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g eltrer No, 2,883.
PERTH, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1935.
PRICE SIXPENCE.
MONTH'S MIND SOUVENIR.
Details Of Archbishop's Life RICHLY BLESSED CAREER
AS A ST1'1 17.N.T. rhe late prelate, wh.i was the •sth of a large fans v of eleven : ldren, was born in County dare, Ireland. He ,-ame of stock robustly Catholic, fl-orn whom many had passed to the Sanctuary.
W hen the history uf the Archdiocese of Perth is fully written. i t will be found that no name shall have adorned its pages with greater honour than that of Patrick Joseph Clune. As Bishop for almost five and twenty years. and as Redemptorist missionary for t welve years previously, the late Archbishop had exercised a continuous influence for good in practically every sphere of life in Western Australia. It was little wonder, then, that his obsequies was marked with such widespread expressions of sympathy, not only from his own flock, but from all creeds and classes outside the Fold. SIMPLICITY AND HUMILITY. Not, indeed, that Archbishop Clune ever consciously sought the limelight. He was the most retiring of men and rather shun:led association with his fellow-men whenever his multifarious Though he occupied for nearly a public duties granted respite. quarter of a century the highest ecclesiastical position in the State, and though he was the best known and probably the best-beloved of all his predecessors in the episcopate, he never lost that singular charm of manner and unobtrusive simplicity which was a feaNo man knew the ture of his strong and virile personality. foibles and deficiencies of human nature better than he, yet no man was ever more ready to make allowances for them. In this, as in other characteristics, he mirrored the religious spirit which seventeen years as a Redemptorist missionary had formed.
was a Patrick JoephC student of ontaistal,,.:de promise and personal charm v hen he entered the College at _mils, Clare, w here he read classical course. He felt th. -arge to de. dicate himself to t work of God, the apostolic Hrit manilie went to festing itself earls- . All Hallows Having finished 1; course before he attained r. canonicar 2ge, Father Chine ss r . ordained, in 1886, by special lispensation from the Holy Sc(. at the early Rge of twentv-tw, . tild a half years. A ttached to Goulburn Diocese. A fter his ordinati, >ii. Fathei Clime came to the ulburn dio c ese in the same s c'a F. where Ii is first appointment \\ as to the college as. Professor of English Literature Then, •and History. a) uow, Gotilburn College was a uotable nal centre. and l'ather educatio Clune had as associate professorS in the college Right )0 '' Dr. Gallagher, afterwards 1(!‘, "'snop of that diocese, as \\ ell as the Rev. Michael Phelan. S.J-, ti ailtigeruitsuilebtie jteisnuei tosf wurk at the inhIerellniton (hilisi was sdt.most college successful, but broke health his down after two years' professorslUP Spending a short time there. in the coSupnet and having c .ompletely his health, d recovere Father (lune was appointed one assistant priests at. the l otilhurn Cathedral. From 1888 ° 18 he laboured strenuou sly 1,and most successfully in GoldIs Cathedral parish, where he , s,till a ffectionately remember,(' mr his genial disposition, his i'lilriDas.sing e loquence, and his priestly characteristics.
dignified ease. His character. w as stamped with originality and. the soul within -him longed for further spiritual conquests."
During his curacy at Goul-, burn the first visitation of the inPRIEST, MISSIONARY, AND BISHOP. fluenza provided an outlet fot his ReSeven years as a secular priest, seventeen as an active zeal and energy. The remarkable ruler of demptorist missionary, and twenty-four years as episcopal number of deaths in the city was we eighteen We had his Huck, such was the magnificent record of him whose loss startling. same, the ever was he sphere each In Sunday. A panic one on f unerals have just begun to mourn. Whether The was growing in the city. unassuming, zealous labourer in the Lord's Vineyard. that work his to magistrate requested the Chnrch as priest, Redemptorist, or Bishop, he brought his fruitauthorities to ring no more same spirit of detachment which was the main secret of death bells. Every priest in the ful ministry. ry except Father Clune presbyte TOLERANCE AND CHARITY. so thrz entire patient, a was fellow his with dealings Few men realised more clearly in his work fell 3n parish the of weight a the mark of citizens the spirit of charity and tolerance which is equal to was He s. shoulder his was "He him; of true Christian and gentleman. As a critic said he athours 24 In . occasion the yet he never wila fearless champion of the principles of his faith, Nv?re He calls. sick 40 tended mathim." In A fully hurt the feelings of those who differed from a wedc. in horses two down to tolerant inded and this at his of ters which were not essential he was broad-m gift ble remarka suffering fools gladly. a degree, even to the extent of sometimes time was his influence over young more friends by his gained and souls In this way he saved more men and boys. This was true hoped to gain otherkindly forbearance than he could ever have both of the college and the parish. in his obsequwise. If Church and State united to honour him He could look out at life through feelings of others ies, it was because he himself had respected the their eyes, make allowance for their failings and sympathise in his life. His own 0--.41. -4141.1110-1111 with their ambitions_ 4.0-410410-.11,0--041. -4100 111,411. pore. and every nature his boyish y through breez out come into the world to exist and flow feel could them one made petual sunshine To the latter He was the last man others to live. settling down into a he was one of themselves. imagine cally emphati Chine class Father jogging' along in "A good raconteur is a social Vitality seemed to worn rut, and belnged. blessing, and the next best thing is a good listener. Father Clune was both. He had a quick appreciation of humour and tapped the hidden wells around him. Yet he never wounded charity or outstripped the limits of Christian courtesy "Father Clune was even at that time an outstanding preacher. A wealth of ideas and copious command of language. combine: with passionate sincerity and a voice of varied .ca4lences and iti flections laid the foundations of the future orator that he was des, He had a mobile tined to be. responded t.., quickly that face His eyes could flas•-i emotion. with fire or grow dim with the mist of sorrow. and in his voice he i possessed a powerful instrument which he exercised a masr ,sr skili. over ter
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Writi p rig of this period of his life ,_ , ather Phelan, S.J.. his conte mporary, says: "Some people I ki A
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"In 1893 we both left Australia t o join religious Orders, he to become a Redetnptorist and
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