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tEUPtri:Wra PERTH, SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1935.
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SIXTY-FIRST YEAR.
THE FLOWERS OF CARMEL In the presence of a large gathering, the solemn enclosure cd the six Carmelite Sisters who r ecently arrived in Western Australia from New South Wales, was carried out on Sunday afternoon by the Right Rev. Monsignor Fagan, Diocesan AdministraTheir new monastery, a tor. flat-roofed brick building of severe design, situated on a rise in Adelina-road. Nedlands. is divided lengthwise into two parts. The Sisters themselves were enclosed in the interior part or enclosure, and will not in future have access to the outer part. in which is the chapel, except that public through an iron grille they may, from their own private oratory ip the Sanctuary. see the altar and receive Holy Communion. Two Touriere Sisters, who live in the part of the bpilding- outside the enclosure. will look after the external business of the monastery. and Mass vill be celebrated every morning in the public chapel. W ithin the enclosure of the Monastery, which is the latest house of the Order to be established in Australia. the Sisters will devote the remainder of their (lays to divine service, meditation, intercession and prayer, and to household occupations and L;.ardening. The Door Locked Behind Them. . 111 the crowded public chapel Father Moss recited part of the Rosary, after which the Very R ev. Father Neville (Superior of the Oblate Fathers) preached irom the steps outside. Aprocession of clergy, followed by the Sisters in their brown sack.
"A GARIEN ENCLOSED" TcucIai.ig Ceremony Six Sisters of the Carmelite Order were enclosed in their new home in Nedlands on Sunday. They had arrived a few weeks before from their Monastery in Dulwich Hill, to found, at the request of the late Archbishop Clune, the first Home of the Order in Western Australia. A Touriere Sister accompanied them, who will live outside the enclosure, and attend to the external affairs of the Monastery. She will be joined later by another Sister, who will help her with her work. The cezemony- was unique in the history of the West. Yet it was but a repetition of the traditional enclosure ceremony of the Church, performed at the inception of every Carmelite foundation for centuries. Very Rev. Father Neville, 0.M.I., who delivered the occasional address, paid a touching tribute to the work of this ancient monastic Order. This new House of Carmel was a signal station erected in their midst, a garrison planted by God to inspire them to higher things, to help them to save their souls and bring This foundation was the down God's blessing in many ways. last official act of the late Archbishop, and brought to fruition a cherished ambition of his life. Kneeling before the Altar Rails of the packed public chapel, were the Sisters, who listened with emotion to the touching reference to His Grace. No doubt they will keep his memory green in Then came the procession en route their enclosure at Carmel. to the enclosure. Out through the crowded grounds it wends its way—the Sisters with lighted tapers—preceded by the Crossbearer and acolytes, and the Priests, and followed by Monsignor. A t the entrance to the enclosure, the entrance is unlocked, the Sisters kneel for a last blessing, and the Mother Prioress .delivers up the key which is to close the gates of the world against A last glimpse of their brown and black habits and they them. are gone. The gates are closed and the second part of the ceremony is concluded. Then the clergy return to the public Chapel, while the Sisters from their chapel between the grille chant the Te Deum of ThanksThe ministers then' vest for Solemn Benediction, and giving. Monsignor Fagan brings the touching ceremony to a close. But not before the crowd has left behind some token of appreciation— something to ensure a remembrance in prayer—a generous opening up of purses, to help to defray portion of the large debt which remains on the Convent.
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cloth habit, then formed and wended its way to the enclosure, of which the Sisters received the key from Monsignor Fagan. A number of prayers were said and when the Sisters had entered the enclosure the door was locked upon them. The Sisters chanted the Te Deum and a Solemn Benediction was imparted by Monsignor Fagan, who was assisted by Father Winston and Dr. Sullivan, as deacon and subdeacon. Welcoming the Sisters to the State, Father Neville praised the great work done by the Order The throughout the world. source of the Order carried them back about 1,000 . years before the birth of Christ, when the Prophet Elias lived a life of penitence and prayer at Mt. Carmel, The Order disapin Palestine. peared from history with the fall But as' far back as of Israel. the third and fourth centuries o' the Christian era, Mount Carmel was a place of pilgrimage, as testified by inscriptions, thus upholding the earlier tradition. It was this tradition which was renewed in the foundation of the Carmelite Order in the thirteenth St. Teresa of Avila century. reformed it in the sixteenth cenAs such it exists totury. day, with foundations throughThe Carmelites out the world. always claimed St. Elias as their founder, a claim confirmed by the Church. and the Holy See had prompted the erection of a statue of the Saint at St. Peter's. for which Pope Benedict XIII. had written the inscription. (Continued on Page 7.)
The Procession was headed by Very Rev. Father a vast crowd, the Procession wended its way from the Public Chapel to the Enclosure. LAY, tollowed by Cross-bearer and Acolytes. the Clergy. the Sisters, and Rt. Rev. Monsignor Fagan, who perfov med the Ceremony of Enclosure. Exclusive "Record" Photo, by C. L. McShane. - `Oa.-
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