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DMINGUP CHURCH
Triumph After Destruction By Fire
Within a few hours of the destruction of the Dwellingup church in the bush fires that raged through the area last year, looters had sifted through the hot ashes and stolen all the brassware, candlesticks and crucifix and had even desecrated the tabernacle, removing the brass door and silver ciborium. This was revealed by Father H. Brennan when speaking at the opening of the new church there. The blessing and opening of the new
Patrick's Church took place on Sunday, February 18. His Grace the Archbishop performed the cereSt.
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In his sermon at the Mass, Father H. Brennan took his hearers back to the days of peril and devastation of
January last year,
COURAGE... build anew a place where so recently ashes and rubble covered the to
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when bush fires swept through spoke of the joy in the and destroyed a large part hearts of all now that a new of Dwellingup. church was completed to Through the goodness of serve the needs of a people, Divine Providence no lives small in number but rewere lost in this disaster, markable for their faith and but many people saw their devotion. houses and possessions go "Let this church be a up in flames. memorial to all those who Father Brennan was at helped us in our hour of that time Parish Priest of need," said Father Brennan, Pinjarra - Dwellingup, and "to the men who risked their figured prominenttly in the Oyes to help us, t3 the rescuing of those in danger women who emptied larders and in the rendering of aid and wardrobes to feed and to the afflicted. clothe us, to the children He gave a vivid word - who collected and sent ua picture of the horrors of the toys so that the children ,f fire and described the com- the district could for a plete destruction of the moment forget the tragedy church, which, he said, was that had overtaken them." one of the best cared for After the Mass, His Grace churches in Australia. He warmly congratulated the
people of Dwellingup, Father Brennan and Father McNamara, the present parish priest, the builder, Mr. John Eianchini. and his associates and all concerned in the achievement of building a most attractive church. He announced that its cost was £2,930, a most reason. able figure for such a fine building in brick and tile. His Grace expressed thanks to the Lord Mayor and his committee for the
contribution that had been made from the Distress Relief Fund, and to the many who had interested themselves in the plight of the Dwellingup people. Donation List-Page 16.
On Sunday afternoon, February 4, His Grace the Archbishop blessed extensions to Holy Cross School, Cunderdin, A large classroom and other school amenities have been added at a cost of
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Special Offering FLASHBACK . . . to the utter ruin of the church at Dwellingup,
razed by the engulfing fires completely destroyed yet this was not the end. .
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Commending this observance, the Federal Government, last year. referred to it as "an annual event which illuminates, with a powerful beam, the continuing daily need of prayers and friendly help for the newcomers to Australia's shores." In 1952 the Holy See, with the issuing of the Apostolic Constitution on Migration, "Exsul Familia," called for the universal celebration of "Migration Day" as uniting Catholics everywhere in thought and prayers for the vast needs, spiritual, moral and social, of all migrant peoples.
Here in Australia, such a process has been going on apace during the current
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For The Dying CARDINAL GILROY has recommended to his priests the daily offering of the merits of the Mass for People in their last hours. The Archbishop of Sydney endorsed this practice after rgceiving a letter from a Montreal banker, Guy Vanier, president of the Canadian Committee of Help for the Dying, who has been spreading the devotion throughout the world. .4.4404,...41.4,04,044hihee
Pope Chooses New Cardinals His Holiness Pope John XXIII will raise ten Prelates to the rank of Cardinal on Monday, March 19. Among the Cardinals -elect is Archbishop Giovanni Panico, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal. He was Apostolic Delegate to Australia for 13
years from 1935. The latest additions to the College of Cardinals will raise the numcr of cardinals to a record 87.
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THIS SUNDAY, AS ANNUALLY DURING THE PAST TWELVE YEARS, MERE IS THE OBSERVANCE OF "MIGRATION DAY."
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The parishioners of Dwellingup were pleased to welcome some 150 visitors and to be outnumbered two to one on this happy occasion. Representing the Lord Mayor's Distress Relief Fund were the Rt. Hon. the
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FRIENDSHIP WILL BRING INTEGRATION
The parish priest of Cunderdin is the Rev. R. O'Reilly and the school is conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition.
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Lord Mayor, Sir H. R. Howard, and Lady Howard. Mr. G. K. Somes (Fund Treasurer) and Mrs. Somes and Mr. Jack Gabbedy (Chairman, Government Relief Advisory Committee) and Mrs. Gabbedy.
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In reference to this year's commemoration, mark ing the tenth year of "Exsul Familia," the Holy See proposed, for consideration, the subject of Integration. Certainly, "Integration" is a vital aspect of the phenomenon of migration and one which, in actuality, is neither effortlessly attempted nor painlessly attained. It is, in reality, a process which embodies, in the country of reception, a willingness, on the part of its people, to receive others and, on the part of these others, a desire to be accepted. It is not a levelling process, demanding an immediate and slavish conformity to prevailing national patterns. It is a process of the harmonious merging of diverse elements. Obviously, it is a difficult process; one loaded with problems and with possibilities of harmful results. Nonetheless, it is an imperative process and inevitable; yet, a process which cannot be hastened, much less compelled.
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years of post-war full-scale immigration. When it is realised that, in this period of little over a decade. Australia has welcomed additional citizens to the number of almost one and three-quarter millions and that they are one of every five of the Australian work force, it gives cause, surely, for wonder and for thankfulness that the resettlement of so many people has come about with relative ease and with a display of tolerance and understanding that does credit to all Australians, new and old alike. This process asks of the newcomer and his gradual absorption of the ideals and ways of an adopted country, and, of Australians, a corresponding adjustment to the presence of fresh ideas and foreign customs. It does seem reasonable and correct to state that, with little exception, Australia's immigrants have proceeded- and are proceeding-along the way of integration with a minimum of stress; that they-as will others who follow-arrive at the comforting stage of sensing that, at last, they belong, that they are part of the country and the community. It may be stated, also,
annual collection for She Federal Calls, lie Immigration Committee will be taken up this Sunday, February 'Mc
23, at all Masses.
and with small fear of correction, that this resettlement of one and threequarter million people, of more than thirty nations, has made of Australia a stronger, richer, a more colourful, a happier Nation.
AN APPEAL These reflections on what has been accomplished may allow of a sense of pride in achievement; they do not permit of complacency, much less give excuse for any slackening of effort in the wide field of migration work. Thousands of refugees, old and new, still need much help; whilst Australia, for its worthy development, possibly for its survival, must obtain a rapid population growth. Today's Observance, therefore, is an APPEAL for con_ tinuing and generous help for many needy members of the human family; as well, it is a CALL for renewed and greater endeavours to make of Australia, rapidly, a powerful, a peaceful Nation of God - fearing people.
CATHOLICS ESPECIALLY In all that concerns the needs of the human family, here and everywhere, Catholics especially should be prompt and generous with their help. In ready and liberal assistance, they show forth, as actual and alive, the marks of the Church Universal -"One" and "Catholic." Permeating all such activity and motivating it should be the spirit of Christian Charity with the attendant graciousness and warmth which evidences a genuine sympathy and provides thus, to all who are helped, immeasurable comfort and encouragement. Migration work, touching as it does the whole human society, individual and collective, is, in the final analysis, an enterprise, inextricably joined with the extention of Christ's Kingdom OD earth. It acquires, in practice, much of what is inferred in Our Lord's words: "Thhie they were and Thou gayest them to me. I kept them in Thy Name: These that Thou gayest to me I have kept, and none of them is lost. "