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Expansion Of The Metro Area Warrants five New Parishes
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In the list of Clerical changes made by His Grace the Archbishop this week five new parishes were constituted. Changes listed nine parish priest appointments and ten appointments as assistant priest and one chaplaincy. The parishes which were constituted by the appointments are made up of two completely new areas and three which have been sub-divided from existing parishes, already w e 11 established and a fastgrowing population. The new parishes are Cannington and E ast Embleton and the transferred parishes are North Double v i e w, Brentwood and Wundowie. The parish priests appointed to these parishes, the boundaries for which appear on Page Two, are: Father T. McCaul, parish priest of Brentwood; Father P. Farrelly, parish priest of East Cannington; Father G. O'Leary. parish priest of North Doubleview; Father J. McNamara, parish priest of Embleton; Father P. Cunningham, parish priest of Wundowie. Brentwood parish has been transferred from what was formerly Brentwood - Melville. Formerly part of Applecross parish, it was made a parish of its own in 1960. The area has grown so much that the present parish priest, Father J. Mullins, built his
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The death is announced of Mr. Patrick Walsh, father of Rev. M. Walsh, S.NI.A., of Beaconsfield, Western Australia. Mr. Walsh, of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo, Ireland, died peacefully at the home of his son Michael, in Liverpool, England, on Friday, February 14. He was buried in Liverpool at the Catholic Cemetery, near his wife, Delia, who died in Liverpool in 1956. Deeply regretted by his children — Rev. Father M. Walsh, S.NI.A., St. Brendan's College, Beaconsfield; Michael and Moura, Liverpool; Mrs. Rita Hunter, Holyhead; Mrs. Cathy San Brogan, Francisco; Raymond Barry Walsh, African Missions College, Ballinafad — and by his brother a n d sisters: James and Katie, Kilmaine; Mrs. Delia Lynch, Nesca Parade. Newcastle, New South Wales; and Mary Walsh, Connecticut, U.S.A. A Solemn Requiem Mass will be sung by Father Walsh for the repose of his father's soul at Christ the King Church, Beaconsfield, on Saturday. February 22 at 9.30 a.m.
presbytery in Melville. He will remain the parish priest of the Melville section of the former parish. North Doubleview was formerly conducted by the Dominican Fathers, who have transferred their centre to the South Doubleview section of their parish. Wundowie was a part of Chidlows parish, which centre has been transferred. Wundowie, the new parish centre, will eventually take in Woorooloo and Bakers Hill. During last year the parishes of Kelsmcott and North Fremantle were also constituted.
French Bishops Order Mass Changes Comment
PARIS.— The Bishops of France have ordered that the Epistle and Gospel be read in French instead of Latin at all Masses at which Congregations are present. The decree became law on February 16, the date the ecumenical council's liturgy constitution became effective. Concerning sung Masses, the Bishops provided that a -solemn reading" of the Lesson and Gospel may take the lace of chant until the music for the French version of the Scripture texts is decided upon. The Bishops in a series of regulations noted that French is to be used in the administration of the sacraments, the version to be used being the FrenchLatin ritual approved by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1955. i n the case of Baptism of adults, the French translation to be used is that approved by the French Hierarchy on April 15, 1963, following the Holy See's provision for administering Baptism to adults in a series of steps. EASTER VIGIL The lessons of the Easter Vigil service are also to be in French. In the case of readings for which there is not yet an official translation, the Bishops have given temporary approval for the use of any of eight French translations of the Missal. Two Latin-French breviaries are also approved provisionally for recitation of the Divine Office in French in the case of those priests who receive permission to use the vernacular for the required recitation of the Office.
The Hierarchy's regulations, which in effect complement Pope Paul VI's January 25 decree implementing the liturgy constitution, also provide for the administration of the sacrament of Marriage within the Nuptial Mass—following the Gospel and sermon.
For Revision ROME: The members and consultors of the Ecumenical Council's Secretariat f o r promoting Christian Unity will gather on February 24 in the nearby resort town of Ariccia for intensive reexamination of the council document on ecumenism.
Pictured outside St. Mary's Cathedral talking with His Grace the Archbishop after the Red Mass on Tuesday morning are the Premier, the Hon. David Brand, M.L.A., and t he Chief Justice Sir Albert Wolff. T he Mass, traditionally used to start off the Legal Year w as paralleled by a service in St. George's Cathedral T he Mass, celebrated by Monsignor J. Hogan in the presence of His Grace the Archbishop, was attended by about 5 0 members of the legal profession.
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A mong the principal guests at the Mass were the Premier and Mrs. Brand, the Chief Justice and Lady Wolff, Commissioner of Police J. O'Brien and Mrs. O'Brien, Major Smith, representing G.O.C. Western Command, Brigadier Hunt, Wing Commander McCarthy, representing Group C aptain Podger, Councillor H. Curlewis, representing the Lord Mayor, Mr. D. Cullity, representing the Chamber of C ommerce, Master of the Supreme Court, Mr. G. Boylson, Q.C. and Mrs. Boylson, President of the Law Society, Mr. P. Adams and Mrs. Adams, and the Vice-President of the L aw Society, Mr. John Lavan.
One of Britain's top liturgical scholars declared in a letter to the nationally circulated Catholic Herald that the bishops have the power to introduce English into the liturgy any time they want after February 16.
The sermon for the Mass was preached by Father E. J. Stormon, Si.
Decree Father Clifford Howell, S.J., said there was an misunderstanding initial concerning Pope Paul's January 25 decree on implementing the Ecumenical Council's liturgy constitution. He said that it was erroneous to interpret the Pope's decree as barring the introduction of English and other vernacu lar languages prior to the revision of the official prayer books.
Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., president of the secretariat, will preside over the sessions, which are expected to last 12 days.
Actually, said Father Howell, the papal document's only restriction concerning the vernacular is the requirement that translations of the Divine Office must have official approval before being put to use.
It was expected that after bringing the ecumenism schema into line • with the consensus stemming from the council Fathers' discussions last session, the revised document will be transmitted to the other Fathers in mid-March.
He said also: "From Feb ruary 16, therefore, the bishops' conferences have power to act about matters within their competence: from that date their decisions about which parts of the liturgy may be celebrated in the vernacular have force."
"WORRISOME SYMPTOMS" VATICAN CITY.— POPE PAUL VI HAS POINTED TO "WORRISOME SYMPTOMS" CLOUDING TIIE INTERNATIONAL HORIZON AND ASKED FOR PRAYERS FOR PEACE. He made this point when speaking to the Sunday thousands who gathered in St. Peter's Square to recite the noonday Angelus with him. "Beloved children," he said, "we are accustomed during this moment of prayer not only to contemplate the sight of this very beautiful plaza, but of broadening our view on to the world. "And looming on the horizons of our time, we see so many lovely and great things. One especially seems to sum them all up, and that is the will to give the world a fuller and better life. "But we also see in these very days many unhappy things, some worrisome symptoms which everybody knows about and which oblige us to be ever fearful. So we must pray. "Let us ask Our Lady to continue her protection and remove from our midst the evils that can threaten the peace and well-being of mankind."