The Late Rev. Brother Edwin

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 26, 5 July 1923, Page 17

The Late Rev. Brother Edwin

' AN APPRECIATION. ' (Contributed.) News comes from Sydney that Brother Edwin, of the Marisfc Brothers, passed away at their college there a fortnight or so ago. He was one of the band who in the early ’seventies established the first school of the Brothers in Wellington. He was second in charge to Brother Sigismund, whose bonhomie gained him many friends, in whoso memories he still lingers -though years have passed by since he died in South Africa. Brother Edwin had charge of the advanced classes, and was entrusted with the general organisation of, the school, which at that time (St. Patrick’s College not being yet in existence) was the Wellington Catholics’ secondary educational establishment as well as primary school. Many arc the old boys, now grown into matured manhood, who remember him in the pioneer days of the Brothers in the Boulcott Street school, whose tower, a striking city landmark then, served as a fire lookout, and from which an unobstructed view could be obtained of the harbor with its entire littoral around by the hills, the Hutt, and the bays. They still love to recall the interest he took in their studies,, the devotedness he displayed in their progress, his aptitude in communicating to others the knowledge he possessed himself, the inspirations which his instructions imparted, and the ideals of life he set before them as goals to be aimed at and attained. From Wellington, to which he always remained attached, Brother Edwin was transferred to Auckland as director of the school that was then located in Lower Pitt Street. After a few years in the northern city his health became impaired, and acting on medical advice and with the approval of his superiors, ho returned to what he regarded as the more congenial and salubrious air of his native Sydney. After a few months’ rest and recuperation he was attached to St." Joseph’s College, Hunter’s Hill, one of the leading and, architecturally, the largest secondary school, not only in the Mother State of the, Commonwealth, but in the whole of Australasia. There he labored for 32 years. Latterly he had been engaged in secretarial work for the Great Public Schools’ Association, of which lie was the college’s respected and capable representative for a number of years. When spare time and restful moments were propitious for poetical inspirations he modestly wooed the muse with considerable success under the nn m-dc-plii m c Maristonian . ” For the past two or three years his health had been declining, and the victim of a painful ailment which medical aid did little to assuage, his lot was to suffer, at, times acutely, but always patiently and uncomplainingly, until at last death supervened to end a long, laborious life, devoted voluntarily and gratuitously to promoting the happiness, welfare, and enlightenment of others. —R.I.P. W We must never forget that while we possess tho faith once delivered to tho saints, we also possess the responsibility that goes with it.