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PERTH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1971
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FIRE BRINGS PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER A SPIRIT of ecumenism swept through Queens Park parish this week when fire put the St. Joseph's Church out of action on Monday night, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage. C lergy from the various denominations wasted no in offering the parish priest, Rev. Father J. P. O'Farrell, help and the facil ities available in their churches. Some of the pews Father O'Farrell said: "injured but not were spirit. wonderful a "It is O'Farrell They have been very lost," Father said. kind. The fire, which started "I also want to pay the at about 11 p.m. on Monthe to tribute highest day, is believed to have firemen and helpers who been due to an electrical endangered their lives short. to save everything they Firemen and helpers could in the blaze." killed the blaze in about two hours. The steel trusses supby BARRY PESTANA porting the ceiling saved the roof from caving in. At the time of writing, vestments, They saved statues, books and the the Queen's Park parish Stations of the Cross, council had scheduled an things. emergency meeting to arother among These are now being range a temporary site stored in the presbytery, for Services and also which was untouched by plan for the church's restoration. the flames. The building is in. Most of the damage ceiling sured. roof, the to was ( See Page 3) and furniture.
MIGRATION SUNDAY DAY OF PRAYER
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MORE THAN 1,000 peo- Brigid's new extensions, Dr. L. J. Goody (above) 8 ) declared the buildings die parish council, and ple — including friends, library Mr. Brian Driscoll, chairand primary performed the opening opened. parents and pupils — at- school at Lesmurdie. man of the school's adceremony. The Federal tended the opening and His Grace, the Arch- Member for Moore, Mr. Mr. Laurie O'Meara, visory board, helped to SUNDAY, February 28, will mark the 22nd annual blessing ceremony of St. bishop, the Most Rev. president of the Lesmur- organise the function. Donald Maisey (see Page commemoration of MIGRATION SUNDAY. Monsignor G. M. Crennan, the national director of Catholic Migration speaking on behalf of the Commission for Social and Charitable Works has appealed to Catho lies to make a "worthy commemoration of the day!, He said Migration Da3 was to be a day of community prayer, "of reflection and of manifestation of the solidarity of God's people in their common origin at the hands of the divine Creator."
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