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THE RECORD
“Be indefatigable in your purpose and with undaunted spirit resist iniquity and try to conquer evil with good, having before your eyes the reward of those who combat for Christ.” -Bishop Matthew Gibney
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‘Don’t leave our schools behind’
Western Australia’s award-winning Catholic newspaper since 1874 - 5 May 2010
Easter: the moment of death - and new life
Canning Vale church to open
St Emilie’s Church under construction last year. It will be consecrated on Sunday, 23 May - Pentecost Sunday.
With a federal election looming later this year, Bunbury Bishop Gerard Holohan has urged the Federal Government not to let Catholic schools fall behind BISHOP Gerard Holohan has called on the Commonwealth Government to guarantee funding to Catholic schools will be maintained in real terms from 2013 to 2016. His call came as he opened and blessed extensions to the Dawesville Catholic Primary School that had been built with the federal Government’s Building Education Revolution funds. He condemned as a myth the impression that only government schools serve the less well-off, pointing out that of the six most disadvantaged schools in Western Australia, four are Catholic while the other two are independent. Bishop Holohan also called on the government to guarantee that funding: ● continue to be indexed according to the cost of educating a student in a government school ● be distributed by the Catholic school system to its schools on a needs basis. He said he was “a bit anxious” that in a recent statement Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard promised only that no school would be better off in dollar, rather than real terms. He said the new post 2011 funding formula would not be known until after the next federal election and pointed out that, historically, Catholic schools were established before state schools in an era when education was restricted to children whose parents could afford tutors. He asked that funding be increased for Catholic schools serving those suffering real disadvantage. Important examples were Kimberly Catholic schools and Care schools.
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PHOTO: COURTESY ST EMILIE’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
THE parish of Canning Vale will consecrate and bless its parish Church on Sunday 23 May Pentecost Sunday - at 3pm. St Emilie de Vialar parish commenced in March 2001 and has celebrated Mass in a variety of locations since it was established, including in the undercover area of St Emilie Catholic Primary School since 2003. The new $1.6 million church will seat 350 people, with room for an extra 100 if necessary. Construction of St Emilie’s Church commenced in the second half of 2009. The parish serves the suburbs of Canning Vale and Southern River, parish priest Fr Robert Carillo told The Record.
Anglican bishops ready to join Church?
A look of concentration can be seen on the face of Parish Priest Fr Philip Perreau at St Thomas More Parish in Bateman as he baptises Jessie Ting at the Easter Vigil, above. Jessie had taken the Baptismal name of Clare for her entry into the Church. Earlier, candles illuminate the interior of the church as the Exultet - the great victory song celebrating Christ’s resurrection - is sung. Four adults were baptised at the Easter Vigil and another seven received into full communion with the Catholic Church at Bateman this year. People were encouraged to wear white for Holy Thursday, red for Good Friday and white or yellow for the Easter Vigil and Sunday. While last week’s Record carried photos and reports of Easter celebrations from parishes across the State, a computer breakdown erased the contributions of some, which appear in this week’s edition. See Page 4 - 11
THREE Bishops of the Church of England expressed an interest in joining the Catholic Church during talks last week with Vatican officials, according to the London Sunday Telegraph. The Vatican has not commented on the report. One of the three Anglican Bishops involved in the discussions with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) denied that an agreement had been reached. “No decisions have been made,” he told the Associated Press. Anglican Bishop Keith Newton of Richborough, Andrew Burnham of Ebbsfleet, and John Broadhurst of Fulham travelled to Rome for the talks just before of the Church of England’s General Synod. - Catholic World News