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The future of vocations; a call to prayer
Priests and Religious are a gift from God to His people. If we want those gifts we must pray as a community to "the Father of lights from whom every good and perfect gift descends." This was the exhortation He noted that in the Father O'Brien reverted last week of Father Jim 1960's seminary populations to his original theme that O'Brien, recently appointed in the Western world rose the prayer of the communRector of St. Charles' Semity to God the Father ac a dramatically but great num- giver of gifts was still tho inary. bers of those seminarians biggest priority in the He was urging priests, Religious, their families and dropped out both before search for tomorrow's vocations. friends to attend the special and after ordination. Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, May 2, and also for parishes to conduct a week of prayer ending on May 16. Father O'Brien said that special invitations were not The new amalgabeing issued this year and the invitation was general mated college, incorporating St. Louis Colfor the Cathedral Mass.
POPE JOHN XXIII COLLEGE
lege and Loreto Con• Father Finbarr WALSH (left), retiring admin'strator of St. Mary's Cathedral, pictured with NO INCREASE vent, will be known as year, will make John XXIII his successor, Fath9r William FOLEY. Looking at the vocation John Twenty-Third Col- College the biggest indepensituation of the diocese, he lege in honour of the dent school in Western Aussaid that sickness and retire- Pope of that name who tralia, with an enrolment of ment of priests in recent ruled the Church from more than 1.100 pupils. weeks highlighted the need When amalgamation takes 1958 to 1963. to think about the future
Cathedral head changes in parish moves
place, pupils will be placed of the Church in this region. In choosing this title, the as follows: Interim Council called Pope The lack of priests might YEARS 1..2, 3 and 4 will John "a man universally adnot seem a major problem mired who had done much attend what is now the Kooat present but, with the inlyangarra Loreto Junior In clerical changes serve Bindoon, the R.A.A.F. creasing population, the sup- to sponsor the spirit of ecu- School. and beunity" menism and, at Pearce and Bullsbrook ply of priests was not inannounced by Arching a contemporary of the YEARS 5, 6, and 7 will parish. creasing and the future of many of the 'stu- be at the present St. Louis lives bishop Goody this Father Christopher FLA- looked bleak, he said. dents, "was, therefore, a Junior School. week, Father Finbarr MER, latterly in charge of real person to them." ' YEARS 8 and 9 will be CHARLES' OF ST. AIM Wembley after the amalgaWALSH is to leave the (The only other Austral- at the St. Louis Senior He cited that St. Charles' mation of his former parstaff of St. Mary's Ca- In other changes, Father South Perth; then he was ish of Corrigin, is chaplain Seminary was established in ian institution so titled is School. LEECH, will move pastor in Highgate, Guild- to W.A. Institute of Tech- 1942 as an acceptance of John XXIII College at the YEARS 10, 11 and 12 thedral to go to Rock- John from Southern Cross to ford, Kelmscott and Leeder- nology. the principle that a diocese Australian National Univer- will be at the 1.0reto Senior Canberra). sity, ingham and Father Leederville. vale. should become self-sufficient School. The amalgamation, to be in supplying its own priests William FOLEY be- Ordained in June 1942 he Father Henry BYRNE KALGOORLIE CONTIM ED P. 6) and even helping areas in official from the next school been pastor of Kondin- will transfer from Beverley comes the new admin- has need. in, Cunderdin, York, Glen- to succeed Father William Ordained in 1965, he has "Will the Catholics of the dalough and most recently Foley at Lynwood. istrator. served at Kalgoorlie, High1980's blame the people of Cross. Southern Kondinin gate, and MirraOrdained in 1956 he was Of his nearly 23 years in the 1970's for not reading Father Sean SORAHAN formerly assistant at May- booka. the Father priesthood, the writing on the wall and Walsh has spent some 19 is the new parish priest of lands, Kalgoorlie, Shenton Father John DWYER, or- doing something about the Wembley. Park, of them at St. Mary's CaSouth Perth hnd Clare- dained in 1974, leaves the present decline?," he asked. A fter terms as parish mont. team ministry at Mirrathedral. He said that Archbishop Father Paul MERKS, at booka to become an assist- Goody had the writing on Originally from Cork, he priest in Margaret River, Spent three years at Cones- Nannup, Swanbourne and present assistant priest in ant at Kalgoorlie. the wall constantly in front His place is taken by of him hence was calling loe before becoming suc- Kellerberrin, he was attach- Kalgoorlie, is the new parFather Thomas McDON- the diocese to prayer in a cessively acting-archbishop's ed to the R.A.A.F. as full- ish priest of Beverley. secretary, assistant priest, fi- time chaplain for over six Ordained in 1966 he was ALD, ordained last year and special way at this time of nancial secretary and finally years, most recently being formerly assistant at East currently assistant priest at the year. administrator of the St. part-time chaplain at Pearce Victoria Park and St. Mary's Scarborough. Prayer was the obvious Mary's Cathedral since and in charge of the Bulls- Cathedral. first step but did this not brook-Bindoon area. 1969; he was nominated ON INSIDE PAGES seem a poor response of a dean of the cathedral in He was ordained priest SOUTHERN CROSS community in these days of 1972. in Ireland in 1944. 4 feverish activity? Father Lawrence AT- Calendar Father William FOLEY, TARD, most recently as- Classified "Perhaps we could make ordained in 1954, spent four sistant at Osborne Park, and religious life more attractAdvertising 10 PAUVIYRA, BEVERLEY Years at St. Mary's Cathone-time pastor at Swan- Letters 1 1 ive, pay priests higher salaredral as assistant priest beFather James DOWL- bourne, will transfer to Music 1 1 ies and bring in a public refore taking up nine years as ING, formerly an assistant Southern Cross. lations firm to promote director of missions, migra- at Palmyra, returns there as 4 priestly vocations," Father Tom GRANT, or- News In Pars he said. tion and vocations for the parish priest. iginally from Northam, and Sister Philomeno methods "Those might be e te Oakte etAated getrne ea e47-41 archdiocese. Earle 11 right if we just wanted to Ordained in 1949, he was at present of Wollongong CANNING HIGHWAY He was appointed parish assistant at Collie, Palmyra, diocese, is attached to Perth Sport 10, 12 get the numbers, but it's (opposite Boans, Melville). Priest of Lynwood in 1971. Maylands, Leederville and for the time being and will T.V. & Radio 7 more than that." Phone 391711
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