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AUGUSTINIAN BULLETIN BOARD - January 2003
Pursuing a new way
...Having come to know, then, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who
for our consolation was laid in a cramped and crowded lodging house, and
now for our exaltation is seated in heaven; let us proclaim him in this
land, in this region of our flesh, by not going back the way we came,
nor seeking to follow in the footsteps of our former manner of life. That,
after all, is the meaning of those Magi not going back the way they came.
Change of way means change of life.
The Augustinians wish all visitors of our website the best for the
new year of 2003
ANNIVERSARIES 2003
(10th, 25th, 40th, 50th 60th)
4 February
Michael Morahan
25th anniversary of ordination
6 February
Anthony Banks
25th anniversary of religious profession
20 March
Robert Greenup
10th anniversary of religious ordination.
26 March
Michael Endicott
Brian Fitzpatrick
40th anniversary of religious profession
100th anniversary of Establishment of Kyabram Parish at a date to be determined.
5 May
Peter Tangey
40th anniversary of ordination
12 May
Brian Buckley
25th anniversary of ordination
4 June
Bernard Coleco
25th anniversary of religious profession
14 August
John McGlone
50th anniversary of religious profession
10 September
David Brimson
Bernard Connolly
60th anniversary of religious profession
17 September
Brendan Quirke
50th anniversary of religious profession.
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Recently a new union of Augustinian circumscriptions in the Asia-Pacific
was formed - OSAAP (Order of St Augustine, Asia and Pacific).
This union includes the Provinces of Australia and Cebu (Philippines),
Vicariates of Japan and the Orient (Philippines, India, China), Regions
of Papua (Indonesia) and Korea.
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The next International Youth Festival will be held in Guardarama,
Spain (near Madrid) from 30 July to 5 August 2003. Anyone
interested in attending please contact Fr Anthony Banks osa at skabanks@ozemail.com.au
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A recent visitor to Australia was Fr Francis Aherne osa an
Irish Augustinian who has worked in Nigeria and more recently Kenya
for many years.
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Congratulations to Mrs Gabrielle Dellit, Mr Jim Maloney and Mr
Tim Cleary appointed to the Council of Villanova College. The
Provincial has thanked outgoing members of Council, Mr Keith McCoola
and Mrs Dorothy Chapman.
AUGUSTINIAN COMMUNITY, MAREEBA
The Augustinians have a long and rich association with the Diocese of
Cairns. It began with the arrival of Fr John Hutchinson O.S.A. and his
two companions at Cooktown in 1884.
Subsequently, the Augustinian presence extended to all the existing mainland
parishes of the Diocese. Today, however, the Parishes of Mareeba and Dimbulah
are the only parishes in the Diocese, which are still served by the Augustinians.
With this background, St Thomas's Priory, Mareeba is now offering an
opportunity for single men to experience a period of simple community
life in the Augustinian tradition with time for prayer, parish work, recreation
and personal pursuits.
For further information contact:
Robert Greenup O.S.A.
PO Box 308,
Mareeba,
Queensland 4880
Phone: 07 4092 1077
Fax: 07 4092 3170
Email: stthomas@ledanet.com.au
AUGNET
A web site of particular Augustinian interest was launched in Sydney
on 6th August 2002. It is http://www.augnet.org
Augnet is intended to encourage greater links between Augustinian schools
via the Internet and by other means, and to enable them to understand
and share further their common Augustinian spirituality and heritage.
St Augustine's College, Brookvale, N.S.W., Australia and Austin Friars
School, Carlisle, England were the originating participants, and Villanova
Preparatory School, Ojai, California, U.S.A. is presently in the process
of joining Augnet. The first co-operative initiative by Augnet was an
international photographic and poster competition, which attracted entries
from four Augustinian schools on three different continents. Site statistics
indicate that Augnet has attracted most usage from Australia and the United
Kingdom (where the Augustinian schools are making use of it in class).
Other Augnet browsers are recorded as living in thirty-eight other nations,
from Argentina to Austria, Brazil to Belize, Chile to China, Estonia to
Egypt, Iceland to Ireland, etc. The site was intentionally launched in
an incomplete state, as it is intended that staff and student involvement
will increasing come into play to expand and perfect it. Such an expectation
was not in vain, as the first examples of staff and student contributions
have already happened. For Augnet's initial phase, the webmaster is Fr
Michael Endicott O.S.A. in Brisbane. He can be contacted at webmaster@augnet.org
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| The Hon. Tony Abbott MHR, Minister for Employment and Industrial
Relations in the Australian Federal Parliament, is seen here launching
Augnet on to the Internet. |
ST AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE, SPRINGFIELD
The Archdiocese of Brisbane in Queensland has begun the construction
of fourteen school buildings on a twelve-hectare (25 acre) site in Springfield,
a ten-year-old development that will eventually be a city of 55,000 people
on the boundary of the present cities of Brisbane and Ipswich in southeastern
Queensland.
This new school site was dedicated and blessed on 13th September 2002
in a ceremony that involved two local Augustinians. As the priest-in-charge
of ministry in Springfield, Fr Michael Endicott O.S.A. said the prayer
of blessing. Father Michael Morahan O.S.A. presented his book on Augustinian
education to Erin Wedge. Erin has been appointed Assistant Principal (Religious
Education) of this new co-educational P-12 college, which will first open
its doors to students on 29th January 2003.
Prompted by the presence and interest of these Augustinians who live
nearby at St Augustine's Priory, Camira, the Archbishop has given the
new school the name of St Augustine's College, and asked that the Augustinians
assist it to adopt an Augustinian spirituality.
The temporary office of St Augustine's College, Springfield can be contacted
at psspringfield@bne.catholic.edu.au
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| Fr Michael Morahan O.S.A. presents his book to Mrs Erin Wedge, the
newly-appointed APRE of St Augustine's College, Springfield. |
A WAY TO KNOW JESUS BETTER
- 'The Kyabram Stations'
By Fr Dave Austin OSA
www.augustinians.org.au/communities/kyabram.html

AUGUSTINIAN CENTRE FOR SPIRITUALITY
PROGRAM 2002
2 Hewitt Avenue
Greystanes 2145
Enquiries 9896 6794
www.augustinians.org.au/communities/greystanes.html
The Provincial, Fr Patrick Fahey osa,
on behalf of the Augustinians of Australia,
wishes all our website visitors a blessed and peaceful celebration
of the birth of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Best wishes for the coming year of 2003
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