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Uluru pilgrims depart Five years in the planning by the deepen the coining together of National Council of Churches in indigenous and non-indigenous Australia, the pilgrimage took people, cultures and the Churchplace during the Churches' Week es in Australia. of Prayer for Christian Unity as a "I believe we must say sorry to catalyst for the jubilee celebraour indigenous people," he said. tion. "Saying sorry really has to hap-The journey is about sharing stories and making all sorts of pen if we are to come to terms connections in the jubilee spirit of with the past. The Church has a pilgrimage," Fr Doherty said. real role to play in speaking for "It is attracting a lot of interest in what reconciliation stands for, the towns along the way. Many of and influencing public opinion the communities have organised and thinking. special meetings to welcome us. "I hope people have been prayWe will listen to and talk with ing with us, particularly in this local indigenous and non-indige- Week of Prayer for Christian nous people to hear what they Unity" have to say," he added. Other churches represented are At Uluru this Sunday, 11 June, the Anglican, Baptist Union of the pilgrims will celebrate a serAustralia, the Churches of Christ, vice of reconciliation with the aboriginal Mutitjulu people, to Salvation Army, Uniting Church, Lutheran Church, Congregational whom Uluru is a sacred site. The recently elected president and Assyrian Church of the East. of the Australian Catholic BishThe Reverend Shane Blackman, ops' Conference, Archbishop Uniting Church minister and Francis Carroll of the Archdiocese chairman of the Aboriginal and of Canberra-Goulburn, is pre- Islander Commission, is also senting the Catholic Church on accompanying the pilgrimage. the pilgrimage. He said he hoped it would be an He is accompanied by Justin opportunity to develop a closer Rofe, a youth ministry leader from the Diocese of Sandhurst in Vic- liaison between Aborigines and toria, based in the town of Bendi- Church leaders and address issues of justice and the inclusion go. of indigenous culture in worship. Archbishop Carroll said he hoped the pilgrimage would - Catholic News Service
By Marcus Kuczynski of The Catholic Leader CANBERRA - To the lyrical chants of "Hallelujah" and flowing colourful ribbons, the leaders of Australia's Christian Churches set off by bus on a 3,600 kilometre pilgrimage to the heart of the continent. As they left Canberra last Sunday, 4 June, an Aborigine played a didgeridoo at the site of the planned National Centre for Spirituality and Culture in Canberra. Australia's Governor General, Sir William Deane, offered the pilgrimage his full support and farewelled the pilgrims. Leaders of nine Churches, eight of them accompanied by a young person, undertook the weeklong bus journey across the outback from Canberra to Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock. The "Pilgrimage to the Heart" is Australia's major ecumenical event to mark the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. The pilgrimage director, Father Tony Doherty of Sydney, said the journey's aim was to celebrate God's call to reconciliation in Australia - among the Churches, among cultures, and especially among indigenous and other Australians.
Students from St Thomas' School in Claremont, above, display their banner for the crowds that turned up in Forrest Chase last Wednesday, 31 May, for the Reconciliation Rally. Just a few minutes before, students from lona, below, did the same. State and non-Government schools participated in the event. Ararunore students also formed part of a mass choir.
Where are the bodies? Perth archivist wonders essary equipment and a staff member came and surveyed the Archdiocesan Archivist Sister scene, she said, but he was no Frances Stibi is seeking some- longer available. The archives applied to the one with an interest in history with the necessary equipment Heritage Council of WA for a grant but was not successful. The to help her find two graves. Someone with a metal detec- project is now in abeyance. Sr Stibi said the machine needtor or machinery which measures soil disturbance might be ed ran over the ground as signals were emitted. just what she needs. "It shows what the pattern of Sr Stibi told The Record last Friday, 2 June, she believes there the earth is under the ground are two people buried in the last and shows up where a hole has century in the grounds of Mer- been dug. "If there is a metal crucifix cedes College, in the vicinity of the pro-Cathedral, the original there it could be picked up." Cathedral for Perth. She said she didn't want to find Curtin University had the nec- the actual remains and disinter By Glynnis Grainger
them but to place a plaque and sunstroke and was buried two ensure it was a tranquil spot. days later, the first priest to die Wherever the bodies lie was In WA. the first Catholic burial place in According to Bishop Salvado, WA before the Church was given they consecrated some ground a plot at East Perth Cemetery. In January, 1846, Bishop Brady at the Cathedral of St John the arrived back in Perth from Evangelist, now known as the Europe on "The Elizabeth" with pro-Cathedral, and they buried 27 missionaries, including a Fr Bouchet in the ground next to group of Mercy Sisters and three the Cathedral. Holy Ghost Fathers, now known "We do know he was buried as Spiritans, she said. there," Sr Stibi said. One of the three Spiritans was The site was at the corner of Fr Maurice Bouchet, 24, who Hay Street and Victoria Avenue, came ashore from Gage Roads which was known as Lord Street to Fremantle on 8 January On 24 January, he died in the and was much wider. Sr Stibi in the grounds of Mercedes ColContinued on Page 2 Colonial Hospital (now RPH) of lege where the bodies might lie.
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