DEEP AND STRONG, JESUS WAS THE FAITH YOU SET IN THEIR BEING. HELP US TO VALUE THE GIFT OF FAITH.
- 2015
Rev Joseph O'Mara SJ Born 19/01/1944; Ordained 13/12/1975
Jesuits - The Society of Jesus
- 2014
Rev Louis Hansberry CSsR
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Born 01/05/1919; Ordained 08/09/1946. Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
Louis Frederick Hansberry was born in Kapunda, SA, the only child of John and Myrtle Hansberry. His early education was with the Dominican Sisters at Kapunda. Following a Mission at Kapunda, preached by Fr Christopher O'Flynn CSsR, Louis was accepted into the Redemptorist Order and completed his secondary education at Galong. He was ordained to the priesthood in Ballarat on 8 September 1946.
He once wrote: “I am thankful to God that he took me from the obscurity of a small country town and favoured me with a wonderful vocation to the Redemptorist apostolate. I am grateful to my companions among whom I lived and with whom I worked over the years of my priesthood. I am indebted to my many friends and strangers among the laity from whom I learnt so much to be helpful to my apostolate.”
His Redemptorist life was spent in most houses in Australia, plus two appointments to New Zealand and Louis particularly enjoyed his many years in Queensland. He preached his last mission at Runaway Bay, QLD. in 1985 with Frs John Tobin and Gerry Goss.
His later years were spent in the Kogarah Community, NSW and after a fall requiring surgery he spent his final days in Our Lady of Consolation Nursing Home in Rooty Hill, NSW where he died on 12 August 2014. His funeral Mass was celebrated in the Redemptorist Chapel at Kogarah on 17 September and he was buried in the Rookwood Catholic Cemetery.
May he rest in peace.
- 1898
Rev Jean Baptiste Breheret SM Sydney
- 1898
Rev Louis Hurlin SM Sydney
- 1916
Rev Anthony Peter Waldron Ararat, Terang, etc, Vic
- 1917
Rev Martin J Battle Deniliquin, Wilcannia, Newtown, Wardell, Ballina, NSW; Rockhampton, Qld
- 1921
Rev Patrick Murphy Hamilton, etc, Vic
- 1942
Rev William E O'Flynn OSA Normanton, Qld, etc
- 1950
Rev Francis Walsh CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
- 1954
Rev Daniel McGowan Harrow, Port Fairy, etc, Vic
- 1963
Rev Ernest Worms SAC Manly, NSW; Broome dioc, WA
- 1966
Rev Arthur Hills Port Kembla, etc, NSW
- 1972
Rev Brian Lohan Goulburn dioc, NSW
- 1974
Rev Richard Scarfe Burnie, Hobart, etc, Tas; Surfers Paradise, Qld
- 1977
Rev Patrick Aubrey Cusack Goulburn, Boorowa, Canberra, Aranda, Page, etc, ACT and NSW
- 1978
Rev William Bouwman OMI Moe, Springvale, North Altona, Vic
- 1978
Rev Mgr Edward Thomas Downey Springwood, Leichhardt, Waterloo, Eastwood, Manly, Corrimal, NSW
- 1989
Rev Felix Nette OFM Sydney, etc
- 1996
Rev Phillip (Jerome) Crowe CP
- 2005
Rev Anthony Prentice MSC Sydney, etc
- 1985
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