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Article: Eris O'Brien: historian and scholar.
- Article from:
- Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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In Cassocks in the Wilderness, an account by Chris Geraghty of his time as a junior seminarian at St Columba's College in Springwood, the author reflects on the portraits of 'episcopal old boys' in a corridor at St Columba's:
I used to smile at the photograph of Archbishop Eris O'Brien as I
processed slowly down the passage to chapel. In the photograph, he
appeared educated, with a heavy book open in front of him. He looked
so urbane, sophisticated and very handsome. Eris had been my parish
priest at Neutral Bay from my earliest memories. I had served at his
mass often in the parish church, on occasions reminding him when he
lost ...