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It’s ‘GO’ for Bunbury New Cathedral will honour the past and serve future generations, says Bishop Gerard Holohan A new St Patrick’s looking out over regional centre is essential in a moment when values are breaking down, campaign patron tells launch. The Diocese of Bunbury has launched its fundraising campaign to replace St Patrick’s cathedral destroyed by a cyclone in August 2005. Over $1.25 million of the $3 million needed has already been raised to build the new cathedral, Bishop Gerard Holohan of Bunbury has announced. Meanwhile, Bunbury City council has cleared the way for the project by approving the plans for the redevelopment “Eighty-seven of the St Patrick’s Cathedral precinct years ago largely destroyed the people of by the cyclone. The details were Bunbury faced by the same chal- announced Bishop Holohan at lenges we are a fundraising campaign launch on facing now. April 7 and in an They did an update circulated to Bunbury paroutstanding ishes last weekend. job...” B u n b u r y Council’s clearing - Campaign Chair, of the regulatory John Perry hurdle at a meeting in early February had effectively given the green light to the appointment of the various consultants and engineers necessary for the project; these were already at work, Bishop Holohan revealed. The theme of the campaign is: ‘Honouring heritage, assuring the future’, echoing the key challenge facing the designers of a new cathedral to honour the history and traditions of the previous building but also to construct one suitable for future generations. The new St Patrick’s is expected to stand for hundreds of years, said Bishop Holohan. Continued - Page 2
Rudd Labor signals focus on religious values ■ By Paul Gray
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A senior strategist in the Australian Labor Party has given voice to the Rudd Government’s recognition of the place of religion and religious education in national life. In an apparent sign of the growing warmth towards religion felt by a party often tagged as secularist, senior Labor MP Bob McMullan has commended the religious role in promoting respect for human dignity, fairness and justice. “Australia is a secular nation, one in which there is dynamic religious and cultural diversity and this is supported by the Government,” Mr McMullan told The Record after returning from an interfaith meeting in Cambodia. “All great religions of the world share common perspectives on respecting human dignity and the importance of having a society that promotes fairness and justice,” he said. The MP added that values “determine how we and future generations live.” Through his career, Mr McMullan has been seen as a significant powerbroker and strategist in the nation’s ruling party. As well as holding the safe Labor seat of Fraser in the ACT, he is now Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance.
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