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