CAPUCHIN FRANCISCAN FRIARS OF AUSTRALIA

Capuchin News From WYD08!

2008-07-29T16:31:00.000-07:00

CAPUCHIN NEWS FROM WYD08! Around forty young English-speaking Capuchin friars came together in Plumpton (Sydney, Australia) to make the WYD pilgrimage journey as a group united in fraternity. The friars were from Australia, the USA, Canada, Poland, Puerto Rico, Papua New Guinea, as well as postulants from East Timor. The group was also joined by six Franciscan Immaculatine Sisters from Australia, the Philippines, Italy and Brazil. Having so many young friars together was an awesome witness and manifestation of Capuchin and religious life to the youth of the world, but especially to the people of Australia, who for the most part are unaware that religious life is still a reality in the Church. It was a great opportunity to evangelise, to share about our life, as well as to participate in the many WYD activities as brothers. For more news have a look CAPUCHIN NEWS

WYD Capuchin Youth Festival

2008-07-29T16:27:00.000-07:00

WYD CAPUCHIN YOUTH FESTIVAL! On the Wednesday of WYD08 (16th July), the Australian Capuchin Friars hosted a 3 ½ hour Capuchin Youth Festival in the Piazza of the Italian Forum Cultural Centre in Leichhardt. Have a look! WYD FESTIVAL

WYD Event: HOLY ROSARY and QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME

2008-07-06T17:43:00.000-07:00

Two absolutely amazing and moving musical experiences on the Thursday evening, 17^th July, commencing 8pm (St Stephen’s Church, 197 Macquarie St, Sydney).
“HOLY ROSARY”, composed by Capuchin friar John Paul Russo (check out his bio, below), will be an amazing opportunity for young people to pray Our Lady’s Rosary in an interactive way through song, beautiful music and multi-media images to give a full-sensory experience, which will hopefully enhance the contemplation of the mysteries – a great way for you to reserve a special place for Our Lady in the midst of WYD week.
This will be followed by a presentation of Oliver Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time”: a musical and mystical piece inspired by a passage from the Book of Revelation and written in a German prisoner of war camp during WWII. It is a deeply moving piece that has resonated in the hearts of many, putting them in touch with something greater than themselves. It will be performed by the Revelations Ensemble, including four of Australia’s finest virtuosos (Sunny Roh - Violin, Guy Spielman - Clarinet, Van-Anh Nguyen - Piano and Christopher Pidcock –Cello), and some of the WYD Choir and String Orchestra.

http://www.capuchinfriars.org.au/wyd/sydney_ststephens.shtml

About the Composer of “HOLY ROSARY” – John Paul Russo, OFM Cap. (1967– )

John Paul Russo, OFM Cap. is a member of the Capuchin-Franciscan Friars of the Province of the Sacred Stigmata of St. Francis on the east coast of the USA. He presently lives in Union City, New Jersey, where he is director of the vocation ministry for his province and also an active composer.
Brother John began piano lessons at age 9 and began composing by age 11. During high school, he studied theory and composition at a community music school, and continued as a composition major at the Eastman School of Music (1985-89) and graduate studies at Indiana University (1989-90). He also participated at the advanced composers’ seminar at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. Among his teachers were Samuel Adler, Joseph Schwantner, Warren Benson, David Liptak, Fred Fox, Claude Baker, William Bolcom, Earl Brown, George Tsontakis, Jacob Druckman and others.
In 1991, he decided to join the Capuchins where he spent several years in formation and ministry to the poor (especially as director of a soup kitchen for 3 years) and in 1997 was assigned as pastoral associate, youth director and DRE at a parish in Tampa, Florida until the summer of 2007 when he moved to New Jersey to take on the vocation ministry.
Brother John has won several national awards in America for his works, including the Herbert Zipper prize from the Rockefeller Foundation, 2 ASCAP awards, and a Charles Ives Scholarship from the National Academy of Arts and Letters. He has recently written a series of sacred works, especially the multi-media interactive Holy Rosary, a Magnificat, some psalm settings, and a Mass for unaccompanied chorus called: Missa pro nova aurora, which was premiered in April of 2008 and dedicated to Pope Benedict XVI. (He graciously accepted the dedication personally in the summer of 2006 – having kept a copy for himself and returned a signed copy to the composer with his Apostolic Blessing.) Other works include the 7 movement Canticle Odes for solo piano; 2 short orchestral works (FrateVento & Un Francais a New York) -- both written for and premiered by the Florida Orchestra in their 2007 season; Fuser for string quartet; Eventual Horizons for mixed piano quintet; and various other works for chorus, small ensembles and solo instruments.

CARDINAL'S CUP THIS SUNDAY

2008-05-29T02:13:00.000-07:00

Cardinal's Cup 2007 - Capuchins

‘Catholic’ sport will come alive this Sunday as 12 teams from across Sydney take part in the annual Cardinal’s Cup indoor soccer competition to be held at Sydney University.
“There is more expectation and interest in this year’s Cardinal’s Cup than ever before,” said Robert Haddad, the Convenor of the Sydney University Catholic Chaplaincy and the organiser of the competition.
“This is not only because the competition has gathered momentum over the past six years but also because the winner will have the opportunity to participate in the ‘Papal Plate’ International Soccer Tournament which will be held at Sydney Uni during WYD week,” Mr Haddad said.
The twelve teams competing in the Cardinal’s Cup represent a variety of Catholic groups and movements including seven university groups - the University of Notre Dame (UNDA), Campion College, the Catholic Asian Students Society (CASS), the Sydney Uni Catholic Society of St Peter, the University of NSW Catholic Students, the Australian Catholic Students Association (ACSA) and the Seminary of the Good Shepherd.
Other youth related groups include St Mary’s Cathedral Youth Group ‘Embrace’ and the Ukrainian Youth but the real teams to watch will be the Maronites, the Neo-Catechumenate and the Capuchins, who have each won the tournament twice in the six year history of the of annual tournament.
“It will be fascinating to see if one of these groups can manage their third Cardinal’s Cup or whether another team will come through the pack and snare the Australian spot in the ‘Papal Plate’ competition for WYD,” continued Mr Haddad.
The first 10-minute game is set to start at 11am, when St Mary’s Cathedral take on the Ukrainians and the final is due to commence at 3.30 with the presentation immediately afterwards. There will be seating available for spectators.
The full line up of the day’s draw is as follows:
11:00 am: Cathedral v Ukrainians
11:15 am: UNDA v UNSW
11:30 am: CSSP v Maronites
11:45 am: CASS v Neo-Cats
12:00 noon: Ukrainians v ACSA
12:15 pm: UNSW v Campion
12:30 pm: Maronites v Capuchins
12:45 pm: Neo-Cats v Seminarians
1:00 pm: ACSA v Cathedral
1:15 pm: Campion v UNDA
1:30 pm: Capuchins v CSSP
1:45 pm: Seminarians v CASS
2.00 pm: 15 mins break
2:15 pm: Semi Final 1 (Division A v Division C)
2:40 pm: Semi Final 2 (Division B v Division D)
3.05 pm: Play-off for 3rd place.
3:30 pm: Grand Final
4.00 pm: Presentations

CASS - Catholic Asian Students' Society

ACSA - Australian Catholic Students Assco

UNDA - University of Notre Dame

UNSW - University of NSW

CSSP - Catholic Society of St Peter (Sydney Uni)

Article source: http://www.ybenedict.org/content/view/91/9/

Capuchin World Youth Day 2008 Events

2008-05-18T20:46:00.000-07:00

CAPUCHIN MEETING PLACE

CATECHISES EVENTS

MUSICAL RECITAL ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH

CELEBRATION OF FAITH

YOU WILL RECIEVE THE POWER

2008-05-09T18:21:00.000-07:00

WELCOME TO THE CAPUCHINS WYD 2008. WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU OUR LIFE IN THE COMMUNITIES ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL DURING THE WYD 2008.