Honorary Oblates - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Australia

Vol.43, no.2
MAY 2012
Missionary Association of Mary Immaculate
Dear MAMI Associates,
Where has the time gone?
Already we are approaching the half
way mark of 2012.
As you read this Provincial greeting,
the Oblates of the Australian Province
and China Delegation have begun the
process of electing the new Provincial
who will assume the role in early 2013
as I will have completed my sixth year
as Provincial at that time.
The process for the election of a new
Provincial is interesting and I would
like to share it with you so you will
have some understanding of the
process. Initially there is a straw
vote which means all the Oblates
who are members of our Province/
Delegation are available for selection.
These names are forwarded to each
Oblate who then vote by sending
their nominations to two Oblate
scrutineers who tally the votes. The
result of this vote is communicated
to each Oblate. Secondly, our Oblate
Regional Councillor, Fr Clement
Waidyasekara OMI, visits from Rome
to consult with each Oblate on the
future requirements and directions
the Province/Delegation needs to
take and who will be the Oblate most
suited to implement this vision. Finally,
each Oblate receives a letter from the
Superior General, Fr Louis Lougen
OMI, who outlines the final voting
procedure. Each Oblate casts a final
vote which he forwards directly to
the Superior General in Rome. The
Superior General in Council reviews
the votes and discusses the reflections
of the Oblates from the consultation.
The new Provincial is then selected
and the Superior General makes
personal contact with the Oblate
concerned to ask if he is willing to
accept the role of Provincial. Upon
receiving the acceptance of the Oblate
of his new ministry as Provincial,
Fr Harry Dyer OMI, Provincial and Mrs Sandra Hazel
a new Provincial Council comprising
four Oblates, is then elected to support
and work with the new Provincial in
the administration of the Province/
Delegation.
I ask that you keep all of us in your
prayers during this time as we pray
and discern who will lead the Oblate
Mission into the future with the
challenges that will bring.
I would also like to take this
opportunity to express my gratitude
to all of you for your ongoing support
of the various missionary initiatives
of MAMI. As I travel I witness firsthand the life changing differences
your contributions make in the lives
of many people in the various Oblate
missions that seek our assistance.
Without your help the Oblates could
not achieve what they do to improve
the living standards of our fellow
brothers and sisters in Christ.
Keep up the good work!
God Bless
Fr Harry Dyer OMI
Provincial
Honorary
Oblates
In the last MAMI newsletter we
featured the appointment of the first
Honorary Oblate in a long time. In
recent months Fr Harry Dyer OMI,
Australia Provincial, sought the
approval of the Superior General
for two more Honorary Oblates
for the Australia Province. We
congratulate two more Honorary
Oblates, Mrs Sandra Hazel and
Mrs Carmel Farrow. The Oblates
of Mary Immaculate in Australia
are truly blessed to be supported
by many generous and committed
people of faith who work with us in
the Australian mission. While it is
impossible to acknowledge so many
people who are a crucial part of the
De Mazenod Family, it is important
to acknowledge a few who live their
baptismal call in an extraordinary
way, who inspire each of us to be
active members and participate in
the De Mazenod Family.
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MAMI
Mazenod Reflection
Director’s Update
Dear MAMI,
I hope and pray that you and your families
had a Holy and Blessed Easter celebrations
for 2012. Towards the end of May we will
celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy
Spirit amongst us as promised by Christ.
Pentecost is also seen as the birth of the
Church. The early Church was a very
complex and diverse community. The Holy
Spirit arrived in the upper room to find
Jesus’ followers locked away in fear and
confusion.
The arrival of the Holy Spirit prompted
immediate action and the community of
followers turned from being an inwardlylooking, fearful community to an outwardlylooking, courageous missionary community.
The Church is challenged to be a faithful
community which continues to be outward
looking. It is about being courageous
missionaries going out to people, meeting
them in their situation and proclaiming the
Good News in their own language. This
is exactly what we do as the Missionary
Association of Mary Immaculate, to spread
the Good News of Easter to the world.
MAMI projects are visible signs of the
Easter Good News to some of the most
abandoned in our world today. I thank you
for all the prayers and support over the last
few months and for the role you continue
to play in making MAMI and outwardlylooking, courageous community of faith.
Our special charism appeal this Lent was
fairly successful. I received a number
of comments from people giving up
something for Lent and sending the
savings to MAMI – thank you again for your
support. If you haven’t had a chance to
send something in as yet there is still time,
as I hope to be sending money to China
Little Flower by June this year.
As mentioned in the last Director’s update,
the Year of Grace, as announced by the
Australian Bishops Conference, invites us
into a spiritual journey of encountering
Christ afresh in our lives through praying,
reflecting on the Scriptures, celebrating
liturgies, repenting of our failures and
listening to the voice of the Spirit.
The Year of Grace calls us into a deep
renewal of our faith through retracing the
history of our faith, studying the Catechism,
praying the Creed and seeking to be an
active witness of what we believe.
These two impulses of the Holy Spirit
complement each other and provide
opportunities for us to discover and nurture
the gifts of ‘grace’ and ‘faith’ at work in our
lives. The prayer below is the official prayer
for the Year of Grace. You might like to
include it in your own personal prayers.
Thank you for your prayers and practical
support.
God Bless
Fr Christian Fini OMI
Gracious God,
You have blessed this ancient land
with many gifts, especially its people.
We thank you for the Year of Grace,
a time to start afresh from Christ.
You invite us to contemplate the face of Jesus your Son,
that we may experience a new wave of grace,
and that the light of Christ may burn more brightly in our lives.
Attune our hearts and minds
SALT AND … ?
“Salt and…?” Yes, immediately we
know that the answer is “pepper!”.
In the same way when we say “Eugene
de Mazenod and…?” the answer is the
Cross! A directionless 25 year-old Eugene
looked at the Cross one Good Friday
and received a life-changing intuition:”
I looked for happiness outside of God and
for too long with resulting unhappiness.”
Realizing God’s love for him, he was able
to make a commitment:
“Blessed, a thousand times blessed, that
he, this good Father, notwithstanding
my unworthiness, lavished on me all the
richness of his mercy. Let me at least make
up for lost time by redoubling my love for
him. May all my actions, thoughts, etc., be
directed to that end. What more glorious
occupation than to act in everything and
for everything only for God, to love him
above all else, to love him all the more as
one who has loved him too late.”
Till his last breath, he lived this resolution
in a heroic way and brought others to it –
so it is easy to understand why the Cross
was the central symbol of his life.
So powerful was this experience of
being lavished with the richness of God’s
love, that Eugene dedicated his life to
bringing others to this same experience
– in particular those who were the “most
abandoned” because there was no one
to give them this message. Starting this
ministry as a young priest in Aix-enProvence, he soon invited others to join
him, and thus the Missionary Oblates were
born. In inviting his first companion, Henri
Tempier, to join him he had written: “Read
this letter at the foot of your crucifix with
the desire to listen only to God … ”
No other symbol was possible for their
ministry than the Cross – which has since
been known as the Oblate Cross, and
which Eugene called the “distinctive sign
of our ministry.” This letter shows the
fundamental starting point of the vocation
of any member of the Mazenodian family:
it has to flow from an experience of being
loved by God on the Cross. “Read this
letter at the foot of your crucifix” is not
a pious thought - but it is a necessary
attitude. Anyone who feels called to
journey with Eugene needs to have as a
starting point and as a point of focus the
fact of God’s love expressed on the Cross.
Amen.
This Cross is not meant to be seen as a
decoration or merely as a badge of identity.
It is meant to transform the wearer. Our
Oblate Rule of Life tells us how: “Through
the eyes of our crucified Saviour we see
the world which He redeemed with His
blood, desiring that those in whom He
continues to suffer will know also the
power of His resurrection (cf. Phil 3: 10).”
There is the vocation of every person who
feels called to live by the charism and spirit
of Eugene de Mazenod. Yes, Eugene de
Mazenod and the Cross are inseparable
because it is the symbol and the means of
transformation.
Mary, Help of Christians, pray for us
to the presence of your Holy Spirit,
that our Church may be transformed,
our relationships be healed,
and our nation grow in compassion and justice.
With the intercession of St Mary MacKillop,
who showed us new ways of living the Gospel,
we make our prayer
through Christ our Lord.
Fr Frank Santucci OMI
Honorary
Honorary Oblate
Mrs Carmel
Oblate
Farrow
Mrs Sandra
Hazel
LOCAL
On the 25th March, during the
9:30 am Sunday Eucharist at St Pius X
Parish, Dernancourt, South Australia,
Mrs Carmel Farrow was installed as
an Honorary Oblate.
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On February 16 at Iona College’s
Opening Year Mass, Mrs Sandra Hazel
was officially installed as an Honorary
Oblate by the Oblate Provincial, Fr
Harry Dyer. Sandra’s association with
the Oblates and Iona College goes back
to 1957 when the College first opened
and her brother was among the first
intake of students. Over the years she
has variously worked in fundraising,
working bees, reading recovery
programs and she was also a Mothers
Committee president while her four
sons attended the College.
Sandra was selected to volunteer in
the religious education classes at Iona
along with college camps, encounter
days, student liturgies and the writing
and compiling of a formal RE program.
In later years she worked as an RE
coordinator, took on an instruction
role for parents in the evangelization of
students and coordinated the Sunday
Liturgy in the school chapel, training
altar servers and devising liturgies in
conjunction with the Oblate community.
Sandra was also involved with the
establishment of Rosies on the Gold
Coast, enlisting and training teams,
participating during Schoolies Week,
coordinating volunteers and later
working with the homeless in Brisbane
and the Gold Coast. Her Oblate spirit
was considered vital before more
Oblates became Chaplains or Directors
of the Rosies mission.
In 1996 Sandra was asked to represent
the Oblate co-workers and lay associates
of Australia at the first Oblate Lay
International Congress in Aix-enProvence and two years later she
attended the Oblate General Chapter in
Rome.
Sandra was recognized for her
significant contribution to the prayer
and liturgical life of the College and her
missionary approach to evangelization in
the spirit of St Eugene and her courage
and appetite for social justice.
The first contact with the parish was
in 1955 when she moved into the new
suburb of Hillcrest to live with her sister.
In 1957 Carmel was married to Alf Farrow
at St Monica’s, Walkerville. It was Fr Frank
O’Hara OMI who gave Carmel and Alf her
fiancée, marriage instructions in a Housing
Trust Home the priests managed to obtain
as a presbytery just across the road from
the Windsor Hotel in North East Road.
When Fr John Coakley arrived as the
newly appointed Parish Priest, fundraising
really took off. Bingo was run each week,
there were St Patrick’s Day Cabarets,
Walkathons, Progressive Dinners,
Communion Teas and the Parish Gala
Day with the highly witty, entertaining Fr
Coakley OMI on the Chocolate Wheel. The
property at Avoca Street, Dernancourt
was secured from the council, a building
committee formed and the Church
was quickly built and consecrated by
December 1976.
In addition to her many previous areas
of parish involvement, Carmel became
deeply involved in fundraising for the
Oblate Indonesian Mission in 1971.
She was the driving force behind the
Indonesian Missionary Auxiliary. The
parishioners of St Pius X were particularly
interested in the Indonesian Mission
because at least two former Assistant
Priests from the parish volunteered for the
mission, namely Fr MacAnally and Fr Dave
Shelton. Carmel was particularly inspired
by Fr Denis McCarthy OMI, the MAMI
Director for many years, and the projects
of the dynamic Fr Charlie Burrows.
De Mazenod Family
Fundraising
Mass & Dinner
The needs of the Oblate Missionaries
were many. Funds were raised for
various agricultural projects, wells,
new roads, health clinics, primary and
secondary schools, churches, mission
stations. In South Australia, Carmel was
the key figure in all the fundraising. Her
original committee was comprised of 10
-12 ladies. After doing marvellous work
over the years, the committee eventually
disbanded in the 1990s but Carmel
kept organizing her various fund raising
ventures, especially Saturday afternoon
bingo which she has run for over 40
years. As the years have passed, funds
have also been raised for Oblate Missions
in Hong Kong, Kenya and for the training
of Oblate Seminarians.
Recently Carmel was one of the chief
organizers of the De Mazenod Family
Fundraising Mass and Dinner (DMFFMD)
in South Australia.
Over the years Carmel would have
been associated with others in raising
hundreds of thousands of dollars for
MAMI. Carmel is an extraordinarily
generous person, a great organizer, a
woman of deep faith and a very humble
person. Even at the recent DMFFMD
she worked all night in the kitchen with
various volunteers she had recruited
to cook and serve meals for over 150
people. She was asked to come out of
the kitchen and sit down and join in the
celebrations later in the evening. She
replied “ she couldn’t leave the workers
in the kitchen.”
DMFFMD will be held in Victoria on
Saturday 8th September. After the
wonderful success of the last few year’s
we hope to bring together the De Mazenod
family in Victoria once again, so we would
like to invite supporters from Victorian
Parishes (Sunshine, Springvale North, Moe
& Sorrento), MAMI Supporters, Mazenod
College Victoria, Oblate Youth Australia
and Rosies Vic for a night of faith, fun and
fundraising. Money raised will be shared
between the new Oblate Orphanage
in Vietnam and Rosies Victoria. More
information will be available in the August
Newsletter or online in the coming weeks
www.oblates.com.au/mami
CELEBRATIONS
$45,000
$40,000
$35,000
$30,000
$25,000
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
$5000
$3000
$2000
$1000
50th Anniversary
Fr Vin McGillicuddy
Vincent was born in the Sydney suburb
of Kogarah in 1930. He received his early
education at the local Marist Brothers
College before studying to become a
Chartered Accountant. He felt a call to
join the Oblates, and responded faithfully,
joining the Oblate Novitiate Community at
Sorrento in1955. Priestly studies ensued,
first in the Oblate Scholasticate in South
Africa obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Later he studied in Rome at the Oblate
International Scholasticate, where he
earned a degree in Sacred Theology, and
was ordained an Oblate Priest
Back in Australia, Vincent was destined
to be a priest-teacher and was appointed
to educate the youth in mathematics,
accounting and Religious Studies at the
Senior level at Iona College in Brisbane.
He was to spend the next 24 years
teaching at Iona and at Mazenod College in
Melbourne. The remainder of his priestly
life he has been ministering in every one of
the various Oblate Parishes in the different
States of Australia. As the ever-adaptable
and available “go to” man, he would also
be frequently called on to fill in for a
temporary parish vacancy for whatever
reason. As another measure of his
admirable Oblate spirit, during this time
– for a total of 13 years -Vincent was also
the industrious and competent Provincial
Bursar. These days, Vincent can be found
quietly ministering back in his home parish
of Sefton, NSW.
DONATION TOTAL
1 MAY 2012
gift
$11,000
Special Appeal
What sort of a man, friend, Oblate, teacher,
parish priest, bursar is Fr Vincent? I count
it as a special act of providence that
Vincent and I first met way back on the
day we were launched into the rigours of
the Novitiate year. His talents and abilities
were immediately spotted by the Novice
Master who appointed him “Prefect”
of the Novices. From the beginning he
showed himself to be a man of prayer,
self-discipline and single-mindedness –
and expected the same from his youthful
charges who had arrived straight from
school! He was sports-minded (introducing
him to Aussie Rules took a little longer),
witty, and with a good knowledge on
any number of subjects. Later in the
Novitiate year, his wonderful people
qualities became more evident when he
was visited by his family. I’ll never forget
the beautiful care and love he showed
for his mother as he took her by the arm
and talked her through everything. Over
the subsequent years Vincent has made it
his special mission to minister to the sick,
house-bound or elderly. He has become
endeared to them through his genuine
personal and compassionate love. This gift
is evidenced in his years of priestly life by
the acknowledgement, appreciation and
remembrance of almost everyone he has
ever met or cared for. By the same token,
Vincent has made many close friends
through his long involvement not only with
grateful pupils from his classes and fellowteachers, but also with members of the lay
ecclesial organizations to whom he has
been chaplain - like Teams of Our Lady and
the Cursillo Movement.
In our last Newsletter MAMI
associates were invited to participate
in a Special Appeal for China Little
Flower encouraging you to give
up something small over Lent and
send the money to China to help
keep alive the orphanage dedicated
to caring for Children living with a
disease or disability. We were aiming
to raise enough to cover the running
expenses for a month $45,000. If you
managed to give something up and
haven’t sent it in please do so by
June. Thank you for your ongoing
generous support.
If you wish to make a donation to
MAMI apart from the Annual August
Appeal, your gift is always happily
received. To assist our administration
and avoid confusion you may like to
use this donation slip. Thank you for
your kind and generous support.
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Vincent’s fidelity to his priestly and pastoral
life, with his humble and calm disposition
has endeared him to so many who count
him as a respected and admired friend.
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As he reaches this priestly golden
milestone, we wholeheartedly join in
celebrating Vincent the man of zeal and
friendship. We salute you Vin and wish you
Ad multos annos.
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Indonesia
Visit to the Oblate
Mission
in Cilicap
The arms of the De Mazenod family
stretch very wide, as we discovered
towards the end of last year, when
we received an invitation to attend
the wedding in Jakarta of a girl
from Indonesia who stayed with us,
together with three others, during the
International Oblate Youth Encounter in
2008. You may remember that this was
held at Mazenod College, prior to World
Youth Day, which was held in Sydney.
We had always had a desire to visit
Indonesia, after hearing about the work
that our Oblate priests do there, and in
particular, the work of Fr. Charlie Burrows
had excited our interest. We wondered if
it would be possible to visit his mission
in Cilicap, while we were there. Thanks to
Fr. John O’Doherty, who kindly made the
arrangements, our dream became a reality.
We flew to Jakarta and from there to
Yogyakarta, where Fr. Charlie arranged for
a car to pick us up and take us on a rather
hair-raising four and a half hour journey
to Cilicap. Cilicap is an oil refinery city and
the oil is piped out to ships waiting at sea.
New Provincial
in Indonesia
Indonesian Oblates: Treasurer
Fr Johannes Famianus OMI
and newly appointed Provincial
Fr Antonius Rajabana OMI.
Fr Charlie
Burrows OMI
Fr Charlie Burrows was asked to be the
motivational speaker and ‘poster boy’ for
a recent government-funded development
program “Bangga Bangun Desa” or ‘Proud
to Develop One’s Village’ in Cilacap.
Fr Charlie’s message had a familiar ring
to it – “Ask not what your village can do for
you but what YOU can do for your village”.
As their road-building and land-reclamation
projects continue in Cilacap, Fr Charlie and
his team are eagerly awaiting the start of
an assessment to be done by Gajah Mada
University, the results of which will be used
as a comparison for a huge government
village development program worth 80
trillion Rupiah or just over AUD $8 million.
As in the rest of Indonesia, there is much
poverty in Cilicap, which Fr. Charlie, Fr. Kevin
Casey and other Oblate missionaries have
worked hard to alleviate. In fact the number
of projects, initiated by Fr. Charlie in the area
is mind-boggling. They include schools,
which educate thousands of students,
a Marine university, training at present
some 700 young people to be seamen.
Other endeavours include, houses, roads,
bridges, reforestation projects, health clinics,
student hostels and the goats and chooks
scholarship, which give an animal to needy
families to improve their standard of living
and a credit co-op, which gives micro loans
to assist women to start small businesses.
Fr. Charlie took us to visit a hostel, which
accommodates poor children, who live too
far away to attend school and there we were
introduced to some of the goats, which
MAMI members have donated through our
Christmas giving program. They were being
cared for by some of the locals, in order to
provide some funding for the hostel.
While in Cilicap we visited a number of
schools and were most impressed with the
amenities, the dedication of the students
and the enthusiasm of the teachers. Both a
kindergarten and a primary school, which
we visited, had integration programs
for students living with a disability, who
otherwise would have no opportunity to be
educated. The majority of the students are
Muslim, as Fr. Charlie does not discriminate
in any way. Nor does he set out to convert
the people from their Muslim faith, although
each year, many present themselves for
Baptism, simply because they are touched by
the Christian witness of the Oblates in Cilicap.
One could not help but be touched by the
pastoral care, given by Fr. Charlie, Fr. Kevin
and the other Oblates to their Catholic flock.
We were able to attend very well-patronised
Helen and Moss Fuller
daily Masses and the faith of the people
was palpable. One day, we attended a Mass
for some of the local school children, all
of whom lined up for a special individual
blessing from Fr. Charlie, which was
administered with a good deal of love
and humour. The devotion of the Catholic
people to Mary is catered for by a wonderful
Marian shrine and retreat centre, in the hills,
75 minutes’ drive from Cilicap. There are
some magnificent outdoor Stations of the
Cross, a Rosary Walk and accommodation
for up to 200 people. We were blessed
to visit this place and have lunch with the
Oblate Fathers there.
We were very sorry to leave Cilicap, after
enjoying four days of Fr. Charlie’s and
Fr. Kevin’s most gracious and generous
hospitality. We felt that God had touched us
in a special way by enabling us to visit the
Oblate Mission there and we were deeply
inspired by the witness of “love in action”
given by our Oblate priests in Indonesia
We flew back to Jakarta to enjoy a beautiful
wedding and 10 more days of generous
Indonesian hospitality.
Helen and Moss Fuller
St Eugene’s Parish – 25th Anniversary
A large crowd gathered to celebrate the
25th anniversary of St Eugene de Mazenod
Parish on Sunday 4 March. Bishop Finnigan
presided at the official Mass where past
and present parishioners celebrated.
Fr Paul Smithers said “This little slice of the
Church, like all parishes and dioceses, is a
haven for the sick and sinner, a refuge from
the tensions and tragedies that life so often
throws up.”
“We take this anniversary as an opportunity
to respond to the call of our Holy Father
to redouble our efforts in the work of
evangelisation, to take seriously the
call to be a witness to God’s love to our
community” Fr Paul Smithers said at the
end of Mass.
Oblate Fathers from Iona College also
joined the celebrations, including former
Parish Priest Fr Lewy Keelty.
At the end of Mass two parishioners gave
a short testimony on what St Eugene’s
means to them. One of them was Jeanette
Wardlaw who said: “I am very proud
to say that I was also a foundation staff
member of what was then called Blessed
Eugene School I have always felt part of
the parish and school … (now college) …
family and have always felt supported and
nurtured by parish and college members.”
After Mass Bishop Finnigan blessed a new
outdoor statue, made by the Oblates in
Indonesia. St Eugene de Mazenod had a
devotion to Mary and named his religious
Order in her honour.
A BBQ lunch was provided after Mass
where many past and present parishioners
met up again.
Frs Lewy Keelty OMI, Mark Edwards OMI,
Bishop Finnigan, Paul Smithers OMI (PP),
Patrick Dwyer OMI and Brian Harris OMI
aROUND THE PROVINCE
China Delegation – Fr David Ulrich OMI was reappointed for a third term as superior of the
China Delegation. L-R- Frs Giovanni Zevola, Stan Sun, John Wotherspoon, Pascal Rabemanantsoa,
David Ullrich, Slawek Kalisz, Harry Dyer (Provinical), Jun Jacobe, John Chai, Luc Young,
John Thomas, William Meng, John King and Ronnie Gicalao.
Oblates gathered in St Patrick’s Basilica to celebrate
50th Priestly Anniversary of Fr Tony Colbert OMI.
L-R Frs Leo Mifsud, John Cranley, John Sherman, Tony Maher,
John Archhold, Tony Colbert, David Shelton, Harry Dyer,
Michael McMahon, Chris Jayalath and Gaetano Nanni.
Rosies Golf Day – On the 13th April the inaugural Rosies Charity Golf day
was held with 51 participating in a successful day of golf, fellowship and
fundraising hosted by the St John Vianney’s Golf Club.
Oblate Tour – On the 4th April eight Oblates spent a day visiting religious and
historical sites of Melbourne led by Fr Austin Coopper OMI. Sites included St Francis,
State Library, the Mint, Victorian Courts, Paliament House, St Paul’s Cathedral, St
Patricks and Botanic gardens. L-R Frs. Austin Cooper, Christian Fini, John Sherman,
Oswald Firth, Leo Mifsud, Peter Hoang, Irek Dampc and Slawek Plonka.
What is your
favourite Oblate
doing this year?
Fr John O’Doherty OMI has returned
to Australia after many years working in
the Indonesian Province. He is currently
working as Assistant Parish Priest at
St Pius X, in Dernancourt, South Australia.
Fr Bernard O’Brien OMI returned from
his sabbatical last year to St Kieran’s
Moe for his second term as Parish Priest.
Fr Bernard has been joined by Br Jason
Duck OMI who will continue his priestly
formation while living in Moe for 2012.
Fr Gaetano Nanni OMI is the “doyen”
of the Province at the age of 93.
Fr Gaetano continues to keep in good
health and is actively working amongst
the Italian community at St Patrick’s
Basilica, Fremantle.
Fr Michael Mc Mahon OMI, continues in
education ministry at Mazenod College,
Western Australia, where he is actively
involved in the Oblate college as well as
St Bridgid’s the sister college.
Things to Pray for
Fr John Mc Ginty OMI continues his
second term as Parish Priest Mary
Immaculate in Eagle Vale, New South
Wales.
• Discernment for a new Provincial
Fr Vincent Mc Gillicuddy OMI is enjoying
being back in his home state and a
little closer to his family. Fr Vin recently
moved from Mary Immaculate Eagle Vale
to Immaculate Heart of Mary in Sefton.
Fr Denis McCarthy OMI is keeping in
good health and enjoying life at John
R Hannah Aged Care Facility in Victoria.
He enjoys keeping up with the news
from the MAMI office.
• Ordination to the Diaconate,
Br Peter Hong, 19th May 2012
Important Information
•
Correction: The appointment of
Fr Peter Daly OMI to St John Vianney’s Parish Mulgrave Victoria,
was left off the list of appointments
last edition.
• Visit the MAMI website
www.oblates.com.au/mami
or using QR code below.
Fr Anthony Maher OMI is the Rector
of St Patrick’s Basilica in Fremantle,
enjoying the diverse ministry and visiting
many families.
Fr Patrick Moroney OMI, after many
years in the education ministry, is
enjoying the transition to a different
ministry as Parish Priest of St John
Vianniey’s Parish, Victoria.
Fr Brian Maher OMI, continues as the
Rector of Mazenod College, WA. After
a serious battle with cancer he is keeping
in good health.
Fr Leo Mifsud OMI is currently the
Rector of St Mary’s Seminary and
involved in the formation of students
for the priesthood for the Australian
Province and Laos and Korea.
Fr Donal Madigan OMI is settling down
in the Parish of Mary Immaculate Parish
Eagle Vale as the Assistant Parish Priest
where he was formally the founding
Parish Priest.
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