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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A very good day Hundreds overflow as joyful crowd witnesses historic consecration of Canning Vale Parish’s first Church
Watched by builder John Hendriks and Master of Ceremonies Damian Gorian, Archbishop Barry Hickey displays the plans for St Emilie de Vialar Church in Canning PHOTO: PETER ROSENGREN Vale, presented to him moments before at Sunday afternoon’s opening by architect Peter Quinn.
Church dedicated to foundress saint is the first in the world: Archbishop Hickey BY PETER ROSENGREN AN ESTIMATED 800 people turned out in Amherst Road in Canning Vale last Sunday after-
noon to participate in the consecration and dedication of their first Parish Church. The Church of St Emilie de Vialar is the first parish Church in the world dedicated to the Saint, Archbishop Barry Hickey told worshippers during his homily. St Emilie is the foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition, who have been in WA since 1855 and involved in the parish since its founding in 2001.
Although the Church is designed to seat 350, a large overflow congregation stood outside the building on a cold and overcast afternoon to witness and participate in the ceremonies. So many people presented to receive Communion during the Consecration Mass that ministers effectively ran out of hosts to dispense. Later, Parish Priest Fr Robert Carillo told The Record, of the
800 hosts prepared before Mass only two were left over, prompting Archbishop Hickey to anounce to communicants that receiving the Sacrament from the numerous chalices throughout the church would be sufficient. In his homily Archbishop Hickey said that the opening of a new church was a sign of unity and maturity in a parish. From that day on, Mass would be celebrated daily until the Church
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s a boy he dreamed of cutting through the jungle to bring the Gospel to deepest darkest Africa. He arrived as a young priest only to find that the Africans drove automobiles and used petrol. When he landed in Western Australia in the early 90s he discovered the spiritual aridity of suburban life on the fringes of a vast desert so set about creating a spiritual oasis on the shores of the Indian Ocean.
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ceased to exist, he said. Meanwhile, whereas parishioners had participated in Masses celebrated in a variety of locations, including a famhouse and the nearby Catholic school, their new church would be the focal point for the parish from now on, he said. A parish church is a centre for the people and a centre for worship, a place where a parish’s members are meant to see one another Continued - Pages 10-12