Catholics recognised in the Australia Day Honours.
Christian Brother Barry James Buckley of Queensland has been recognised as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his contribution and leadership in Catholic schools.
Director of Nudgee International College since 1995, the College provides English language training for international students and has been responsible for the education of some 12,000 students from overseas.
Nudgee old boy, Professor Frank Monsour AM RFD, Director Maxilofacial Unit, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital was also recognized in this year’s Australia Day Honours List for his contribution to the health and welfare of all Australians resulting from his research.
Our secretary Lawrie Cusack contacted both recipients of these awards, offering our association’s congratulations. Below are the responses received from each of these men.
Dear Lawrie,
I very much appreciate your letter of congratulations directed from the College I so proudly remember as the platform for my further endeavours, as well as the basis of some lifelong personal relationships.
Yours sincerely,
Frank Monsour
Dear Lawrie,
Thank you very much for the note you kindly sent on behalf of the NCOBA recognizing my reception of the AM in the Australia Day honours list. While it is of course gratifying to receive an award of this nature, the aspect that gives me the greatest pleasure is that it recognizes in the words of the accompanying citation that “religious life and the ministring of the Christian Brothers is of value to Australian society”.
As these have been two major foci of my life for more than fifty years, I welcome this. It is earned by what many Brothers have done and been over many years in places like Nudgee, where two of my uncles went to school many years ago.
Thank you for what the NCOBA does for the College and for the Brothers too.
Best Wishes
Br Barry Buckley
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