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Carmelite Church, Priory Blessed A liturgical function of unusual interest took place at the parish of the Infant Jesus, Morley Park, on Sunday last. His Grace the Archbishop blessed the foundations and foundation stone of the new priory and church for the parish. Following the rubrics for this type of liturgical money?" This, he recalled, Holy Rule as it ought to be function, the first blessing was given to the site for the altar in the new church marked by a wooden cross. Having blessed the site, His Grace, accompanied by his Deacon and Sub -Deacon, proceeded to the position of the foundation stone and there blessed the stone, which was lifted by a small crane. After blessing the stone thrice with holy water, His Grace, using a trowel, made six (one for each face of the stone) cross -like incisions. Whereupon, all returned to the altar site and the Litany of the Saints was chanted. At its conclusion His Grace and his attendants went again to the position of the stone and laid it in position in the wall, saying the words "In the faith of Jesus Christ we arrange this first stone in this foundation in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost (blessing the stone thrice) in order that true faith, the fear of God and fraternal charity might flourish here; and may this place be destined for prayer and to the invoking and praising the Name of the same Jesus Christ Our Lord; who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns God for ever and ever. Amen. His Grace, then using the trowel and mortar, fixed the stone firmly in the wall. The blessing of the walls followed and this was carried out by going in procession around the outside perimeter of the building, stopping three times to bless and pray. After the intoning of the Veni Creator, His Grace gave a blessing to all present and everything was prepared for the offering of Holy Mass. High Mass was celebrated in the open air by Rev. Hilary Doran, O.D.C., assisted by Rev. L. Hansberry, C.SS.R., as Deacon and Rev. J. F. Dorrian, C.M., as Sub Deacon The Master of Ceremonies was Rev. Dermot O'Sullivan and the choir was that of St. Charles' Seminary under the direction of V. Rev. A. J. Commins, C.M. Attending His Grace were Rt. Rev. Monsignori Bourke and Lenihan. Present also were Rev. J. Russell, P.P., V. Rev. P. Waters, O.F.M., Rev. V. O'Sullivan, P.P., and Rev. P. Quinn, D.C.L. The occasional sermon was preached by V. Rev. P. J. Nolan, O.S.M.
Double Tragedy In his sermon, Father Nolan said that the period of Lent reminds us of a double tragedy. First we recall the Death of Jesus Christ for our salvation. But we are not permitted to forget a second tragedy-the repudiation of God by His chosen people. They had been given the task of maintaining the true Faith, and in their history we find pages of the most glorious heroism imaginable. Yet when God came among them they rejected Him, and He for Whom they had built a Temple "had not where to lay His head." Taking as his text "All, both men and women, with devout mind, offered gifts that the works might be done which the Lord had commanded. All the children of Israel dedicated voluntary offerings to the Lord" (Exodus), Father Nolan recalled that while they were still in the desert,
in conformity with God's desire the Israelites built a tabernacle. All contributed what they possessed, counting themselves privileged to make a sacrifice. Centuries later David conceived the idea of building a Temple, but it was left to his son Solomon to carry out the work. Speaking of the dedication of this temple, Father Nolan said: "Think how the very heart's blood of the people was poured into the building of this Temple dedicated to their God. They were proud, so proud they were the holders of the True Faith. They believed in the True God. God was demanding of them, and God was receiving what He demanded -their faith, their loyalty, their generosity." During their captivity, they desired above all to return to their homeland and rebuild their Temple. By a curious irony, when they did, it was dedicated by a man who was almost a pagan. Realising the people's faith, he thought he could win their loyalty by erecting a Temple to a God in Whom he did not believe. This was the Temple in existence in the time of Our Lord. He spent his life trying to convince the chosen people that He was God, but they would have none of it. The people who had performed glorious feats of heroism in defence of their faith in God did not recognise Him when He came among them,
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Call For Sacrifice We cannot explain this irony, but we can find a parallel in our own lives, said Father Nolan. "We can rise to heights of heroism, too, and we can sink to the blackest depths of cowardice. There are moments when we do want to serve God, and we are ready even to lay down our very lives for God. And there are moments when we too repudiate God and will have none of Him, because He requires of us sacrifice. "Are we prepared to do for Christ what His contemporaries refused to do? Are we prepared to give Christ a home? Above all, aye we
prepared to do everything in our power to erect to our God a monument that is in keeping with the Divine dignity?" At times, said Father Nolan, we find ourselves thinking: "Couldn't something less be good enough?" "Why go to such tremendous expense when there are so many other things that could
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was the complaint of Judas, who, seeing the alabaster box of ointment broken, exclaimed: "Could not this have been sold and given to the poor?" It was the complaint of a thief. "We can offer to the Divine Infant something better than a manger, something better than a cave," Father Nolan concluded. "We can offer both the Divine Infant, and the Mother upon whose breast He is resting, something that will be worth while; something that will be pointed out to future generations as the offering of a people who had Faith, who had Hope, and who had a deep love of God." At the conclusion of High Mass, His Grace spoke to the large gathering of parishioners. He expressed satisfaction that the ceremony had been carried out in its liturgical entirety. His Grace congratulated the Carmelite Fathers on their courageous venture in embarking on such a great expenditure in a new district. "They knew they had to do something," said His Grace. "For years past Mass has been celebrated in the local hall, and in the past six years it has been celebrated in the school. Mass, whether celebrated in a school or in a hall, is celebrated under very serious disadvantages. Then they lived for the past four years in this primitive arrangement here, but they never murmured or complained. They looked forward to the day when they would have a priory worthy of them, where they would be able to carry out their
Change Of Dale The revised date for the opening of the extensions to St. Patrick's Church, Fremantle, is Low Sunday, April ? 4. The time, 3 p.m.
Father Lombard's Illness Worsens The Diocesan Secretary has askof Perth ed for prayers for Father Lombard of Melbourne,
whose illness has taken a more serious turn. Monsignor Sullivan will offer a special Mass for Father Lombard at 5.45 p.m., on Monday, March 28, in St. Mary's Cathe-
dral. All Y.C.W. members and past members are asked to attend.
Clonfarf's Day Friends of Clontarf Boys' Town are reminded that the Annual Field Day will be held on Sunday, April 24. All are asked to keep that day free.
Holy Oil Containers Needed Parish Priests are reminded to send in their Holy Oil Containers to the Church Office as soon as possible.
carried out. They looked forward to the day when they would have a church that would be worthy of its noble purpose, and worthy of the people of the parish. "Today their prayer is being answered, and their hope realised, and we have come to join with them in the joy that wells up in their hearts on an occasion like this, and to congratulate them, and to show our practical sympathy
with their underextended taking.'' his the Carmelites for accepting his invitation to come to the Archdiocese. "They bring with them the splendid, rich traditions which characterise Order wherever it is established in any part of the world." He appealed for the co-operation of parishioners in their work, both spiritual and material, and extended his very best wishes for the success of this work. "May God bless the Carmelites," he concluded. ''May God bless Morley Park and all who live in Morley Park." Gtoratce
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At the conclusion of His Grace's address, the Prior, Father Hilary, thanked His Grace on behalf of the Carmelite Fathers and the parishioners for blessing the foundation stone and for his encouragement to begin and carry out the work. Father Hilary explained to the people how the church and the parish came to be dedicated to the Infant Jesus, expressing the hope that all parishioners would take Him as their model and try to carry this spirit of the Christ -Child, so prevalent at Christmas time, right throughout the year.
Children Gave Magnificent Display At Subiaco Oval Between 7,000-8,000 school children together with priests, broth(numbering about 2,500) answered the Dialogue Mass offered at Subiaco oval on St. Patrick's Day. The children in uniform, bearing school banners, presented a most colourful spectacle in a march past His Grace the Archbishop which occupied at least an hour. ers, nuns and parents
Mass was celebrated by the Rev. P. Quinn, D.C.L., and the Rev. E. O'Sullivan preached the panegyric, Present with His Grace on the dais for the march past were: the Most Rev. J. J. Rafferty, Auxiliary Bishop, and the Rt.. Rev. Monsignori E. Moss, J. T. McMahon, E. Sullivan, A. T. Langmead, E. Collins, F. O'Connor, J. Hogan, T. Lenihan and J. Bourke. The music of the Mass was provided by the Cathedral Choir conducted by the Rev. P. McCudden.
Father O'Sullivan preachthe text of Joel (2:28): "And I will pour out my spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and daughters will be prophets; and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams." Father O'Sullivan said that it was over 1,500 years since St,. Patrick had seen one night in a dream a messenger coming to him with a letter signed with the words "Vox Hiberniae"-The Voice of the Irish, St. Patrick was one of the few saints who had written a book about his own life story. Outlining his capture by pirates as a youth, his subsequent escape and return home after many years, Father O'Sullivan said his family welcomed him back with great joy. ed from
"We beseech thee, holy youth, to come and walk once more among us." It had taken him all those years to escape and now he was being asked to go back. It was like asking a man who had escaped from a fire to go back in again in order to rescue someone else. It was like Abraham being asked to sacrifice his only son.
That, continued Father O'Sullivan, was the beginning of St. Patrick's vocation. He saw that here was a people with no shepherd, and he saw that he was needed.
He felt a throb of the pity Christ had felt as He looked at the throng and said: "I have pity on the multitude for they are like sheep without a shepherd." That was how a vocation began. "A vocation is a call from God telling you that He needs you to do a certain work for him. Sometimes God issues his invitation with all the splendour of the angel's appearance to Mary at Nazareth. "But for the most part God merely drops hints to us, works on our daydreams, so that every alley we idly Continued on Page 3
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God had in store for him, they pleaded with him never to leave home again. "But it was just then that God intervened," said Fath-
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God gives us some special favour you may be sure that He gives it to us so that we may use it to help others. "It was by God's special power that St. Patrick
escaped from slavery, and God had given him his freedom so that he might be trained as a priest and an apostle missionary. So God began to show Patrick what he wanted of him." In a dream he had seen the messenger from Ireland with the letter which was the Voice of the Irish, asking him to go back to them, calling to him that he was needed to give them the faith which he possessed.
Pictured above is a bed -patient at the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor being cared for by Sister Genevieve, wh is proud that the patient has her rosary beads in constant use. ON THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 27, THE HOME OF THE LITTLE SISTERS AT GLENDALOUGH WILL BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. Tony Marcella's accordion band will provide music and afternoon tea will be available in the grounds of the Home. There will be no raffles or chocolate wheels, but visitors can show their appreciation of the grand work done for our old people by handing in a pound of nonperishable groCeries or a pound in cash. Ample parking room will be available and special buses from the Scarborough Beach bus terminal in Murray -street will convey visitors to Mt. Hawthorn. Make it a day to meet old friends, have a pleasant outing and assist a magnificent cause.