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New Church at Subiaco Blessing and Opening by His Grace, the Archbishop Inspiring Sermon by Father Gorey, C.SS.R. Chttich, The beautiful new at Verling, Monsignor for uilt b was £17,660, of cost a at ubiaco, S blessed and opened by His Grace the Archbishop on Sunday morning. The ceremony was followed by Pontifical High Mass, which was celebrated by His Grace the Coadjutor Archbishop. The Lord Abbot of New Norcia u, cupied a special place in the Sanctuary. C.SS.R.. Gorey, Rev. Father preached the occasional sermon, and after the Mass His Grace the Archbishop, who was 'welcomed by Monsignor Verling. addressed the huge concourse of people. His Grace congratulated Monsignor Verling on the culmination of his cherished ambition-this beautiful new church at Subiaco, which was an ornament to -.':-.e civic architecture :4 the city. as well as to the erclesiastical. To Mr. Edgar Le lit:. Henderson. the efficient and painstaking architect, the beautiful new building was a standing tribute, and he thoroughly deserved the encomiums passed upon it that day. To the people of Subiaco. the congratulations of all were extended, in the long and faithful work which had led to the possibility of to-day's function. It w ould long stand in Subiaco as a monument to their faith and generosity. The response to His Grace's appeal for funds was magnificent. £1,350 was at contributed the morning and afternoon functions—a wond erul achit vernent About £8,350 already had been on hand, with the result that the new church will be Opened with a debt of something round A builgr ing feature28.000. of the new diantgif)isthat it is complete in all details, seating, furniture. Stations of the C•ross, altars and statuary. Shortly before IQ o'clock. a procession formed at the main entrance to St. John's Hospital. It was composed of members (4 the clergy, Monsignor Verling, the Lord Abbot of New Norcia, His Grace the Coadjutor and His Grace the Archbishop, Archbishop. A guard of route to the honour lined the to the Church, where entrance His Grace the Archbishop new blessed the buildingprocession On the entrance of the greeted it to the church, the choir with the strains of Elgar s "Ecce Sacerdos which continued until His Magnus," Grace had taken his Place on the The Pontifical throne. bliriagthedTArb a;,s, which followed, was celeprendivine. His Grace Most Rev. Dr. Very Rev. Father Grogan, R., and Rev. Father Win!ton were Sub -Deacon and Deacon. ,ks,Pectiyely. ' Right Rey. Monsignor iRagan, r as§isted by Rev. Father egan, acted as master of ceremon; ,,‘7eireiitllidgeH ,divs: h. .r.ace the Archbishop was ov Right Rev. Monsignor and Very Rev. Father ut enogher. The en:led by Rev. Lord -Abbot was at`• 5 grother Father McKay and Ildephonsus, and an1°T1g Ve;:eR t periests v in the Sanctuary were: . Dean Brennan, Rev
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your venerable Pastor, who have lived to see the dawn of the wished-for day—the completion of a gigantic task, rendered feasible by the sacrifice and enduring toil of a faithful and persevering people. As we gaze upon this graceful Gothic stru,cture, to some, per. haps, will occur the question, found in the pages of the Book of Joshua: "What mean these To the stones?" (Ch. IV., 6.) creedless. they express, no doubt a fruitless expenditure. Like the Judas of the Gospel, who, w itnessing the fagdalene break ing over Christ's Sacred Person her "pound of ointment of right spikenard of great price" (Jn. XII.. 3). protested against "this w aste," they also manifest their objection to such lavish display. But, to the faithful, naught can be too costly for the place where God "dwells in light inaccessible" (I. Tim., VI., 16) ; naught too glorious where is daily enacted the Sacrifice once offered on Calyary's heights; naught too uplifting where the children of God assemble to hymn His praise: and naught too inspiring where men c ome to learn those truths without which life has no meaning. To the Catholic, "these stones" s tand not for "waste,- but, as the symbol of all that is best in our civilisation and culture Mindful of St. Paul's words that he is "God's coadjutor" and "God's building"; mindful also that "Other foundation no man can lay hut that which is laid: which is Christ Jesus," the Catholic turns to the would-be economist, ay! and, in Scriptural language, addresses each civilised nation of the globe: "All good things come to me together with (my church) and innumerable riches through her hands. And I rejoiced in all these . . . and knew that she was the mother of them all.- (Wisd. VII., 11-12). Nations and civilisations there had been, it is true, before the t welve fishermen of Galilee set f orth to "re-establish all things in Christ." (Eph. 1.10.) Persia and Media, Assyria and Egypt, Greece and Rome, had in turn established their empires and spread their cultures. Their highways for commerce stretched across half a world, their ships brought home THE PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS. their precious cargoes with every tide, their merchants thronged the markets of every province, buildnoble ceremonial, this Kenny, Church's Father Father Moss, Rev. their cities reared aloft the glitin its solid material, 0.M.I., chosen of ing 0.M.I.. Rev. Father Ryan, foundations, imposing in its propor- tering domes of marble palaces, their Rev. Father Kennedy, and Rev tions, and truly admirable in archi- schools were crowded with scholars of Father Wallace. Well might our every tongue, and their Parliaments tectural design. After the Gospel. the occasional serwith the deepest. vibra- met to frame. just and wise laws. Yes, throb hearts Father Rev. by preached was mon thanksgiving and praise. Well there was empire and wealth and culof tions congrepacked to a C.SS.R., Gorey, forth, in Canticles ture—all the trappings of civilisation our lips pour might the of gation, overflowing at each our gratitude to God and progress. benediction, of doors, But St. Paul, himself a one-time unto to be glorious temple this for future generations, a Nuse of prayer, scholar of the pagan schools, tells us THE OCCASIONAL SERMON. "We are God's Coadjutors . . . You a place of worship, a home where how the body politic was only a de. . Other Jesus will dwell, a chair of truth, and caying corpse beneath the outward apare God's Building a source of grace flowing into the pearance of luxury and opulence. foundation no man can lay, but that which is laid: Which is hearts of men from the Precious Blood Looking out over the civilised and of Christ, Our Saviour. Well might cultured nations of his day, his unerChrist Jesus."—I. Cor., III., 9-11 we re-echo through these vaulted ring vision pierced the veil of sham Y our Graces. My Lord Abbot. Right ceilings the words of the Psalter: and make-belief. "Professing themReverend Monsignori , Reverend -Praised and glorified and exalted be selves to be wise," he wrote, "they beFathers, and dear Brethren: the name of the Most High." And came fools, who changed the truth of From far and near„ we are gathered well, too, may we voice our loving God into a lie and worshipped and felicitations to our revered Archbisthis morning to dedicate to the Almighty, mid all the beauty of the hop, to his worthy Coadjutor, and to (Continued on Page 8.)
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