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BISHOPS' SYNOD TO BE Two Tasmanian Catholic EVER BPreIGGEST schools to close -Synod consultation with priests
THE ASSOCIATE Director of Catholic Education in Tasmania, Father
tremendous, says Archbishop Goody
THE COMING SYNOD in Rome will be the m ost momentous meeting of bishops ever. His Archbishop Goody, said this before leav ing for the meeting on Tuesday. race, G He will represent the Australian Episcopal Conference at the meeting, together with Archbishop Cahill, of Canberra. The meeting starts on Thu rsday, September 30. A rchbishop James Freeman, of Sydney, will al so attend at the request of Pope Paul.
J. Williams, has announced a series of changes in, and closures of, certain Catholic schools. These changes will be effective from the beginning of 1972.
announcing the ities had enabled many Tasmania — at QueensIn changes, Father Williams country girls to complete town. outlined the events that their education. He said "To lose these sisters led up to the decisions. the sisters had been in from Tasmania is not He said the Provincial Deloraine for 77 years. only a blow to the of the Sisters of Mercy After this year, the Church, but to all those who conduct Our Lady of Daughters of Our Lady who are interested in edMercy School, Deloraine, of the Sacred Heart will ucation in this State," had informed the Arch- have only one school in Father Williams stated. bishop that they would have to withdraw one sister from the staff of the secondary school there next year. Earlier the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, who conduct schools in Wynyard and Queenstown, had informTHE Australian Church faces a vocations crisis ed the Archbishop that they would have to with- according to Archbishop Y oung, of Hobart. draw the sisters from The Archbishop was hundreds of Tasmanian Wynyard. speaking at a special Catholic families which vocations' seminar for would be delighted if one LACK OF MONEY Father Williams said parents and teachers at of their children chose to the Catholic Education St. Patrick's College, become a priest, brother or nun. Office had examined all Prospect. He added: "At the moHe said the Australian possible ways of replacing the sisters to be Church had never faced ment, most orders of withdrawn, but that be- such a serious decline in nuns in the Church are cause of lack of finance vocations to the priest- declining in numbers, it would be impossible hood and the religious and the same applies to priests and brothers. to employ lay staff to re- life. "Only eight priests Reports had indicated place the sisters. Thus the Catholic Edu- that some Australian trained in Sydney will be cation Office, after con- Catholic families were re- ordained this year, and to encourage that is not enough to sultation with the Relig- luctant deaths in the ious Orders concerned, their children to dedicate meet had made the following their lives to God by Church in Sydney in the recommendations to the religious vows in the same period." Orders or to study for Archbishop: A similar vocations' the priesthood. was held at Mt. seminar • That the secondary However, he stressed St. Canice, Lower Sandy section of Our Lady of Mercy College, Deloraine, that he personally knew Bay, earlier this year. be closed at the end of
The main subjects to ecclesiastical fund being be discussed in Rome established. will be the Ministerial Another matter Archthe bishop Goody expected and Priesthood World Justice and Peace. to come under review Asked if he felt pre- was the proposed 'Lex pared for the meeting, Fundamentalis', or basic the for Archbishop Goody said constitution there had never been Church. such widespread consulDRAFT tation of priests as had been carried out on the He said a strong body subject of Ministerial of opinion refused to adPriesthood. mit the law of the Gospel Almost all priests in could be reduced to juriAustralia had been given dical terms, and rejected the opportunity of ex- the whole idea of formupressing their views. Re- lating such a constituports had come in from tion. practically every diocese The draft that had in the country during the been sent to all bishops recent bishops' meeting would be probably in Sydney. even changed before being presented at the QUITE EASY Synod. The Synod would conWhile in Rome, the sider a more equal dis- Archbishop will attend a tribution of goods be- meeting of the Secretartween the nations of the iat of Christian Unity, of world when considering which he is a member. Justice and Peace. The subject to be disThe Archbishop said cussed by the Secretariat be thought this was is the Christian Ministry f raught with difficulties. of non-Catholic Churches. it was relatively easy to get down to details about KEY ISSUE justice and charity beit was genersaid He tween individuals or 1971. small groups. But it was ally acknowledged that • That St. Joseph's Confar more complicated on t hese were true Christian vent, Rowella, and Holy The main ministries. a world-wide basis. Trinity Convent, Westproblem would be to bury, both conducted by Representatives of study the extent they the Sisters of St. Josunderdeveloped nations mutually eph, be closed at the end would outmunber others could prove various of 1971. at the Synod — unlike acceptable by the Christian bodies. the Vatican Council. NO SOLUTION The whole question of Eucharist the Sisters of That • sharing the NO FUND accept responsibissue. key Mercy a would be The discussion would ility for St. Brigid's More than 200 bishops, Probably turn towards School, Wynyard. what pressures could be mostly elected by episco• That the Sisters of St. brought on governments pal conferences, with Joseph accept responOf developed countries, about 15 per cent invited sibility for Our Lady of Who alone had the re- by the Pope, will attend Archbishop Goody . . . most momentous Synod ever. Mercy College, Deloraine, sources necessary to deal the Synod. and that the children preWith the problem effectGoody Archbishop sently boarding at Rowively. asked for prayers for the ella be transferred to There was no sugges- successful outcome of Deloraine. tion of a world-wide the meeting. Father Williams pointed out that lack of finance had eliminated any other possible solution.
Priest-Auditor for Synod
POPE PAUL has appointed Father John Gerard Kelly, DCL, of the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, a priest -auditor for the Synod of Bishops, which will begin in Rome on September 30. Father Kelly was born in 1912 and ordained to the priesthood in 1934. A Doctor of Canon Law, he has held various offices in his diocese and was for two years Spiritual Director of St. Patrick's Theological Seminary, Manly, NSW. lie is at present parish priest of Deniliquin, NSW. As priest-audtior he will represent the priests of Australia and New Zealand at the Synod which will study the ministerial priesthood.
Poor Clares 1eave Tasmania THE Poor Clare nuns who conduct St. Anthony's School at Riverside, Tasmania, will be withdrawn at the end of this year. This was announced at a meeting at the school last Thursday, by the Mother Superior of the Poor Clare Order (Mother Angela). She told the Parents and Friends and School Board of Management of Treval-
lyn's parish school that many days and nights of thoughtful consideration ha d been given to the withdrawal of the Order from Tasmania. by the council of the Poor Order. She said she had contacted Archbishop Young and last week had asked his approval of the decisions made and his assistance in making them public.
He further stressed that unless Federal and State Governments were prepared to face the problem confronting Catholic schools today, large numbers of these schools would be forced to close, not only in Tasmania, throughout the but whole of Australia.
BIG BLOW Father Williams went on to point out that the Sisters of Mercy had pioneered secondary education in Deloraine and that their boarding facil-
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