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No. 1956. PERTH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1975
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riestly training decision
Part of the training of men for the priesthood offered locally will be transferred to a new House of Formation and Father James O'Brien has been appointed rector.
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Mr. George Furlong (left), State Councillor of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society is the lone male accompanying the W.A. women members to o Society national women's meeting in Sydney: left to right: Mrs. Merle Miller and Mrs. Josephine tv'teyrick, both from Mirrobooko conference; Mrs. Tina Heppener, Mrs. Angela Spognolo and Mrs. Joan Pokucinski, all of Queens Pork conference.
Vincentian Society New Aged Units to encourage women at Geralciton Marking International make up the W.A. delegaWomen's Y ear, women tion. members of the Saint VinWomen have been particcent de Paul Society are ga- ipating in St. V. de P. thering for a national three groups on an experimental day conference at Mint°, basis for the past four years. N.S.W. this weekind. In the new rule approved Five women and one man recentl . women can now
Bunbury Blessed Sacrament centre
B1JNBURY. — The ket Place". Blessed Sacrament Fath"rhree priests and a ers will launch their ma- brother have taken tie jor work in the diocese residence in the town. of Bunbury with the solFather Joe Geran is mAt blessing and open- superior, assisted by Faing of their city chapel thers Brian Morrison, Oft Sunday, November Tony Lawless and Bro. 16. Damien. Former bank premisSo far the community es on the corner of Ar- has been helping in the thur Street, near the . Patrick's Cathedral r ailway station, have MinistrN and it is planbeen remodelled and the ned to engage in re:reat new chapel will provuie w ork throughou: the exposition of the Blessed diocese. Sacrament, confessions Father Morrison has and other counselling c giving a ommenced services. short family counselling jhe new chapel h•ts session on the local rabeen "The familiarly named dio statiol five days a Church in the Mar- week.
GERALDTON: Twenty-eight units for the frail aged as well as ancillary services were officially enter the Society either in separate or mixed blessed and opened at N th Hrze regroups. In W.A., mixed groups cently.
operate at Mirrabooka and Bedford. and a women's The contract price for The new building hargroup exists at Queens the new building was monises with the older in Park. $385,247 last year; the the roof tiling, verandah Some 20 women work Australian Government is arches, and with the conalongside approximately 300 contributing $270,000 to cept of large internal courtmen members of the Society the cost and a subsidy is in W.A. expected from the State The Geraldton Nazareth The delegates to Mint° government to help with the House was, completed in said that cases being attend- furnishings. 1940 and provided a resied to these days were often The Sisters of Nazareth dence for migrant girls from t hose of families out of have responsibility for find- England and Ireland and work and short of food. ing S128.000. for elderly men and women. Families were given vouchers to obtain food, or parIn recent years there has cels were delivered 'personbeen a decline in the numally to the homes. Furniture COURTYARD ber of s.:thoolage girls and needs of migrant families Named after Victoire an increase in the number w ere also attended to. Larmenicr, the French of aged. Nursery and preHospital and convalescent foundress of the Nazareth school - children have also . visitation were also constant Sisters, the new hostel is . been 'cared for. work. a single storey building to • They said that the de- the south of the original mand was a constant one Nazareth House, and conand in some cases. they v. ere tains 28 units, fifteen with ' performing some work for views of the outside and the , the Society almost every other thirteen looking into day. What are the Catholic prina large interior courtyard. Mr. Ted Bacon. national ciples invoked in keeping Each unit is a bed-sittine ' --• or the Society. Karen Quinlan alk e? ,aid that the Minto confer- room with private toilet and See page 5. ence would stud} ways of vanity basin. Is the Church changing its increasing women memberFour units can be adapted ground on the annulment ship. and also means of ed- for the use of married of marriages? uca women more widely couples. Rooms for a hairSee page 9. ; on the spirit and practises dresser .or chiropodist and What is behind General : of the Society through at- for handicraft are also part Franco? ten0ancc at their meetings. of the new complex. QVC page 2.
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Archbishop Goody an- Charles' Borromeo in the nounced at St. Charles' 34 year history of the Seminary on Monday night Guildford seminary. that the new establishment Archbishop Goody said would carry on the patron- that it was one of the sadal name of St. Charles Bor- dest addresses that he had romeo and would be called' had to make at St. Charles' the St. Charles' House of since he was the founding Format ion rector of the local seminary He said that Father in 1942. O'Brien would also become At the time, plans to diocesan promoter of vo- build a new seminary at cations in succession to Attadale were abandoned Father W. Foley. because of the war and the former Padbury property was acquired to become the R ESIDENCE centre for the local priestAt present negotiations ly training. were taking place for the Before that time candiarchdiocese to acquire the Marist Brothers' residence dates for the priesthood in Salvado Road, Wembley. went to the eastern states which would fall vacant or overseas for all their when they moved to the training. Churchlands College. Archbishop Goody said FOUNDATION that the first of the seven Twenty students enrolled years of priestly study required at. present would be in 1942 and eight of them offered here in Perth and were ordained priests. students would then travel to other seminaries, most likely. St. Francis Xavier Seminary, Adelaide, for the remainder of their course, The introductory year would combine basic training in spirituality with introductory courses in subjects required for training for. the priesthood. Forty-five priests 'ho formerly studied at St. concelebrated Charles' Mass . • with Archbishop Goody, Bishops Thomas, Quinn and Healy, and Abbot Rooney. Bishop McKeon sent his apology for the occasion. It was the final celebration of the feast of St.
Bishop Quinn was among the first intake and Father O'Brien was among the first three to be ordained priests.
Mr. W. Mangini, present on Monday night, and the late Father E. McBride were other members of the
founding staff.
Also present were representatives of the Sisters of St. John of God and the Ursuline Sisters who cared for the seminary for many years. Eighty-seven priests have studiedat Guildford over the years and some 300 students in all have spent some time at the seminary. (Continued on Page 2)
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