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THEY RETURN FROM THE MISSIONS
in the Mystery of the Resurrection, and then by contemplation of the Mystery of Pentecost, prepared to accept their role in the &Ivancement of the Church. During the Mass which followed, each delegate was given the opportunity to express his willingness to carry out the plans of the Internation Y.C.W. and to frame
Fr. Kevin Toomey, Pat Mason, Les Kemp, Aust. Delegates to Y.C.W. International Council, Brazil. execu- of this International meeting, During the closing days of of the three retiring Romeo offer a very hopeful sign for the Second Y.C.IV. Inter- tive members. To president, the future. The presence of national Council, the Plen- Maione, retiring so many young people, reary Session accepted a plan the Holy Father ofbestowed Knight presentatives of 85 countries rare honour the of action which will engage in the world, has made a International Commander of the Order of great impact on the Latin whole the Rene Salanne, Y.C.W. for the next four St. Gregory. American aspirations for
years.
The major part of this programme will be a world enquiry on work, adapted to the needs of each country. The Australian Y.C.W., in its participation in this enquiry, will endeavour to reestablish the true value of work and the dignity ,of the youthful worker and, at the same time dwell on the necessity for personal relationships at work. Many Church, diplomatic and governmental dignitaries attended the closing session, the highlight of which was the presentation by Monsignor Cardijn of the Papal honours given to each
former secretary, received the Knight Commander of the Order of St. Sylvester, while Miss Maria Meersman received the Cross pro Ec-
clesia et Pontifice. Monsignor Cardijn pointed out that the bestowing of these honours at this time set the seal, not only of Papal interest, but the personal approbation and appreciation of the Holy Father for the work of the Y.C.W. in the Church.
Watch and Pray Informed observers in Rio have expressed the opinion that the whole atmosphere and purpose of the Y.C.W., as portrayed during the days
his personal. resolutions for the future. In this spirit delegates prepared to depret from Rio, each one on his long trek to Beneath his own country. the varied national costumes, the diverse colours of the skin and the polyglot speech, the Second International Council of the Y.C.W. showed there is an impressive mutual friendship and solidarity in all the peoples of the world which is based on a common belief.
which the Pope's encyclical "Mater et Magistra" recently encouraged. A three-hour vigil of prayer, followed by Midnight Mass, was the final liturgical act of the Council. In dialogue form, the delegates charged with the command of Christ, "watch and pray," first dwelt upon the implications of the Mystery of the Cross and then, from examples quoted from many countries of the world, saw the expression of this same Cross in the lives of youth today. Next, heralded in by the chanting of the "Lumen Christi," delegates rejoiced social
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The Hungarian Sisters Add To "Villa Maria"
Procession And
All Night Vigil The All -Night Vigil of Prayer for the safety of Australia, the conversion
of communists, the sue cess of the second Vatilean Council and Christian unity on December 8 has been organised on an Australia -wide basis. In Perth the devotion will begin at 11 p.m. on the night of December 8, which is the same night which concludes the Novena to Our Lady now being held at the Cathedral at 7.30 p.m. A
torchlight procession
will be the closing feature of the novena.
Confessions will be heard during the vigil and a recreation break will be called at 1.30 a.m. Vigilants are required to bring what require, they food everything else will be supplied at the Catholic Centre. Vigil The All -Night will close with Mass celebrated at 5.30 a.m. on December 9.
ALEX McPHEE and BOB NEILLE (left and right in the picture), both of Mt. Hawthorn, returned on Tuesday night from the Divine Word Mission at Wewak, where they had worked as lay missionaries.
ville, and corresponded when the former went to New Guinea. Alex joined Bob 11 years ago with the intention of butchering and was sent to an outstation with one American Father and seven Australian Mercy Sisters, where he did mechBob had worked for 2/ anical work. years as a pilot for the misThe last job before he sion and Alex for 11 years came home was to drive an as mechanic, with eight ex -army "blitz" 107 miles in months on the mission boat 3) weeks. What with the M.V. Marova (112 tons), as gearbox packing up and its first officer. The boat only rope and trees to manused to carry about seventy handle it out, most of the tons of cargo, supplying all trip had to be done in fourthe mission stations ol the wheel drive. Sepik River. The time spent up there Bob's flying took him working for the Mission was through the mountains tl well worth while. Bob's the Dutch border and the comment was that "Every coast, as far east as Awar, Catholic bloke ought to which is halfway to Madang, spend a bit of time up and across to Goroka. The there." types of aircraft used were TOM DEANE, also a West Cessna 180's and Dornier Australian and a pilot, re27's. While flying for the turned last Tuesday, also. Mission, Bob logged about Tom has spent 18 months at two thousand hours. the same Mission. In all, there would be 12 Bob first learnt about the Australian lay missionaries a local Mission need through Redemptorist priest, Father working for the Divine Word Hansberry, C.SS.R., and de- Mission in the Wewak cided to leave for the Mis- Vicariate. P.A.L.M.S.- the Pauline sion to help in butchering, Lay Missionary Secretariat which was his (and Alex's) trade, with some flying -has started in the Eastern added in. The flying job in- States and will organise the creased and took up all his lay missionary movement, arranging the salaries, fares, time. etc., of the lay missionaries -Flying is my line now," and finding jobs for them on said Bob. their return. It is modelled on a similar American patBob and Alex went to the tern. LeederC.B.C. same school,
Advertising Brings Results THE CATHOLIC ENQUIRY CENTRE in its report for the year 1961 have has announced that it has received 403 letters from those who of news carried all letters These course. token the correspondence correspondent. the of Baptism the This is the only indication of the results of the work shown in two years, since the first group of non-Catholics had completed the first course, said Father White in a current Newsletter. Every week since then another group has come to Additions to the "Villa Maria" Rest flame, in Lesmurdie, run by the Poor Sisters (Hungarian) of Our Lady, were opened and blessed by His Grace the Archbishop last Sunday. Built at a cost of £8,000 by Mr. S. Costello, the new section will accommodate six ladies in single rooms: Each room has a private balcony. Sisters The expressed their sincere thanks to His Grace for officially opening and blessing the home.
They said that they were also most grateful to the many priests and nuns and lay people who assisted them in the organising of the function.
Band Gives Music Very Rev. W. Cagney, O.M.I., was Master of Ceremonies, and Rev. P. Gavin gave the occasional address and made the appeal. Rev. S. Bekesi, Si., chaplain to Hungarians, also attended. Boys' Town Clontarf Band, led by Mr. J. Jackson,
provided musical entertainment, and two ladies recited poetry. Foremost among the helpers were the hostesses who catered for the large crowd in attendance: also the Sisters and pupils of St. Brigid's Ladies' College. A particular wish of the Hungarian Sisters is that their benefactors and friends should know that all their assistance. spiritual and financial, is deeply appreciated and remembered in their prayers.
the end of the 21 -week course and a new group started., group, said Father A White, represented those who enrol in the course in any one week and would vary in number from 20 to Six of these groups, 109. averaging 103 in each, had started the course in the last six weeks as a result of newspaper advertising.
thousand and twenty-three non-Catholics answered recent advertisements and requested the explanatory brochure and enrolment form. and sixtyhundred Six four of these have returned their enrolment forms and are now receiving a lesson each
week,
bringing
the
number of non-Catholics on the correspondence course this week to 1,122. This is in addition to 4,592 who have completed the course. Non-Catholics who enrol for the course are asked to answer questionnaires at regular intervals and are invited to write to the Centre as often as they like for further explanation of any points they find difficult to understand. Answers to these 2,500 LETTERS A WEEK questions, replies to initial Advertisements in the requests for information secular papers in the past about the course, a lesson for every enrolled student six weeks have brought us a and occasional letters to new rush of enquiries. One
Sponsors and benefactors now brings the Centre's outgoing mail to 2,500 letters per week.
NEV SPONSORS In Scarborough, Western Australia, thanks to Father E. McBride and his special committee, the whole parish has been organised in a big way to share in the work of the Centre. Their efforts will bring the grace of Faith to many sincere non-Catholics in Scarborough. TV ADVERTISING Some of the Sponsors wanted to know if the Centre was going to advertise on TV. Father White did not think so, at least not just yet. The Centre wanted nonCatholics to WRITE to them. "People don't normally sit by their TV set with a pencil and paper, and anyhow the cost of TV advertising is beyond us," he said.