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Prayer for September 12th

HELP US, MERCIFUL FATHER, TO PUT TO DEATH, AS THEY DID, UNWORTHY DESIRES AT WORK WITHIN US.

List of Deceased Clergy, only year of death known
List of Deceased Clergy, date of death unknown

This is an historical record of the death of clergy in Australia for the 12th of September:

• 2014
  Rev Peter Murray SAC  Born 25/05/1938; Ordained 11/12/81965 (Pallottines - Society of the Catholic Apostolate)
• 1901
  Daniel Vincent (Maurus) O'Connell OSB  Sydney; Campbelltown, Tas
• 1904
  Rev Francois Yardin SM  Sydney
• 1931
  Rev Henry Cock SJ  Sydney, etc
• 1932
  Rev Bryan McDonnell  Windsor, Wollongong, Waterloo, etc, NSW
• 1964
  Rev John Bergin CM  Eastwood, NSW; Rostrevor, SA
• 1972
  Rev Edward O'Bryan  Horsham, Nhill, Clunes, etc, Vic
• 1977
  Rev Kevin (Killian) Mattimoe OFM  Kew, Vic, etc
• 1990
  Rev Mgr Kenneth Morrison  Melbourne dioc
• 2003
  Rev Andrew Zarafa SJ  Richmond, Vic, Norwood, SA, Neutral Bay, NSW
• 2005
  Rev Francis McLaughlin  Melbourne, Sale, Sandhurst diocs, Vic; country diocs, NSW
• 2008
  Rev Joseph Grealy AM PE   Read more

  Born 30 October 1925;
  Ordained 28 July 1954.
  
  Joe Grealy's preparation for the priesthood went far beyond his years at St Francis Xavier Seminary, Magill and St Patrick's College, Manly.
  
  His time as a boiler maker with the Railways and his title as the Walking Campion of South Australia stood him in good stead as an Industrial Chaplain who was always on the move.
  
  Joe moved easily among the people in the urban and rural parishes where he pastured, the workers in the factories and the officials at Trades Hall, politicians and the residents at Plater College where he gained a Diploma in Social Studies. He was at home in all these worlds.
  
  Many trade union officials and politicians sought the ministrations of Joe for family baptisms, marriages and funerals. This was also true of his nieces and nephews and wider family.
  
  To many people on the fringe of the institutional Church, Joe was the very compassionate and understanding face of Catholicism.
  
  Joe was one of the initial members of the Young Christian Workers movement founded in St Raphael's Parish, Parkside in the 1940's. The Cardijn method of seeing, judging and acting in applying Gospel principles in society was an essential aspect of Joe's priesthood.
  
  Invalided in his last few years, Joe acted as chaplain at Villa St Hilarion, Fulham, where he resided
  
  Rest in peace now Joe.

Clergy who died in September, exact date of death unknown:

• Rev Francis Kums   Sandhurst dioc, Vic; Turon, Ophir, NSW
• 1887Rev John Hackett   Ballarat, Vic; Sydney, etc
• 1897Rev Patrick F Hennebry  
• 1911Rev James O'Reilly   Yass, NSW, etc
• 1997Rev John Nolan   Toodyay, Beverley, Kellerberrin, Kalamunda, Maylands, WA
• 2002Rev John Sweeney SSG   Sydney

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