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Community Funding Scheme
TO all you small struggling business owners CCRC has implemented a Community Funding Scheme. This means council no longer assists community groups with in kind support. You must apply for a grant. CCRC has recently given a grant of around $3000 I believe
Thank you
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Remembering Sister Eileen Mary
MARIA GIRGENTI
IN mid-2022, on the Feast of Pentecost, the Mother of Good Counsel Catholic community paid tribute to Good Samaritan Sister Eileen Brown with a special morning tea at Innisfail Parish Centre.
Sr Eileen’s brothers, Leonard and Maurice Brown and sister-in-law Susie Brown from Wollongong were also in attendance.
Burial of a lock of Sr Eileen’s hair and flower petals from her room took place in the garden outside the Parish Centre.
Father Kerry Crowley blessed a special plaque in memory of Sr Eileen’s contribution, permanently displayed in the Parish Centre.
Parish members described Sr Eileen as “a quiet, gentle, kind person, with boundless energy, who lived her faith, possessed a certain charisma, touched lots of people through her outreach work and made countless friends of all ages and nationalities.”
Bishop Peter Ingham, former Bishop of Wollongong, described Eileen as “personable, enthusiastic, and highly competent with a deep faith.”
Eileen Mary Brown was born on July 30, 1944, at the foot of Mount Keira, the eldest of four, with three younger brothers, Leonard, Denis, and Maurice.
In 1981, Eileen, aged 36, transferred to Innisfail and was appointed Superior of the local community and Deputy Principal of Good Counsel College.
A year later, with the introduction of cluster superiors, Sr Eileen also became Superior of Tully.
In June 1982, after consultation between Sr Caroline Duhigg and Parish priest Fr Brian Fitzpatrick OSA, this resulted in establishing a Parish team as a collaborative ministry between the Augustinian Fathers
