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New Dawesville parish to bring lost sheep back to the fold
Dawesville Catholic Primary School student Sophie Herbert holds the icon of St Damien of Molokai before processing into the church for its Mass of dedication. Right, Bishop Gerard Holohan gives his homily. PHOTOS: ANTHONY BARICH
BY ANTHONY BARICH THE blessing and dedication of St Damien’s Catholic Church in Dawesville on 23 January is the Church boldly moving into new territory and attempting to bring lost sheep back to the fold. Fr Leon Russell, Dawesville’s inaugural parish priest, told The Record that Dawesville is a “perfect example” of the urgent need for the Church’s missionary focus. Bunbury Bishop Gerard Holohan also told The Record that he chose St
Damien of Molokai as patron saint for Dawesville because “... there are many people in this area who have left the Faith, so it is appropriate that this church be dedicated to St Damien, who brought back to the Church lepers who had left the Faith.” When Bishop Holohan presided over the Mass concelebrated by his Vicar General Fr Tony Chiera and Fr Leon, it seemed a far cry from six years ago when Fr Leon was appointed parish priest. Back then, barely 70 people
attended weekend Masses and, in 2005, Dawesville Catholic Primary School operated out of two transportable buildings on Mandurah Catholic College’s grounds with 68 students. Today, up to 260 attend weekend Masses, with 520 children now enrolled in the adjacent Dawesville Catholic Primary School. The original name of Blessed Damien of Molokai Dawesville Catholic Primary School proved too much of a mouthful, but the parish has left the option open for
the school to rename itself after the saint again. Unfortunately, Fr Leon suffered the inconvenience of not being able to attend St Damien’s canonisation in Rome on 11 October 2009 for medical reasons. Pope John Paul II beatified the Belgian-born saint on 4 June 1995. Of their new official patron, Fr Leon said simply, “We’ve grown to love him.” The parish has now acquired an icon of the saint by Finnish-born iconographer Marice Sariola from
Dunsborough and a nail from the first church St Damien built on Molokai acquired by Bishop Myles McKeon. The parish also had a collage located just inside the main entrance doors displaying the sites and history of St Damien’s ministry, including Molokai, other Hawaiian islands and the Pacific. No longer a leper colony, Molokai has been transformed into a tourist area. While Australian actor David Please turn to Page 6
Sydney QC becomes Chancellor of Notre Dame, succeeds ‘founding father’ SYDNEY QC Terry Tobin has been elected to succeed Dr Michael Quinlan as Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia. Mr Tobin, who is the current Deputy Chancellor, is on the university’s board of trustees and board of directors. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel for NSW in 1985 and has also been admitted to the bar in New York and Ireland. In thanking the board of trustees for his election as Chancellor, Mr Tobin paid tribute to Dr Quinlan as a “wonderful Chancellor who has done great work during what has been a significant growth phase of the university”.
outstanding”, she said. Dr Quinlan, one of the Meanwhile, UNDA has founding fathers of the announced the appointment University of Notre Dame of a new Executive Dean Australia, has been a trustee of the university since its appointed for Notre Dame’s inception. Business School He was Deputy Chancellor Vice Chancellor Celia before his appointment as Hammond has announced Chancellor in 2008. that Mr Chris Doepel has He had a pivotal role in been appointed as Executive Dean, College of Business establishing the university, (National), and Dean of the its College of Health and the Fremantle School of Medicine. Sydney QC and now Chancellor of the University of School of Business, Fremantle Another foundation trus- Notre Dame Australia, Terry Tobin, above, and new Campus commencing 1 tee and long stime supporter Executive Dean of Business, Chris Doepel, right. February 2011. of the university, Sr Sonia Mr Doepel has an impresgrateful for all that Dr Quinlan sive employment history Wagner sgs, is also stepping aside. and Sr Sonia had done for the uni- which includes serving as Registrar Vice Chancellor Professor Celia versity. of the National Native Title Hammond said she was very Their commitment “has been Tribunal and State Director of the
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Mr Doepel is moving from Murdoch University where he has been Dean of the Faculty of Law and Business for the last three years. Prior to this, he worked in a number of senior roles within the public sector. Vice Chancellor Professor Celia Hammond said that she is delighted with the appointment. “Chris brings extensive experience as a leader and manager and I believe he will make an outstanding contribution to the School of Business and to the wider University,” Professor Hammond said. INCLUDES REPORTING FROM THE CATHOLIC WEEKLY