Aug-Sep-Oct, Nov-Dec 1971-Jan 1972 - Navy League of Australia

This Page Sponsored byLEIGHTON CONTRACTORSPTY. LTD.BUILDING & CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORSMELBOURNE OFFICE:6 CLAREMONT STREETSOUTH YARRAPhone: 24 6531MOTHER BRANCHES AT:SYDNEY—CANBERRA-BRISBANEPERTHNAVY DAY, 1971 -Dedication, Key to ChristianityChristianity provided the correctand complete outlook on thevocation of the sailor, the Most Rev.E. F. Kelly, Auxiliary Bishop to theRoman Catholic Archdiocese ofSydney, said.Speaking at the Navy Weekecumenical service at the GardenIsland Dockyard Church. BishopKelly said the attitude of Christ to hisfellow man revealed what was meantto be the fundamental attitude of thesailor — the spirit of disciplined anddedicated service."The spirit of the sailor is meant tobe a similar spirit of the service ...personal, disciplined, maturing,exemplary, unselfish, courageousservice." he said."It is a personal service whichstems from the man or womanconcerned. It is their sincereSYDNEYSUNDAY, 10 OCTOBERpersonal choice. It is meant to-be aconvinced choice which says in fact:'This is the best way of life for me'."It is a disciplined service implyingthe genuine recognition of authority,unquestioning obedience, physicalendurance, the observance ofregulations which are formulated forthe common good, sometimes at theexpense of individual freedom."PMI SixteenTHE NAVV November-December-January, 1971/72Novembor-Docember-January, 1971/72THE NAVY