Lest We Forget
In loving memory of those brothers and sisters of faith who have gone before us, we cherish the good memories we shared with them. We pray that the risen Lord guides them to our Father in heaven.
05 Jan 1903 – John McIntosh
05 Jan 1946 – James Breen
07 Jan 1969 – Eileen Robinson
08 Jan 1955 – Mervyn Breen
14 Jan 1988 – Elsie Smith
17 Jan 1992 – George Watt
19 Jan 1927 – Maurice Hannigan
20 Jan 1950 – Annie Quill
24 Jan 1955 – Cornelius Brosnahan
24 Jan 1972 – John Gallen
25 Jan 1935 – Margaret Tonders
26 Jan 1966 – Leo Siegert
26 Jan 1966 – Victor Casey
28 Jan 1913 – John Robertson
28 Jan 1922 – Janie’s Creighton
28 Jan 2009 – Ross Kinsman
30 Jan 1997 – Martin Collins
31 Jan 1959 – Mary Keenan
31 Jan 1968 – Ada Jones
31 Jan 1985 – Patrick O’Neill
01 Feb 1918 – Alice Keffe,
01 Feb 1954 – Fr Augustus Galerne
04 Feb 1932 – William O’Neill
06 Feb 1936 – William Casey
06 Feb 1984 – Christopher Millard
06 Feb 1994 – Jack Millard
06 Feb 1994 – Jack Millard
09 Feb 1961 – Nellie Brosnan
11 Feb 1965 – Christopher Edwards
12 Feb 1968 – Elizabeth Searle
12 Feb 1994 – Norman Davis
12 Feb 2019 – Kate Sheehan
14 Feb 1938 – Michael Gallen
15 Feb 1930 – Henry Manaton
15 Feb 2014 – Colleen Kearns
15 Feb 2012 – Margaret Brien
18 Feb 1981 – Monica Dorgan
19 Feb 2000 – Frederick Surridge
21 Feb 1980 – Charles Kerr
21 Feb 1999 – Jack Keenan
22 Feb 1906 – Bridget Keeffe
23 Feb 1941 – Kathleen Cuthill
24 Feb 1938 – Joseph Gallen
25 Feb 1977 – James O’Neill
25 Feb 1985 – John Mackintosh
26 Feb 1982 – Nellie Fraser
27 Feb 2014 – Noreen Beckett
29 Feb 1928 – James Loughnan
02 Mar 1993 – Kevin Ryder
02 Mar 2016 – Maureen Gray
05 Mar 1974 – Arthur Campbell
05 Mar 1988 – Frederick Smith
07 Mar 2003 – Kathleen (Pat) Adair
08 Mar 1933 – Mary O’Reilly
08 Mar 2001 – John Thomas O’Connor
09 Mar 1943 – Edward Gallen
10 Mar 2023 – Pauline Mary Gallagher
11 Mar 2021 – Brian Dwyer
12 Mar 1968 – Mary Brosnan
13 Mar 1999 – Joseph Brien
14 Mar 1978 – Guido Hellmrich
16 Mar 1942 – Eleanor Robinson
17 Mar 1977 – Jack Connor
18 Mar 1922 – Molly Searle
18 Mar 1969 – Mary Gallen
18 Mar 2012 – Margaret O ‘Connor
19 Mar 1912 – Nora Rae
20 Mar 1955 – Margaret Gallen
24 Mar 1938 – Catherine Gallen
26 Mar 1985 – Barney Brien
27 Mar 1957 – James Gallen
30 Mar 1917 – Denis Dillon
30 Mar 2012 – Albert Hayley
01 Apr 1957 – James O’Connor
01 Apr 1965 – Alan Gallagher
01 Apr 1965 – Mary Broadley
01 Apr 1997 – Ita O’Connor
02 Apr 1969 – Peter Hand
03 Apr 1920 – Thomas McCort
04 Apr 2000 – Miles Anthony Steven
05 Apr 1924 – Edward Gallen
07 Apr 2005 – Malcolm Campbell
08 Apr 1957 – Letitia Jones
10 Apr 1966 – Elizabeth O’Neill
10 Apr 1986 – Elizabeth Casey
11 Apr 1911 – William Blair
10 Apr 1946 – Katherine Gallen
12 Apr 1955 – Margaret Diak
14 Apr 1976 – David O’Sullivan
15 Apr 1947 – William Dick
16 Apr 1941 – Thomas Hone
17 Apr 1991 – Fr Adolph Setz
17 Apr 2007 – Mark Millard
17 Apr 2022 – Teresa Mae Jones
20 Apr 1903 – Joan Rae
20 Apr 1978 – Ethel O’Neill
22 Apr 1992 – Cass Brophy
23 Apr 1994 – Grace Mackintosh
25 Apr 1994 – Bill Bartlett
26 Apr 1917 – Julia O’Neill
26 Apr 2009 – Benjamin Waters
27 Apr 1993 – Les Stevenson
27 Apr 1995 – Bernie O’Neill
28 Apr 1947 – Daniel O’Reilly
30 Apr 1917 – James Coll
30 Apr 1941 – Bridget Murray
30 Apr 1974 – Catherine Simpson
30 Apr 1980 – David Gallagher
01 May 1949 Patrick Manaton
02 May 1968 Hillary Siegert
03 May 1955 Helan Murray
04 May 1953 Margaret Murphy
05 May 1981 Dorothy Gallagher
05 May 2001 Adam Hand
05 May 2001 – Connor Gallagher
06 May 1973 – Katherine Parkin
06 May 1977 – Fr Arthur Gregory
07 May 1944 – Dorthy Gallagher
09 May 1977 – George Jones
10 May 1912 – Hannah Cummins
10 May 2007 – Eileen Stevenson
11 May 2005 – Naumai Gallen
13 May 1939 – Humphrey Brosnan
13 May 1922 – Mary Ure
13 May 2012 – Monica Smith
15 May 1921 – Sarah Power
15 May 1963 – Patrick Keenan
16 May 1960 – Neils Redmond
18 May 1958 – William Keating
18 May 1984 – Edmund Robinson
19 May 1934 – George Keefe
19 May 2020 – Mary Gwendoline Kane
20 May 1926 – Alexander Hamilton
20 May 1959 – Neil Brosnan
20 May 1973 – Norman Martin
20 May 2023 – Mary Rose Brosnahan
21 May 1962 – Margaret McDonald
23 May 1954 – Mabel Gardiner
24 May 1918 – Mary Manaton
25 May 1921 – Elizabeth Keeffe
27 May 1997 – Frederick Dean
28 May 1979 – Mary Brosnan
29 May 2006 – Thomas J Brosnan
31 May 1962 – James Watson
31 May 1996 – Vince Jones
02 Jun 1975 Gerald Gallagher
02 Jun 2018 Michael Corbett
03 Jun 1922 William Macdonald
03 Jun 1966 James Mills
04 Jun 1959 – Hannah Marston
05 Jun 1932 – Sheila O’Neill
07 Jun 1966 – Sheila Keefe
07 Jun 2007 – Mary Eady
08 Jun 1944 – Mary Gallen
09 Jun 1960 – Elizabeth Adair
10 Jun 1941 – Ellen O’Carroll
10 Jun 1988 – Mary Norris
11 Jun 1949 – Mary O’Reilly
12 Jun 2008 – Raymond Caughley
14 Jun 1940 – Eileen O’Connor
14 Jun 2017 – Coral Webster
15 Jun 2016 – Thomas Gallagher
16 Jun 1979 – Julia Wall
17 Jun 1952 – David Gibson
18 Jun 1939 – Ann Creighton
19 Jun 1958 – Constance McLean
19 Jun 1978 – Kyran Brophy
19 Jun 1989 – Eileen O’Connell
20 Jun 1927 – John Robinson
20 Jun 1965 – William Wall
22 Jun 1922 – Winfred Harnett
22 Jun 2013 – Eugene Lane
23 Jun 1921 – John Dooley
23 Jun 1978 – Fr. Owen Gallagher
24 Jun 1943 – Margaret Cundie
25 Jun 2012 – Patrick Clarke
27 Jun 1928 – Ellen Angland
27 Jun 1938 – William Gallen
29 Jun 2007 – Mary (Maureen) Caughley
30 Jun 1975 – Catherine Brosnan
01 Jul 1918 – John McGregor
01 Jul 1959 – Con Mackintosh
01 Jul 1972 – Peter Barry Kane
02 Jul 2020 – Isobel Habraken
03 Jul 1941 – Alexander O’Rourke
03 Jul 1944 – Jeremiah Mannix
04 Jul 2016 – Mary Guiney
05 Jul 1916 – Catherine Sheeran
05 Jul 1918 – John Siegert
06 Jul 1930 – Maria Stevenson
07 Jul 1916 – Bernard O’Connor
08 Jul 1927 – James Guinness
08 Jul 1976 – Gordon Breen
08 Jul 2022 – AnnBrad-dick
11 Jul 1978 – Eugene O’Sullivan
11 Jul 1983 – Cyril O’Connor
12 Jul 1927 – David Cuthill
13 Jul 1940 – Louisa Breen
13 Jul 1953 – Hannah Gallen
13 Jul 1966 – Grant Robinson
13 Jul 1979 – John O’Connor
13 Jul 2001 – Oswald Gibson
13 Jul 2012 – Sally Whittaker
14 Jul 1927 – Raymond Cuthill
14 Jul 1928 – Margaret Brosnan
14 Jul 1954 – Ed-mond Connor
14 Jul 1992 – Peter Siegert
15 Jul 1941 – Robert O’Neill
16 Jul 1971 – Julius Siegert
17 Jul 1983 – John Gallen
17 Jul 2020 – Marge Jones
18 Jul 2012 – Etne Whittaker
18 Jul 2012 – J William Guerin
20 Jul 1937 – Gertrude Manaton
20 Jul 1995 – Annie Gallen
21 Jul 1973 – Benjamin Jones
22 Jul 1907 – Peter McEray
22 Jul 1943 – Charles Jones
23 Jul 1946 – Arthur Gardiner
23 Jul 1976 – Alister Mackenzie
23 Jul 2005 – James (Johny) Conaghan
25 Jul 1943 – Julia Siegert
25 Jul 2001 – Mavis Campbell
26 Jul 1925 – Verdon Wall
27 Jul 2007 – Nina Sheeran
28 Jul 1941 – Mary Jones
28 Jul 1952 – Honora Welsh
29 Jul 1991 – Kathleen Cuthill
30 Jul 1959 – John Brosnahan
30 Jul 2014 – Florence O’Neill
31 Jul 1943 – Richard Fantham
31 Jul 1990 – Mary (Eileen) Mackintosh
01 Aug 1995 – Frank Gibson
02 Aug 1906 – Thomas Lawlor
02 Aug 1926 – Jean Loughnan
03 Aug 1957 – Lawrence Siegert
03 Aug 1989 – David Galway
04 Aug 1925 – Edward Brosnan
04 Aug 1994 – Bernice McMurtrie
05 Aug 1922 – James Murray
06 Aug 1962 – Catherine Siegert
07 Aug 1973 – George Jones
07 Aug 2003 – Vic Wareing
08 Aug 1955 – John McDonald
09 Aug 1906 – Margaret Wallace
10 Aug 1910 – Jacob Keeffe
10 Aug 1988 – Helen Miles
11 Aug 1974 – Paul Sheeran
12 Aug 1949 – Fr John Barra
12 Aug 1994 – Ian Swann
12 Aug 2003 – Karl Raymond Burtcher
13 Aug 1945 – Hannah Scannell
13 Aug 1961 – Mary Harvey
16 Aug 1938 – Michael O’Reilly
17 Aug 1994 – Bevan Mears
18 Aug 1944 – Leslie Whyte
18 Aug 1993 – Fr Clen Horgan
19 Aug 1993 – Peter Carson
21 Aug 1939 – Margaret Annie
26 Aug 1968 – Lillian Rose Jones
31 Aug 2015 – Mary Macdonald
01 Sep 1965 – Bat Brosnan
01 Sep 1999 – John McColl
04 Sep 1970 – Horace Dixon
06 Sep 1973 – Kate Corbett
07 Sep 1930 – Alexander McDonald
07 Sep 1930 – Hannah Casey
08 Aug 1994 – Theresa Andrews
10 Aug 1977 – James Gallagher
11 Aug 2009 – Terrence P Kane
12 Aug 1952 – Charles Searle
13 Aug 1936 – Julia Larkin
13 Aug 1965 – Hugh Parker
15 Aug 1943 – Hannah O’Neill
18 Aug 1928 – Catherine Small
18 Aug 1952 – Michael Hannifin
21 Aug 1929 – John Nolan
21 Aug 1982 – Bob Gibson
22 Aug 1963 – Linda Siegert
23 Aug 1973 – Doris Collins
23 Aug 1981 – Kevin Lammas
24 Aug 1966 – Bob Sullivan
24 Aug 1967 – Jessie Breen
24 Aug 1987 – Margaret Kerr
25 Aug 1996 – Elsie Gallagher
27 Aug 1958 – Bernard Scannell
28 Aug 1916 – Jacob Tondrer
28 Aug 1977 – Richard McNeilly
28 Aug 1982 – Alexander Bateman
28 Aug 2009 – Eulalie Keenan
01 Oct 1989 – Eileen Mackintosh
01 Oct 2014 – Mary Colombian
02 Oct 2004 – Mary Ita Mills
03 Oct 1967 – Isabella Macdonald
03 Oct 2005 – Paul William Rose
04 Oct 1929 – Margaret Campbell
04 Oct 1975 – Nellie Macdonald
04 Oct 1981 – Lorna Forester;
04 Oct 1984 – John McMurtrie
05 Oct 2020 – Mary Gibson
06 Oct 1965 – Tom Creighton
06 Oct 2009 – Noel Miles
07 Oct 1928 – James O’Neill
10 Oct 1918 – John Connor
10 Oct 1949 – Doreen Cochrane
14 Oct 1938 – Henry Campbell
14 Oct 2008 – Alexander Gray
15 Oct 1933 – Robert Murray
15 Oct 2003 – Mary Catherine (Kate) Corbett
16 Oct 1976 – Mary Devlin
17 Oct 1998 – John Hand
18 Oct 1983 – Allison Hand
20 Oct 1949 – William Campbell
21 Oct 1928 – John Manaton
22 Oct 1971 – Joan Dorgan
23 Oct 1919 – Agnes McDonald
24 Oct 1981 – Lachlan McKenzie
25 Oct 1929 – Patrick O’Neill
26 Oct 1936 – Fr Francis Kerley
28 Oct 1997 – Kathleen Ryder
30 Oct 1911 – Julia Conway
30 Oct 2004 – W D (Don) Smith
31 Oct 2009 – Alf and Joan Barwood
01 Nov 1939 – Margaret Siegert
01 Nov 1995 – Winifred Creighton
03 Nov 1936 – Mary Bradley
03 Nov 2004 – Christianne G Millard
05 Nov 1999 – Helen Veronica Smith
07 Nov 1914 – Michael Scannel
07 Nov 1947 – Roland Quill
08 Nov 1997 – Jessie Hyland
09 Nov 1914 – Harold Bennett
10 Nov 1946 – Patrick Brosnan
10 Nov 2009 – Mary Wareing
13 Nov 2007 – Bronwen O’Sullivan
14 Nov 1984 – Kathleen Jones
15 Nov 1932 – Michael Gallen
16 Nov 1942 – Charles Jones
16 Nov 2009 – Margaret Mary Wareing
18 Nov 1931 – John Mackintosh
18 Nov 1954 – Veronica Edwards
18 Nov 1962 – Mau-rice Small
20 Nov 1936 – Timothy Harnett
24 Nov 1918 – Cecilia Holt
25 Nov 1958 – Harry Collins
26 Nov 1986 – Cassie Collins
26 Nov 1989 – Alfred Kerr
26 Nov 2017 – Kevin Sheehan
28 Nov 1918 – Mary Thompson
30 Nov 1989 – Maureen Bateman
30 Nov 2008 – Brenda Hyde
01 Dec 1992 – James Guerin
02 Dec 1995 – Eric Smith
02 Dec 2015 – Mary Evelyn Gallagher
03 Dec 1929 – John Grant
04 Dec 1978 – Denis Gardiner
04 Dec 2008 – Geraldine O’Boyle
05 Dec 1954 – Susan Smith
07 Dec 1928 – Thomas Hone
07 Dec 1987 – Lilian Maxwell
08 Dec 1949 – Bridget Mackintosh
09 Dec 1989 – James Anthony Kane
11 Dec 1920 – Fr Augustine LePetit
13 Dec 1920 – Denis Murphy
13 Dec 1985 – Paul Kane
14 Dec 1932 – Margaret McEwan
14 Dec 2001 – Charles Anthony Gallagher
15 Dec 1971 – John MacDonald
15 Dec 1995 – Mary Smith
17 Dec 1929 – Julius Siegert
19 Dec 2011 – Elsie Crampton
19 Dec 2011 – Gerald Gordon
21 Dec 1947 – Francis Dick
22 Dec 1952 – Thomas O’Carroll
23 Dec 1968 – Hannah Brosnan
25 Dec 1973 – Lucy Campbell
26 Dec 1967 – Theresa Loomes
28 Dec 1942 – John Small
29 Dec 1907 – William Topp
29 Dec 1986 – William Mackintosh
30 Dec 1932 – Annie Gallen
30 Dec 1935 – Sarah McDonald
30 Dec 1977 – William O’Brien
31 Dec 1974 – Margaret Davis
A Reflection on Christian Funerals
(Mary Gallen)
Recently, our community farewelled Mary Gallen, who passed away on August 15th. She was one of those who believed that Jesus is the resurrection and the life (John 11). Throughout her life in Albury, with her family and neighbors, Mary lived this faith both publicly and privately. We thank God for Mary and her family for providing such a great platform for the Gospel of Christ to be proclaimed in their home. Every second week, one of our parishioners brings Holy Communion to their house, and I often had the privilege of assisting in this ministry too. For me, the journey from Fairlie to Albury offers a beautiful drive through farms and hills. In the midst of this serene landscape, in their humble home, God’s Word is proclaimed, the name of Jesus Christ is spoken on our lips, and prayers are offered with faith, hope, and love in God, who is invisible but not absent.
We are grateful for Mary’s faith in Jesus, which inspires us all. Her humility in accepting visits from the parish community was a gift to the parish itself. It is never a burden to serve, as Jesus said the greatest one among you is the one who serves you the most. Mary always sought God’s love in the Eucharist and through her prayers. Her faith was sustained mainly by the Eucharist and the rosary; she put her faith in Jesus and trusted in the intercession of His Mother too.
Mary believed that Jesus is her Savior and the one who could grant her life after death, knowing that He is the source of life and divine energy, capable of bringing the dead back to life. God’s act of raising the dead will occur not in an earthly way or time, but in a divine and eternal manner. As St. Paul explained, “We, Christians, live by faith, not by sight” (2 Cor 5:1, 6-10).
In the face of death, the Church confidently proclaims that God has created each person for eternal life and that Jesus, the Son of God, by His death and resurrection, has broken the chains of sin and death that bound humanity (SC No. 5). Thus, a Christian funeral is not simply about commending the dead to God, but also about raising high the hope of Christians and giving witness to our faith in the future resurrection of those who have been baptized in Christ.
Fr. Tien Cao
Pauline Mary Gallagher has been awarded the Papal Honour, the Medal Benemerenti by Pope Francis, in recognition of her long and exceptional service to the Catholic Church as a stalwart member of the Mackenzie Catholic Parish and community for over 60 years.
The Medal Benemerenti, derived from the Latin phrase “pro bene merito,” meaning “for good merit,” is awarded to members of the laity who have made significant contributions to the Catholic Church. It is considered one of the highest honours and is typically awarded by the Pope.
the Medal Benemerenti
Pauline Mary Gallagher was born in Timaru and was the eldest of five children. She attended St. Joseph’s Primary School in Fairlie and Mercy College in Timaru for secondary education. At the age of 15, Pauline worked at the Fairlie Library for two years before moving to the Fairlie Post Office and Exchange at 17. At 19, she went to nursing school in Timaru and worked as a nurse for three years until her marriage to Thomas Gallagher in January 1958. Together, they lived and farmed the family property at Ashwick Flat near Fairlie until their retirement in 1992 when they moved to a house in Fairlie township. Although they lost two of their eight children, one at 20 months and the other at 23 years old, they remained faithful supporters of the Fairlie parish over many years.
Pauline and Tom were both active members of the Fairlie Heritage Museum as well as the Mackenzie A & P Society for many years. Pauline has been a lifelong member of St. Patrick’s Parish and has been an enthusiastic participant in many parish activities, offering practical support to multiple parish priests and faithfully attending weekday Mass.
Pauline has freely given her time and energy in a variety of roles over many years. She has cleaned the church and played a crucial role in compiling the parish history. She has served on the Parish Pastoral Council, including time as the chairperson. She has been a reader at Mass for many years and has looked after the altar linen and prepared the Advent wreath. As an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, she has been visiting and taking Communion to the sick and housebound members of the parish for over 20 years. Pauline has always been willing to support the church and members of the parish in whatever way is needed.
The Papal Certificate
Due to her health conditions, Fr. Tien Cao, the parish priest, along with a few intimate parishioners and friends of Pauline, presented the Papal Medal and Certificate to her in her home, in the midst of her gathered family. Fr. Tien Cao expressed gratitude to Pauline for her many years of service, and the entire parish joins in celebrating this rare joy with her and her family.
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