Clancy was elected Bishop of Ard Carna on October 25, 1973. Cardinal Clancy was made a member of (OAM) Order of Australia in 1984 and an (AC) Officer of the Order of Australia in 1992. 

 He was then promoted Archbishop of Canberra on November 24, 1978.

On February 22, 1983, 33 years after his priestly ordination, the boy from Lithgow was appointed the seventh Archbishop of Sydney.

Archbishop Clancy was installed as archbishop at St Mary’s Cathedral on 27 April, 1983.

He was received into the College of Cardinals by John Paul II during the Consistory of June 28, 1988.

Cardinal Clancy retired as Archbishop of Sydney in 2001, at the age of 78.

In 2009, the Cardinal celebrated 60 years of priesthood at the Vianney dinner for clergy. 

He enjoyed several years of retirement, including swimming, walking, fishing and playing golf, before his health declined. 

He was cared for by the Little Sisters of the Poor at Randwick for eight years prior to his death.

Cardinal Clancy died on Friday August 3 at the age of 90. 

He was the loved brother of Kathleen Worthington (deceased), Iris Owen, Brother Kenneth MSC and Marie Parker.

Solemn Pontifical Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial for His Eminence Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy AC (Archbishop of Sydney 1983 - 2001) will be offered in St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney on Saturday, August 9, 2014, commencing at 10.00am. Interment will take place in the Cathedral Crypt at the conclusion of the Mass.

“From Holy Camp to Vatican” was the headline in the Catholic Weekly when Edward Bede Clancy was installed as Cardinal in Rome in 1988

The beloved cardinal was born in Lithgow in the Bathurst diocese on 13 December, 1923, to John Bede Clancy and Ellen Lucy Edwards, a convert to Catholicism

It was as a young child that he, his brother and three sisters came to know their first real loss with the death of their mother, a situation not dissimilar from that of Pope John Paul II.  

Cardinal Clancy’s mother is buried in the Grenfell Cemetery.

The family then moved repeatedly as his father, a public school teacher, was transferred around the state. 

Edward found himself at Holy Camp public school at Grenfell and also at Bumbaldry and St Monica’s primary school and Good Samaritan school, Richmond, for his early education. He later attended Marist Brothers’ College, Parramatta, and always admired the example set by religious. 

Maude McClelland nee Walsh mother of Geoff, Michael and Jerry was taught by Cardinal Clancy’s father John Bede when he was teaching at Bumbaldry and remained friends with the Cardinal until her death. Maude was invited to his first Mass in Sydney upon his return from Rome after following his installation as a Cardinal.

Rob Taylor of “Ravensleigh” Holy Camp Rd said his parents Herb and Lillian were also invited to the Mass and John Smith has remained friends with the family since attending school at Holy Camp.

The Holy Camp School was behind the house on “Ravensleigh” where Paul and Monique Taylor and family now live and is the home in which the Clancy family lived.

Clyde Smith said “My father, John Smith went to Holy Camp School and was in the same class as Cardinal Edward Clancy. The teacher was Cardinal Clancy’s father. In 2009 I took my father to Randwick to meet up with Cardinal Clancy as these two classmates had not seen one another for nearly 70 years.”

Many other familiar family names who attended the school and/or were taught by John Bede  Clancy;  include Armstrong, Hunter, Simpson, Griffiths, Taylor, and Lamkin to name a few.   

The Grenfell Branch of Australian Red Cross hopes everyone can play a role in celebrating the Centenary of Red Cross in its Centenary Year 2014.

Exactly nine days after the outbreak of World War I, The Australian Red Cross was formed at Government House, Melbourne on August 13 1914.

Although most of us know Red Cross for its work in emergency relief and recovery and for the highly respected Blood Service, local members, volunteers and supporters also continue to assist in the everyday work of Red Cross.

To commemorate this achievement residents of Grenfell and the Weddin Shire are invited to a complimentary Devonshire Tea to help celebrate 100 years of people helping people across Australia and to thank the Grenfell community for their continued support.

Please come and join the Grenfell Branch of Australia Red Cross on Thursday August 14 at the Grenfell Hub anytime between 10.00am to 4.00pm.

As this page is sponsored by the Railway Hotel and Fettlers Restaurant, Carol and Laurel wish to advise that whilst they are away on a long- earned holiday the Tuesday evening 2 for 1 will not be held on August 12 and 19. The dining room will be open only Wednesday till Saturday during this period.

Three birthdays were celebrated at Fettlers Restaurant on Tuesday August 5. Ray Brown celebrated with his sister Shirley and brother in law Lindsay and good friend and neighbour John Phillips. Ray’s wife Helen was away on babysitting duties. Tracey Hewen celebrated with her husband Allan and daughter Ashlee and friends whilst Debbie 

Williamson enjoyed a belated birthday dinner with Sharon Eppelstun and Graham Eppelstun.