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Perth, Thursday, December 8, 1955
From the close association
their founders the DaughAt the invitation of His Grace the Archbishop, fourearly in the of ters of Charity are regarded Perth in arrive will Paul de Vincent St. of Charity of the female counterparts of charity in as of the Vincentian Fathers. New Year to commence their amazing apostolate
Daughters
that Our Lady apAlthough the Canon Law visiting the poor and sick in Laboure, the Rue de Bac in regarding religious does not ttheir own homes, in caring pear in devothe By courtesy of the Sisters for the infirm aged and 1830 and revealed to them, the Daughthe Miraculous applyof Charity vow obediof Mercy, the Daughters of orphans, in the training of tion of ters in Medal. Charity will temporarily be sub -normal children, General' Likewise in 1846 to an- ence to the Superior of the housed in a building adjoin- nursing the sick and conother nun, Sister Appoline of the Congregation ing St. Anne's Nursing ducting girls' hostels. take a also They Mission. Andreveau, was revealed Home, Mt. Lawley. St. Louise de Marillac, the devotion of the Scapu- fourth vow of service to the Two of the Sisters will Lord the of sick. lar of the Passion. nurse the incurably sick in the daughter of Paris, received their Mt. Lawley home, Chancellor for education advanced an will others two while the time. Orphaned early visit the aged poor (of all her married, at 22, the secdenominations) in their own she retary to the Queen of homes. Ultimately the Daughters France. From her youth she was of Charity aspire to build At "Iona," Presentation Convent, Mosman devoted to extraordinary their own hospital here. activities. S h e Park, 18 girls who will leave school shortly charitable Sir Charles The Daughters of Charity was moulded spiritually by M. McKeon in His Excellency the Governor, Town, Clonwere the joint creation of St. Francis de Sales and St. were enrolled by the Rev. Boys' to welcomed is Gairdner. St. and Sacred St. Vincent de Paul Vincent de Paul, in whose Total Abstinence Association of the Louise de Marillac. Yet the parish she lived. the superior, Rev. Bro. O'Shea, when to wear the Association em- tarf, by week. circumstances of their founFollowing the death of her Heart, last of default he nttende-i fhe boys' annual entertainment in case and blem is who radically McKeon, Father dation differed husband in 1625, she wished return it and the memrcc:,ntly. (Report Page 3.) from that of religious con- to devote her life to the diocesan director of the to certificate. gregations properly so call- poor. But St. Vincent kept Association, addressed the bership classes. -leaving ed. her inactive for four years school He said that many girls No approbation has ever to fit her competently for ' left school every year and been sought from the Holy her life's work. out into an environsaints went See, because their founders In 1630 the two wished their community to began to enlist the services ment where they found only who did with one be a lay good "village girls" to many young people Even the of private vows. the work of not consider themselves supplement vows are not taken perpetu- charity being done in Paris grown-up or smart unless they could have a drink at ally but renewed from year by ladies of high station. parties and social entertainto year. took group new the Soon Charity of ments. The Daughters -Dieu and the Father McKeon put bedress in a bluish -grey habit over the Hotel foundlings in fore the girls the ideals of with wide sleeves and a long care of all the in the the Total Abstinence Assoconvicts The Paris. headTheir apron. grey their ministra- ciation which are best sumdress is a white linen cor- galleys knew soldiers on the med up in the prayer which nette (whence they derive tions and theThey visited the is recited daily by members: the affectionate nickname of battlefields. homes, nursed their in poor "For Thy greater glory "aeroplane Sisters"). and consolation, 0 Sacred The nuns came from Mill the sick (inandindescribable the taught Heart of Jesus! for Thy Hill, London, to make their conditions) sake to give good example, foundation in Australia at children. in to practise self-denial, to Orange in the Diocese of By 1650 theyof were France. corner make reparation to Thee Bathurst, N.S.W., in 1926. every none of the for the sins of intemperThere they conduct an But they hadestablishments. customary ance, and for the converorphanage. Vin- sion of excessive drinkers, In the past 20 years they "Your convents," St. the "are them, told cent practice their I will abstain for life from extended have of the spiritual and corporal homes of the sick." 1660 at all spirituous drinks." in died Louise St. the to The chief obligations of works of mercy and St. membership are to abstain dioceses of Sydney, Lis - the age of 69 years,followed Paul de Vincent from all alcoholic drink, to more, Maitland, Melbourne, recite the heroic offering Adelaide-and now, Perth. within six tomonths. a Daughter of (above) morning and night, It was They engage in religious Catherine St. Charity, in instruction and teaching,
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Presentation Convent Pupils Pledge To Abstain From Drink
Archbishop Lauds State's Attention To Native Welfare
of govRepresentatives of Federal and State governments and witwho those among prominent were ernment instrumentalities boys' orphannessed the blessing by His Grace on Sunday last of a Mission, Wanage and classroom at St. Francis Xavier's Native Mr. Middleton. In season were missions in Children dering Brook. in the same and out of season, Mr.
It was eight years, His now placed in the granting of Middleton was always adGrace said, since the first category, as children in vocating their cause. 'buildings-monastery, con- subsidies, institutions. He hoped The Lotteries Commission vent and girls' orphanage, other policy had been most helpful at all progressive this were blessed. Since then that It maintained. be would to the mission. His times accomImuch had been was a matter of justice- Grace thanked the chairplished. charity. not man, Mr. Triat, and the One thousand three hunwere members of the Commission. countries Other dred acres had been clearAustralia's ed, and the mission had closely watchingnative He welcomed the Superior prob11,000 sheep. It was gradu- attitude to the General of the Society of to had we past the In lem. self-supportally becoming the Catholic Apostolate and ad nit that the native had thanked him and the meming. recognition the received not was it From the beginning of his society for their assistance to which he bers 'hoped to cater for boys also. or invaluable contribution to But there were many diffi- was entitled. the native welfare. Church and State were grateful to culties in the way Special Thanks especially t h e lack of the public them. however, Now, finance. In particular, he thanked was being awakWellems, Now the State govern- conscience and government were Father Anthony ment had given all the ened, superior of Wandering the financial more allocating boys' the for and the Eventually, he hoped, Brook Mission, )orphanage orphanage and the class - help. Brothers and nuns (Schoenprobnative (the blot that And the Lotteries of Mary) assoroom. be erased from statt Sisters him. Above is pictured the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal in the had erhelpedray con- lem) would social ciated with record. he Australia's Rue de Bac, Paris. Beneath the altar immediately to the right of j siderably Father Anthony's selflessHis Grace thanked the and equipment and expert the high altar, is the incorrupt body of St. Catherine Laboure to building Minister for Native Affairs, ness, industry cost& of farming made knowledge who Hegney, Mr. It was consoling to know the Hon. interested in the him the ideal man to conwhom the devotion was revealed in 1830. be- was keenly singular favours that governments weremore Under the altar in the Mass at the shrine of St. dences ofduring natives-not only officially, trol the destinies of the the novena, icoming more and received mission. chapel immediately to the Catherine Laboure. but privately. responsibiltheir of hopes aware Hogan Father of and Father McKeon, His Grace left is the incorrupt body of The Cathedral novena He also thanked the Comities to the native populaaugury an the are these that Miraculous Medal which the continued, deserved coAffairs, Marillac, for Native St. Louise de missioner years, recent In at tion. attendances for increased No man in gratitude of all for his zeal founder of the Daughters of concludes tonight has been exer- through government depart- Mr. Middleton. deserved novena mission. the perpetual with of success, the the cause tremendous a in the Charity. housing, edu- West Australia he also held from 7.30-8 p.m. ments, bettereconomic The V. Rev. J. Hogan, an average attendance of cises Wednesday facil- undying gratitude of the In thanking him, evening in cational and each Continued on Page 13 thaw more population Adm., during his recent 1,000 devotees each night. native provided. ities were being Cathedral. been evithe have There offered furlough abroad,
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