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CATHEDRAL WILL BE RESTORED Perth's first Catholic church, its first cathedral and the oldest standing cathedral building in Australia is to be restored as a Catholic city monument. Nestling behind a high wall at the corner of Victoria Avenue and Hay Street, the humble building was the scene of the
described the pathetic state of the building with holes in the roof, no windows or doors and an old shop counter for an
heroic struggle to found the church in Western Australia. Corrugated iron will be
altar. For the first high Mass nailed down the floorboards, lined the ceiling with calico and filled the windows with blackboy fronds. Within a month the tiny building came of age.
On January 25, just 17 days after she had set foot in Australia, Sister Mary Ignatius made her
1846.
It was Perth's Catholic cathedral
following day they
the
removed from the roof and shingles restored to recapture its appearance of Father Brady's first church when he came to the colony in 1843 and later his cathedral when he returned as bishop in
until
the ,western end of the present Saint Mary's Cathedral was opened in 1865. Only in 1855 was
Conception. Originally, the building, only half its present length, started out as the church of
religious profession in the cathedral, the first Sister of Mercy to be professed in Australia. The next day, one of the missionary priests, Father Boucher, died and his remains were carried from the cathedral to the tiny cemetery now in the grounds of Vic-
Saint John.
toria Square convent.
Perth's cathedral named after the Immaculate
W.A.'s pioneer priest, Father John Brady, commenced its construction on December 27. 1843, the feast of Saint John
Donovan,
the Ea angelist, just 19 days after he had reached Fremantle.
School had started in the unfinished church by the time he left, in February, to look for help from Europe. Mother Ursula Frayne, arriving with the first missionary band in 1846,
the
Timothy,
was ordained
and the land on which'
it stands. (CONT. PAGE 2) -
BRIAN GARDNER
1308 ALBANY
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in the same cathedral. No longer needed as a cathedral, it became suc-', cessively the chapel of the Sisters of Mercy andI was used in various ways for Saint Joseph's school] The Sisters have now given back to the arch -I diocese the tiny church
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Restoration appeal Archbishop Goody has launched an appeal for the Saint John's Pro -Cathedral Restoration Fund with a personal donation of $500 and he invites the public to make donations towards the preservation of this historic church. Contributions should be forwarded to him at the Catholic Church Office, Victoria Square.
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The roof timbers of Perth's first Catholic church were exposed this as restoration of the 136-year -old building began.
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In a radical change the traditional Christ the King eucharistic festival will take place this year in the Supreme Court Gardens in a one hour evening ceremony conthleneing at 7pm. Last week, Dean Foley, chairman of the organising committee, explained details of the new ceremony to meetings of the Senate of Priests and the Diocesan Pastoral Council. He said it was important to maintain a strong link with the traditional ceremony that began in 1938 at Aquinas College. The procession had taken place at Aquinas every year since then, except for two years when it was presented at the Perry I. ekes Stadium.
Dean Foley said that changing circumstances bed forced the committee, made up of members of the
Knights of - the uthern was the risk of hot, early Cross, thi,r1W6San'pastoral summer conditions at that Council ifnirlifresFeit,Sacra- lime, ment Fati HoMing the ceremony in ft(ce the possibilie both -the cool of the early eventhe place an e of the ing should be an attraction, ceremony..
he said.
Numbersluaixen declinThis year's ceremony will ing at Ackujaw4e.said, and stress the theme or the Inthere was need to iidIrd the ternational Year of the habit amen& people show- Child. ing exteillial leverenee to the Blessed Sacrament in PROMINEW School children and some public demonstration youths will play a prominof faith. Also, he explained, the ent part in the readings. liturgical dance liturgical calendar he'd singing, moved the feast of Christ movements and flag bearthe King from its position ing that will be part of the at the end of October to ceremony. late in November and there (CONTINUED PAGE 2)
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