ARDENT PRIESTS, SHAPED BY THE FIRM HAND OF CHRIST, BE MODELS FOR THE KIND OF LOVE WHICH GOES OUT TO OTHERS.
- 1981
Rev Francis Thorpe Melbourne Arch.
- 2010
Rev Leo (Bon) Boniface Mannes CM
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Born 25/05/1911;
Vincentian Fathers.
Bon was born in Victoria and spent the early part of his life around the Rochester and Bendigo area, close to vines, horses and a German/ Irish Catholicism, all of which left their mark on him in one way or another.
He was a little man, physically, small enough to be useful around racing stables and fast enough to play Aussie Rules for Assumption College, Kilmore, for three successive and successful years.
Music was in the family - his father had fiddled at country dances and Bon became a very talented violinist, who for many years joined his pianist sister, Gertrude, in classical duets.
He first taught French with flair at Stannies in Bathurst, but his talents were best used during the many happy years he spent at Holy Cross Seminary in Mosgie, NZ. He was first Spiritual Director and then Rector, the latter role undertaken with a degree of panache. He fancied himself as a man of some taste and was a remarkable mimic, specialising in Archbishop Liston! He was also a born snob (of the nicest kind). He did not have one single schoolteacher in his whole extended family- they were all First Class Educators!
Bon faithfully served in Bathurst (NSW), Bendigo (Vic), Malvern (Vic), Rostrevor Seminary (WA), Adelaide, Mosgiel (NZ), Marsfield (NSW) and Arncliffe (NSW).
A legend in his day, the sun set on Bon's active life eight or nine years ago and his last years were spent with the Daughters of Charity at Marsfield, NSW, where he was cared for with great love.
Bon will be lovingly remembered for his basic goodness and humanity.
Rest in peace dear Bon.
- 2015
Rev John Beaven Born 07/06/1933; Ordained 20/07/1963
Diocese of Bathurst
- 2011
Rev Michael Morahan OSA
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Ordained in 1978 - Augustinian Fathers.
Michael died unexpectedly in Cairns at 58 years of age. He joined the Augustinians in Brisbane in 1971, studied philosophy at Banyo Seminary, and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
In 1978 he was ordained a priest in Brisbane, and later completed a BSc degree in Brisbane and a MEd degree in Sydney. Michael taught at Villanova College in 1980-1990, then at St Augustine's College, Brookvale (Sydney), and from 1995-2009 was Principal of Villanova. Subsequently he was Assistant Executive Director for Faith & Religious Education in the Diocese of Cairns.
Michael was also a member of the Order's international Commission for Education, and chairman of the Order's Asia-Pacific renewal project.
Rest in peace Michael.
- 2014
Rev Thomas Vincent Daly SJ
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Born 20/11/1924; Ordained 04/01/1956 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus
Tom died peacefully at Mary MacKillop Aged Care, East Hawthorn, on 25 June, aged 89. He had been a Jesuit for 69 years and a priest for 58. Born in Melbourne, he was educated by the Jesuits at Beaumont College in London and Burke Hall and Xavier College in Melbourne. After obtaining a Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Melbourne, he entered the Society of Jesus at Loyola, Watsonia, in 1945.
A man of diverse interests, Tom was above all a philosopher. In 1964, after two years at the Gregorian University, he returned to Australia as a Doctor of Philosophy and proceeded to spend 27 years teaching philosophy in seminaries in Melbourne and Papua New Guinea. He also pioneered the teaching of philosophy to 11-year-old boys at Burke Hall. In Rome he had come under the influence of Fr Bernard Lonergan SJ, whose method and philosophy became his lodestar. He promoted this approach in all his teaching and mentoring, patiently guiding tertiary students and interested adults through Lonergan's Insight, believing it would enable them to understand themselves, discover their creativity and heighten their sense of wonder. He had a gift for making apparently abstract philosophical ideas concrete, personally relevant and accessible. He advised the inaugural ethics committee of St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne on beginning and end of life issues and supported those who advocated Natural Family Planning via the Billings method. He was province archivist for twelve years and spent six years in university residential colleges in Adelaide and Hobart.
Tom had a great love for the Church and wholeheartedly believed in the basic rightness of its teachings. An unassuming, gentle and respectful man, his face lit up whenever he witnessed others experiencing a moment of insight.
- 2013
Rev Valentine Leonid Shoolepoff
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Born in China 09/01/1947; Ordained 11/11/1992 - Diocese of Rockhampton, Queensland.
Val, who was born in China, grew up in Brisbane where he trained as a teacher at Mt Gravatt Teachers College. He completed a Degree in Arts at the University of Queensland, majoring in Russian, followed by a Diploma in Education. He taught in various places before going to St Brendan's College, Yeppoon. It was there that he felt drawn to the Catholic Church, and after some time he converted to the Catholic faith. He went on to achieve a Graduate Diploma in Religious Education from McAuley College, Brisbane. Val also completed a Graduate Diploma in Records Management and Archives at Curtin University.
As a late vocation, Val's priestly studies were at St Paul's National Seminary, Kensington, Sydney, where he earned a Bachelor of Theology. He was ordained a priest in St Joseph's Cathedral on 11 November 1992.
Val ministered at Blackwater, Rockhampton Cathedral, Walkerston, Moranbah, Blackall and Mount Morgan. His last appointment was as Diocesan Archivist, in Rockhampton.
The ministry so close to his heart was in the Archives where the treasures of the Diocesan family are preserved. His attention to detail was scrupulous, his determination unwavering, his confidentiality unquestioning and his keenness of intellect and faith produced proud and lasting results. The records of the life story of this local portion of the whole People of God were in safe and caring hands.
After a long and gallant battle with cancer, Valentine Leonid Shoolepoff died at Mater Hospital Rockhampton.
Rest now in peace Val.
- 1897
Rev Joseph Barry Brunswick, Seymour, etc, Vic
- 1903
Rev Timothy Murphy O'Callaghan Hobart dioc; Daylesford, Geelong, Castlemaine, South and West Melbourne, Vic
- 1925
Rev Daniel McCarthy CM Ashfield, NSW, etc
- 1926
Rev Mgr Joseph Collins Waterloo, etc, NSW
- 1928
Rev James Kennedy Goulburn, NSW; Perth, WA
- 1929
Rev Michael Ambrose O'Dwyer OSA Far North Queensland
- 1929
Rev Michael Rohan Balmain East, Moss Vale, Milton, Rydalmere, Surry Hills, NSW
- 1937
Rev Thomas Slattery Goulburn dioc, NSW
- 1939
Rev Cristy O'Flynn CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
- 1948
Rev Cornelius Hartnett SJ Sydney, etc
- 1952
Rev Richard Hugh O'Connor OFM Sydney, etc
- 1956
Rev Mgr John Hawes Greenough, Geraldton, etc, WA
- 1959
Rev Mgr John Aloysius Gatezmeyer Dulwich, etc, SA
- 1959
Rev Joseph Noel Timbs Sydney dioc
- 1964
Rev James O'Brien Condobolin, etc, NSW
- 1967
Rev Joseph Vincent Troy Kingaroy, etc, Qld
- 1968
Rev Simon Fox OFM Sydney, etc
- 1968
Rev Thomas J McCormack Roma, etc, Qld
- 1980
Rev Mgr Patrick Crowley Pymble, Manly, Sydney, etc, NSW
- 1991
Rev James Henry Brisbane dioc
- 2007
Rev Myles Byrne OMI Geelong, Camberwell, Vic; Fremantle, WA; Penshurst, NSW; Eagle Junction, Qld
