ARCHDIOCESE OF MELBOURNE REPORT:
Vale Fr Peter Steele SJ
Monday 2 July 2012
FR PETER Daniel Steele SJ died at 6.10pm on Wednesday, 27 June, 2012 at Caritas Christi Hospice, Kew, Victoria, aged 72 years.
A Vigil Mass was held at 7.30pm on Sunday 1 July, at the Newman College Chapel.
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A Requiem Mass and Funeral was held at 1pm, Monday 2 July, at Newman College Chapel, followed by interment in Melbourne General Cemetery.
Aug. 1939 Born in Perth, Western Australia
1947-56 Education at Christian Brothers’ College, Perth, WA
1957-58 Noviceship at Loyola College, Watsonia, Victoria
1959-61 Philosophy at Loyola College, Watsonia, Victoria
1962-64 Arts degree at Melbourne University; Campion Hall/College, Kew, Vic.
1965-67 Regency at Melbourne University: tutoring & postgraduate degrees in English Literature; Campion College, Kew, Vic.
1968-71 Theology at Canisius College, Pymble, NSW (1968) and Jesuit Theological College, Parkville, Vic. (1969-71)
1972 JTC, Parkville, Vic.: lecturer and doctoral studies at Melbourne University, teacher at Glen Waverley Seminary, province consultor
1973-78 Rector of Campion College, Kew, Vic., lecturer & doctoral studies (1973-75) at Melbourne U, province consultor (1973-75), spiritual father at JTC, assistant to delegate for Education, sabbatical in 1978
1979-83 Campion College, Kew, Vic.: lecturer at Melbourne U, spiritual father, writer,
Chair of Province Theological Reflection Unit(1983)
1984 Sabbatical at Loyola University, Chicago, USA and in UK
1985-90 Provincial Residence, Hawthorn, Vic.: Provincial
1991-2012 Newman College, Parkville, Vic.: Scholar in Residence, superior (2002-06), Reader in English at Melbourne U (1991- 92), Professor & Personal Chair in English Lit. at Melbourne U (1993-2006), province consultor (July 1998 -July 2003), Professor Emeritus of English Lit. at Melbourne U (2007-12), Visiting Professor in English Lit. at Georgetown U (1994, Jan - July 1997 & 2001), Loyola U (Chicago), Oxford U, Fordham U, Fairfield U, Queen’s U and U of Alberta, Canada; Inaugural Scholar in Residence, U of Armidale, NSW; distinguished Scholar in Residence at Georgetown U (July-Nov. 2008)
Photo above: courtesy of Fr Steele SJ
Photos of the Vigil Mass: Peter Casamento
Vale Fr Poulsen
Vale Fr Peter Steele SJ
Monday 2 July 2012FR PETER Daniel Steele SJ died at 6.10pm on Wednesday, 27 June, 2012 at Caritas Christi Hospice, Kew, Victoria, aged 72 years.
A Vigil Mass was held at 7.30pm on Sunday 1 July, at the Newman College Chapel.
View gallery
A Requiem Mass and Funeral was held at 1pm, Monday 2 July, at Newman College Chapel, followed by interment in Melbourne General Cemetery.
Aug. 1939 Born in Perth, Western Australia
1947-56 Education at Christian Brothers’ College, Perth, WA
1957-58 Noviceship at Loyola College, Watsonia, Victoria
1959-61 Philosophy at Loyola College, Watsonia, Victoria
1962-64 Arts degree at Melbourne University; Campion Hall/College, Kew, Vic.
1965-67 Regency at Melbourne University: tutoring & postgraduate degrees in English Literature; Campion College, Kew, Vic.
1968-71 Theology at Canisius College, Pymble, NSW (1968) and Jesuit Theological College, Parkville, Vic. (1969-71)
1972 JTC, Parkville, Vic.: lecturer and doctoral studies at Melbourne University, teacher at Glen Waverley Seminary, province consultor
1973-78 Rector of Campion College, Kew, Vic., lecturer & doctoral studies (1973-75) at Melbourne U, province consultor (1973-75), spiritual father at JTC, assistant to delegate for Education, sabbatical in 1978
1979-83 Campion College, Kew, Vic.: lecturer at Melbourne U, spiritual father, writer,
Chair of Province Theological Reflection Unit(1983)
1984 Sabbatical at Loyola University, Chicago, USA and in UK
1985-90 Provincial Residence, Hawthorn, Vic.: Provincial
1991-2012 Newman College, Parkville, Vic.: Scholar in Residence, superior (2002-06), Reader in English at Melbourne U (1991- 92), Professor & Personal Chair in English Lit. at Melbourne U (1993-2006), province consultor (July 1998 -July 2003), Professor Emeritus of English Lit. at Melbourne U (2007-12), Visiting Professor in English Lit. at Georgetown U (1994, Jan - July 1997 & 2001), Loyola U (Chicago), Oxford U, Fordham U, Fairfield U, Queen’s U and U of Alberta, Canada; Inaugural Scholar in Residence, U of Armidale, NSW; distinguished Scholar in Residence at Georgetown U (July-Nov. 2008)
Photo above: courtesy of Fr Steele SJ
Photos of the Vigil Mass: Peter Casamento
Vale Fr Poulsen
Monday 2 July 2012
AT THE great age of 91, Father Ronald Harold Poulsen PE, passed away at the Frankston Hospital on Friday morning, 28 June 2012.
In a statement issued this morning, Vicar General, Monsignor Greg Bennet said, “the Archdiocese was most grateful for Fr Poulsen’s untiring service to the Church of Melbourne.”
Ordained in 1945, Fr Poulsen was Assistant Parish Priest at the Parishes of North Fitzroy, Ormond, Carlton, Balaclava, Moonee Ponds and Geelong. He then served as Parish Priest of Berwick, Glenroy and Hampton East. Father Poulsen also served as Chaplain of the St Vincent de Paul’s Boys Orphanage. Following his appointment as Pastor Emeritus in 1987, Fr Poulsen retired to the Peninsula. He celebrated morning Mass at the parish of Dromana until his recent illness.
A Pontifical Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St Monica’s Church, Moonee Ponds on Wednesday, 4 July at 11am. Fr Poulsen will then be laid to rest at the Northern Memorial Park.
AT THE great age of 91, Father Ronald Harold Poulsen PE, passed away at the Frankston Hospital on Friday morning, 28 June 2012.In a statement issued this morning, Vicar General, Monsignor Greg Bennet said, “the Archdiocese was most grateful for Fr Poulsen’s untiring service to the Church of Melbourne.”
Ordained in 1945, Fr Poulsen was Assistant Parish Priest at the Parishes of North Fitzroy, Ormond, Carlton, Balaclava, Moonee Ponds and Geelong. He then served as Parish Priest of Berwick, Glenroy and Hampton East. Father Poulsen also served as Chaplain of the St Vincent de Paul’s Boys Orphanage. Following his appointment as Pastor Emeritus in 1987, Fr Poulsen retired to the Peninsula. He celebrated morning Mass at the parish of Dromana until his recent illness.
A Pontifical Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St Monica’s Church, Moonee Ponds on Wednesday, 4 July at 11am. Fr Poulsen will then be laid to rest at the Northern Memorial Park.
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