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ONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EEarlier last week a good friend of mine=92s father pa=
ssed away at the age of 88=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
Jack Weir was one of those kindly old men that attract instant admiration fr=
om anyone they meet=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMr We=
ir, as I called him, Grandad as the rest of my family called him, certainly =
won our hearts<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3Eover the many=
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tyle=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EMy wife and I attended the =
funeral and we were deeply touched by the words his three sons spoke about h=
im=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWhat was even more tel=
ling were the words of his grandchildren=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=
=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESome of them brought a song, others wrote poetry, and others=
 simply told stories about their grandfather and his mischievous sense of hu=
mour=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0=
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U style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAt these times I often t=
hink of the words of the song, =91All and all it seems to go, but you don=92=
t know what you=92ve got till it=92s gone=2E=92 <SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
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hell, was referring to turning pieces of paradise into parking stations=2E<S=
PAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ECan I say this: By far the gr=
eatest tragedy on Earth is not the destruction of our wonderful forests, but=
 that we so often let our elders and our loved ones slip into eternity witho=
ut sharing our full appreciation and love for them=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify=
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T-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EPeter Weir loved his dad and so did the rest of the fam=
ily=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0c=
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her and grandfather=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHis g=
randchildren were jostling for time to say something special about him at hi=
s funeral=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe enclose Matt=
hew Weir=92s tribute to his grandfather in the Grandad section of fathersonl=
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P=3Eth</SUP=3E May, 2004 is Australia=92s first National Day of Thanksgiving=
=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt is being organised by=
 Brian Pickering of the Australian Prayer Network, in conjunction with sever=
al other non-profit community based organisations and the wider church commu=
nity=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe Fatherhood Found=
ation is one of those organisations that have played a key role in helping d=
evelop this exciting concept=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
N=3EThe Fatherhood Foundation has produced 3 x 30 second TV Community Servic=
e Advertisements and 1 x 60 second CSA featuring the Governor General, Micha=
el Jeffery, Deputy Prime Minister, John Anderson, and Darlene Zschech, Austr=
alia=92s well known gospel singer=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 =
</SPAN=3EIf you have a television you will probably see the adverts this wee=
k or you can view them online at <A href=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/e=
mail=5Fblast/rr=2Easp=3Fs=3D2256&v=3D55&c=3D21&u=3Dhttp://www=2Ethanksgiving=
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0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FON=
T-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe Fatherhood Foundation has helped produce all the TV=
 and creative communication for Australia=92s first National Day of Thanksgi=
ving=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe reason for this =
is that in this country we so often forget to say =91thank you=92 to our fam=
ily members=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMany times it=
 is our own mothers and fathers who never hear the word =91thank you=92 from=
 our lips=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMany times our =
wives and children are never fully appreciated=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=91We don=92t know what we=92ve got till it=92s gone=92=
, so now you have a reason to change all that=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
 yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe National Day of Thanksgiving is your opportunity to=
 change your family=92s history by saying thank you to them=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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years=2E He is the father of five children, four boys and one girl, ranging =
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producer and public speaker who likes to think he can still laugh at himself=
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<BR=3E<STRONG=3EStorytelling</STRONG=3E is a universal, traditional art form=
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a; mso-bidi-font-size: 11=2E0pt'=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3EImportant message=
s can be so skilfully conveyed through storytelling, as the listener is so e=
ntranced by the magic images the storyteller paints before your eyes=2E <o:p=
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000=3EHave well-developed characters=2E Have a clear image of the characters=
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r=2E Know the plot and the dialogue well (like your characters) yet allow th=
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2=3EToday I come here to honour my grandfather and my hero, Jack Weir=2E<SPA=
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e touched by=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI do not wis=
h to mourn him today, but to celebrate his life and his legacy=2E<SPAN style=
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enerosity, love, selflessness and his character=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spaceru=
n: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI am honoured to say that I know him=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI would not be the man that I am today if=
 it were not for my grandfather=92s support, encouragement and love=2E<SPAN =
style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe continually motivated and insp=
ired me to achieve my best in everything I did=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBut it was not just me he inspired; he had a special a=
nd unique relationship with all his grandkids, as we did with him=2E<SPAN st=
yle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe was so proud of each of us, not =
just because we were his grandkids, but because he loved us unconditionally=2E=
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<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EI loved our time together, I adored =
his company and mischievous humour and smile=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: =
yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI=92ll miss sitting in his sunroom while he drank his te=
a and read his paper=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBut =
most of all, I=92ll just miss him=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 =
</SPAN=3EEvery memory I have of him is one of love=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spac=
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 when I was around three or four=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 <=
/SPAN=3EI would often stay at his place during the day, probably to give my =
parents some peace and quiet, but mostly just to be with him=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe had a special relationship=2E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETo me he was not just a grandfather,=
 but my best friend=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe so=
mehow could tolerate my endless chatter and I would follow him everywhere=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOne particular day I was at=
 his house and I could not find him anywhere, I was so distraught that I tum=
bled onto his brown lounge that we all know and love, and cried=2E<SPAN styl=
e=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESoon I heard him enter and he picked =
me up=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe said that he wou=
ld never leave me again and that he will always be there=2E<SPAN style=3D'ms=
o-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EToday I tell you the truth, he never left us=
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u grandad for the memories, the love and the laughs, but most of all thank y=
ou for being my grandad, my friend and my hero=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI love you=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 <=
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=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EThe concept of the National Day of Thank=
sgiving has been in the hearts of many Australians for a number of years=2E<=
SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOver the last decade, many p=
eople have written to the Australian Prayer Network expressing a desire to s=
ee our nation called to prayer one day each year=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacer=
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ving was confirmed at the inaugural meeting of the National Prayer Council a=
t Parliament House Canberra on the 17<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E June 2003=2E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis meeting was organised by Warwic=
k Marsh, founder of the Fatherhood Foundation=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
 yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe National Prayer Council voted unanimously to suppor=
t Brian Pickering and the Australian Prayer Network in their initiative=2E<S=
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Saturday, 29<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E May 2004=2E</B=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: =
yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOver time this day of thanksgiving, held every Pentecost=
 weekend on an annual basis, will become part of our national calendar=2E<o:=
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Perhaps this National Day of Thanksgiving was birthed by one of the Southlan=
d=92s early explorers who called this land =91Terra Australis del Espirtu Sa=
nto=92 or, =91The Southern Land of the Holy Spirit=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis proclamation was declared by De Quiros on =
the day of Pentecost 14<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E of May 1606=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-sp=
acerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAfter the muskets were fired the men shouted wit=
h joy =91Long live the faith of Christ=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes=
'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe National Day of Thanksgiving is a celebration of the jo=
y of that moment=2E The first message preached on Australian soil by Rev Ric=
hard Johnson, chaplain to the First Fleet on 3<SUP=3Erd</SUP=3E February 178=
8 was on the theme of thanksgiving, using Psalm 116:12 as the text=2E<o:p=3E=
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ize: 14=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EFor thousands of years the Aborig=
inal people, the original inhabitants of this land, have worshipped one crea=
tor spirit=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETheir dreamtim=
e stories had a tale of a man riding out a great flood in a boat with animal=
s=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOther stories include a=
 man and a woman in a garden with a snake=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes=
'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EFor the Aboriginal people, the Bible was a fulfilment of th=
eir tribal law and dreamtime=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
N=3EAboriginal Christian leaders are among the strongest supporters of the N=
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N-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 14=2E=
0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EIn more recent years there have been severa=
l times when the Nation has been called to pray=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spaceru=
n: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOn the 2<SUP=3End</SUP=3E of November 1838, Governor =
George Gipps proclaimed a day of fasting and humility because of a severe dr=
ought=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWithin two days hea=
vy rain began to fall=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EFif=
ty seven years later, 1895, another day of prayer was called in similar circ=
umstances and three weeks later a day of thanksgiving was called to thank Go=
d for the breaking of the drought=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 =
</SPAN=3EDuring the Second World War several days of prayer were called=2E<S=
PAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ENow is the time for Australia=
ns to once again be called to a National Day of Thanksgiving=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN=
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na; mso-bidi-font-size: 14=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:=
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LIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: V=
erdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 14=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EThe preamb=
le of Australia=92s constitution says, =91Humbly relying on the blessings of=
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onal Day of Thanksgiving will be a day to give expression to these words fou=
nd in our constitution=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EEv=
en the words of our national song, =91Our land abounds in nature=92s gifts o=
f beauty rich and rare=92, give inspiration for this day=2E<SPAN style=3D'ms=
o-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe central focus of the day will come from =
the church=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey will rise=
 up and give thanks to God for all he has given us=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spac=
erun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis example will encourage other Australians to d=
o the same=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe National D=
ay of Thanksgiving will be shaped and run at a local level by each and every=
 community=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ELocal churches=
 in discussion with the local community will arrange celebrations appropriat=
e to their town, city or region=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </=
SPAN=3EThe National Day of Thanksgiving will be expressed differently in eac=
h part of the Nation=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal st=
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o-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EThe National Day of Thanksgiving was launched by h=
is Excellency, the Governor General, Major General Michael Jeffrey on the 11=
<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E of February 2004 at Government House Canberra=2E<SPAN styl=
e=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe excitement about the concept is g=
rowing day by day=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMore an=
d more TV stations are running the community service announcements<SPAN styl=
e=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPeople are recognising the many pract=
ical opportunities for thanksgiving which are before them=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E=
Every Australian can take part in the National Day of Thanksgiving on Saturd=
ay 29<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E May, 2004=2E</B=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EIncluded below are some suggestions for your consideration=2E<o=
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s could be encouraged to see the National Day of Thanksgiving as an opportun=
ity to express love and thanks to each other for what each means and contrib=
utes to family life as a whole=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3D=
EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 14=
=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EHusbands and wives could use the day to =
reinforce their appreciation of each other and value their relationship=2E<B=
R=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<UL=3E<LI=3E<DIV class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
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si-language: EN-AU'=3EChildren could thank their parents, teachers and frien=
ds=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</DIV=3E</LI=3E<LI=3E<DIV class=3DMsoNormal sty=
le=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU sty=
le=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 14=2E0pt; m=
so-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EThe church could invite Government, civic and com=
munity leaders to meet together for prayer breakfasts to thank them for thei=
r service to our communities and our nation=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</DIV=3E=
</LI=3E<LI=3E<DIV class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; TEXT-A=
LIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: V=
erdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 14=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EThe church=
 could organize family fun festival days to be organized to bring people and=
 the nation together to celebrate all we share in common and to bring hope a=
nd renew our community spirit=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</DIV=3E</LI=3E<LI=3E=
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify=
'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-b=
idi-font-size: 14=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EThe church could serve =
the community in unique and creative ways through random acts of kindness=2E=
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'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 14=2E0pt; mso-an=
si-language: EN-AU'=3EAboriginal Christian leaders have suggested it could b=
e a day when Aboriginal people express thanks to God for those who have come=
 to share their land with them, thus incorporating reconciliation as part of=
 the concept of the day=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</DIV=3E</LI=3E<LI=3E<DIV =
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ont-size: 14=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EAn opportunity for people to=
 appreciate and thank our parents and grandparents=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
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r employers to express thanks to their employees for their efforts in the wo=
rkplace and employees to do the same for their employers=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E<=
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AU'=3EIndividuals will be enriched by thanking and appreciating those around=
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-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 14=2E=
0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EThe above ideas are meant to be only a star=
ting point for the National Day of Thanksgiving=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spaceru=
n: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETalk with members of your community and your family t=
o come up with fresh creative ways to say thank you to God and man=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe National Day of Thanksgiving w=
ill be what you make it=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EG=
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0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 301=2E15pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE:=
 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EIn these times of rapid change and global tra=
nsformation, many in our culture are grasping for a spirituality that is bot=
h relevant to our new ways of living and powerful in a world geared for mate=
rialism=2E While many women have learned the value of connection and support=
 of other women through this quest, many men find themselves wrestling with =
questions of identity, morality, and power=97difficulties which, if not reso=
lved in healthy ways, can cause profound damage to individual men, their lov=
ed ones, and others around them=2E </SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT=
-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<=3Fxml:n=
amespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office' /=3E<=
o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<I style=3D'=
mso-bidi-font-style: normal'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3EIn this article, Fran=
ciscan priest Richard Rohr, who has been leading men=92s retreats around the=
 world for many years, offers his thoughts on how the church=92s rediscovery=
 of rites of passage and initiation could provide a process that helps the b=
oys in our culture grow into spiritually mature men=2E Rohr=92s reflections =
show that men=92s need for such a process may return them=97and all of us=97=
to the heart and root of our faith=2E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</I=
=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<I style=3D=
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AN=3E=97The Editors</SPAN=3E</I=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10p=
t; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<S=
PAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<=
P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10p=
t; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<STRONG=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana color=3Dsi=
enna=3EPart 2</FONT=3E</STRONG=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: just=
ify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E=
0pt'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3EA truly initiated man, however, lives inside a=
 sacred universe of meaning=2E Even the seemingly absurd, even the pain has =
meaning=2E Perhaps no world religion deals so directly and effectively with =
the issue of human suffering as healthy Christianity=2E The crucified and ra=
ised-up Jesus is an ultimate transformation-initiation symbol=2E The sacrame=
nts of initiation that were fittingly celebrated throughout Lent and the Eas=
ter Triduum were the liminal space that initiated new Christians and 're-ini=
tiated' the old into the sacred mysteries=2E Now, when I speak of the myster=
ies, some Christians seem not to know that there were any=2E This is the tra=
gic result not only of centuries of non-initiated Christians, but of the lus=
t for certitude and predictability that has characterized the Western church=
=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E=
<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=
<FONT face=3DVerdana=3EIn general, initiation is much more about weaving a s=
acred cosmology of meaning than it is about specific moral principles=2E Rit=
ual, it seems, speaks more to the unconscious and prepares us to receive con=
scious experiences=2E Thus, <I style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style: normal'=3Erites=
</I=3E of passage as opposed to mere lectures on correct behavior; the assum=
ption being that ritual holds together meaning, reconciles opposites, speaks=
 to the unconscious, and finally transforms more than mere sermons or mandat=
es=2E This is going to be a hard lesson for the Western mind, especially for=
 much of Protestant Christianity=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=
 style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt=
; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3EFor the man who has=
 descended into the drowning waters and come up on the other side, for the i=
nitiate who has been in the belly of the whale and spit up on the shore, the=
re is an ultimate new shape to the universe=2E It is re-enchanted, it now wo=
rks in a way other than he expected, someone else is on his side, he is not =
alone, and the young man knows in his very bones that <I style=3D'mso-bidi-f=
ont-style: normal'=3E'my life is not about me=2E'</I=3E The initiate hencefo=
rth knows that something always has to die, and until you have lived through=
 that dying, there is something essential that you do not know=2E It is alwa=
ys the false self that has to die, so that the Godself can be born=2E This i=
s major surgery for the private and imperial ego, a surgery we all avoid if =
we can=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: jus=
tify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E=
0pt'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3EThe best the initiate can do is discover and h=
onor the patterns that are already there=2E They were there before him and w=
ill be there after he is gone=2E He is blessed not by reason of his private =
worthiness but because he is connected to what is=2E But the connection is n=
othing he can prove, which leaves him 'as a pilgrim and stranger' in this wo=
rld, and is probably why we use that strange word 'faith=2E' Normally, he sp=
ends much of the rest of his life trying to connect=97in any way he can=2E <=
o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<I =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style: normal'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZ=
E: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E(To be conti=
nued)</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</I=3E</P=3E<P style=3D'TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<I sty=
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10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
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'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ; mso-ansi-lang=
uage: EN-AU' AR-SA=3F mso-bidi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: Roman=3F=
; New =3FTimes mso-fareast-font-family: Times=3E<EM=3ERICHARD ROHR, OFM, </E=
M=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT=
-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ; mso-=
ansi-language: EN-AU' AR-SA=3F mso-bidi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-languag=
e: Roman=3F; New =3FTimes mso-fareast-font-family: Times=3Ea<I style=3D'mso-=
bidi-font-style: normal'=3E </I=3ESojourners<I style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:=
 normal'=3E contributing editor, is founder of the Center for Action & Conte=
mplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which sponsors rites-of-passage retreat=
s for men and for women=2E The seeds of this material can be found in his bo=
oks</I=3E The Wild Man=92s Journey <I style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style: normal'=3E=
(St=2E Anthony Messenger Press, 1992) and</I=3E The Quest for the Grail <I s=
tyle=3D'mso-bidi-font-style: normal'=3E(Crossroad, 1994)=2E He is working on=
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