Fr Tony Smith SJ - Parish Priest
Born and educated (St. Louis Jesuit School) in Western Australia.
After matriculation he joined the Society of Jesus at Watsonia, Victoria in 1965.
Completing the Novitiate and studies in philosophy, he returned to
Western Australia to complete an Arts degree.
In 1973 he was appointed to the staff of Riverview for Regency.
Theological studies took place in Parkville, Victoria, in the Years 1975 - 1978
Ordained in 1977 in the St. Louis Chapel.
In 1979 he was appointed to Riverview to take charge of Boarders.
In 1983, Tertianship and then to Fordham for postgraduate studies in Education.
In 1985 was appointed to St. Aloysius' College.
From 1986 to 2003 he was Headmaster.
In 2004 appointed Parish Priest of our Parishes.
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Fr Tony Smith
Ph: (02) 8918 4103
Priests in Residence
Fr Ardi Handojoseno SJ 
Aloysius Maria Ardi Handojoseno SJ was born in 1969 in Tegal, Central Java, Indonesia. He is an alumnus of the Jesuit School, Loyola College, Semarang, and he received his Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering from ITS Surabaya. He joined Society of Jesus in 1998 after working for a couple of years as a lecturer at Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya. He did his Philosophy in STF Driyarkara Jakarta, his regency as a Campus Minister and a lecturer in Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta. Then he was sent to Melbourne to do his Theology in the United Faculty of Theology. After his ordination in Yogyakarta in mid 2008, he worked as an assistant parish priest in the parish of St Anne, Jakarta. He comes to Sydney to pursue his Master of Engineering at UTS as a preparation for his future ministry back to Sanata Dharma University and happily joins the Jesuit Community in The Parishes of Our Lady of The Way, in sharing community life and in celebrating the sacraments.
Fr Ardi Handojoseno
Ph: (02) 8918 4121
Fr Richard Leonard SJ
- Superior of the Jesuit Community
Born at Warwick, Queensland, and growing up in Toowoomba, Fr Richard Leonard SJ directs the Australian Catholic Office for Film & Broadcasting for the Bishop’s Conference. He is also the Provincial’s Delegate for Mission Formation (on-going adult Ignatian education for the 2,000 employees within the 35 Jesuit works in Australia). Though not strictly on the parish staff, he also helps out at Sunday and weekday Masses as and when his busy schedule allows.
Fr Richard has undergraduate degrees in arts, education and theology, as well as a master’s degree in systematic theology.
After ordination to the priesthood at St Mary’s Church, North Sydney, on 11th December, 1993, he was apprenticed to Albert Street Productions where he wrote, produced and directed documentary films for Australian television.
In 1996 Richard undertook the graduate course in film production at the London Film School, Covent Garden. In 2004 he graduated with a PhD in cinema studies from Melbourne University.
He lectures in cinema and theology at the United Faculty of Theology and has been a visiting lecturer in Australian cinema at the University of Melbourne. In 2003 he was a visiting scholar within the School of Theatre, Film & Television at UCLA. In 2006 and 2008 Dr Leonard was a visiting professor at the Gregorian University in Rome. In 2007 he was appointed an honorary fellow of the Australian Catholic University.
Fr Richard is a member of the Australian Catholic Media Council and a film critic for all the major Australian Catholic newspapers. He has served on juries at the Venice, Berlin, Hong Kong, Brisbane and Melbourne International Film Festivals and has lectured on film, faith and culture across Australia and the Pacific, Asia, the UK and the USA.
He is the author of a number of books: “Beloved Daughters: 100 Years of Papal Teaching About Women (David Lovell Press, Melbourne, 1995); “Movies That Matter: Reading Film Through the Lens of Faith” (Loyola University Press, Chicago, 2006); “Preaching to the Converted Throughout the Sundays and Feastdays of the Year” (Paulist Press, New York, 2007); “The Mystical Gaze of the Cinema: the Films of Peter Weir” (Melbourne University Press, 2009). His latest book, entitled, “Where the Hell is God? Seven steps to hold onto faith in the face of suffering and pain”, (Paulist Press, New York), which is due to be released in 2010.
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Fr Richard Leonard
Ph: (02) 8918 4119
Fr Paul Coleman SJ
Fr Paul ColemanPh: (02) 8918 4135
Fr Daven Day SJ
Our next anniversary is Fr Daven Day's 60 years in the Society of Jesus (Fri 3rd Feb) which we will be celebrated at the 10.30 Mass on Sunday, 12th February.
Fr Daven Day
Ph: (02) 8918 4114
Fr Tom O' Hara SJ
See article on Provence Express
Fr Tom O' Hara
Ph: (02) 8918 4117
Fr Michael Stoney SJ
Ph: (02) 8918 4118
Fr Manuel Carracedo SJ
- Spanish Chaplain
Fr Manuel Carracedo SJ
Ph: (02) 8918 4116
Fifty Years a Jesuit priest
Fr Bob Walsh SJ
On 3rd January 2012 we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Ordination of Fr. Bob Walsh SJ.
The Star of the Sea Church was full of well-wishers.
The Mass was concelebrated by two fellow novices, Frs Wilcken and Day and also Fr. Hosking, superior of Fr. Bob and Fr. Smith.
Fr. Bob spoke movingly of his priestly days and ended by introducing us to "the puppet".
After Mass there was a morning tea and an opportunity to greet the "evergreen" ordinand.
60th Anniversary of the Priesthood
Fr. Tom O'Donovan SJ
An event which has passed us by with little acknowledgment has been the 60th Anniversary of Priesthood of Fr. Tom O'Donovan SJ. There are very few in the parish who are not aware of the great contribution of this man.
For years he single handedly said the early morning Mass at St. Mary's. His meticulously wrought sermons became the stuff of two books compiled with the assistance of his friends. All the time he was simultaneously holding down the position of Mission Director.
His family ask that we might remember him in prayer. Those who wish might convey their gratitude by card.
First Vows in the Jesuits - OLOW parishioner
Eka Tanaya
On Thursday, 2nd February Eka Tanaya, parishioner of OLOW will take his first vows in the Society of Jesus at Emerton. Please pray for him especially at this time.
Fr Tony asked Eka if he would write a brief synopsis including his time in the parish:
I first went to St. Mary’s North Sydney in 2006. I immediately felt at home there thanks to the familiar inscription in the sanctuary I used to have as a school motto. I became a regular parishioner and a part-time volunteer at different charity organisations introduced through the church.
After much discernment, I became a Jesuit novice in February 2010. Religious life with all its tensions was difficult for me. Slowly, I discovered that praying and relying on God alone really helped – in ways which I am still unable to completely comprehend and succinctly describe.
The Ignatian 30-day silent retreat shaped me significantly. I felt liberated through the embrace of the unconditionally loving and eternally patient God. I freely responded to the call of Jesus to serve and struggle with him, to be a contemplative in action.
Living a community life, teaching catechism at state-schools, working at a nursing home in Melbourne, teaching at St. Aloysius’ College and living in East Timor have taught me invaluable things: humility, poverty (actual and spiritual), God’s presence in all things and the integration between faith and justice.
My two years in the novitiate is coming to its end. Responding to God’s abundant love and invitation to service, I would offer my whole self back to bear Jesus’ name in his Society in giving greater glory to God – AD MAIOREM DEI GLORIAM.
For this, I humbly and gratefully ask for your blessings and prayers.