Fr. Frank McCarthy honoured

At the Mass to commemorate the relocation of the headquarters of the Mill Hill Missionaries on 30 June 1007, Fr. Frank McCarthy MHM, was honoured with a Gold Medal in appreciation for his service and dedication to the APF

Fr Frank McCarthy MHM, 84, is still going strong and still doing APF appeals as he has done for the last 35 years which translates into about 1,000 appeals in several hundred parishes.

Ordained in 1949 he is coming up to his Diamond Jubilee in two years time. After ordination he studied Latin and French and later History at Cambridge University. He taught in the Mill Hill Missionaries schools and junior seminaries in Scotland, England and Cameroon until 1972, when he was appointed to APF organising.

Among other things, he is a prolific writer and competent editor involved in several missionary publications including Mission Outlook.

Frank receiving the Gold medal from Bishop Hollis

Fr Tony, in his address, has this to say about Frank:

"In looking back in thanksgiving and appreciation to what has been achieved in the past, I have great pleasure in identifying and honouring someone who has contributed so much in the cause of Mission in this country..........

Fr Frank, Mgr. John Dale, the National Director of the APF-MHM partnership has awarded you the Gold Medal recognising and honouring a life-time achievement for your work with APF.

He told me recently that all those who know you up and down the country have nothing but the best to say about you. Frank, you are the best, a real Mill Hill man.

I am privileged to now present you with this Gold Medal and to this award we all add our deep appreciation, respect and admiration."

Mgr. John Dale, the National Director of APF-MHM, pinning the Gold Medal on Frank's jacket