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Jesuit Speaks To Anglicans An Historic Occasion
PRAYERS FOR COUNCIL
For the first time in the history of Western Australia a Catholic priest has addressed a congregation of various religious denominations in an Anglican church. Last Wednesday, Father E. J. Stormon, S.J., spoke in St. George's Anglican Cathedral on the nature and aims of the Second Vatican Council. Speaking at the special lunch-hour service, Father Stormon, who is Rector of St. Thomas More College, said what is perhaps unique about the Second Council is that it is not a council against anything or anybody. "But," he said, -it is a council for something—in this case, for the interior renovation of the great Roman communion itself, for the opening of horizons towards other Christian denominations, and for the orienting of the Church's energies towards the needs of the contemporary world. He said that the first business of the universal gathering in Rome was to bring the liturgy of the Church into line with the present-day requirements. Father Stormon said that when the plan to hold a council was first announced, a number of journalsits and others implied that it was being directed specifically to. wards Christian unity. "This idea was groundless," he said. The longstanding differences between the great Christian communions are not to be disposed of with any wave of a magic wand, but it remains true that the council is working in the perspective of church unity," He said that on the matter of Christian unity there can be no looking back now. "The wind of the Spirit has been blowing strongly over the whole Church— over the whole world," he said. Father emphasised that there are road-blocks still to be negotiated, but the important thing is that the journey, the great ecumenical enterprise, has begun. He said that the answer to the problem lies not in our human ingenuity but in the over-arching providential control by God of His world. After speaking in the Cathedral, Father Stormon said that St. George's Cathedral had been an architectural landmark of his boyhood, and it had never occurred to him that it could be anything more. Yet such was the transformation of the Christian scene today, under the ecumenical movemen t, that he found himself received as a very welcome guest in that building, and speaking to a large audience whose friendliness and sympathy could easily be felt. As on a former occasion, when he spoke to an audience in St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Melbourne, he could sense the welcome of the people, as well as the Dean and the clergy. Father said that he was grateful to the various authorities of the Anglican
Church, as well as to his own Archbishop, for making this memorable occa. sion possible. • Father Stormon will talk to Newman Soeiety
ROPE PAUL VI has called on all the world's bishops to offer special prayers on Pentecost Sunday for the success of the Vatican Council.
graduates and visitors on the question of Catholic relations with non-Catholic Christians. The talk, "From Controversy to Dialogue," will be given at St. Thomas More College on Thursday, May 21, at 8 p.m. He will give an historic background to the talk given a month ago by Monsignor E. Sullivan on the same subject. Members of the public, Catholic and otherwise, are invited to attend this talk.
He also asked clergy and laity to pray for the council, and to inform themselves about it and in particular to ''draw closer to our separated brethren."
FATHER STORMON, S.J.
Cathedral Functions
His Grace the Archbishop will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to adults in St. Mary's Cathedral on Friday, May 22. All candidates should be at the Cathedral by 7 p.m. with their Confirmation cards bearing the parish seal and signature of the parish priest. *
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The Forty Hours Prayer wfli commence in the Cathedral on Friday, May 9. with Solemn High Mass at 9 a.m. The blessed Sacrament wil be exposed for adoration on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Mass of Deposition will be at 5 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Sister Mary Assumpta (inset) lectures to the many nuns from various Orders throughout the State.
O meet the wish of the T Church that Christian Doctrine be taught with the Bible as the source book, the Dominican Sisters of W.A. last week conducted a three - day seminar at "Siena" High School, Doubleview. Approximately 150 members of the teaching Orders attended this conference. The speaker was Sister Mary Assumpta O'Hanlon, 0.P., a member of the teaching staff from "Santa Sabina." Strathfield, New South Wales. Sister is the authoress of several books, including the "Life of St. Dominic." After the publication of "Dominican Pioneers of New South Wales," Sister was elected to the Gallery of Living Catholic Authors of America.
Monsignor J. E. Bou.rke, Director of Catholic Education in the Archdiocese, attended the seminar and welcomed Sister Mary Assumpta to W.A. He commended the Dominican Sisters for their initiative in undertaking the Biblical Catechetical method of teaching religion in their schools and thanked them for making the lectures available to all religious teachers. The course of 12 lectures given by Sister Mary Assumpta outlined and explained "God's Plan to Save Us" from Creation to Parousia. Each lecture was illustrated by symbolic Biblical charts and dealt with such subjects as "Archaeology and the Biblical Revival," "The Religious Teacher as an
Clergy Conference
Exponent of Sacred ScripTHE Quarterly Conferture," as well as doctrinal ence of the Clergy will topics—creation and fall, take place in the Chapprayer, the Sacraments, ter Hall, Victoria Sq.. Our Lady's part in salvaat 10 a.m. on Friday. tion history, the foundaMay 22. tion and work of the Church, all taught in the Biblical setting of the Mystery of Christ and the Messianic Cycle. The series of talks have proved most helpful to the teaching Sisters, and MonPage signor Bourke was delighted that most of the Stir Over Birth Control Orders had the opportuViews . . 2 nity of sending representa- The Need For Christian tives to the seminar. Unity . . 3 He highly commended I nternational . . 4 News Sister Mary Assumpta for the work which she had Suburban Mass Timeput into the preparation Table . . 6 of the lectures and for her Social 11 Pictorial generosity in sharing her 12 knowledge and experience Sport . . with other Orders. Radio Replies . . . 14
ON OTHER P AGES. .
Noting that the Church's bishops "are preparing themselves with the greatest diligence for the third session of the c,ouncil," scheduled to open on September 14, the Pope decleared that "such a great event calls therefore for the overflowing virtue of the Holy Spirit Who fills minds with enlightenment and who strengthens wills to undertake new projects and to accept responsibility." The Pope's appeal was contained in a letter dated April 30 and addressed to all the bishops of the w orld. He urged them "especially as ,', Penlecost draws near, to redouble your prayers to obtain for the Ecumenical Council those copious and considerable fruits which all of us desire." The Pope called upon the clergy and laity to "continue with calm and r everence to draw closer to our separated brethren, not turning down some opportunities for calm and friendly conversations and, being more concerned with their welfare rather than our honour, they may seek together the means for -recomposing brotherhood, based on the identity of the faith and mutual charity which was desired by Christ for His Church." Referring to the council, the Holy Father urged all the faithful that -in this time of diligent preparation, they accompany the c ommon effort with their prayers and voluntary acts of penance.' He expressed the wish that they -be informed about the themes of the council with opportune methods, especially by means of the press and by suitable talks." On the subject of the council, the Pope noted that the third session is being prepared with great diligence and that the new, reduced and concentrated schemata will be sent to the bishops soon for their study, along with an outline of the procedure which will be adopted for examining and approving the individual projects.