Malakhi Puertollano has a prayer’s-eye-view from the shoulders of Trevor Cox at the opening Mass, Barangaroo, Sydney WYD08.
Photo: CAS

“I call upon you, O Lord; give ear to my voice when I call to you. Let my prayer be counted as incense before you ,and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. My eyes are turned towards you, O God, my Lord; in You I seek refuge; do not leave me defenceless.”
Psalm 141

Issue 6, September 2008, Highlights:

Special Message

Viewpoint

Benedictine Sisters Leave Kalumburu

Obituary: Fr Michael Anthony McMahon sac

Kalumburu - 100 Years

KCP Magazine

Kalumburu – 100 Years
By Bill Worth

Bishop Christopher Saunders presided at the Centenary Mass for Kalumburu on the Feast of Our Lady of the Assumption. 150808 : Photo: KC

The Feast of Our Lady of the Assumption, August 15th 2008, marked the 100th Anniversary of Pago/Kalumburu Mission, known originally as Drysdale River Mission. The Mission was founded by Abbot Torres OSB from Subiaco with the help of the missionary Father Nicholas Emo. The Mission grew slowly at Pago, its first site, and then moved in 1936 to Kalumburu beside a lagoon of fresh water, on the King Edward River.

The 100th Anniversary drew a varied crowd of ex lay missionaries, priests, bishops, volunteers and their associated family members. Other happy well-wishers joined the throng of visitors and locals. Holy Mass, a corroboree and a re-enactment of the landing at Pago led by Abbot Placid Spearritt OSB were major parts of the celebration.

Two real monks in front, (keft) Fr Anscar McPhee OSB and Abbot Placid Spearritt OSB, led a re-enactment of the first missionaries’ landing at Pago. Also cast in the role of monks were staff Dom Geoff, Dom Michael and Dom Brian. 160608 Photo: KC

Parish Priest, Father Anscar McPhee OSB, inspired by his own genius for the imaginative and Administrator Bogdan Zieba’s determination to succeed through sheer effor, has every right to be happy with the well organized event.

Father Anscar and Bogdan had combined to collaborate on a masterful project, the Fr Thomas Gil Museum, which opened on the Feast Day. With the help of a host of others their efforts have produced a superb building that tells a magnificent story of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal history in the region. Indeed the Museum spans continents and centuries and eons. It joins an eclectic display in an engaging experience that leaves the visitor breathless and filled with wonder. When you go to Kalumburu, don’t miss the museum tour. Well done staff, volunteers and friends – your hospitality over the feast days was outstanding.

Looking from one of the specially landscaped rock gardens towards the new Fr Thomas Gil Museum. Photo: CAS

What a magnificent building – inside the newly opened Fr Thomas Gil Museum at Kalumburu. Photo: CAS

Sr Veronica Ryan RSJ from Wyndham with visiting Superior Sr Lumen OSB from Manila and Bishop Justin Bianchini of Geraldton,, visitors to Kalumburu during the Centenary. 170808 Photo: CAS