Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Juniorates: Macedon, Wangaratta, East Bendigo

 

MACEDON JUNIORATE

1948 till 1954



FIRST MASTER of JUNIORS


 

 
Br Canice (George Robert O'Donnell)
born February 13, 1915,
died March 15, 2006.
 
 
STAFF MEMBERS
 
1948: Canice O'Donnell, Boniface Kivlighon, Louis Flavian Scharpf.
1949: Canice O'Donnell, Nilus Kenny, Ludovic Bourke, Anastasius Moran.
1950: Canice O'Donnell, Ludovic Bourke, Methodius Murphy, Vincent Smith
1951: Canice O'Donnell, Ludovic Bourke, Methodius Murphy, Kevin Hogan (Callixtus)
1952: Canice O'Donnell, Ludovic Bourke, Kevin Hogan (Callixtus), Noel Hickey (Jerome)
1953: Canice O'Donnell, Noel Hickey (Jerome), Austin Redden (Osmund), Terry Gleeson (Ernest), Roger Reidy.
1954: Brendan Feehan (Bertinus), Noel Hickey (Jerome), Austin Redden (Osmund), Leo Hurley (Augustine).

 

 

WANGARATTA JUNIORATE

Champagnat College

1955 till 1969



CHAMPAGNAT COLLEGE, WANGARATTA (photo courtesy Leo Keegan )

 

SECOND MASTER of JUNIORS

 
 

BROTHER BRENDAN FEEHAN (BERTINUS)

 {including one year at Macedon 1954)

 

THIRD MASTER of JUNIORS

BROTHER MAJELLA FITZPATRICK

 
 
Other staff members at Wangaratta including:


                    Brother Alphonsus (Mick Brown)
                    Brother Augustine (Leo Hurley) (RIP)
                    Brother Boniface (RIP)
                    Brother Brian Beggs (RIP)
                    Brother Conrad (RIP)
                    Brother Columbanus (RIP)
                    Brother Dominic Stewart
                    Brother Felix (Des Connolly)
                    Brother Jerome (Noel Hickey): one year at Macedon 1954, 
                                                                          then 1955 and 1958-60
                    Brother Ken Harris (RIP)
                    Brother Gordan Heinrich (RIP)
                    Brother Kilian (Brian Flynn) (RIP)
                    Brother Methodius (RIP)
                    Brother Anthony O'Brien (RIP)
                     Brother Oliver (RIP)
                    Brother Osmund (Austin Redden) (RIP)
                     Brother Prosper (RIP)
                    Brother Jim Ryan (RIP)_

 
 

1959 JUNIORS


 

Click on photo to enlarge
Front:   N Colvin, N McManus, B Neuman, P McLaughlin, K Guthrie, T Scally, D Christian, J Sullivan, T Byrne, M Butler, A Swingler, A Duryea
Second:   G Colvin, R Keane, R Deland, R Twomey, K Walsh, B Edwards, B Synan, W A Kelly, N Answerth, P Georgeson, M Needham, J Braithewaite, J Emmett
Third:    M Jaremczuk, E O'Halloran, J Needham, J Blackett, V Ryan, J Weygood, A Moore, W Wilczek, C Murphy, D Harrington, T Dwyer, J Hughes
Fourth:   J Crosby, J Flaherty, G Griffiths, T Rossiter, C Brown, J Kelly, T Dillon, T Ryan, J McIllhinny
Back:    R Kelly, S Williams, M O'Donoghue, D Howard, M Heenan, B Connolly
 
Total Juniors: 52

 
 
 
 

1959 FIRST XVIII

 
Front:   R Ramsay, A Skehan, T Scally, G Colvin, J Sullivan, D. Murray
Second:   R Keane, N Colvin, N McManus, D Malone, R Twomey, J Goodale
Third:   R Denisenko, J Neeham, N Answerth, N Ginnivan, J Emmett, T Rossiter
Back:    G Griffiths, A O'Keefe

 

1959 FIRST X1

 

Front:   J Emmett, T Sullivan, G Colvin, A Swingler, F Bohan
Middle:   N Neeham, J Cleary, B Weston, R Keane
Back:   T Rossiter, J Goodale, W Ginnivan

 

1959 Matriculation

Front: Geoff Colvin, Rob Twomey, Michael Butler, Neville McManus, John Sullivan, Neville Colvin
Second row: Ambrose Kelly, Bernie Neuman, Des Malone, Tony Skehan, Paul McLaughlin,
 John McIntosh, John Pisani
Third Row: Martin  Hessian, Joe Weygood, Michael Answerth, Ross Keane, Brian  Rodgers,
John Emmett
Back: Adrian O'Keefe, John Goodale, John Hughes, Cyril Brown
 
 
Acknowledgements: Champagnat College 1959 Photos CD ( courtesy Wolfgang Wilczek Drusilla 63) and Brother Joe Hughes ( Drusilla 60 )
 
Posted: October 2019; amended 2023.
 
 

1962 Juniors

Back Row: Tony O'Connell, (   ), Ray O'Halloran, Bernard Riley, Leo Keegan, Geoff Marshall, Chris Paterson, Kevin Trainor,  Michael Reardon, Jack Goodfellow
Middle Row: Peter Hicks, Tony O'Meara, Des Howard, Eddie Harken, John Crosby, Wolfgang Wilczek, Reg McManus,  Steve ?, Eddie Havelock, Mick Heenan, Noel ?
Front Row: John Horgan, (?),  Kevin Sykes, Peter McManus, Paul Nieuwenhuizen, Michael Jaremcsuk, Bernie Halpin,  Michael McManus, Lenny Carroll, John McElhinney
( photo courtesy Leo Keegan)

Amended: Larger printed names 2023

Back row: Tony O'Meara, Peter Wearne, Leo Keegan, Des Howard, Chris Patterson, Peter Bourke

Middle row:John Horgan, Tony Rogers, John McElhinney, Jack Munk, Brian Hughes, Michael Morgan,
Des Hansen

Front Row: Nick Baldwin, Paul Neuiwenhalsen, Kevin Moar, John Downs, Michael Jaremczuik,
John Dunstan



 ( Juniors in red - click on photo to enlarge) : photos courtesy Leo Keegan (Drusilla 63)
 

 Juniors at Wangaratta including:

                   John Black                                
                   Peter Bourke
                   David Conway
                  Terry Dwyer (1956 till 1960)
                  John Horgan                   
                   Des Howard (1957 till 1962)
                  Joseph Hughes (1955 - 1959)
                  Michael Jaremczuk         
                   Ross Keane
                  Leo Keegan (1960 till 1962)
                  Kevin Mackin                
                  John McElhinney
                  Neville McManus (RIP)
                  John Needham (RIP)              
                  Paul Niewenhuisen
                  Peter O'Brien
                  Evan O'Halloran
                  Tony O'Meara                  
                  Terry Orrell
                  Chris Paterson
                  Vin Ryan                                               
                   Michael Rush (1955 till 1957)
                   Tom Scully
                   Kevin Sykes   
                   Des Tuck
                   Tony Welch    
                  Wolfgang Wilczek



           
"In 1957 we were close to 70 Juniors in a total roll call of 300 students ranging from Grade 5 to Matric (Day students, Boarders, Juniors). In my final year (1962) we were 34 Juniors." (Br Des Howard - Drusilla 63)


There is a Powerpoint presentation prepared for the 2013 Wangaratta Reunion available, courtesy Leo Keegan (Drusilla 63). If you would like a copy let me know. Terry



 

EAST BENDIGO JUNIORATE

1970 till  1973


East Bendigo Juniorate, Murphy Street ...  (photo courtesy Brother Kevin Hoare - Drusilla 48)
Photo taken 2019
 

FOURTH MASTER OF JUNIORS

BROTHER KEVIN MACKIN (Drusilla 56) (RIP)

 
Other staff members at East Bendigo
 
                                  Brother Des Howard - 1970 and 1971
                                  Brother Michael McManus - 1972

Juniors at East Bendigo:
 
{Courtesy Brother Tony Paterson (RIP) - Australian Province Archivist}
                    

                               1970:    (13)                                                                     

                                    David Davies                   Bunbury                                      
                                    Patrick Kelly                    Bunbury                                      
                                    Alan Imms                       Churchlands                               
                                    Matthew Highet               SHC                       
                                    Peter Devery                    Griffith                                        
                                    Neil Mitchell                   Griffith                   
                                    Michael Brennan             Shepparton                                 
                                    Peter Lynch                     Traralgon                                    
                                   Paul Field                          Hawthorn           
                                   Peter Vassallo                    Hawthorn             
                                   Peter Dernham                   Bulleen                           
                                   Brendan Smyth                  Bulleen                   
                                   Peter vanEeken                   Preston                   
 

                               1971 : (5)

                                     Phil McManus                    Broken Hill
                                    John Pett                             Bulleen
                                    Michael Kane                      Traralgon
                                   John O'Brien                       Griffith
                                   Chris McBeath                    Churchlands
    
                              1972:   (6)                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                    RoryDernham                  Bulleen                                                                                           James Burke                       Kilmore         
                                  James Smith                       Shepparton
                                   Terrence Bowman             Bulleen         
                                   Wayne Kendle                   Bunbury        
                                   Mark O'Connor                 Preston         
 

                                 1973 :  (4)

                                       Philip Stephens                Bulleen
                                       Stephen Harrington          Bendigo
                                       John Houston                   Inverlock
                                      Anthony Applekamp         Gawler
                                     

                                                                         Total Juniors at East Bendigo:  28

Archivist's Note:  "The records are poor. Spelling may not be accurate. Archivists had not really been discovered in those days. I think Brother Oliver Clarke was at Bulleen at this time and was eventually appointed Province secretary with the additional portfolio to sort out the archives. It was also the case in Sydney. Brother Alban Doyle kept the archives in beer boxes in his bedroom or similar."

 
Brother Tony Paterson - Archivist

Died 2019
 

 
"In 1955, a couple of days before my 13th birthday, I embarked on my quest to become a Marist Brother. No doubt you are horrified by my leaving home so early but it was common practice in those days for boys to start their training at a very young age so they could gradually discover what was involved in becoming a Marist Brothers. This practice was discontinued in the 70's when Juniors were moved to Bendigo and, eventually, the Juniorate was closed down altogether" (Brother Joseph Hughes)

 

 
"In 1970 the Juniorate was moved to a hostel model in East Bendigo, catering for 15 Juniors from Years 11 and 12. It was purpose built and rather attractive (Ranch style). Br Kevin Machin was the Director and I (Br Des Howard) his assistant. Each day we would drive/walk to MBC Bendigo (about a 20 minutes walk), where the Juniors attended classes while Kev and I were on the teaching staff. In our first year we had 12 Juniors, mostly from Wangaratta but three came directly from other schools ... not completely sure of this. 
The East Bendigo Juniorate closed at the end of 1973. Dwindling numbers made it almost impossible to survive." (Brother Des Howard)
  
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After East Bendigo Juniorate was closed, the Melbourne Province decided that it would no longer take Juniors. Aspirants to the order would be accepted into the Postulancy at the end of their schooling. In 1975, Brother Ralph (Geoff Colvin) was appointed Superior to the Postulants living as a family in a house at Hawthorn, Victoria. Then at the end of that year, Brother Cletus, the Provincial, appointed Leo Keegan to assist Brother Ralph for 1976. The Postulancy house was then closed.
 
 
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Acknowledgements: Brother Greg (Brian) McCrystal (Drusilla 50); Brother Noel (Jerome) Hickey (Drusilla 54); Terry Dwyer (Drusilla 61); Brother Joseph Hughes (Drusilla 60); Leo Keegan (Drusilla 63); Brother Des Howard (Drusilla 63), Brother Tony Paterson - Australian Province Archivist, Brother John Meehan (Drusilla 50), Brother Kevin Hoare (Drusilla 48)
 
 
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For related items to this post, go back to blog menu, click on "Reflections and News #1"
  • " Planning and Foundation of Wangaratta 1955" : courtesy Brother Julian Casey (Drusilla 50)
  • "Wangaratta Juniorate in 1950's" : courtesy Brother Joseph Hughes (Drusilla 60)
  • "Macedon Junior and Wangaratta Junior Reminisces" 
  • "Kindness, Thoughtfulness and Understanding of Brother Cletus Reed": courtesy Leo Keegan (Drusilla 63)
 

 
Posted  July 2019 - revised September 2019