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"IN REMEMBERANCE"
L-4--
Ceremony at Bishopthorpe
TRIBUTE TO FATHER KELLY
"In the faith of Christ and to the glory of God we dedicate
this Calvary as the offering of friends of the Community of
the Ascension in loving and devout remembrance of Maurice
SKelly,: priest menriber of the House, in the name of the
Father, and of-the Son; arid ofthe.Holy Ghost.': ,
, At tlie flnedlctioil ofi the Calvhary ant BishoDthoplp e on Satur
.dcny afteripon tlieseC words formcedl portion of tlce blessing i pro
ic. ounccd byl is Lordlship, Blshop'll alfolrdc- of .Coulburo , "'cbefo're
:-ilces Call cccv:
Visitors .froml 'many ,parts' n 'Aus
fralit atteulded . the' ceremony. Three'
priests fron :Mirfield, Edgland, were
present am.ong the clergya, and mone
bers 'of the Coniininity of the Ascen
ilof l'githbered from Goulburn, Sydney
and from: otherl country districts 'oili'
loving t:memnory'of Father Kelly, and
of is t:great: work- during his life:..:
,Notlilng moree fitting coilld .alavo
licei .conceived to iinmmrtaliso thal
work L than the ; minemorlal' c'ruclfix
whlic;l hias been oerected .in a central
position.-i ,the Calvary garden. "
:.The. figiiro of Christ. is, of htronio
snd is the work,of naBolgianl sculptor.
It is six feet high,land tlee cross itself
stands 15 feet higsh' from the floor of
the garden . ...
THE CALVARY 'GARDEN_
.The. Calvi'ry, garden is all excava
tion .ii tihe hill-side , netar the :house.
and will evenituallyk be in .tlie fortinof
ani open air clhurch, 70ft by' 50ft; tint(
wvlled, to'a' lieight of six feet;'
'Excaivation; hasIso far been carried
out to .alloww of ,the " Crucifix being
placed ~ in its ipermanent posltion..
- Two :ros of:- pine trees hiave been
planted .to fori a 'semi-circle :of foli
age; in the background. Approaches
ind ,s'urrObnding lawIns have. also been
comoieni.ed, anid visitors .ont Saturday
could plcture the quiet beaity which
will; be:l the ultiniate:t esult of the
workt at present in' hand; : .' ,
-.aFather Kelly's grave is on the right
lhand side of the entrance, to 'the
garden, and-lit was to his' resting
place that members of the Commun.
ity i.walked in- procession, from- the
chapel: Here a short service was held
by tlie Bishop iln .consecration of. the
grave'' : .
. Following a prayer at -the 'grave
side,',the 'processio'n inioved to tlhe
memorial Crucifix, where .the-Bishop
in an' address dvelt upon the slmplic
itt of the Christian faaith:. ,.':
CHRISTIANITY
Cold ' inithing lie more simple
thian Ch iiitianity s:,as the :qiuestioi hd
asked;It JbIegian with ?i chapel :tiat
was a:' stable where a chliild lay; and
cried onilthe :strai,. Th':iat stable had
becom:ea. Shiini. '"
Bishoei Radlord likened the Chapel
of the Comminlty,' wlierein that aifter:
noon's lia Iedlctiton hlad commenced to
thlie stable in . whlileli the Christ'child
,as 'born. It, too, was a 'chapel iliat
had once-been a stable-a .stable that
beanme a Shrine.
L. ikewise the.:Calvary garden was
a iemlnder of ithe .agonies ' of the
Christ in .Getlisomane-aof' figuire in
white preparing'.fdr a last anguish.
.It. behovied thos.e of tlie ChrIstian
f!lith 'to remember thlse things and
to find comfort in them. The world
was verb sick hoday hoping for a
icans of relief to its burden. It was
to he fomnil':lher In tlhis Calvary gr~
den imii in thle lighlit o' Christianity.
i"'his. incmtorial," said the ?.ishop,
hea'rs .itnoss of tie0 work th't you•
f: the .:Conmniuility of the Ascension
tre doing- It 'is .i.? most:vivih ,memor·
ilt. lt Maurice Ke Illy, 'iwho .taIiht and
loved 'andt helpedt, becnuuse he loveed.
, 'Could he s'pea?k to 'you now?.": con
cluded thle: Bisliop, "e a- otld. say:
'Yout, whoiDo listened .: to tine. y?t; wlho
lobved niy pidr :attemnpts to showe my
loave go:on dding. rillght.'"
: BLESSING OF CALVARY
F:ollowed the tilessin.g of tjie Cal
vi'v.y by :the .:Bislioli, anfter aiich :ill
wivlkedt it processioni .agtiti 'to the
Chdpel: o?f: the Colitunity, whetre ihe
ertemos i.: ouciteitid i ithitshe 'singing
of Te .Tleum.n itid . Blessing"? 11 tihe
Bishop · , ' , , -
Many o0f t11:. visitoli ifterwnrds
mnde itl'nrtlher. itilspectioiln of'the gr'
idet ti.hat is to be i anldthe layI-ot:.that
awill bventuallys tako tlie ,deslred
sliapo.:All.were entranced wit the
beauty of th:e spot, and of -the stur
rounding ,country .y.. ':.i
Thie Irteparatiobitof thie site :is .partly
the work of tlte Coimmunity :of, theAs
cension;t'iid' voltintary i'ltour. It has
also been(inece.ssary:to stiendtit 2 O ni
labotui andini:ntailns, 'andi a further
£10 will bei needed to coinple`te the
Work.
The- cost of the Cruicifix hias already
been subhscribed, and -the fulihds ' for
Its' purchase wdrei p-rovidedt principal
ly' by people .who lkniw: Father Kellyi
peoitally. 'Tile fund ass .inaugitrated
1i.b Miss 'Linda: Please, of tle iSydinoy
Fraternity.; : - .. .
THOSE PRESENTe .':
Am'otig: those wlho' attended on Sat
uridaly awere thie foilowilig":--- ':
His Lord0ilhip. Bishop. Radford tile
VeI)-Denn .tlie Rev. -Canon. Wa'les:
Canoii Thu'st. 'Cinont Robeitsdn;- Rev.
(live 'St'ithtm Rcv. C: A. Wilsoi, Revr
P;. W. Bramlle. .Rev. H. .: Walton.
Re." : R. lison -Fr. IHoiieishatm.
Fr. Barnles and Fr. Bell, of :Mirfield.
Engiland; 'Fr. Bicketrshlieth; Hen'd of
St: Peter's College. Adclaide :and Fr.
McI,iron, Chaiplainii' witi:.:ten boys
from; St. Peter's, Adelaide; Brotherti
Peter aind Francits, members of. the
Commonity.: Mlr. Brian "WardG Novice
of the Coimmunity -iof St. Barnabus.
Queenslandt;ii Mr. Alsn Matheson aind
Mr. G C C. Cox, of Adamstowni Rev.
iH. C. Coleni Mr.. Stewart] Brtitnet, ai
master: at Southport School, OQueens:
Innd: Sister Elizabeth. and- Novice
Chlare, Servanits of the Holy: Cross
Convetit, Gilgandra.
" Members and.friends of the Sydney?
F'raternity wlio attentided includedl
Mesdames Monk, Kenimptiorne fsecre
tary) and Rae. and Misses L. Please,
J.Mattlhews. E. White, Wilson, Alto,
IHagarty, GIbson, Skinner, Fitzgeraltl,
Holltinworth. Annian, Nixon. McKeown;
KIilkenny, Blnxlanil and H. Adams.
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