Fr General has officially appointed Fr Desmond Dwyer the new treasurer of the Australian Province. Fr Des is the parish priest of Hawthorn (Melbourne, Victoria). He is 65 years old, and has been a long-standing member of the Province Finance and Building Committee. Fr Des has been on the Consult of a number of Provincials. He has a special interest in business ethics, and advises a number of significant entities about ethical principles. He takes the place of Fr Theo Overberg, who will become the parish priest of Nedlands (Perth, West Australia), a new parish which the Australia Province has offered to take up. The members of the Treasurers’ Circle thank Fr Theo for being generous with his talents and time with all of them. They all look forward to Fr Des joining them in their next meeting in August 2008.
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