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The Old Ratclifan 2013 | IntroductionThe Old Ratclifan 2013 | Obituaries
work to get a nod or a ‘well done’. many Old Ratcliffians travelled over Poets Society, where Robin Williams
from England and enjoyed a riotous says, ‘Carpe diem - seize the day!’ My
My father’s generation was that of the
1950s and 60s. He played rugby at time. father, Julien Porisse, seized his days,
Sale RUFC with his brother, Bob (46), His schoolmates were Ian Bannen and his last words to me were, ‘Live
travelled to Africa and lived all kinds (46) and Patrick McGoohan your life’.
of adventures. (44). Today, the black and white Ratcliffe College taught him to live his
photographs that are now sepia in life to the full in the light of God.
He never lost his love for his School colour show many faces from the
and, in the 1970s, he organised Old past. I remember a film, The Dead Julien Porisse Jnr (81)
Ratcliffian Dinners in Paris, when Son
Rev Fr Tim Maloney IC
Old Ratcliffian 1942-48
1931-2013
Tim was born in India, the youngest of early colleague of the redoubtable Br
three brothers. His parents, Win and Tony Primavesi (36) in his painstaking
Terry, lived and worked there until after labours of putting together the definitive
the War, when they retired to live in flora of the county of Leicestershire.
Ireland. In 1937, the boys were sent
back to England, to the care of the His second period of teaching came to
Rosminians. Tim arrived at Grace Dieu a halt when he asked for time off. As
at the age of five; he spent almost all a result, he changed his apostolate, spend his ‘holiday’ looking after a parish
of his long life of eighty-two years as a returning to work on parishes; this in France. Then, when he was posted to
Rosminian, or under a Rosminian roof. enabled his great personal gifts with a parish in Swansea, he decided to learn
people to have full rein. He was a Welsh, and this enabled him to be on
Tim’s eldest brother, Michael (43), successful parish priest for over forty call to celebrate Mass in Welsh around
had a brilliant career at School: a top years, and each of his postings was the diocese where it was spoken.
academic, a gifted sportsman, and lengthy (successively, Dollis Hill in
Head Boy for two years, before going North London, Loughborough, Swansea At an age when many parish priests are
to Cambridge to follow a successful and, finally, Hay-on-Wye, where he looking to retire, Tim took on his final
legal career. Bernard (45), the second continued to serve his people up to the posting in the little town of Hay-on-
son, was also very talented. Tim grew time of his death). Wye. With the current priest shortage,
up in the shadow of this success, but Hay might well not have had a resident
he rejoiced in a more precious talent, Tim was a man of enthusiasms. He was priest, had Tim not been happy to stay
which stayed with him the whole of an enthusiastic botanist. As a student there for twenty years and make himself
his life. People liked him. Indeed, they in Rome, he became a knowledgeable very much part of the local community.
loved him. He was always popular with guide to the catacombs. His parish One of his diocesan colleagues said
his fellows and, in later life, he enjoyed apostolate was successful, not because this of him during his final illness: ‘Tim
the gratitude and warm friendship of he was a gifted organiser, but because was the most honest priest I have ever
parishioners and fellow priests. he inspired people’s loyalty and love,
motivating them to do what was needed met’. This, surely, was the secret of his
Tim, too, was a keen sportsman, but to make a parish ‘hum’. pastoral success. What you saw and
his success was tempered by the loss what you heard was what you got. His
of his sight in one eye as a result of Dollis Hill was largely populated, in humour bubbled up spontaneously;
an accident at Grace Dieu. It did not Tim’s day, by first-generation Irish he was never one for standing on
prevent him, however, from becoming immigrants, as well as quite a number ceremony. A lot of this he inherited from
a fiery fast bowler. His one claim to of West Indians and Asians. The little his mother, Win, who was a great host
fame was capturing the wicket in an church had up to nine Masses on a and had a wide circle of friends, and
inter-school fixture of a boy who went Sunday. Tim built an overflow chapel who was ahead of her time in many of
on to become a successful international and, in the undercroft of the church, the causes she espoused, such as the
batsman and England captain. He was there was a flourishing Social Club. rights of Indian women.
also a good golfer later on, and enjoyed Immigrant Catholics soon found a home Tim will be greatly missed as a friend,
playing for the English clergy against the and a welcome. Like his parents, Tim a priest, and as an outstanding human
Irish in their annual encounters. had a special place in his heart for the
Irish. being. Personally, I look back on
Tim joined the Rosminians in 1950 some wonderful holidays spent in his
and, after novitiate, he followed his older Another of Tim’s enthusiasms in later company, and many encounters playing
brothers to Queens College, Cambridge, life was learning languages. He became badminton or golf, where Tim always
where he gained a degree in Biological fluent in French; his brother, Bernard, liked to win, but was also a gracious
Sciences. He taught at Ratcliffe, both lived and worked in France, so this loser.
as a brother and a priest, and was an was one attraction. Every year, he used
to exchange with a French priest and Rev Fr Michael Hill IC (49)
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work to get a nod or a ‘well done’. many Old Ratcliffians travelled over Poets Society, where Robin Williams
from England and enjoyed a riotous says, ‘Carpe diem - seize the day!’ My
My father’s generation was that of the
1950s and 60s. He played rugby at time. father, Julien Porisse, seized his days,
Sale RUFC with his brother, Bob (46), His schoolmates were Ian Bannen and his last words to me were, ‘Live
travelled to Africa and lived all kinds (46) and Patrick McGoohan your life’.
of adventures. (44). Today, the black and white Ratcliffe College taught him to live his
photographs that are now sepia in life to the full in the light of God.
He never lost his love for his School colour show many faces from the
and, in the 1970s, he organised Old past. I remember a film, The Dead Julien Porisse Jnr (81)
Ratcliffian Dinners in Paris, when Son
Rev Fr Tim Maloney IC
Old Ratcliffian 1942-48
1931-2013
Tim was born in India, the youngest of early colleague of the redoubtable Br
three brothers. His parents, Win and Tony Primavesi (36) in his painstaking
Terry, lived and worked there until after labours of putting together the definitive
the War, when they retired to live in flora of the county of Leicestershire.
Ireland. In 1937, the boys were sent
back to England, to the care of the His second period of teaching came to
Rosminians. Tim arrived at Grace Dieu a halt when he asked for time off. As
at the age of five; he spent almost all a result, he changed his apostolate, spend his ‘holiday’ looking after a parish
of his long life of eighty-two years as a returning to work on parishes; this in France. Then, when he was posted to
Rosminian, or under a Rosminian roof. enabled his great personal gifts with a parish in Swansea, he decided to learn
people to have full rein. He was a Welsh, and this enabled him to be on
Tim’s eldest brother, Michael (43), successful parish priest for over forty call to celebrate Mass in Welsh around
had a brilliant career at School: a top years, and each of his postings was the diocese where it was spoken.
academic, a gifted sportsman, and lengthy (successively, Dollis Hill in
Head Boy for two years, before going North London, Loughborough, Swansea At an age when many parish priests are
to Cambridge to follow a successful and, finally, Hay-on-Wye, where he looking to retire, Tim took on his final
legal career. Bernard (45), the second continued to serve his people up to the posting in the little town of Hay-on-
son, was also very talented. Tim grew time of his death). Wye. With the current priest shortage,
up in the shadow of this success, but Hay might well not have had a resident
he rejoiced in a more precious talent, Tim was a man of enthusiasms. He was priest, had Tim not been happy to stay
which stayed with him the whole of an enthusiastic botanist. As a student there for twenty years and make himself
his life. People liked him. Indeed, they in Rome, he became a knowledgeable very much part of the local community.
loved him. He was always popular with guide to the catacombs. His parish One of his diocesan colleagues said
his fellows and, in later life, he enjoyed apostolate was successful, not because this of him during his final illness: ‘Tim
the gratitude and warm friendship of he was a gifted organiser, but because was the most honest priest I have ever
parishioners and fellow priests. he inspired people’s loyalty and love,
motivating them to do what was needed met’. This, surely, was the secret of his
Tim, too, was a keen sportsman, but to make a parish ‘hum’. pastoral success. What you saw and
his success was tempered by the loss what you heard was what you got. His
of his sight in one eye as a result of Dollis Hill was largely populated, in humour bubbled up spontaneously;
an accident at Grace Dieu. It did not Tim’s day, by first-generation Irish he was never one for standing on
prevent him, however, from becoming immigrants, as well as quite a number ceremony. A lot of this he inherited from
a fiery fast bowler. His one claim to of West Indians and Asians. The little his mother, Win, who was a great host
fame was capturing the wicket in an church had up to nine Masses on a and had a wide circle of friends, and
inter-school fixture of a boy who went Sunday. Tim built an overflow chapel who was ahead of her time in many of
on to become a successful international and, in the undercroft of the church, the causes she espoused, such as the
batsman and England captain. He was there was a flourishing Social Club. rights of Indian women.
also a good golfer later on, and enjoyed Immigrant Catholics soon found a home Tim will be greatly missed as a friend,
playing for the English clergy against the and a welcome. Like his parents, Tim a priest, and as an outstanding human
Irish in their annual encounters. had a special place in his heart for the
Irish. being. Personally, I look back on
Tim joined the Rosminians in 1950 some wonderful holidays spent in his
and, after novitiate, he followed his older Another of Tim’s enthusiasms in later company, and many encounters playing
brothers to Queens College, Cambridge, life was learning languages. He became badminton or golf, where Tim always
where he gained a degree in Biological fluent in French; his brother, Bernard, liked to win, but was also a gracious
Sciences. He taught at Ratcliffe, both lived and worked in France, so this loser.
as a brother and a priest, and was an was one attraction. Every year, he used
to exchange with a French priest and Rev Fr Michael Hill IC (49)
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