iraq was "a defeat for humanity which could not be morally or legally justified."
The pope said the U.N. charter and international law "remind us war cannot be decided upon, even when it is a matter of ensuring the common good, except as the last option and in accordance with very strict conditions, without ignoring the consequences for the civilian population both during and after the military options."
Yet, Cosgrove ignored the leaders of his own Church and chose to follow the leaders of the western military-industrial complex into a war which ignored international law and turned Iraq into a humanitarian disaster which would only serve to promote anti-western hatred and terrorism. Why then has Cardinal George Pell and the ACU turned a blind eye to someone who has so blatantly acted against the morality of the Church and decided to appoint Cosgrove to such a prestigious position in the Australian Catholic Church?
Peter Cosgrove might be viewed as "an outstanding Australian and an eminent Australian Catholic" by ACU's Vice Chancellor, Prof. Greg Craven, but the fact is that Cosgrove turned his back on Pope John Paul II and the Church by leading Australia into the war in Iraq. He would have known that this was done under the false pretext of eliminating Weapons Of Mass Destruction. He has the blood of thousands of innocent Iraqis on his hands and was a participant in the destruction of an entire nation's civil infrastructure and shares responsibility for the subsequent civil war. He did nothing to stop the torture and abuse of Abu Graib, the holocaust of Falluja, the horror of cluster bombs or the decimation of the Iraqi Catholic (Chaldean) community.
"Philosopy and Key Values" of ACU, found on the university web site:
----------
ACU is founded on "a long history of commitment to truth, in a spirit of freedom and service ... It prizes such key values as:
* following the way of Christ and commitment to Christian values;
* participating in the community and mission of the Church;
* a continuing dialogue between faith and reason - represented, for example, by the dialogue between philosophy and science;
* respect for truth in all its forms and collaboration in seeking it through all the disciplines;
* promotion of the common good, and the dignity of the human person;
* collaboration of all our staff and students, whatever their beliefs, in the interests of a more decent and humane society;
* the promotion of teaching and research in ways that most serve the mission of the University;
* respect for academic freedom."
-----------
It would appear that at least four of the key values (in bold) should exclude a person like Peter Cosgrove from the position that he now holds.
Hundreds of thousands of Australians took to the streets in 2003 in the largest anti-war marches in Australian history to show their opposition to Australia's involvement in Iraq. Peter Cosgrove is not "an outstanding Australian" to these good people. Cosgrove knew well that the position of the Church and the Pope was this was clearly not a “Just War”. His appointment brings ACU and the Catholic Church in Australia into blood-soaked disrepute.
Ciaron
Cardinal Pell - Guns and Gambling - A ok!
27.11.2010 11:27
Cardinal Pell said on the proliferation of poker machines in NSW Catholic clubs: ''I must confess I do feel a bit uneasy about that, but only a bit uneasy,'' he admitted. ''Because culturally I'm an Irish Australian and we grew up gambling.''
Only when it became an addiction, threatening the well-being of oneself and one's family, did it become a sin.
Speaking on ''God and Mammon: need or greed in the big end of town'', Cardinal Pell said at the lunch, hosted by Notre Dame University, that as far as the ethics of selling tobacco went, supplying adults who were aware of the risks and still chose to smoke was nothing to rush to the confessional about.
And when quizzed about the ethics of selling arms, he hypothesised that global military contractors may in fact be acting on a moral imperative.
''I think you can produce arms morally ... You might say in some cases it is necessary. We are a peaceful country. If we were unarmed that would be an enticement to evil people. The best way to stay as we are is to be strong and effectively armed so I think you could make the case,'' he said.
Instead, the cardinal's wrath honed in on corporate fat cat salaries, which were morally suspect, he said.
Guns & Gambling
UPDATED Report from Sydney Cathedral from Jimmy D - Catholic Worker Anti-War Vig
28.11.2010 06:58
Peter G, Wayne K. Ross P Jimmy D, Eric S all vigiling at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedra in Sudney Australia opposing Genral Cosgrove's appointment to Chancellor of Australian Catholic University by Cardinal Pell.
Jimmy Dodrill (originally from Dublin) cornered General Cosgrove while the General tried to slip in the side door of the Cathedral building. General Cosgrove was made aware of his errors by Jimmy D and asked to resign his position.
Heavy New South Wales police presence now
from Jimmy D