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$22111. to • rebuild St. John's The State Government will issue a guarantee to secure the $17.2 million borrowings for a first stage re-development of Saint John of God Hospital, Subiaco, it was announced today.
The government will also commence work in March pay an interest subsidy on next year. borrowings of $16.6 million. Also today, the chairman These details were releas- of the St. John of God Hosed in a joint announcement pital Advisory Board, Judge today by the Premier, Sir D. C. Heenan, announced Charles Court, and Sister the commencement of strucCorona, Provincial Superior tural alterations to the forof the Sisters of Saint John mer nurses' home in Conof God. nolly Street to enable theit use as consulting suites fot HIGHEST STANDARD private practitioners workDetails were given of a ing in association with the five year, two-stage re-devhospital. elopment that would cost an The Government's interestimated $22.5 million. est subsidy would not apply State Cabinet has given to this work, it was exits approval in principle to plained. the re-development project. WASHINGTON (NC). solution must be dealt with The Premier said the ob— The Vatican's top very carefully." • Pictured is the norject of the re-development 358 BEDS official for liturgical He said the Pope was th side of Saint John was to Provide the highest At the end of the pro- affairs, the West Aust."extremely gracious." of God Hospital, SubiPossible . standard of patient posed redevelopment the ralian, Cardinal Knox, Cardinal Knox ended his aco; at left is the • tare and accommodation, hospital will have 358 beds said that Bishop Dozier letter by warning that gen- Cambridge Operating theatres, and diag- available. Street of Memphis, broke eral absolution "is not some- wing, completed in nostic facilities on the site. Sister Corona explained Church rules on generthing an Ordinary is free 1920 which will be The major part of the that this was only a slight to employ according to his Project involves the demo- increase on the present ca- al absolution by grantreplaced with an personal judgments." lition of the three storey pacity of the hospital but ing it during two wideeight-storey modern • Cambridge Street wing that that the age and unsuitabil- ly publicised services "In expressing the great complex. vas built in 1920, along ity of much of the present last year. concern and pain felt for With the kitchen, laundry what was done contrary to The ceremonies did not and other facilities adjacent accommodation and facili- follow the pastoral norms - tive Catholics back into the and such a situation persists the pastoral norms in Memhad forced the hospital ties Church by holding the rites. for a considerable period. to the present convent. phis, the congregation asks to undertake such a major for general sacramental abON INSIDE PAGES But he cautioned the The Vatican official also Bishop Dozier to observe by 1972 solution in issued project. EIGHT STOREYS Memphis church man that said the ceremonies created them faithfully in the future prefect Vatican, the of the In associating the State 4 An eight,storey building all such efforts must follow "grave , confusion" for Ca- thus contributing among Calendar Government with the joint the Congregation of the Sa Classified Would be built in its place "divine law and the norms tholics li ing in 'irregular other things to that unity craments said. Advertising ... ... 10 With a three-storey services announcement, the Premier During the two rites held laid down by the councils marital situation'." of mind and. heart which a tribute warm paid the to block directly behind the Letters ... ... 11 and competent ecclesiastical last December, during Ad Following a similar criti- should prevail in the Churpresent maternity hospital. St. John of God Order in vent, general absolution was authority." Sport ... ... ... ... ... ... 10, 12 ch," cardinal said. the cism by the Vatican DocDrawings were being pre- -caring for the sick wherever administered without indiviTheatre ... ... 9 Specifically. Cardinal trinal Congregation, Bishop pared and it was hoped to (• CONTINUED P. 3) fodual Confession and was ... 9 Knox said, the Tennessee Dozier said that those who (• Bishop replies page 3) TV and Radio llowed by Mass and Corn- rites of reconciliation failed focused on general absolumunion. on three counts: tion missed the point of his The first one, in Memreconeiliation rites. phis, attracted 11,500 peoTHREE COUNTS "General absolution was ple and the second, in Janot the focal point of the ckson, 2,000. • They violated Norm Both drew national and 10 which states "the cele- reconciliation campaign," he has said. international attention. bration of the rite is to be "The call to reconciliaFollowing a meeting with kept quite distinct from the tion was misunderstood if Cardinal Knox at the Vati- celebration of the Mass." it was taken as being a call can in mid-Jarmafy, Bishop • They were conducted to the sacrament of reconcilDozier, said that the senior without prior consultation iation." church man was "not over- with other bishops, as rejoyed" by the events. quired by Norm five, and Cardinal Knox said he regretted that Bishop Dozier's • General absolution C AUTION was given for reasons other audience with the Pope Cardinal Knox made his than those stated in Norm "should have been reportcriticism in a letter dated three, which permits the ed in a way that conveyed "What qualitycomesfirst" 25 addressed to the practice only if the small the impression of approving March 385 Canning Highway,Melville. president of the U.S. Bish- number of confessors avail- what had been done when Phone 39 1711 Lic. No. 3371. ops but released only re- able makes individual con- in fact His Holiness had cently. fession impossible within a expressed his concern." letter, Cardinal the I n reasonable period of time; HONDA. Bishop Dozier said upon Knox said that he appreci- penitents, as a result, would his return to Memphis that ated Bishop Dozier's "inten- he deprived of the grace of the Pope "thanked me for WMP- 7 tions and pastoral zeal," in the sacrament or prevented my religion zeal. He did CANNINGTON: 1308 Albany El/Way. 68 1826 attempting to attract mac- from receiving Communion; caution me that general ab488t lic 0891.
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