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A CATHOLIC WEEKLY CIROTTLATING THROUGHOUT THZ STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Registered at the G.P.O., Perth, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper. PRICE THREEPENCE ESTABLISHED 1874. Vol. LX.
PERTH, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1934.
No. 2,827.
His Grace the Archbishop at Wanneroo Jugo-Slav and Italian Residents Honour St. Anthony IMPOSING PROCESSION
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His Grace the Archbishop and the Coadjutor Archbishop in Saturday's Procession Glorious weather gr( tied the annual festival in honour of St. Anthony Of Padua, at Wanner , last Saturday, T he fact that this typical Continental "festa" is well known becoming more and more the really each year was proved by outside large crowd of visitors from by the the parish, who were attraoted religious novelty of the occasion. This increasing popularity and Outside npon thepatronage has had its effect Wanneroo parishioners, and their preparations and organisation Were, this year, better than ever. The parish of Wanneroo, with its fine little elsting one, church is really an interand unique in many I.alf of ways' the („1Istriet, and total population of the t more than half of the .,atholics, are ,l,he remainder of Italian origin, while of the Catholics would about t tallans evenly divided between Aus• work and Slays All these groups admirably, together; there has 141,.(17er been any more dissention be2'een them necessary than is natural and really fo r iVnmunity. a virile and go-ahead 11r. T . the I mleoaNdTerrof , each tals9ains,Carnisdsaftl hileli in ear's St. Anthony celebration
Mr. jack lIandcock is the representa, tive of the British body, and Mr. Peter Parin is always ready to see that the Yugo-Slays do and have their share in everything. The Morning Function. Last Saturday's festival commenced in the morning with Mass, celebrated There by the Rev. Father Goody. was a record number of Communicants, and it was particularly gratifying to see that the majority of them were adults. This morning demonstration, together with the huge crowd present at the evening Benedic tion, is more than sufficient to refute
any accusation of exaggeration and superstition in these loyal people's devotion to St. Anthony. Half a dozen little boys and girls made their first Holy Communion at the Mass, and all of them had been well prepared by Father Cunningham The girls were for the occasion. beautifully dressed in white with lace veils, and the boys wore a white silk sash over their shoulders. A fter the Gospel, Father Goody addressed the congregation, which filled every inch of standing yoom, in each of their three native languages. After
"It is only by avoiding carefully the many social heresies of to-day, particularly Communism., that you can be styled true followers of St. Anthony, who has fittingly been called "The Hammer of Heretics." I exhort you in a special manner to safeguard your faith, your homes, and your family life by keeping in close contact with the Church, especially by coming frequently to the Sacraments. I congratuaate you all on the wonderful demonstration of Faith you have shown today."—Ilis Grace the Archbishop, addressing the gathering at Wanneroo.
Mass two babies were baptised by Father Cunningham. A FTERNOON CELEBRATIONS. His Grace the Archbishop Addresses the Gathering. The more spectacular part of the festivities commenced in the afternoon, when their Graces the Archbishop and the Coadjutor Archbishop arThe Subiaco Band had most rived. kindly given their services, and they played a piece of welcome when the Archbishops' car drove up. Rev. Father Gorey attended thcir Graces. and the Italian Vice-Consul, Sig. Costantino, was also present. Rev Fathers Donogher and O'Connor also attended. The Procession. While the guests of honour were snaking a short visit in the church, the procession was forming up outside. A cross-bearer went first, fol. lowed by the bearer of a beautifully painted banner of St. Anthony. Six pairs of boys, dressed in red cassocks and surplices, came next. Then there were twenty or thirty other boys with
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