We celebrate our eighth year of issue by publishing our listings of the Patrician Brothers who taught at the Inner Sydney Schools in the parishes of St. Vincent de Paul, Redfern, St. Jamesâ, Forest Lodge and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Waterloo from 1886 to 1967. 

Waterloo was referred to as Mount Carmel, The Mount or Mounty. Similarly, many referred to Forest Lodge
as St. Jimmyâs.These affectionate terms live in the minds of the alumni and the Brothers and are part of the
history of the schools. It should be remembered that the church-school of St. Vincent de Paul, Redfern
originally formed part of the Parish of Waterloo until 1890, when Redfern became a separate parish. For our
purposes the schools are identified as Redfern, Forest Lodge and Waterloo.

It began as a "we will do it in 12 months" exercise. Little did we know it would involve reference to Patrician
archival records, the perusal of shipping lists from 1883 to 1922 at the State Records Authority of NSW, as
well as the reading of many years issue of The Freemans Journal, the fore-runner of The Catholic Weekly, at
the State Library of NSW, together with scanning the Sandsâ Directories.

The key to this research was the official appointment listing provided in 1993 by the Generalate archivist,
Brother Linus Walker, through the good offices of Brother Augustine Grealy. This document formed the basis
of our research. However, the record dealt in the main, with those Brothers who came from Ireland.

Brother Paul OâConnor [1917-1993], alumnus of Redfern, compiled a history of the Patricians in Australia to
1968. His records proved to be invaluable. The official appointments and Brother Paulâs records were
cross-referenced. Any inconsistencies were researched further. Shipping records were checked to establish
arrival dates. Australians and "colonials" were identified. Brothers such as, Xavier Corcoran, a colonial,
admitted to the Order in 1896 and Gerard Corcoran who arrived with Brother Celsus Daly in 1913 had been
confused. Some references to "Bro Gerard" should have read "Bro Xavier". 

In the first years the Patricians received a very good press in The Freemans Journal. Activities, retreats and
arrivals from Ireland were regularly reported. In some cases the Brothers may not have been named but the
vessel and date of arrival were usually included in the report. The details were then found through the facilities
of the State Records Authority of NSW.

The time spent in this research has been rewarded by the thrill of the search, the excitement in finding that
piece of data that locks other information into place, the satisfaction of compiling a document which, it is
hoped, will become a reference for others to follow. But most of all, by this expression of respect for the
Brothers who taught in the Patrician Brothersâ Inner Sydney Schools of Redfern, Forest Lodge and Waterloo.
In all, we have named 100 Patricians. They should never be forgotten. The great majority has passed from this
world. Let us remember them in our prayers

The listings are in alphabetical order. In the Redfern community record the years in which a Brother taught at
Forest Lodge appear in BOLD ITALIC followed by the letters FL. Those in which he taught at Waterloo
appear in BOLD followed by the letters MC, while those when teaching at Redfern appear in standard type.
This will help the reader to readily identify the location of a Brother. 

From 1886 to 1904 the Brothers lived in rented premises. It is recorded that the Redfern community resided at
St. Charles Villa (Holy Cross College) from some time in 1891 to a date immediately prior to August 2, 1892.
The actual dates were not stated. 

It is the opinion of the writer that the Redfern community again resided at Ryde from some date after October
1893 to possibly November 1895. The specific dates are unknown. The community did not appear at Redfern
in the 1895/6 editions of the Sandsâ Directories. The entries closed in the October immediately prior to the
year of issue. Therefore, the community may have left Redfern anytime after October 1893. The community
reappeared in the 1897 edition. This indicates a return after October 1895. In August 1904 the Brothers moved
into St. Patrickâs monastery at 109 George St. Redfern. The new monastery was used also as a novitiate house
until 1908. 

In the earlier years the records do not consistently show those Brothers at Forest Lodge and Waterloo.
Perhaps the changes were recorded only as they occurred. In other words, the Brothers last identified at the
school still may have been teaching there but have been identified as teaching at Redfern.

The Brothers teaching at Waterloo, with very few exceptions, resided at St. Patrickâs monastery. 

In March 1923, the Blessed Oliver Plunkett monastery was established in the parish of Forest Lodge, at 165
Bridge Rd. Glebe. 

Following the record of the Redfern community is the listing of those Brothers known to have taught at
Waterloo. They already appear in the record of the Redfern community. However, it is essential to maintain a
separate Waterloo listing.

So, too, with those Brothers at Forest Lodge, the record includes also those who formed part of the Redfern
community up to 1922.

Many of the Brothers taught at any two of the schools, some taught at all three, but you will notice that many
had an affinity with a particular school, indicating a rapport with the clergy and the families of the area. Similar
affinities exist at Patrician communities to this very day.

Many of the names will be unknown to you; they go back almost 120 years. There are Brothers who gave a
lifetime to the Congregation; many who chose not to proceed beyond novice; others who, after many years,
had a second calling in life. There are some who were sent away ö the life was not for them. But all had given
of themselves in service to the Congregation. They are all part of the history of the Patrician Brothers in
Australia.

Your help in identifying any error is sought and your comments will be most welcome. Please feel free to
contact Kevin Scott at the address/phone number shown at the foot of the last page of this issue.

Alumni of the Inner Sydney Schools who joined the Patrician Congregation are:

Redfern - Brothers Gerard Histon, Paul OâConnor (RIP), Vincent Budin and Benedict Olsen. 

Forest Lodge - Brothers Patrick Lovegrove, Baptist Stenning (RIP), Stephen Aitken, Raymund Eves, 

Peter Ryan, Gabriel McCluskie and Keiran Lovegrove.
 

Barrett Ignatius [1924-1925, 1926MC, 1928-1930, 1931-1939MC, 1944-1950MC]
Beattie Livinus [1925]
Bergin Patricius [1906-1909]
Bergin Rodan [1932-1937MC] 
Bergin Stanislaus [1891, 1896-1897, 1900-1901, 1902 Provincial, taught Redfern lived Ryde, 1904, 1906]
Boland Cyril [1916-1917, 1919-1922FL, 1938-1943] Taught at Forest Lodge 1942-1943
Bourke Dominic [1893FL]
Brennan Thomas [1913, 1915-1917FL, 1927MC, 1935-1936MC, 1938-1940MC, 1941, 1942-1950MC, 1951-1954, 1957-1958, 1960-1964]
Brosnan Vincent [1895-1898, 1900, 1902]
Budin Vincent [1939-1940, 1941MC] 
Byrne De Sales [1912]
Byrne Finian [1911, 1915, 1919FL, 1921-1922, 1926-1927MC, 1932MC, 1933-1935,1936-1937MC, 1939MC, 1941MC] 
Cassidy Basil [1903-1904,1906-1910FL, 1911MC, 1912-1914, 1918-1920MC, 1921-1922, 1923MC, 1924-1925, 1926-1928FL 1929-31, 1932-1935MC, 1936-1938, 1940-1942] 
Comerford Xavier [1949-1951MC] 
Connaughton Fintan [1961MC] 
Corbett Malachy [1946]
Corbishley Cuthbert [1900-1901]
Corcoran Xavier [1896-1897]
Curran Columba [1928-1929MC, 1931MC]
Darcy Laserian [1910FL, 1911]
Delaney Aloysius [1946-1949MC] 
Downes Fidelis [1918MC, 1919-1922, 1926-1927MC, 1930-1938, 1944-1953, 1954MC, 1957]
Downey Basil [1951,1960MC] 
Duffy Nicholas [1938-1940]
Dwyer Xavier [1895]
Egan Gerald [1950-1956MC] 
Eviston Alphonsus [1896-1897, 1898-1900FL, 1902-1904, 1908MC, 1909-1910, 1911MC, 1912-1914, 1917-19, 1945-1946] 
Feeney Alphonsus [1940-1944]
Fitzpatrick Cyprian [1921-1923MC]
Gallagher John [1946 May only]
Gaynor Peter [1895]
Guidera Joseph Malachy [1953-1960MC] 
Hanley Albert [1886]
Hannigan Aloysius [1907-1909,1911-1917FL, 1918, 1923-1927, 1928MC, 1945-1947, 1964]
Hannigan Ignatius [1904, 1906, 1908-1910,1918-1919FL]
Hanratty Evangelist [1922-1924, 1925MC, 1928MC, 1931-1936,1937-1938MC]
Harmey Sylvester [1886-1887]
Healy Oliver [1926-1931MC, 1938-1940]
Hickey Regis [1907]
Higgins Ligouri [1889, 1900]
Histon Gerard [1939,1940-1941MC] 
Howlin Clement [1900, 1906-1908Fl, 1909-1912, 1913FL, 1914-1919, 1922-1923, 1925-1927MC]
Hume Patrick [1941, 1942-1943MC, 1944]
Hunt Thomas [1911MC]
Kealy Benignus [1920]
Keating Callistus [1960-1963MC] 
Keenahan Colman [1908-1911]
Kennedy Bernard [1955-1956,1957-1959MC] 
Larkin Aemelian [1959MC, 1962-1963MC] 
Lee Anthony [1899]
Lee John [1892, 1894, 1902, 1904, 1910, 1912-1913, 1915MC, 1916-1918, 1919]
Long James [1902, 1903FL, 1904]
Lovegrove Patrick [1952-1953MC, 1954, 1957-1959MC] 
McAuley Jerome [1894-1896, 1897FL, 1902, 1907-1912, 1914]
McCahill Eunan [1924-1925]
McCarthy Austin [1947-49]
McDermott Paul [1904]
McDermott Francis [1926-1931, 1932-1937MC, 1938]
McDonell Joseph [1899] ö at Redfern prior to his return to Ireland [arrived 1893 aged 67]
McGovern Xavier [1939-1941,1942-1950MC] 
McGrath Austin [1888, 1897FL, 1910-1915,1917FL lived at Ryde, 1918-1920FL, 1921, 1924-1927, 1929, 1930MC, 1931]
McGrath Baptist [1888, 1900-1918]
McGree Lactean [1954-1955]
McMenamin Albin [1907]
McSweeney Robert [1904]
Mulhall Celestine [1949MC, 1952-1954MC]
Mulhall Philip [1960-1961MC] 
Murphy Louis [1938, 1942-1943MC] 
OâConnell Austin [1908 , 1908MC from June, 1909, 1910MC, 1911-1915, 1917MC, 1919-1922]
OâConnell Laurence [1920FL, 1921]
OâConnor Paul [1942-1943]
OâHara Francis [1904]
OâMahoney Patrick [1894-1896]
OâMeara Cronan [1952MC] 
OâNeill Dominic [1888-1889]
OâReilly Columba [1890]
OâToole Bernard [1892-1893FL, 1894, 1900-1902FL, 1904-1907, 1920, 1925-1935, 1937, 1939-1940]
Phelan Anthony [1916-1917, 1940-1944, 1954-1959]
Phelan Norbert [1954] lived at Wahroonga. Taught one half day each week.
Price Ignatius [1886, 1892-1893]
Quann Serenus [1920, 1923, 1926-1929, 1930MC, 1941-1944MC, 1945-1950, 1960-1962]
Rickerby Dominic [1894]
Ryan Bernard [1892FL, 1903, 1913FL]
Ryan Eugene [1894]
Ryan James [1891-1893]
Savage Raymund [1923]
Shaddock Martin [1962-1963MC] 
Small Albert [1914, 1915MC, 1916-1918, 1919-1920MC, 1921, 1924-1925MC, 1927MC, 1928-1929]
Stenning Baptist [1951-1952MC, 1953]
Thompson John [1951MC] 
Tierney Joseph [1921, 1922FL, 1929-1931MC, 1932-1937, 1940-1941MC, 1948-1953]
Tobin Majella [1951, 1955]

The Freemans Journal dated January 2, 1897 reported Brother Francis Xavier conducting the choir at the
1896 Christmas concert at Redfern Town Hall. The surname was not stated. There is no other record of a
Brother with two fraternal names. It is believed that the reference was to Brother Xavier Corcoran who is
shown as a member of the Redfern community in 1896-1897.
 

Barrett Ignatius [1926, 1940-43, 1944-1950]
Bergin Rodan [1932-1937]
Brennan Thomas [1927, 1935-1936, 1938-1940, 1942,1950]
Budin Vincent [1941]
Byrne Finian [1926-1927, 1932, 1936-1937, 1939, 1941]
Cassidy Basil [1911, 1918-1920, 1923, 1932-1935]
Comerford Xavier [1949-1951] 
Connaughton Fintan [1961]
Curran Columba [1928-1929, 1931]
Delaney Aloysius [1946-1949]
Downes Fidelis [1918, 1926-1927, 1954]
Downey Basil [1960]
Egan Gerald [1950-1956]
Eviston Alphonsus [1908,1911]
Fitzpatrick Cyprian [1921-1923]
Guidera Joseph Malachy [1953-1960]
Hannigan Aloysius [1928]
Hanratty Evangelist [1925, 1928, 1937-1938]
Healy Oliver [1926-1931]
Hickey Regis [1908] lived at Ryde
Histon Gerard [1940-1941]
Howlin Clement [1925-1927]
Hume Patrick [1942-1943]
Hunt Thomas [1911]
Keating Callistus [1960-1963]
Kennedy Bernard [1957-1959]
Larkin Aemelian [1959, 1962-1963]
Lee John [1915]
Lovegrove Patrick [1952-1953, 1957-1959]
McCarthy Austin [1947-49]
McDermott Francis [1932-1937]
McGovern Xavier [1942-1950]
McGrath Austin [1930]
Mulhall Celestine [1949, 1952-1954]
Mulhall Philip [1960-1961]
Murphy Louis [1942-1943]
OâConnell Austin [1908, 1910, 1917, 1918]
OâMeara Cronan [1952]
Phelan Norbert [1954] lived at Narellan. Taught one half day each week.
Quann Serenus [1930, 1941-1944] 
Shaddock Martin [1962-1963]
Small Albert [1915, 1919-1920, 1924-1925, 1927]
Stenning Baptist [1951-1952]
Thompson John [1951]
Tierney Joseph [1929-1931, 1940-1941]

Brother Louis Hynes arrived in Sydney aboard the SS Rome on September 4, 1884 and taught at Bathurst,
Wagga, Armidale and Goulburn, where he died in 1891. His death is registered under the name of Lewis
Hynes. Unsure as to whether it was a misspelling of Louis, his fraternal name, or that Lewis was his Christian
name, the matter was referred to Brother Linus, who advised. Louis is the French form, Lewis the native
Irish, from Lugh or Lughbhaidh, originally a pagan Irish name.

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Barrett Ignatius [1930, 1940-1943, 1951-53]
Bergin Rodan [1938-1949] 
Boland Cyril [1919-1937, 1942-1943*, 1953-1960] *living Redfern. 
Bourke Dominic [1893] 
Brennan Thomas [1915-1916, 1928-1931, 1937, 1964-1965]
Bulfin Bernard [1962-1963]
Byrne Finian [1919, 1923] 
Carty Raphael [1959]
Cassidy Basil [1906-1910] 
Connaughton Fintan [1954]
Corbett Malachy [1952-1955]
Curran Columba [1928-1930]
Darcy Laserian [1910] Laserian from Gaelic Lasair, a bright light. Laserian is patron saint of the diocese of Leighlin where the Congregation was founded. [Brother Linus Walker]
Delaney Aloysius [1950-1955] 
Downes Fidelis [1924-1925, 1939-1943]
Downey Basil [1949-1951, 1954-1958, 1960-1961, 1965]
Duffy Nicholas [1945-1946]
Eviston Alphonsus [1898-1900, 1925-1927] 
Feeney Alphonsus [1939-1940]
Grealy Augustine [1953-1954, 1961-1967] 
Guidera Joseph Malachy [1952]
Hannigan Aloysius [1911-1917, 1943-1944] 
Hannigan Ignatius [1918-1919]
Hanratty Evangelist [1927]
Healy Oliver [1931-1937]
Higgins Peter Iranaeus [1967]
Histon Gerard [1956-1957] 
Howlin Clement [1906-1908, 1913]
Johnson, Peter [1952 from May] lived at Wahroonga
Keegan Macartan [1931-1937] Founder, Glebe District Hockey Club ö Dec 20, 1932.
Kennedy Bernard [1959]
Kennedy Felix [1953]
Kenny Regis [1913] resided at Ryde. Member of Ryde community
Long James [1903]
McAuley Jerome [1897] replaced Brother Austin McGrath [in hospital, diseased jaw]
McCarthy Austin [1952]
McDermott Francis [1925]
McGrath Austin [1952 to May] ill - replaced by Brother Peter Johnson
McGrath Baptist [1936-1945] 
Mulhall Philip [1962]
OâConnell Laurence [1920-1921]
OâConnell Patrick [1962]
OâConnor Paul [1944]
OâLeary Pius [1946-1951, 1956-1962] 
OâMeara Cronan [1950-1951]
OâToole Bernard [1892-1893, 1900-1902, 1936, 1938, 1942] 
Phelan Anthony [1962] 
Phelan Norbert [1923, 1928, 1938-1943, 1945-1947] 
Quann Serenus [1951-1952, 1963-1964]
Ryan Bernard [1892, 1913] 
Samuel Kevin [1959-1960]
Savage Raymund [1925]
Stenning Baptist [1954-1955]
Tierney Joseph [1922-1924, 1926-1928]
Tobin Majella [1946-1949]

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Under the above heading, The Liverpool Leader on January 3, 2001, reported:

Renowned local educator Brother Bernard Bulfin has been honoured with a plaque of achievement by Fairfield Council. Fairfield Mayor, Bob Watkins, presented the Patrician Brothersâ College principal with the award to mark ten years of service at the school. 

We congratulate Brother Bernard on this acknowledgement of his contribution to the education of the youth of the Fairfield area. Brother Bernard has taught in the western and south-western suburbs of Sydney over the past 40 years.

Our thanks to our south-western area correspondent, Les Miller, alumnus of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Waterloo.

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Our popular and tireless Secretary, Les McMahon, entered hospital in January for surgery on both knees. After recuperation, Les should been seen running about the town some time in March. It will be a painful time for Les, but he should have first hand knowledge of the procedure as his dear wife, Pat, had a similar knee operation last year. We wish Les a speedy return to mobility.

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Under the above heading in the HomeLiving section of the Manly Daily, January 12, 2001 appeared:

It is now a few weeks since Kitchenland completed the renovation of the kitchen at Rosebank Convent, Five Dock. We are still in awe
of the result·.. 

The article included a photo of the kitchen. Viewing the kitchen with approval were Sister Joan Miles and Sister Marie Lane of the
Institute of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict. 

Before entering the Congregation, Sister Joan, alumna of St. Jamesâ Superior School, Forest Lodge, was an outstanding member of the
Forest Lodge CYO Netball team.

We record our thanks to our Northern Beaches correspondent Cheri Nolan, another alumna of St Jamesâ Superior School, who drew this
article to our attention. 

No matter how well hidden in the media, nothing slips past our ever-vigilant reporters.

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A recent reading of The Irish in Australia by Patrick OâFarrell [ISBN 086840 146 3] revealed the following:

Page 178 In Sydney, Ryanâs Hotel in George Street was a centre of Irish culture in the 1890s: there, even card games were conducted in Gaelic. It was the home of Eugene J. Ryan, Sydneyâs most enthusiastic student and teacher of Gaelic . 

Page 188 Full page devoted to portrait photo, photo of grave and extract of funeral report.

Page 223 Photo showing Mr McGough and Eugene Ryan in the driving seat [of jaunting car?] 

Reported to have been taken in 1881 but Bro. Eugene arrived in 1884; probably circa 1900.

Page 239 Photo of 1898 Organising Committee - Michael Dwyer re-burial & 1798 commemoration. . Eugene Ryan appears, to the writer, to be second from left in the middle row. 

The Irish in Australia should be available at your local book-store or library.

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Archbishop Polding laid the Foundation Stone of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on the August 15, 1859. The solemn blessing and opening of the Church took place on Sunday, April 7, 1861. Fr. Corish [of St. Benedictâs] continued to look after the spiritual interests of the parishioners of Mt. Carmel until his transfer to Bathurst in 1864·After Fr. Corish, a French priest Fr. Garavel, in charge of Newtown, attended to the needs of the parishioners of Mt. Carmel [until 1866]. 

Our records show that since 1861 some 70 priests have ministered to the parishioners of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Waterloo.

From 1866 to 1868 three Sisters of the Good Samaritan taught at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Waterloo. 

Of the Sisters of Mercy who began teaching in the parish in 1883, we have identified 67 Sisters from 1956 onwards. Regrettably we have been unable to go back beyond that year. The total probably would number 150 or more. Ongoing congregational research may add to the
record.

In 1886 the Patrician Brothers came to open a school at Redfern which, until 1890, formed part of the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Waterloo. From 1908 to 1963 we have identified 46 Patricians known to have taught at Waterloo. They resided at St. Patrickâs Monastery, 109 George St., Redfern. 

The Annual Mass provides us with the opportunity to express our thanks for the education provided by the Congregations in the parishes of Waterloo, Redfern and Forest Lodge and to demonstrate we have kept the faith. Remember - Sunday, May 27 at 10:00am ö please write it on your calendar now.

The parish priest, Father John Knight, extends a warm welcome to all. The Committee expresses its thanks to those who, on the last occasion, assisted by bringing a plate for morning tea. It was so good, we
urge you to do the same again. Our thanks!