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Perth, Thursday, April 29, 1954
Only Very Extraordinary Intervention of God Can Save Australia
Fr. Bourke Throws Down Bold Challenge At Anzac Requiem
The new Church sot the ImIneemlate Conception,
Dardesup. would be absorbed into dead, the dead who enRemembrance of the dead of two World esia the vast orbit of Commun- trusted into their keeping The church of the Immaculate ConcepWars was made in St. Mary's Cathedral on ism, and would then be the national inheritance. marshalled against this tion, Dardanup, was blessed some months Requiem Mass of As true Solemn Australians, a their April 25, when land. first duty to their country Who could any longer was to pray for it, and for prior to the famous definition of the dogma was offered at 11 a.m. To a packed Caafter the dramatic those who its des- in 1854. thedral the Rev. G. Bourke, C.Ss.R., threw doubt, events of the last fortnight, tinies. Putdirected The first church in Dar- ian Year pilgrimage is proas the great down a dramatic challenge on the nation's that there was a virus at Pope, Blessed X, once danup, which was built posed by bus from Perth on work in their very midst said: Prayer, Pius survival. though of by pioneer Catholics only Sunday, May 23. in Australia, which sought
At Dardanup the prayers His Grace the Archbishop' every grim theatre of the to paralyse the most vital primary importance, must one generation removed be backed up by action. from Catholic Emancipa- for gaining the Marian Year presided, assisted at the war. means their of defence? Catholics of were a the merits in posi"May indulgences will be recited; throne by the Rt. Rev. Mgr. could doubt that, from tion to do so much, if only tion, must be accounted Pontifical Benediction of the J. J. Rafferty and the Rev. Christ's own death, which Who we re-offer in the Mass this the same insidious source, they realised it, to really the first in Western Aus- Blessed Sacrament will be T. Phelan. emanated influences whose tralia, not in Australia, if assist their country. bring of Betmorning, to all given; visiting members of The Rev. B. Harris celeaim was to dominate ter than any section of the to be dedicated to the ImHierarchy of Western brated the Requiem, at them refreshment, light and whole chain of unions through- community the means were maculate Conception of the Australia will be present. which the Rev. J. Hogan peace. In this way, thanks the out the land, and then mis- provided to them of know- Our Lady. was deacon, the Rev. P. to God's great goodness, we use those safeguards Those intending to underof ing accurately the facts of O'Mara sub -deacon, and the are able to repay part of human rights, to implement To coincide with the Ca- take this pilgrimage must current history, and the immense debt to Rev. J. McNamara master our a Communist policy for the true significance behind the tholic centenary celebra- leave their names by calling them." of ceremonies. tions of the district a Mar - at, writing -to, or ringing the disruption of the whole facts; and what was far But they had other reDiocesan Secretariat of CaOfficial guests included: sponsibilities besides economy of the country? more important, that were they tholic Action, 81 St. George's the Chief Justice, Sir John of praying for their eternal How many Australians, given the clear and definite Terrace (B 2546), as early Dwyer, and Mrs. Drum- repose, continued Father till quite recently, had any principles which alone Town as possible, and not later mond; Senator the Hon. H. Bourke. If St. Paul could idea of the peril that en- could solve the nation's Boys' than May 14. S. Seward (rep. Common- say of the death of Jesus circled them? How many problems. wealth Government), and Christ: "Christ died for all even yet realised it? And If sufficient applications Hold Field Day Mrs. Seward; the Hon. W. . are made, a bus will leave for them," it could be why that incredible lack of Positive Counter Hegney, Minister for Lab- said of those men's sacrifices realism in a matter so vital from the Perth Railway StaDid they realise that a our (rep. State Govern- that they also died that to themselves? at 9.30 a.m. Light reTimes tion duty lay on each of them Transport ment), and Mrs. Hegney; those who lived after them freshments will be provided Press Indictment who was worthy of the The annual Clontarf Field at Dardanup. The distance Senator the Hon. J. G. would strive, with equal deOne of the main influ- name of Catholic and of Day will be held at Boys' to Dardanup is about 120 Cooke and Mrs. Cooke; Sento preserve in time which had been drug- Australian, to absorb such Town on Sunday afternoon, miles, and return fares will ator the Hon. D. R. Willesee; votion, of peace, that for which ences ging L. A. them into insensibility knowledge and to dissemin- May 2. Lieut. Commander not be more than £1 10s. gave their lives in time was the secular Press. All ate it on all sides? In that Jones, R.A.N.R. (rep. Naval they The following bus services Arrival back at the Perth during the post-war years way they would do some- will be available. 0.C.); Lieut. Col. M. Aus- of war. Railway Station will not be tin, D.S.O. (rep. G.O.C., To Safeguard Values the distortion in its reports thing positive to counteract From Old G.P.O. Perth to later than 9.30 p.m. the corrosive of influence a and of world events; its deliberClontarf. Western Command) And for what did those Squadron men give their lives? Un- ate suppression of news degenerate press. In that Government buses every Austin; Mrs. Leader F. Doherty (rep. Air less his hearers were hope- about the sinister happen- way, too, they could effec- fifteen minutes from 12.30 Officer Commanding West- lessly cynical, they were ings in Communist -domin- tively discharge their re- p.m. Appeal for Funds ern Area); Mr. Justice surely agreed that it was to ated countries; Its calculat- sponsibility to those fellow From Fremantle to Clontarf. Metro buses at 1 p.m , Wolff; Mr. T. Burke, M.H.R.; safeguard the values of the ed befogging of the minds of countrymen who died that Mr. T. Anderson (Commis- past-the values of the life Its readers about the true they who lived might both 1.30 p.m., 2 p.m. For Convert Work sioner of Police) and Mrs. they knew and loved-that nature of current issues; all enjoy the heritage of a From Victoria Park Terminus to Clontarf. Anderson; Councillor F. E. others and their children that must be laid to the Christian way of life, and Riverton buses at fre- Now Totals £160 charge of many sections of transmit it intact to the Hummerston; Councillor J. might enjoy them too. quent intervals from 1 p.m. future generations. representatives Hardwick, Perhaps the full richness the press. The contributions listed Father Bourke said he of R.S.L., Air Force Asso- of that inheritance was not below have been receivciation, and Returned Army equally grasped by all of would say nothing about its ed since April 1 to our ap'Nurses' Association. Sermons them, but they saw some- criminal contribution to the peal for convert work. The congregation thing, and what they saw breakdown among our peolarge A which ple of morality, was total now stands at £159 packed the Cathedral and they were willing to give the very fibre of any nalives their to preserve. Rev. 10s. Other donations may listened intently as the Patriotism was a very tion. The foul scavenging, apprayer special The G. Bourke, C.Ss.R., preachwill be forwarded to this office Sunday It was some- which enabled it to foist be Seminary proved by His Grace the and will be duly acknowed a forceful occasional ser- real virtue. throughout observed those highupon the public from be that sprang also thing will th,e Archbishop The music of mon. ledged. of sordid the Archdiocese on Sun- recited. Requiem was chanted by their very nature as social ly spiced accounts £5, M. Schurer; £2 2s, It was a spiritual sex crimes and deeds of day, May 9. beings. Permission is granted for the Cathedral choir. reality, made up of the in- violence, was one sample In all parochial churches the exposition of the Bless- "Semper Fidelis;" £2, For1, Convert; 10s, J. Calvary Analogy dividual contributions of of its demoralising influ- an address on the subject or ed Sacrament throughout tunate; When Jesus Christ volun- the various members who ence; the shameless degra- vocations to the priesthood the day in the chapels and J. Williams and Anon; 5s., In dation of womankind which and to the Religious life oratories of Religious Mrs. Parker, North Perth; tarily sacrificed His life on formed a community. 3s., "Widow's Mite." Father a word, it was the loyalty pervaded so much of its fil- will be given at all Masses. Houses and institutions. the Cross, said conBourke, He meant the that came from facing life thy advertising, was an other. stant remembrance of it to together. affect vitally the whole It was now nine years Youths Celebrate International Y.C.W. Day Insidious Forces of those , manner of living since the war ended. When Some of the press underfor whom He died. And they examined the inherit- mined very foundations with due analogy, the same ance of the Australian way of the the code by its is true of the responsibility of life-a way of life based cynical moral treatment of reliof us, who owe our present on the sanctities of human gion, which very was enjoyment of a civilised liberties-a way of life soul of a nation.the They mode of living, to the sacri- which those men treasured themselves constantly saw fice of their lives by hun- more than their own indivicould proof of its unscrupulous dreds of thousands of Aus- dual lives, they of things tralians whom the nation scarcely feel that as a na- misrepresentation tion they had kept faith Catholic, and on the other commemorates to -day. of conspiracy of its hand Catholics did more than with their noble dead. silence in regard to the commemorate them;t they No Natural Hope Church's tremendous posiprayed for their immortal The cold fact of the mat- tive contribution to the soluIn the Cathedral ter was that the Austra- tion of the world's ills. souls. that morning they came to lia they knew and loved, It all mounted up to the speed to their eternal re- could survive on only one conclusion that there must % ward the men who fell on condition, namely, a very be insidious, satanic forces Gallipoli, in France, in the extraordinary intervention that had a major control of different spheres of the Mid- on the part of Almighty the Press's policies, and dle East and Italy, in New God. For on all the logic that scarcely anything was Guinea and the islands of of history, on all the pre- more inimical to the true , the Pacific, and more lately, cedents since the world be- welfare of Australia than in Korea. gan, Australia as they knew the moral irresponsibility of "Let us give a special it, could not hope to sur- such a large section of the remembrance," said the vive. press. preacher, "for those who Did not every week bring Anzac Day was too saclanguished and died in the fresh and alarming reports red an occasion on which to indescribable filth and of the Communist colossus indulge in sentimental vapPictured above are members of the Y.C.W. and N.C.G.M., who rallied at squalor of prison camps in moving ever closer to our ourings about patriotism. It Highgate hall on Apriu 25 to celebrate International Y.C.W. Day. the Far East. Let us pray for shores from Asia? If, as was rather a day for soulThe young people received Holy Communion in their own parishes that the naval personnel whom seemed perilously likely, searching, when, as a naMembers of the girls' movement joined in the evening rally. the cruel sea has claimed, Indo - China succumbed, tion, and as individuals, morning. After addresses by the Rev. J. Depiazzi, diocesan director of Catholic AcSiam, they examined their consciassuredly and the courageous airmen then who hurtled to death in Burma, Malaya, and Indon- ences in the presence of the tion, and Peter Colleran, a social evening ensued.
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