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Perth, Thursday, September 27, 1951.
No. 2,517.
At the conclusion of the Commonwealth Jubilee Schools' Choirs Festival, held in Melbourne, Sept. 21, the choir of girls from St. Rita's convent, Katanning, won the B grade section from all corners. The girls were flown to choir have been staying in
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Holy Name Men Resolve To Give Priests' Bursary A suggestion that a bursary for the education of priests, of minimum annual volue of £130, be established, was warmly received by the 70 delegates who represented 24 branches at the quarterly general meeting of the Perth Diocesan union of the a
Holy Name society held Sept. 18.
Officers of the Diocesan £130, and he suggested that continuous Rosaries for the council explained that if the the surplus each year be in- succour of the Church in scheme were adopted by vested in a sinking fund Eastern Europe. branches there would be set until such fund contained The project has the apup a Bursary fund to which sufficient capital to ensure, proval of His Grace the Holy Name members might by investment, a permanent Archbishop and other memcontribute through their bursary. bers of the Australian Hierbranches for the purpose of The Rev. J. Russell also archy. The day of continueducating young men for spoke in support of the pro- ous Rosaries will be observthe priesthood at St. Char- posal which was unani- ed uniformly throughout les' seminary, Guildford. mously adopted by all dele- Australia on a date to be There would, however, be gates. Mr. M. Foley, Dio- announced. no levy upon branches. Vol- ceson secretary, reported
Canberra and on Sept. 24 Melbourne. they took part in the Na"Please convey St. Rita's tional Jubilee concert and convent choir, Mrs. Pope received from the Prime (conductress), Mrs. GalMinister, the Rt. Hon R.O. loway (accompanist) our Menzies, the trophy they warmest congratulations. We had won. Enthusiasm ran are proud of your achievewild as the girls besieged ment." the Prime Minister for The girls sang excellently
autographs. with the Sydney Symphony The following is the text orchestra under Eugene of a telegram sent by His Goossens. An A.B.C. official Grace the Archbishop to the commented thus on their Mother Prioress of St. success: "St. Rita's has, for Anne's convent, East Kew, a long while, been noted Victoria, where members for its development of muof the successful Katanning sical talent, but distance has, in the past, prevented the school from taking part in many choral festivals." The girls were accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Douglas Pope, who conducted them all through the festival Mrs. Pope was formerly a member of the music and speech staff of the Education Department. Mrs. J.D. Galloway was also a member of the successful team. She has regularly given her services for the benefit of the choir and played their accompaniments at the festival. Both ladies, however, attributed the signal achievement of the Katanning girls to the guidance and solid training of the Sisters of Notre Dame des Missions. Another Catholic choir from Our Lady of Mercy convent, Deloraine, Tasmania, secured the A grade trophy. The Katanning girls return by air to -night, Sept. 27.
untary contributions made that several donations had Branches to Prepare through branches would not already been received. For Annual Rally be publicly acknowledged. The Diocesan Eucharistic A statement of total contri- Continuous Rosaries procession, which will be butions would be made proFor Church Suffering held at Aquinas college, gressively. Mr. Foley commented on Sunday, Oct. 28, is also the The Rev. T. Ahern, a priest consultor to the Dio- the recent enclosed Re- annual rally of the Holy cesan union, who deputised treats: 124 members, drawn Name society. Branches are asked to for the acting Diocesan di- from five country and 27 rector, the Rev. E. Rogers, metropolitan branches, had plan now to ensure a record supported the proposal. He participated, as against 102 attendance of members, to book buses for the transstated that it had the cor- in 1950 and 82 in 1949. dial approval of the ArchIn lieu of cabling a pro- port of their members, and bishop. all to He appealed test to the Czecho-Slovak advise Mr. Foley of the branches to organise an ap- government against the per- number of buses booked, peal to members and to secution of the Church in and to bring their banners Those members to support it that country, the Diocesan to the procession. strongly. union had adopted the sug- willing to assist in preparing the College oval for the He was confident that gestion of the Rev. W. V. annual collections would McEvoy, O.P., national di- procession on Saturday and exceed the minimum of rector, to organise a day of Sunday, Oct. 20 and 21, and Mr. Menzies congratulates Patsy Best, of St. on Saturday, Oct. 27, are asked to 'phone Mr. Foley Rita's convent, Katanning, on her school's (BA 5210). victory. Country Rallies Are breakfast re -union. The Wear Evening Dress at Ball Marking Planned For October Diocesan council will be re-
SI. Joseph's Orphanage Senior Girls
A regional rally of the so- presented at all three funcciety is planned at Nor- tions. on Sunday, Oct. 7, Following the business Conclusion of Jubilee Celebrations tham and on the following Sun- session, the Rev. G. O'ColSolemn High Mass was celebrated in day, Oct. 14, Bunbury will lins, a Columban Father, the venue of a branch addressed members on the the chapel of St. Joseph's orphanage, Subi- be and district rally. On the mission fields of the Far oco, Sept. 22, to mark the golden jubilee. same date the Victoria Park East. A report of his lecwill hold its annual ture appears elsewhere in The Archbishop presided, and the V. Rev. P. branch general Communion and this issue.
Tatty C.Ss.R., preached. A solemn Te Deum was sung and Pontifical Benediction given.
University Cadets
Notre Dame, Ind.-Twenty-one of the recently detached West Point cadets have been accepted for entrance at the University of Notre Dame. Their tuition is being paid by an anonymous benefactor.
200 Voice Choir to Sing at New Norcia Enthronement Rites A choir of more than 200 voices will sing Dom Moreno's Missa Sexta in the ceremonies for the blessing and enthronement of the Lord Abbot, the Rt. Rev. Dom Gregory Gomez, O.S.B., at New Norcia, Oct. 6.
Mercy nuns from various took place in the orphanage Roses in Honour of Little Flower houses inp the Archdiocese, grounds and drew a large Christian Brothers and ex - attendance. The Rev. C. students attended in force. Stinson preached and BeBe Blessed at Gwelup, Oct. 1 The Sisters tended a nediction of the Blessed luncheon to the clergy Sacrament brought t h e The choir will be formed the Benedictine monks of Roses in honour of St. Therese will be which many priests at- function to a close. the boys and girls at- the abbey. ob- from tended. In the Leederville Town blessed and distributed at the annual In proposing the toast to hall on Monday night a servance of the saint's feast day in the tending the colleges there, Arrangements are in hand and from the native boys for catering to the more the Sisters of Mercy, the ball was held for the ex and native girls cared for in than 2,000 visitors who are Most Rev. L. J. Goody said students. The little ones Gwelup parish on Sunday, Oct. 7. expected to attend the that he wished to congratu- from the Foundling home The Archbishop w i 1 I and one in English by a the two orphanages, and the function, which is unique in late them for "50 years of and the junior girls of the preside at the Missy Cantata Redemptorist Father will be Australia. Visitors will be hard and fruitful work well orphanage wore f an c y at 9 o'clock. Twelve children given after the procession. the guests of the monks at done." The present occa- dress; the senior girls ex- will receive their First Com- Veneration of the relic of the Price Control Still afternoon tea, which will sion, he said, linked up with perienced the thrill of munion on this ocasion. Little Flower and the blessThe Jrish Prices and be served on the sports the jubilee at Clontarf, wearing evening dress for The procession with the ing of the roses will conclude Charges (Standstill) order, ground at 3 o'clock. which was founded from the first time. statue of the saint will begin the function. 1951, under which the maxThree Archbishops, three here. The State should be Many benefactors of the at three o'clock. The band Afternoon tea will be grateful to the Sisters, he orphanage, officials of the from Clontarf Boys Town served by the women from imum prices chargeable for Bishops, and an Abbot will attend the ceremony, which added, saying that their Child Welfare departMent will provide the music. a number of commodities the Gwelup and North Beach work here was "without and ex -students were Two sermons, one in Ita- parishes and sports for child- and services were fixed at will start at 10 a.m. compare," and for many among the large crowd. lian by the Rev. P. Abramo ren will be held prior to the rates prevailing in the The Midland Railway years St. Joseph's was the Mr. J.J. Kenneally, week ending December 2, Company Road Bus service the procession. only institution of its kind chairman of the Lotteries In preparation for the 1950, has been repealed, it will run special buses, dein the West. Wishing the Commission, presented the Earthquake Ruin feast, Confessions will be was officially announced on parting from opposite Anzac Sisters and the institution prizes, the chief of which Honolulu.-A recent earth- heard in the Gwelup September 4. house, St. George's terrace, "many years of fruitful was captured by the Irish quake damaged three Ca- church on Saturday, Oct. 6 In substitution for it, the at 7 a.m. These buses will work," he said that he hop- Colleen set. Every child tholic churches on the is- from 4-6 p.m. Minister for Industry and leave New Norcia at 5.30 ed that the next 50 years receive a gift. land of Hawaii. It is doubtA large crowd is expec- Commerce, Mr. Lemass, has p.m., arriving in Perth at would show progress comAfter a buffet supper, the ful whether St. Paul's ted to attend the function 'made specific prices orders 8.30. The return fare is parable to that achieved ball closed at 11.30 and church at Kawanui, North which is considered one of fixing actual maximum 34/8, and bookings may be during the past five decades. tired but contented child- Kina, can be saved. The the most colourful mani- prices for the commodities made at the company's On Sunday, Sept. 23 a ren returned to St. Joseph's heavily damaged structure festations of faith of the and services which remain office, 81 St. George's terprocession of Our Lady by special buses. is more than 90 years old. Italian community. subject to official control. race.
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