Br Mark Ryan recently felt inclined to travel to some of the NSW towns where the Brothers had once taught and where some had died. He wanted to find their resting places. It's a fascinating, sad, humorous, and inspiring story. Thanks, Mark.

I  have always been attracted  to the history of the Congregation and with the bicentenary occurring in 2008 I decided to track down the graves of the pioneer Brothers. I was particularly interested in locating the burial places of those at Goulburn, Maitland, Bathurst and Orange. Apart from the natural curiosity involved in finding these graves I was most anxious to view the headstones and to determine if they needed restoring.

A visit to the  Family History section at the Mitchell Library provided me with maps of the cemeteries, contacts at the local Councils and  an approximate location of the deceased Brothers.

On Tuesday July 5 I drove to Goulburn  hoping to find Br Louis Hynes at the Kenmore Roman Catholic Cemetery. Instead I found Brian Ohlback very much alive and the officer in charge of the Goulburn and district cemeteries.  Imagine my delight on meeting this gentleman, and he with a large leather bound tome under his arm! All to no avail however. We could not discover a headstone but ascertained that Louis was buried next to Ada, Henry and Francis SOTHERAN.  A disappointing day.  The physical appearance of this section of the cemetery was rundown. Many of the headstones broken and in pieces. I can only assume that Louis’s headstone had met the same fate and the pieces removed. (Breaking news 2/09/05)

On Thursday July 7 it was off to Maitland. Previously I had visited the Campbell’s Hill Cemetery with my brother Barry and failed to find Benedict Sweeney and Regis Keogh. This time I was more thorough. I called in at the Newcastle Family History Centre  and the Maitland Council Chambers where I met Laura Smith the special project officer. Armed with a new map I went to the cemetery once more and after five minutes  Bingo! There they were, both in the same plot with fading inscriptions.  They  have  a  north-east  aspect  and