10
P. & 0.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
"BTRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, &c.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
$4.8.
Tons
From Hong Kong About
+KASHMIR
Destination.
Oct. 'M'seilles, I'don, R'dam & A'werp. Noon
th
1981.
**BURDWAN
0,000 24th
6,500 31st.
*ALIPORE
6,000
NALDERA
10,000
*KASHGAR
9,000
21st
RAJPUTANA +CORFU *480MALI
17,000 5th 15,000
19th 0,800 26th
7th
Oct. Nov.
THE
APOSTLESHIP OF
PRAYER.
Celebration of Golden Jubilee in Hong Kong.
[Communicated.]
CHINA
MAIL.
ber of adherents. The devotion it- self is a very old one in the Church of but the world-wide riovement devotion to the Sacred Heart owes ita origin to the revelations made by our Lord in the year 1671 to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, then a Sister of the Visitation Order in the Monastery at Paray-le-Monial in France.
"Do
On two occasions only is it ro-
The Association of the Apostle- corded that the Apostles asked ship of Prayer to the Sacred Heart spiritual favours of our Lord. One
was founded by Fr. Gautrelet at potition wna: 'Increase our faith': Vals in the valley of the Haute the other, Lord, teach as to' pray.' Loire in France in 1844, among a From this we may infer that after band of students. "You would bo divine faith prayer is or should apostles," he said to them. be the most important feature of you not realise that there is no and our lives. Jesus Christ taught by apostleship without prayer, His own example, as well as by pre that prayer in itself is an apostle- cept and inculcation, the import ship, as was clearly understood by ance of prayer, Ile gave thirty the Apostles when they said 'wo years to the practice of interior will give ourselves continually to life, of prayer and recollection, and prayer, and to the ministry of the three only to His public ministry. word." What other lesson do we. and for this He prepared Him-learn from the history of the monks self, as the Scripture tells us, by a in the desert, the contemplative Let your forty days' retreat of prayer and of orders in the Church? fasting in the desert. Again, how first prayer in the morning be "Thy often are we told that He went out! kingdom come, let it be your last into a mountain to pray, and He at night. You need not sigh im passed the whole night in the pray-patiently for missionary triumphs, er of God That He Intended His they are yours daily." example to be imitated we cannot doubt for a moment, for has He not said, "Pray without censing'; 'We
commend
Rapid Spread,
the
of
Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,
many evils of our day, but Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.
Straits, Colombo, Bombay & Karacht. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Nov. Nov. Marseilles, London, Rolterdam, Ant-
werp & Hull
Doc. Marseilles & London.
Dec. Marseilles & London,
Dec. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.
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TALMA
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
"SANTHIA
TAKADA SIRDHANA TILAWA
1031. 8,000
Oct. 20th 10,000 12th Nov. 7.000 20th Nov. 8,000 10th Dec. 10,000 24th Dec.
• Calls Purt Swettenham.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta,
We
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We need not wonder that the Apostleship of Prayer spread ought always to pray, and not to rapidly in the Catholic Church and faint'; 'Ask and you shall receive, that Bishops and Priests were seck and you shall find, knock and anxious to have, in their diocesos it shall be opened unto you'? be and parishes, active centres of it sides giving in His own Divine Per-long before the compelling wish of son innumerable instances of the His Holiness, Pope Benedict XV., efficacy of prayer by granting all
who wrote in his encyclical manner of graces, spiritual and Maximum Illud: "We strongly re- temporal, healing the sick, giving
Apostleship sight to the blind, pardoning the Frayer to all the Faithful, without sinner-all in answer to prayer, exception; it is our desire that no Raimondi a deep debt of gratitude. fervent, humble, and persevering.
one fails to become a member." When on next Sunday they cele- St. Peter's Example.
His predecessor, Plus X, had said: brate the 50th Anniversary of the No sooner had He ascended into "there are many Catholic institu- establishment of the Apostleship heaven than the Apostles proceed tions devised to react against the of Prayer in Hong Kong, and re- none flect, at the same time, that the ed to carry out His heavenly teach ing. For it is recorded in the Acts more useful than the Apostleship Colony counts only 1 years of may well look that, "returning to Jerusalem, all of Prayer." Finally, in an allocu existance, they
to one tion to the Directors of the Apos- around them from Shaukiwan these were persevering with mind in prayer;" and again tleship, September, 1927, Pius XI. Kowloon, and be impressed by the hear of them constantly as "going said: "You will not have complete spiritual harvest which has been into the temple to. pray" and "perly discharged your duty, nor will gathered by the labourers who sovering in the communication of your work be complete as long as have sown the prayer seed-Thy the Bread and in prayer."
even one soul remains a stranger Kingdom Come-Apostles of souls whon St. Peter was put into prison to the Apostleship."
because Apostles of Prayer.
30 Million Members, The Association is only 87 years "prayer was made without ceasing to God for him."
old, yet it has on Its registers Every morning each one of the Following in the footsteps of already the names of, 30,000,000 thirty million members of the their Divine Master, they not only adherents. Thirty million ad Apostleship of Prayer throughout gave us the example, but they unherenta! This fact in itself is a the wide world looks away beyond ecasingly advocated the practice of magnificent protest against the his own little world and his own prayer. The epistles of St. Paul degrading tendency of materiallam. wants, looks to the greater world and St. James are full of exhorta-
Introduction Into Hong Kong. and the greater wants of the Heart]
a few tions to prayer, and from this
The Association was introduced of Jesus and prays-only store-house of divine wisdom the into Hong Kong by a Portuguese words are needed that the world Catholic Church, in the person of Jesuit, Father Sebastiao Aparicio of that Divine Heart may be ful- her saints and Doctors, has drawn de Silva, but it was left to the first filled in the Coming of Christ's repeatedly her teachings on prayer Catholic Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kingdom: Adveniat regnum tuum: and the interior life.
Kong, Monsignor T. Raimondi, to Thy Kingdom Come. That la the establish the first Centre in Hong Morning Offering, the first and the Kong in the year 1881. From the one essential duty of an Apostle of
Hong Kong Catholic activities have Apostleship of Prayer many allied Prayer. sprung, among the foremost being the Catholic Union.
And
On next Sunday, October 25, the Catholic community of Hong Kong
B.L Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for lat will celebrate with special and and 2nd class passengers.
solemn services the Golden Jubilee of the establishment in Hong Kong of the Association of the Apostle ship of Prayer to the Sacred Heart.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). The celebrations will be rendered
NELLORE
TANDA
NANKIN
-1981
7,000 31st Oct.
11 a.m. 7,000 2nd Dec.
1932 7,000 2nd Jan.
Karik, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney
4 Melbourne,
Regular monthly saltings from Hong Kong to Shanghat and Japan and Hong Kong to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney-10 days.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:--
The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London via Buez.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London vin Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN,
TALMA
MACEDONIA
*KIDDERPORE *KRIVA TANDA TAKADA
RANA
MOUMAN
BIRDHANA CORFU *KHYBER
TILAWA
BAWALPINDI NANKIN BANTHIA KARMALA
1981. 10,000 28rd Oct, Amey, S'hai, Mojl, Kobe & Osaka.
Daylight 11,000 1.24th Oct.
specially imposing by the fact that they coincide with the Feast of the Kingship of Christ.
. Sacred Heart. Among the many Catholle prac tices devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus can claim the largest num-
It is proposed to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Association in Hong Kong by a permanent memorial of some kind, but it will not be pos alble to decide what form this memorial will measure of support to be received from Associates and the Catholic community in general is known.
take until the
It is gratifying to note that Hong Kong appreciated, at a very early stage in the development of her Christian life, the significance of the Apostleship, and the large Catholic population of Hong Kong,
A notice of the special Services with the numerous Catholic educa. tlonal and charitable institutions to be held on Sunday appears else- in the Colony, owe to Monsignor whore in this paper.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD., HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS:
.
Telephones:
KOWLOON DOCK 58053.
Telegrams: KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 28020,
"MANIFESTO, HONG KONG."
DOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.
On Lloyds
Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
0a.m. 6.800 30th
Oct,
Shanghai, Mojl & Kobe.
List of
approved
9,000 1st
Nov. Shanghal, Moll & Kobe.
7,000
7.000
6th
117,000
6th
Nov. Shanghai, Koba &
Oth Nov, S'hai, Mali, Kobe, Osaka & Y'hama. Nov. Amoy, Shal, Mejl, Keba & Osaka.
Çant
6,800 14th 8.000 20th Nov. 16,000) 20th 5,000 28th 10,000 17,000
Nov
Shanghal & & Kobe.
Kobe & Yokohama. Now. Shanghai,
Holl, Kobe & Osaka. Amey Nov. Shanghal, Kobo & Yokohama.
& Yokohama.
4th
Dee
4th
Steel
Manufac
turers.
7,000 7th
Amoy, Moll, Kobe & Osaka
Doc. Shanghal, Kobo. & Yokohama. Dec. S'hai, Moll, Kobe, Osaka & Yhama. Amoy, Moli, Kobe & Osaka. Dec. Bhanghai, Most, Koba & Yokohama.
Dec. 8,000 18th 9,000 18th
*Cargo only.
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice.
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans or Funka Louvre System. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries, hot more than 5 cu. ft. will be received at the Cora- Parcels measuring pany's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
For further information, Passage,, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to:--
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
P. & 0. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong
Agents.
T.S.S. EMPRESS OF JAPAN.”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1931.
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CHILDREN'S PLAY ROOM Merry-go-round, sand pile, toys, and dolls galore for the Younger Generation
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SAND BEACH
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Scientifically equipped with violet-ray lamps. Expert at- tendant in charge
STOCK EXCHANGE
Where passengers may keep
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ELEVATORS
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PEACOCK ALLEY
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e
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For Passenger and Freight Information please apply:-
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Queen's Buildings.
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Agents,
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
BAILING DATES FOR OCT, 1931 (Subject to Change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5,80 p.m., Wuchow 3'p.m.
Steamer.
Leaves Hong Kong
Arrives Wuchow
Leaver
Wachow
Arrives Hong Kong
24th BUN. 25th MON.
28th THURS, 20th FRL
80th BAT. 31st{SUN. 1nt
26th
30th
TAI MING THURS: 22nd SAT.
26th WED. TAI HING MON.
281L FRI, TAI MING WED.
Regular Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers having good Accommodation for First Class Passengers.. Electric Light and Fans in Blata-rooms and Baloon. The s.8. Tai Hing"" is At- ted with Wireless.
Harbour
Call Flage Engineer
"K."
Boller.
muker
Ports of Call-Bamshui, Shulking, Takhing & Doshing. Fares Return (not including meals) $20.00.
Shipwright
Meals and Wines are to be obtained on board. Hong Kong Arrivals & Departures from Tai Hing Wharf.
For information apply to
29, Connaught Road, West,
SANG WO
∙Co.
Ltd.,
In No. 1. Dock Dimensions:—666′0′′ ́ Q.A. x 83′6′′ x 48'6"· Mld. 25,000 tons, Groza.`
The Company possesses Six Granite Docks and Two Patent Slipwa. The dimensions of No. 1 Dock are 700'0" x 88′0′′ x 30'6" · ́orer sill, II.W 0.2T Balvage Tag "Henry Kenwick.? 2,000 LILF. Wireless Call Signal V.P.BT, and Flig Call Signal T.HQB. Sheerlege capable of lifting 80 tons."
Codes Used: AL, A.D.C. Fifth Edition: Engineering. First and Second Edition" Western Union. Bentley and Watkins."
Kindly send enquiries to the Chief Manager,
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Phone 20898:
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDER8. All work done in this establishment, is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two 6lip. ways and can accommodate any craft of 200 feet long. Town Office: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. Tel. 20189, Bbipyard: Sham-shul-po, Kowloon, Hong Kong Kowloon Tel 52002. ; Estimates furnished on application
Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.
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