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No. 3568. PERTH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1972.
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Government not doing enough for uwassisted migrants IT IS NO REFLECTION on the excellent facil ities being extended to assisted-passage migrants to say that the Government is not doing enough for the unassisted migrant. Fr. Nicholas McSweeney, Director of the Catholic Migration Office feels that this problem should be more openly faced. "Unless a migrant comes from the United Kingdom these days there must be some ground for feeling that he ranks as a second-class citizen," he said. "The Australian Gov- led the challenging words of Australians has given ernment has a policy of that Pope Paul delivered the country confidence to assisting migrants from to this country during his take a welcoming attithe UK. It works well visit to Australia in 1970: ude to the great variety and is offering them of nationalities that have "You are representa- entered the scene in the every opportunity to tives here of an original recent decades. settle. people, the result of the "The particular chal"But this is particularly meeting of men of very lenge for today — in the harsh on migrants from different nations, langu- words of the Holy FathAsian countries. Obvious- ages and civilisations. er — 'is to be answerly a proportion of Asian able for all mankind.' CHALLENGE migration is here to stay "In terms of migration but they have to pay "Each man today, more this refers particularly to their own full fare, they than ever is answerable migrants from Asia and have no reception centre for all mankind." South America. It is a to give them temporary In the light of these new style of challenge be-
Brother L. B Hassam, headmaster and Superior of Aciinas Col lege, Manning, distributes Holy Communion at the Mass of the Holy Spirit to open the college year.
Aquinas Brothers use new Communion faculty
increase in the numbers to be assembled to assist. receiving Communion at Now, at Aquinas, on Mass, has brought the the occasions when it is possibility into the ordin- felt that the whole ary context of liturgical school assembly ought to life. be present for Mass, this At a large gathering of new concession will not people, up to a third of only help the actual cerethe total time can be tak- mony but should serve en up with the distri- to strengthen the whole bution of Communion Eucharistic bond of and it was necessary for priest, Brothers and stuARCHBISHOP GOODY has given permission to a large body of priests dents. the Brothers at Aquinas College to assist in distributing Holy Communion when pastoral reasons
suggest.
The permission was granted after the request had been examined and approved by the Provincial and General Councils of the Christian Brothers. this was an essential part of their ordained ministry. However, there have always existed conditions ( especially during war, The faculty highlights persecution or distance) new approaches in the that allowed isolated Liturgy of the Mass that communities to receive sort out and clarify the Communion from one of different roles of per- their communities so sons who take part. that their spiritual lives Traditionally Commun- would be refreshed with ion was only distributed the Eucharist. by priests and deacons, One of the pleasing efbut this restriction tend- fects of the new vigour in ed to overemphasise that the Church, the obvious
On each occasion the celebrant of the Mass must publicly invite, by name, the Brother to assist him.
father Nicholas ls pictured with McSweeney ( seated), Director of the Catholic Migration Office, the office secretary, Mr. Roger Gersigny.
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