Eastern Link
September 2020
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Contents:
Provincial Mass - Sunday 20th September 2020 This years Province 21 Provincial Mass will be held at the - 11:00 am Mass, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, ParramattaCnr Victoria Road and Marsden St Parramatta |
Manly's 300th Meeting - Wednesday 16th September  Manly Golf Club is maintaining its limit of 20 at our meetings and the standard social distancing rules continue to apply. That number has been reached for our Sept meeting. The meeting will however be Zoomed to allow those who can't attend to at least watch the meeting and the speakers talking about the history of Manly Circle. |
Bishop Anthony Randazzo to speak at Ku-Ring-Gai's Zoom meeting on TUESDAY September 15th Ku-Ring-Gai Circle is privileged to have the Bishop of Broken Bay Diocese, Most Rev Anthony Randazzo as our very special guest speaker at the September Circle Meeting and Ladies Night. Please note this meeting will be held on Tuesday (not Monday) September 15th. Again it will be a virtual meeting via Zoom, commencing at 7.30pm. |
Pittwater Picnic Pittwater Circle 312 decided to break out as they had not been having dinners, although some Zoom meetings. Nineteen Brothers and Ladies gathered alongside Narrabeen Lake for a beautiful afternoon. |
Hybrid meetings, face to face and Zoom - an audio solution! The challenge of a Hybrid meeting is the Zoomers struggle to hear much from the live, face to face meeting, the live meeting can hear and see the Zoomers, particularly if your venue has a reasonable size television. In attempting to resolve the issue, we at Manly followed the advice of our parish video professional who had been looking after the live feeds of our Masses. |
"never see a need without doing something about it" Following the agreement for St. Mary MacKillop to become a patron Saint of the Association in Australia the ANC has resolved:To charge Australian Provincial and Area Councils to facilitate in their territories annual Mass and social gathering focussed on St. Mary MacKillop around her Feast Day – August 8 – just what those activities might be we leave to your Council; |
Catenian Bursary Trip Report – Samuel Potter On the 21st of January myself and 11 other young men left for what was intended to be a service year in the North West of Thailand, a program conducted through The Cardoner Project. I was fortunate enough to be placed in a very small village called Din Khao about four hours from Chiang Mai and three hours from the central placement, Huai Tong. |
St Marys Cathedral Sydney Continuing a series of sketches and history articles by Graham Short, Provincial Membership Officer and Harbourside North President.William Wardell Architect/ Hennessey and Hennessey post 1899, St Mary's Cathedral is the spiritual home of Sydney's Catholic community. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Sydney and stands on the site of the first Catholic Chapel in Australia. |
News from around the circles A new member for Manly, a significant birthday for Martin Stebbings, Cairns brother looking after tourism in QLD, a report on Parramatta's Zoom meeting, new brother Campion Fernando shares his story at The Hills and more news from Circle newsletters. |
| Regular Circle Social activities are coming back to life This will be a regular page on Eastern Link listing all circles' regular activities, walks, coffee, lunches etc. Please include you circle activities in you newsletter or send the details to p21.newsletter@thecatenians.org.au for inclusion on the list |
Prayers are requested for ... Please remember in your prayers members of various Circles in Province 21 listed |
Provincial Mass - Sunday 20th September 2020
This years Province 21 Provincial Mass will be held at the -
11:00 am Mass
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta
Cnr Victoria Road and Marsden St
Parramatta
Please arrive and sign in by 10:30am as numbers in the Cathedral are limited to 100
Lunch after Mass as previously advertised will not be able to be held due to Covid-19 restrictions in place.
There are a number of restaurants and clubs in the vicinity of the Cathedral to which visiting Brothers and families may go independently for lunch after Mass.
RSVP to:
Secretary, Peter Murney
By: Friday 11th September 2020
Email: parramatta.circle@thecatenians.org.au
Phone/text: 0427276443
Manly's 300th Meeting - Wednesday 16th September
Grand President Michael Cusack addressed the inaugural dinner with Jim Rush and Brendan O'Connell listening.
Norbert de Rome was an inaugural member at Manly Circle.It might be COVID-19 times but Manly Circle will be celebrating its 300th meeting on Wed 16 September 2020!
We will celebrate as best we can given the limitations on numbers.
The meeting will be Zoomed to allow those who can't attend to at least watch the meeting and hear the speakers talking about the history of Manly Circle.
Inaugural members, including President Allan Hickey and Brendan O'Connell will share their memories of the formation of Manly Circle.
Fellow inauguaral members Brian Hamer, Tony Shannon, Bryan Power will also be with us and Jim Rush will be in attendance via Zoom to keep the speakers honest.
Brothers will doubtless recall (!), our 200th meeting was held a mere 9 years ago on 18 May 2011.
Manly Golf Club is maintaining its limit of 20 at our meetings and the standard social distancing rules continue to apply.
That number has already been reached for our September meeting.
Inaugural Manly members at the 200th meeting, Brian Hamer, Bryan Power, Laurie Ryan, Alan Hickey, and Tony Shannon, with Bob McLeod and Tony Regan.Inaugural Manly members included Jim Rush, Brendan O'Connell, Norbert de Rome, Alan Hickey, Brian Hamer, Tony Shannon, Warwick Jones, and Kevin Berry.
First Manly President Alan Hickey made a presentation to Grand President Michael Cusack.
If you would like to Zoom in please contact manly.circle@thecatenians.org.au and an invitation will be forwarded to you.
Bishop Anthony Randazzo to speak at Ku-Ring-Gai on TUESDAY September 15th
Ku-Ring-Gai Circle is privileged to have the Bishop of Broken Bay Diocese, Most Rev Anthony Randazzo as our very special guest speaker at the September Circle Meeting and Ladies Night.
Please note this meeting will be held on Tuesday (not Monday) September 15th.
Again it will be a virtual meeting via Zoom, commencing at 7.30pm.
Please advise Brother Catering Officer if you (and/or your wife) would like to attend virtually so that he can send the Zoom link. Brother Andrew's phone number is 0419 812 112 or email at asim@simtecit.com.
Pittwater Picnic
Pittwater Circle 312 decided to break out as they had not been having dinners, although some Zoom meetings.
Nineteen Brothers and Ladies gathered alongside Narrabeen Lake for a beautiful afternoon.
All bought their own lunch and social distancing was observed.
Numbers could have been greater but due to inclement weather for the next day forecast, the picnic was hastily bought forward.
Everybody thoroughly endorsed having this type of gathering regularly, especially as the weather is warming
Hybrid meetings, face to face and Zoom - an audio solution!
by Paul Pearson, Manly Circle
The challenge of a Hybrid meeting is the Zoomers struggle to hear much from the live, face to face meeting, the live meeting can hear and see the Zoomers, particularly if your venue has a reasonable size television.
In attempting to resolve the issue, we at Manly followed the advice of our parish video professional who had been looking after the live feeds of our Masses.
We went to our local music / audio store, Mall Music at Warringah Mall, where we purchased a microphone, a cable long enough to connect the microphone to the USB port on our computer and a desktop stand for the microphone.
On their recommendation we went for an economical package, not the cheapest, the microphone giving better audio quality and some robustness, as it will be handed around to various speakers at the meeting.
Our purchase cost $200 in total, considered by all to be a worthwhile investment with the uncertainty of when some of our brothers might be able to come back to face to face meetings.
More economical options can be sourced online (definitely worth a look if you have the knowledge) but we went with the experts who advised us against a conference call style microphone as the comparatively priced versions are not as robust, not recommended to be moved around during a call and the cheapest microphones, can be of questionable audio quality, for $10 more the quality is much better.
Our set up consists of -
- A Shure PGA57 microphone ($79), with a 15ft XLR-XLR (3 pin enclosed and locked audio plug) cable included.
- A Nomad NMS 6105 Desktop Microphone Stand ($19.95), this has a cast iron base giving stability and robustness.
- Tracklink Microphone to USB Interface XLR to USB 10 ft cable included
At the meeting the set-up involves -
- connecting the cables,
- running them from the Presidential table safely (taping to the floor at various points) to the computer,
- selecting the USB microphone in Zoom for the call, selecting the TV as the speaker,
- on my Mac going in to Preferences and selecting the input and output options, positioning the computer, allowing the camera to see the group, then the television, allowing the gathered group to see the Zoomers.
- PC instructions are included with the USB to microphone cable
If you wish to register your Hybrid Zoom meeting for access by members in other circles, go to www.thecatenians.com, log in and click the Virtual Circle Meetings link and register your meeting, they can then contact your secretary for the meeting details.
You may recall the LogIn ID for members access to www.thecatenians.com is Members and the current password was mentioned in an email to you from John Secker, ANC Secretary, on May 28, 2020.
"never see a need without doing something about it"
Following the agreement for St. Mary MacKillop to become a patron Saint of the Association in Australia the ANC has resolved:
To charge Australian Provincial and Area Councils to facilitate in their territories annual Mass and social gathering focussed on St. Mary MacKillop around her Feast Day – August 8 – just what those activities might be we leave to your Council; and
The ANC will establish a recognition award (likely to be presented at each Australian conference) of the Australian Catenian Circle which since the last conference has best responded to St Mary MacKillop's saying – "never see a need without doing something about it".
Keep an eye out for where there might be a need in your area and "never see a need without doing something about it".
Catenian Bursary Trip Report – Samuel Potter
The Catenian Bursary funds were presented at Manly’s January meeting (Left to right) Cardoner Project CEO Robbie Graham, Lachie Powe, Sam Potter and Manly President Peter Williams.On the 21st of January myself and 11 other young men left for what was intended to be a service year in the North West of Thailand, a program conducted through The Cardoner Project.
I was fortunate enough to be placed in a very small village called Din Khao about four hours from Chiang Mai and three hours from the central placement, Huai Tong. Here, myself and Brendan Doyle spent the better part of the two months we were in Thailand, teaching, learning, playing and most importantly becoming part of an incredible community.
Immediately noticeable upon our arrival was the breathtaking views that St. Joseph Mae Chaem School looks out upon. The boarding school snakes its way up a mountainside and has an awe inspiring outlook to the mountains beyond.
The very next thing that struck us though was the incredibly welcoming community we had just walked into. Whilst the great work of the previous three years of volunteers no doubt buoyed the enthusiasm of the students in particular, the immediate inclusivity of the students, teachers and nuns alike was something that is hard to describe.
Within minutes we were being tugged along by the sleeve of the smallest of students to come and spend time with them, we were being engaged in beautifully comedic broken conversations with the elder students and simultaneously cared for and teased by the teachers and nuns.
This is all to say: we were part of the family now. And whilst their willingness to welcome and include us could not have grown from where it began, as we began to learn more of the language, teach and interact with both students and teachers it became clear to us that this was a family we most definitely wanted to become as close with as possible.
The nature of the school is one that is extremely special and unique. All the students and teachers live either on the campus or in the village of Din Khao itself a few minutes' walk away and as such there is a deep closeness that pervades the interactions between all members of the school. Brendan and my part in this school was a unique one as well.
Whilst we were there to teach and serve in this way as best we could, and treated accordingly by the teachers, the students treated us as though we were one of them as well. As past volunteer James Tabuteau put it so well, we were blessed with the gift of many younger siblings in the students as well as older siblings in the teachers and were completely included in any and all activities of both groups.
Throughout the two months this allowed us to develop many meaningful relationships, defying the barriers that language presented, that taught me so much about the true manifestation of living as a community, sharing and being almost universally selfless in ones actions.
Sadly at the end of March we were abruptly called back to Australia with what was then rapid development in the coronavirus cases and the announcement that the government would be closing the borders. Whilst very disappointed I consider myself extremely blessed to have been able to go for the two months that we did and whilst we were sent to serve, I have no hesitation in saying that every person I met there has served me more than I ever could have them.
I return with a new outlook on our way of life in Australia (both the blessings and the shortcomings), a deeper and stronger commitment to my faith and a determination to grow towards loving in the simple ways as well as all the incredible people of Din Khao.
St Marys Cathedral Sydney
Continuing a series of sketches and history articles by Graham Short, Provincial Membership Officer and Harbourside North President.
GOTHIC REVIVAL, Geometric Decorative Style, 1900, 1928, (2000 Steeples)
William Wardell Architect/ Hennessey and Hennessey post 1899
St Mary's Cathedral is the spiritual home of Sydney's Catholic community. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Sydney and stands on the site of the first Catholic Chapel in Australia.
Constructed in local sandstone, the 'Gothic Revival' style of its architecture pays respect to the great medieval cathedrals of Europe. St Mary's is not only a great legacy from the past; but also it is a vital part of the present spiritual and cultural life of the city and the nation.
Architect William Wardell, a convert to Catholicism, was born in 1823, and as an architect in England had become an accomplished practitioner of the Gothic Revival style of architecture.
He came to the Australian colonies in 1858, living and working in Melbourne. Wardell designed several important buildings in Melbourne, including St Patrick's Cathedral and in Sydney the University of Sydney's St John's College stands as further testimony to his skill.
The driving force for the new cathedral, Archbishop Polding wrote to Wardell, "… And now for the design itself of our new cathedral. I have little to say beyond this, that I go to the architect of St John's College of the University of Sydney to ask him for something that shall again be an honour to himself and the Catholics of the diocese. I leave all to you and your own inspiration in the matter. (Letter of 10 October, 1865).
Constructed of dressed Sydney sandstone, St Mary's stretches 107 metres in length and the central tower rises to 46 metres. When the spires were built in 2000, the Cathedral soared to 75 metres.
The first stage of the cathedral, the northern section, was built between 1866 and 1900. Stage two, the southern section was completed between 1912 and 1928.
St Mary's is designed principally in the Geometric Decorated style of Gothic which first evolved around the 13th century. It is not a copy of a particular medieval cathedral, but is a unique design, drawing on certain elements of its medieval forbears. In keeping with many medieval English cathedrals, there is a strong emphasis on the length-wise dimension of the building, while viewed from the side and the front façade, with twin towers flanking a rose window, it is more reminiscent of a typical French cathedral.
The customary east-west orientation of cathedrals was abandoned by Wardell, probably because the fall of the land together with the fact that the great length of the building would have made such an orientation impractical. Instead of being at the eastern end, therefore, the Sanctuary of St Mary's is located at the northern end of the plan, with the main façade and principal entrance at the southern end.
Even so, the slope of the land and an apparent error in the 'starting point' of the building on the site necessitated the addition of a flight of more than 30 steps to the front of the building by the architects, Hennessey & Hennessey, who took responsibility for the completion of the Cathedral to Wardell's design after his death in 1899.
News from around the Circles
Carlingford:
Bro Warren Clarke is making good progress setting up his new office and unpacking boxes at his new unit in the Gracewood Community at Kellyville. He is also looking forward to taking delivery of a new, small SUV to replace his beloved "Beast."
The Hills:
New brother, Campion Fernando, who addressed various subject matter in a after dinner talk. Highlighting his career path and opportunities it has presented him and family as well as issues within The Catenians.
Summary of points from the talk:
- He was born in Sri Lanka & leant English till year 10 at school.
- Pointed out that only 5% of Sri Larkins are Christians yet many Churches.
- Left his homeland after the civil war & moved to UK, where he attended university, following time in USA & Singapore came to Australia 28years ago.
- Main incentive was to obtain better treatment for his daughter's hearing deficiently, (now has a Cochlear implant) who was accepted into Loreto Normanhurst
- Till recently worked at Cardoner Project (a Jesuit organisation), hence has come to understand the youth's attitudes, especially in relation to their faith.
- Gave a deep insight into his perception of what the Catenians can be doing within the community & our challenges
- We have a lot to share
- Concern with term of Practicing Catholic
- How do we project our faith?
- Entice migrants, into our circles
- Opportunities for male discussion
- We are living in a Rat Race
- Need for more family support
- We can't wait for the Church to come up solutions
- Youths respect for the Church
- How we can help youth with personal issues
- Need for better life skills
- 45 to 55 age group with most problems
- Find our target areas -personal identify them & action
- Don't forget our Faith. His family experiences proof of its the relevance.
Ku-Ring-Gai:
A special call-out to our Immediate Past President and Provincial Councillor, Martin Stebbings who is celebrating his 60th Birthday on 28th September.
We are privileged to have the Bishop of Broken Bay Diocese, Most Rev Anthony Randazzo as our very special guest speaker at the September Circle Meeting and Ladies Night.
Please note this meeting will be held on Tuesday (not Monday) September 15th. Again it will be a virtual meeting via Zoom, commencing at 7.30pm.
Please advise Brother Catering Officer if you (and/or your wife) would like to attend virtually so that he can send the Zoom link. Brother Andrew's phone number is 0419 812 112 or email at asim@simtecit.com.
The film set of "A Film By" used by Luke Samson as his Zoom background.August Circle Meeting on Zoom
We had 25 attendees at our Zoom Circle meeting on Monday, August 10th, including 2 visiting UK Brothers: Chris Richards (Richmond and Twickenham Circle) and Marius Twomey (Osterley & District Circle), both visiting us for a second virtual meeting. We must be doing something right as they both said they enjoy our meetings and will visit again! Again, thanks to our IT guru, Br Andrew, we made great use of Zoom's "breakout room" facility, which enabled some lively conversations before and after the meeting proper in smaller groups of 4-6 people. We were especially privileged to have entertaining talks from our two newest Brothers, Dilip de S Wijeyeratne and Martin Dando, who have both enjoyed fascinating and rewarding lives to date.
Special Prize: Best Zoom background!
The prize for best Zoom background at the August meeting went to our youngest Brother, Luke Samson, with a photo shot of the film set from his film school short (titled: A Film By) which was his final project for a Masters in Directing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. It's a 10-minute musical short film about a day-dreaming actor who imagines himself in a series of classic film genres to escape the humdrum of reality but instead ends up making profound discoveries about his own fears and anxieties. Luke is hoping for some film festival acceptances and a premiere in 2021.
Honourable mention to Br Treasurer, Ken Anania for the collection of fluffy toys on the back of his lounge chair!
Brothers Mark and Gary have exchanged the Secretary and Chamberlains roles in Cairns.
Cairns:
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW CHAMBERLAIN AND TO OUR NEW SECRETARY…
After many year's of being Circle Secretary, Brother Mark has now handed that position to fellow Brother Gary, but hang on a minute, Brother Gary has handed over the position of Chamberlain which he has done for many years to Brother Mark!!! A really good swop you might say. Both Brothers are so very well regarded in our City of Cairns Circle, They are both fantastic.
HI FROM HERVEY BAY
HI AGAIN FROM LADY ELLIOT ISLAND…Brother Gazza and Cathy on a very well-deserved break, they both do so much for our Diocese in many ways. Have a lovely holiday and keep safe and well. Not sure who is on the wine and who is on the lemonade!!! HAHAHA
WE ARE NOW ON FRASER ISLAND…
Gazza and Cathy as you can see are now on Fraser Island and in very luxurious accommodation, they love that part of Queensland so much. Have a wonderful rest, keep safe and well.
Best wishes from your Catenian Brothers In Cairns!!!
/Cashy
Manly:
Manly President Peter Williams (right) welcomes new member Greg Dunn in the accepted COVID manner, with Brendan O’Connell looking on approvingly!Greg Dunn officially joined Manly Catenians at their September meeting.
Greg has been a part of Manly's Friends of Catenians network for some time, being a part of the walking group and attending trivia nights.
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Mike and Maryanne in the Warrumbungles at Breadknife (after a 5km steep walk!).Mike and Maryanne Guy recently embarked on a tour of parts of NSW. They started at Nelson Bay and then west to the Warrumbungles, Lightning Ridge, Moree and other parts.
Virtual trivia
Our virtual trivia continues. And it’s been virtually great!
At the moment, this trivia continues every second Tuesday and has been a great success. Brothers are encouraged to join us via the Zoom app – the more brainpower the better!
The walkers and virtual trivia continue!
The now famous (well in our minds anyway!) Manly Friends of Catenians walk along Manly Beach continues each Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 7:45am – meet at Queenscliff.
Virtual Trivia is now every second Tuesday on Zoom, with alternating quizmasters.
All welcome.
Regular Circle Social gatherings
Please contact the various Circle secretaries if you would like to visit -
Carlingford:
10.00am Tuesday mornings get-together at the Cucina de Luca, the Carmen Drive, Carlingford café and coffee shop, using the footpath seating to uphold social distancing.
Manly:
Walks along Manly Beach continue every Tuesday amd Thursday at 7:45am, starting from Queenscliff Surf Club to Shelley Beach and return.
Virtual Trivia, every second Tuesday via Zoom, contact manly.circle@thecatenians.org.au if you would like to join in and test your trivia skills.
Prayers for ...
Please remember in your prayers ...
Ku-Ring-Gai:
We wish to convey the sad news that Ku-Ring-Gai Circle Brother Ron Burke passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning (2nd Sept) at Leighton Lodge Nursing Home in North Turramurra.
May God bless Ron's soul and we pray for the comfort of Brother Ron's wife Barbara and their family at this sad time.
Carlingford:
Please remember Bro Don Mees in your prayers as he recovers from his recent hip surgery. Don has been discharged from Rehabilitation and allowed to return home to Eastwood on condition that he is not alone at this stage of his recovery. His daughter Beth, from Penrith, is staying with him at this stage. He can thus be contacted on his landline 9874 4696 – mid-morning has been suggested as probably the most appropriate time.
Bro Lindsay Gazzard will be attending physio twice a week until the end of September and is pleased with his recovery after his right knee replacement. He must be satisfied because he has scheduled the replacement of his left knee on 21st October, also at the SAN Hospital.
Judy Clarke is also progressing well after her knee replacement. She hopes to be discharged from Mt Wilga Rehabilitation on 3rd September with instructions to also attend physio twice a week to expedite her recovery.
Laurie Burns has to have further tests and specialist consultations to establish the best treatment for his slipped disc.
John Maait is recovering after arthroscopic surgery on both wrists to correct a long-standing issue.
Please also remember in your prayers Bros. Stan Burgin and Bill Carpenter together with Jan Burgin, Patrick Wheeler (grandson of Barbara Kenny), Timothy Carpenter, and Christopher Carter.
The Hills:
Deceased brothers- recently Br Jim Quinn & anniversary of Brs. Bernard Sullivan, John Bonello, John Shannon
Br Milan & Mary Bohman, Paul Roberts – parents & B.I.L. & global victims of COVID 19
Ku-Ring-Gai:
Our members, family and friends who are sick and in need of our prayers, Brothers Greg Scahill, John Szymanski, Ron Burke, Jack Garcia, Mike Tighe, Dan Gibbons and Steve Swain.
Family members Mariles Garcia, Barbara Burke, David Gardener, Gayle and Suzie Meagher, Rebecca Davies, Madeleine Szymanski and daughter Kate McRea, Margaret Marshall and Brother Mike Tighe's daughter Karen.
Manly:
We remember in our prayers all Manly Brothers who have been unwell.
Bro Chris Micallef has been somewhat in the wars in recent times. After recovering from a recent fall and broken shoulder, he has unfortunately now had several toes amputated and the recovery is proving difficult. Chris advised on 9 Sept that he has been moved to the Rehabilitation Section at Mona Vale Hospital. Unfortunately, he is only allowed 2 nominated visitors and nobody else. He will be there for 6 weeks, maybe longer depending on how things progress.
Our thoughts and prayers are definitely with him.
Ku-Ring-Gai:
We wish to convey the sad news that Ku-Ring-Gai Circle Brother Ron Burke passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning (2nd Sept) at Leighton Lodge Nursing Home in North Turramurra.
May God bless Ron's soul and we pray for the comfort of Brother Ron's wife Barbara and their family at this sad time.
Carlingford:
Please remember Bro Don Mees in your prayers as he recovers from his recent hip surgery. Don has been discharged from Rehabilitation and allowed to return home to Eastwood on condition that he is not alone at this stage of his recovery. His daughter Beth, from Penrith, is staying with him at this stage. He can thus be contacted on his landline 9874 4696 – mid-morning has been suggested as probably the most appropriate time.
Bro Lindsay Gazzard will be attending physio twice a week until the end of September and is pleased with his recovery after his right knee replacement. He must be satisfied because he has scheduled the replacement of his left knee on 21st October, also at the SAN Hospital.
Judy Clarke is also progressing well after her knee replacement. She hopes to be discharged from Mt Wilga Rehabilitation on 3rd September with instructions to also attend physio twice a week to expedite her recovery.
Laurie Burns has to have further tests and specialist consultations to establish the best treatment for his slipped disc.
John Maait is recovering after arthroscopic surgery on both wrists to correct a long-standing issue.
Please also remember in your prayers Bros. Stan Burgin and Bill Carpenter together with Jan Burgin, Patrick Wheeler (grandson of Barbara Kenny), Timothy Carpenter, and Christopher Carter.
The Hills:
Deceased brothers- recently Br Jim Quinn & anniversary of Brs. Bernard Sullivan, John Bonello, John Shannon
Br Milan & Mary Bohman, Paul Roberts – parents & B.I.L. & global victims of COVID 19
Ku-Ring-Gai:
Our members, family and friends who are sick and in need of our prayers, Brothers Greg Scahill, John Szymanski, Ron Burke, Jack Garcia, Mike Tighe, Dan Gibbons and Steve Swain.
Family members Mariles Garcia, Barbara Burke, David Gardener, Gayle and Suzie Meagher, Rebecca Davies, Madeleine Szymanski and daughter Kate McRea, Margaret Marshall and Brother Mike Tighe's daughter Karen.
Manly:
We remember in our prayers all Manly Brothers who have been unwell.
Bro Chris Micallef has been somewhat in the wars in recent times. After recovering from a recent fall and broken shoulder, he has unfortunately now had several toes amputated and the recovery is proving difficult. Chris advised on 9 Sept that he has been moved to the Rehabilitation Section at Mona Vale Hospital. Unfortunately, he is only allowed 2 nominated visitors and nobody else. He will be there for 6 weeks, maybe longer depending on how things progress.
Our thoughts and prayers are definitely with him.