MSC MUSIC MINISTRY, AUSTRALIA

Yesterday our site post highlighted promoting MSC in Australia – and so, today, we feature our confreres who have contributed to the music ministry, especially in Liturgy.

If you continue reading below, you will find photos of those involved as well as a tribute to past confreres who were composers or lyricists or both.

Our composers in recent decades:

Frank Andersen.

Paul McCormick

Gerard McCormick

James Maher (RIP, 2015)

And acknowledging past composers:

James Roulier, died 1928, hymns to the Sacred Heart

John J. McMahon, died 1998, an Ametur and hymns to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

John Northey, died 1970, lyrics for Oh Mary, Mother of God’s Dear Son

Malcolm Fyfe, mass settings, at present Vicar General, Darwin Diocese

Tom Luby, died 1979, noted for his polyphonic Ametur and, well worth tracking down, his hymn to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Woman, This is Your Son