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About Help Contact login Rev Bernard Perry SJ Title: Rev First Name: Bernard Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Perry Order: SJ Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1911 Place of Birth: Bradford Country of Birth: England Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 13-Oct-1948 Place of Death: Sydney NSW Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 1948 Place of Burial: Gore Hill NSW Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/300717772 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: Perry, Bernard Teacher; born Bradford, England, 24 April 1911; died Sydney, 13 October 1948, aged 37. Bernard Perry was educated at St Bede's Grammar School, Bradford, and St Patrick's College, East Melbourne. He entered fully into the life of the school, being among the first in his class each year, and he took part in football and athletics. He was also a member of the Sodality of Our Lady. He entered the Society at Loyola College, Greenwich, 2 March 1928, and then went abroad for his juniorate at Rathfarnham, 1930-33, gaining a science degree. Philosophy was at Jersey, 1933-36. He was back in Australia for regency at St Aloysius' College, 1936-40, and was also prefect of discipline. Theology studies were taken at Canisius College, Pymble, 1941-44. Tertianship was at Loyola College, Watsonia, 1946, and then he returned to St Aloysius' College, Milson's Point, for the last two years of his life. From the time that he studied at Jersey he suffered from an ulcer that caused him much pain and distress. It seems that doctors did not diagnose the trouble, and superiors believed that his problems were more nervous than physical. He was by nature a big, athletic, active man, and found it hardly possible to restrain his activity as the doctors prescribed. His superiors were no wiser. His life became a series of recoveries and relapses until at last the ulceration killed him. He was a generous man, unselfish and loving. He shunned any sign of sentimentality, or any trace of affected piety. He was a great example of much patience amid prolonged suffering. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Bernard

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Perry

Order:

Date of Birth:

24-Apr-1911

Place of Birth:

Bradford

Country of Birth:

England

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

13-Oct-1948

Place of Death:

Sydney NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1948

Place of Burial:

Gore Hill NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/300717772

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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Perry, Bernard

Teacher; born Bradford, England, 24 April 1911; died Sydney, 13 October 1948, aged 37.

Bernard Perry was educated at St Bede's Grammar School, Bradford, and St Patrick's College, East Melbourne. He entered fully into the life of the school, being among the first in his class each year, and he took part in football and athletics. He was also a member of the Sodality of Our Lady. He entered the Society at Loyola College, Greenwich, 2 March 1928, and then went abroad for his juniorate at Rathfarnham, 1930-33, gaining a science degree. Philosophy was at Jersey, 1933-36.

He was back in Australia for regency at St Aloysius' College, 1936-40, and was also prefect of discipline. Theology studies were taken at Canisius College, Pymble, 1941-44. Tertianship was at Loyola College, Watsonia, 1946, and then he returned to St Aloysius' College, Milson's Point, for the last two years of his life.

From the time that he studied at Jersey he suffered from an ulcer that caused him much pain and distress. It seems that doctors did not diagnose the trouble, and superiors believed that his problems were more nervous than physical. He was by nature a big, athletic, active man, and found it hardly possible to restrain his activity as the doctors prescribed. His superiors were no wiser. His life became a series of recoveries and relapses until at last the ulceration killed him. He was a generous man, unselfish and loving. He shunned any sign of sentimentality, or any trace of affected piety. He was a great example of much patience amid prolonged suffering.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev Bernard Perry SJ

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