Congregation of Christian Brothers in New Zealand

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History of the Christian Brothers

The Christian Brothers were founded in Waterford Ireland in 1802 by Edmund Ignatius Rice who was beatified in Rome in 1996. He was a wealthy committed Catholic businessman noted for his charity towards the poor. The death of his wife shortly after the birth of a handicapped daughter was a catalyst in his life. It deepened his spirituality which made him more aware of the needs of the marginalised especially young boys who lacked education in faith, literacy, numeracy and often lacked the basic necessities of life. He established schools for these boys despite the fact he had no teacher training and was in his early forties. Gradually other men, often businessmen like himself, joined him inspired by his charity and compassion. Other schools spread rapidly throughout Ireland. By the time of his death in 1844 his considerable fortune had been spent in establishing schools. In his own life time schools had been set up in England, and by the turn of the century schools were founded in America, India, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.[1]

The Christian Brothers arrived in New Zealand in 1876 and, in that year opened a secondary school in Dunedin, the Christian Brothers School. From the arrival of the Christian Brothers, New Zealand was administered as part of the Australasian province incorporating Australia, New Zealand and, from 1950, Papua New Guinea. In 1959, New Zealand became St Joseph's Vice-Province. This resulted in New Zealand Brothers returning to work in their home country and many Australian brothers went in the opposite direction. In 1966 New Zealand became a full Province of the order.[2]

In recent years, especially following the integration of their schools into the New Zealand state education system and with aging membership and a lack of recruits, the New Zealand Christian Brothers have generally moved away from teaching in and managing schools and have refocused on those at the margins of society. There is still, however, strong support for the New Zealand schools and a focus on establishing and supporting schools in Oceania, Africa and the Philippines.

In 2007, the Christian Brothers provinces in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific (including St Joseph's Province, New Zealand) were abolished and replaced by one new Oceania Province which was itself sub-divided into twelve "clusters". Each cluster leader is responsible for the pastoral care of the Brothers in the cluster as well as encouraging close links with the Edmund Rice Ministries and Edmund Rice Network in that cluster area. The New Zealand Cluster includes: the Christian Brother Communities at Young Street Dunedin, 24A Wharenui Road Christchurch, 24B Wharenui Road Christchurch, Rarotonga, Murupara, Otorohanga, the Edmund Rice Community Westport, the Edmund Rice Community Auckland and the Mission Sisters/Christian Brothers community in Opotiki. The other clusters in the Oceania Province are: Papua-New Guinea Cluster; NSW Cluster A; NSW Cluster B; NSW Cluster C; Victoria & Tasmania cluster A; Victoria & Tasmania cluster B; Victoria & Tasmania cluster C; Queensland cluster A; Queensland cluster B; South Australia Cluster; and Western Australia Cluster. [3]

New Zealand Province Leaders 1959-2007

  • Br C C Marlow (1959-1965)
  • Br P C Ryan (1966-1972)
  • Br P A McManus (1972-1984)
  • Br M B Scanlan (1984-1996)
  • Br B J Lauren (1996-2007)

New Zealand Cluster Leaders 2007-

  • Br John O'Shea (2007- present);

Christian Brothers initiatives

Schools and other initiatives associated with the New Zealand Christian Brothers include:

Notable Christian Brothers

Because of ambiguities and mistakes in the sources, two or more of the names below may, in some cases, refer to one person. The biographies are based on information available in the publicly-available sources listed below. These do not include the Christian Brothers own records. No pretence is made that the biographies are, in any manner, complete.

  • Br Darryl Justin Anderson (born 1949): educated at St Paul's High School, Dunedin; entered the Christian Brothers in 1968; Christian Brother 1968-1969.[5]
  • Br Barron: Australian and New Zealand Provincial of the Christian Brothers from 1900s until the 1920s(?); in 1907 he decided to withdraw the Christian Brothers from Dunedin but after the remonstrations of Bishop Verdon of Dunedin, he changed his mind; he was invited to establish a Christian Brothers School in Auckland by Bishop Cleary of Auckland in 1923.[6]
  • Br J F Beeden: taught at Christian Brothers High School 1934-1939 and then transferred to Oamaru; he taught at St Patrick's Primary School, Oamaru, where he was the Principal 1939-1949; in 1973 in Dunedin, "three old boys [of Christian Brothers School, Dunedin], Brothers Ryan, Lynch and Mills, along with a highly respected teacher, Brother Beeden, celebrated their Golden Jubilee".[8]
  • Br Laurence Alvin Bent (born 1934): educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham, Sydney; entered the Christian Brothers in 1952; made his final profession in 1959; taught at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin 1954-1960 (he taught Standard 3 in 1954/55, Form I in 1956/57 and Form III in 1958/59); transferred to Australia in 1960; he was ordained priest 5th March, 1999 for the Canberra Goulburn diocese; in 2008 he is Parish Priest of St Augustine's Parish, Yass, NSW, Australia.[9]
  • Br Patrick Regis Bloom (1904- ?): educated in Toowoomba; entered Christian Brothers in 1920; final profession in 1928; taught at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru from 1959; transferred to Australia in 1960.[11]
  • Br D Fursey Bodkin (1843-1929): Born near Tuam, County Galway, Ireland; one of the four Christian brothers who arrived from Ireland in Melbourne on 15 November 1868, under the leadership of Br Ambrose Treacy, to establish the order in Australia. The other two pioneer brothers were Brothers Barnabus Lynch and Joseph Nolan; leader of the first New Zealand Christian Brothers Community; together with Bros Dunne, Healey and McMahon, landed at Port Chalmers from the "Arawata" on 02 April, 1876; he founded, and was the first Principal of, Christian Brothers School, Dunedin 1876-1886; in 1886 and 1887, he was Headmaster at St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane (?); he was moved to Melbourne (?); served another term as Principal of Christian Brothers School, Dunedin 1897-1898; he was the Director of the Christian Brothers' Orphanage at Clontarf, Western Australia 1898-1929; in 1929, " ... in his 87th year and in the 71st of his religious profession, the venerable founder of the [Christian Brothers School, Dunedin] fifty-three years before, went to his reward"; he "was first and foremost a man of a deep religious sense and of extraordinary piety and devoutness ... by nature more fitted for the peace and quiet of the cloister ..."; "he was no mean disciplinarian, a particularly fine and penetrative teacher and a widely read and cultured scholar"; but he must have had considerable character as a teacher because at one time, in Dunedin, Br Bodkin taught a class of 200 boys. The Houses of St Peter's College, Auckland are named after Bros Treacy, Bodkin, Lynch and Nolan.[12]
  • Br F P Bowler (died 1970): Principal of Christian Brothers School 1917-1923; opened a hostel for 12 country boys at 2 Bishop's Place Dunedin, in 1917; the hostel then shifted to Rattray St before it was transferred to 6 Smith St where over thirty boys were accommodated; Br Bowler guided the hostel until he was transferred in 1923 to Adelaide; the hostel closed in 1924; foundation teacher at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru from 1927; returned to Dunedin for 75th anniversary of Christian Brothers High School in 1951: he was the guest of the old boys of the school and was presented by them with a return air-travel ticket from Melbourne to Dunedin; "this spontaneous act of remembrance and generosity really overwhelmed the venerable brother"; there was a special, "informal function" of welcome to Br Bowler and there was a "fine attendance" and good spirit at this gathering; Br Bowler replied to the toast to the Christian Brothers at the reunion dinner; he re-visited the school in 1961 "to renew acquaintances". [15]
  • Br Bradstreet: (see Br Broadstreet)
  • Br F Myron Byrne (born 1927): educated at Christian Brothers College, North Melbourne; entered the Christian Brothers in 1944; made his final profession in 1952; transferred to Australia in 1992.[23]
  • Br Ian Robert Carroll (1939-2000): educated at St Peter's College, Auckland 1950? - 1957?; entered the Christian Brothers in 1958; was a foundation Christian Brother at St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch 1961-1962 and also taught there in 1964 and 1968; taught at St Peter's College, Auckland 1963; taught at Edmund Rice College, Rotorua in 1963 and 1967 - (?); between the years 1968 and 1976, he went to Papua New Guinea, teaching at Fatima Vocational School, Banz (Western Highlands Province) and there carried out work with the local equivalent of "street kids"; " ... made a significant contribution to the Brothers' work in Papua New Guinea."; he remained in Papua New Guinea for 26 years.[32]
  • Br J C Carroll, BA, MusB ("Jock"): taught at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru from 1935; one of the five foundation Christian Brothers of St Peter's College, Auckland, arriving there in 1939 from Sydney; he was Rector of St. Kevin's College, Oamaru 1953-1957; initiated the "Sheep Scheme" at St Kevin's; this funded a chapel, hall, classrooms, dormitories and tennis and basketball courts there; in 1960 he was " .... at Manly, New South Wales after a number of years at Oamaru".[33]
  • Br M D Cervetto: (died 1954) taught at Christian Brothers School, Dunedin from 1935 and was principal 1939-1944; he was very enthusiastic for performances of Gilbert and Sullivan; in January 1945, he was transferred to Queensland where he became Superior of the Christian Brothers' school in Rockhampton; died in 1954 at Indooroopilly, Queensland. [36]
  • Br E Clancy: Superior-General of the Christian Brothers visited New Zealand in 1952; on 6 February, he visitedChristian Brothers High School, Dunedin and was present at the 25 year celebrations at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru; he was still Superior-General when New Zealand was made a separate vice-province of the Christian Brothers in 1959; he appointed Br C C Marlow as the first Provincial of the new province.[37]
  • Br Dominic Julian Coe (b. 1920): educated in Wellington; Christian Brother 1962.[38]
  • Br T Cusack: taught at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin 1898-1912; he was interested in literature and music; he reorganised the school choir and raised it to "a very high degree of artistic attainment".[45]
  • Br Vincent Nicholas Cusack (1912-2004): educated at Christian Brothers School, Dunedin; played rugby for the Dunedin Rugby Football Club (First Five Eighths) 1929-1932; in 1932 he played in the Otago representative team; he went to St Patrick's College, Strathfield to became a Christian Brother in 1933; he started off as a lay brother (which meant that he did not wish to teach but rather do manual work) made his final profession in 1944; in 1938-1939 and 1943-1944 he was at Tardun Farm School in Western Australia and in 1940-1941, 1945-1948 and 1957-1960 he was at Clontarf Orphanage, also in Western Australia; joined the staff at St Peter's College, Auckland to teach in the intermediate; taught at, and was otherwise associated with, St Peter's College for 37 years (1961–1997); one of his ex-pupils at St Peter's said "Mentors are few and far between. Br Cusack loved and understood his boys and was tough but fair"; in the mid to late 1990s was involved with the St Peter's tuckshop where he arrived at 7.30am every school day to heat the pies for the day; died aged 91 in 2004 (buried South Hill Public Cemetery, Oamaru)[46]
  • Br Andrew Dawani from Papua-New Guinea; teacher at Nukutere College, Rarotonga from 2007.
  • Br Graeme Gonzaga Donaldson (born 1933); educated by the Christian Brothers at Christian Brothers' High School, Dunedin and at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru (1945-1951); entered the Christian Brothers in 1952; made his final profession in 1959; taught in Australia for some years before he was transferred to the new vice-province of New Zealand in 1960, coming from Christian Brothers' College, Bundaberg, Queensland; he was on the staff of St Peter's College, Auckland 1960-1965; he taught at St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch 1967-1973; taught at St Paul's High School 1974-1979; taught in New Zealand until 1990; in 1990 he had taught in schools in Australia and New Zealand for 37 years; he was one of the longest serving school Rugby Union First XV coaches in New Zealand; in 1992 on his retirement from teaching he returned to Dunedin; from 1992 until 2007 was the Catholic chaplain at Dunedin Prison; he followed the Dunedin Rugby Football Club from when he was a schoolboy and was closely associated with that club whenever he was located in Dunedin; in 1994 the Club made him an honorary life member; Bro Donaldson has written the following two books: Dunedin Rugby Football Club, 1871-1996 : 125 years history of the Club, The Club, Dunedin, 1997 (co-authored with J P Stumbles) and To All Parts of the Kingdom: Christian Brothers in New Zealand 1876 - 2001, Christian Brothers New Zealand Province, Christchurch, 2001.[49]
  • Br Paul Vincent Donnelly (born 1965): educated at Liston College, Auckland, entered the Christian Brothers in 1985; Christian Brother 1985-1992.[50]
  • Br Leo Francis Doolan (born 1920): educated at Christian Brothers College, Essendon, Victoria, Australia; entered the Christian Brothers in 1944; made his final profession in 1952; taught at St Paul's High School, Dunedin until 1988(?);transferred to Australia.[51]
  • Br T I Dowd: in 1926 toured country districts to solicit donations for the building of St. Kevin's College, Oamaru; foundation teacher at St Kevin's from 1927.[53]
  • Br Dowdall: came from Australia to join the staff of Christian Brothers School, Dunedin in 1881; he was "an able and efficient lieutenant to his superior" (i.e. Br Bodkin); "probably the most painstaking, thorough and effective teacher in the history of the school"; "he achieved great results by stern and uncompromising methods"; returned to Melbourne in 1888. [54]
  • Br John Borgia Duffy (1910-?) BA, B.Ed(Hons): educated at Waverley College, Sydney; entered Christian Brothers in 1926; made final profession in 1935; Rector of St. Kevin's College, Oamaru 1958-1961; returned to Australia in 1962; author.[58]
  • Br Dunne (b. ?): born in Ireland (?); member of first New Zealand Christian Brothers Community in Dunedin from 1876; taught at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin, from 1876. [60]
  • Br A Egan: " ... brother of Br B Egan, and later Father Egan - he took the place of his brother and was on the staff of Christian Brothers School until October 31st, 1884. [62]
  • Br Thomas Gerard Fitzpatrick (1889- ?): entered the Christian Brothers in 1908; made his final profession in 1916; taught at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru in 1959; transferred to Australia in 1960.[71]
  • Br J F Fogarty (died 1927): taught at Christian Brothers High School from 1894; organised sport as a regular part of the curriculum was first introduced by him; was Principal of Christian Brothers School 1899-1904; in 1899 he procured the entry of the school to the School' Association; in 1900 the Christian Brothers' football team won the premiership; he was Headmaster of St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane in 1912.[74]
  • Br Eric Evangelist Fraser (1909-1964): educated at Christian Brothers School, Dunedin; entered the Christian Brothers in 1924; made his final profession in 1934; taught at Christian brothers School, Dunedin in 1935 and 1936; taught (especially mathematics) at Waverley College, Sydney from 1936; joined the staff at St Peter's College, Auckland in 1949; transferred in 1955; taught at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru in 1959; returned to St Peter's College in 1960; and remained there until he died aged 54 in 1964; buried at St Patrick's Catholic Church Cemetery, Panmure, Auckland.[79]
  • Br Graeme Sarto Frawley (born 1937): educated at St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane; entered the Christian Brothers in 1955; made his final profession in 1962; came to New Zealand in 1960(?) to make his "culinary and management skills available to the Province formation houses"; transferred to Australia in 1969.[80]
  • Br Michael Angelus Frost (1937-1965) ("Jack Frost"): educated at St Peter's College, Auckland 1949-1951; entered the Christian Brothers in 1955; made his final profession in 1961; taught at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin 1960-1965; died aged 29 in 1965 as the result of a climbing accident; buried at the Anderson Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.[81]
  • Br William Peter Galland (born 1945): educated at Christian Brothers College, Essendon, Victoria, Australia; entered the Christian Brothers in 1962; taught at Edmund Rice College in the early 1970s (?); at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru from 1973; transferred to Australia in 1975.[82]
  • Br Garvey: Provincial of St Patrick's Province, Australia, came from Melbourne for the opening of Edmund Rice College on Sunday 30 June, 1963..[83]
  • Br Anthony Eugenio Gherardi (1938-1998) BA, Dip.Ed: educated at St Peter's College, Auckland (1949? - 195?); entered the Christian Brothers in 1957; made his final profession in 1963; taught at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru from 1963; taught at St Paul's High School, Dunedin from 1974; was Deputy Principal of that college in late 1970s and was Principal 1979-1988; taught at Nukutere College, Avarua, Cook Islands; Director of Catholic Education, Cook Islands 1989-1997; died aged 60 in 1998; " ... the out-pouring of grief at his funeral evidenced his influence on the young adult community of all faiths, especially the volleyball players, in which sport he played a major administrative role"; buried at the Old Cathedral cemetery, Avarua.[87]
  • Br Richard Steven Glen (born 1923): educated at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin; entered the Christian Brothers in 1941; made his final profession in 1948; taught at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru 1961-1962; foundation Christian Brother at Edmund Rice College, Rotorua from 1963; taught at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin from 1964 until the late 1970s(?); transferred to Australia; at the 125th Jubilee Mass (in 2001?) in Dunedin (?), a brass ensemble of former pupils formed by Br Glenn led the congregational singing.[89]
  • Br Michael James Benignus Hanrahan (1877-1953): Born in St Bathans, Otago, New Zealand; educated at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin; he was for a time the classmate of James Michael Liston (later Bishop of Auckland) although Hanrahan was four years older than Liston; at about the time (1893) that Liston began his priestly studies, Hanrahan (without his parents knowledge) was spirited away to the Christian Brother's novitiate in Geelong, Australia to begin his training; this was later referred to "with only a little irony" as a "kidnapping" as it seems that the Christian Brothers were determined to get one of these two talented pupils as a member of their order, and "kidnapped" Hanrahan in retaliation for Liston's being recruited for the priesthood; Hanrahan entered the Christian Brothers in 1893; founded, and was first headmaster of, St Patrick's College, Strathfield, Sydney in 1928; Provincial for the Christian Brothers in Australia and New Zealand in 1930s; visited New Zealand in 1936 and attended the 60th anniversary celebration of Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin, taking the role call in the school yard at those celebrations; he negotiated the establishment of St Peter's College, Auckland with James Michael Liston, by then the seventh Catholic Bishop of Auckland; in January 1943, Liston wrote to Br Hanrahan on the occasion of the latter's Golden Jubilee, saying: " ... Auckland has its special reason for gratitude. Perhaps I can put that simply by saying that from the first day the school has been all that you or I would wish it to be"; in 1949, Brother Hanrahan (then the Director of the Christian Brothers Scholasticate at Strathfield, Sydney) visited St Peter's College, Auckland and attended the school prizegiving where he was welcomed by Bishop Liston who "recalled happy schooldays together" in Dunedin; Bishop Liston observed that it was due in great part to Hanrahan that St Peter's was started; in adulthood Brother Hanrahan had thin ascetic features remarkably like Liston's own features.[97]
  • Br Healey (b. ?): born in Ireland (?); member of first New Zealand Christian Brothers Community in Dunedin from 1876; taught at Christian Brothers School, Dunedin from 1876. [100]
  • Br Hede: joined the staff at St Peter's College, Auckland in 1944; transferred in 1956; returned to Australia; " ... appointed Superior of Young, New South Wales early this year [1960] ... ".[101]
  • Br Francis Placidus Henery OBE (1912-1987)("Farmer Jack"): educated at Christian Brothers School, Dunedin; entered the Christian Brothers in 1928, made his final profession in 1937; taught at St Peter's College, Auckland in 1940s and in 1955 and 1956(?); taught at St Edmund's School, Dunedin from its opening in 1949; was Principal there 1952-1954; taught at Christian Brothers School, Dunedin from 1957 and was the Principal there 1962-1967; taught at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru 1955 and 1956 (?); at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin 1957-1985(?) (in 1975, in Dunedin, "Br F P Henery, an Old Boy [of Christian Brothers School, Dunedin], marked 50 years as a Christian Brother, including 20 years of secondary teaching at St Paul's. His many outside interests - rugby, cricket and tramping also included a term as President of the Otago Cricket Association".); in 1960 he designed the uniform of St Thomas of Canterbury College and selected and ordered the complete outfit; at Liston College in 1980s until 1986-1987 (?); died aged 75 in 1987 (buried at St Patrick's Catholic Church Cemetery, Panmure, Auckland)[102]
  • Br James Malachy Hessian (1910-1976) B.Sc, M.A.C.E.: educated at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin; "as a boy James Hessian had received an inspiration from an outstanding man, Brother P. I. Hickey, and from that time had one desire - 'to be a brother' "; he entered the Christian Brother's Training College at Strathfield, Sydney in 1924; "received the habit of the brothers" on September 9th, 1925; taught first in Sydney for 4 years before being posted to Tasmania in 1931 where he taught for 29 years (1931-1960) (at St. Virgil's College, Hobart where today one of the college Houses is named "Hessian") and "acquired a well-earned reputation as a teacher, headmaster and educationist"; in Tasmania he served on many education boards and committees and was admitted to membership of the Australian College of education; "when he returned to Tasmania in 1974 on a visit his welcome was almost that of a Roman triumph"; he was Principal of St Paul's High School, Dunedin 1962-1967: "He ... made a real impact on returning to his old school after many years in Australia. He was principal when the new St Paul's High School, Dunedin, was opened (in 1964) and, as host to the 1966 celebrations [i.e. the 90th anniversary of the arrival of the Christian brothers in Dunedin], was keenly looking forward to the centennial [in 1976]; he was Rector of St. Kevin's College, Oamaru 1968-1971; he was at the Provincialate in Christchurch and taught (at first full-time and later part-time) at St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch 1971-1975; at the beginning of 1976, however, he died suddenly in Christchurch [on 08 May 1976] just a month before the centennial celebrations of St Pauls High School, Dunedin; he was 65; he is buried in Grahams Road Cemetery, Christchurch.[104]
  • Br P I Hickey: Provincial of the Australia and New Zealand Province of the Christian Brothers in the 1920s; spent some time in Dunedin from 1923; he influenced Br J M Hessian and Br J B Lynch and 10 others to become Christian brothers (they were called "the twelve apostles"); as the Provincial of the Christian Brothers, in 1925, with Bishop Whyte of Dunedin (and in parallel with Br Noonan), he inspected various sites for the establishment of St. Kevin's College, Oamaru and chose the "Redcastle" estate in Oamaru as the site.[105]
  • Br Vincent Andrew Howell (born 1940): educated by the Christian Brothers at St Thomas College, Clifton Hill, Melbourne (?); entered the Christian Brothers in 1953; made his final profession in 1960; taught at St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch in 1969; taught at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru from 1970; transferred to Australia.[109]
  • Br T R Hughes (died 1913): third Principal of Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin 1888-1890; he was inspired by "a broad, liberal and progressive educational ideal"; he introduced elocution, class-singing, physical culture, gymnastics and military drill; he had a shrewd eye for the school's finances and "was able to provide many valuable improvements to the school buildings and property" like building a gymnasium; he extended the secondary department by introducing pupils to the public examinations of the University of New Zealand; with Br Magee, he organised a choir to which he gave the title of "St Cecelia's Choir"; he was one of the representatives of the Brothers in Australia and New Zealand at the 1890 General Chapter of the Christian Brothers; at that chapter, Brother Hughes laid the matter of the establishment of a boarding school near Dunedin before the Superior General, Brother Maxwell, but nothing came of it. [110]
  • Br E D Joyce: educated and taught at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin; entered the Christian Brothers in 1909; made his final vows at Christmas 1917 in Dunedin with Brother Marlow.[122]
  • Br Vincent Innocent Jury (born 1933) B.Sc (Hons) (in pure and applied mathematics) (Sydney); M.Sc(?) (Otago?)(1962); BA (1970); Dip.Ed: spent his boyhood at the city end of Remuera, was an altar boy at the nearby St Michael's church, Remuera; attended St Peter's College, Auckland from 1944 to 1948; in 1948, two weeks after his 15th birthday, he embarked on a flying boat (or sea plane) in Auckland harbour and flew for seven hours to Sydney to train as a Christian Brother; he did not see his family again for nine years; entered the Christian Brothers in 1950; made his final profession in 1958; taught at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru 1959-1966; taught at St Peter's College 1967-1974; Deputy Principal at St Paul's High School, Dunedin (later incorporated into Kavanagh College) 1975 - 1981; fifth Principal of St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch 1982-1988; and was founding Principal of Kavanagh College, Dunedin 1989-1992 (he was the last of 23 Christian Brother principals at the Rattray Street site (from 1876)); pastoral worker, Christian Brothers outreach, the Edmund Rice Community, in Murupara, Bay of Plenty (1992-2008). " ... [Brother Jury wrote] of the Brothers' work in Murupara: 'the Brothers Community is involved in four main area of activity: working with Maori Youth, energising Parish activities (there is no resident priest), the Edmund Rice Programme and General Community involvement' "; Br Jury began an involvement with the Murupara Learning Centre and (in 2001) he had a staff of eight tutors for sixty trainees, providing courses in forestry, adventure tourism, computers, business studies and Maori studies; in February 2008, Bro. Jury celebrated his diamond jubilee as a Christian Brother with a thanksgiving Mass at St Michael's, Remuera. This was followed by a gathering in the parish hall for family, friends and Christian Brothers; he is a keen tramper, loves travelling, especially by train, and has a love for New Zealand's forests. "Generations of boys remember him playing his saxophone at school liturgies, college balls and at any other opportunity".[123]
  • Kevin Gerard Keane (b. 1943): educated St Peter's College, Auckland 1956-1958; at the Edmund Rice Juniorate at Otahuna, Tai Tapu, 1962-1964 (Established by Br Marlow); Christian Brother 1962-1964.[124]
  • Br Kelty: Superior-General of the Christian Brothers; attended the celebration of 100 years of the Chrisitan Brothers in New Zealand, in Dunedin, in 1976.[125]
  • Br E F Keniry (1868-1941): born in Ireland; entered the Christian Brothers in 1892; arrived in Australia in 1898; he was a member of the Provincial Council of the Christian Brothers in Australia and New Zealand 1936-1941; he represented the Provincial Council and the Provincial of the Christian Brothers (Brother Benignus Hanrahan) at the opening of St Peter's College, Auckland on 29 January 1939; he was the Headmaster of St Patrick's College, Ballarat 1912-1915 and 1920-1924; at his death on 27 October 1941, he had been a Christian Brother for 49 Years.[126]
  • Br Brian Joseph Lauren (born 1942): educated at, and was joint dux (in 1960) of Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin; entered the Christian Brothers in 1961; made his final profession in 1967; taught at St Peter's College, Auckland from 1964?; taught at Christian Brothers High School; he was at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru from 1974; he was Rector of St. Kevin's 1979-1995; at t. Kevin's College, he instituted the St Kevin's Foundation which raised funds for the college and made many improvements to the college; he managed St Kevin's amalgamation with St Thomas's Girls' High School to form a co-educational secondary school in 1983; Province Leader of New Zealand and the Cook Islands 1996-2007; Member of the Leadership Team of the Oceania Province of the Christian Brothers (2007- ); in 2007, he was Chairman of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office Board, the Association of Proprietors of Integrated schools and the Steering Group for New Zealand Catholic Tertiary Education.[131]
  • Br B H Louisson: educated at St Peter's College, Auckland (in 1940s?); he was the first old boy of St Peter's College to enter the Christian Brothers; in 1961 he was located at St Francis Xavier Post Primary School, Bundralis, on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea; " ... [has made a significant contribution to the Brothers' work in Papua New Guinea. [He] has been in the country since 1952 and has held positions of responsibility in the administration of what is now the Papua New Guinea region [of the Christian Brothers?], including Regional Superior. [135]
  • Br Barnabus Lynch: one of the four Christian brothers who arrived from Ireland in Melbourne on 15 November 1868, under the leadership of Br Ambrose Treacy, to establish the order in Australia. The other two pioneer brothers were Brothers Fursey Bodkin and Joseph Nolan. The Houses of St Peter's College, Auckland are named after Bros Treacy, Bodkin, Lynch and Nolan.[138]
  • Br James Bonaventure Lynch (1908—1995) BA (known generally as "Bon" or "Bonnie" but known as "Tojo" to his students at St Peter's College): important New Zealand science teacher; born Queenstown; educated at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin 1921-1923; his mother was during that time housekeeper for the Christian Brothers; influenced by Br P I Hickey to become a Christian Brother; went to Australia in 1923 to become a Christian Brother; made final profession in 1933; joined the staff at St Peter's College, Auckland in 1944; transferred to Dunedin in 1945; and was Principal 1948-1950; transferred to St. Kevin's College, Oamaru in 1951; arrived back in Dunedin in 1957; taught at St Peter's College, Auckland from 1957 until 1970; he gained his Bachelor of Arts by correspondence in Latin, French and English but actually taught Science all his life, becoming a leading Physics teacher in the 1960's; in 1973, "three old boys [of Christian Brothers School, Dunedin], Brothers Ryan, Lynch and Mills, along with a highly respected teacher, Brother Beeden, celebrated their Golden Jubilee. The New Zealanders left together for Australia in 1923"; in 1980 when he was 71 he learnt and taught the new subject of Computer Studies; he taught himself Greek so that he could read the New Testament in its original form; in 1992 he enrolled in a course of scripture studies with the Otago University extension; he was a potter, wood-turner, composer of musicals, carver, boat-builder and publisher - and these were his spare-time interests; spent the last 21 years of his life at the Christian Brothers' residence at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru; died aged 86 in 1995 (buried South Hill Public Cemetery, Oamaru) (he is the subject of Sam Hunt's poem, "Brother Lynch").[139]
  • Br B F Magee (1865-1942): first joined the staff in Dunedin in 1884; with Br Hughes, he organised a choir to which Br Hughes gave the title of "St Cecelia's Choir"; fourth Principal of Christian Brothers School, Dunedin 1890-1893; he was responsible " ... for the very considerable successes attained in public examinations by pupils of the school in the early 'nineties"; the first pupils of the school to enter for the matriculation examination (University Entrance) were prepared by Br Magee and they passed in 1889; he taught at the school until he was transferred back to Australia in 1894; he was Headmaster of St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane 1917-1922; in 1926 travelled to Dunedin for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Christian Brothers School, Dunedin, and he played a leading part in those celebrations; he was the first Rector of St. Kevin's College, Oamaru 1927-1933; also an important figure at St. Joseph's Nudgee College, Brisbane (one of the Houses of that college is named after him).[141]
  • Br Christopher Claver Marlow (1892-1965); educated Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin and at the University of Melbourne; at the age of 16 he went to Sydney to train as a Christian Brother in 1908 and made his final profession at Christmas 1917, in Dunedin; he was a teacher of mathematics for many years in Melbourne, principally at St. Kevin's College, Melbourne; he was Consultor in St Mary's Province, Sydney from 1947-1959; in August 1959, New Zealand was formed into a Vice-Province of the Congregation of Christian Brothers and Br Marlow was appointed as First New Zealand Provincial of the Christian Brothers; he was Provincial 1959-1965; he established a Juniorate at Otahuna, Tai Tapu, and founded St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch in 1961 and Edmund Rice College, Rotorua, in 1963; was present at opening of the new buildings at St Paul's High School, Dunedin in 1964; was a frequent visitor to St Peter's College, Auckland and other New Zealand Christian Brothers' Schools in the early 1960s, for example, "[Thursday 3rd November, at St Peter's], Brother Marlow ... addresses the classes on the subject of religious vocations; he tells us of the crying need for Catholic teachers, not only in New Zealand, but throughout the whole world."; died aged 73 on Christmas Day, 1965, buried at Grahams Road Cemetery, Christchurch; he was a Christian Brother for 58 years. [146]
  • Br Maxwell: Superior General of the Christian Brothers in 1890; approached in 1890 by Br T R Hughes about the Chrisitan Brothers opening a boarding school near Dunedin, but nothing came of it.[148]
  • Br Maye: on the original staff of St. Kevin's College, Oamaru; he was a lay brother who replace Br Prunster, who had been laying out the grounds of that college.[150]
  • Br Michael Denis McCarthy (1881-1973): born in Lixnaw, County Kerry, Ireland; educated in Ireland by the Presentation Sisters and the Christian Brothers; entered the Christian Brothers in 1896 and spent 6 years in Ireland before going to Australia; he made his final profession in 1904; in 1908 he was in Fremantle and associated with Br David Gabriel Purton who communicated his love of Greek so that Br McCarthy became a Greek scholar in his own right; he loved to read the Greek New Testament (especially the Gospel of St John); was still under 30 when he was appointed Superior at South Melbourne and stayed there for nine years; later he was superior at St Virgil's College in Hobart; associated with St. Kevin's College, Oamaru from its beginnings in 1927: " ... as Consultor to the Christian Brothers he had much to do with the choice of the site and the purchase of the property"; commenced teaching at St Kevin's in 1930; Principal of Christian Brothers School, Dunedin 1933-1938 and 1945-1947; Rector of St. Kevin's College 1939-1945; he continued teaching at St Kevin's until 1948 when he retired; from 1932, persons who wished to study for the priesthood at Holy Cross College, Mosgiel , the major seminary for New Zealand, did preparatory study in Latin and Greek and also, for some, in English, at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru under Brother McCarthy. Many of these students were in their twenties and unused to study. For the first month or so Brother McCarthy would only take them for half a day so that they could get accustomed to study and use some of their free time to learn Latin and Greek vocabulary; remained at St Kevin's College until his death in 1973, " ... at the advanced age of 92 years, seventy six of them as a Christian Brother"; died in 1973 at 92 years of age; buried at the South Hill Public Cemetery, Oamaru.[152]
  • Br James Ignatius McClintock (1910-1985) ("George"): educated at Christian Brothers School, Dunedin; became a Christian brother in 1924; final profession in 1935; taught in Melbourne and Sydney; taught at St Peter's College, Auckland in 1944; taught at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru from 1945; in 1960 was at Waverley College, Sydney; was foundation principal of St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch 1961-66; he arrived in Christchurch on January 19, 1961 and took up temporary residence at the Cathedral presbytery and later at the presbytery at Bryndwr; taught at St Peter's College 1967-1985; died aged 75 in 1985; buried at St Patrick's Catholic Church Cemetery, Panmure, Auckland.[153]
  • Brother Terence Vitus McErlane (known as "festus") (b. 1924): educated at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin; entered the Christian Brothers in 1943; made his final profession in 1950; taught at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin in 1960 and 1961; taught at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru from 1962; at St Thomas of Canterbury College 1973-1975 (he was the superior of the Christian Brothers community, and achieved outstanding pass rates with his School Certificate mathematics classes); Principal of Nukutere College, Rarotonga 1976-1981.[157]
  • Br John Paul McKean (born 1941): educated at St Peter's College, Auckland (1952? - 195?); entered the Christian Brothers in 1962; made his final profession in 1968; taught at St Edmund's School, Dunedin, in 1965; taught at Edmund Rice College, Rotorua in period 1965 -1971(?); at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru from 1973; was a foundation teacher at Liston College. "The College (Liston College) opened on 7 February, 1974 with a staff of two Christian Brothers, Br Wellsmore and Br McKean and 72 foundation pupils. The pupils were divided into Form One 'J' and Form One 'M'. These initials stood for Archbishop Liston's Christian names - James Michael. Classwork began immediately and homework was set on the first day."; in 1991 he went to the Christian brothers Outreach, the Edmund Rice Community, in Murupara where he was able to use his skills in outdoor education; he developed a camp for the Edmund Rice Programme in the Coromandel and he also set up an activity centre for the young of Murupara; he initiated a radio station in 1998 in Murupara to provide pride and skills to the struggling town; (in 2001) it operated from 7.00am Monday to Saturday and was called Radio ERFM (named after Edmund Rice); it grew out of a concern at the growing number of bored and apathetic people in the town and (in 2001) was the only radio station in Murupara.[162]
  • Br I T McMahon (b. ?): born in Ireland (?); member of first New Zealand Christian Brothers Community in Dunedin from 1876; taught at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin, from 1876. [163]
  • Br Michael Joseph McMenamin (born 1952); educated at St Peter's College, Auckland 1963 - 1969; entered the Christian Brothers in 1973; made his final profession in 1979; taught at St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch 1977-1979; from 1989 he was at the Christian brothers Outreach, the Edmund Rice Community in Murupara where he focused on youth work and he established the Edmund Rice Programme; Christian Brother 1973-1993.[165]
  • Br Philip Giles McNamara (born 1922): educated at Cromwell District High School; entered the Christian Brothers in 1941; made his final profession in 1949; came from Sydney in 1960 to the Christian Brothers Juniorate; transferred to Australia.[166]
  • Br Joseph De Porres McRae (born 1929): educated by the Christian Brothers (?) in Geelong, Victoria; entered the Christian Brothers in 1952; made his final profession in 1959; came the New Zealand in 1960 to make his " ... culinary and management skills available to the Province formation houses; a member of the first Christian Brothers community at Nukutere College, Rarotonga from 1976; at St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch from 1982; transferred to Australia in 1993.[168]
  • Br L McSweeney: taught at Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin, leaving in 1924; he returned to Dunedin in 1955; he left the Chrisitan Brothers and became a secondary school teacher in Victoria; [170]
  • Br John Nicholas Melia (born 1937): educated at Monastreven, Ireland; entered the Christian Brothers in 1955; made his final profession in 1962; was on the staff of Edmund Rice College, Rotorua, in 1987; Christian Brother 1955-1994.[173]