Date
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Event |
February 1990
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Esperance Catholic Primary School commenced thus resuming Catholic school after Coolgardie nuns withdrew in Depression years
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March 18th-23rd, 1990
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Annual Clergy Conference on the diocesan booklet "Priests and Presbyteries"; Beginnings Esperance Weekend for singles; the Hospice movement and palliative care; stress management
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April 1st, 1990
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Commissioning of Diocesan Outreach Mission Team by Bishop Quinn at 10am Mass at St Thomas More Church, Margaret River
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June 30th, 1990
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Workshop in parishes at Kearnan College Manjimup by DLC with participants for 9 parishes from Albany to Waroona
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June 11th - July 1st, 1990
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Parish Mission Programme in Pinjarra, Dwellingup, Boddington
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| September 30th - October 5th, 1990 |
Clergy Effectiveness Training Programme, offers 4 places for Bunbury priests
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| November 8th, 1990 |
First meeting of the Inaugural Board of Mandurah Catholic College.
Establishment of a framework for priests to be paid when on Long Service Leave
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| February 10th, 1991 |
Death of Most Rev. William Joseph Foley, Archbishop of Perth 1983-1991 |
March 11-15th, 1991
|
Annual Clergy Conference covering the possibility of a diocesan scholarship for the University of Notre Dame's College of Education; two days on the Enneagram programme with Fr Marius Dawson Ocarm and Sr Brigid Keyser RSJ; and internal and external forums.
|
June 1991
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Interim Board of Mandurah Catholic College placed College under the patronage of the Holy Family of Nazareth |
July 1991
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Announcement from Rome of Most Rev Barry Hickey to be translated from Geraldton as Archbishop of Perth |
August 1991
|
Blessing of church additions and dedication of new altar in Mandurah.
Celebration of Jubilee Mass marking 100 years of the Presentation Sisters in WA
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1991
|
Use of programme "It's the Mass that matters" by the Liturgy Commission to run in parishes to raise consciousness of the Eucharist.
Bunbury Notre Dame Steering Committee to foster interest in NDA
|
1992
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Inaugural Year of Mandurah Catholic College
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May 10th, 1992
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Dedication and opening of Christ the Living Vine Catholic Church, Australind
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May 13th, 1992
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Death of Archbishop LJ Goody, founding Bishop of Bunbury 1954-1968 |
May, 19th, 1992
|
Episcopal Ordination of Most Rev. Justin Bianchini as Bishop of Geraldton
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| May 12-15th, 1992 |
Annual Clergy Conference on the 1990s as the Decade of Evangelism dealing with the Pastoral Planning Office of Perth (Sonia Wagner) and the WA Conference of Churches (Wes Hartley) re ecumenical experiences and frustrations of priests in the field.
|
| March 8-12th, 1993 |
Annual Clergy Conference covering meditation and prayer; the Gospel of Matthew; Initiation sacraments; Conflict resolution; Bishops' Statement on Child Abuse. A novel feature was a shared meal at a nearby restaurant.
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May 23rd-27th, 1994
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Annual Clergy Conference with inservice led by Fr John Reilly SJ of the Commission for Continuing Education of Priests; the offer of the DDF to run planned giving programmes in parishes; the prospect of a new cycle of parish appointments; altar servers may be recruited from either sex now
|
1994
|
Pre-primary Centre opened at St Joseph's Waroona.
Old St Vincent de Paul premises on Pinjarra Road demolished and three modern shop premises built for the Mandurah Parish
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January 5th, 1995
|
Series of new parish appointments for priests.
Bishop Quinn on sabbatical at Tantar Institute, Jerusalem
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May 20-24th, 1996
|
Annual Clergy Conference dealing with Ministering in the Church today (Centacare); Collaboration in Ministry; Primary and Secondary RE Guidelines; Ecumenism; Ministry with the terminally ill. |
1996
|
Presbytery on Pinjarra Road, Mandurah demolished to enable three shop premises to match the existing three as investments for the parish.
National Census taken, which will provide accurate statistics for all parishes (August)
|
1997
|
Annual Clergy Conference dealt with the diocesan preferred option of communion from the Cup not intinction; discussion on deanery reports on principle of 6 year cycle of appointments; and Pastoral Ministry Programme (Mustard Seed) under Fr T. Chiera (May)
Bishop M. McKeon's Golden Jubilee of Priesthood celebrations.
Opening of Josephite Centre, Waroona.
Westlink televised broadcasts to all parishes initiated by Mel Stillman.
Visit to diocese for pastoral experience of Phillipines seminarians Pierre Angelo, Roberto Bong.
Publication of Directory of the Catholic Diocese of Bunbury WA prepared by N. FitzSimons and M. Stillman
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| 1998 |
No data on record |
January 1999
|
Pierre Angelo Repuyan ordained in Manila in the Phillipines
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February 1999
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Wayne Bendotti ordained deacon in Bunbury
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April 17th, 1999
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Official opening of South West Health Campus. Co-location of St John of God Health Care and Bunbury Health Service
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1999
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New administration area of St Joseph's school, Waroona.
Wayne Bendotti ordained priest in Community Centre at Pemberton
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Timeline of Major Events 
