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PERTH, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1935.
NO 2,865.
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Phone B5447 SIXTY-FIRST YEAR.
Shrine oJ The Little Flower at St. Mary's
had dune hei- best to upiwi m what had already been dure iii Blessed and Opened by Archbishop the direction of beauty in :iv ' Rev. Father RIZplil Oub-dcacuu) . ocalit) %vita -Hot o LaUglit, pos- Cathedral. The Archbishop; cortinuN1 His Grace, preaching the oc- sibly through carelessness or lack casional sermon, said that he was of taste on the part of those whe that, he hoped that the oikertri sorry that he felt physically in- were in charge of the ch.ureies. of that Shrine would be, pleaFe capable of discharging adequate- But here ;it -Perth, the Church God, the opening of sp:riti-al '11 ly the duty devolving upon him has not Jnly striven to tea.h riches for all of them. The Lit' Those who had listened on the truth from the pulpit; hut, tle Flower was not 25 years cal(' • She performed air had heard a beautiful descr;p- through the skill of the cathedral when she died. tion of the Shrine from the lips architect, had striven to teach no striking miracle, but her sp"i• of Mr. Phil Jackson, and thase beauty as well in the stained- tual life was such that probably who were present at the serv..-k- glass windows, in the altar; -in.1 the world over no saint had a would, at the end of the Ma's. in the sanctuary. The Clitrch greater hand of devotees :t was hoped and prayed that ?taw have an opportunity of witnes had striven to uplift the a Shrine had been erected in ing the beauty of the Shrine 01 and to teach her people t: honou r of the Little nowt-7- .:Lic the Little Flower (St. Then nothing was too good, too g:-.11.1, would look down upon t:eni of Lisieux). The Church or too rich for anything cotki.cl.Astriving to teach two things-- ed with the worship of God. from Heaven with greater love truth and beauty. Truth it a'- When the people saw the Shrine than ever; and that worshipways taught from its pulpit all he thought they would come to pers would all feel richer. awl THE LITTLE PLOWER. over the world, but sometimes the conclusion that the Cl.a.-ch better and holier, and that the mumsit tiu 00000****111•11•••••••••••••••111••••••wrico , H•01•81., • Cathedral, which was no'w complete. as far as he wns cot cer" The beautiful Shrine erected in ed. and its congregation won . Mary's Cathedral, in honour be blessed because of the ret the -Little Flower---St. •and deyotion that was pain tIlf -a of the Child Jesus--was DMto the Little Flower. :ally blessed and opened ;),The fact that ‘‘ c had so much . ;race the Archbishop it tite LI money in hand 1, sr the erection :clock Mass on, Sulid. last t he Shrine ‘‘as due in no smaii :he Cathedral was th t 01;zed with measure to the energ of a de large cialgregation. \\111ch in()led client of the Little How& . .uded many nott -1. ..ttholic, —Father Kenny. lir* interest was •Ti the A special programme of sacred :eremonies, and the • • music was arranged bv Mr 21d1(;ist devotional. Th• nev Smith for the occasion. stained glass was -hewn in .1 its splendour nude!. the sofr "Mass in Ir . 1'hunpron.) was rendered by the choir. id-day sunshine. and tH‘ At tilt \ Itar and Sanctuary seett:cd en t hiortory "Veni Sponsa Christi• :.ore radiant than eye,, Hayden) was sung. A: au conclusion of the Mass the tn;,._: if drest for the oceas•, - ;1 vs hen nificent gold reliquary. richly 'he of Lisieux—the huh Theese—who promised to ,o''' jewelled, which enclosed 3 reli, of the Saint. was incensed earth a shower of er home bv His Grace in pri)cessior death, was being honsmre,: ,y our aged Archbishop and lies from the High Altar an place • Iany clients by the unveiling of on the Shrine, from which th. 6 new and ornate Shrine that.aa• veil had. been drawn. re vealin ',-) remain within the C.:011.45.A artistic beauty of workim.• . :u a chapel ship and design. As the c. specially se, iftart 1,2 .for it, Metre her faithhil gregation knelt the choir effer 'might come and tell to he"Gatidaer tivelv rendered .•ares. anxietie!i,and lo‘c. .n thimes.honour in the "Littl, of 0.; It`least a petaT from one (4 a'sFlower." tin :fl any A t the close of the ceremoT roses 'end .to earth.she• said members of the congregatio,. "-'1111( It due to the filed slowly past the S!irinc, an many (-hems of the Little Flower. who :t many knelt to sav a co, -0 tfeller (lusly contributed to thv raising prayer. A Pre' ofJh beautiful roses were used memocial t her. and also to the zeal w-ith of the chapel . The statue Father Kenny :tint. in life size. is a strikin. prosecuted hiquest for funds that e hca of The Saint a• Shrine of the hthe Little in the most popular pictureFlower in St. Marv's as grown from her. It is the work of Profe,Into a splendid a devotees' Ntestr•wannl. •nc , i the kw'. fact. As His Grace the of R ome. A s it is sCUIptm Archbishor ac companied hy the Coadititor dav, it is one of the most attra•Archbishop !ive specimens of ecclesiasticMr. Prendivillel, entered the art, and it is not extravagant to Cathedral the choir , sang, with organ and orchestral -av that it can rank with the accompaniment. 71MSt beautiful Shrines in the Sacerd Elgar's "Fcce os Magnus" ("Behold the " Atholic world. , ,mgh Priest"). The The choir soloists were Mrs. Archhisnt lp• io having tak en his l ast Sunda \ witnessed the solemn Ilf‘zsing and unveiling of the Little seat on the Sydney Smith, Mrs. Farrell. Mi, rtme• the Coadjutor comme Flower Shrine tw His Grace the Archbishop. The photograph ap, Eileen Hart. Miss Patricia Boyle, „ed rt the c!lebration pearing aKIN e gives some idea of the exquisite loveliness of the Shrine of Nizh Ma'. Mr. Peter Ro-xby, Mr. A. Coule when it was opened for public veneration for the first time in the CaI han. Mr. S. Lynch and Mr. T thedral r a .erassistant priests were Re‘ A great concourse of devotees of the Little Flower throngWinston about the Shrine both after Mass and after devotions on Sunday. (•-•ava.s.r r
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