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Still Alive DENVER (U.S.): STILL AFTER NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN A RED CHINESE PRISON, AMERICAN BISHOP JAMES E. WALSH, M.M., WRITES REPEATEDLY: "THANK THOSE WHO PRAY FOR ME AND ASK THEM TO CONTINUE."
A NEW ORDER OF RELIGIOUS WOMEN WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE PERTH
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ARCHDIOCESE ON MONDAY. They are the FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF MARY and their first residence will be in the parish of Victoria Park, where the large house they have purchased will be used as a retreat house for women.
Prior to his departure for the Ecumenical Council in Rome, His Grace the Archbishop said that he was negotiating for the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary to come to Perth for this particular reason. The popularity of retreats for men, which have been held regularly at the Redemtorist Monastery, North Perth, indicated that the same facilities should be
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Memorial memorial PARIS: A scroll has been presented to a British officer by the Holy Ghost Fathers in gratitude for his heroic efforts to save their missionaries in the Congo. Major Richard Lawson, of the Royal Tank Corps, singlehandedly prevented further Joss of life after 20 members of the Holy Ghost congregation had been slain on Januof this year in the ary Kon golo area. The 76 delegates to the congregation's recent chapter offered to Major Lawson "Vie expression of profound gratitude and assurance of continued prayer" on behalf of all its members. The scroll was forwarded to Nigeria where Major Lawson is temporarily attached to the United Nations command. 1
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For The Engaged THE talks for engaged couples around Perth will begin on Sunday, N3vember 4, and will commence at 2.30 when a doctor and a priest will discuss medical and moral questions for those to be married. The spiritual life of the married "ouples as well a, economics in marriage and the marriage ceremony will be covered by lectures on. the following two Friday nights. The sessims will be conducted at the Catholie Centre. .....-esrsr.e.pospo.isr...astososivrosrAke4
provided for women of the Archdiocese. The conducting of these houses is one of the works of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. At present, the Sisters are represented in the dioceses of S y d n e y, Wollongong, Melbourne, Brisbane and Townsville.. Their General Motherhouse in in Rome.
This was reported by Bishop Walsh's sister, Sister Mary Rosalia, of the Mission,. Servants of the Sacred Heart. "The Bishop's letters to his family are always cheerful," Sister Rosalia said. "He is allowed to send one letter a month.
Foundation The Institute was founded by Mother Mary of the Passion in 1877 for the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and the work of the missions. This included the running of hospitals, dispensaries, leper asylums, schools, colleges, orphanages, child welfare -centres and retreat houses. In Perth, this latter work will be their main task. Four Sisters will arrive on Mon clay from the Eastern States and will stay at the Good Shepherd Convent in West Leederville for a short time, until their house is ready to be occupied.
NEW STRUCTURE A STEP TO St. Mary's Cathedral
since 1930 have begun with the building of a new choir loft. For some time it had been obvious that work needed to be done on the Cathedral pipe organ and because of the cost
FUTURE involved, it was necessary that any work done would not be disturbed by more building when the Cathedral was eventually completed. A contract has been let for the building of the new loft for the sum of £7,000 to
No Rubber -Stamping Vatican City: There
and even of a so-called "revolt of the bishops" against
immutability of the teries and of dogma
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the many ques- the original means of nomi- immutability of moralandprintions on which the nating candidates for Coun- ciples does not exclude that they should remain attentive Fathers of the Ecu- cil posts. In reply. the Vatican daily to human problems and curmenical Council do said edi,orially that "'loll- rent opinions in order to not agree, L'Osseryo- ing is more dangerous and strengthen their evangelical false than to imagine the mission in relation to new tore Romano pointed Council Fathers as passive orientations of effective apoout in an editorial. mechanical echoers, as inert stolate.
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The Vatican City daily spoke out following widespread press speculation caused by the meetings of the various national groups of bishops following the first Council session. This speculation has included theories of divisions among the groups of bishops
figureheads at an assembly." The editorial, written by Monsignor Benevenuto Matteucci, a frequent contributor to the paper, declared: "By their very mission, they (the Council Fathers) are receptive to the voices of God and the voices of man. They are noll static, nor cast in unchanging moulds. The
Procession At Aquinas College Sunday, October 28 It is recommended that participants in the
arrive curly to avoid confusion in parking. Assembly commences at 2.30 p.m. The procession will start at 3.15 p.m. HONOUR CHRIST THE KING. PRAY FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE COUNCIL. procession
Dodd. The new loft will be in the south transept of the "new"
Cathedral.
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In Council Sessions con
builders, with Henderson and Thompson as architects. The cost of renovations and additions to the Cathedral pipe organ have been estimated at about £10,000 and the work has been given to J. E. Berry Bros.,
First additions to
STILL ALIVE "He can't tell us very much. But the letters are in his handwriting and so we know that he is still alive. He seems to be happy despite his imprisonment." Bishop Walsh, 71, was arrested in October, 1958, The missionary was sentenced in 1960 to 20 years in prison for alleged "espionage." He was head of the Catholic Central Bureau in Shanghai at the time of his arrest.
"No value would be attached to a council if the plans, proposals and expressions clarifying truth were suppressed."
Oldest Prelate lk THE OLDEST pre-
late to take part in the opening "eremony of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council was Archbishop ALFONSO CARINCI, who will
celebrate h is 100th birthday within a month. The Archbishop, Secretary Emeritus of the Sacred Clugregation of Rites, was born on November 9, 1862, in Rome. Desolate his are and precarious health, he took part in the opening procession to St. Peter's Basilica.
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HAS PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC BUILT The first psychiatric day clinic to be
attached to a general hospital in New South Wales has been opened by the State Minister for Health, Mr. W. F.
Sheahan.
Mr. Sheahan, on behalf of the Government, thanked St. Vincent's Hospital for undertaking this new work. Great progress in the treatment of mental disease had born made since the Mental Health Act came into operation in 1959, the Minister said. As a result of a completely new approach to the task, the number of patients in mental hospitals in, 1961 was only 17 hither than in 1955 (12,172 compared with 12,155).
The number of patients discharged in 1955 was 2,399. By 1961 the number had risen to 4,1321.
Known as Caritas Centre, "FIRST OF MANY" it is now part of St. VinIn the same period, voluncent's Hospital and will be under the care of the Sisters tary patients had increased from 1,308 to 2,514. of Charity. Mr. Sheahan said the The building, once used as number of doctors at Callan a residence for the Governor Park had increased from of Darlinghurst Gaol and five (with two clinical assislater as an admission centre tants) in 1956 to 29 today. for mental patients, has been They were assisted by five completely renovated at a psychologists and six social cost of £60,000 by the De- workers. partment of Public Health. The new clinic at St. VinEventually it will be de- cent's Hospital would be the veloped to include a 36 -bed first of many. Others would ward and nurses' acconuno- be built at Parramatta, on the North Shore and in the dation. They Mr. Justice Kinsella, the St. George District. would later be added to Chairman of St. Vincent's Advisory Board, presided at Newcastle and Wollongong hospitals. the official opening.