Year in Review 2022 Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst 31 Celebration of Service 2022 JUBILARIANS “To love God and to love God’s people is at the very centre of a priest’s existence. To live that out in prayer and service, is the way that priests make sense of their life and find meaning.” Most Rev. Leslie Tomlinson Bishop Leslie Tomlinson – 50 Years – Ordained a Priest of the Archdiocese of Melbourne at Red Cliffs on August 18, 1972, Ordained a Bishop at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne on the June 17, 2009. Installed as Bishop of Sandhurst at Sacred Heart Cathedral Bendigo on March 1, 2012. “There is no side-stepping the essential nature of prayer. We are all called to be in a relationship with God and the way we pursue that relationship is through prayer and through work in our parish community. It is important for all of us, but especially for priests, that we never move away from the fact that it is God we seek to serve and that our most fundamental relationship is with God ... Monsignor Francis Marriott – 60 Years – Ordained a Priest of the Diocese of Sandhurst at Sacred Heart Cathedral Bendigo on June 29, 1962. Mons Frank has worked in 13 of Sandhurst’s 40 Parishes. He served as Diocesan Administrator from December 2010 to March 2012 and as Vicar General from May 2012 to January 2015. “I’ve often been asked to ‘do something about something’, perhaps because of my profile as a priest in town, or perhaps because I played cricket! There is more to a human being than contributing to earthly society as people of faith, we’re on about something different, something complimentary.” Rev. Fr Des Welladsen – 50 Years – Ordained a Priest of the Diocese of Sandhurst at Chiltern on May 20, 1972 “Seeing so many people use their talents and abilities to be part of the Church is inspiring and encouraging, if you create the right environment people’s faith-life can flourish and we all learn so much from each other. I hope people get faith out of their heads and into their body, into the rest of their life.” Rev. Fr Vin Walsh – 50 Years – Ordained a Priest of the Diocese of Sandhurst at Rutherglen on May 20, 1972 “My life in the priesthood on a personal level has brought me great satisfaction, with many highlights. Probably the greatest satisfaction comes from when people accept me, not specifically for who I am, but for what I am and what I represent.”
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