Wazalwa ngo-1942 ePietermaritzburg, uGerald Patrick Kearney, owaziwa kakhulu ngelikaPaddy, uveza umusa, ubuqotho, ukuthobeka nobubele; umkhankaso onobuhlakani nobonayo osebenzela ukuthula nobulungiswa
Ngo-1971 uPaddy waqashwa eNanda Seminary, isikole samantombazane sabafundi abamnyama, lapho athola khona ukungabi nabulungisa kobandlululo ngokuningiliziwe nangokusondelana nalapho aba yisishoshovu sezobulungiswa.
Archbishop Hurley & Paddy Kearney, 11 September 1985 Dr Paddy Kearney and Brother Jude Pieterse, St Augustine’s College, 5th May 2017 Denis Hurley Centre director Raymond Perrier, KZN Premier Senzo Mchunu, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier and DHC chair Paddy Kearney at the official opening of the Denis Hurley Centre. Paddy Kearney, LL Awardee
Cishe iminyaka engu-20 uPaddy wahola umsebenzi we-Diakonia, inhlangano eyasungulwa ngu-Archbishop Denis Hurley ngo-1976. Le nhlangano yaqeqesha abantu ukuthi basungule futhi baqhube kahle amaqembu ezenhlalo emzabalazweni wokulwa nobandlululo ngabo-1980. Lokhu kudonse amehlo ezokuphepha kanti amahhovisi aseDiakonia agaselwe amahlandla amaningi.
UKearney wayengumholi wamaKhatholika obaluleke kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu leminyaka engu-20 futhi wadlala indima enkulu ekuphikiseni ubandlululo. Uqhakambise umbono womphakathi onobulungiswa, osebenzela izakhamizi zaseThekwini ezihlupheka kakhulu
Ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe ophethe i-Diakonia, kanye nokusebenzela inqwaba yezinhlangano ezizimele, amabhodi, izinhlangano nezinhlangano zomphakathi, uKearney ubhale nezincwadi ezimbili ezihlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngoDenis Hurley futhi uphila ngesiqubulo sika-Hurley esithi: “Ukusebenzela umphakathi kuwubuntu”.
Wahlonishwe ngeziqu zobudokotela yiNyuvesi yaKwaZulu-Natali ngonyaka ka-2009. Manje uPaddy Kearney usehloniphekile ngokuba yingxenye ebalulekile yenhlangano yesibili ebalulekile kulo mkhakha. Njengoba seyikhankase ngokungakhathali izimali, i-Denis Hurley Centre izoba ngomunye wamagugu amakhulu kaPaddy futhi afinyelela kude. Isakhiwo esisha esakhiwa njengamanje eduze ne-Emmanuel Cathedral sizohlinzeka ngendawo evumayo yokunakekelwa, imfundo kanye nomphakathi kwabampofu kakhulu kwminye yemiphakathi ehlukahlukene kakhulu futhi eyinselele yedolobha elingaphansi kwedolobha iTheku.
UPaddy Kearney waba u-Chair and Founder of the Denis Hurley Centre, I-Founding Director of Diakonia Council of Churches, U-Chair of the Gandhi Development Trust kanye nomeluleki we-KZN Christian Council kanye ne-Province Commission on Social Cohesion, phakathi kwezinye izikhundla eziningi ezibalulekile. Ushone ngokuzuma ntambama ngoLwesihlanu mhlaka 23 Novemba 2018 ehlaselwa yisifo senhliziyo.