1969 AUL Bishop Costelloe's first ordination - a Salesian
austraLasia #1969
Fr Brian Ahern - Bishop's first ordination and the
Australia-Pacific's great joy
MELBOURNE: 28th
October 2007: -- On Saturday, October 27, a memorable event took
place for
the Salesian Province of Australia-Pacific. The Salesian Deacon
Brian Ahern
was ordained to the Priesthood by the Salesian Bishop Tim
Costelloe.
In a very moving ceremony, Bishop Costelloe created a wonderful
occasion for
the Province by delivering a powerful homily on the challenge of the
Ordination
to the Priesthood in the light of the Salesian Constitutions. The
new Priest,
accompanied by his family, friends and about 50 Salesian Priests and
Brothers,
had every reason to rejoice in the gift of God that is every ordination.
On Sunday, October 28, Fr Ahern celebrated his
Mass of
Thanksgiving at the Parish of St. Margaret Mary’s, North
Brunswick. The churched was filled to capacity and
beyond by Australians,
Italians, Samoans and Vietnamese. Fr Ahern preached movingly – on
the
text of the day, the Pharisee and the Tax Collector at prayer – about
the
need to transcend what the world believes is sufficient for success
with a love
that reflects the love of God, made known through Jesus Christ.
At the end of
Mass the Provincial, Fr Frank Moloney, spoke to Brian about the
challenge of a
Salesian Priesthood in an age of multiculturalism and high social and
intellectual mobility. Brian has always been one to suggest that
we need to “think
out of the box.” That, said Fr Moloney, is exactly what he must
do to
render Don Bosco’s spirituality of the Preventive System relevant among
Australia’s
contemporary young people. Fr Ahern will take up ministry in DominicCollege,
a large secondary school for boys and girls in one of the poorer
regions of Tasmania
in January,
2008. _________________ AustraLasia is an
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agency for ANS based in
Rome.
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