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In all churches of the Archdiocese, Sunday, Oct. 21, will be observed as Mission Sunday. Special sermons will be preached and collections made for the Missions.
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The Rev. M. McKeon, Catholics would do well to diocesan director of Ponti- ,"emember the words of the fical Mission societies, said Holy Father when he said: that Mission Sunday, ac- "Of all forms of charity cording to the Holy Father's this is the holiest and does wishes, should be a day of most good." prayer for the missions and Donations for the missions the faithful should make may be sent at any time to some sacrifice in that cause. the Rev. M. McKeon, CathoLast year, he continued, lie Missions Office, Catholic the amount collected all Centre, Victoria-sq., Perth. Perth, Thursday, October 11, 1956 over the world was a record sum of 14,000,000 dolRotary Club Will lars. Give Scholarship But when the CongregaThe Rotary Club invites tion met under the Pope's supervision to distribute the applications for a fellowfunds it was found that the ship which includes a year sum in hand represented of study abroad, providing only one-third of what was all transportation, education urgently needed for the mis- at:A living expenses for the 1957-58 academic year. sions. Candidates must be beFather McKeon said that 20 and 29 years of tween and i its particular Si a of age. They must have a quire where she is, they are college or university degree Palmyra March told that she is off duty. they must now be in they rarely realise that beThe final apparition of (or ing cl duty for a religious Our Lady at Fatima oc- their senior year), a record nursin; Sister very likely curred in October, 1917. of high scholastic standing, and a thorough knowledge means that she is at her prayers. It means that she The event will be honour- of the language of the counon at Palmyra Sunday. ed try in which they propose for the moment has laid aside to study. her duties as a nurse only to Oct. 21, at 3 p.m. They must have the abilA Marian procession will take up her equally demanding duties as a religious. Time move from the church via ity to make friends easily, in must be found in her busy day Foss, Hammad and Harris- be vitally interested for the prayers, devotions and sts., to the shrine of Our world affairs, and possess an instinct for leadership. pious practices prescribed by Lady of Fatima. Rotary Fellowships are After the recitation of the the rule of the Order or recommended by her personal Rosary, the V. Rev. P. Nolan, granted without regard to O.S.M., will deliver the oc- race. creed or citizenship. piety. Applications should be sent Bene-3: We are likely to forge: th't casional sermon. in addition to the hours spent tion of the Blessed Sac 1- to Mr. John Antoine, Box 2, G.P.O., Ftle., by Nov. IT. meat will follow. Continued on Page 4
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Bishop Rafferty Opens Fine Chapel At Nuns' Hospital
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INSPIRATIONAL VISIT OF U.K.'s GREATEST FIGHTER ACE
Douglas Bader Buoys Hope Of Clontarf Bus Victims of
The diamond jubilee celebrations of the St. John of God nuns in Australia were marked by the solemn blessing and opening their new chapel (above), at Subiaco, dedicated in honour of the fields at the height of the another tints and anothe pioneer Sisters. generation, and we are gathgold rush.
morning, On Saturday Four Sisters hastened to the ered today to witness it Oct. 6, His Grace the Arch- aid of the stricken miners. achievement. bishop solemnly blessed the They were followed by other; For many years it has been chapel. The blessing was as they arrived from Ireland the intention of the Sister followed by Solemn High in answer to our urgent calls here at Subiaco to replace thr Mass in the presence of His for help. temporary and entirely in Grace. The story of the gallant adequate chapel with a build The celebrant was Rev. A. fight against the dread dis- ing that would be worthy of Morahan; deacon, Rev. P. ease for the lives of their its sacred purpose, and do jusFarrelly and sub -deacon patients in their hastily erect- tice to the other fine buildings Rev. John Russell. cd canvas hospital may not be which adorn this site. The old chapel was built to Assistants at the throne written in the annals of the were: the Rt. Rev. Mgr. E. State, but, as those who knew accommodate forty. As numKennedy, V.G., and the Rt. the goldfields in those early hers increased a variety of al Rev. Mgr. J. T. McMahon. days will tell You. it was writ- aerations, additions and make The Rt. Rev. Mgr. E. Sul- ten indelibly in the minds and shift changes were made in livan acted as assistant hearts of the men who risked an effort to provide mor priest. all, even their lives, in their room. But in spite of all, the Sisters had to endure a great The occasional sermon search for gold. was preached by the V. Rev. Meantime this site here at deal of personal discomfort and inconvenience, not to P. J. Nolan, O.S.M. had been chosen by Subiaco Rev. T. Phelan was M.C. Bishop Gibney as the most speak of very real danger to On Sunday afternoon at suitable place for the Sisters their health. However, there were many 3 o'clock the official opening to establish themselves, and. ceremony was held. in what was then the virgin difficulties in the way of th.chapel, not the least of 2,000 a crowd of new Before bush, there arose the humble people the Rt. Rev. Mgr. J. eighteen -bed hospital of .,rood which was lack of financT. McMahon introduced His and iron, and the little wood- Every penny that could b' Lordship, Bishop Rafferty, en convent that were the be- spared had to be spent on the who conducted the opening ginnings of the magnificent hospital, to cope with its rapi-' ceremony. group of buildinc-.7. ;:e sea growth and expansion, and to keep abreast of the latest de The full text of His Lord- around us here today. velopments in medical science ship's address is given beThe blessing of Olci low. upon the work to which the and the most up-to-date ideas The Rev. M. Keohane, Sisters had set their hand. In or hospital management and O.M.I., made the appeal. spite of obstacles which at patient care. The apostolate of the Sisseemed insuperable, On Monday morning at times Solemn Requiem their boundless trust in P-0- ters lay in the wards of the 9.30, Mass -was celebrated for vidence. their unswerving de- hospital and they were prenuns, patients, friends and votion to the sick and afflict- pared to sacrifice their owr benefactors in the presence ed, their indomitable courage comfort and convenience in cider that their hospital carried them on. of Bishop Rafferty. The celebrant was the Rt. The pioneers have all gone might grow, as it has, into one Rev. Mgr. A. T. Langmead, to their reward, but they have cf the finest institutions of its The visit to the boy amputees at Clontarf on Friday afternoon, assisted by the Rev. C. Stin- left behind them a legacy of kind, not alone in the State. son and the Rev. P. Quinn achievement of which any but in Australia. 5, by Group -Captain Douglas Bader, C.B.E., D.S.O. and Bar, Oct. Hospital of St. John of as deacon and sub -deacon Order might justly be proud. The Today, scattered throughout God holds a unique place in D.F.C. and Bar, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre, and chief of respectively. The V. Rev. J. Wilkinson, Australia and in Ne-v Zealand, the affections and admiration there are 420 Sisters of St. of the people of the State- Shell group aircraft operations throughout the world, was the highC.M., acted as M.C. The opening of that mag- John of God. They staff Catholic and non-Catholic light of his visit to Perth. nificent new chapel, said His eleven well-equipped and up- alike. Pictured above with Group -Caption Bader are, from left: Mrs. It is highly thought of by Lordship, commemorated the to -date hospitals (6 in W.k.. diamond jubilee of the coming 3 in Victoria, 1 in N.S.W. and the members of the medical Bader, Des Mullins, Charlie Gatt, Tony Bugeja, Joe Bugeja and of the Sisters of St. John of 1 in New Zealand). nursin7 a nrofession who use its faciliBro. P. B. Doyle, and the .sible pleasure "to meet these God to Australia. It was dedi- daily average of 937 patients. ties, and to have been a Rev. Bro. P. B. Doyle. four boys he had come so four chaps." patient within its walls is to Accompanied by his wife, far to see. cated to the memory of the In our own North-West, He good-humouredly as pioneer Sisters who laid the seven centres covering a vast have experienced that kindly. he drove out to Clontarf Without any fuss or for- cured "the four chaps" that foundations of a work that area, they conduct hospitals, gentle, sympathetic treatment Boys' Town to meet his spe- mal introductions his four they would not always durhas grown to amazing propor- schools, orphanages, hostels which, combined with expert cial friends Joe Bugeja, friends escorted him and mg their lives be seated in tions in the short space of 60 and a 300 -bed loprosariurn for attention and care, goes to Charlie Gatt, Tony Bugeja Mrs. Bader to the open-air the four easy chairs they the aborigines. A glorious make up the nursing for and Des Mullins, all of years. were then occupying. which the Sisters of St. John whom were injured in an theatre, where Bro. Doyle, In 1895, at the invitation of heritage indeed! Congratulating the band, in a few happy words, welBishop Gibney, eight Sisters There was, however, one of God are so justly renowned accident last December. he jokingly said that his him to Clontarf. corned He arrived punctually at of St. John of God came to great work that had to be left and revered. Rolls Royce could hardly Bader -Captain Group As see a be met by 3 p.m. to Perth from Ireland. They took undone, a grand dream per- Most people, however, up with it. the only the professional side of guard of honour made up of rose to reply the whole body keep up residence in a cottage in force left unfulfilled: Later he asked for a half is of boys burst into the strains the the Sisters' lives. They see the boys of Clontarf. erection of a shrine Adelaide Terrace. for the whole school. Greeted with a flourish of of "For He's a Jolly Good holiday Their first call to exercise glory of God that would ex- them go about their everyday His request was readily their nursing apostolate came press, as fittingly as human duties in one or other depart - trumpets, his car was pre- Fellow." In his brief but witty re- granted by Bro. Doyle. to them from the Governor, hands and resources could ment of the vast and corn - ceded by the Clontarf band, Before afternoon tea was who appealed to the Bishop make it, their gratitude to plex organisation that keeps playing in top form, to the ply, Group -Captain Bader served for the official party, thanked Clontarf for its infor assistance in fighting an God for the success with the wheels of a large modern front door of the home. Group -Captain and Mrs. that him and said vitation to There he was met by the epidemic of typhoid which which their efforts were bless- hospital running smoothly. Continued on Page 16 had broken out on the gold - ed. That task was left for If they notice the absence superior of Clontarf, Rev. it gave him the greatest pos-
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