Archbishop Emeritus Barry James Hickey made a triumphant return to the stage on September 4 at the annual An Hour for Sheen concert at Trinity College.
In his first performance at the concert since 2009, Archbishop Emeritus Hickey battled a cold to sing I know My Redeemer Lives, written by the late-Perth priest composer Fr Albert Lynch, and Gendarmes Duet by Jacques Offenbach, with Christopher Waddell.
Mr Waddell’s Bass Baritone voice kicked off the evening singing a diverse selection of pieces from Bononcini to Gershwin.
Yann Kee, a favourite performer at the Fulton Sheen Society event in the past, graced concert-goers with Mozart, Gounod and Novello after a sterling performance by up-and-coming Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts student Ry Charleson, who sang a popular program of contemporary favourites.
This year’s An Hour for Sheen concert was the 13th edition of the event, raising money for the Fulton Sheen Society’s support of numerous charity works and dissemination of the work of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a pioneering media evangeliser in the 20th century.