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ISSUE 164
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August 2012
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Saint’s relic tours diocese By Colin Coomber
A RELIC of famous Jesuit missionary St Francis Xavier will visit Sale Diocese on October 5-7. His right forearm is touring Australia from September 16 until December 4 as part of the Australian Church’s Year of
Grace celebrations. The relic will spend a few days in every diocese in the country and it is considered extremely important that it has been allowed to travel here from the principal Jesuit Church of Gisu, Rome. Guards of honor will line the road and entrance to each stop in our diocese.
The forearm is especially significant because it is the arm with which St Francis Xavier blessed and baptised countless people during his lifetime. The relic will be delivered from Sandhurst Diocese on Friday, October 5 and first stop will be at St Patrick’s Church, Pakenham where Bishop Christopher Prowse will
celebrate Mass. Following a liturgy of reception and Mass, the relic will travel to St Mary’s Cathedral, Sale, where there will be an afternoon Mass and the opportunity for quiet time with the relic. It will then return to St Francis Xavier College, Beaconsfield, for a prayer evening, Mass and
overnight vigil. On the Saturday morning, the relic will be moved to Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, Narre Warren for prayers and Mass.
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That afternoon it will go to St Agatha’s Church, Cranbourne, where it is expected that many people from across the diocese will be able to make a pilgrimage. That evening there will be prayer services, Mass and overnight vigil. On the Sunday morning, following early morning prayers the relics will then be transferred to Melbourne Archdiocese. Posters and information will shortly be sent to all parishes in the diocese, and prayer cards will be available at the venues where the relic will be displayed. St Francis Xavier was a Basque who along with his great friend St Ignatius of Loyola were among the founders of the Jesuit Order. He was sent to India in 1541 by King John III of • Continued Page 2