The Catholic Weekly 2 October 2022

PALLIATIVECAREresearchat the University of Notre Dame Australia will benefit from a $500,000 bequest, the largest gift received for the valuable work in the area of end-of-life care at the Catholic university this year. Dr Glen Coorey was amuch-loved Sydney surgeon and Governor of the Universi- ty of Notre Dame. He played a key role in establishing the University’s Medical School in Sydney, through a generous gift in 2007. His wife Suzanne, who died in August last year, be- queathed on behalf of both of them a further gift of $500,000 to the University’s School of Medicine to help endow the Chair of Palliative Medi- cine, held by Professor David Kissane. Born in Charleville in Queensland, Glen was the son of Lebanese migrants who greatly valued education and sent their son to St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill, to com- plete his education. He met Suzanne, a physiotherapist, when both were working at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. They married in 1959 and had seven children. Glen joined the medical board at RPAH, and was for years the head of urology as well as a senior lecturer at Sydney University. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Farewell gift Sydney family bequeaths a stunning $500,000 to Notre Dame for Palliative Care training ¾ Marilyn Rodrigues SUNDAY 2 October, 2022 CatholicWeekly The www.catholicweekly.com.au THE CHURCH. ALL OF IT A TRAIL OF BLESSINGS P14 $2 FishMarkets take a break asMary drops by Its a big day - and a great one too - when the Blessing of the Fleet occurs each year at the Sydney Fish Markets.Warmly welcomed by both ven dors and buyers, this year’s ceremonies on 25 September saw a blessing of fishing vessels and a procession of the Madonna di Porto Salvo (Our Lady of Safe Harbour) in traditional Italian style to pray for safe passage for those who work the seas. REPORT P13 Lebanese cardinal denounces ‘boats of death’ LEBANESE CARDINAL Bechara Rai denounced the launching of “boats of death” from Lebanon following the drowning of nearly 100 mi- grants who had attempted to flee the crisis-stricken coun- try. The boat reportedly set off toward Europe on 20 Septem- ber from the port of Miniyeh, near Tripoli, carrying be- tween 120 and 170 migrants and refugees, mostly Syrians, Lebanese and Palestinians. Two days later, it sank in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tartus, Syria, about 50 kilometres north of Tripoli. “Tragedies have become the daily bread of the Leba- nese,’” Cardinal Rai, Maronite patriarch, said in his 25 Sep- tember homily at Dimane, the patriarchal summer residence in north Lebanon. “We are appalled by the drowning of ... people at sea, boarding boats unfit for long-distance sea crossing,” he said. Cardinal Rai lament- ed “immigration at any cost,” the desperate measures tak- en by those who embark on a risky, perilous sea journey to escape Lebanon’s suffocat- ing economy with the hopes of a decent standard of living abroad. “The search for life some- times leads to death,” Cardinal Rai said. “What is more dangerous is that this tragedy is not the first, so where are the deter- rent security measures taken by the state to prevent the boats of death from launch- ing?” the cardinal asked. MELTO D’MORONOYO P20 A MESSAGE FOR CATHOLIC LAWYERS P12 Cerretti Chapel ST PATRICK’S ESTATE Enquiries: 0418 896 959 | Darley Rd Manly, New South Wales | www.sydneycatholic.org/works/cerretti/bookings.asp Reserve CERRETTI CHAPEL for your special day. Set in the beautiful grounds of St Patrick’s Estate, Manly, with exquisite surrounds to capure your wedding moments. Exceptional value! Weddings LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT WEDDING VENUE?