Internet Edition Issue 4
July/August 2006

Editorial

Viewpoint

La Grange-Bidyadanga farewells Father McKelson

Warmun-First Confirmation for a Decade

From the Office of Justice, Ecology & Peace

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La Grange-Bidyadanga farewells Father McKelson

La Grange-Bidyadanga parishioners farewelled Fr McKelson with a special Mass and celebration on 25 June.

Father Kevin McKelson SAC one-time priest at the community of Bidyadanga-La Grange was farewelled at the parish feast day celebrations on June 25th. Fr McKelson is leaving the Kimberley after nearly half a century of service to the Church and its Mission. He was Parish Priest in Broome and Beagle Bay as well as La Grange where he worked from 1961 to 1993. In more recent years he has been Chaplain at Notre Dame University, Broome Campus.
Father McKelson received many accolades from a large number of people at Bidyadanga who expressed their thanks for his fine linguistic work and his devoted pastoral care.

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