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Replica of a noted shrine for Sydney SYDNEY.— A distinguished French ominican priest, Father Marie Martin D from Lourdes, site of one of the live, O atholic Church's most venerated shrinC es, will be present early next year at the dedication of the replica of the Lourdes grotto at Earlwood, Sydney. noted dicated on the night of Father Olive writer and lecturer, is February 11, 1973, feast editor in chief of the day of Our Lady of LourJournale de la Grotte, a des, when, as in Lourdes widely circulated maga- itself, there will be a zine which fosters inter- torchlight procession and national devotion. to Our the ceremony of Blessing Lady of Lourdes who, of the Sick. in 1858, appeared several Archbishop Pierre Martimes to St. Bernadette tin, Secretary of the PaciSoubirous. fic Episcopal Conference, France The grotto at Earl- will represent wood, which will be a and Lourdes at the dediperpetual shrine similar cation ceremony. to and affiliated with the Martin Archbishop mother shrine in Lour- who lives in Suva, will des, is being erected by be in Sydney for a meetthe Society of Our Lady ing early in February of of Lourdes in the Catho- the Bishops of Australic Archdiocese of Syd- lia, New Zealand, Papua ney. Australian Catholic Relief, the Australian Church's overseas aid agency, New Guiiiea and the PaciThe grotto will be in fic. • Pictured above is the statue of Our Lady hopes to join other aid organisations in a massive programme of help after Many of the other the grounds of Our Lady carried back into St. Mary's Cathedral being ceasefire in Indo-Chnia. of Lourdes Church, Earl- bishops are expected to the a t the conclusion of the Candlelight ProcesEarlwood the attend wood. experts, relief For some years Aus- Swanstrom, said in New their sion around Victoria Square to mark the end It has been designed ceremony. tralian Catholic Relief York that the aid his money and materials and nine special days of prayer that are held of who 71, Olive, Father by a Sydney architect, has been supplying aid to organisation was giving co-ordinate all aid under year to honour the Patronal Feast of the each Mr. J. Sim, and is being is coming to Australia war victims and refugees to South Vietnam would direction of a central Cathedral, the Immaculate Conception of Our International the built on what is now a for perhaps be extended to command. in South Vietnam. Blessed Lady. relatively flat area to Eucharistic Congress in Father John McVeigh. But the end of the North Vietnam after the facilitate movement of Melbourne from Febru- shooting war will not fighting stopped. The special novena prayers followed the patSouth East Asia director the sick and disabled ary 18 to 25, will reach mean an end to relief tern of the Miraculous Medal devotions and Australian Catholic Re- of Catholic Relief Serwho visit it. Previously Australia in time to give programmes — these will lief projects in South vices (CRS), the overseas were preached by Fathers G. Scott and J. the area was a deep gul- several lectures on Lour- have to be expanded to Vietnam O'Keefe, Vincentian Fathers of St. Charles aid aid agency of U.S. Cathoinclude ley which has been filled des in Sydney before the meet the needs of the schemes for refugees lics, told the Caritas Seminary. in. Earlwood shrine dedica- devastated countries of and civilian victims of committee that refugees JIM The shrine will be de- tion. would need daily aid long the war. the Indo-China region. has ceasefire been a after At Nonh, Qui AustraIn Vietnam alone there will be more than a mil- lian Catholic Relief pro- declared. Although Asians generlion refugees to be re- vides funds and equipment for the Holy Fam- ally have a strong desire established. There will also be ily hospital for refugees to return to the home of about 700,000 refugees in which is headed by Don their ancestors, Father many Sewell of Forbes, N.S.W. McVeigh told the comand Cambodia A new Australian pro- mittee "It is anticipated thousands in Laos -under way at the that many will remain in ject in living them most of desperately bad condi- hospital is for training their camps until their home village is both free nurses. tions. and protected." financed An Australian in £150,000 More than Father McVeigh said aid funds has gone to self-help project among jobless there was general dissatVietnam through Austra- homeless and U SUALLY COME BACK FOR young refugees in Saigon isfaction with any ceaselian Catholic Relief. This includes $81,300 in began with a repair shop fire which would allow ANOTHER . . . AND ANOTHER 556,300 for bicycles and has the respective armed forfunds, A.C.R. AND ANOTHER . . . and since developed into a ces to hold whatever terAustcare from they possessed at S18,000 from the Free- successful car and truck ritory time of the ceasefire. dom From Hunger Cam- repair and maintenance the "The victims of the war business. paign. will continue to be in The American Catholic much need of basic PLAN BATTLE agency, aid overseas health and comfort items Catholic Relief Services, Catholic welfare agen- endemic to a way of life is endeavouring to set cies are studying a battle which can best be desup an international re- plan on the fronts of cribed as minimal, and housing and lief programme costing hunger, this need will continue peacetime about $40 million for the health for for a long time to come," war-ravaged countries of Vietnam. the priest from the Reno Indo-China. The plan, as well as diocese told the comThis will be even big- current needs of two mittee. in refugees ger than the internation- million al aid campaign for South East Asia, was prew h ic h sented to the executive Bangladesh, ON INSIDE PAGES brought in assistance committee of Caritas InTHE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN ternationalis, world wide worth $30 million. Australian Catholic Re federation of Catholic Advent Thoughts CARS which Calendar agencies, 4 lief joined the American relief the at Vatican 9 the Services World in met Relief Children's Catholic AUTHORISED GENERAL MOTORS 10 Classified Advts. HOLDEN DEALER and aid agencies in end of November. 11 An informed official C ongress other developed coun4 1308 Albany Hwy. tries in the drive to help said that the plan was Editorial 814 ALBANY HIGHWAY, 6 modeled on the United Sr. Philomena Earle Bangladesh. 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