Tuesday, 06 December 2022 22:35

MSC Farewell, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish, Henley Beach

MSC Farewell, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish, Henley Beach

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We had the celebration over the 4 masses on the weekend and we were supported by Peter Hendriks, John Bosman, Bill Brady, Terry Bowman, Krish Mathavan, Tan Nguyen, Greg McCann and Greg McEnnaly. Those who apologised were Keith Humphries, Des Holm, Dominic Gleeson, Dennis Rochford, Terry Herbert, Ted McCormack. Chris McPhee was at the APIA Meeting in Fiji.

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Archbishop O’Regan and Dean Marin VG celebrated with us at the 9.30 mass on Sunday.

The spirit was uplifting even though there was an undercurrent of regret that we were leaving the parish after 109 years of ministry.

 

Thank you

 

As the MSC relinquish the pastoral responsibility of the parish, it has been a wake-up call for our province. The Australian province of the MSC also discovered that of the 110 men and 82 of them are over 70, The decision to leave has been a shock to so many of you and ourselves.

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Pope Francis proposes that we begin with listening to those around us, especially the alienated and the marginalised, to reflect, to share common hopes and then to work together to be open to all people in their faith journey..

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The Archbishop through the Diocesan Assemblies looks to all parishes to examine their procedures and policies, and to reflect on the recommendations arrived at. The guidance in these will be through the priest appointed to the parish, and he relies on the parish to be open to the changes necessary. I can assure you that we MSC will watch with interest the unfolding of parish life, recognising the need to engage everyone, especially the young, the elderly and those on the margins,

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The MSC thank the Archdiocese for the invitation to serve in the parish of Brompton in 1914 and its continued support as the years unfolded, and  the parish grew to embrace Henley . Thousands of families have invited us into their homes and supported our ministry. Personally, we thank you for your generosity of spirit and the support warmth and affection offered to us personally.

For the times we have let you down, we are sorry: our humanity has been evident in our mistakes and any decisions we have made and the hurt we have caused. We say “we are sorry”!

We thank the other religious orders the Sisters of Mercy, the De La Salle Brothers, the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, and other religious who have served with us.

In all 57 MSC have served in the Parish of Henley since 1958 when it became a parish, and another 50 or more men who served from Hindmarsh, until then.

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May the Sacred Heart of Jesus continue to inspire, to encourage, to accompany the parish in its mission of love from the Father and guided by the Holy Spirit.

Paul Cashen MSC

Local Superior

3rd December 2022

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Below are lists of those who have served at Henley Parish from 1958 -2022. 

Deceased MSC who served in the Henley Parish 1950-2022

Year      Name.             DofD

1950 Fr William Dirou 09/09/1963

1950 Fr Alan Guest 14/05/1994

1954 Fr Cuthbert Hoy 15/11/1971

1958 Fr Michael Cantwell 13/07/2016

1958 Fr Bernard Moore 21/08/1990

1961 Fr Fred Mordaunt 25/03/2005

1961 Fr Tom Dixon 31/05/2002

1962 Fr Harry Morrissey 06/09/2013

1964 Fr Mervyn Bailey 20/02/2002

1964 Fr Tom Whitty 17/05/1988

1966 Fr Aloysius English 05/06/1997

1967 Fr Leo Hill 02/12/2009

1969 Fr Gerard Kelly 22/07/2004

1969 Bro Charles Laing 18/04/1989

1969 Fr Aiden Breene 14/06/1989

1977 Fr John King 22/08/2005

1969 Fr Peter Robinson 10/08/1994

1987 Fr Chris Kean 30/07/2014

1998 Fr Jim Fallon 10/04/2007

1989 Fr John Rate, 22/09/2019

1989 Fr Brian White 17/061995

1991 Fr Roger Duggan 15/05/2018

2006 Fr Mark McGuinness 15/05/2017

2007 Fr Frank Perry 01/09/2018

 

Current MSC who have served at Henley

ANDERSEN, RUSSELL 1964

HUMPHRIES, KEITH 1969-1975 ,

HELM, LEONARD 1972-1975

CASHEN, PAUL 1974-1980

BOSMAN, JOHN 1976-1981

KELLIHER, JOHN 1982-1983

EHLEFELDT, KEVIN 1984-1985

HOLM, DESMOND 1984-1985 

HERBERT, TERENCE 1987-1989

BOWMAN, TERENCE 1988-1989 

MCCORMACK, EDWARD 1989-1990

CONROY, JOHN 1991-1992

McCANN, GREGORY 1992-1994

HOLM, DESMOND 1993-1995 

MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER 1994-1999

FALLON, MICHAEL 1996-1998

GLEESON, DOMINIC 1996-1997 PO 

MCPHEE, CHRISTOPHER 1997-1998 

BOWMAN, TERENCE 1999-2005

BRADY, WILLIAM (BILL) 2002-2006 

MARTIN, CARROLL 2013-2017

CASHEN, PAUL 2013-2022

MATHAVAN, KRISH 2018-2020

MANSFIELD, NOEL 2020-2022

NUGYEN, TAN 2020-2021

MCCORMACK, PAUL 2020-2022

ROCHFORD, DENNIS 2020-2021 

ARMSTRONG, HELEN 2020-2022 (OLSH)

KONDA, KENJI 2021-2022 Henley Beach

HEARN, PETER 2021-2022 Henley Beach