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Midland Junction Parish Plans for Golden Jubilee
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Schoot-lhurch of New Holy Cross Parish to be Blessed by His Grace
make the return trip at mony 50 years ago was the A special feature of the golden jubilee will His Grace the Archbishop class -rooms, perches, and 11.30 a.m. climax of hard work on the celebrations of St. Brigid's church, Midland Residents of the Herne part of the Catholics of will officially open the new sacristies have been added and Upper Swan dis- those days, so these jubilee parish centre of the Holy to the old church -school. Junction, on Sunday, Feb. 3, will be the pro- Hill tricts can avail themselves celebrations will be remem- Cross in Carey street, Ken- The Very Rev. A. E. vision made for parishioners who were pre- of the bus scheduled to bered by to -day's parishion- sington, on. Sunday, Jan. 27.1 Johnston, parish priest, exsent when the late Bishop Gibney opened leave Upper Swan at 8.40. ers, coming as they do at Solemn High Mass will be tends a cordial invitation to In view of the wide in- the end of months of activ- celebrated at 9.15, and the all to be present at the the church 50 years ago, on Feb. 2, 1902. terest being shown in the ity which had led to an al- official opening will take opening.
The Archbishop will pre- the Jubilee Mass. To cater celebrations, it is possible most complete transforma- place at 3.30 Afternoon tea side at the Solemn High for those living in the Bel- that the church will be too tion of the old building," will be served by the and small to accommodate the said the Rev. T. Pearson, women of the parish to the Mass and Te Deum mark- levue, Greenmount, ing the jubilee, and a Vin- Swan View districts, a spe- visitors. To enable all to O.F.M., recently. large number who are ex- Eastbrook Spud centian Father will preach cial bus has been chartered. participate in the Mass, speA cordial invitation to old pected at the opening. the occasional sermon. The This bus will leave Midland cial loud speakers have parishioners and friends of Since its establishment in at 8.30, and will travel been installed, and the Mass the parish has been extend- 1950. many new buildings Crop a Success Mass will be at 9.30. Women of the parish will along York road, Swan will be relayed to the ed by Father Pearson and have been erected in the The new convent, presbyserve morning tea to par- View road, and down Mor- church grounds. members of the Midland parish. A new infant school tery and school at Pemberishioners and visitors after rison road to the church. It "Just as the opening cere- Junction parish. has been built and new ton will be officially opened the Mass. on Sunday, Feb. 3. This A bronze tablet commemfunction will mark the comorating the function will be pletion of many months of affixed in the church porch. voluntary labour given by As St. Brigid's has been the parishioners of the disthe Mother Church in an trict. For some time now, extensive parish over the the men and women of past 50 years, it is expected Pemberton and outlying that many people from outdistricts have worked weeklying districts will attend ends and holidays to see that all would be ready for the opening date and the Sunday, Feb. 24, will be finished buildings will stand observed throughout the Prompt and willing co- expelled from their mission were immediately invited to The was founded by as testimony to the faith Archdiocese as Immigration operation by Canberra has in the Vicariate Apostolic of work in this Archdiocese by Motherorder Vittoria dei Conti and devotion of the people Sunday. Special sermons resulted in six more refugee Peng-pu, China, and have the Archbishop. Miasi toward the end of the of the area. will be preached in all nuns from China finding been living in Hong Kong. The "Eastbrookians" w! -:o 16th. in Parma, century churches, and collections haven in the Archdiocese of Their fate was made known Word was received from Italy. in the planted a crop of potatoes will be devoted to further- Perth. The nuns, members to Catholic immigration au - them giving full particulars educationSpecialising for the church funds turned of youth, they and stating that there was a ing the work of the Cathoin force last week to the Italian order "The Ur- thorities here by the ref u- boat leaving Hong Kong for started their missionary out lic Migration associations. of gather fruits of their suline Sisters of the Sacred gee Hungarian nuns now Singapore Jan. 18. work in China in 1926 in labour. the It is believed that Heart of Parma," had been living at Clontarf, and they with collaboration the Monsignor Crennan, head Jesuit Fathers, upon whose the unique method of raisof the Federal Catholic Im- rule their own constitutions ing finance was very successful. migration bureau, immedi- are based. "The opening of t h e ately made representation Commemorating Two Important Anniversaries It hoped that the is five school and convent," said to Canberra on their behalf a Pemberton parishioner Hungarian Sisters (remainfor the necessary landing "will be a milepermits, etc., and these were ing in Hong Kong), com- recently, stone the history of the cabled to the Australian panions to those already es- parish inand lives of the Trade Commissioner in tablished here, will be able parishioners.the The knowledge Hong Kong Jan. 14. It is to come to Australia. If ne- that their efforts of raising not known yet whether the money, clearing and buildSisters were able to secure gotiations succeed three will ing will be repaid in the passage on the boat, and come to Perth and two will education of their children nothing yet has been deter- work in the diocese of Can- is more than ample reward mined as to their work here. berra-Goulburn. for their exertion."
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National Eucharistic Congress in Sydney
Arrangements have been made by Norman Cardinal Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney, for a National Eucharistic congress in Sydney in 1953. The congress will terminate Sunday, April 19. It will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the official proclamation permitting the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass to be freely offered in Australia.
Mass was first celebrated Peyton, founder of the Am- tralia last November for the in Australia in 1803 by the erican Family Rosary cru- outstandingly successful Rev. James Dixon, a priest sade, who will return to Rosary rally in Melbourne, deported from Ireland. The Australia for the occasion. and later visited many parts congress will also com- Father Peyton visited Aus- of Australia. memorate the 25th. anniversary of the International Eucharistic Congress held in Sydney in 1928 and the Director of Pioneer Abstinence 25th. anniversary of the establishment of the Holy Name society in Australia. Movement Visit Perth Soon
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The Archbishops and BisThe Rev. P. Carroll, S.J., who has been hops of Australia have agreed to give their active national director in Ireland of the Pioneer support and co-operation. Total Abstinence association, will arrive in Another feature of Catholic life here in 1953 will be a this State towards the end of February, and national Family Rosary cru- will remain here some time to extend the assade, beginning on October 13, the 36th. anniversary of sociation's work. JOHN O'CONNELL (left) champion athlete of the Y.C.W., who the Blessed Virgin's final Father Carroll was sent S.J., as national director is representing the State at the Australian Games in Brisbane, has apparition to the children at by his superiors to Ireland there. Fatima. He leaves England Feb. gained 190 points already in current A grade competitions. to study the organisation of Phil The crusade will be di- the movement. He succeed- 2, and will carry on Father Slattery (centre) has gained 150 points in the C grade events, Docherty's work in Austrarected by the Rev. Patrick ed the Rev. P. Docherty, lia. and T. Keyson (right) leads in the D grade with 123 points. CALL, 'PHONE or WRITE
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