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oment o gArchbishop's message Mrdination At Christmas we celebrate the birth, as man of Almighty God's only Son.
It is a festival of new life, the share it with their parents, their brothrejuvenation of a tired human ers and sisters and their old folk. race by the infusion of divine The saddest Christmas is the solitary one; the enjoyed is that of a strength and light; God has whole unitedmost family thanking and come personally to the aid of His praising God, rejoicing in each other's creation which was floundering company, celebrating the happiness and near to death. of the life they share with each other
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There is no human potential either and with Jesus Christ in Christian physical or spiritual without life and faith, in the expectancy of cheerful Christ came to give us an even greater hope and in the love which joins them share of His own life by becoming one all together. of us; assuming our weakness and giv- May a truly Christian Christmas be ing us His strength. the lot of all who believe in Him; may As life is God's greatest gift to us, their hope for the future be not we must protect and nurture it in marred by foolish or dangerous preevery circumstance: before birth, dur- sumption; may their love ever grow ing vigorous man and womanhood for each other and for the God who and during the feebleness of illness. supports them. The birthday of the infant Jesus has In short, may each one of you be always been a family celebration in blessed with a holy and happy which children have played a promi- Christmas. nent part. Their happiness and joy is incom- Your Archbishop plete, however, unless they clearly L. J. Goody.
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Archbishop Goody is pictured in St Mary's Cathedral last Saturday morning at the moment when he ordained to the priesthood Father Vincent Glynn. (See also Page 4.)
OUR CHRISTMAS COVER
Our 1982 Mother Norcia where a copy is work for Aborigines was the picture swept away revered be- to become as famous as miraculously in a cloud. Copies of this and Child is the proudlyBishop paintSalvado t hat of the pioneer Later when they went to ing and of three cause other renowned paint- held up the picture in Benedictines. Italy they heard reports of ing of Our Lady of the face of flames rac- The original painting a miraculous image that New Norcia mastermay be purGood Counsel. It ing across the pad- dates back beyond the 13th had appeared at Genaz- pieces chased from Centrezano. It their is famous in the docks towards his century when it came to Madonna andwas 25 Victoria care, Child. Albania and was venerated hill town of Gen- i nfant settlement in Square, phone 325 the one-time capital of which was miracuazzano some 50 lously saved from Scutari until 1467 when Even though the Genaz- 6644. Proceeds of the Turks were battering zano church has been res- the sales go to the kilometres out- destruction. tored and renovated Cottages side Rome where The New Norcia repro- on the door of Europe. several times the paper- Centrecare for Aboriginal chilThe citizens duction is famous because prayed that thin the image fresco of the original is it was the gift of the Italian their famous image of Our r emains intact, even dren. preserved. missionary St Vincent Pal- Lady would not be dese- though it is supported only It is famous in New lotti whose congregation's crated and two men saw on its bottom edge.