MSC Magazine | Issue 4 | Summer 2020

Page 13| Missionaries of the Sacred Heart particular religious order, the Mission- aries of the Sacred Heart, and the four editors that emerged to take up the task. Half a century ago, Dennis Murphy MSC implemented his original vision and made it practical and communicable by getting this review started. He was followed by Peter Hoy, MSC , then the author of this book, Peter Malone MSC who edit- ed Compass from 1972 to 1998, and finally Barry Brundell, MSC, from 1999 to 2016. Under their guidance over five decades Compass was born, lived, grew and finally breathed its last, ending as it began as a brave and sustained instance of pastoral and theological communication. The articles appearing in Compass , as the reader will see, were meant to be read. This review was not intended to be, nor did it ever become, an attic of irrelevant academic specula- tion. In a usually brief number of words the authors contributed on an amazing variety of topics. Theological considerations were related to the worlds of spirituality, missiology, ecu- menism, psychology, religious educa- tion, science and art, and much else . The first cover 1967 Barry Brundell msc To my mind, a genial Catholicity per- vaded and animated Compass Theo- logical Review throughout its life. There was nothing rigid or exclu- sive in its content and style. Always a long way from a defensive ‘Catholicism’ (itself not a Catholic word), it exhibited the wisdom, ex- pansiveness and general good sense of a truly Catholic spirit, deep and broad, often in difficult times. No doubt all this derived from the mis- sion of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart: openness of heart and mind, dedication and professionalism, con- spiring to give the Compass we now miss after these fifty years; and for which the Australian Church must give sincere thanks. Tony Kelly CSsR