Dr Patrick James Fahey O.S.A. (order of St Augustine), is an

Augustinian Augustinian may refer to: *Augustinians, members of religious orders following the Rule of St Augustine *Augustinianism, the teachings of Augustine of Hippo and his intellectual heirs *Someone who follows Augustine of Hippo * Canons Regular of Sain ...

friar A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders founded in the twelfth or thirteenth century; the term distinguishes the mendicants' itinerant apostolic character, exercised broadly under the jurisdiction of a superior general, from the ol ...

liturgist Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer specifically to public worship by Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and partic ...

musician A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...

and

Prior Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be l ...

Provincial of the Australian Province of the Order of St Augustine (1997- 2006). He is a graduate of

Villanova University Villanova University is a Private university, private Catholic church, Roman Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinians in 1842 and named after Thomas of Villanova, Sa ...

(PA),

The Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private university, private Catholic church, Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution ...

(D.C.) and the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy (Rome).

Background

From 1980 in Rome, he lectured in Liturgy and Sacramental theology at the Patristic Institute, at the Regina Mundi Pontifical Institute) and the

Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) A pontifical ( la, pontificale) is a Christian liturgical book containing the liturgies that only a bishop may perform. Among the liturgies are those of the ordinal for the ordination and consecration of deacons, priests, and bishops to Holy O ...

. He subsequently lectured in Liturgical and Sacramental Theology at the Catholic Theology and Religious Education at the

Australian Catholic University Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a public university in Australia. It has seven Australian campuses and also maintains a campus in Rome. History Australian Catholic University was opened on 1 January 1991 following the amalgamatio ...

(N.S.W.). A talented liturgical musician, he founded the boys' choir at

St. Augustine's College, Brookvale English: ''Truth conquers'' , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic (Order of Saint Augustine) , patron = Augustine of Hippo , established = , founder = Fr.Thomas Alphonsus Hunt, , educational_aut ...

N.S.W. Australia in the 1960s. He was also Musical Director and Master of the Choristers of

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane The Cathedral of St Stephen is the heritage-listed cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane and seat of its archbishop in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. St Stephen's was only meant to serve as a temporary seat for the arc ...

from 1977. In the same year he was appointed first Director of Brisbane's Pastoral Liturgical Institute. While teaching in Rome, he contributed articles on The Mass, Blessings and Sacramental Seal of Confession in the Dizionario Patristico e delle Antichita` Cristiane (Institum Patristicum Augustinianum, RomaL Editrice Marietti, dir. Angelo di Berardino). He is now retired and living in the Parich of North Harbour, Sydney, Australia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fahey, Patrick Living people Villanova University alumni Augustinian friars Australian Roman Catholic priests Catholic University of America alumni Academic staff of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas Academic staff of the Australian Catholic University Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)