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Official organ of the Archdiocese of Perth.
Registered at the G.P.O., Perth, for transmission by post as a newspaper.
Established 1874.
No. 2,456
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1950
PHONE BA2837 (2 Lines)
Seventy -Seventh Year.
450 Hay Street, Perth.
Box R1279, G.P.O., Perth.
Price Threepence.
COUPLE RECEIVED BY POPE Christian Brothers' 3rd Eisteddfod PERTH Mr. Mrs. Athol Curwin Collier, of and
Davies
A very large crowd attended the Capitol Theatre on Thursday Road, Nedlands, who are on a holiday abroad, were lost for the final night of the Christian Brother's Third Annual Eistedd- privileged to be received in private audience by the fod. The preliminary tests for choirs had been held at the various schools Holy Father. Mrs. Collier writes:and college during the week. Mr. E. Black Mus. Bac. well-known music "We were at a public audience beyond descripton... how very St. Peter's on the Monday, simple he was, tall, frail, and examiner of the Australian Music Board, commented on the high stand- in and our own private audience the face and hands of only one ard of the work and expressed amazement at the amount of activity he in his own private apartment on to be Christ's Vicar on earth. Tuesday morning at 12 noon There is no possible experwitnessed during his visit to the schools. He heartily commended the the where we recited the Angelus ience in this world of ours, movement for the cultural development of so many boys. with him. There were 12 of us, comparable to the sight of His
The Pellegrini shield for 6th Grade, 1st. Aquinas College; 2nd, C.B.C. Perth. The Walsh shield for 5th Grade, 1st. C.B.C. Leederville; 2nd. C.B.C. Highgate, The A.D, Scott shield for 4th Grade, 1st. C.B.0 Perth; 2nd. C.B.C. Leederville. The Ahern shield for 3rd Grade Castledare Orphanage. The results of Solo items were: Singing Under 11 Vocal Solo, A. Barber, C.B.C. Fremantle. Under 12 Vocal Solo, F. Waring, C.B.C. Perth. Under 13 Vocal Solo, B. HounsCASTLEDARE JUNIOR ORPHANAGE low, C.B.C. Fremantle. Uned 14 Vocal Solo, J. McWinners of Ahern Shield for III Grade Manus, C B.C. Perth. The Art of Speech section after congratulating the Broth- Open Vocal Solo, J, Meddemmen C.B.C. Perth. was judged by Mr. John Nugent ers and boys on the fine work Haywood of the Australian presented during the evening. Art of Speech. Broadcasting Commission who Under 11, Art of Speech, G. The results are as follows: drew attention to the fine work Tompson, C.B.C. Leederville. The Archbishop's shield for agof the Senior section. gregate Pts. 1st. C.B.C. LeedAt the invitation of the Preserville; 2nd. C.B.C. Perth ident. Rev. Brother Mc.Gee, the Confessions will be heard director of Catholic Education, The A.G. Younes shield for in German, Polish and Czech School Rev. Father J. Bourke B.A. distC.B.C. Leedat St. Mary's Cathedral on ributed the shields and cups erville; 2nd. C.B.C. Highgate. Friday evening, July 28th., at 7.30 p.m. Chapel furnishings, altar requisites pnd vestments for REFUGEE PRIEST IN PERTH the celebration of Mass Aid Benediction are urgently required for Cunderdin Immigration Camp. Anyone with Experiences under Communism second-hand items that may useful is asked to conWhen the Redemptorist priest, Fr. Stanisiw be tact Father Stinson, 62 St. Mika (now at the North Perth Monastery), fled George's Terrace. 'Phone: BA3338.
from Czechoslovakia the police were already in his house to arrest him. The Communists alleged Under 12, Art of Speech, M. Keenan, Fremantle. that he was a "reactionary", that he had assisted Under 13, C.B.C. Art of Speech, K. Gerans, CBC. refugee priests and nuns from the Ukraine to Under 14, Art ofLeederville. Speech, J. Meddemmen, C.B.C. Perth. escape from behind the Iron Curtain.
Mr. and Mrs. Collier, photographed with two Papal Knights just after the audience with the Pope. The Pope's throne is seen in
the background.
mostly nuns and priests, also a sion on me-it was something Baroness. Holiness. I feel my life has been The Holy Father spoke to complete, I have no further deseach of us about ten minutes. ire, other than the grace to contWe knelt down, took his ring, inue to be among the chosen kissed it and rose; he was with ones to be privileged in practiseach one individually in a room ing our faith. I have felt upperabout twice the size of Mother's most that everything is now so lounge; he was very interested, material. Oh, to live in a Cathand inquired where we were olic country, is all to be desired! from. How very strange that this all He spoke perfect Eriglish, should have happened. Last with very little accent; he then year was my achievement in the took our hands and placed privilege of making the two within them a holy medal, spec- weeks' mission at St. Aidan's ially blessed by himself, also Mosman Park, the dates exactly expressed his wish to give a very coinciding with this year, and special blessing for our people not even the thought of a trip, home in Australia. leaving all the graces apart. How His dignity, calmness and very mysterious, lives are conbenignity made a lasting impres- trolled."
Under 15, Art of Speech, R. "My other wish is that AusKavanagh, Aquinas College. If Fr. Mika had remained in he would have tralian Catholics will always Czechoslovakia, been given a trial that was only remember, in their prayers, the a matter of form. His sentence thousands of Catholics languishbol of the author's position in would have been decided before ing behind the Iron Curtain," the English Catholic movement. RADIO TALK ON HILAIRE BELLOC If Mr. Belloc's works set a the court sat. When asked for news conAs a tribute to Mr. standard for the best minds of Hilaire When he escaped, 13 Redemp- cerning Archbishop Beran, Fr. Britain who owe allegiance to orist Fathers were condemned to Mika said he "knew very little". Belloc on the occasion of his eightieth birthday, the Rev. E. P. Roman Faith, this cannot but work in concentration camps. The Archbishop is still a prisCostello, S.J., will give be because this controversialist a radio Many had been sentenced for oner in his palace and not perhas, since his childhood, held "life" and worked in the Jack- mitted to preach in his Cathedral talk outlining Mr. Belloc's background, his approach to history, none but one Church dear. He ymov uranium mines. and his mastery of English has been spared the scruples, prose. Malnutrition, brutality and The talk will be the broadcast by anxieties and the repentance sickness are only three of the of a conversion. Australian Broadcasting Hereditarily a Liturgy changes the horrors the priests suffered. Commission (Station 6WN) at Catholic, brought up in the cerTheir crimes-that they refused 8.45 p.m. on Sunday, tainty that July 30th. his Church was the to accept the State-controlled true one, obsessed by the Proorthodox religion and deny the sough! in Germany Mr. Belloc has been one of the testant apostasy he has swept authority of Rome. most prolific writers of our day, By MAX JORDAN towards controversy by his pugReports that many priests had and an ardent champion of the nacious temperament; and the succumbed to the Communist (Correspondent, Guy Boas said of him N.C.W.C. News Faith potent probity of his moral desregime were false. Fr. Mika that he was as "brilliant as he Service). tiny supplied him with all those said Only seven had lost their was versatile." He has written qualities which cause everyone faith, The Czechoslovak people FRANKFURT, Germany, July more than a hundred books as to realise that here we have a were remaining loyal to the 13.-The first national German historian, essayist, poet, critic, leader." Church by every means possible. Liturgical Week held here re- soctCogist, controversialist, and They would not follow the State sulted in a resolution petitioning novelist. Among his staunchest the German Hierarchy to inter- friends was G. K. Chesterton, priests, Fr. Mika arrived in Perth on cede with the Holy See to make and their combined influence on Nedlands Girl lakes July 12. He will continue his certain changes in the Church contemporary thought has been missionary work among the liturgy. tremendous. Arnold Lunn writes: many migrants who cannot The changes sought include "During my undergraduate days perpetual Vows speak English. the following: to have the lit- I had read the works of G. K. On the Feast of the Precious "I have two special wishes, urgy of Holy Saturday celebrat- Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, Blood, ceremonies of Religious now I am in Australia," said Fr. ed on Saturday evening preced- and their influence was one of Mika. "The first is that the ing Easter; that evening Masses the principle factors in my con- tense, simple Faith, and a great, Reception and Profession took untiring Apostle of the Pen. In place at the Novitiate of Our children of migrants will be be permitted generally whereVer version." the "Path to Rome" Belloc wrote Lady of the Sacred Heart, quickly absorbed into Catholic there is need for them; that inRupert Brooke, John Buchan, that it was desirable that a man "Hartzer Park," Burradoo, New schools. dulgences valid with regard to others have claimed should not have to regain his South Wales. His Lordship "These children who remem- Eucharistic fasting be extended, and many Belloc is the greatest living Faith. Commenting on this Most Rev. Dr. F. X. Gsell, ber concentration camps during and that the Gospel and the that master of English prose; others passage, Raymond Las Vergnas M.S.C.. officiated and preached. and after the war, have had Epistle may be read at ' parish judged him to be the greatest writes: "The phrase does not Among the Sisters who made very little education. Masses in the language of the of our time. But only convey that sort of tender- their perpetual vows was Sister "Their parents must also be country. The Sunday Mass also poet essential, enduring ness, grave and pure, which we M. Canice, formerly Miss Therassisted to find accommodation was one of the main topics or Belloc's greatness is far deeper than all find so often in Mr. Belloc's ese Farrell, daughter of Mr. and and employment. discussion. this: here we have a man of in- style; but it provides a first sym- Mrs J. J. Farrell, of Nedlands. . I