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, or there is only one God, and there is only one mediator between God and mankind, himself a man, Christ Jesus, who sacrificed himself as a ransom for them all. He is the evidence of this, sent at the appointed time, and I have been named a herald and apostle of it and — I am telling the truth and no lie — a teacher of the faith and the truth to the pagans:' ct
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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 1874
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THE GIFT OF MONSIGNOR HAWES
PHOTO CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MT CARMEL AND THE HOLY APOSTLES, SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, MULLEWA BY ANTHONY BARICH
Monsignor John Hawes was a convert, a master architect and devoted Priest in a little-known corner of the world. Even today, relatively few, apart from a steady trickle of avid tourists, know of the remarkably original and beautiful Church architecture he designed and built and which is scattered throughout the vast coastal and outback Diocese of Geraldton. The Record's Anthony Barich travelled the 'Hawes Trail' in March to report. Pages 7-17
The best gift of all: a miracle for a non-practising mother
Contents The gift of Mgr Hawes Seminary's vital role Perspectives Panorama Books for the Family
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It's a beatiful and timeless
story: how the cure of a mortally ill four year-old lead to an obscure sister's canonisation.
• By Carmen Elena Villa
AGNOSINE, Italy (Zenit) It was 12.20am, the first hour of October 3, 2001, when Sister Bianca Pasinetti's telephone rang. "Sister, we all are here. Vasco is
leaving us. Do something because we don't want him to die." Those were the words of Ettore Richini. He spoke of his 4-yearold son, one of the students at the school run by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, Sister Pasinetti's congregation. Vasco
had been admitted to the hospital with meningitis. He had been in the hospital since the afternoon of September 29, when his mother Rita had returned to work in the afternoon after seeing that Vasco had a bit of a fever. As the Continued - Page 4