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C.B.C. OLD BOYS' GENERAL COMMUNION
he ex -pupils of the Christian 13ro Genrs College held their annual :al Communion on Sanclay- morning lr. preparation for the Cathedral. event, inspiring leettices were gay.Adm., and by Rev. f•ather McMahon to :AL! Old Boys Thursday and Friday evenings in it was a most College Chapel. .:.:Tiring muster of ex-pupils, to the who ap:.2.mher of two hullo; at the 9 i...-Jached the altar clock Mass, which was celebrated . y the Administrato:'. Rev. Father Many ex-pupis from the dburbs and some tv ri the country - ,.re noticed. The (24 .onnunion Breakwas held after :ihe Mass at the ..ristian Brothers " . ,.,,Lge, and was esided over by Rev. i;rother Keniry, .'71ricipal of the Colj , and Mr- Ig:itius Boyle, Preside' t of the Old Many . uys' Association. distin;uished in the civic Inc of the city •, ere noticed at the .;,ithering, which represent.,ti „ s of every ,i:there of life in the community.
MOST IMPRESSIVE FUNCTION COMMUNION BREAKFAST AT THE COLLEGE
:-ionary, he went from one end of the State to the other, and gained the respect and esteem ot Catholic and nonCatholic alike. "On one occasion." said .Mr. Boyle, "I heard a prominent Presbyterian remark that Archbishop Clune was not only a distinguished son of the Catholic Church, but a citizen of the Commonwealth of the highest distinction, and he, for one, would always join in any movement to du honour to our Archbishop." They were intensely proud of their roadjutor Archbishop, Most Rev. Dr. Prendiville. who had, like His Grace Archbishop Clune, always taken a keen interest in their affairs. They After t delightful breakfast had regretted that their Graces' were un:. een partaken of, the usual toast list avoidably absent that morning. His Grace Dr. Prendiville was on a tour of ,.as honoured. After the toast of and King was duly honoured, the Goldfields, while His Grace ArchI. G. Boyle proPo:a2d the toast of bishop Clune, they were glad to know, Their Graces the Archi.,ishops and the was convalescing very favourably after his recent illness. He coupled iergy. with their leaders, the toast of the Clergy, and in particular that of the The Archbishops and Clergy. .‘lr. I. G. Boyle, in proposing the Administrator, Father Kelly, who cele brated their Communion Mass, and toast of • "The Archbishops. and Clergy,- expressed 6,1 loitication at the was with them again at the Communion Breakfast. He would say no Privilege extended him. "Very properiy," he said, "the toast was at the more, as the toast would be supported by one of the most brilliant old boys head of the list." He would appeal. to the Old Boys present, who had of the Christian Brothers' College, in shown the faith that was in them, by t he person of Mr. Cyril Dudley, attending in such large numbers, to Mr. Cyril Dudley. support the Archbishops and clergy speaking to the toast 1 to "Prior in their noble work. to the utmost of have the honour to support," said Mr. their power. "Faith," said the speak- Dudley. "I wish to make reference to" er, was a wonderful thing, but a simple story told by the great Arch- t he very eloquent sermons delivered by Rev. Father Kelly and Rev.- Dr. bishop Walsh, of Dublin, would point McMahon, at the College Chapel on the tale. Having occasion to attend Thursday and Friday evenings. They a function near Dublin, which clashed w t.re most eloquent and inspiring adwith another engagement, he hired a dresses, and could not but fail to upjarvey to convey him across the city lift the thoughts of the listeners. Any to the railway station. The cab c ...- tudent who missed these addresses driver did his job within the specified has missed something worth wbile. 1 the, but the Archbishop missed his feel I am echoing the sentiments of gll train • "And to think," he said, "that present when I tell the Rev. Fathers had every faith in that watch." that we greatly appreciated their resaid r lace, faith the jarvey, "but your marks on those occasions. without good works is To follow immediately upon such T he speaker had in past an eloquent address as has been deunique opportunities of seeing livered by Mr. Boyle, almost tends to .• beloved Archbishop Clune in acs make one think that the toast of The so to speak. and a finer example Archbishops and Clergy might wen ,1, the Church militant did not exist. have been left in his capable hands, . Y Father Clune, Re(lemptorist misrather than that I might attempt in il:•,3
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any way to add to his remarks. But 1 must confess that I feel priviregied to have this opportunity of adding my quota of praise as a tribute to the in' clustry and perseverance of those learned men who have devoted their lives upon this earth to the service of God and 'the uplift of their fellow men For great is their sacrifice in the performance of their work, and w onderful indeed are the everlasting monuments which they have erected as material evidence (if such is needed) of the efforts which they have put forward in fostering and cultivatino, the principles of which they are living examples. Surely these men, and those that have gone before them, have nerves of steel to face the tre mendous odds which the mighty expanse of territory known as W.A. must present to them. And yet, no matter what the distance, and what amount of personal sacrifice is involved, wherever the hand of man has laid a stone upon a stone, so close on his heels followed the priest to ad. minister to his spiritual and often his temporal needs. When the fossicker and gold-seeker, seized with the lure of that precious metal, penetrated to the desolate w astes of the then unknown interior, so, too, did the all-embracing Church send her representative, the priest, lured not by gold, but by the souls of men. And as our State evolved from its infancy and blossomed into scattered communities, the priests of this Archdiocese were, and are still, called upon to render their holy service to parishes, of extraordinary area. And though their lot was far from comfortable and their time was fully occupied, no word of discontent fell from their patient lips. 'And so to-day we find on all sides the indelible records of their faithful services. In the city a magnificent Cathedral rears its stately spires above the heads of the mod,ern city buildings, issuing a graceful challenge to the works of commerce. as if to say: "I will not be outdone," and while the city hurries and scurries by day and slumbers at night, the Cathedral offers a sanctuary of peace and quietude to all who
enter. And in the suburbs, standing out on the hilltops may be seen the suburban churches—gems of ecclesiastical architecture, built to the service of God—and in the country those same havens of peace and tranquility offer refuge to their scattered congregations. These glorious temples, and all that will come after them, stand as living memorials to the patience, the tenacity and the endurance of the Archbishops and Clergy. And as generation follows generation, their work Preaching the Gospel, proproceeds. moting the education of children, administering to the sick, ' the afflicted and the poor. What more noble z-ervice does any man in the community do than this? I will follow my question with an answer—I will say that there is no service vet devised by man for which sheer tenacity of purpose and brilliance of performance can surpass the countless activities of the Archbishops and Clergy in the purr. suits of their sacred objective. And so the hand of time moves on, and having moved never can return. And priests, like all men, pass away, and as the gap appears in the rank, it is filled with a new priest. Young, fired with enthusiasm in his holy s:ork, he takes up the threads where his predecessor left off. For though the history of the Church is buried in antiquity, its activities are characterised in all ages by youth and vigour. And in no age and in no place is this truer than in this Archdiocese at the present time—an Archdiocese in which not many years ago a youthful priest commenced his career, among his people, and by his zeal and his ability, merited for this young State the distinction of possessing the youngest Archbishop in tbe world. I refer to His Grace Most Rev. Dr. Prendiville. And from personal contact, Imust say that I don't think' any bodv of men were more pleased than the ex-students of C.B.C. in seeing the honour and the distinction which was conferred upon His Grace. And so I will conclude on this note of youth and of vigour. May it !ong be possessed by His Grace Archbishop Clune, His Grace Dr. Prendiville, and the clergy in this State. And, finally, it is my sincere hope that we exstudents of the C.B.C. will never fail to stand shoulder to shoulder now, and in the years to come, in doing everything in our power to foster the traditions so dearly won by th past and present Archbishops and Clergy (Continued on Page 9.)
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ot tl,c (,hristian Brothers' College. photographed after cue Communion Breakfast .on Sunday morning. In the centre is Rev. Brother KenIrv, Principal of the College. with Dr. J. Horan. President, and Mr. Phil Collier, Secretary of the Association. AN- 41041.-4•- M-10- .041.-4011.- -41041. -404.-4,0-4111