A priest of the Cathedral staff of St. Francis Xavier, Geraldton, the Rev. Paul Fitzgerald, was bereaved during the week by the death of his father. For many years he was a Mr. Patrick Daniel Fitzgerald died at St. John of farmer at Namban and after God Hospital, Belmont, on his retirement lived at BelMarch 20, at the age of '74 mont. He is survived by his wife years. Born at New Norcia, de- and nine children. Mary ceased married Miss Song Sings Requiem Lanigan, a member of a Solemn Requiem Mass at very well-known family in which His Grace the Archthe Victoria Plains district. bishop presided was offered (Registered at the G.P.O.. Perth. for 22, 1956. March , Thursday, Perth , No. 2748 transmission by post as a Newspaper) in St. Anne's Church, Belmont, on March 21. Father Fitzgerald was the celebrant, the Rev. B. Harris, deacon, the V. Rev. 0. O'Connor (Adm., Gerald LONDON, March 12-Catholics are ton), sub -deacon, and the Rev. T. Phelan master of helping to get signatures for a petition to be ceremonies. A choir of priests wifig protestpresented to the British government the music of the Requiem. ing against the State visit here next month At the interment at Karrakatta his son recited the of two Communist leaders. Because of the many em - last prayers at the graveThe petition expresses coming bitteted exiles now in Bri- side. objection to the Father Fitzgerald and state visit of Soviet Premier rain the police are arranging hisTofamily "The Record" exNikolai Bulganin and Rus- intensive security measures profound sympathy. tends sian Communist Party chiefR.I.P. visit. the for tain Nikita Krushchev. Catholics are helping to plan a mass open-air demonstration in central London against the visit, as a substitute for the March 25 rally in Albert Hall that was cancelled by the Hall authorities. His Grace the Archbishop has completed arrangeand Bulganin Messrs. ments with the Carmelite Fathers (0. Carm.) to take here are due Khrushchev Sunday, March 18, was a day of rejoicing for the parish of on April 18 for a ten-day charge of the parish of Hilton Park. Como, for in the words of Bishop Rafferty, on that day the parish state visit. All the courtesy The Fathers will come in May and will also act as pageantry offered to chaplains to Nazareth House which will be blessed progressed to the "second step of maturity." After six months of and national leaders from abroad on August 22. preparation the new presbytery was blessed and opened by His on such occasions will be and officially opened employed. meet the requirements of Lordship the Auxiliary Bishop. the Church of God not only The Rev. T. Linnane, church, a church of which, if in Como but in the State parish priest, welcomed His Father Linnane and his generally, and in the misLordship to the parish and wonderful people had their sions close to Australia. reminded the gathering of way-and who would dare The ceremony was parishioners and friends impede them-not alone the brought to a happy concluthat the building of the Catholic people of Como, but by the parish priest presbytery was the realisa- of the Archdiocese, would sion thanking the parishioners reason be proud. to tion of a wish expressed 12 have who had worked so hard months previously by His Thanked Helpers the during past six months, Grace the Archbishop when After the Bishop had con- particularly paying tribute the parish was canonically to Mr. Brophy (supervisor), erected as an independent cluded the V. Rev. J. P. Wilkinson, C.M., rector of Mr. Reg Stevens (leader of entity. the "busy bees"), to Sala spoke Charles' St. Seminary, The total cost of the preseloquent terms of the Brothers (for the generous bytery was £3,400 and that in in amount of skilled work donpriests mission of the low sum was made possible Australia and in particular ated by them as carpenters by the willing work of ener- of the needs of the Church and plumbers), Mr. Les getic parishioners organised Smith (electrician) and Mr. under capable and skilled in West Australia. He expressed the hope P. Coyne (painter). tradesmen. The Bishop congratulated that from the many excel- Afternoon tea was then Father Linnane on the ac- lent families in the parish of served by the ladies in the quisition of his new pres- Como would come an abun- school grounds. Continued on Page 13 bytery. He was a very happy dant supply of vocations to man that day. For upwards of 12 months, in order to be amongst his people and readily available National Catholic Girls' Movement at all times, he had lived in a small room off the school, at no little inconvenience Appoints First Full -Time and discomfort to himself. Miss Margaret Moore (below), a 19 Magnificent Site During the long hot sum- year -old leader from Shenton Park has been mer which they had just appointed the first full-time worker for the had, he must have anxiously looked forward to the day National Catholic Girls' Movement in Perth. whop the new presbytery would be ready for occupation. The new church of St. Mel at Swanbourne (pictured) was blessIt was a good house, Jesuits Perish ed by His Grace the Archbishop prior to the celebration of Moss carefully designed to meet the peculiar needs of a at 8.30 on Sunday last. His Grace preached at Mass. presbytery, solid and digIn Conflagration The Archbishop referred to the church as simple, liturgical and dignified. nified, and a home for their LENOX Massachusetts priest of which the parishHe congratulated the builders, Russell Brothers, who had executed the work (NC)-Three priests and an ioners might well be proud. elderly lay brother were conscientiously and had built the church for a very reasonable price. Hisrdship traced the missing and presumed dead rapid velopment of the after a million -dollar fire district from the days when at the Shadowbrook estate Mass was celebrated in a here completely destroyed private house by the priests St. Stanislaus Novitiate, from the parent parish of operated by the New EngSouth Perth, and remarked land Province of the Society on the magnificence of the of Jesus. site for the parochial plant More than 125 other of the new parish of Como. priests, novices and classic and in 1950 during the VATICAN CITY, March 12-The world- cate, Miss Margaret Moore Situated as it was on one students, driven from bed Holy Year. of the main highways, it shortly after 1 a.m., nar- wide reaction to the celebrations in honour On two occasion the Pope Miss Moore took up office rowly escaped the flames. was a site worthy of nothing was unable to attend perbut the best in the way of at the new Catholic Centre Some, like Fr. Francis Cor- of His Holiness Pope Pius XII was a surprise sonally the celebration of buildings. And it was ob- in Victoria -square, at the coran, S.J., rector of the to many officials in the Vatican, including the anniversary of his corovious that the people of the beginning of the week. novitiate, used fire ladders; nation. They were in 1953 parish were prepared to and 1954 when the Holy The decision to appoint a others leaped from windows, the Holy Father himself. make the sacrifices neces- full-time worker was reach- and a few lowered themIn the begining the Holy fact that he had lived 80 Father's health woud not One Vatican pre- permit his attendance. sary to procure the best. ed at the last State confer- selves by sheets knotted Father had asked that ob- years. servances of his 80th birth- late remarked that the reLast year, although the of the N.C.G.M., the together. Church In Prospect ence day and the 17th anniver- action had "snowballed." Pope was at the anniversary feeling of the conference 85 -Room Home Already there was the being that the considerable sary of his corronation as ceremony in the Sistine the 17 of In years the fine school, and now a expansion taking place imThree more priests and Pope be limited to acts of Holy Father's pontificate, Chapel, he was still recovsplendid presbytery. posed a burden on the nor- three lay Brothers were in a purely spiritual nature. the anniversary of his coro- ering from the illness which St. Luke's Hospital, PittsBut from the first mo- nation enthusJudging from the mal staff of D.I.S.C.A. who was generally observ- threatened to take his life. iasm, energy and extra- had previously undertaken field, recovering from in- ment of the announcement ed with a service in the juries received in the fire. of plans for the two -fold Sistine Chapel attended by ordinary spirit of co-opera- the administrative duties. came The fire occurred during observance, news tion that had been demonMiss Moore is eminently a national campaign to raise with increasing frequency members of the diplomatic strated, in such a practical suited corps and high ecclesiastihaving job We regret that last weeks for the of the world for confrom all parts dollars manner, in the erection of been four years a leader 3,000,000 cal and lay figures of the issue of the paper was postthe presbytery, one would with the Shenton Park struction of a new novitiate. that additional nations and Vatican curia. ed late from this office, The building destroyed was organisations were taking not need to be a prophet to branch. Only twice did the obser- owing to mechanical diffian 85 -room rambling field- part in it. foretell that the day was The Pontiff is said to vance have greater than culties. The fault is 4111113 Her appointment means stone structure, once the not far distant when those who passed on that busy that both the Y.C.W. and summer home of steel mag- have remarked that he ordinary solemnity-in 1940 and not the postal authoriwould not have expected at the end of the first year ties. Carnegie. nate Andrew have full-time N.C.G.M. rising see the highway, would such a reaction to the mere of the Holy Father's pontifithe walls of of new parish workers.
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