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March 2021
Dan McErlean Bryan McSweeney
12 Werona Street email:julieandb@iprimus.com.au
Sunnybank Qld 4109
Dear Old Boys
St Mary’s College began the 2021 School Year with the arrival of our new Principal Brendan Stewart,
enrolments now 940, including an additional Year (5) Class. Then the Blessing and Opening of the Edmund
Rice Cultural Centre, which overlooks the Brother Frank Rodgers Sports Fields on the corner of Hill and Helen
Streets, was officially opened on Tuesday 2/2/2021
The building caters for full College assemblies, provides state of the art lecture rooms for educational purposes
and learning demonstrations and has tiered seating arrangements. The fit out includes a Kitchen area and an
Archives display which depicts the great history of St Mary’s College. The lower floor includes a gymnasium,
weights room, as well as students change room facilities, and leads out directly to the Sports Fields.
Yes Boys – It’s On, The next meeting of the Brisbane Sub-Branch of the Toowoomba (St Mary’s)
Brothers Old Boys’ Association will be held on Friday 26 March 2021 from 11:30am in “Harlequin
Jacks” Bistro in the Sofitel Hotel situated above Central Station.
Please remember in your prayers Old Boys and Friends of the College recently deceased:
Life Member Rev Fr James Byrne (1949-1953) the second son of the late Dick and Moreen Joyce (Fitzpatrick)
Byrne and brother of Anne, Patrick, Redmond, Denis and Mary Frances.
Rev Brother Gary Ferguson (1951-1956).
Rev Brother B.P.McCrossan – St Joseph’s College Staff 1982 and St Mary’s College 1983-1984.
Life Member Brien Dunne (1942-1948) husband of Patricia (Roney) & father of Stephen, Maree, Rosie,
Michael, John and Bernard and brother of Sister Regis Mary AM.
Life Member Jim Mullins (1942-1948) husband of Fay brother of Mary, Joe & John (all dec), Patrick & Brian
Life Member Kevin Killoran husband of Colleen (Scott), brother of Jack and Brian (dec), Patricia & Carmel.
Life Member John Orford (Scholarship 1947) husband of Glenda (Carroll) father of Natalie, Mark, Paul and
Grant and brother of Eric Neil (dec), Ian, Gae, and Margaret.
Life Member Daniel Reilly (1939-1946) husband of Carmel (Carmichael).
Denis Healy (1946-1948) husband of June (dec) & father of Graham and Peter.
Colin Meneely husband of Moya (dec) father of Monsignor Peter, Jan Maree (Brennan) and John.
Terrance Michael (Terry) Muller husband of Annie, father of Joel and Andrew and brother of Lorraine
(Fraser), Noel, and Trevor(dec) .
Also please remember in your prayers a number who are unwell or recovering from surgery: John Arndell,
Tim Coonan, Colin Green, Gail (Rosenthal) Mahon, Wally Nugent, Joe Short, Bob Sullivan, Philip
Stephens, Grahame Swenson, Kevin Garrett, Syl Stower, Max Winter, Jim Hannant, and Bevan Zeller.
Annual Membership Fee ($10.00) for Calendar Year 2021 is now due / or
Life Memberships are available (Fee $100.00)
Cheques for Membership should be made payable to the “Toowoomba Brothers Old Boy’s Association”
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Cheques as donations towards the Indoor Sports Complex should be made payable to
‘Br. Baptiste O’Sullivan Building Fund’.
Bryan McSweeney: Brisbane Branch President: Mobile 0420 565 712
Dan McErlean: Secretary: Ph (07) 3345 4404
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Late in 2020 two of our long serving Life Members, When Dan retired in 1992 he had served (45) years
Daniel William Reilly and Brian Regis Dunne, with the Commonwealth Bank in a career which had
passed to Eternal Life. Their occupations were seen him working hard and often long hours, and
somewhat different, Dan a Bank Officer and Brian a being recognised for his loyalty to his employer and
Railway Engine Driver. respected across the organisation.
Daniel Reilly (24/11/1930 – 19/9/2020) Carmel & Dan then returned to Queensland and
Dan Reilly was the settled in Carindale where they lived until the last
youngest of five children year or so when they moved into St Luke’s Green in
and the only son of his Buranda. Dan enjoyed his involvement with Probus
parents Daniel & Rose and as Co-ordinator of the Brisbane Sub-Branch of
Reilly. He was lovingly our Toowoomba (St Mary’s) Old Boys Association
doted upon by his four for some (20) years.
sisters Pat, Maureen,
Phyllis and Eileen. He was well versed in current affairs and had a great
record and CD collection. Dan was a man generous in
His early education years spirit and generous with his time and the couple had a
were spent at St Saviour’s huge influence on the lives of his extended family Jim
Convent where he was and Kim (Carmichael) and their children Jake, Bronte
joined by life long friends (Fr) Pat Hall, Kevin Garrett and Isaac, sharing in birthday parties, life milestones,
and Kevin Bartenstein. In 1939 his Class Group regular bar-be-ques and numerous trips around
enrolled at St Mary’s College in Grade 2 to be taught Brisbane and Sydney.
by Rev Bro J.A. Geraghty. The Principal was Rev
Bro J. Levander. Astute, Quiet and Unassuming and with a strength of
character to which people seemed to be attracted, Dan
A keen member of football teams and a very good was always ready to offer support. A ‘Good Guy’
student, Dan completed Junior in 1946. He had a who will be dearly missed, he passed away on
number of opportunities; but elected to join the 19/9/20 and was laid to rest on 25/9/20 after a Mass
Commonwealth Bank after successfully passing their of Thanksgiving offered by Rev Fr Varghese at St
examination. Other classmates –Leo Bailey, Frank Luke’s Church, Buranda.
Deighton, Philip Stevenson and Sylvester Stower
were appointed to positions in the CBA that year. Brien Regis Dunne (29/10/1933 –
After work he enjoyed games of tennis with Luke 14/10/2020)
Dillon, Les Stephson and others. Brien Dunne a 1942-1948
student passed away on the
Dan was selected to join the Bank’s State Inspection 14/10/2020 and Old Boys
Staff for a few years and coincidentally, at around this of that era will recall that
same time there was another Bank Officer travelling his mother Mrs Denny
the State, teaching Staff how to use a range of Dunne was the maker of
accounting machines. She was Carmel (Carmichael) the Debutante cakes for the
and the two often met up at various Branches, as they Annual Brothers Old Boys’
cris/crossed Queensland. Eventually they tied the Balls. His sister; Sister
knot, on a very wet weekend in 1963 at the Sacred Regis Mary AM was a well
Heart Catholic Church in Sandgate. known Sister of Mercy at
the Mater Hospital,
Late that year they were posted to Mount Isa and 15 Brisbane.
months later were appointed to Toowoomba and then On leaving St Mary’s Brien commenced work with
Brisbane. The next move was to Sydney where he the Queensland Railway Department as a cleaner and
worked his way up to a very Senior position, then fireman on steam locomotives in Toowoomba,
eventually leading the Bank’s Personnel Division. before moving on to the diesel era when transferred to
Central Queensland in the early 1960’s. Here he
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drove diesel locomotives, triple headers, hauling coal born on the 3rd July 1934 in Gatton, the son of
trains on the ever-expanding rail network from farmers Jack and Minnie Healy.
centres like Blackwater to coastal ports. In 1942, Jack decided to sell the family farm and
lease a hotel in Toowoomba which the family
On the 11/10/1958 he was married to Patricia Roney eventually bought. That hotel was the Gladstone
by Rev Fr Peter Murphy in their Parish Church, Holy Hotel in Ruthven Street. Denis attended at St. Mary’s
Name. The bridal party was Val (Roney) McErlean, College from 1942 - 1947 and was a schoolmate of
Barbara (Littleton) Butler, John Morris (Best Man) Father Hal Ranger as well as other prominent people
and Les McKee (Groomsman). The couple were like Henry Wagner.
blessed with (6) children – Michael, John, Bernard,
Stephen, Maree and Rosie. His brothers-in-law are Jack Healy died in 1954, just a few months before his
Old Boys Ron and Allan Roney. son Denis was due to marry the love of his life, June
Henry. They were married in St Patrick’s Cathedral
A Life Member of our Association, Brien worked later that year.
hard to achieve successive Railway promotions and
often rostered on for shift-work away from home. He Denis, his new wife and his mom who most people
was ever thankful of the role Patricia played as a good knew as Ma Healy, started running a business that
care-giver when he was absent so much. would become legendary in the hotel industry in
Toowoomba.
He unconditionally supported his family to achieve
their education, something he missed out on going to Two years later in 1956 Graham was born and second
work at an early age when his father was disabled in son Peter in 1959 – both St Mary’s Old Boys. Peter
an accident permanently. represented Queensland in Rugby Union and was as a
successful Risdon Cup winner and coach, while
He showed his great sense of service to the Graham was elected to State Parliament and had a
Community, as a Justice of Peace, Member of the St successful radio broadcasting career.
Vincent de Paul Society and as the founder of the
Men’s Shed at Emu Park. After 34 years Denis and June sold the Gladstone
Hotel and went relieving managers at hotels around
For some 30 or more years Brien and Pat lived in the state and then for 10 years were bar and catering
North Rockhampton and then Emu Park, before managers at Clifford Park Racecourse before they
relocating to Brisbane in recent years to be closer to retired.
their family. After a period of ill health, Brien died
rather suddenly and was buried in the Nudgee Denis joined the Toowoomba City Bowls Club in
Cemetery after a Requiem Mass celebrated by 1966, was awarded Life membership in 2004 and has
Monsignor John Grace at St Ambrose’ s Catholic a bowling green named after him.
Church, Newmarket, on 21/10/2020.
John Henry Orford (31/8/1933 –
Denis John Healy (3/7/34 – 28/12/2020) 22/11/2020)
One of Toowoomba’s most A Life Member of our
popular hoteliers and old boy, Association, John was
Denis Healy suddenly passed born on the 31/8/1933 in
way recently at the age of 86. Toowoomba and was a
His family operated the member of the St Mary’s
Gladstone Hotel in Ruthven College 1947
Street and for many years was Scholarship Class taught
the home of the All Whites by Rev Br Frank
Rugby League Club. McCarthy.
Denis Alfred John Healy was Then, encouraged by his father, George, he began an
apprenticeship at the Toowoomba Foundry, as a first
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class machinist. While working there he undertook Brother Gary Ferguson cfc 1951 – 1956
his National Service Training and met the love of his Brother Gary was born in 1941
life, Glenda Carroll, at a Laurel Bank dance. It was at Surat, a small town south
Glenda’s first dance and they dated for two years west of Roma in Queensland,
before John left on a two year working holiday to to Veda Mary and Colin Peter
Canada in 1956. Ferguson. He was the sixth of
their nine children. His father
Glenda was devastated; but John proved to be a was a shearing contractor who
prolific letter writer and kept in touch. They married eventually purchased a
on 14/2/1959 and had four children, Natalie, Mark, supermarket.
Paul, and Grant.
Gary had his early education at the Surat State School
John worked as a fitter and turner in Vancouver and and completed his scholarship at St Mary’s
then helped build a paper-mill on Vancouver Island. Toowoomba. On leaving school in 1956, Gary trained
When the mill was complete, he returned home to as a Chef and worked first in a café in Surat, and then
join the family business – Orford Bros. The business as a shearer’s cook, which required a lot of travel and
became the largest soft drink manufacturer in working in basic conditions. It was seasonal work, so
Australia, outside the capital cities, in the early he took on other work too, such as managing his
1960’s. father’s business.
Working in the soft drink business, John began In the early 60s Gary’s faith and desire to serve the
building glass door refrigerators – an idea he had Church directed his thinking towards Religious Life
picked up in America during his journey home from and a conversation with a priest helped his
Canada. The idea was a success; but due to ill health discernment.
he had to hand over the refrigeration business to his
brother Ian in 2003. He wrote to the postulators of various orders
indicating his interest in some non-teaching
An esteemed businessman and pillar of the ministries. Brother Ephrem replied and visited him.
Community, John is remembered as a dearly loved As a result Gary arrived at Strathfield in January 1962
father, father-in-law and loving grand-father and and joined his group heading for Minto for their
great-grandfather. Postulancy and Novitiate year. After making first
vows in 1963 a second novitiate year at Mulgoa
John Orford spent (51) years in the Lions Club – followed and then a year in Scholasticate – he did
holding various positions right up to District selected courses; but instead of the teacher training
Governor in 1982/83. component he sampled various tasks undertaken at St
Mary’s Strathfield which in those times housed not
His legacy will live on in the Queensland State Rose only the local Brothers’ Community, but also the
Garden in Newtown Park, something he was Provincial Council, the Juniorate students and the
instrumental in establishing. It was John, together Brothers attending University or Teacher Training
with businessmen Peter Eldridge and Ray Poulton, (the Scholasticate).
who planned and fundraised for the establishment of
this State Rose Garden in 2000. Brother Gary stayed on at Strathfield for two years
and joined two other lay Brothers in the kitchen. His
John passed away peacefully at Infinite Care Mount next two years were at Minto where he was
Lofty on the 22nd of November 2020. responsible for catering for the Novices and Brothers’
Community. In 1968 Brother Gary made his final
Profession of Vows on Christmas Day. He returned to
Strathfield in 1969 where he was indispensable during
the many changes to the place occurring over the next
21 years.
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He was the first to hire employees for the Strathfield In 1999 he had a well-earned sabbatical at Sangre De
kitchen which had been staffed by Brothers. Brother Cristo in New Mexico and completed their Human
Gary became responsible not only for catering for all Development & Personal Spirituality Programme. He
the groups there, but also Jubilee celebrations, was interested in taking up an offer to work in New
professional ceremonies, and other Liturgies. York with homeless youth, but was needed back in
Sydney where a similar ministry engaged him – the
As St Mary’s gradually expanded as part of the Brothers’ Refuge at Bidwell and Eddy’s Place in
Catholic Teacher’s College, accepting lay students in Wollongong.
increasing numbers, Brother Gary had to open and
manage a canteen to cater for the student’s needs. In While continuing to work in this ministry, he was
addition he was bursar of the Community and in that asked in 2004 to take over as manager of “Billow
capacity was one of the first Brothers to computerise View” at Gerringong which was being used more and
management for the accounts and wages. Brother more as a retreat centre for various small groups.
Brendan Duggan wrote a computer program for him Brother Gary also had a hand in two major
to do this. Maintenance was another area that he was renovations of these facilities.
involved in as well as changeover of cars and so on.
2010 saw him appointed manager of “Winbourne” at
Pursuing his interest in cricket, Brother Gary became Mulgoa, the Christian Brothers Retreat and
an accomplished cricket umpire and for some years Conference Centre. There he was assiduous in
umpired grade games around Sydney. maintaining its beautiful setting for the great range of
adult and student groups, many of whom came for
In 1980 Brother Gary undertook some spiritual spiritual development through retreats. He was always
renewal through the Kairos programme and he relates looking for new ways to enhance its facilities.
how this changed his spirituality. Continuing at
Strathfield he became a member of the St Vincent de In 2016, after Mulgoa, Brother Ted Magee agreed to
Paul Society involved with ministering to the Brother’s Gary’s move to return to his home state,
homeless through Night Patrol. Queensland, and he became part of the Christian
Brothers Viridian Community at Nudgee and
He was on the founding committee of the Ozanam regularly attended our Brisbane Sub-branch
Youth Lodge, a member of the NSW State Homeless luncheons with Brother Barry Buckley and assisted Fr
Committee and various other initiatives assisting Jim Smith’s Catholic Psychiatric Care Ministry at St
homeless youth. By the end of 1989, he accepted an Patrick’s Fortitude Valley.
invitation from the very pastorally minded Bishop
Bede Heather to take up prison chaplaincy. Tragically he passed to eternal life on 27/12/2020 at
the Toowoomba General Hospital from serious
Brother Gary lived at communities at Castle Hill and injuries received in a motor vehicle accident while
Penrith while ministering to inmates of Parramatta heading to Toowoomba for Christmas with family
Goal, and after 1977, he lived with Brother Pat members.
Lynch, also a prison chaplain, at Parklea Caravan
Park while being full time Catholic Chaplain for A Mass of Resurrection was celebrated by Fr Bill
young offenders and their families. He attended to O’Shea for Br Gary at the Banyo Parish Church on
prisoners’ spiritual needs, offered counselling, 14/01/2021 and he was laid to rest at the Toowoomba
arranged many funerals for prisoners who died in Drayton Cemetery that afternoon.
prison or took their own lives, consoled their families,
and visited prisoners in hospital. In 1998 he received Life Member Jim Mullins (1942-1948)
a Commissioner’s Commendation for his outstanding James Mullins was born into this world on Saturday,
dedication to duty at the Metropolitan Remand and 22nd July 1933. Jim, as he was always
Reception Centre in providing compassion and called, was the third child of Frank and Elsie. As with
assistance to bereaved families of inmates who had all the Mullins children, Jim had a
committed or attempted suicide. home birth at 148 Campbell Street, Toowoomba
(Grandma’s House). Jim had four brothers
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and one sister, Joe (RIP), Mary (RIP), John (RIP), Jim asked him to wash and clean the utility. “Must be
Pat, and Brian. proposal night”, said Brian to Pat later.
Jim started school at Holy Name Convent at the age Jim and Fay were married in St Patricks Cathedral on
of 4½ years. After three years under the Saturday, 25th September, 1958.
guidance of the Sisters of Mercy, he commenced Shortly after, Jim and Fay moved to Crows Nest.
school at St Marys in Grade 2. On They purchased a shop/cafe in the main
completion of scholarship, Jim went to Strathfield for street. This venture was very successful. They became
12 months, but life as a Christian Crows Nest royalty and were judges at
Brother was not his calling and he returned home to many Debutants Balls.
Toowoomba. He completed his Junior After selling the business, Jim took up a position as
Certificate in 1948. fruit and veggie buyer for Woolworths in
In 1949, Jim started an apprenticeship with Dick Toowoomba and later transferred to Brisbane.
Shooter, a local cabinetmaker who They had two sons who they raised and educated in
specialised not only in kitchen furnishings, but also Brisbane. With the boys now married,
church and school furnishings. Jim loved Jim and Fay started a new chapter in their lives. Jim
making things with timber. It wasn’t long before he took a new career in sales first with
bought his own workshop kit which he Zurich Insurance and later selling Royal Doulton
set up in the garage. Most nights he could be heard products. However, with the fast
happily working away making various development in computer systems, the online sales for
items for friends, such as trophy shields, jewellery products became the preferred way for
boxes etc. many businesses to place their orders with the
Jim loved sport. Football and cricket were top of the warehouses and manufacturers.
list. Most afternoons and at weekends, Jim and Fay retired from the work force. Golf,
out came the football or bat for a game in the gardening, the Broncos, and holidays became
backyard. Dad taught us the fundamentals of the new routine. At ANZ Stadium in Brisbane, Jim
football at a very early age. Any game played in the and Fay sat in their seats directly behind
Mullins backyard was played hard and Wayne Bennett and the Broncos’ coaching staff.
fair. Although Dad’s veggie patch or Mum’s flower In 2010, Jim and Fay sold their home in Holland Park
garden were out of bounds, on the odd and moved to Palm Lakes Retirement
occasion someone was crash tackled into the gardens. Village at Eagleby near Beenleigh. They quickly
Cricket also had its drawbacks. With limited space, it made new friends and joined in many of the
was difficult to avoid trying to hit a six social and other activities. Jim took up lawn bowls.
over the back fence only to see the ball fly off the side Having never played bowls before, he
of the bat into the neighbour’s found the white ball much easier to find than the one
window. No tuckshop money for a couple of weeks! in the rough on the golf course. Fay still
When Jim left school he joined All Whites Club. He goes swimming every day.
played mainly in the forwards either Jim loved meeting up with old school mates at the
second row or lock. Jim captained the Reserve Grade Old Boys meetings in Brisbane. Dan’s Old
side coached by Mick Madsen and Boys newsletter also kept him informed on
Frank Mullins. They won the premiership two years happenings at St Marys.
running. In those same two years, Jim Sadly, following a period of ill health, Jim passed
captained the Toowoomba Reserve Grade side which away at Palm Lakes Nursing Home at
won the Trades and Labour Cup, the Bethania on the 22nd November 2020. Because of
Reserve Grade competition between Toowoomba, COVID-19, a small gathering of family and
Brisbane and Ipswich. There were some friends celebrated Jim’s life at Park Lakes on the 13th
very good footballers playing in Toowoomba during December 2020.
the fifties.
However, football and cricket were about to go on the
backburner. lt was about 1956 when
Jim met Fay Gamble. Their romance blossomed.
Jim’s youngest brother, Brian, recalls that
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Rev Fr James Lindsay Byrne (10/3/1939- Terry was the youngest child of Albert John and
11/12/2020) Eileen Bridget (Munro) Muller. His siblings were
Lorraine (Fraser), Trevor (dec) and Noel.
Tributes flowed for the greatly An exceptionally gifted musician Trevor was highly
respected Fr Byrne when it was sought after as a trumpet, cornet and guitar player by
learned that he had passed away dance bands and for functions. For some (30) years he
rather suddenly in Ireland on the worked as a Traveller for the Carlton Brewery.
11th of December 2020. He was
best known as the Parish Priest of Australia Day Awards
the Sacred Heart Parish of Two Old Boys received Honours in the 2021
Rockville/Wilsonton and as Australia Day Awards – Kerry John Betros and
chaplain at St Andrew’s Hospital for some (32) years Damien Michael Cantwell.
and at Baillie Henderson Hospital for 20 years. Other
Ministries included being the Foundation Senior Kerry Betros received an Order of Australia AM for
Police Chaplain for Queensland and inaugurate Police significant service to the banking sector, to the retail
Chaplain for (10) years and for having a 20+ years, 1 food industry and to the community. One of the (5)
day a week and other involvement at the Oakey sons of Gwen and Peter Betros he was College
Aviation Centre and Cabarlah. Captain in 1967 and served as President of our Old
Fr James was the second son of the late Dick and Boys’ Association for two terms, 1975-1977 and
Moreen Joyce (Fitzpatrick) Byrne and brother of 1983-1988. He is the Managing Director of the well
Anne, Pat, Redmond, Denis and Mary Frances. He known Darling Downs fruit and vegetable company
gained his Primary Education at St Mary’s College Betros Brothers, which has operated in the region
(1949-1953), attending Downlands after Scholarship. since 1938 and became a Director of Heritage Bank in
At Downlands Fr James was an Open Cross Country 1991 and was humbled and honoured to take the role
Winner and represented Downlands for (3) years in of Chairman in 2012 on the retirement of Brian Carter
the 1st XV. AM who had been in the Bank’s leadership position
He studied for the Priesthood at the Banyo Seminary for (30) years.
and after his Ordination in 1964 was based in the In 2020 he received a Hon Doctorate of Business
following Parishes: St Theresa’s (Toowoomba) 1964- from the University of Southern Queensland.
1967, St Finbarr’s (Quilpie) 1967-1971 and St Mary’s
(Warwick) 1972-1975. From 1975-1980 he was a full Brigadier Damian Michael Cantwell AM was
time Military Chaplain at the Kapooka, Wagga granted a Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC) for
Wagga, Enoggera and Townsville bases. Then Fr outstanding achievement as Commander of Joint Task
James served in the Augathella Parish(1980), St Force 1111 Operation BUSH FIRE ASSIST 2019-
Thomas More’s (Toowoomba) 1981 and Sacred Heart 2020. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Dan Cantwell and
Parish (Rockville/Wilsonton) 1982-2013. brother of Chris, Peter, Philip and John all of whom
In retirement Fr James moved to Ballybofey, Co elected to follow military careers; Chris and Peter
Donegal where he assisted the local clergy. A later transferring to the Queensland Police Force.
Requiem Mass was offered for his Eternal Repose on Major General John Cantwell A.O. was honoured
15/12/20 in the Church of Mary Immaculate in with a Distinguished Service Cross in the 2012
Stranorlar with his interment in the Drumboe Australia Day Awards.
Cemetery. It was streamed back to Australia. A
Special Memorial Mass led by Bishop Rev Robert College News
McGuckin was celebrated in the Sacred Heart Parish On Saturday 19/12/20 there was great joy amongst
Church on 21/12/2020 for Fr James Lindsay Byrne. teachers, students and Old Boys when the academic
achievements of the Shah twins in their ATAR
Terry Muller, aged 70 years, and husband of Ann examinations were announced. Dhairy Shah who
passed away recently in the Princess Alexandra was the College Vice Captain and Dux in 2020 had
Hospital, Brisbane, after being transported there for received 99.9% - putting him among the top (60)
specialist surgery following a serious heart attack in students in Queensland. His twin brother Dhyey also
Toowoomba. did extremely well, receiving 98.4%. The lads began
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their education at St Mary’s College in Year (7) in
2015.
The College will again participate in the Langer
Rugby League Cup competition in 2021 and in the
Confraternity Rugby League Carnival in the first
week of the June/July holidays. This year it will be
hosted by Iona College, Wynnum, so with games
scheduled in Brisbane this year there will be greater
opportunities for Old Boys to witness matches during
the week of the Carnival.
As the Rugby League Season is just around the
corner, Old Boys are very interested in following the
Rugby League careers of former College students
whether it be in the Mal Meninga Cup, Qld Cup or
the National Rugby League competitions.
Former 2020 Year 12 students Shaun Parker and Last week, Old Boys Robin Murphy and Dan
Blake Moore will run on for Wynnum in the Mal McErlean visited St Mary's College.
Meninga Cup, Brayden Paix for Norths and Tyson Robin was pleased to find himself featured in our
Stevens for the Mustangs. Cultural Centre Archives Display.
Cory Paix (Year 12-2017) who played (13) games Following an inspirational career, in 2015, Robin was
for the Broncos in 2020 is training well under new nominated for the prestigious Order of Australia
coach Kevin Walters. Jake Simkin (Year 12-2018) Medal for his service to the building and construction
who accepted a (3) year deal as part of the West industry, and to the community. His engineering
Tigers 2020 development squad is now eligible to career began in PNG building bridges.
play First Grade in the NRL competition. In 2015, the construction industry veteran took on a
similar job, the $53 million project reconstructing
a bridge over the Kumusi River, near the Kokoda
New College Principal - Track.
Brendan Stewart
Brendan has moved to the
Toowoomba Diocese from 50th Reunion for the 1963 – 1971 Classes is being
Townsville where he was most planned for the 6th November starting about 4pm and
recently Deputy Principal at will include a College tour, Dinner, and cash bar. To
Ignatius Park College register your interest please contact Bryan Blacka
Brendan started his working (whiteswan@netspace.net.au), Jim Nolan
life as an accountant with (adsle38l@tpg.com.au), or Frank Walsh,
KPMG, before making the (walshs@gmail.com)
move to education in 1993. He
is a music enthusiast, and his teaching specialties Terry Murphy advises a date for the mid-year
include Economics and Religious Education. His meeting at Buderim will be set once the current
personal philosophy of education is one of making a refurbishment at the Golf Clun is completed likely to
positive, indelible impact on student’s lives. He is be in April.
committed to helping young men realise their full
potential and to set them up for success beyond Birthdays
school. Birthday wishes are extended to Fr Tyrone Deere,
His expertise and experience mean he is well Peter Sheridan, Frank Deighton, Terry Gesch,
positioned to lead the College to the next level of Peter Kenny, Noel Muller, Doug Reis, Lindsay
outstanding academic achievement, pastoral care, and Reis, Len Shelvey and John Wilson.
community outreach. We are very fortunate to have
Brendan joining the Toowoomba Catholic Schools
system.
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