Patrick Brennan

BRENNAN, Patrick. b. Carraghroe, Co. Roscommon, Ireland, 1877; d. North Perth, Western Australia, 18 May 1951. He left for Australia ‘in his early years’ (Milgate, 1982, p. 224). He was ordained to the priesthood in 1902, serving in the diocese of Perth and editing the diocesan paper, The Record. After twelve years in parish work, he was accepted in 1915 by the Congregation of the most Holy Redeemer (C.SS.R), the ‘Redemptorists’, who sent him as a missionary to the Philippine Islands. He was there for some eighteen years, returning to Australia ca. 1934. He participated in missions in eastern Australia, where his experience in the Philippines ‘showed the effects of his missionary work, and...