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OCTOBER 5, 1950 Seventy -Seventh Year
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Queensland Bishop Reaches Fremantle On Orion; First Bishop to Return by Sea After Holy Year Pilgrimage to Rome The Most Rev. Joseph Basil Roper, Bishop of Toowoomba, Queensland, arrived in Fremantle on the "Orion" Oct. 3. Bishop Roper was the first of the Australian Bishops to return to Australia by sea after having completed a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome. Highlight of the trip, His Togliatti could only muster a I. iaship said, was a personal mere 3.000 to the all -Italian urea e with the Holy Father. rally held in the Lateran piazza The Pope sees the Catholic but every day thousands of priesthood as the only stabilis- Italians come to Rome on Holy
' force in the world today and Year pilgrimages to pay homage only hope for the mural and to the Vicar of Christ. Their -piritual regeneration of our enthusiastic shouts when they ,vilisation. He was keenly inte- see the Holy Father is proof rated in the work being done evident that they have rejected 'Australia to foster vocations their former Communistic phi!o the priesthood. losophy. Despite the superhuman obliIt would be unfair. His Lordof the Holy Year the -hip remarked, to make any gations Pope is looking very well, he comparisons between the state added. The influx of the Church in Australia and of pilgrims daily to thousands the Eternal Europe. One thing was clear, has made the holding of he said; the flourishing state of City the general audiences Church here is due to the Vatican halls a thing of in the the past. k of our Catholic schools. ope lacks what we have-the In order to accommodate the vast crowds the Pope receives ilber of devoted sisters and in St. Peter's Basilica. ,eligious brothers who take the them Highest praise was voiced for iiith to the backblocks and give the organisers of the Australian Inc children a religious educapilgrimage. It was, in His Lordlion from their earliest days. ship's opinion, one of the best Communism was on the dec- organised of all the national line throughout Italy, he said. pilgrimages. ,
DESPITE THE OFFER of "Free Medicine" (with no strings .attachthe Sisters of Compassion could not find any patients when they opened their surgery at Castledare Junior orphanage. The sparkling surgery and spotless infirmary were deserted. Soon, however, the boys realised Foundation Students Attend Among 100 that being sick hod its compensations, and now the sisters have trouble in keeping the children out of the surgery. Two of the nuns are trained nurses and they con spot "malingerers" o mile off. The sisters and Christian Bro- At Fremantle C.B.C. Communion, Oct. 1 thers will be only too happy to show you over the buildings when you visit Some of the original students of the Christian the orphanage on their Field day, Sunday, Oct. 22. Brothers' college, Fremantle, participated in the Communion breakfast organised by the Old Boys' association of the school. ed
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Will Leave Hong Kong for Perth, Oct. 8.
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Word has been received by his aunt, Miss A. At the Carmelite Monastery Walsh, 23 Victoria Square, that Mr. J. F. Knox, chapel on Sunday. Oct. 15, will Australian vice-consul at Bangkok, will leave Hong be a Missa Cantata at 8 o'clock. Kong for Australia Oct. 8, accompanied by his wife At. 3.30 p.m. there will be a special sermon by the Rev. N. S. and two children, Deidre and Brian.
More than 100 received Com- the college be divided into three munion in St. Patrick's church, parts was made by Mr. W. Wall Fremantle, and the majority work. These three sections stayed for the breakfast in the would be spiritual, which should hall. include a High Mass and a ReThe toast to the Archbishop quiem Mass for deceased Broand Clergy was proposed by J. thers and Old Boys; social, McLinden. The Rev. W. Cowan, which should include invitations O.M.I., in response stressed the to the early teaching brothers of value of good example in gain- the college to be present; and ing the respect of the commu- financial. nity. An appeal to Oki Boys to take Mr. C. Bartley proposed the an active part in committees toast to the Christian Brothers. received a heartening response. The Rev. Brother Quilligan reMr. M. Brady thanked the sponded and stressed the need of women's committee Old Boys' associations and the work in preparing the for their mfluerice that school -day com- Mr. G. See thanked breakfast; the chair panions can wield in after -life. man of the meeting, Mr. W. A suggestion that the coming Hughes, on behalf of those Golden Jubilee celebrations of present.
Mr. Knox, who received his tives in the West before taking Rossiter, Provincial of the Vinearly education at St. Brigid's up another appointment with centian Fathers. Solemn Beneconvent school, Midland Junc- the Department of External Af- diction will follow, and veneration, was one of the youngest fairs. tion of the relic of the saint. recruits from this state to join the Commonwealth public service. After a period with the Department of External Affairs, Gwelup Procession Canberra, he was appointed to the consulate at Bangkok where he has spent the past three years. It will be recalled that while Lad Whose Life Was Despaired of Ten on his way to Mass one Sunday, Mr. Knox was stabbed by a fanatical native in mistake for another official. Months Ago be Confirmed Sunday Mr. Knox is a younger brother of the Rt. Rev. Mgr. James Among the children who will be confirmed by Knox, recently -named secretary His Grace at Subiaco, Sunday, Oct. 8, is a lad of 11 to the Apostolic Delegation of Japan. His wife is the daughter years, whose recovery from a serious illness is atof the former State Premier, tributed to prayer. Mr. 1 Willcox. After taking accumulated Ten months ago Gerald J. intercession of Our Lady. leave, Mr. Knox may visit relaKerrigan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. "Prayer was the only thing Kerrigan, 109 Daglish St., that saved him," she stated. Wembley was at the point of When Gerald is Confirmed he Sodalities Are Invited death. His condition was so low will take the name Joseph, To Palmyra Procession with a rheumatic heart that he which is also that of his sponsor, The Rev. J. Lynch, parish was anointed in November. Joe Arthur Kerrigan. Gerald, priest of Palmyra, anticipates In the bed -ridden months who will be 11 on Oct. 10, has that the procession of Our Lady that followed Gerald studied two sisters: Joan, aged 14, and of Fatima and the crowning of the catechism and the nuns vi- Patricia, who is nine. Mr. Kerthe statue which will take place sited him weekly for instruction. rigan conducts a taxi service. in his parish, Sunday, Oct. 15, Meanwhile novenas to Our will attract a large attendance. of the Miraculous Medal THE ANNUAL BLESSING of the roses Lady The devotions have been elawere continued for his reco- Father E. Rogers Attends borately prepared for since May, and the procession around the church at St. Ther- very and Lourdes water was Northam Military Camp and as the occasion occurs in ese's parish, Gwelup, was to them. As a result he held Oct. 1. The Arch- given The Rev. E. Rogers, chaplain the month dedicated to the Rohas shown wonderful progress sary, Father Lynch expects that bishop confirmed 31 adults and children after in the past six weeks and will of Aquinas college, was recently members of the Children of Moss in the morning; the afternoon was taken up' be a candidate for Confirmation in camp at Northam as chaplain Mary sodality and the Legion of on Sunday next. He hopes to to the 13th. Infantry Brigade Mary from the whole of the with sports and the procession, and the day was enrol at St. Louis school next during training manoeuvres. metropolitan area will forega- brought to a close with a social function in the year. Father Rogers is part-time ther in large numbers to honour Mrs. Kerrigan attributes Ge- chaplain with the CommonYugoslav hall, Osborne Park. (Photo by G. Slattery) rald's recovery solely to the wealth Military Forces. Our Lady.
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