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Perth, Thursday, May 21, 1953.
About 200 nurses from metropolitan hospitals received Holy Communion in a body in St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday last, FlorHis Grace the ence Nightingale Sunday. Archbishop described the function as a "very inspiring and edifying sight."
The Mass was celebrated reward given to a nurse's by the Rev. J. Hogan, chap- service. Something more is relain of the Catholic Nurses' quired. It is love, for love guild. the foundation of all serArchbishop His Grace Most of all it is the praised the nurses and vice. of that service trainees for their public pro- foundation nurse gives to which fession of faith, piety, and men in the their hour of utmost It Eucharistic devotion. need. But this love must not was, he said, a source of be something of earth, a deep spiritual consolation to love that is merely phihimself and to their chap- lanthropic, a love that ins He thanked them lain, oanuetoitiisliezeesufferfor the fine influence they pFhires were wielding in their pro- unpleasant leasant to our sense, fession. The love must be the love His Grace continued: of God which is the genuine Your profession is one of and undying source of love the noblest open to women. of men. The first and greaBut no profession or career test commandment is to can be successful in the love God, and the second true sense unless it is insunto this--to love our pired by some powerful neighbour as ourselves. ideal. That ideal cannot be As the nurse goes forth found in the mere excel- to her work each day, she lence of technique, in the must remember that more depth of a nurse's know- is needed than fingers skill ledge, or in any material fully trained to handle the sick, or eyes keen to ob.
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necessary if she is to attain perfection in her career. She must have, besides The Rev. Clergy are asked these natural accomplishthe invocation to note that ments, a tender, generous "Blessed be her Glorious love of those suffering fel' be low -beings committed to umptiothne" Dshtovtde adAssded PraisesllO her care. She must have a It is to be inserted between love which, in the words of the invocations "Blessed be St. Paul, "beareth all things, her Holy and Immaculate believeth all things, hopeth Conception" and "Blessed all things, endureth all be the name of Mary, Virgin things," and which devotes and Mother." Altar manuals itself to all unceasingly until should be altered aceorits best to all in need. indeed, is the Hanurseppy,
Divine Praises
His Grace addresses the nurses on the spiritual sublimity of their vocation.
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After a novel flag cere- THE DEDICATION. Let us therefore, now, as mony a"d the reading of the Queen's message, members Her Majesty comes to her of the youth movements, Coronation, dedicate ourselservice who were among the first to ves with her to the our lomarch past, moved off with of God, and pledge to our and her to yalty a police motor-cycle escort country. to St. Mary's Cathedral. O Lord God, we acknowAfter reciting Movement ledge Thee as our Father: the of prayers and a decade ourselves as thy children. Rosary, led by the Diocesan Our neighbours as our presidents, Miss M. Collopy brethren: and we dedicate and Mr. B. Low, the young to Thee, our hearts and people listened to an inspir- minds, our souls and bodies: with our ing sermon on their respon- and together sibilities to God and to the Queen we pledge our youth Queen, given by His Lord- and all our life to the sership the Right Rev. Dr. L. vice of our country and our Goody to a crowded congre- fellow men. O God. help us to make gation. good our vow, in the strength The Diocesan secretaries, of the Holy Spirit: that Miss E. Rowbottom and Mr. we may stand fast in Thy K. Sullivan, then read an faith, and do battle for act of dedication to the Thy perfect Kingdom. In Queen, in which all joined. the name of Jesus Christ On her 21st. birthday, our our Lord. Amen. Benediction followed. and gracious Queen made this the ceremonies ended with solemn act of dedication: stirring hymn. "Christ the "I declare before you all, that nay whole life, whether the King." it be long or short, shall be Northam N.C.G.M. Party. , the Prominent among devoted to your service, and in the service of our great N.C.G.M. party were 11 girls chaplain, Imperial family. But I shall who with their His Eminence Valerian Cardinal Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, was the guest of not have the strength to the Rev. M. Newbold, travcarry out this resolution elled 60 miles from Nor- His Grace the Archbishop on a short stay in Perth from May 15-18, when he left by ship alone unless you join in it tham, especially to take part His Eminence is pictured above with a group of Asian on the return voyage to India. with me. as I now ir.vite in the ceremonies. . you to do. God help me to In the school group girls students who welcomed him at the Archbishop's palace. Cardinal's address to seminarians. Page 3 make good my vow." from the Sacred Heart con-
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