Reverend Father Cyril Thomas Hally SSC JCL
Reverend Father Cyril Thomas Hally SSC JCL
The Reverend Father Cyril Thomas Hally SSC JCL received an honorary doctorate from ACU National at the Sydney Town Hall on 31 March 2005 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the cause of global peace and justice.
"The life and ministry of Father Hally stand as a chronicle of the quest for peace in the 20th Century, of the Mission of the Church in the world, and of the common unity of humanity," said Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Sheehan AO
As well as his extensive teaching in Australia, Father Hally has conducted seminars in Missiology in the Philippines, Korea, Chile, Peru, Japan, Fiji and Pakistan.
He founded the Pacific Mission Institute, offering orientation for religious personnel embarking on cross-cultural activities and developed a national Mission and Justice Education Program.
He also founded the South Pacific Association for Mission Studies and remains Chair of the Editorial Committee of its Journal. Father Hally currently lectures in Missiology at the Catholic Institute of Sydney and is a member of the Columban Mission Institute, located within ACU National.
