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Perth, Thursday, August 5, 1954
Cathedral Ordinations Provide Two New Priests For Diocese -Record Photo Service
A proud moment for Mrs. W. FitzSimons as she kneels for the first blessing of her youngest son.
Before a packed Cathedral on Saturday morning, the Most Rev. L. J. Goody, -Record Photo Service conferred the Sacrament of Holy Orders on the Mr. and Mrs. H. Leunig receive a bene- Auxiliary Bishop to His Grace,
-Simons and the Rev. Leo Leunig. With their ordination 16 students diction from their fifth son at his ordination. Rev. Noel Fitz of St. Charles' Seminary, Guildford, are now priests.
-Record Photo Servic During the historic funcHis Lordship was assisted throughout the ceremony by tion, the Rev. L. Leunig was 1, and Father Fitz -Simons the V. Rev. J. P. Wilkinson, assisted by the V. Rev. E. at the Church of Our Lady, C.M., rector of St. Charles' Sullivan, R.I., and the Rev. Help of Christians, East seminary, and the V. Rev. N. Fitz -Simons by the Rev. Victoria Park. F. Regan. The Rev. J. ChalAfter the ceremony the F. E. Hope, Adm. lis preached the occasional newly -ordained priests gave Students from the semi- sermon. blessing to their patheir of nary, under the direction of On July 29, the Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady Father Leunig offered his rents relatives and friends Rev. J. McNamara, the Mass at St. Thomas and to the congregation gethe Missions in Highgate were saddened by the news of the death M.C., participated in the first Claremont on Aug. nerally. church, comrite. the inspirational Although Catherine.
Mother Catherine Dies In Her Chosen Mission Field
in Indo-China, of Mother M. St. munity were grieved at the poignant circumstances of Mother's fulfilment of death, yet they could not but rejoice at the heroic her religious missionary vocation. -
for eight days, some Mother M. St. Catherine tars activities in the viol- night times with sail up to catch was born at Albany in 1892 nity of their convents. During the Japanese oc- the wind, but usually rockand entered the Congregafrom side to side as the tion of Our Lady of the cupation, Mother M. St. ing worked fore and Missions at Highgate in Catherine was given the of- oarsmen 1914. In 1924, a foundation fer to return to Australia, aft. M. St. Catherine Mother of the Congregation was but she heroically declined had been ill before leaving made in Indo-China, from to abandon her mission. As Thank Hoa and suffered the Mother -House at Hast- the regular mail services great hardships on this trip. ings, England. Mother M. St. from Indo-China had been owing to war On the day before the SisCatherine left Australia for interrupted little direct news ters reached their destinaconditions, the new mission in 1927. died and was The chief work of the had been received of her tion, she buried by the Sisters at Sisters in Indo-China was since 1951. As the Communists insist- Hungyen. the instruction of women The other seven Sisters of and children, the principal ed on the imparting teachings in the reached Hanoi in an emaMarxist end means employed for this condition from where being the direction of schools schools, the Sisters decided ciated were transferred to and the conducting of hos- in January 1953 to close they When well enough, pitals and dispensaries. The their schools. Early this hospital. be flown to Sisters also had charge of a year, they applied for per- they will Vietnam before from Southern leprosarium and a deaf and mission to evacuate Unexthe Communists take over Communist territory. dumb institution. October. in In the four Houses of the pectedly, on July 19, they Hanoi Mother M. St. Catherine Congregation in Ind o- received orders that they second daughter of China, many hundreds of were to leave on that same is theGeorge Harris and the Mr. children were instructed afternoon. The community late Mrs. Harris, of Albany. Sisters, eight of and cared for until the consisted of Mother's sisters are Communists won control of six French, one New Zea- Three Consame the religious of lander and one Australianthis province in 1945. gregation of Our Lady of Since then the Sisters Mother M. St. Catherine. AusWest in They were taken to a little the Missions, have suffered great privaTo her aged father, tions, from their Convents sampan on the Torby River tralia. had to and to her brothers and sisall eight where the from being isolated one "The Record" extends ters, other, from the shortage of kneel under a vaulted roof May she rest in food and other necessaries of bamboo matting. The sympathy. and from the frequent miff- sampan travelled every peace.
Youth Group Honour First Priest
Brian Low makes presentation to Father Leunig
(See Page 12)