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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. 2,469
THURSDAY,
PHONE BA2837 (2 Lines)
OCTOBER 26, 1950
450 Hay Street, Perth. Box R1279, G.P.O., Perth.
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Seventy -Seventh Year
ASSUMPTION TO BE
DEFINED BY POPE AS DOGMA,'NOV. (Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY, Oct.
10.-His
Holiness
Pope Pius XII. has decided that the proclamation
of the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin will take place in front of St. Peter's Basilica on the morning of November 1, with the Solemn Pontifical Mass following immediately afterwards.
7,000 are Expected to March at Aquinas Rally
Announcement of the Holy Father's decision More than 7,000 persons are expected to attend the annual Euchariswas made in "Osservatore Romano," Vatican City tic procession and rally of the Holy Name society, which will be held in the daily. The decision reversed an earlier arrange- grounds of Aquinas college Sunday, Oct. 29. ment whereby the ceremony of the proclamation Groups To Assemble years but this year the main thereafter at regular intervals. altar will be erected at the col- These buses will begin the rewas to take place on the evening of October 31, Outside the Oval lege end of the oval, and not in turn journey at 4.30, and will The Blessed Sacrament front of the grandstand as in operate until 6.30. will and the Solemn Mass on the following morning.
be exposed on the main altar at former years. Parking will be under the The "Osservatore" announce- mation that a certain saint is in 3.30 p.m., and the procession will The grandstand is no longer supervision of Ruben Taylor and heaven. commence immediately. ment came as the officers of the considered safe, and the public his assistants. The Police deGeneral assembly will be at is warned that it must not be partment will handle all traffic various Vatican congregations It is expected that the large Groups are re- used. are feverishly at work arranging number of Archbishops and 3.15 o'clock. direction, and the committee the details for the momentous Bishops present will fill the quested to assemble behind their to stress the fact that great apse of St. Peter's Basilica. respective banners off the oval. Change Rooms Provided wishes ceremony. drivers of public and private The ceremony for the procla- This is the space where for They will then march on to the vehicles will facilitate arrangemation of the dogma of the As- usual ceremonies members of oval in lines of Six abreast, For Children of Mary ments of they carefully observe Change room arrangements the instructions sumption wilt be solemn and the diplomatic corps and reli- where they will be directed by of the stewards colorful, yet simple and brief, gious orders and other visitors the marshalls to their positions. for the Children of Mary and and police. according to the Rt. Rev. Msgr. would be able to find 'laces. The organising committee stesses Flower Girls are as in former For this reason, Monsignor that it is most important that years. Enrico Dante, prefect of Papal The St. John AmbulDante said, it became virtually the marshalls' directions be fol- ance association will again main- Special Enclosure ceremonies. imperative that the proclama- lcwed promptly and accurately. tain a first-aid service. For Aged and Infirm tion ceremony be held out-ofCeremony Will Be Held doors. The route of the procession A special enclosure for the Otherwise, while a great will Services Catering be the same as in past aged and infirm is planned. This Outside St. Peter's number of persons could be enclosure will be reserved for Will Be Speeded Barring anything short of a present-as actually there will downpour it will be held in the be-relatively few of them other portico of the Basilica the proRefreshments may be obtain- their exclusive use. All others open with the Papal throne, or than the Hierarchy could wit- cession will exit from the bronze ed on the lawn near the college. are asked to take part in the "Cathedra," erected before the ness the ceremony itself. In the door of the Vatican and cross Tickets will be sold in the vicin- procession and to join in the reprincipal entrance of the St. open many thousands will have St. Peter's square to its centre ity of the booths, enabling pat- citation of the Rosary and the Peter's Basilica, and in the pre- the opportunity of seeing as well and ascend the steps to the main rons to obtain their refreshments hymns. sence of a throng packing the as hearing the Holy Father and door of the Basilica in front of immediately on presentation of Careful attention must be paid piazza. The ceremony will con- the proclamation. which will be the Papal throne. the tickets. The committee hopes to any announcement over the sist of: The formal request for public address system. When all have arrived at their that this arrangement will sima proclamation of the dogma Weather Will Influence places and the Pope is seated on plify and speed up the catering made by His Eminence Franthe Papal Throne, Cardinal arrangements. cesco Cardinal Marchetti-Sel- Minor Details of Rite will apCadets from Aquinas college It is reported here that an Marchetti-Selvaggiani, vaggiani, dean of the College of proach the throne and make the form the guard of honour Dr. E. Collins Is Due Cardinals; His Holiness Pope entirely new Mass is being formal request to the Holy will Sacrament; for the Blessed Pius XII's invitation to all to prepared for the Feast of the Father that he proclaim the pray, and singing of the "Veni Assumption. It is reported that dogma of the Assumption. The Christian Brothers will carry the To Return Oct. 31 canopy. Creator," and the reading of the the Sacred Congregation of reply will be his invitaGifts of flowers for the altar Papal decretal letter, or Bull, Rites is working on the text, Pope's "Cameronia," Aboard the tion to prayer, and he will lead may be left at the Palace or at which is due to berth at Freproclaiming the doctrine of the and if it receives the approval Blessed Virgin being assumed of the Holy Father, it will be all in the singing of the "Veni the college on Saturday morn- mantle, Tuesday, Oct. 31, is the Creator." Following this the ing. into Heaven as revealed by God. used Nov. 1. Rev. E. Collins, parish priest of Parish buses should carry a Shenton Park. Dr. Collins has It is known that the Holy Pope will ascend the throne and read the proclamation. for the large identification sign Father will deliver a message been abroad on furlough since Ceremony is Similar convenience of passengers for February of this year and has in addition to the proclamation To Canonisation Rite the return journey. The ob- visited Great Britain and Ireor the dogma, hut it is not yet Complete Ceremony servance .of this suggestion will land. There is no fixed or tradi- known whether he will deliver Will Be Broadcast obviate a lot of the confusion tional ritual for this extremely his discourse at the time of the On the passage out to AustraIf the Pope's additional mes- caused by hundreds of people rare event, according to Mon- proclamation or at the Mass. The lia, Dr. Collins has acted as signor Dante, and its simple es- weather may have a bearing on sage is to be given outside, it is vainly seeking the bus on which chaplain to the migrants. He expected to begin at this mo- they arrived at the grounds, sential lines follow what history this detail. will continue the voyage to its Similar to a canonization, the ment, similar to the procedure records concerning the proclato prior in Sydney, conclusion mation of the doctrine of the ceremony begins when the Pope followed at the canonization of Special Transport returning to Perth. Immaculate Conception 96 years reaches the Sistine Chapel from St. Maria Goretti. If the mesAboard the "Cameronia" are ago, in 1854, by Pope Piux IX. the Papal apartments. From sage is to be delivered at the Services Listed In its general lines this cere- there the procession descends Mass, it will not be heard until A Government bus service will between 20_30 British and Irish They are all operate between the old G.P.O. farm labourers. mony will closely follow that the "Scala Regia" (steps leading the following morning. People throughout the world and Aquinas, picking up passen- single men and will be available for the canonization of a saint, down from the Papal apartwith the proclamation of a ments to the Basilica), but this will hear the complete ceremon- gers en route. The first bus for employment with Catholic a dogma instead of the procla- time instead of entering the ies by a radio broadcast. will leave at 1 o'clock, and farmers.