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His Grace Opens Regional Boys' Priest Buys Space To Tell Of Faith School For Seven Districts
"I'm really an advertising man-adver-
just acquired a Diploma in tising the Faith," said Father Michael O'Con-
Education from the W.A. University; the ether had a nor, founder and director of the Catholic Teacher's Certificate from Enquiry Centre, England, who visited here the Claremont Training Col-
this week. lege. This dynamic and personEach year a new classroom would be provided able young Irishman, only and eventualiy the schdol 35 years of age, has de would embrace the Leaving veloped a remarkably successful apostolate by means standard. "Knowing the Servites as of advertisements of the we do," said His Grace, "for Catholic Church in the secutheir zeal, efficiency and lar press. A priest of the piocese of thoroughness, we are confident that St. Philip's Kerry, he was educated at Regional Boys' School will St. Brendan's Seminary and yield pride of place to none at St. Patrick's College, in the high standard that Maynooth, and, after ordiwould be established and nation, joined the English mission in 1947. maintained." The Archbishop congratu- While serving as a curate lated the parish priests- of in Carlisle, he became imthe region Osborne Park, Pi Issed with the possibiliScarborough, Tuart Hill, ties of advertising the Faith. Today, he heads his North Doubleview, North Beach, Gwelup and Wan- Catholic Centre with a fullneroo-who weep co-operat- time staff of twenty in They offices of their own in Lon ing so splendidly. and their people realised don. He is touring Australia to the necessity of the school r and were prepared to meet interest anyone he meets in apostolate of advertising. his the financial ccmmitments And he knows the business The Rev.. M. O'Connor on a pro rata basis. , Speaking of the additions as well as any highly paid advertisements and 50.000 three !executive in the commer- have enrolled for a full to the girls' school course of instruction (by classrooms-the Archbishop cial field. day for the parishes important of said that it now had accom- Indeed, his "conversion mail) in the Catholic Faith. Sunday, Feb. 9, was a very exprestechnical rate"-a girls. 650 modation for Scarborough, Tuart Hill, North Doubleview, Gwelup, North Beach, The school w,,s worthy of sion intelligible only to ad - Asked how many converts is higher have been received, Father Wanneroo and Osborne Park for the work of many months had the children of Osborne vertising men O'Connor said that some Park and worthy of the in England than that of the 2,800 are known to have brought to completion the new St. Philip's Regional School for Sisters adver- been received into the of Mercy who staffed tising agencies. Boys, which His Grace the Archbishop blessed and officially open- it. Church directly as a result tion because the school was vite Order. It would begin Osborne Park now had at Since Father O'Connor ed. with two classes -5th and boys' and a girls' school' founded the Enquiry Centre of the work. a most urgent need. they know that many Indeed for the parish The area was developing 6th. that were worthy of any nearly four years ago, 88,100 have never informed them Osborne Park it was a par- rapidly the schools One of the teachers had parish in any diocese. people have replied to his of their conversion. In adticularly happy occasion, for which theand boys attendeddition, there is the "snowalso the voluntary work car- Leederville and Subiaco-ball" influence which they ried on by so many men and were over becoming can never measure. boys of the parish for just crowded. Their records show that over twelve months had had Monsignor Langmead of an approximate 3,500 nonthe extensions brought r, Catholics were receiving " St. Kiernan's Girls' School shown vision in acquiring - mum. personal instruction over to the stage when His Grace a sizable parcel of land years ago. The some the past and year. to bless them was able Most of the "pupils" are for school work to begin would be staffed by the Sermen (70 per cent.) said * Here the Archbishop was * Father O'Conno:. represent received by a guard of Migration Funds ing a complete cross-section honour composed of many of the English public, judgThe annual collection of the men and boys who ed at any level, social or for Immigration will be worked so zealously on intellectual. taken up at all Masses these extensions, and after There has be em a striking ' next Sunday. blessing the building, His response from educated Grace complimented the particularly people, and men on the excellent work * from the universities. 1 they had done. ... Perhaps the most striking . He praised them too for Lent Opening revelation that has come their spirit of sacrifice in Masses on Ash Wednesit I ii ) from all the Centre's ac .. 4.0 foregoing so many oppor- day at the Cathedral will tivity, says Father O'Con%-. tunities of profitable em- be at 6.45, 8 a.m. and 12.10 Li nor. is that Cie Catholic ployment for themselves in P.m. Chtiech is little known in , ,,... : 4.- .."'s order to help the parish England. Confession on Tuesday help that has saved the will be heard from 12-1 In assessing the results parish not less than £2,000. p.m., 4-6 p.m. and after deFather O'Connor said it was necessary to take into acHis Grace, accompanied votions. count the amount of money Ashes will be blessed behy the Rev. T. Phelan and spent on advertising. the Rt. Rev. Mgr. A. T. fore the 6.45 Mass and disOver the past three and Langmead passed through tributed after all Masses and a half years the Enquiry evening Devotions. a guard of honour compos- after Centre has had an annual ed of girls and boys dressed (Lenten regulations, P16). expenditure of £9,000. the uniform of St. in means This statement Kiernan's School until he little to a layman, he con reached the new St. Philip's Xaverian Functions reit was tinued, unless was met where he School Xaverian Forthcoming membered that the cost of f' by the boys of the new Club fixtures are as fola full page of advertising school dressed in their at- pilows: space in a popular daily tractive uniform. Feb. 18: Record evening procession of school children at Victoria-sq. con- paper was approximately A Eucharistic of Brian the home ", After the blessing of the at building there followed the O'Leary (Tel. WU 1323). vent, evening Mass at the Cathedral and the arrival of the New £7,500. In England, a national ad ceremony of declaring the Feb. 23: Beach picnic. Zealand national pilgrimage ushered in the Lourdes Centennial vertising campaign usually Night tennis is conducted new school open. Firstly the envisaged a minimum exr, parish priest, on behalf of each Friday at Loftus Park Year for the Catholics of the Archdiocese. Evening Mass was offered penditure of £35,000. was School children from Our Blessed Sacrament the priests and parishioners tennis courts, Leederville. has O'Connor Father at 5.45 at the Cathedral to the borne in procession and St. College Club is a Lady's Xaverian The of the several parishes of before a large con- given two addresses, one to the region to be served by social gathering for single Joseph's school recited the grotto when Benediction p.m. Rev. the priests gregation the V. of the Archdioby was imparted. the new school welcomed Catholics over 23 years. Rosary before the great cese, the other to Sisters His Grace, and read a state- Enquiries regarding mem- open-air grotto in the con- The Rev. W. Foley spoke Dean J. Hogan,of Adm. communi- and Brothers. He gave a The number to the children of Lourdes bership may be had by con- vent grounds. ment of costs, etc. talk on Feb. 11 to the conspicuously was cants of devotion the need Then preceded by Holy and of t" His Grace said that he fading the secretary, 11a was particularly pleased to Learoyd-street, Mt. Lawley Angels, flower-strewers and to Our Lady in their daily large, three priests being Legionaries of Many at the engaged in the distribution. Cathol:c Centro. be associated with the func- (Tel. UA 4450) after 6 p.m. Children of Mary the lives. I
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