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PERTH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1947.
The packed Church at Highgate during the Solemn High Mass in Honour of the Jubilee of the Arrival of the Sisters of Notre Dame des Missions in W.A.
Highgate Nuns 50 Years in W.A. *
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Solemn High Mass Marks Jubilee
1. Children of Mary, Y.C.W. Banners and Holy Name Men passing around the College. proaching the Altar for the first Benediction. 3. His Grace carrying the Monstran/e. of the Priests and a section of the large crowd who participated in the Procession.
2. Ap4. Some
When Hyde Park was but a swamp, whose banks were dotted with natives' camps, the Sisters of Notre Dame des Missions arrived in Highgate. Fifty years have passed since their arrival, and on Tuesday hundreds of past pupils of their schools and friends and benefactors of the Order gathered in the Sacred Heart Church to assist at the Solemn High Mass celebrated in honour of the Golden Jubilee.
After a snap of the most un the pavilion of which the main At a small altar opposite the seasonable weather, Sunday- altar had been erected. main altar in the pavilion, the The Mass was celebrated by spoke eloquently of their high esthe Feast of Christ the K:ng- Headed by the banner of Christ first Benediction was given. The broke with brilliant min.:11;11e, the King, the procession, in which Archbishop and clergy then pass- Very Rev J. Wallace, Adm., as- teem and appreciation of the sisted by Very Rev. Dr. E. Sulli- work of the Sisters in their aposwhich continued all (lay. A the majority of those present ed along the centre of the field crowd estimated at 8.f43 fore- marched, left the oval at 3.30 to give the final Benediction van (deacon) and Father P. tolate. O'Sullivan (sub -deacon). Religious of various Orders gathered in the grounds of and proceeded along the main from the main altar. Fathers J. O'Farrell and J. present and joined their Aquinas College, Mount Henry, drive of the College. His Grace The order of the procession McGrath carried out the duties were voices to those of the faithful for the annual diocesan Euchar- the Archbishop, carrying the comprised the boys and girls of master of ceremonies. in a "Te Deum" of Thanksgiving istic procession. Monstrance, was surrounded by a from the various Catholic schools His Grace presided at the to God for His many favours large body of diocesan and regu- of the Archdiocese, followed by throne, attended by Rt. Rev. showered on the Institute since People began to congregate lar priests, and attended by a a large body of the laity. Then Monsignori McMahon, and Goody, its arrival in W.A. from noon onwards, many of military guard came the members of the Sacred and Rt. Rev. Monsignor oc cadets. KenThe Jubilee celebrations will them travelling long distances to Heart Sodality and the Children nedy, V.G., as assistant E. priest. be present. also include a Requiem Mass for The gates of the The procession continued on of Mary, their blue and red re- The Mass was College grounds were closed at its way around the Col- galias in vivid contrast against bined choir of sung by a com- the deceased Sisters, friends, and girls from both 3.15 p.m., when the crowd began lege building, to re-enter the the sylvan setting of the river benefactors of the Institute. the High and Primary Schools, to mass in the College oval, in oval by another entrance. and the bushland. Next follow- under the direction A concert given by the pupils of Father A. ed the Holy Name Society-a Lynch. of the schools on Thursday, Satmost impressive body of men, The occasional sermon was urday and Sunday will conclude whose annual rally is planned to preached by Rev. Father Buist, the festivities. coincide with the Eucharistic C.SS.R. A report of the early history procession. Representatives of About priests from and work of the Institute will be the Third Order of St. Rrancis, both city thirty-five and country parishes on Page 2. found was restored, there were bandit some in the brown habits, came attacks. Yet the work pro- after, followed by a large numgressed. To -day, Father Mail - ber of religious Brothers and stuThere are no less than 16,000 lot takes care of one hundred dents from St. Charles' Provinand thirty lepers. cial Seminary. lepers in the Province of KwangThe little flower-strewers, in the red and white si, South China, out of a total Two-thirds of them are already cloaks of the Holy Angels, were population of 16,000,000. A leprosarium was necessary for the Catholics, and all who have died next in order, after which came more serious cases. In 1939 in the settlement received Bap- the clergy and the military guard Father Maillot, of the Paris tism before their death. One of of Aquinas cadets. Finally the Foch's mother was a friend of Foreign Mission Society, accept- the Sisters asked a dying patient Blessed Sacrament, borne by the St. Bernadette and knelt beside ed the invitation to found one. whether he believed in God. Archbishop, under a canopy of the future saint when, at the Lourdes Grotto, a candle flame Material means were seriously "Seeing that you tell me that I white silk. Many of the well-known hymns was applied to her hand to test lacking. The missionary man- ought to believe in Him, I do believe. It is not possible a for in honour of the Blessed Sacra- the genuineness of her ecstasy. aged to get few huts ,and he was taking care of sixteen lepers be- person such as yourself to tell a ment were sung during the pro- crucial moments he always in Before knowing God, I did cession. Led by St. Mary's He himself lie. The Marshal revealed that at fore he knew it. not know that there could be a Choir, under the direction of yoked the aid of Our Lady of lived in a simple hut. woman such as you are. Neither Father Albert Lynch, the hymns Lourdes. "She has always Within a few months he had my wife my (laughter would were amplified along the route brought me light and decision," more than a hundred in his care. have the nor courage to touch me, and taken up by the marchers. he said. The first assistants to come to in the condition 1 am now in, as Between the hymns the decades When Canon Belleney, of Lourhis aid were two young Chinese you are doing now. is be- of the Rosary were recited by des, who was a chaplain under Sisters who volunteered as cause there is a God It that you all present. the great Marshal ,asked him if nurses. are takng such care of me. It The occasional sermon was he kept to his daily Rosary even In 1940 the leprosarium was is God who has made you such preached by Rev. Father T. Per- when big battles were raging, destroyed by Japanese troops. as you are. Yes, I believe in rott, S.J., and is reported on Foch replied: "I seed it more When some measure of order God because I see you." Page 6. than ever then."
Marshall Foch and the Rosary