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Advocate Mill Hill Missionaries
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Maasai herdsman on the open plains in Kenya
Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, God made their glowing colours, He made their tiny wings.
He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty, Who has made all things well. 2 Autumn 2018 From Hymns for Children by (Mrs) Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander (1848)
Advocate
Autumn 2018 Volume 58 No. 2 ST. JOSEPH’S ADVOCATE
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Mill Hill Missionaries Fr. Jim O’Connell Modern Printers, Kilkenny
CONTENTS From the Editor Remembering the dead The fear of birds August: WMOF God of another chance October Mission month Rejoice and be Glad Mill Hill News in brief Ordinations 2018
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Sr. Bernadette’s Award Ossory Farewell Letter Baswar Mission Obituary Fr. Paddy Neville Obituary Fr. Terry Gogarty Obituary Fr. Terry Lee Obituary Fr. Hugh Lee Obituary List
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Photo credits: Front cover: Maasai herdsman, Kenya. Photo: Daniel Foley Inside front: Photo: Fons Eppink Other photos: Fons Eppink, Gerry Hastie, Michael Ochwo, Matt Moran.
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Fr. Jim O’Connell, mhm
It is just over a year since we moved from Kilkenny to Dublin. The move was difficult both emotionally and physically for those of us involved. We had to bid farewell to our dedicated staff who had been with us for many years and to all the great people around Kilkenny who have been so much part of our lives and ministry there. To move oneself is one thing, but to transfer the office was another matter. Added to that was the clearing out and preparation of the house in Kilkenny for sale. So we are now set up here in our Mill Hill St. Joseph’s House in Dublin and, after some initial problems with computers, the office is functioning well. We are blessed with our three new office staff who work part-time. They were thrown in at the deep end last October and everything was new to them. The busy time in the office is from October 1st until March 31st. During that time, we have the Masses for the holy souls in November and the Christmas Triduum of Masses 2
in December, and the Novena to St. Joseph in March. We are very happy that you, our supporters, have stayed with us and managed to cope admirably with the transfer from Kilkenny to Dublin. The letters that poured into Kilkenny are now coming into our office here in Dublin with requests for prayers and Masses and with generous donations for our missions. We now have over 100 Mill Hill Missionary priests from Africa and Asia and around 200 students preparing for the priesthood. Some of our priests work in difficult and challenging areas: Northern Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya Coast, Northern India, D.R. Congo, Cameroon, Pakistan, the Philippines and Malaysia. With God’s grace and your spiritual and financial support, Christ’s mission goes on with this new generation of Mill Hill Missionaries. You can read what they write in the Advocate. They really appreciate Autumn 2018
your help and take good care to use wisely and well what they receive as they reach out to some of the neediest people in the world. We trust in St. Joseph’s care for them, for you, for us and for everyone. As our patron, we are all in his care. Looking back, we can see that St. Joseph has been with us all along the way. In 1932, Mill Hill moved to St. Joseph’s College, Freshford; in 1989, the move was from there to St. Joseph’s Convent on the Waterford Road in Kilkenny city. And our recent move was once again from St. Joseph’s to St. Joseph’s, as we are now set up in St. Joseph’s House in Dublin. We are grateful for St. Joseph’s care and protection and for the great devotion to St. Joseph that fills the hearts of so many of you who support us.
I will finish with a little story that Pope Francis told. Addressing a huge crowd in the Philippines in 2016 Pope Francis said: “I would like to tell you something very personal. I like St. Joseph very much; he is a strong man of silence. I have a statue in my room of St. Joseph sleeping. While sleeping he looks after us, looks after the Church; yes, he can do it; we know that. When I have a problem or difficulty, I write it on a piece of paper and I put it under his statue. He is a carpenter and he gets the job done, even though he sometimes makes you wait.” Later that year Pope Francis said: “now St. Joseph sleeps on a mattress of these notes and I am at peace and sleep well because I know that St. Joseph is protecting me and protecting the Church.” We can add that he is protecting each and every one of us.
The logo in this picture combines the names: ‘Mill Hill Missionaries’ and ‘St. Joseph’s Missionary Society (our official title). It presents Joseph with the staff as the protector of Jesus and Mary. In faint print in the background you can read the Mill Hill Motto in Latin and in English: ‘Amare et Servire’ - ‘To love and to serve’
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“Lord, for your faithful people, at death, life is changed, not ended. When the body of our earthly dwelling lies in death, we gain an everlasting dwelling place in Heaven.” (Preface of the Mass for the dead)
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“I am the Resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who believes in me will never die.” (Jn. 11:25-26)
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Jesus said to the man on the cross beside him: “This day you will be with me in paradise.”
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“Keep your gaze fixed on the crucified and Risen Christ: “He gives us hope and life. With him evil, suffering and death do not have the last word. The Cross is now a sign of love, hope and life.” (Pope Francis)
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“Through death, we go into the invisible kingdom where there is no
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“O, you are not lying in the wet clay. For it is a harvest evening now And we are piling up the ricks of hay against the moonlight And you smile at us eternally” (From Patrick Kavanagh’s poem about his mother)
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“Fold our loved ones, O Jesus, in your arms, and let them henceforth be messengers of love between our human hearts and thee. Amen”
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“May you discover that your loved one has not really left you, that there is a quiet presence that sustains you, that there is a hidden strength that will help you. Amen.”
November: honouring the memory of the dead During the month of November each of our priests throughout the world offers Holy Mass for all our deceased members and benefactors. In our Mill Hill St. Joseph’s House in Dublin, Holy Mass will be celebrated each day of November for deceased members and benefactors, especially for all those whose names are recorded in our ‘List of the Dead.’ You are kindly invited to send in the names of your dear departed loved ones.
Prayer for a happy death May God support us all day long, till the shadows lengthen and evening comes and the busy world is hushed and the fever of life is over and our work is done. Then in his mercy May he give us a safe lodging And a holy rest and peace at last. Amen. The photos show two sections of a stained glass window. The text at the base of the window reads: ‘St. Joseph, Patron of a Happy Death, pray for us’ The window depicts Joseph on his deathbed. Jesus is holding his hand and blessing him. Mary is praying and grieving close by. You may want to reflect on the scene and enter into it with hope and prayer. The same gentle loving Jesus is with each person on that final journey from this life to the heavenly peace that awaits us. At death ‘life is changed, not ended.’ The scene depicted in the window can bring much comfort, when we have to turn our thoughts to death or perhaps find ourselves grieving the loss of loved ones. Autumn 2018
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THE FEAR OF BIRDS: SARAWAK, MALAYSIA by Fr. Mathews Olili, mhm (Fr. Mathews is a young Mill Hill priest from Kenya working with the Iban people in Sarawak, Malaysia – Borneo. A ‘Longhouse’ is a house where many families live, each having its own entrance from a common verandah) “We have a big problem: a bird has flown into our house, please come and pray for us.” The seriousness with which Jaya uttered these words clearly indicated to me that it was not a laughing matter. Their house was still under construction and the bird in question had flown through the common veranda, made its way to the house through the door and went out through the open window. The ‘Longhouse’ folks, most of whom still followed the traditional religious practices, were convinced that this incident was a bad omen and therefore a sacrifice had to be offered. To appease the spirits, a cock had to be slaughtered; its blood mixed with rice wine and raw eggs and the mixture poured onto the ground. A feather had to be plucked from it, dipped in the blood, and put on top of food offerings. A portion of these offerings would then be placed on the roof for the spirits to feed on. 6
Hence, our Catholics found themselves in a dilemma: either to join them in the sacrifice – a practice incompatible with Catholic teachings – or refuse to get involved in this community activity and risk being accused of being the reason for disasters in the longhouse. It was for this reason that Jaya came to request that as the others offered sacrifice, the Christians in their longhouse would have Mass and a house blessing.
A LOCAL IBAN FABLE The fear of birds is still real and embedded in the culture of the indigenous communities that I serve here in Sarawak – the land of the hornbill, where traditional dances follow birds’ movements. A Local fable has it that one day the Great Spirit of the Sky called all the races before him and gave to each the gift of wisdom in the form of a letter. The Chinese, the Malay Autumn 2018
“We have a big problem: a bird has flown into our house, please come and pray for us.”
and the Iban people then set off to return to Sarawak. On their way, they came to a great river, swam across it, and their letters got wet. The Malay then hung his letter on a line to dry. Unfortunately, the ink began to run and that is why Malay writing is long and squiggly (Arabic script)! Seeing what had happened, the Chinese placed his letter flat on the ground, but some chickens walked all over it and that is why Chinese writing looks like the claw prints of a chicken. Seeing all this, the Iban placed his letter on the top of a bush, so that neither could the ink run nor could chickens be able to walk over it. However, the wind came and blew it up high into the air. The birds of the air came and played with it, pulling at it, tearing it and Autumn 2018
nibbling pieces of it until it was all gone – eaten by the birds! And that, says the myth, is why the Iban have no writing of their own and also why the Iban have to follow the bird omens, for in the birds lie their gift of wisdom. The bird, therefore, is believed to hold the wisdom and able to guide us, convey warnings and foretell future occurrences. It is therefore not unusual to hear of people not going on with their journeys or work on account of having heard the cry of particular birds. This explains, among other things, why burials are done in the mornings. In fact, traditionally, the body has to be taken to the place of burial before dawn, lest the birds ‘stop’ the burial activity. 7
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY INFLUENCE I am told of an occurrence during the times of the early missionaries in Kanowit. It was harvest time and the rice had done very well. However, the people could not harvest because each day as they set out to go to the field, they would hear a bird cry, and so they would go back home. However, their longhouse leader who had embraced Christianity decided to go ahead and harvest. Armed with cross and holy water, he went. The harvest was good. Not only did the whole ‘Longhouse’ rely on him for food, but also nothing bad happened to him. Seeing this, the whole ‘Longhouse’ became Christian.
A priest recently shared about the visit he made to Sarawak and how pleased the people of his old parish were to see him again. He related how one man had said to him: “Father, once I walked in fear of the birds, but then you came and I learned to make the Sign of the Cross, when I heard the birds, and I was no longer afraid. One day I will so trust Christ that I will no longer even have to make the Sign of the Cross” What faith this man had - faith that had enabled him to take the gift of wisdom away from the birds and free himself from fear of them.
Fr Mathews celebrating Mass in a Longhouse
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WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES 2018 When the World Meeting of Families 2018 is taking place (August 22-26), this Issue of St. Joseph’s Advocate will be with the printers. So we cannot carry anything on the event itself, but we can reflect on the significance of what is happening. The theme chosen for the gathering is: “The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World”. Hosting this event is a great honour and blessing for the Church in Ireland and the country itself. Held every three years, this major international event brings together families from across the world to celebrate, pray and reflect upon the central importance of marriage and the family as the cornerstone of our lives, of society and of the Church. A three-day congress starts on the 22nd. Each day will reflect on the theme: “The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World” chosen by the Holy Father and will include an enriching programme of keynote speakers, workshops, talks, testimonies and discussions. During these days there will also be an engaging and exciting programme for young people as well as fun activities for children. The Congress will include daily celebration of the Eucharist, prayerful activities, exhibitions, cultural events and music performances. Thousands of families and individuals from all over Ireland and the world are expected to attend. Sunday 26 August, WMOF 2018 will close with a solemn Mass. Pope Francis is due to attend on August 25th and 26th. This important and joyful international gathering has been preceded by a period of faith education, which had been prepared by the Church in Ireland for use by local Churches and across the world. The ‘Let’s talk about family’ Programme draws largely from the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia (‘The Joy of Love’), published by Pope Francis in March 2016, following the Synods on the family held in 2014 and 2015.
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GOD OF ANOTHER CHANCE Fr. Gerry Hastie, mhm, in the Formation Centre
by Fr. Gerard Hastie, mhm The back doors of many of the public transport minibuses here in Kenya are inscribed with words of inspiration or warning. One of these minibuses that plies its trade along the main road near our Formation Centre has ‘God of another chance’ in bold letters written across its back window. This took on a special meaning for me in June last year when I found myself helping a group of prisoners in Kimiti high security prison who were following a course entitled; ‘Introduction to scripture and theology’. Two of our students normally lead the
group but I was filling in for them while they were on holidays. One day I was there, we had been looking through the prophets and one of the prisoners (I’ll call him Gabriel), who had been there for more than twenty years, chose to study the prophet Ezekiel and in particular the passage on the vision of ‘dry bones’ found in 37:1-14. This passage is set in the time when the people of Judah are in exile in Babylon: they have lost their land, they have lost their king and they have Hands of mercy
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times and in different situations I have been challenged again and again to look at my own image of God: The G o d I claim to follow and the God I give witness to.
lost their temple. As Gabriel narrated, “the people knew that in some way they were responsible for their situation, and they were lost, broken, frightened and afraid. And it was in the depth of their misery that this vision of hope emerged: they realised that God was there, God had not abandoned them, they were not condemned forever and new life was possible.” As Gabriel concluded his reflection, he looked around at the other inmates and at me and said simply, ‘God is here’ and then he sat down. Gabriel, in his short reflection, gave witness to the God he had come to believe in. A God who, as Pope Francis reminds us again and again, is simply mercy: in God no one is condemned forever; Our God is always the God of another chance.
Two images dominate. One is ‘God’ as the divine accountant: he records in my account book both the debits and the credits and I have to hope that when my time comes I’ll be in credit. This ‘God’ has little room for second chances: debts have to be repaid and there is no room for error. And I’m sure at times this is the ‘God’ I’ve given witness to. The other God, however, is t h e God of mercy: The God who is like the father in the story of the ‘Prodigal Son’, who is waiting for his lost and broken child to come back so that he can simply run out and embrace him and offer him another chance.
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Looking back with Gratitude This God of mercy I have encountered in the lives of our students here in formation and also in my visits to them during their two-year mission placement. I have met this God in our students as they lived among the marginalised and landless tribal people in South Pakistan as well as the joy in the faces of the tribal people themselves. I met this God in the care given to a young dying woman on the coast of Kenya a n d in her smile and welcome. When I look back, all I can do is be grateful for the many opportunities I have had to meet this God. Ten years of formation work in which
I have accompanied students in their struggles and joys, I have had to learn to accept more and more, and work on, my own many struggles and joys. The students and my team members have often shown mercy to me and given me a second chance. I look around the Mill Hill world and see s o m a n y of o u r young missionaries serving generously with joy and happiness the people to whom they have been sent. I also hear so many stories of how they are witnessing to God’s mercy and have experienced that mercy from the people they serve. All this leaves me full of gratitude that ‘God is mercy’ - the God of another chance.
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October 2019 will be a special Missionary Month In 2019, the month dedicated to mission, October, will be different to previous years. It will mark the 100th anniversary of Benedict XV’s Encyclical Letter about Mission. It is considered to be the charter of modern mission.
make clear is that those responsible for organising this extraordinary month can choose how to do it according to their needs. What we will offer will be the material to inspire, provoke and stimulate reflection.”
In June, Pope Francis confirmed this initiative during a meeting with the participants at the assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies. The Pope will preside over some public events in Rome, but he wants every diocese to live this extraordinary month with absolute freedom.
Pope Francis wants this extraordinary missionary month to rest on these four elements. Firstly, he would like to see each Christian strengthen his or her personal encounter with Christ. Next, he hopes people will rediscover the value of the saints and martyrs. He also wants people to deepen doctrine and to practice charity. With these four elements Pope Francis wants people to get involved in a special way: “I want you to go outside. I want the Church out on the streets.”
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Holiness – as Pope Francis Sees it
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I like to contemplate the holiness present in the patience of God’s people: in those parents who raise their children with immense love, in those men and women who work hard to support their families, in the sick, in elderly Religious who never lose their smile. In their daily perseverance I see the holiness of God’s people. Very often it is a holiness found in our next-door neighbours, those who, living in our midst, reflect God’s presence. (7) The holiness to which the Lord calls you will grow through small gestures. (16)
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This does not mean ignoring the need for moments of quiet, solitude and silence before God. Quite the contrary ... How can we fail to realize the need to stop this rat race and to recover the personal space needed to carry on a heartfelt dialogue with God? (29)
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So often we say that God dwells in us, but it is better to say that we dwell in God, who enables us to dwell in his light and love. (51)
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We need to think of ourselves as an army of the forgiven. All of us have been looked upon with divine compassion. (82)
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dignity of a human life, which is always sacred and demands love for each person, regardless of his or her stage of development. Equally sacred, however, are the lives of the poor, those already born, the destitute, the abandoned and the underprivileged, the vulnerable infirm and elderly exposed to covert euthanasia, the victims of human trafficking, new forms of slavery, and every form of rejection. (101) l
Far from being timid, morose or melancholy, or putting on a dreary face, the saints are joyful and full of good humour. (122)
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Are there moments when you place yourself quietly in the Lord’s presence, when you calmly spend time with him, when you bask in his gaze. Do you let his fire inflame your heart? Unless you let him warm you more and more with his love and tenderness, you will not catch fire.” (151)
Holiness is rooted in the ordinary
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Mill Hill Mission
News in Brief
The Hongi, Maori salutation
Maori Mission, New Zealand, since 1886 (132 years) General Superior, Michael Corcoran, mhm, visited New Zealand and our four remaining Mill Hill Missionaries there. Fr. Anselm Aherne from Belgooly, Co. Cork, is one of the four. Being with our missionaries and the leaders of the Local Church in Auckland, Michael was greatly encouraged by the immense contribution Mill Hill has made especially to the Maori mission – a feeling of mission accomplished to be carried on by another generation of Church personnel including some now coming from the Pacific Islands, Fiji, Samoa and the Philippines. The Maori peoples as Michael learnt do not come in great numbers to the special Maori Centres with the exception of big occasions. The Maori mission still remains fragile as it faces the challenges of the present times even though there have been a number of Maori priests and one Maori bishop and dedicated lay ministers. The abiding impression Michael got from his visit and looking back to our presence in New Zealand since 1886, was the deep concern our missionaries had for the Maori people, their welfare, social and spiritual, and how their best interests might be served with the many changes taking place.
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South Sudan Fr. Andrew Mukulu, of our General Council, paid a visit to Juba, South Sudan, following the appointment of Fr. Emmanuel Omollo and Fr. Michael Ochwo to the Archdiocese of Juba. They have been appointed by the Archbishop to take responsibility for the sub-parish (Holy Rosary) in Buluk which is right in the middle of Juba city. Buluk subparish has a very vibrant community with an active lay participation. South Sudan continues to experience instability with many pockets of insecurity in different parts of the country, but despite this, Andrew was glad to note that our Members have hit the ground running through familiarising themselves with all aspects of their
Fr. Emmanuel and Fr. Michael (right)
new mission. The community at Holy Rosary Church, Buluk, has received them warmly and assisted them in every way. Due to the war situation in some parts of the country, Juba is home to many refugees who have been displaced from their rural homesteads. They find the Church to be a source of solace in the midst of their pain and struggle. Emmanuel and Michael have an important part to play in this ministry of bringing consolation to the many who are displaced. We continue to pray for our mission there and for the people of South Sudan as a country.
South West and North West Cameroon: Fear Reigns The people and priests in South West and North West Cameroon (English speaking) need our prayers. Some of our Mill Hill Members are in that area and while they are safe, they have found themselves caught up in the troubles and witnessed the violent clashes there.
Church in Ilung, West Cameroon
“Since the country’s independence (1960), English-speaking Cameroonians have accused the French-speaking authorities of marginalizing them, claiming that the authorities in Yaoundé impose the French language and traditions in courts, public offices and schools. For years the English-speaking provinces have asked for more space for their customs and habits and have demanded greater autonomy. Starting in 2016, demonstrations due to discontent have become more frequent. On October 1st, 2017, there was a push to declare the independence of the two English-speaking provinces from Cameroon and the birth of the Republic of Ambazonia. Autumn 2018
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This caused an increase in tension in the two provinces. Bloody clashes increased between separatists and law enforcement officials with hundreds of victims and many people were injured. According to the United Nations, 160,000 English-speaking Cameroonians have left their homes to seek refuge in other areas of Cameroon or abroad (especially in Nigeria). “Most of them – reads a UN report – live in the bush with little to get by”. (Agenzia Fides, 29/5/2018) Cameroon’s Catholic Bishops Conference denounced the violence in a statement dated May 16 2018: ‘the situation is marked by blind, inhumane, monstrous violence and a radicalisation of positions.’
The Philippines General Councillor Jimmy Lindero, mhm, visited the Philippines in December 2017 where our Members continue to do valuable missionary work, be it in a traditional parish setup or doing Society jobs in various capacities. Fr. Fred Marmolejo has formally begun organising the Friends of Mill Hill with the aim of building up groups of local supporters for the mission. During Jimmy’s visit to Casay, the Parish Pastoral Team celebrated a catechetical day program which was attended by hundreds of children from different public schools in the barrios. In Turda, Jimmy witnessed the vibrant and active Basic Ecclesial (Christian) Communities. The highlight was the Thanksgiving Mass celebrated in the village’s basketball court, followed by a communal meal, singing and dancing which lasted until midnight. The Mill Hill students (on Pastoral experience) from India, Cameroon and Kenya are playing an important part in 18
Fr. Jimmy Lindero, mhm, with parishioners
highlighting the international character of Mill Hill in the Philippines and in challenging the local churches to be open to missionary work. Fr. Mario Dimapilis, mhm, wrote in June: “I am sorry to have to report on the news of the killing of another Catholic priest in the Philippines, where many outrageous evil acts are becoming the order of the day. This was the fourth Catholic priest to be killed in six months.” Our Mill Hill members in the Philippines are safe but extremely worried about the violence and loss of life that is happening all too often these days. Autumn 2018
9 Mill Hill Ordinations 2018 Elvis Mbangsi Suuh was ordained priest on 3rd February 2018 in St Jude’s Parish, Fundong, by Michael Bibi, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bamenda. He has been appointed to the Diocese of Miri, Malaysia.
Robin Rainu Ram was ordained priest on 13th May 2018 in Ekamba Parish, Jashpur District, by Emmanuel Kerketta, Bishop of the Diocese of Jashpur. He has been appointed to Baswar, Diocese of Ambikapur, India.
John Paul Bangsi was ordained priest on 3rd February 2018 in St Jude’s Parish, Fundong, by Michael Bibi, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bamenda. He has been appointed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay, the Philippines.
Mathew Juma Ongany was ordained priest on 28th April in Consolata Catholic Church, Likoni by Martin Kivuva Musonde, Archbishop of Mombasa. He has been appointed to the Diocese of Kroonstad, South Africa.
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Chanikya Kodati was ordained priest on 9th April 2018 in Vijayawada by Joseph Raja Rau Thelagathoti, Bishop of the Diocese of Vijayawada. He has been appointed to Ambikapur, Diocese of Bishunpur, India.
Mark Owor was ordained priest by Emmanuel Obbo, Archbishop of Tororo. The date and venue have still to be arranged. He has been appointed to the Diocese of Kotido, Uganda.
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Alexander Toaghang Kimbi was ordained priest on 9th February 2018 in St. Agnes’ Parish, Mbesa by Michael Bibi, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bamenda. He has been appointed to the Diocese of Malindi, Kenya.
Placide Elias Batondobi was ordained priest on 15th July 2018 in St. Pierre et Paul Cathedral, Diocese of Basankusu, Democratic Republic of Congo by Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku, Bishop of the Diocese of Basankusu. He has been appointed to the Archdiocese of Douala, Cameroon.
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Thomas Ngong Nteban was ordained priest on 26th May 2018 in St. Joseph’s Parish, Djottin, Diocese of Kumbo, Cameroon, by Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon, Bishop of the Diocese of Kumba. He has been appointed to Luanda, Diocese of Kakamega, Kenya.
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‘WiRED’ honours Sr. Bernadette and Lillian by Matt Moran (Edited for the Advocate)
(You will be familiar with Sr. Bernadette Nealon from various articles in St. Joseph’s Advocate. She is the Director of Pandipieri Catholic Centre in Kisumu town, Western Kenya and has been running the ‘Community HealthCare Programme’ for many years. Sr. Bernadette is from Limerick and is a Franciscan Missionary of St. Joseph – a congregation closely associated with the Mill Hill Missionaries.)
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Sister Bernadette Nealon, fmsj, and Ms. Lillian Dajoh, were honoured with a very special award by ‘WiRED International’ for outstanding work and leadership as the organisers of the Community Healthcare Programme in Pandipieri, Kisumu town, Western Kenya. ‘WiRED International’ is a non-profit organisation based in the United States; it provides programs, equipment and coordinated health education. Over the years, the organization has opened facilities in 15 countries. The organization serves remote regions and the poorer areas in towns and cities. All resources are cost free to users. Great Praise for Sr. Bernadette Professor Gary Selnow, Executive Director of ‘WiRED International’ said: “I have been working with Sr. Bernadette and the staff at Pandipieri since 2002, and I have seen the remarkable outcomes of her dedication first hand. She is a
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blessing to the Kenyan people and a testament to the extraordinary impact one person can have on the lives of so many disadvantaged people. In addition to the larger impact she has had by way of the Pandipieri organization, she has demonstrated the power of helping people one-to-one. On several occasions, I have seen her reach into her purse and generously give her own money to a mother who needed medications for her child and to a young man who needed transport to the hospital. She has a paltry income and yet she shares it so freely with the neediest in the community. Sr. Bernadette has inspired my own work to provide health training in low-resource regions around the world. From my viewpoint, her generosity of heart and her dedication to helping others serve as remarkable examples of the very best of the human spirit.” Professor Gary points out that “our programme in Kisumu would never
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have materialised or expanded without Sr. Bernadette and her team. They have made WiRED’s community health training programme a success beyond our imagination.” Fighting poverty and promoting justice Pandipieri Catholic Centre was set up by a Mill Hill Missionary, Fr. Hans Burgman, who is now retired in the Netherlands. The Centre is dedicated to fighting poverty and promoting social justice, placing special emphasis on investing in children, youth, women, and other vulnerable members of the community. In the neighbourhoods around the Centre, most people live in shacks, often without any future prospects. Pandipieri programmes improve the living conditions of residents in the slums and provide assistance to thousands of residents, using the power of their own community. Its vision is “the Gospel fully at work creating a united Kisumu community bonded together through solidarity, spirituality and neighbourhood ministry.”
in the Archdiocese of Kisumu” she says, and “was asked to work in the informal settlements. I was shocked at the living conditions of the people, but I was overjoyed at their joyfulness, spontaneity and the care they gave to those in need from the little they had.” When, as then Chairman of Misean Cara, I visited Pandipieri in October 2014, I planted a tree as a symbol of growth and renewal. As that tree grows bigger and stronger, it is wonderful to see the evolution and growth that continues at the Centre that provides a diverse programme of health and social services for the poor and marginalised. Warm congratulations to Sr. Bernadette and Lillian on the award recognising and honouring them for their work. (Acknowledgements and thanks to Matt Moran who is author of the book – ‘The Legacy of Irish Missionaries Lives On’ – which is available online from www. onstream.ie and in Veritas bookshops)
Since 2002, Sr. Bernadette uses WiRED’s health education programmes to train community health workers, who, in turn, train community members in homebased care for bed-ridden clients and also trains people who are caring for children at home. Sr. Bernadette arrived in Kenya in 1998 to work with disadvantaged communities. “I came to work
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Letter from the Diocese of Ossory (Kilkenny) to the Mill Hill Missionaries
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Baswar Mission – My first Love, by Fr. Arul Nirmal Raj, mhm.
“Restore your first Love” (Rev. 2: 4) (Fr. Nirmal is a young Mill Hill priest from India, who has worked in the parish of Baswar (India), which has featured a number of times in St. Joseph’s Advocate and has been helped spiritually and financially by our readers. Here we get a reflection from Nirmal on his time there) I am following a religious formation ministry programme in Dublin and staying with my Mill Hill Missionary community in Rathgar. As I am doing my course here I am reflecting on my life. Always in the back of my mind, my first missionary experience travels around and gives me more courage to do God’s mission. I still remember the day when I stepped into my first mission at Baswar, India. Things were not easy. I had to get settled into a new place, with new people, a new language and 24
culture; everything was new to me as I was in a new world. It was not easy to travel; there was no proper transport, no proper roads, and no electricity either. I took courage and slowly started to discover the beauty of the newness in everything and fell in love with the place, the people and everything in the mission in such a way that I can now say: “My first mission is always my first love” - and we read in the Bible: “Restore your first love”. (Revelation 2: 4)
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“Lay down your lives for the people” I will always love Baswar Mission and after leaving the place I support the mission with my spirit, with my prayers every day. The saying goes: ‘first love is pure and sincere’. In my life it has become true of Baswar mission. Again we read: “lay down your lives for the people.” (1 Jn. 3:16) When we have the experience of God’s love in our mission we really give up our life and work hard for God’s kingdom especially when we share God’s love with the people whom we are working with and taking care of as God’s flock. I witnessed these biblical statements come true with Fr. Suresh, the director of Baswar mission. He has become a role model for my missionary Journey.
When we take care of God’s flock, God’s blessings are there abundantly on us; I am feeling that with Baswar mission. The mission was started in the month of June 2012. Now it is only six years old, but the faith of the people and God’s love for the people has reached to thousands of people with different faiths. They started to visit the mission for their spiritual needs and blessings from Our Lady of Good Health. She is the patron of Baswar mission. Her statue is there. I witnessed crowds coming every year during the feast of Our Lady on the 8th of September and on every second Sunday of the month for the Charismatic prayer services.
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St. Joseph will help us We also have a statue of St. Joseph which was blessed by our Bishop, Patras Minj, during last year’s feast. And we need St. Joseph’s help. With all the marvellous blessings we still lack the proper land document, but we have the hope that St. Joseph will help us to have it soon. I personally have a strong faith and belief that this will happen. When our founder Cardinal Herbert Vaughan wanted to buy a house in Mill Hill, he was not able to do so, but he strongly believed St. Joseph would guide and help him and at last he received the blessing from St. Joseph to buy the house for his first students. We believe strongly that St. Joseph will bless our needs too. We have a statue of St. Joseph (photo on page 24).
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The Dressmaking programme has been supported by your donations
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You, the readers of St. Joseph’s Advocate, have been supporting Baswar Mission with your prayers and generous donations which have enabled us to develop the Mission and start a number of projects in the parish: a religious education programme, a school with three classrooms, a hostel for the school children, a health education programme, a course in home economics, a programme on women’s rights and security and one on tailoring/ dressmaking, as well as one on cooking. I pray that ‘Our Lady of Good Health’ will bless you all abundantly and that you will continue to support Baswar Mission.
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In memory of
Fr. Patrick Neville, mhm Fr. Patrick (Paddy) Neville, mhm, died on Sunday the 31st of December 2017, in Dublin, aged 90. Fr. Patrick was born on 16th March 1927 in Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland to Patrick and Mary Neville. He had six brothers and three sisters. He was educated at Presentation College, Cobh, and at St. Joseph’s College, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny. In 1946, he joined the first group of students to study philosophy in Roosendaal after the war. In 1948 he went to Mill Hill, London, where he studied theology. On 13th July 1952, he was ordained priest by Archbishop Matthews in Mill Hill. Following his ordination, Patrick took up teaching appointments, first in Lochwinnoch and then in Freshford. In 1955, he was appointed to Kampala, where once again he found himself in education. He was Headmaster at Budini, Prefect of Studies at Nyenga Seminary, Headmaster at Jinja College, Principal at Ggaba Teacher Training College, Headmaster at St. Peter’s in Nsambya, and finally, Founder and – for a brief period – Principal of Kamuli College, Namasagali. The time spent in Uganda, wrote Patrick, was the happiest time of his life. In 1967, Patrick was re-appointed to the teaching staff in Lochwinnoch. Then a new chapter opened in Patrick’s life. In 1970, he was appointed to the USA to do mission appeals for the Society and Autumn 2018
the many dioceses with which the Society was associated. From 1975, residing in Courtfield, he served as Diocesan Organiser for APF-Mill Hill in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. From 1979, residing in Burn Hall, he did the same work in the Diocese of Middlesbrough. Following this 11-year period of mission animation and appeals, Patrick received permission to do pastoral work in the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. In late 1992, he returned to the APF-Mill Hill, first in the Diocese of Leeds and Hallam (residing in Freshfield), and then in the Archdiocese of Westminster (residing in St Joseph’s College, Mill Hill). In March 1997, following a long and active life in the service of the Society and its mission, Patrick moved to Herbert House, Freshfield, England. From there, in April 2001, he moved to retirement in our house in Dublin. In his last few years, he had a number of health problems. He was admitted to St James Hospital, Dublin, on 16th November 2017 and died there on the 31st December. Following a Mass in St Joseph’s House, Dublin, on January 3rd, his remains were taken to his native Cobh for a funeral Mass the following day in St Colman’s Cathedral. Paddy was laid to rest in the nearby cemetery. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam dilis 27
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Fr. Terrence Gogarty, mhm Fr. Terrence (Terry) Gogarty, mhm, died on Thursday, 15th March 2018, in Dublin, Ireland, aged 81. Terry was born on the 21st of June 1936 at Donnybrook, Dublin. Terry had two sisters Betty and Joan who predeceased him. He grew up in Naas, Co. Kildare, and from 1949 to 1955, he was in Freshford for his secondary education. He went to Roosendaal, The Netherlands, to study philosophy, and to St Joseph’s College, Mill Hill, London for theology. He was ordained priest on the 9th of July 1961 at Mill Hill by Cardinal Godfrey. After his ordination Terry was appointed to Kenya to work among the Maasai people in Ngong Diocese. He spent his entire missionary life there; an impressive 49 years. He learned both the Maasai language and Swahili, Kenya’s national language. Due to the nomadic life-style, so characteristic of the Maasai people, Terry, in his early years, chose to invest his energy in being with them, trekking from place to place for pasture for their cattle. Terry was very much in the Biblical style of the shepherd in the midst of his flock. On the occasion of his Golden Jubilee the Superior General wrote in his letter to Terry: “You spent your many gifts and energy on developing and appreciating the Maasai culture, language and spiritual life with the intention of helping them to recognise Christ already in their midst.” 28
In 2010 it was time to retire, and Terry was appointed to St Joseph’s House, Rathgar, Dublin. He took to retirement very graciously. Once he was settled, he walked the grounds and went on occasions to the local park. He usually wore Maasai beads. As his physical health continued to decline he went to Orwell House Nursing Home in April 2014, where he received the care he needed. His gentle manner, sense of humour, big smile and non-complaining ways endeared him to the staff. On Friday May 13th 2016 he appeared in a front page photograph of one of our national newspapers with the title “Chilled out: Enjoying the Dublin sun with ice cream cones” as he sat in the garden of Orwell House Nursing Home with his straw hat on together with two 95-year-old ladies; all three were enjoying an ice cream. In January of this year Terry was hospitalised with pneumonia and flu. He pulled through, but was never quite the same afterwards. On Monday 11th of March he received the sacrament of the sick and he died early in the morning on Thursday 15th of March. Terry’s funeral Mass took place in St. Joseph’s House on March 20th and he was laid to rest in the Mill Hill plot in Bohernabreena cemetery. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam dilis Autumn 2018
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Fr. Terry Lee, mhm Fr. Terry Lee died on Friday morning, 27th April 2018, in Calvary Hospital, the Bronx, New York, aged 85. Terry was born on 4th November 1932 in Cootehill, Co. Cavan. He had seven brothers and three sisters. One of his brothers, Hugh, also joined the Mill Hill Missionaries and died a week after Terry, as you will see in Obituary on the next page. From 1946 to 1951 he followed secondary education at our college in Freshford. Then he went to Roosendaal to study Philosophy for two years. During the following four years he studied Theology in St Joseph’s College, Mill Hill, London. He was ordained on 7th July 1957 by William Cardinal Godfrey. After ordination Terry was appointed to study for a degree in Agriculture at University College Cork. After three years in Cork the course was transferred to Dublin. He complemented this degree with a one-year course leading to a Diploma in Higher Education in 1963. He was then appointed for three years to the teaching staff of our college in Freshford. Following this he was appointed to North America where he spent the next 52 years, almost his entire missionary life. He worked in St. Louis for eleven years, and subsequently served in Los Angeles and in New York. Most of these years he was appointed to Society positions as rector, regional bursar, and consultor. In 1995 he Autumn 2018
was elected Regional Representative and was re-elected to this post in 1998. Terry dedicated most of his time to work that was vital to the Society’s mission worldwide, in particular mission animation and fund-raising, but he also took great interest in pastoral work, which was appreciated by priests and people. The zeal with which Terry applied himself to all his work is summed up aptly in the words to be found in a General Council visitation report: “I found Terry genuinely interested in his work and ready to do for the Society whatever he can”. In the last few years Terry’s health had started to decline and he was admitted to hospital in 2016. He suffered from cancer. Immunotherapy held the cancer in check for a while, but did not eliminate it. Last year he celebrated his Diamond Jubilee and despite advancing age and illness remained active and enthusiastic in his role as rector and in pastoral work. Terry’s wake was held in the Bronx, NY, and his Funeral Mass was celebrated at St Margaret of Cortona Church, Riverdale, the Bronx, followed by cremation. Terry’s ashes were brought to Ireland for interment in the Mill Hill plot in Bohernabreena Cemetery in Dublin after a memorial Mass at St. Joseph’s House (Mill Hill) in Dublin. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam dilis 29
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Fr. Hugh Lee, mhm Fr. Hugh Lee, mhm, died on Saturday morning, 5th May 2018, in Tearmainn Bhride Nursing Home, Athlone, Co. Roscommon, aged 86. Hugh was born on the 19th June 1931 in Cootehill, Co. Cavan. He had seven brothers and three sisters. One brother, Fr Terry, who also became a Mill Hill Missionary, died just a week before Hugh, on 27 April; you can read his Obituary on the previous page. Hugh did his secondary education from 1946 to 1951 in Freshford after which he left for Roosendaal, The Netherlands, where he studied Philosophy from 1951 to 1954. He continued his formation in Mill Hill, London, where he studied Theology from 1954 to 1958. He was ordained to the priesthood on 13 July 1958 by Cardinal Godfrey. After his ordination Hugh was appointed to Slingerlands, USA, for vocations promotion and office work. In 1961, he was appointment to Pakistan, where he spent the next 23 years of his life as teacher, headmaster, parish priest and bishop’s secretary. During his time as Bishop’s Secretary, he began work on getting land and building the Fatima Church and the Priests’ House in Islamabad. This was completed in October 1979 when he took up residence there. He also served the Englishspeaking community in Islamabad during his time as Bishop’s Secretary. 30
On the occasion of his Silver Jubilee as a priest, the Superior General expressed his admiration for the way Hugh and his fellow Mill Hill Missionaries were engaging in the missionary work “with the accompanying hardships of climate and limited response.” In 1985 Hugh was appointed to Belfast as assistant priest. This was during a difficult period with much political tension and upheaval. He was made administrator of St. Mary’s parish in Belfast in 1987. In 1989 Hugh took part in a sabbatical programme in Spokane, USA. He was appointed to Dublin a year later and in 1991 became assistant priest in the parish of Kiltoom and Cam near Athlone, with responsibility for Curraghboy, where he resided. He went on to serve there in Elphin Diocese for almost 27 years. Last year he was diagnosed with cancer, and in February of this year he retired for health reasons. His health continued to deteriorate and he was admitted to the nursing home. Hugh’s funeral Mass took place in St. Brigid’s church, Curraghboy, and he was laid to rest in the parish cemetery. In a letter bishop Doran of Elphin Diocese expressed his gratitude to Hugh and spoke of “the tremendous service and faithful witness” that Hugh had given all these years. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam dilis Autumn 2018
Obituary List (Up until July 1st, 2018)
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on the souls of: Fr. Paddy Neville, MHM. Fr. Terry Gogarty, MHM. Fr. Terry Lee, MHM. Fr. Hugh Lee, MHM. Sr. Bridie O’Connell, Sister of Fr. Jim O’Connell, MHM. Canon Tom Murphy, uncle of Fr. Philip O’Halloran, MHM. John Henry Grier, brother of Fr. Matt Grier, MHM. Brendan Lee, brother of the late Frs. Terry and Hugh Lee, MHM. Geoff Doyle, uncle of Fr. Gerald Doyle, MHM. Sr. Eithne McCarthy, FMSJ, Sister of Sr. Ursula, FMSJ.
Members Very Rev. Benedict O’Callaghan. Rev. John Leogue P.P. Fr. Joseph Campion. Sr. Carmel O’Leary. Sr. Lelia Boyle. Sr. Evangelista Hynds. Sr. Goretti Doyle. Sr. Finbarr Hickey. Sr. Catherine M O’Callaghan. Sr. Joseph Martha. Sr. Betty O’Shea. Kay Barry. Nora Bartley. Julia Bedrich. Nora Beecher, Maureen Bloomer. Patrick Brogan. Maureen Brosnan. Bridie Browne. Christy Browne. Marian Buckley. John Byrne. Richard Byrne. Gerry Cantillon. Rose Carlin. Anna Casey. Mrs. Chandley. Bridget Chapman. Jim Collins. John Connor. Paddy Conway. Rita Cooke. Mary Cresham. James Autumn 2018
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O b i t u a r y L i s t contd. Members Sadie Kearney. Bridie Kelleher. Brian Kelly. Josephine Kelly. Brendan Keogh. Teresa Keogh. Elizabeth Kilcullen. Anna Kirwan. Jimmy Knox. Brigid Larkin. Annie Leddy. Marie Lennon. Ann Ludden. Edith Lyall. Maria Magahran. Seamus Malone. Margaret McBarron. Brigid McCabe. Bridget McCarthy. James McCarthy. Brigid McCloskey. Christina McDonald. Bridie McDonnell. Eileen McGeehan. Bea McGorry. Hugh & Ann McGovern. Margaret McGuire. Maura McNamara. Hannah McSweeney. Kathleen Mohan. Mary Mohan. Mary Mooney. Catherine Moore. Kathleen Moore. Ann Moynagh. Nora Murphy. Philip Murphy. Timothy Murphy. Dan Murray. Mary Murray. John Murtagh. Brigid Nolan. Josephine Nolan. Sarah Nolan. Nora Noonan.
Monica O’Brien. Elizabeth O’Callaghan. Kathleen O’Connell. Mary O’Dea. John O’ Doherty. Teresa O’Donnell. Michael O’Donoghue. Peggy O ’Dwyer. P O’Flaherty. Nellie O’Gorman. Traoiac O’Gorman. Paul O’Grady. Mary Joe O’Halloran. Bridget O’Neill. Eileen O’Neill. Maura Power. Teresa Power. Sean Quinn. M. E. Raftery. Maureen Reidy. Anne G Reilly. Brigid Avitus Reynolds. Agnes Ryan. Bridget Ryan. Mary Ryan. Mary Catherine Ryan. Tom Roche. Margaret Scott. Bernadette Sheehan. Cathleen Sheehy. Margaret Sheridan. Kitty Skehan. Margaret Slavin. Elizabeth B. Sullivan. Eileen Tonge. Kathleen Walsh. Philomena Walsh. Margaret Walsh. Angela Ward. Mollie Webb. Bernadette Whelan. E. White. Mary Williams.
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