South Eastern Region Hospitaller: Sauro Antonelli AM KMG
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Every one of the 550 coats distributed in 2018 was personally handed over to a person in need by a member of the Order, or a postulant, or one of our many volunteers.
he South Eastern Region celebrates the appointment of Fr Joe Caddy and Fr Kevin Lenehan as Magistral Chaplains. In April 2018 the South East Region was pleased to welcome Fr Joe Caddy AM as Magistral Chaplain to the Order. Fr Caddy, despite his relative youth, has a long and distinguished career of service to the community including Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Care Melbourne from 2004 to 2017, Episcopal Vicar for Social Services at the Archdiocese of Melbourne since 2016, and the Parish Priest of St Mary’s East St Kilda since 2016. Fr Caddy was Chairperson of the Catholic Social Services Australia from 2003 to 2013 and has carried out roles with Catholic Social Services Victoria, with Victorian Council to Homeless Persons, is a member of the Victoria Council of Churches Social Questions Committee, and Adjunct Professor at Australian Catholic University since 2007, among many other positions. Apart from his academic qualifications of Bachelor of Theology (Melbourne), Fr Caddy holds degrees in social sciences from the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy where he focused his studies on Catholic social teaching and social ethics and economics. He was ordained a priest in 1990. Sovereign Council at its October 2018 meeting approved the appointment of Fr Kevin Lenehan as Magistral Chaplain to the Order. We were pleased to welcome him at the meeting of members on
22 November 2018, and to present him with his Magistral Cross, although this will be blessed and formally presented to him at next year’s Assembly. Fr Lenehan will make a welcome addition to the Order’s activities in the South Eastern region. Rev Dr Kevin Lenehan is a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Ballarat in Victoria. He was ordained in 1993. From 1985 to1993 he attended the provincial seminary, Corpus Christi College in Melbourne, and completed degrees in theology at Catholic Theological College and in history and politics at Monash University. He has served as assistant priest and parish priest in the Ballarat Diocese. From 2002 to2006 he was Diocesan Director of Religious Education. In 2010 he completed a doctorate in systematic theology at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Currently, he is Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean (Postgraduate and Research) at Catholic Theology College Melbourne, a college of the University of Divinity. Rev Dr Kevin Lenehan teaches and researches in the areas of fundamental theology, theological anthropology, René Girard’s mimetic theory, and Bonhoeffer studies. He is a regular contributor in faith formation and religious education in parishes and diocese around the country. At present, he is priest-in-residence at St Bridget’s Parish Greythorn in Melbourne, and offers liturgical ministry there on weekends. We welcome him to the Order of Malta. Subpriory Confrere David Blackwell made his Promise of Obedience on 9 September 2018 during the annual Philermos Mass at Newman College Chapel. Five other members from Victoria have entered their year of training and will attend the Subpriory Retreat in February 2019. 2018 Coats for the Homeless Program During 2018 we serviced the city on Tuesday and Thursday nights accompanying the St Vincent de Paul vans. We also serviced the North Melbourne stop, again with St Vincent de Paul and on Monday evenings through Confrere David Kissane, assisted by Paul Santamaria, we serviced the St Kilda stop where the Capuchin Brothers give out the food. The Australian Catholic University (ACU) law student volunteers also accompanied St Vincent de Paul vans once each week in the city run, and met the homeless and personally handed over coats.
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2018 Australian Hospitaller
