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December, 1951 I I I School Annual of the Convents I of the I. B. V. M. in A.ust1•alia Registered at the G. .P.O., Melbourne, for transmission by Post as a Periodical December, 1951 I I i ------- --~--! l lI ror~to J t;uca f~.P!uo ffif oMomo (1886-1924) ! ( "Tache. toi. d'etre vaillante et bonne- ce sont les grandes qualites des femmes. " t)itture of ~t. 1!.uke's :fftllabonna \Jenerateb for ~entuties as tbe spedal ;fflabonna of tbe [email protected].;ffl. THE G-OLDEN JUBILEE OF THE Australian C0In1nonwealth CARDINAL MORAN, Archbishop of Sydney (1885-1911) (Catholic Champion in the struggle for Federation) "Father of Mercies! hear Thy children's prayer ... May our Common­ wealth be a nation not in name only, but in reality and truth, encircling in its wide domain a happy, brave, loyal and generous people .... " (From the Cardinal's "Commonwea lth Prayer," 1901) . J CONTENTS PAGE EDITORIAL .. .......... ... .. ............... ;:i OUR MAGAZINE IN 1897 . 6 CANADA, ENGLAND, ROME, IRELAND . CENTENARY OF LORETO, MANCHESTER . IO LORETO NATIVE MISSIONS: SOUTH AFRICA ...... .. 11 OUR LADY'S SHRINE AT ALTOETTING ............. 12 LORETO ABBEY, MARY'S MOUNT-Memoirs of Countess Elizabeth 15 PICTURES: MARY'S MOUNT, BALLARAT . ......... 19 ROLL CALL OF LORETO. DAWSON STREET, BALLARAT ... 21 PICTURE: LORETO, PORTLAND . 22 PICTURES: LORETO, NORMANHURST . 2i SCHOOL VIGNETTES . 27 PICTURES: LORETO, KIRRIBILLI . 34 THIS AUSTRALIA: CAROLINE CHISHOLM, by Cara Timmins (Chisholm) 37 CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY, by w. Gavan Duffy . 39 MACLEOD OF THE BULLETIN . 40 SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS . 41 PICTURES: LORETO, CLAREMONT.. 51 VIEWS AND OPINIONS . 54 PICTURES: LORETO, NEDLANDS . 57 INTERESTING EXPERIENCES . 60 PICTURES: LORETO, MARRY ATVILLE . 63 SCENES I HAVE LOVED . 66 PICTURES: LORETO, TOORAK . 71 The Visit of the Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima . 73 PICTURES: ST. MARY'S HALL . 77 FROM OUR FRIENDS: MAX JACOBS, by T. Veech . 78 A VISIT TO LORETO, MADRID, by Catherine Mackerras . 79 HOLY WEEK AT DOWNSIDE, by Alistair Mackerras . 81 ALL SOULS' DAY (Poem) , by Margaret Charteris . 81 PICTURES: LORETO, BRISBANE . 82 OVERSEAS CONTRIBUTIONS: LOUGH DERG, ~y Dorothy D'Alton . 84 STUDENTS FROM I.B.V.M, ROME . 85 TO SPANISH LORETO GIRLS, by J. F. Rogers, S.J. 88 SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OVERSEAS . 89 MAURITIUS: PEARL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN ...... ~ . 97 FOR THE JUNIORS . 98 AMONG OUR OLD GIRLS: IRELAND, OSLO, JERUSALEM, by Thelma McNamara . 102 RECENT CONTACTS WITH LORETO, ABROAD , by Rita B. R. North . 103 NORMANHURST NOTES . · . 104 ROMAN MEMORIES, by Jose Dormer (Toohey) . 105 WHERE JACARANDAS ARE RED, by Beulah Millingen . 106 OBITUARY . 107 INDEX . 108 Names of Student Contributors are to be found in the Index. Paragraphs from Personal Letters and School Anecdotes are scattered throughout the magazine. In a book lately received here from a nun of our Institute in Europe we read with interest the cryptic inscription, pencilled in German: Die U nsrigen miissen bereit sein - (Ours must be ready). It is the kind of inspiring message that rouses our enthusiasm and steels our will to rise above mediocrity. We think our readers will feel that way about it, too. OURS MUST BE READY. We are living in a challenging age, interesting, even if more than a little terrifying. This Jubilee Year of Australia's nationhood is one of gratitude and resolve for all who pause to think. Every end is a beginning, and, as memory casts many a backward glance at the first fifty years of our Commonwealth, our will stirs to the challenge of the future. The sacrifices of our grandparents and other nation-builders have laid sturdy foundations for Australia's greatness. Not the least of these sacrifices were made by the Catholic pioneers: Priests, Nuns and Brothers who have given Australia its magnifi­ cent system of Catholic education. In their vocation they have received the affection and generous support of Catholic parents without whom nothing could have been done. If this core of Catholic education should deteriorate from any reason whatever, Australia, as a nation, will suffer. So, Ours must be ready. Whatever else interests our Old Girls, the major interest should be Education-their own adult progress in thought, and the education of their fellow-Australians. On the next page we reprint words of a wise pioneer in education, our own Mother Gonzaga Barry. They are from a letter that appeared in the 1897 issue of our Magazine, then called Eucalyptus Blossoms. It is topical in its interest for us, fifty-four years later. The writer would have been moved to enthusiasm by the words quoted at the beginning of this Editorial, and she would have taken to her heart the words of that message: Ours must be ready. They are like an echo of a courageous call from the brave heart of our Foundress, Mary Ward. LORETO • Our Magazine Ill 1897 ~ Federation, b eing the topic of the day, has been to see and generous to acknowledge the vast suggest ed to m e as a subject of m y letter to you. amount of g·ood to be had elsewhere. Cultivate "What a subject!" som e will exclaim. "Surely we large-mindedness; let ther e be nothing petty or are not exp ected to legislate for the Australian narrow in your views, judgments and opinions. The Colonies !" Certainly n o t, dear children. But ther e lily is ver y beautiful, but so is the rose. In God's are various kinds of F ederation. garden ther e is a great variety ; each flower has a Now, would it n ot be a good thing for all Loreto beauty all its own, and pleases Him ; le t it not Girls to federate in a great league for a noble end: displease you. I am led to make these r emarks to work out p atiently, steadily, faithfully, high because I h ave been told that at garden parties or and h oly aims in the d aily routine of life's duties. afternoon teas there are som e differences of opinion Thu s, n ot only God and His holy angels would - to put it very mildly-about one's own school, distinguish a child of our Lady of Loreto in the teach ers, surroundings, etc.; and things are said midst of a busy world, but all brought into contact that would be much better left unsaid, and that do with h er would feel an indescribable influence for not tell well for the culture, education or courtesy of good, such as is always felt when one m eets with a the speakers. Do not you be the transgressors, and pure and noble soul. Now if one such girl has an should an yone in your presence show a lack of those influen ce, how great would b e the power of many admirable qualities n ever r etaliate but give praise banded together, and though apart, united in h eart where you can. Let the worth of your life and your and soul? daily conduct sp eak for you. Let no m ean jealousy Fed er at e ! F eder ate ! For what? To prove that mar your character. I s an yone en gaged in a good a young girl, a ch ild of God, in the midst of the work? " Can I aid her even a tiny bit?" a true child world, may lead a n oble Christian life, and whilst of Loreto will ask herself. " No one will know that happy in h erself and h elping to make others happy, I helped ; all the credit will be given to h er. What be in the world, but not of the world. F ederate to of that! If I give m y little aid with a great h eart lend a h elp ing h and to whatever is good and and a pure intention, m y praise and reward will b e beautiful, noble and u seful in the world around. It eternal." m ay seem to you that you cannot do much, but you F ed erate for something good, with one other, if will do much if you do all you can, and do it with you cannot find two ; with two if you cannot get a gr eat and gen erous h eart and a humbled mind, and three; with three if you cannot get more. But set do it for God's d ear sake. H e will h elp you and H e before you a t the outset a something that will is all-powerful. ennoble your life. Aim at som ething excellent; our Federate for the cause of common-sense and life is largely influen ced b y what we aim at; our usefulness ; unite against all affectation, extravagance, ideals often make our r ealities. Have enthusiasm du plicity, dangerous r eading, conversation or for your cause; nothing of much worth is attained amusem ent, extrem es in fashion or dress, without enthusiasm. Be earnest, be p ersevering, b e unch aritableness, selfishness, idleness. F ed erate to humble, and then with God's aid you will succeed; prove that genuine piety is a lovely thing- that true at least you will not have led an ignoble life or have religion is a treasure to its happy possessor, lived in vain. Probably you will have enriched many beautifying and ennoblin ~ all natural virtues, by your help and sympathy before you go to your correcting natural defects (as far as they can be own great and everlasting reward. c:orrected ) until each one is d eem ed worthv to join Loreto Abbey, Ballarat, 8th December, 1897. th e spirits of the " just made p erfect." Not ~ntil MARY GONZAGA BARRY, I.B.V.M.
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