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PERTH, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1935.
SIXTY-FIRST YEAR.
HAVOC AT BEAGLE BAY Further details are to hand e.the disastrous effects of ardingg which devastated 'le cyclone the Pallotine Fatnecs the of Mission from the 25th. to Bay at Beagle The month. the 27th. of last terrific violence of the wind, and the torrential rain—twenty-one inches fell in 26 hours—have given the Mission a great setback. In addition to the destruction of the two Mission tuggers. reported last week, recent reports disclose that the Convent of the Sisters of St. John of God has been ruined, the roof being completely swept away and the dormitories, built of stone. levelled to the ground. The nuns had to take shelter tinder the floor. whence they were driven by the water. Other Sisters suffered the ordeal of being entrapped in a small hut which was rocked by the velocity of the wind. Fortunately they managed to escape through a ventilator before the building collapsed.
MISSION
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Wreckage of Novitiate
The Novitiate of the Sisters of St. John of God after the wily - willy which struck the Beagle Bay Mis<ion between March 25 and 27.
The newly built hospital succiunbed before the blast and left the patients exposed to wind and rain, while the lepers were reduced to a pitiable- condition. The dining-room of the Mission was demolished, as were all the native huts and ten stone buildings for the married people. The roof of the church was damaged by the falling of a tall gum tree, w hile the plantation of tropical trees and plants was uprooted and washed away by the flood waters. All the windmills on the .Mission were destroyed and much damage wrought among the livestock. A s stated in our last issue. the w reck of tlee luggers and the barrage of fallen timber which obstructed the road to the Mission, have left it in a precarious situation, for food supplies are running short and the means of transport are cut off. The material damage suffered by the Mission is estimated at not less t han
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CARDINAL BOURNE'S SUCC It would be difficult to find a more suitable occupant for the See of Westminster than Archbishop Hinsley, whose appointment was announced by cable re cently. Possessing the highestscholastic attainments, having been associated for 30 years in the training of priests for England, and with wide experience in the dominions, he has unusual qualifications for the highest Position in the Metropolitan See. His age, 70 long reign, years. precludes a but he is still active. despite privations. His voice. owing to his work has overseas, not often been heard M England. but whenever he had occasion to speak he on his made a deep impression audience. Archbishop Hinslev was first representative of the holy See to cover the vast expanse ofe missions in British Africa. Beween February, 1928, and APtiL t1929 he 100.000 miles °Y motor journeyed car, railway. water and native porter :six years. fi train. During his rst as Apostolic Visitor and later as Apostolic Deleg..ate, he .service torendered an admirable larly in the the Church. particufi aion and ineld of. Catholic eduwinning prestige f or the Chnrch's work in the eye .of colonial aries of authorities. MissionAfrica speak of him with "teem and affection and constantlY express their indebted -
Educationalist and Missionary ncss for the encouragement re. ceived from him. A t the beginning of last year the Holy Father permitted him to retire on account of impaired health. Durin- the winter of 1933-4 he suffered a severe attack of para-t vohoid. from which he
MOST R EV. ARTHUR "'INSLEY, D.D.. Archbishop nf Westminster .
recovered slowly.. Then in his 69th. year, he felt that he was no longer equal to the journeys a Delegate to Africa is called upon to make. The Pope requested him to remain in Rome, and made him a Canon of St. Peter's. The Chapter of St. Peter's includes representatives of many nationalities. Among the Canons are two Patriarchs. four Archbishops. one Bishop and several prelates of the Papal Court. Dr. Hinslev, who took the place of the late Archbishop Cherubini. was the first English Canon since the death of Bishop Stanley. many years ago. As Dr. Hinslev has already been consecrated. the only. ceremony required will he his enthronement. The Archdiocese of Westminster. whose destinies Archbishop Hinslev will shortly direct, was erected and made Metropolitan in 1850. It comprises the counties of Middlesex. Hertfordshire, Essex and -London north of the Thames. Its suffragan Sees are Nottin g h a Northampton. Portsmouth and Southwark. In 1911 the Province of Westminster. which included the whole of England and Wales, was divided into three: but certain privileges
of pre-eminence over the new provinces were 'ranted, "for the safeguarding of unity, to the already historic Church of Westminster." The Archbishop of Westminster of to-day represents two oftic6 of the pre-Reformation Church. As Ordinary of the diocese of -Westminster his jurisdiction extends over much the same area as that of the Bishop of London. As Chief Metropolitan, he occupies a position similar to that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England. Edmund Bonner. the last Catholic Bishop of London. died in prison in 1569. Cardinal Pole. the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury. was dead before Eliabeth's Parliament had finally broken the continuity of episcopal succession in the English Church. Nearly three hundred years passed before the Hierarch\-- was restored. Nevertheless, as early as 1623 a Vicar Apostolic was appointed for All En land, and the country was divided into four vicariates in 1688. The state of Catholicism in the Archdiocese of Westminster today is a development on the foundations laid by the succession of eleven Vicars Apostolic in the London district. The present Catholic population of Westminster is 300.000. There are 275 churches and 600 priests.
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