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No. 3649. PERTH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1973
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New lledland centre serves men of 1,000 ships a year The Catholic Apostleship of the Sea is an active partner in the new inter-church seafarer's centre that has been opened in Port Hedland. Father O'Shea hopes that The centre was opened tleship of the Sea agencies facility for visiting seamen. Fifty-one per cent of sea- he may be able to get a recently by the Premier Mr. all around Australia. The project has been men currently visiting the Japanese lay Catholic to I. T. Tonkin. consideration for port are Japanese and Fath- join the staff of the centre. Because it has been a co- under er S. O'Shea of Fremantle, operative venture between more than three years. The Apostleship of the Originally, a small centre National Director of the Sea took charge of the prethe churches, the Port Hedland Port Authority, with was conducted in the form- Apostleship of the Sea was paration and execution of Father support from the Harbour er Anglican rectory. How- able to secure a gift of the design and and Light Department, has ever, the fact that Port $8,000 from the Japanese O'Shea pays particular tribleased to the centre a choice Hedland now handles the Federation of Shipowners ute to the help he received piece of waterfront property largest tonnage of shipping during a visit to Japan last from the designer, Mr. C. J. M. Gabriels, and the confacing on to the main street on the Australian coast, year. A large donation of tractor, A. Walters and and within 100 yards of the with 1000 ships a year visiting the port, meant that $29,000 was received from Sons Pty. Ltd. shipping control tower. consideration had to be the British Merchant Navy Built at a cost of $140,000 given to a better equipped Welfare Board. • SEE ALSO PAGE 2) the centre is a fully airconditioned 'building built of cement block, with a bar-lounge, games room, small chapel attached to a reading room, accommodation for two seafarers and a caretaker's flat. The centre is open seven The Bishops of Australia have released the following Pastoral days a week from 9 a.m. to Letter which will be read in all Churches this Sunday: 11 p.m. and is under the direction of a manageress Dear People of God, ate in Rome in 1975, of goodwi l l to join and two assistants. with pilgrimages to the with us in a renewal of On Pentecost Sunday Patron and permanent Tomb of Peter. But, un- hearts and minds. the Holy Father, Pope trustees of the venture are Our participation in Paul VI, proclaimed a like the Holy Years of the Catholic Bishop of Ger• The Premier, Mr. The Bishops former times, this one t he Holy Year will gathHoly Year. Anglican the aldton and Tonkin, opening the new in the local begins er momentum as the of Australia during their Bishop of the North West. inter - church seafarers' days go by. August meeting have Churches. Directors of the centre centre at Port Hedland in During October we The emphasis, too, discussed this cal l of are Father John Clancy, for which the Catholic ApostlePope Paul to the faith- wil l be not on external shal l ask the Blessed the Apostleship of the Sea. ship of the Sea is an actspiritual but on show, Virgin Mary to bring us ful of the whole world. and Father Paul Gribble, ive partner. and interior renewal . nearer to Christ, her They welcome the in- Reconciliation is for the Seafarers' Trust. the Son, by praying the itiative of His Hol ines,s theme of the Holy Year. Rosary in our churches Trustees are Mr. Angus and are confident that Richardson and Mr. John First, we are to come and our homes. the Catholic people of closer to God in the Clark. During Advent, promjoin peace of a genuine conwil l Australia A 13-member managewith version. By repentance inence wi l l be given to wholeheartedly ment committee represents the role in Mary's the Apostleship of the Sea, t heir fellow Catholics and confession of our The annual Eucharistic liturgy. Church's the Mission to Seamen and throughout the world in sins may we al l be more Procession will take we shall Lent, During the Holy perfectly reconciled to the British Sailors' Society celebrating place this year at Aquint ake up the theme of Each of the three religYear. God in Jes,us Christ. as College on Sunday, Penance and Reconcilious seafarers' societies conWe shall seek recon- iation A s has been the tradOctober 28 at 3 p.m. it give and tributed $23,000 to the ition of centuries, this ciliation with our breth- s trong and serious emBishop Quinn will ofventure. The Catholic conHoly Year will culmin- ren both inside the phasis, acting on the ficiate. Apostribution came from Church and with the words of Christ: "If Schools and organisother anyone will come after of members ations who intend to arChurches. range chartered transport me, let him take up his Practices of devotion c ross and follow me" must make direct conwhich are so funda- ( Mt. 16, 24). tact with the M.T.T. and mental to Catholic spirbookings must be finalOver and above the ituality, acts of penance renunciations imposed ized seven days in adand works of charity by daily life during vance. Special stickers our Lent of 1974, penitenstrengthen wil l for cars carrying the spirit of forgivenes,s and tial acts both individual sick are available from the bond of charity. A and Mr. Mark Foley, 83 will communal living faith and greater bring the saving cross Heytesbury Road, Subfidelity to God's com- into our l ives. iaco, teelphone 81 9105. mandments will during In each Diocese the this period make the Cathedral and selected Church a more definite churches wi l l be made witness to the world at centres of pilgrimage USUALLY COME BACK FOR large —inviting all men where the faithful will to believe. gather for prayer, worANOTHER . . . AND ANOTHER The purpose of this ship and the gaining of AND ANOTHER . . . Pastoral Letter is to in- the Holy Year indulvite all to share in the gence. spiritual renewal of the For sev.3n centuries HAMBURG (NC). — Holy Year. Father Juozas Zdebskis, the proclamation of a We cal l upon our Holy Year h.55 given to who has been arrested priests to give a lead the Church a new im twice, was beaten and their people by pulse of life, a new imto otherwise mistreated by The preaching the Word in petus of faiih. Soviet police at Telsiai, Lithuania, because he season and out of sea- focus of faith on the son. held religion classes for Tomb of Peter has emWe cal l upon Relig- phasised the holiness children in his parish, ious to remember that and the unity of the according to news servthe Church. them ice reports received here. through The Lithuanian priest Church truly wishes to It is our prayer and had to be put into hosgive to the world an in- hope that this Holy creasingly clearer revel- Year, in the dying depital in July because of the beating. ation of Christ. cades of the 20th cenWe ask for the pray- tury and on the tenth ON INSIDE PAGES ers of children, of the anniversary of the conTHE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN Calendar ... „. 5 sick, the old and the clusion of the Second Children's World Vatican Council under 8 CARS We call upon young t he guidance of the Holy Classified A UTHORISED GENERAL MOTORS people who dream of Spirit, may implant the Advertising ... 10 HOLDEN DEALER building a better world teaching and spirit of Letters 11 to build in and through the Council deeper in News In Pars 9 1308 Albany Hwy., Cannington Chris,t. life of the Church. 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