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No. 3070. Perth, Thursday, February 14, 1963.
A New Order Of Teaching Priests For Archdiocese
A new Religious society made its beginning in Australia in the Perth Archdiocese with the arrival of two priests, Fathers Cornelius Murphy and Martin J. Walsh on Friday last. THE TWO PRIESTS ARE PICTURED (RIGHT) WITH THE PROVINCIAL OF THE IRISH PROVINCE OF THE NEW SOCIETY FOR AFRICAN MISSIONS, V. REV. FATHER J. CREAVEN. The new Order is one of teaching priests and it is planned that they will open 97hool for boys in the Beaconsfield area in 1964. During the current scholastic year, Father Murphy will teach with the Marist Brothers at St. Joseph's College, Subiaco, and Father Walsh will teach with the Christian Brothers at Trinity College, Perth. Both priests have had considerable experience in teaching already.
Qualifications FATHER MURPHY has a B.A. in Philosophy and Education, and a Higher Diploma in Education from the National University of Ireland. He was ordained in 1948 and taught in Ghana from 1949 till 1962. In the years 1949 to 1957 he was a professor in St. Augustine's Secondary College and from 1957 till 1962 was a professor and vice-principal in Bogoso Training College. FATHER WALSH also is a B.A. from the National University of Ireland (Philosophy and Education, First Class Honours), a B.A. from Cambridge University (English, Second Class Honours), and an M.A. from Cambridge. He was ordained in 1951 and was at Cambridge till 1954. From 1954 till 1958 Father Walsh was in Nigeria —first as a professor at St. Thomas' Secondary College, then as principal of St. Joseph's Secondary College till 1958. He was then appointed professor of Philosophy in the Major Seminary at Dromantine, Newry, County Down, until his ap-
Immigration Sunday * The second collie-lion In all churches on the last Sunday of February Is for Catholic Immigration expenses. ••••••••••••••••••44
pointment to Australia. The Society for African Missions was founded at Lyons, France, by Monsignor Melchior Joseph de MarionBresillac in 1856. It was first established in Ireland at Cork in 1876. The Society, composed of priests and Brothers without religious vows, was established for the sole purpose of evangelising Africa. A separate Irish Province was canonically erected in 1912. The mission territory served by the Irish Fathers comprises the Prefecture of Liberia, the Vicariate of the Bight of Benin, the Vicariate
of Western Nigeria and the Prefecture of Northern Nigeria—a territory 11 times as large as Ireland. The Province is governed by a Provincial, assisted by five advisers who are all elected by their. confreres. The Society has three other Provinces, the French, the Dutch and the Swiss. The Superior -General may reside in any one of the four Provinces and he is chosen for a period of six years. The Irish Province from which the Perth establishment was made has five houses in Ireland and one in England.
Fasting Helps The Hungry MADRID. — Spain's Women of Catholic Action climaxed their fourth annual campaign against hunger in the world by observing a "Day of Voluntary Fasting." The campaign began in 1960 as part of a movement which was started by the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations in response to an appeal by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation. The purpose of this year's campaign was to aid Spain's Centres for Family Formation and tti help buy surplus food for needy persons abroad. The campaign includes a country - wide advertising campaign using poster, leaflets, radio and the press to bring attention to the problem of hunger. This is followed by a fund drive. In their first campaign in 1960, the women collected A3,735, which they sent to the Holy See for distribution to refugees. The 1961 collection, which was to help the women of Spanish Guinea in Western Equatorial Africa, netted A8,235. In 1962, the campaign brought £A15,970, which was used to help the Centres for Family Formation, a Chinesej refugee settlement of 52 families in Burma, the young women of Spanish Guine4 and Spanish dioceses hit by floods,
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MONSIGNOR J. IRWIN ENDS 1_4(i G USEFUL LIFE Rt. Reverend Monsignor James Irwin, parish priest of Northampton, in the diocese of Geraldton, died at St. John of God Hospital, Subiaco, on Friday, February 8. The late Monsignor was 80 y ears of age and had made one of his rare visits to Perth ta receive medical care. Monsignor Irwin was born in Ireland in 1882 and he entered Propaganda College, Rome, for his studies towards the priesthood in 1901. He was ordained for the Diocese of Geraldton in May, 1907. He would have been the oldest student of Propaganda College still active in the priesthood in Australia. In 1931 Monsignor Irwin was made a Domestic Prelate and he served as Vicar General for the diocese for many years. Previous ap-
pointments held by him were at Carnarvon (eight years), Meekatharra (nine years), Adm. Geraldton (two years) before coming to the parish of Northampton. Despite advancing years, the Monsignor was active in the indomitable spirit of the pioneer clergy in a wideopen land. he insisted on driving himself between Masses of a Sunday and fulfilled his many tasks as a parish priest until ill-health
made it difficult to get around. Pontifical Requiem Mass was offered for the repose of his soul at his parish church, Northampton on Monday morning. Celebrant of the Mass was the Most Reverend F. X. Thomas, Bishop of Geraldton. The deacon was Father F. O'Sullivan and sub-deacon was Father H. Middleton. Monsignor A. Langmead, representing the Archdiocese of Perth, was the assistant priest. Present in the sanctuary were the Most Reverend B. Gallagher, Bishop of Port Pine, and Monsignor M. Giles, who represented the Diocese of Bunbury. Monsignors 0. O'Connor, Adm. Geraldton, and E. Bryan, V.G. Geraldton, were also present in the sanctuary. The paneKvric was preached by Bishop Gallagher. May he rest in peace.
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The 1963 Western Alistralian Catholic Schools Drama Festival will be held this year from April 20 to 27 inclusive. There will be an interval tions for the Kalgoorlie Reof one week to the final pertory Company and the night on Saturday, May 4, State High School became when the best three plays the talk of the town. These will compete for the Arch- successes included "The bishop Prendiville Shield. Gondoliers," "The Mikado," Last year there were 22 "White Horse Inn" and entries, including two coun- "Chu Chin Chow." His many try schools. It is anticipated productions were not confined to musicals. One of that this year an even larger number of schools, both Mr. Omodei's major sucmetropolitan and country, cesses was Sean O'Casey's will participate. Drama "Juno and the Paycock," Supervisor for this the third which played to packed for an extended Western Australian Catholic houses Schools' Drama Festival or- season. ganised by the Therry SoMr. Omodei will be happy ciety will be Mr. Ray to discuss choice of play and Omodei. producer with any school Only recently has Mr. wishing to take part in the Omodei returned to Perth Drama Festival. His address from Kalgoorlie, where his is 37 Houston Avenue, many spectacular produc- Dianella. Phone 76-1600.
Vietnamese, Sister Marie Etienne and Sister Mathilele. The three are Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. All were travelling by truck to Saigon to buy supplies for lepers for SAIGON, Vietnam: A the "Ter— the VietnaVietnamese priest, three mese lunar New Year festival. A mile and a nursing Sisters of Charquarter from the hospiity and a Vietnamese tal, the truck was held girl nurse— all belong- up by about thirty communist guerrillas who ing to St. Joseph's Leper made all dismount. The Hospital in Ben San, driver and three leper about 28 miles from patients who had been aboard the vehicle were Saigon, were taken capallowed to go. The tives by armed commu- priest, Sisters and lay nists on the morning of nurse were marched off into the forest. January 23. Thirty-six hours later The priest is Father there was no news of Joseph Nguyen Huong the five captives. Tien, aged 33, who was The Ben San hospital taking the place of the has 250 lepers as its r egular chaplain who patients. C o m munists was absent on retreat. raided it in March of One of the Sisters is the 1961. pillaging its medisuperior of Ben San, cal supplies. SubseSister Rose Gaillard, quently it was given a aged 53, a native of military guard, which France, who has spent communists attacked more than twenty years last October, killing five working in Vietnam. and damaging the hosThe other two nuns are pital.