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Charles Howard FMS AM (29 October 1924 – 14 January 2012) was an Australian Marist Brother who held the office of worldwide superior general of the order from 1985 to 1993. His religious name during much of his Marist career was "Brother Elias". He was the only Australian to date elected to lead the Marist Brothers' worldwide organisation.


Life and career


Early life and teaching career

Howard was born in Melbourne on 29 October 1924. His family relocated to Sydney during his youth and he attended the Marist Brothers school in Randwick, Sydney. In 1942 he pronounced his first vows and received the religious habit. He was on staff at
St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill St Joseph's College (abbreviated as SJC and commonly called ''Joeys'') is an independent Catholic secondary day and boarding school for boys, conducted in the Marist Brothers tradition, located in Hunters Hill, a suburb on the Lower North Sh ...
, from 1955 to 1956 and at the Marist juniorate in
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. He was headmaster at St Joseph's College from 1962 to 1967Newsletter from Headmaster SJC Jan2012
 and was also headmaster at
St Gregory's College, Campbelltown St Gregory's College Campbelltown (abbreviated as SGC or Greg's or St Greg's) is an Independent school, independent Catholic Single-sex school, single-sex and Mixed-sex education, co-educational comprehensive and specialist Primary school, prim ...
.


Religious formation and leadership

Howard had studied for a period with the order in France in 1961 and in Rome in 1968 participating at the general chapter as a delegate. In 1968 he pursued studies in catechetics at
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, Belgium. Subsequently, he went to
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, for further studies in psychology. In 1972, Howard was appointed provincial of the Sydney province and served in that role and as provincial superior of the Marists in eastern Australia until 1976, when he was elected to the general council of the Marist Brothers in Rome. In 1985, he was the first Australian to be elected superior general of the Marist Brothers, and served as superior general until 1993. Major undertakings during his mandate included the creation of the International Finance Commission, the new Marist presence in Eastern Europe and the establishment of international scholasticates for Africa and for Asia. After his generalate was over, he spent years in novitiates at Kutama (Africa) and Lomeri (Pacific). For a period he was the delegate visitor for the Sector of India. In 1997, he was declared a
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(AM) in recognition of his service to the Catholic Church and the community, particularly in the fields of education, social justice and reform. In 2000 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the
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.


See also

* Seán Sammon


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Charles Marist Brothers 1924 births 2012 deaths Religious leaders from Melbourne People from New South Wales Members of the Order of Australia Australian expatriates in France Australian expatriates in Belgium Australian expatriates in Italy Australian expatriates in Ireland