Sunday 20 October 2013

Emmet Costello SJ

Last week Fr Emmet Costello died. He, along with Fr Kevin King was my French teacher at school.

His funeral is in about 12 hours time, at St Mary's North Sydney. As it happens, I am in Lourdes in France at that time.

May he rest in peace.

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  1. My French teachers were Messrs Shallot and Madden. Do you remember them at all? I remember "Rex" King wearing his Richmond Tigers scarf at the school, and he also co-ordinated my sodality, but I have no recollection of Emmet there even though he was on the staff. I never had the pleasure of experiencing Emmet's teaching, My only brush with Emmet's fame was when I was giving a spiel for promoting the Barnies at the Vigil Mass at St Mary's. I know Paul M., a regular there, had a high regard for Emmet's homilies. Fittingly, I hear that Emmet's obituary was given by an Abbott, who once had ambitions to be an abbot.

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