Marist Messenger June 2022

Marist Messenger June 2022 51 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm In 1988 Fr John pursued Marist Studies in Rome and then a program of spiritual Death of a Marist renewal at ISL in Chicago, concluding with a Master of Pastoral Studies at Loyola Fr John David Worthington SM University. In 1990 and in 1991 he taught at Marist colleges in Burnie and Bellambi. rn: 29 December 1948 Professed: 2 February 1967 In 1992 Fr John joined the Marist Ordained: 25 May 1974 Mission District of Africa, based in Died: 1 April 2022 at Royal North Shore Yaoundé, Cameroon, working with African Hospital. Marist seminarians. He became superior of the formation community, and worked John was born at Murwillumbah, the in vocation ministry, English teaching and second of two girls and four boys. radio and retreat work. John joined the Marists at Toongabbie. In 1998 he worked at St Patrick's in He was in the first group to do university Sydney before taking up parish work on studies at Macquarie and graduated BA in the south-side of Brisbane. 1972. He spent 1973 at the Marist seminary at Greenmeadows, NZ where he In 2006 Fr John enjoyed a period of was ordained deacon. renewal. On return from a family wedding in France and as he began a new After priestly ordination he taught at appointment at The Gap parish, Brisbane, Marist College, Burnie, Tasmania. In 1978 he suffered a life-threatening stroke from he spent a year in Belmont parish, Perth to which he partially recovered but which complete a Dip Ed after which he taught at was to affect his health in subsequent St Paul's College, Bellambi, NSW, in 1979 years. and 1980 before commencing seven years at St John's Woodlawn boarding school as Fr John joined the Marist community Rector. Enrolments over the period lifted at Herston, Brisbane, and engaged in to 429. pastoral work in the archdiocese for some years before retiring at Montbel, Hunters Hill, where his health continued to decline. Some days after being admitted to hospital with COVID-19, a condition exacerbated by many health preconditions, Fr John died peacefully on the morning of the first of April, 2022. May he rest in peace.

52 Marist Messenger June 2022 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Can You Bear It? I was out walking with my then 4-year-old A man tried to sell me a coffin today. I told daughter. She picked up something off the him, that's the last thing I need. ground and started to put it in her mouth. I asked her not to do that. Quotes from Victor Borge \"Why?\" One afternoon, when I was four years old, \"Because it's been laying outside and is my father came home, and he found me in dirty and probably has germs.\" the living room in front of a roaring fire, At this point, she looked at me with total which made him very angry. Because we admiration and asked, \"Wow! How do you didn't have a fireplace. know all this stuff?\" \"Uh,\" I was thinking quickly, everyone And now, in honour of the 150th knows this stuff, \"Um, it's on the Mommy anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would test. You have to know it, or they don't let like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de you be a Mommy.\" Lune', by Debussy. I don't play Beethoven \"Oh.\" so well, but I play Debussy very badly, and We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 Beethoven would have liked that. minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information. “I normally don't do requests. Unless, of \"I get it!\" she beamed. \"Then if you flunk, course, I have been asked to do so.” you have to be the Daddy.\" Cop: You know how fast you were going? Guy: Sorry officer, I was just trying to catch up with traffic. Cop: What traffic? The road is empty. Guy: Yeah, that's how far behind I am. I lived in a houseboat for a while, and “I'd like to thank my parents for making started seeing the girl next door. this night possible. And my children for Eventually we drifted apart. making it necessary.”

Marist Messenger June 2022 53 Crossword by Max The winner of the Marist Messenger prize for the April Crossword was Joyce Taylor of Christchurch Solution for May Across: 7 Novena, 8 Hallel, 9 Side, 10 Beatific, 11 Penalty, 13 Stole, 15 Jacob, 17 Eternal, 20 Dextrose, 21 Rota, 22 Missal, 23 Shibah. Down: 1 Novice, 2 Fete, 3 Sabbath, 4 Cheap, 5 Cloister, 6 Venial, 12 Apostasy, 14 Atheist, 16 Acedia, 18 Actual, 19 World, 21 Ruin. Clues Down Across 1 A page turned in act of selfless Christian love 1 Restate a garble of letters and numbers in an (Greek)! (5) equation! (7) 2 Sticky substance. Leave nothing! (3) 5 Stunned and confused by dead last letter! (5) 3 A bitter drunk; it may go to cardinal's head! (7) 8 A \"Pay Porch\" distributed disputed Biblical 4 Find entertainment arenas in Hampshire, books! (9) Tate! (13) 9 An ace for and not against? (3) 5 Padre, relax, hang loose! (5) 10 Extremists who lose terms are real! (5) 6 A Biblical prophet lost in a haze on path 12 Frozen chamber (3,4) 13 Let heir appear disguised in a Victorian edges! (9) 7 Does ice break up Bishop's jurisdiction?! (7) artistic style! (3-10) 11 Nicer yarn revealed as incapable of being 15 G'mother begins with half trickery when wrong! (9) preaching the Christian gospel using a Greek 13 Has peak baffled people of non-Maori term! (7) 17 I a PHD, confused about green fly! (5) descent! (7) 19 Harken! Remove ark, chicken! (3) 14 Old and adequate, for instance! (7) 20 Trip cures distorted view of divinely inspired 16 Sages disturb vapours! (5) writing! (9) 18 Drabness ban removed for feminine clothing! 22 Eye infection mostly found in disturbed yeasts! (5) (5) 23 That lady starts to keenly explore large shops 21 Sue found a purpose! (3) using Israeli currency! (7)

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Marist Messenger June 2022 55 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Conrad Junge, Richard John Connell, Steve Swain, 18th Vin O’Neill, Dennis Remembering Our Charles Treland, 19th Patrick J Vaughan, Dead Terence Paul Crispin, Norrie Montague, 22nd Patty Seeto, Pauline Cullen Grubi, The Eucharist is celebrated each month by Ngaio Tyler, 23rd Stella Cordeiro, Anna the editor for those whose names occur in this Fuchs, 24th Julia McConnell, Lawrence list. To add a name, write or send an email to Patrick McKenna, 27th Lottie Clark, the secretary. Each name is published for Grahame Flowers, 28th Brian Casey, Bob three years, after which the name must be re- Callander, Sr Margaret Therese Kerins SM, submitted. Please, no more than three names 29th Margaret May Walsh, Margaret Boyle, at a time. John Coten , Josephine Fouhy, 30th Simon McGill, Robert Kavanagh, Euclid Da Recently Deceased: Gama, Mark O’Connor, Patrick Sweeney. Fr John Worthington S.M, Sr Marita Breen LCM, Michael Dodson, Robert (Bob) Oliver, Edward Banks, Kenneth James Gardiner In Memoriam: June 1st Sister Mary Loreto DOLC, Terence Bamford, 2nd Paul Carroll, Michael Petricevich, Raymond Edwards, 3rd Christine Lindstrom, Beryl Joyce Casey, 4th Valerie Woods, Shirley Furkert Smith, 5th Stephen Hardiman, Rosalie Jean Duncan, 6th Stephen McErlain, Norine Euphemia Peters, Una Phillips, 7th Frances Marion Carver, 8th Frank Green, Myra Hogan, Patricia Woods, Sister Christina Williams DOLC, 9th Ivy Fernandes, Joan Cutler, 10th Bill Phillips, Hannah Standish, Jim Pridgeon, Katherine Yvonne Mary (Kym) Will, Mike Hopkins, 11th Emmet Maloney, Sister Jane Williams DOLC, Margaret Lamont, Emeric Fonseca, 12th Sister Mary Justin Walsh DOLC, 14th Noelene Mary Manning, Leo Maher, Owen O’Neill, 16th Kathleen Phelan, 17th Michael Cleary,

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