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rayer in Aden and Song Children cr.-mit schooN c onducted by the Sisters of Mercy celebra!ed the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy by crowding St. Mary's Cathedral for a special Holy Year Fesival visit. As a thanksgiving after Communion the children of grades 6 and 7 of St. Columba's school presented in movement a song based on the scriptural theme "Suffer the Little children to come lunto me". They are seen representing the verses: For you must be like children little children Humble. simple, pure in heart For it is to these children little children The Kingdom of heaven belongs .
Diocesan Council on Baltic persecution The Diocesan Pastoral Council will write to the Soviet Embassy expressing sympathy z.,nd support for the 14,000 Lithuanian Catholics who recently protested ever the religious persecutio n against them. It will inform the Feder- be-opportiti,e to do so now had written to the Soviet al Government of the action that the Governmen t had Embassy in protest over it has taken and ask it to recognised the annexation t he Lithuanian situation. support a plea for religious of the- Baltic States. freedom in such countries. Members rejected a motThe council discussed a Delegates to the last DPC letter from the Bunbury ion that would have involvmeeting suggested it would Pastoral Council saying it ed protest to the Federah Governmfmt over the recognition of the States.
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UNITED WOMEN'S VOICE Bishop Quinn told
the recent meeting of the Diocesan Pastoral
Council that it was vital for Catholic women to have a united voice on many issues.
This was partkularly so when there was discussion on legislation such as the Family Law Bill. The council discussed Father Jim O'Brien ex-. the possibility of giving encouragement to Cathpressed concern for those olic women's organisawho had suffered in the tions to come together Baltic States but suggested more for joint discussion that there could be some and action. benefits from the recognition by increasing the comArchbishop Goody munication between the two said that the Catholic countries. Women's League did extraordinary work and Mrs Thelma Child said yet was getting comparthat the principle ,still reatively few new recruits. mained that Australia had recognised an illegal takeIt was a great pity that over of the countries conother Catholic women's cerned. organisations did not federate with the CM.. NI,. John Sampson said which was not only a was a need to really national but an internatonsidcr whether it was the ional body. otincil's function to speak Delegates discussed lut on such issues. the possibility that there The council might be becould be a real federa- .! selective in criticising tion with the CWL as an is particular incident "umbrella" organisation. hen there were so many injustices in the world.
ELECTIONS
Derastated laundry will re-open
Elections to select deleThe laundry of the months. At first 30 gates to the Diocesan PasGood Shepherd nuns at people, and probably toral Council will be held Mount St. Canice Con- more later, will be err later this year. vent, Sandy Bay. will he ployed. They will be conducted rebuilt at a cost estimatby the electoral college in ed at $450,000. Loss of the laundry order to replace half of the The cost will be met has already emphasised lay members of the counjointly by the Sisters f the real need of those cil balloted off at the last the Good Shepherd ;n who worked in its shelmeeting. Australia. the Federal tered workshop. The deGovernment's sheltered cision to rebuild immediThe normal council term will be four years with half workshop assistance plan ately was taken large', the delegates retiring every and the Tasmanian Gov- because of this need, and two years so that there will ernment. the necessity also to cc be continuity of memberRebuilding and equip- tinue the nuns' rehabiliship. ping the laundry are ex- tation work for young pected to take about six girls. Because the council has been operating for only two years half the members had to be balloted off at this stage. The elections will be conducted in a similar manner to the initial elections for the DPC. The final selection of members will be made by the college With the approval of Archbishop Goody. Further information will be given through "The Record". Those balloted off were: John Parker, Vic Hille. Paul Travers, Warren Pickering, When you buy a new Holden, Torana or Nennie Harkin, Jenny Mio- quality used car, it pays to talk to someone lin. Joe Stokes, Helen Catyou can trust . . . someone with a reputation talini and Enzo Ammoscato. Deacon Tom Sefton and for honest trading and efficient after-sales service. Helen Trinca resigned. Elections will also be held among the priests and sis- At Kevin James Holden, we combine all this ters to. replace Father Bill with the most competitive prices in town. Foley, .Sister Cecilia Masterson and Father Michael Brown who were balloted off.
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