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Grave markers of Octavius William Borrell and Kevin Agnew, in the Marist Brothers plot of the Catholic Cemetery, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia. Octavius William Borrell (19 January 1916 – 18 July 2007) was a Marist Brother, missionary school teacher and botanist.
Brother Othmar Weldon MBE (20 Sept 1920 – 2 June 2008) was the religious name of William George Weldon, an Australian Marist Brother who was from 1964 to 1972 the provincial head of the Marist order in Sydney. He had a prominent role in the expansion of Catholic education in eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands in the 1960s and 70s.
St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. The Catholic and Orthodox churches recognize some deceased Christians as saints, blesseds, and Servants of God.Some of these individuals have Australian connections, either because they were of Australian origin and ethnicity, or because they travelled to Australia from their own homeland and became noted in their hagiography for their work in Australia and amongst ...
Charles Howard FMS AM (29 October 1924 – 14 January 2012) was an Australian Marist Brother who held the office of worldwide superior general of the order from 1985 to 1993. His religious name during much of his Marist career was "Brother Elias". [1] He was the only Australian to date elected to lead the Marist Brothers' worldwide organisation.
Brother Ignatius O'Connor FMS (16 July 1896 – 19 March 1949), [1] was the religious name of Vincent Ignatius O'Connor, an Australian Marist Brother who worked in Sydney and Queensland. He was the founding headmaster of Catholic boys' school Marist College Ashgrove in 1940, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] having previously been headmaster at Marcellin College ...
The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic religious institute of brothers. In 1817, Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from France, founded the Marist Brothers with the goal of educating young people, especially those most neglected. While most of the brothers ...
Educated at the Marist Brothers' College in the Sydney suburb of Kogarah, he left school when 13 years old, to work as a messenger boy in what was then the Postmaster-General's Department. In 1914, his parents refused permission for him to enlist in the Australian Army , but he was allowed to volunteer for the transport service as a telegraphist.
Glynn was born in Casino, in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, Australia in 1926. He was one of eight children of Harold Marcus Glynn, a successful store owner, and Nina Rose Glynn (née Dougherty). Following her death in 1932, when Anthony was six, Nina's sister Molly stepped in to help raise the children. [1]