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AND A DEDICATION …
by John Maguire
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Many years
ago I spent a little time in Thailand. I had gone there
to try to enter, at least in some small way, into the
extraordinary inner peace and serenity which, years earlier,
I had experienced when, for the first time, I had entered
a Buddhist ... ... [more]
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by Judith
Salmon |
One of the
qualities I most appreciate in Ted is his vigorous disrespect
for false authority. He approaches the Word of God expecting
good news and he finds it. He interprets the teachings
of Jesus unfettered by institutional viewpoints and lifts
the ... ... [more]
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MEMORIES
OF REDFERN
by Karen
Donaldson |
Karen Donaldson
The death of an Aboriginal man, Ocky, at the back of the
Church. Ocky's Camp: the dim back corner of the Church.
A little row of medicine bottles for his chest complaint,
a little carrier bag, a few papers, the plate of his last
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by Kate Gavan
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We finally
arrived at Redfern after having heard of Ted and his work
from various members of the clergy and a variety of people
over thirty years. Each time we would say that we must
go to Mass at Redfern something got in our way. I will
never forge ... ... [more]
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by Kathleen
Gilbert |
Like many
non-indigenous Australians, I had never known any Aboriginal
people before I started coming to Redfern. So this is
probably the most significant change that Redfern has
made to my life. Ted and the St Vincent’s community gave
me the opportu ... ... [more]
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Ted,
by Kevin
Hunt |
Your friendship
support and love have been a backbone for me and I feel
so privileged to know you. Thank you for all your help
over the years, in listening and supporting me. I have
always treasured your description of God as “a constantly
creating ... ... [more]
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by Louise
Salmon |
Ted has
shown me by example that a truly Christian life is a subversive
one, in which many sacrifices should be made. He has taught
me new ways to think about issues ranging from the treatment
of indigenous and disadvantaged Australians, to the moral
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My
Dear Ted,
by Madge
O'Brien (Kearney) |
When I think
back to the first time I met you in Kettering I was a
bit scared of you being a Priest. My experience in my
late teens was not very positive regarding the Church.
But your love, insight and encouragement changed all of
that. You helped m ... ... [more]
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MY
REDFERN CONNECTIONS REFLECTIONS
by Maggie
Galley |
I have been
connected to St Vincent's Redfern since the late 70's.
It was through St Vincent's that I have become friends
with many Aboriginal people over the years including “Mum
Shirl' It was at St Vincent's that my marriage to Peter
Griffin was ... ... [more]
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by Marcela,
Stephen Samuel and Emma Garrett |
Ted, You
not only preached the Gospel, you live it. You hold a
special place in our hearts for your contributions to
making Samuel's and then Emma's baptisms the significant
events that they were. We hope that other priests will
follow your exampl ... ... [more]
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Dear
Ted,
by Margaret
Hetherton |
We need
prophets and you have been a true one. In your life and
thought you have been a guide to the signs of goodness
and truth which herald the Kingdom - and to institutional
blind paths that make a sham of that hope. Thank you Ted
for living such ... ... [more]
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Dear
Ted
by Maria
Manning |
If I hadn't
met you I would never have seen, driving late at night
in the Araluen Valley, the surprising sight of a man standing
beside the road draped in a grey blanket with a gorilla
mask on his head. Nor would whoever was in the other car,
the one ... ... [more]
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by Marianne
Dacy (NDS) |
My first
sighting of Fr Ted Kennedy, Parish administrator of St
Vincent’s Redfern must have been in the early eighties
when Lenore Sharry (NDS) (who died of cancer in January
1995) took me to Redfern on Saturday evening on the train
for a 6.0 p.m. Ma ... ... [more]
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WHAT
DOES REDFERN MEAN TO ME?
by Marie
Grünke |
I have an
image of an arc floating on a vast sea with sails set
to the horizon. There are people on board from diverse
cultures and backgrounds, rescued from a sunken vessel.
This image slowly emerged during my 10 years as a parishioner
of St Vincent ... ... [more]
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30
YEARS AT REDFERN
by Marnie
Kennedy RSCJ |
My first
memory of St Vincent's, Redfern, is etched indelibly on
my mind and goes back to 1971. It coincided with my release
from enclosure as a Religious of the Sacred Heart in the
wake of the reforms of Vatican II. I made an early visit
to Redfern ... ... [more]
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by Mary Cawood
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I first
met you at university, but as a part time student in those
years I had little connection with you. Later when you
moved to Neutral Bay you suggested the “Camperdown Choir”,
then without a home, might like to come to the parish
without a choir ... ... [more]
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by Mary Shanahan
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Ted has
been a wonderful model of a priest who came to serve and
not to be served. His commitment to the poor of the land
has been inspirational. I have appreciated being part
of the community at Redfern. It is a wonderful example
of priest and peopl ... ... [more]
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