The Hallowian - Volume I 2021 - Flipbook - Page 5
1860s
JAN RAWSON
Jan (O’Keeffe) graduated Junior in 1957.
Jan proudly walked for our first decade,
the 1860s, as she is a direct descendant of
Josephine Kennedy, sister of foundation
students Minnie and Kate Kennedy (18631867), and the third of five generations
since then:
A celebration of
connectivity
Past pupils usher in the 160th
anniversary Inaugural Mass
It was a privilege and joy for members of our past
pupils’ community to be part of the welcome
procession at All Hallows’ 160th Anniversary
Inaugural Mass, held at the Brisbane Convention and
Exhibition Centre on 29 January this year.
Each of the 16 past pupils in the procession carried
a candle for one of the 16 decades since the school
was founded in 1861. Almost all had a connection—
personal, familial, professional or generational—with
the decade they represented.
During his homily, Father Michael Twigg OMI quoted
Indigenous activist and writer Rachel Perkins who
said, ‘We do not live in the past but the past lives in
us’, and this is indeed true for all of us, but especially
for many of our past pupils in the procession who
can claim amazing connections to All Hallows’ as far
back as the 1860s, and who continue the legacies of
generations of strong, resilient, inspiring women of
mercy and vision.
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To further enhance the incredible sense of
connectivity within our extended All Hallows’
community, most past pupils were accompanied by
a current student who carried a symbolic magnolia
bloom, to whom they are related, or who is related
to another member of the procession.
We thank the following past and current pupils for
the passionate spirit and dignity with which they
fulfilled their roles.
Maree Nugent
Past Pupils’ Liaison
Josephine Kennedy 1880-1886, Mary
Katharine Power 1917-1920, Janette
Rawson (O’Keeffe) 1957, Belinda Rawson
1987, Mary-Claire Power 2019.
Accompanied by Zoe Chenouda Year 10
1870s
HELEN VELKOV
Helen (Cunningham) 1988, represented
the 1870s as she is a descendant, on the
maternal side, of Dr Kevin O’Doherty who,
in the late 1860s to early 1870s, worked
tirelessly to raise funds to help repay the
debt the Sisters of Mercy acquired when
Bishop Quinn purchased Adderton on their
behalf from Dr Fullarton. Dr O’Doherty is
referenced in the book Exiles Undaunted
by Ross and Heather Patrick (on hand at All
Hallows’). Helen’s connections include:
1880s
RACHEL JACKMAN
Rachel 1992, walked in memory of her great-grandmother
Mary Magdalene Plunkett, who attended All Hallows’ in
the 1880s, as well as:
Great-aunt: Sister Julia (Mary of Mercy) Jackman 1920s
Aunt: Margaret Wren (Jackman) 1950
Sisters: Priscilla 1995 and Anna Jackman 1999
Daughter: Tilly Rosenbrock Year 9, as well as numerous
cousins and second cousins.
Rachel’s mother, Margery, was All Hallows’ Deputy
Principal: Mission 1989-2005.
Accompanied by her daughter Tilly Rosenbrock Year 9
Sisters: Odette Moore (Cunningham) 1981
and Madonna Grimley (Cunningham) 1978
Nieces: Emer Cunningham 2017, Darcy
Moore 2020, Neve Cunningham Year 5
Daughters: Claudia Year 8, Erin and Sunny
Velkov Year 6
Accompanied by her daughter Claudia
Velkov Year 8
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