(source & copyright: Peter Jennings)
Father Camille Dufort, the French-Canadian
White Father who taught French and RE during Peter's time at St
Columba's,
pictured with Peter's sister Mary and his mother, at Easter 1960.
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(source & copyright:
Peter Jennings)
(L-R) :Peter Jennings, Abbot Cuthbert Johnson OSB (Peter
Johnson)
and John Scully — pictured together in London
on Tuesday 3 May 2005. It was the first time since
July 1961 that
the three of them had been together !
Peter writes : "John
Scully, St Columba's September 1959 to July 1962,
contacted me completely
out of the blue shortly
after my return from Rome where I was covering
the Election and
Inaugural Mass of Pope Benedict XVI.
He told me that he had recently
looked at The Pelicans'
website quite by chance and wanted to get
in touch.
John began in Dryburgh House and ended up
as House Captain of Kelso
in his third year at St Columba's.
John accepted an invitation to join me and Abbot Cuthbert Johnson
OSB
of Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight (Peter Johnson of Melrose
House,
September 1959 to July 1961) for lunch at my club, the East
India,
in St James's Square, London, on Tuesday 3 May. It was the
first time
that I had seen John since the day I left St Columba's
in July 1961.
We shared some wonderful memories over lunch and during the afternoon."
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(source : Robbie Dempsey)
John Strain, on the day of his ordination — 30th
June (2000 ?)
An account of this can be read in the OTHER NEWS part of the NEWS
SECTION.
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(source : WF/WS magazine Feb - March 2001)
Buckingham Palace 2000, on the day that Br
Trevor Robinson received an MBE from the Queen for his services
to the disabled and disadvantaged in Ghana. Go to the APPEALS section
to read more about his work and this award.
(L-R) : Fr Diarmud Sheehan WF, Br Trevor Robinson and Roger, his brother.
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(close up)
(source : "Illustrated" May 17th
1958 — courtesy of PAT GRITTON)
An old copy of the "Illustrated"
magazine has been stored in Pat's attic for years
—
probably because it contained a short reference to St Columba's.
The caption to the accompanying photo reads
:
"White-habited
figures walk against a typical border country background.
They are
White Fathers, Roman Catholic missionaries training
at St Boswells,
near Edinburgh, for Africa."
ARE THESE FACES FAMILIAR TO YOU ?
Were YOU at St Columba's in 1958 ?
" YES
" says Arthur McGuigan (24th August 2005).
" The three priests walking in the field with the Eildons in
the background, are, from left to right,
Fr.
McKenna, Fr. Tom O'Donnell, and Fr. Aucoin. The three of them
were there when I was at St Columba's in 1958."
With Thanks to Fr Pierre Aucoin for confirming the identity of his two colleagues. |