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Ireland receives appreciation visit from Kano, Nigeria
by Mary Connellan SSL
October 13 saw the arrival of three Nigerians in Ireland - Christiana Biyab SSL, the current Principal of St Louis Secondary School, Kano, Monica Ibrahim SSL, a past student of St Louis Primary and Secondary Schools, Kano, and Barrister Wangida Isa Ibrahim, a past student at St Louis Primary School and St Thomas Secondary School, Kano.
The purpose of the visit was to express their gratitude to the Sisters of St Louis and the SMA Fathers on behalf of the children from the rural villages outside Kano city for the opportunities given them. Both Monica and Wangida are from one of the villages where Maud Murphy SSL and Brigitte Burke SSL (RIP), along with Sean Hayes SMA and Mick Waters SMA, worked to ensure the provision of education to the children when it was denied to them because they were Christians. The children came as boarders into St Louis Primary School in Kano city. Maura Flynn SSL was Principal in the Primary school when Monica and Wangida were there. Sr Brigitte had been principal when the project began. Monica progressed to St Louis Secondary School and was the Christian prefect in her senior year. Mary Connellan SSL was her principal.
The visit to Ireland was planned prior to Covid but could not happen until now. And so, on hearing of the death of Brigitte, who was the main person in their lives, Wangida and others decided that a visit should be made, while the other sisters who were instrumental in their education are still alive.
Very touching and emotional visits were made to the SMA house in Cork to visit Fr Mick, and to Monaghan to visit Sr Brigitte’s grave and Sr Maura. Both wonderful people seemed to comprehend that their “children” had come to visit them. There are photographs of animated expressions from both visits. There was also a lovely meeting and meal with Brigitte’s brother Frank and his wife in Rathmines convent, where memories of Brigitte were shared and tributes to her were made. Maud Murphy SSL, Marie Byrne SSL, and Mary Connellan SSL joined this group.
The visitors also had a chance to visit our convents in Dundalk, Carrickmacross, Blakestown, and Ralahine. They returned to Nigeria full of appreciation for the welcome they received and the opportunity to express their gratitude to those who nourished them and made them who they are today.
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Remembering our ancestors
by Christiana Arokoyo SSL
As Sisters of St Louis, we all know that Abbé Louis Eugène Bautain was one of the main pillars from whose inspirations we were born and whose vision we hold dear. Louis Bautain was born on February 17, 1796, and died on October 15, 1867. On October 15 this year, the entire Institute of the Sisters of St Louis was invited to mark the day with prayer, in remembrance of Louis Bautain's death and also the Feast day of Mère Thérese de la Croix, the first Superior General of the Sisters of St Louis in 1842.
We, in the Foundation House in Juilly, were privileged to be able to visit the cemetery where Louis Bautain and Mère Thérese de la Croix are both buried, to commune with our ancestors through the prayers prepared by the Institute Spirituality Committee for this day. We prayed on behalf of the St Louis family, giving thanks for such a visionary priest and for all our ancestors who dedicated their lives to bring us this far. We also entrusted to their intercessions the whole Institute. We were filled with joy for this opportunity to be in communion with them. We remembered especially, Louis Bautain's prophecy, “after we are gone, it is the sisters who will be the heirs to the spiritual heritage of the family.”
Thank God for being the successors of this spiritual heritage. We ended our prayer session with the song, “We thank you Father for the gift of faith through Jesus Christ your Son.”
May they who are counted among the saints continue to pray for us.
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Two Irish sisters reflect on their missioning to Sclessin, Belgium
by Máire Cannon SSL
Newly professed in August 1953, Lily Beirne SSL and Anne Killeen SSL were recalled from their holidays in Bundoran to prepare to move to Sclessin in Belgium. What news! Passports had to be got, suitcases packed, family and friends informed. From Monaghan they travelled to Rathmines where Emilian McKenna SSL awaited them. She was to accompany the new recruits first to Juilly and then on to Belgium. They were in capable hands. Fluent in French, Sr Emilian had already lived in Juilly, and was now newly appointed as Superior to Sclessin. The Sclessin and Thier-à-Liege communities in Belgium, along with Juilly, had been reunited with Monaghan that year. French was the language spoken in Sclessin. Lily and Anne were not fluent in this, though they had studied it as a subject in Secondary School. The emphasis on learning the language then was on the written and not on the oral aspect of it. On the plus side Lily had been taught by Sr Emilian in Carrickmacross and this made a huge difference starting off!
The three travellers set off by boat from Dublin to Liverpool, then train to London and Dover. A boat then to Calais, France, where they took yet more trains to Juilly. The boat journey was not an easy one for Anne. Srs Mercedes and Clare Ryan met the sisters at the station in Juilly. They stayed with the Juilly community that weekend, were given rudimentary lessons in French and had the opportunity of seeing Paris before setting off for Belgium at ‘cockcrow’ on a Monday.
The train journey from Paris to Liege was an epic one! It took longer than intended as the trio stepped off the train too soon at a station before Liege. They had to wait several hours for the next train. They also had to contend with hauling luggage on and off at different stations. Sr Emilian’s own 21 pieces of luggage collected in Juilly added to Lily and Anne’s lighter loads! Soeur Thérèse Marie met the travellers at Liege station at 9pm and brought them to Sclessin. As the youngest in the community at 33 years old she was delighted to have two younger sisters join her. But she didn’t have any English! And Lily and Anne couldn’t speak French. Not yet!
The community in Sclessin welcomed the weary travellers. Anne recalls that they numbered about 10 or 12, all Belgian and in their 80’s. These sisters kept the house in order, worked in the garden, and looked after the hens. Recreation time was spent sewing and chatting. The food resembled Irish food. Rabbit instead of turkey was served up at Christmas. Sr Du Sacre Coeur taught in the local primary school called “Institute Saint Louis”. Many of the pupils were of Italian-Sardinian origin as their fathers had migrated to work in the coal and steel mines locally. The Italian government supported them in preserving their language and culture while in Belgium.
On September 29, 1953, the community celebrated the Golden Jubilee of the St Louis foundation in Sclessin. Mother Columbanus Greene, who was Mother General at the time, was present for the occasion. Belgian, French, and Irish flags hung from the Convent windows and children sang the anthems of each country. Speeches acknowledged the special care of the sisters for the poor and the sick and their faithful service during two World Wars. In time Lily and Anne began to master the French language and put down roots. They travelled by tram to Liege and completed a four-year Teacher Training course inspired by the Montessori method. Until their retirement, they taught in the primary school and responded to the needs of the sisters in community and in the parish until they moved, in 1995, to Juilly. Visits home to Ireland, and visits from St Louis sisters and family members from Ireland, brought them great joy. In 2018, Anne and Lily returned to Ireland. Now together in Kiltipper Nursing Home, Dublin, they look back in gratitude at their youthful and fulfilling years in Belgium and France.
To view more pictures on our Flickr page, click on the image below. Thank you to the “ANCIENS DE SAINT-LOUIS SCLESSIN” Facebook Group, which has given us kind permission to share most to the photos in this Flickr album.
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Crossing the Border
by Marie Celine O’Byrne SSL
A very brief history of the Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland border crossing
Over the last 100 years we on the island of Ireland, have been going back and forth across the border from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK. The ‘Border’ as we know it today came into existence in May 1921 when six counties in Northern Ireland came totally under the UK Government. The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty ratified the partition between the six counties of Northern Ireland and eventually set up the Irish Free State in 1922. The border became an international frontier. It meant that custom posts were placed at designated crossing points to check the movement of goods and services between the two jurisdictions. All traffic was stopped and checked by officers. On many occasions our sisters returning to Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland, left their purchases from across the border in the safe keeping of the sisters in Middletown Convent in Northern Ireland, to avoid being penalised by custom officials. This customs system was in operation until 1993 when checks were phased out under the European Single Market. During the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, especially from the early 1970s until the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, British military checkpoints were erected at key points along the border. This was a period of political tension which impacted greatly on the lives of citizens ‘North’ and ‘South’. Currently a hard border is avoided in Ireland after the UK left the EU in January 2020. This is designed in particular to protect the Good Friday Agreement and the all-island economy.
A Memorable Day – September 3, 1939
It was the end of the school holidays. I was seven years old. My father had, for some reason, to drive to Derry in Northern Ireland, which was a very long way from my home village of Ardara in Co. Donegal, which is in the Republic of Ireland. He was taking my big brother Michael, but not me, which to me seemed very unfair. I was protesting tearfully, until Michael took my hand and said, “You don’t understand about the border. The car will be stopped and everyone in the car will be asked how old they are. You have to be nine to cross the border. Now I am alright because I am nine. But you are only seven so they would put you out on the side of the road and you would have to wait there a long time among strangers ‘til Daddy was coming home. Sure, you wouldn’t like that, would you?”
“No, I’d hate that!” I spoke.
“Well,” said Michael, “you can stop snivelling!”
When Daddy returned that evening from Derry, he had big news. War had been declared - World War Two. It was September 3, 1939. The world would never be the same again!
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Post Vatican new ministries in the Irish region – helping people in Dublin’s deprived north inner city
by Marian McGreal SSL
Beresford Street, Dublin 7
On November 23, 1987, Magdalena Gunn SSL (RIP) sent a donation to Fr Christopher Twomey OFM, the Parish Priest of Halston Street in Dublin’s North Inner City, and also felt a call to engage in ministry in that parish. Six months later she was joined by Carmel Woods SSL (RIP). The sisters were asked to reside within easy reach of Kevin Barry House and Constitution Hill Flats.
37 Beresford Street came on the market and was bought for 20,000 pounds. Consilii O’Shaughnessy SSL (RIP) joined Magdalena and Carmel and they moved into number 37 in mid-December 1989. The sisters got involved in parish ministry and worked from a centre within the church building in Halston Street. Consilii helped victims of HIV/AIDs, Magdalena worked as an adult literacy tutor and visited the sick and elderly, and Carmel set up adult education classes. The adult education classes offered an integrated programme in spirituality, human development, creative skills, and active involvement in prayer groups, as well as preparation of parish liturgies.
Maire Muldowney SSL and Clare Maguire SSL (RIP) gave art and craft classes for a short time. The area became multi-cultural and multi-ethnic which brought new challenges in the area of integration. By 2008, Carmel was the only St Louis sister living there. She subsequently became ill and that brought the ministry to a close.
Marmion Court, Dublin
In 1991, the sisters began a six-year connection with Marmion Court, also in Dublin’s North Inner City, and close to Beresford Street. The sisters lived in a 2-bedroom flat there. Anne Murray SSL, then a member of Central Leadership Team, lived there for one year. She engaged in pastoral work in the area. In 1992, Carmel Woods SSL (RIP) appealed for sisters who could contribute to development work in the Halston Street parish, and because of this appeal, Miceál Hughes SSL and Monica Lindon SSL (RIP) initiated a Literacy Programme in the area. They worked with early school leavers, were members of the parish choir in Church Street, and Mass Readers in St Pauls on Arran Quay. In 1995, Frances Gates SSL replaced Monica. She taught traveller children and visited city hospitals when a member of the traveller community was ill, as well as being involved with the Refugee Council. Miceál helped with remedial English in Brunswick Street Boys’ School and assisted traveller children with their homework.
The sisters who worked in Beresford Street and Marmion Court kept in close contact and celebrated feast days together. In 1997, after six years of ministry the sisters withdrew and the flat was handed back to Dublin City Council.
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Catholic religious brother, on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media
By Courtney Mares
Rome Newsroom, Nov 29, 2023 / 13:30 pm
Pope Francis met Wednesday with professional soccer players from the Celtic Football Club, a team founded by an Irish Catholic religious brother.
The pope, who is known to be an avid soccer fan, met with the team on Nov. 29 while still recovering from the flu and lung inflammation, according to the Vatican.
Francis told the team: “Excuse me, but with this cold, I cannot speak much, but I am better than yesterday.” The pope asked a priest to read his message to the athletes and then greeted them one by one.
Celtic F.C. is a Scottish soccer team based in Glasgow. The team was founded in 1887 by Brother Walfrid, a consecrated Marist brother, to help raise funds to feed the poor.
Brother Walfrid was born as Andrew Kerins in Ireland’s County Sligo in 1840 and grew up in poverty amid the Irish potato famine. He emigrated to Scotland at the age of 15 where he discerned a vocation to religious life with the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious institute of consecrated brothers dedicated to the education of the poor.
Pope Francis meets with professional soccer players from the Celtic Football Club, a team founded by an Irish Catholic religious brother, on Nov. 29, 2023, at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media
Pope Francis meets with professional soccer players from the Celtic Football Club, a team founded by an Irish Catholic religious brother, on Nov. 29, 2023, at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media
Walfrid started Celtic with the mission of supplying “funds for the maintenance of the dinner tables of our needy children,” particularly in the impoverished Irish immigrant neighborhoods of Glasgow’s East End.
“He envisaged harnessing the potential of the Irish Catholic diaspora through the vehicle of a football club. … He believed his endeavor could in turn provide monies which could be used to charitably ameliorate the situation of the neediest members of the community,” said Michael Connolly, author of “Walfrid: A Life of Faith, Community, and Football” published in 2022.
In its long history, the team has been known for its rivalry with another Scottish club called the Rangers, who drew support largely from the Protestant Unionist community in Glasgow, and at some points the bitter rivalry has devolved into violence.
The Scottish soccer team was in Rome for a Champions League match on Nov. 28 against the local S.S. Lazio club and lost to the Italians 2-0.
Pope Francis offered words of encouragement to the players the day after their loss.
“Everyone struggles to win, but victory is not the goal, that can be defeat,” the pope said in brief off-the-cuff remarks.
“Victory is the entire process of playing together, playing as a team,” he added.
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Father Landry is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River who is national chaplain to Aid to the Church in Need USA, a Papal Missionary of Mercy and a Missionary of the Eucharist for the US Bishops.
For 75 years, the situation in the Holy Land has created various unresolved political and diplomatic problems. There are two peoples whose identities are firmly rooted in the same land, both of whom have endured great injustices and both of whom have also increased the sufferings and sorrows of the other. The lack of peace between them not only negatively impacts the lives of Israelis and Palestinians but also destabilizes the whole Middle East and, because of its religious significance, harms global intercultural and interreligious harmony.
https://thebostonpilot.com/Opinion/article.asp?ID=196088
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History Abbeyfeale Church: The Church of the Assumption was built during the years 1966 – 1968 under the leadership of Philip Canon Enright, who is buried in the grounds. The Church replaced St Mary’s Church which was located in New Street and where St Mary’s Boys National School now resides. The land was kindly donated by the Broderick family and the Sisters of Mercy Abbeyfeale. It provides valuable parking for those entering the town of Abbeyfeale today. In the grounds of the Church, there is a statue to the memory of James Joseph Sheehy who died in 1948 in Chicago. Mr. Sheehy was a native of the area and it was erected by Fr. Vincent J. Sheehy in 1985 who was a priest in Miami. The Holy Water font in the grounds is believed to come from the original Cistercian Abbey. A Grotto has also been erected to the right of the Church. To the left of the Church, there is a small plot where priests who served in the area or came from the area are buried. Three members of the McEnery family are buried here. Thomas, Patrick and Denis were all priests in the Diocese of Duluth in Minnesota. Also, two brothers of the Murphy family, Seán and T. J. were priests in Rockhampton, Australia. Two other priests who preached the Gospels in far-flung places were J. Downey in Canberra, Australia, and Monsignor Daniel P. Collins in Los Angeles.Two local priests are also buried here, Monsignor Dan Gallagher and Canon O’Donoghue. There is a stained glass window of Mary at the back of the church. In the left Transept, there is a stained glass window depicting Jesus healing the sick. There is also a Crucifix in this Transept. The adjoining plaque states that the crucifix is to Denis Bailey of Rockchapel, who contributed to the Sheltered Housing Scheme. An interesting feature of this church is the small chapel to Jesus attached to the left transept. To the left of the altar in this Chapel, there is a statue of the Sacred Heart, while to the right is a statue of Mary. Stained glass windows in this Chapel depict the resurrection of Jesus, the Holy Spirit descending on the apostles, the Crucifixion, and the bread and wine of Mass. These stained glass windows are donated in memory of Denis and Mary Lyons of Port, Abbeyfeale, Dick and Mary Hartnett of Port, Sr. Theresa, Joe and Eily, Connie, Sr. Immaculata, and Bridie Hartnett of Port, and James and Julia Quirke respectively. The chapel was opened in June 1991 by Bishop Newman.In the main Church, there is a stained glass window of the Good Samaritan on the left behind the altar, while the stained glass window on the right depicts Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. There is a shrine to Mary Immaculate to the left of the main Altar. In the right Transept of the church there are two shrines, one to St Joseph, and one to Mary. The stained glass window in the right Transept depicts the healing of the lepers.
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Joachim died on 26 August 1606
Martyrs Yatsushiro Japan.
Michael Mitsuishi’s son Thomas was playing when they came for him. He stopped his game, gave whatever he had to his friends, dressed himself in his best clothes and, without shedding a tear, bade farewell to his grandfather. He was slightly handicapped, so the official carried him on his back. The three with heads bent in prayer were beheaded in turn with one flash of the sword. Thomas was 13, his father Michael was 50, and John Hattori was 39. John’s son Peter had not yet arrived as his house was some distance away. Finally, an official carried him into that shocking scene of three bodies parted from their heads in a sea of blood. But the child stood there unflinching, loosened the upper part of his kimono, knelt beside his father’s body, and presented his neck to the executioner. The three executioners were in tears seeing the manliness of this child and refused to carry out the execution
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By ACI Africa Staff
Kampala, 19 June, 2023 / 9:55 pm (ACI Africa).
Religious leaders in Uganda have condemned “in the strongest terms” the attack on Lubiriha Secondary School in the Western region of the country that resulted in the death of at least 41 people, and half a dozen abductions.
According to a June 17 Associated Press (AP) report, “Thirty-eight students in their dormitories were among the victims” in the June 16 nighttime school attack that has been attributed to suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
“Some students were burned beyond recognition, and others were shot or hacked to death after militants armed with guns and machetes attacked the school in the frontier district of Kasese,” AP has reported about the attack in Western Uganda, a region covered by the country’s Catholic Diocese of Kasese.
The suspected ADF members are said to have escaped into the Virunga National Park of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) alongside six students who, according a Ugandan military statement, were taken to help carry the food that was looted from the school premises.
In a statement circulated Monday, June 19, members of the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) say they received “with profound sadness the news of the merciless, gruesome, and cruel massacre of innocent students".
“The IRCU, in the strongest terms, condemns these acts of terrorism, lawlessness, and extreme violence meted against innocent students,” the religious leaders in Uganda say about the attack in which a guard and two residents of Mpondwe-Lhubiriha town were reportedly among those killed.
Uganda’s religious leaders say the “barbaric acts” are against the Holy Scriptures and the Constitution of Uganda, which foster the sanctity of human life.
IRCU members who include representatives of the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) emphasize, “No one has a right to take another person’s life.”
In their statement, Uganda’s religious leaders call upon the Uganda Police Force and the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) “to fast-track investigations into these horrific murders and bring the culprits to accountability through established legal mechanisms.”
They also implore the Yoweri Museveni-led government to reach out to the families of the bereaved and victims of the attack with essential support and supplies.
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DRUG Crisis ; The opioid epidemic is the worst drug crisis in American history, and it’s claiming the lives of over 1,500 people every week.
Initially stemming from the excessive prescription of legal pain medications, the crisis has now escalated.
In certain states, there are more prescriptions being written than there are people.
New Jersey has made the decision to take action, and they are seeking support from the Church.
Father Timothy Graff is coordinating a new collaboration between the Archdiocese of Newark and the New Jersey Reentry Corporation, which is led by former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, to help fight back against fentanyl and other opioid addictions by helping addicts to get clean.
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June 21, 2023 - To mark the quatercentenary of Pascal’s birth on June 19, 1623.
Blaise Pascal; On the 400th anniversary of the birth of Blaise Pascal, the Vatican Library displayed first editions of some of his most famous works. Pope Francis published an apostolic letter earlier this week praising the 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist as “a tireless seeker of truth.”
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When a priest is ordained, a special cloth is used to wipe the excess oil from his hands. That anointing is part of his consecration to his sacred duties, and it’s an extremely moving part of the Rite of Ordination. Following an old tradition, that cloth used to wipe his hands (called a “maniturgium”) is presented to his mother. According to pious accounts, she is to be buried with it, and when she dies, she can present it to St. Peter at heaven’s gate, where she will be swiftly admitted for having given her son to the Church.
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Are priests and bishops in the United States flourishing? How well do priests trusts bishops, or, more to the point, their own bishop? To whom do priests turn for support?––on whom do they rely? What are priests’ views of the policies and procedures surrounding accusations of abuse? Do priests worry about false accusations being brought against them? Are priests burned out? If so, which priests?
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On May 13, Ireland will be blanketed with over 500 Public Square Rosary Rallies. Organised by Irish Society for Christian Civilisation (ISFCC). These rallies will honour the requests made by Our Lady of Fatima.
“Since 2013, we have been holding a Public Square Rosary Rally on O’Connell Street in Dublin,” said Gregory Murphy, an ISFCC volunteer and coordinator of the Rosary Rallies.
The effort began in 2017 when the ISFCC organised 200 rallies to commemorate the 100 years of the Fatima apparitions. Each year, the number has grown with 515 Public Square Rosary Rallies in 2022.
https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/rosarymay1323
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Irish Nuns Abroad
Dr Minang added that the women were taught how to walk with their head up high, in a literal sense, but also in a figurative sense.
Sr Mary was emotional meeting her former students, but said she had been anxious beforehand, because she wanted “to get everything ready” and “everything right”.
Many students have been able to take their parents to the US and got them treatment for different conditions, she added, with one former student and her sister having moved their parents to the US, and then having brought them back home to Cameroon to be buried when they died.
She used to teach them to be equal to the boys, she said, adding that she had been “very strong on that”.
“The culture is that the woman is dominated by the man, that the man was the boss and it’s cultural,” Sr Mary said.
“The girls have that self-worth which I think is so important, they are children of God the same as the men.”
https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/nunscameroon260423
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born around the year 385 AD in Wales in
Roman Britain. His father Calpurnius was a Deacon and a municipal official. He was
not really committed to the Christian faith in his childhood. At the age of 16 he was
captured by Irish Raiders who brought him to Ireland and he was sold into slavery.
During the next six years he looked after animals probably on Slemish Mountain in
County Antrim. He underwent a profound religious transformation during these
years and spent many hours each day and night at prayer. After he escaped from
slavery he decided to study for the priesthood in France. After ordination he heard in
a vision or a dream the voice of the Irish inviting him: “We ask thee, boy, come and
walk among us once more”. He was ordained a Bishop and returned to Ireland
around 432AD. There was a very small number of Christians in Ireland prior to this.
He was hugely successful in converting most of the other people in Ireland to
Christianity before his death in 461AD. He is believed to have established Armagh as
the primatial see of Ireland. He is buried in Downpatrick. He was a very humble man
of prayer as is evident from his work Confessio (a moving testimony of his personal
faith). He also wrote ‘Letter to Coroticus’, a troublesome chieftain. Legends about
Saint Patrick abound, perhaps the most famous that of his expulsion of snakes from
Ireland. He used the three-leafed Shamrock to teach the Irish about the Trinity (ie 3
persons in the one God). He is the Patron Saint of our country.
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Life-Changing Miracles
But in many ways, Father Al’s efforts have already worked miracles: More than 20,000 children attend schools run by the Sisters of Mary — who now number 380 sisters — and more than 107,000 children have graduated from the programs, going on to jobs or fields of higher education.
“To see his programs is to begin to understand the miracle,” said Glory Sullivan, a longtime friend of Father Al, noting the amazing transformation — physical and spiritual — that the children in Father Al’s schools underwent. Sullivan and her husband, Thomas, first met Father Al in 1974. Thomas Sullivan said that first meeting around the kitchen table transformed the lives of their family, and they became strong benefactors and promoters of his work.
“I just found him to be a saintly man,” Sullivan said.
Each poor child transformed by Father Al’s religious calling became a lifeline not only for that child, but also for his or her family.
https://www.ncregister.com/news/venerable-father-al-first-washingtonian-on-path-to-sainthood
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Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal Catholic life, he reverted completely to his childhood faith that began on the eve of the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He publishes Big Pulpit, Catholic Stand, Ignitum Today, and The American Catholic.
https://www.ncregister.com/news/can-i-trust-fr-richard-rohr-a-rosary-miracle-the-crisis-in-maiduguri-pope-francis-and-much-more
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By Magdalene Kahiu
Nairobi, 24 August, 2022 / 9:30 pm (ACI Africa).
On the 22nd anniversary of the murder of Fr. John Anthony Kaiser, Catholic Bishops in Kenya have remembered the American-born member of the Mill Hill Missionary (MHM) for advocating for justice in the East African nation.
Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) say the death anniversary of the Priest whose body was found lying on the roadside near his place of mission over two decades ago serves as a reminder of the injustices in the society today.
In their Wednesday, August 24 anniversary message published in a Kenyan Daily, KCCB members say that 22 years after his death, Fr. Kaiser is remembered and celebrated by the Church, MHM members, his family and all people of goodwill “for the tireless efforts in advocating for justice for the poor, oppressed and vulnerable, preaching peaceful coexistence.”
Fr. Kaiser was known for working with the vulnerable and the oppressed in Kenya. He was vocal and bold against the forced evictions of Kenyans from their ancestral land.
He was a critic of President Daniel Moi administration, and once testified before a commission, accusing the government of fueling the 1991-1993 ethnic violence in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province.
Fr. Kaiser’s body was found lying next to a shotgun with a wound on his head on the morning of 24 August 2000 along the Nakuru-Nairobi highway.
The native of Minnesota State in the U.S. who was 72 at the time died five months after having received the Law Society of Kenya annual Human Rights Award for being “a study in courage, determination and sacrifice on behalf of the weak, oppressed and downtrodden.”
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We are appalled at the spectacle of a beheaded American reporter. Imagine how appalled we would be at the spectacle of a beheaded American president. But just that was the spectacle that the Calvinists (Puritans) of Britain mounted for the edification of their country when they beheaded the Anglican King Charles I in 1649. That execution came midway in a religious civil war that lasted fully nine years (1642-1651) and cost Ireland (which suffered a reign of terror comparable to that of ISIS) and Britain more lives, proportionately, than the two islands would lose in World War I.
https://www.noemamag.com/how-will-the-mideast-war-end-christian-history-may-provide-a-clue/
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Belinda Monahan is a Benedictine Sister at St. Scholastica Monastery in Chicago. With an academic background in archaeology, anthropology and Eastern languages, she worked as an archaeologist, primarily as a faunal analyst in Armenia and the greater Near East. After making final monastic profession in 2014, she worked in parish ministry and on the executive committee of the managing board of the National Religious Vocation Conference. She currently serves as assistant campus minister at the Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University and as vocation minister for her community.
How has your prayer life grown in religious life? What makes it grow?
Every day, morning and evening, Sister Vivian wheels herself or is wheeled into St. Joseph Chapel at my monastery to take part in community prayers. Often, when I come home from work after supper, she is in the same chapel, alone in the dark, in silent prayer.
At 108, Sister Vivian can no longer see to read, so her participation in community prayer is limited to recitation of the psalms and canticles that she has memorized over the years. Even when she can no longer pray as she once did, her faithfulness to prayer, both communal and private, is both a support in my own prayer life and example I strive to follow.
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Jubilarians are hailed for their prayers, compassion, and service
DOUGLASTON — A collective 6,780 years of service to God was celebrated on Saturday, May 7, as women and men religious from the Diocese of Brooklyn gathered at Immaculate Conception Center for their Jubilee Mass.
The Mass, which was celebrated by Bishop Robert Brennan, is held each year to honor the contributions of women and men religious who are marking the 25th, 50th, 60th, 65th, 70th, and 75th anniversaries of taking their vows. It also provides an opportunity for the jubilarians to stand in church and publicly renew those vows in the presence of the bishop.
There were 112 jubilarians honored this year. Sister Maryann Seton Lopiccolo S.C., the episcopal delegate for the religious in the diocese, noted to the honorees that collectively they had amassed almost-7,000 years of service to the Church.
Because the pandemic prevented a Jubilee Mass in 2020 and caused a scaled-down celebration in 2021, this year saw jubilarians from all three years — 2020, 2021, and 2022 — honored on Saturday.
Last year, Sister Maryann worked with Bishop Emeritus Nicholas DiMarzio to come up with a creative way to salute the jubilarians despite the ongoing pandemic. They organized a hybrid celebration in which Bishop DiMarzio celebrated Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, and a six-minute video created by DeSales Media Group — the communications and technology ministry of the diocese — was presented on NET-TV immediately afterward.
The lack of large-scale celebrations last year and the year before made this year’s Mass even more special, participants said.
“The last two years have been a challenge. Well, we’re finally here. We are celebrating special milestones in our journey,” said Sister Maryann, who marked her 50th year as a Sister of Charity – Halifax in 2020.
Women and men religious have made their mark over the decades in the fields of education, health care, and social work but have also made valuable contributions in private by helping people one-on-one, Bishop Brennan noted.
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The death on 20 May 2021 of Sr. Rupert Corkery of Presentation Convent, Killarney, Kerry / Millstreet, Cork. Formerly of Liscahane, Millstreet. Predeceased by her parents Michael and Eileen, her stepmother Frances, her brothers Denis, Ted, Michael and Gerry (Br. Vincent, de la Salle) and her sister-in-law Eily Corkery. Survived by her sister Eily Buckley, brother Jack, sisters-in-law Maureen and Johanna, nieces and nephews, relatives, her Presentation Community and her many dear friends.
Tribute: Your name will live on in Killarney! My sympathies to Rupert's immediate family, her many friends and Presentation Sisters who have known and loved her in life. I will miss the jovial banter enjoyed when in her presence. Her musical accomplishments will, no doubt be appreciated by the Heavenly Choirs. May you rest in perfect peace, Rupert!
Rupert O 'Sullivan, Presentation Brothers, Killarney
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1974-03-02 Irish People- page2
Cumann na mBan Death The death of Miss Nora Buckley, late of Patrick Street, has removed from Listowel one of the town's most popular citizens. Nora was a member of an old and highly respected family which could lay claim to a rich national tradition. Her recent retirement from a business which she had shared with her sister, Tessie, who survives her, had surely been enlivened by memories of the grim and colourful experiences which she had shared with so many other Irish girls during the war of independence when she played an active role as a member of Cumann na mBan, attached to the North Kerry Brigade. The funeral following Requiem Mass celebrated in St. Mary's Parish Church was a splendid tribute to her memory. She is survived by her sister, Tessie Buckley, Mrs. Conlen, Boston, Rev. Laurence Buckley, USA, Rev. Lawrence Goulding, do., Corns Buckley, U.S.A., John Buckley, American Air Force, and Mrs. Lena Buckley, Listowel (sister-in-law), etc.
https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/IP/id/7330/rec/19
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1816 – The foundation of the Congregation on January 25.
– Father Eugene de Mazenod with four other companions began to live a community life in Aix-en-Provence, France.
https://www.omiworld.org/our-charism/history/historical-timeline/
Mahony, Patrick; Born in Leeds, England, on 16 July 1833.Took the habit in Sicklinghall on 16 February 1854
Final Oblation in Sicklinghall on 17 February 1856 (No. 565) Died in Daingean on 21 May 1916
https://www.omiworld.org/lemma/mahony-patrick/
Egan, James; Born in Killarney, Ireland, on December 16, 1792
Ordained priest for diocese of Kerry in September 1816 Took the habit in Grace Dieu on January 24, 1849. Oblation in Maryvale, on January 25, 1850 (No. 273).Died in Stillorgan, Ireland, on March 26, 1869
https://www.omiworld.org/lemma/egan-james/
https://www.omiworld.org/?s=born+county+kerry
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DEATH: Very Rev. Fr. Patrick Quinlan, Salford Diocese, Manchester and formerly Cahill’s Park, Tralee, died on 10th March 2022, son of the late Thomas and Mary (nee Daly), also pre-deceased by his sister Marie Murphy, his brothers Fr John S.M.A. and Olly (Dublin), brother-in-law Frank Murphy, niece Miriam Murphy and nephew John Quinlan. Survived by his brothers Tommy, Mons. Michael (Salford Diocese), sisters Philomena Casey and Adrienne Young, sisters-in-law Yvonne & Áine, brothers-in-law Derek Casey & J.J. Young, The Clergy of the Diocese of Kerry and Salford, his nephews, nieces, grand nephews, grand nieces, his long standing housekeeper Marlyn Waldron,
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Red Bluff News, Volume XIX, Number 34, 8 July 1904
SAD DOUBLE DROWNING Two Theological Students Find Watery Graves William J. Orr and William Barry Victims of Swimming Accident Neat Paskenta, on Friday Morning
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Mr. Barry was a native of County Kerry, Ireland, and formerly resided in San Francisco where an 'older brother Rev. Father Barry, is a curate of St. Patrick’s church. He is also survived by a sister who is a nun in the Dominican Convent at San Rafael.
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=RBN19040708.2.54&srpos=17&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-nun+native+kerry-------1
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Press Democrat, Volume XLII, Number 184, 6 August 1915
DEATH AT MIDNIGHT OF REV. FATHER LEAHY OF PETALUMA Much Beloved Priest Dies Suddenly While on an Outing at Duncans Springs—Many Years of Labour in Sonoma County
At midnight the Rev. Father Jeremiah Leahy, beloved pastor of St. Vincent’s Roman Catholic Church, Petaluma, died at Duncan Springs, where he went a short time since.
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Kerry News 1894-1941, Monday, September 26, 1927; Page: 3
NATIVE OF KERRY
Mother M. Veronica Duggan, who died at the Convent of Mercy, Grafton N.S.W., aged 79, was a native of Kerry. She went to Grafton with the first band of Sisters from Bermondsey, London, and founded a number of convents. For twelve years she was Superior of the Order.
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Kerry Reporter 1924-1935, Saturday, November 14, 1931; Page: 5
DIED IN CALIFORNIA.
Mrs. Delhi Murphy, Native Of Kerry.
Mrs. Delia Murphy a native of Kerry, and daughter of the late Timothy and Catherine Dunleavy, died suddenly at San Francisco. Surviving are her husband, J. J. Murphy, two daughters, one son, two grandchildren, and the following sistors and brothers: Sister Mary Leilia,? of Rome, Italy ; Sister Mary Andrew, of Lancashire, England : Sister Maria Bernard, of Youghal. Ireland : Patrick, Denis and Francis Dunleavy, Mrs. M. Scanlan and Mrs J. Jones of San Francisco: Mrs. ?. Fallon, of llodwocd ? City: John _TWnard and Sheila Dunleavy and Mrs. J. Stack, of Ireland.
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The Liberator (Tralee) 1914-1939, Tuesday, September 04, 1928; Page: 3
IRISH-AMERICAN BISHOP DEAD NATIVE OF KERRY.
Most Rev. Patrick J. Keane, D.D., Lord Bishop of Sacramento, died on Sunday at the Bishop's House, Sacramento, California.
Brothers Irish Priests.
He has two brothers in the priesthood in Ireland—Rev. John Keane, S.J., Rathfarnham, Dublin, and Rev. Wm. Keane, P.P., Milltown, Kerry. The diocese of Sacramento covers a territory of 9 2,000 square miles in northern California and Nevada.
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Nationalist and Leinster Times 1883-current, Friday, August 05, 1966; Page: 12
REV.- FR. Griffin, a native of Kerry who is home on holidays from New Zealand, is presently acting chaplain at Moore Abbey, Monasterevan. He is deputising for Rev. Fr. Tynan, who is on holiday. Also visiting the Sisters of Charity at Moore Abbey are Rev. Sr. Gonzaga, Pakistan and Rev. Mother Baptist, Ceylon, both natives of Kerry and who are members of the same order.
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Kerry News 1894-1941, Wednesday, May 02, 1934; Page: 6
Dr'. Maurice McKenna, a native of Kerry, has been appointed Medical Officer of Health for the City of Brunswick. Brunswick is a suburb of Melbourne, and is the second city in Victoria.
Dr. McKenna attended Clandouglas National School in the early days of Masters Maurice Kearney and Jeremiah Deane, when Dr. Shanahan and Master Peter Gleasure were also pupils at that school.
.Dr. McKenna is a nephew of the late Archpriest, Maurice McKenna (Duagh), who was Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Melbourne.
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Killarney Echo and South Kerry Chronicle 1899-1920, Saturday, March 15, 1913; Page: 3
A Native of Kerry
It is with feelings of the deepest regret that his many friends and old pupils read the announcement of the death of Rev. Brother Laserian O'Connell, of the Christian Brothers, which occurred on Monday last, at the House of the Order in Wexford.
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The Liberator (Tralee) 1914-1939, Saturday, November 09, 1918; Section: Front page, Page: 1
NATIVE OF KERRY
"Within the past few days his numerous Irish friends in London paid special honour to the Very Rev. Canon Timothy J. King, a native of the Diocese of Kerry, who--was recently raised to the purple on the nomination of Cardinal Bourne.
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The Liberator (Tralee) 1914-1939, Saturday, August 28, 1926; Page: 9
A NATIVE OF KERRY
Redlands; In more recent times. Monsignor Fitzgerald was made Promontory Apostolic, co that his full title in Rt. Rev. Monsignor T. J. Fitzgerald, P.A., V.F. (llig.it Rev. Monsignor T. J. Fitzgerald, who was at one time a C.C., in Tralee, is brother of the respected P.P., of Fines, Rev. M. P. Fitzgerald, -and the late Rev. J. K. Fitzgerald, P.P., of Ardfert, was his brother.)
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Irish Independent 1905-current, Monday, September 22, 1969; Page: 9
Medical Missionaries is a native of Kerry
By Joseph Power
SISTER M. Stella Phelan (44), a native of Tarbert, Co. Kerry, has been appointed Mother General of the Medical Missionaries of Mary.
She, succeeds Mother Mary Martin, who founded the Medical Missionaries in 1937. Mother Stella Phelan, who is in Uganda, where she is Medical Officer in the Medical Missionaries hospital, is expected in Drogheda in a few days’ time.
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DEATH of Sister Perpetua O’Keeffe, (Cork, Convent of Mercy, Skibbereen, Co. Cork and formerly of Kilmeaney, Kilmorna, Listowel, on 17th March 2022. Sister Perpetua, (Kathleen), daughter of the late Joseph and Ellen O’Keeffe and sister of Con, Brendan, Sheila, Eileen, Bridie and the late Mai and Theresa. Sadly missed by the Sisters of Mercy, her brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, cousins, friends, former colleagues and past pupils of Mercy Heights Secondary School.
Reception Saturday (19th) at 10.30am into the Church of the Assumption, Moyvane, for 11.00am Requiem Mass, funeral afterwards to Ahavoher Cemetery.
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DEATH of Ella Corridan (née Quinlan) The Square, Listowel, on 23rd February 2022. Wife of the late Dr Robert and mother of Pat, Veronica, Catherine, Richard, Robert, Paul, Bernice and John. Predeceased by her sister Margaret (Keane), brother Brendan, stepsisters Rosie (Harty), Bertha (Kenny), Mary (Sr. Brendan) and stepbrother Richard. Sadly missed by her family, sister Ray (Colivet), grandchildren, great-grandchildren, daughters-in-law, Mary, Marge, Dolores, Annette and Jo and sons-in-law Con and Hugh, nieces, and nephews.
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Irish Examiner 1841-current, Tuesday, September 26, 1933; Page: 4
LISTOWEL SISTER'S DEATH.
The death of the late Sister Regis Kennelly, of the Presentation Convent, Listowel, which occurred at a private nursing home in Dublin in the 51st year of her age and the 31st of her religious profession, has occasioned genuine and widespread regret throughout North Kerry. She devoted her talents to teaching, and she endeared herself to parents and scholars alike, many of whom travelled many miles to be present at her funeral.
Following Requiem Mass at the Convent Chapel, Listowel, the interment took place. The chief mourners were: Mother Gerard, Presentation Novitiate, Oakpark, Tralee; Mrs. Moran, Keylod (sister); Jerh. Kennelly, Knockanure, M.C.C. (brother); Patk. Kennelly and Patk. Moran (nephews), Eileen Kennelly, Mary Moran (nieces); John J. Kennelly, J. P. Kennelly, P. D. Kennelly, John D. Kennelly, Patk. Kennelly, Timothy Kennelly, Thomas Lyons, B. Cunningham (cousins).
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O’DOHERTY, Monsignor Donal (Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry and former Parish Priest, Holy Cross Church, Dundrum). Died February 14, 2022, at Orwell Nursing Home. Regretted by his sisters Maeve and Una, his brother Brian, his brother-in-law Gene, nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, classmates and fellow-clergy, Archbishop Dermot Farrell, parishioners, friends and colleagues. Requiescat in pace. Remembering the following deceased; his parents, Séamus and Susan, his brother Canon Micheál, his sister Maura and brothers-in-law Matt and Roy.
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Death February 2022 of Sr Margaret (Austin) Stack, Liverpool U.K. (order of Servants of the Mother of God), late of Cahirdown, Listowel.
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Feb 2020 Tarbert Notes;
The death took place of Sr Sacred Heart Meade, St Vincent’s Convent, Galway and formerly of Glencullare, Tarbert. She died on Wednesday 2 February and her Requiem Mass was celebrated in the Franciscan Abbey Church, Galway on Friday 4 February followed by interment in the Sisters of Mercy Convent, Galway. Aged 94, Kathleen was one of four daughters born to James and Sarah Meade of Pulleen, Tarbert.
All four daughters attended Reenturk Primary School and Kathleen and her sister Delia completed their secondary school education at the Convent of Mercy, Tuam, County Galway and both joined the Mercy Order.
Kathleen entered the Mercy Order as Sr. Sacred Heart and trained as a teacher at Carysfort Teacher Training College. All her teaching career was spent in primary teaching at An Spidéal, Connemara where she was very popular with pupils and staff. Her sister Delia joined the Order as Sr Raphael and her academic career was spent teaching at the Mercy Secondary School in Galway city.
When both sisters retired they lived out their retirement at the Convent of Mercy in Oughterard, Galway where Sr Rachael died in 2008. She was also predeceased by her elder sister Sadie O’Connor who died in Tarbert at the age of 97 on 2 November 2021 and her sister Moira Prendiville. Sympathy of the community to her nephews and nieces and the extended O’Connor and Prendiville families.
Please pray for the repose of the Soul of Sister Sacred Heart (Kathleen) Meade,
Puleen & Religious Sisters of Charity, Galway city who died recently (Ballylongford notes)
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Kerry born priest search
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Irish Standard 16 Oct 1915; Rev Jeremiah Leahy Pastor of St Vincent’s Church Petaluma, Cal., died last month aged fifty two a Native of County Kerry, graduated from All Hollows Dublin. Ordained 1888 at St Ballarat, Australia for San Francisco diocese, was assistant at St Vincent’s served at Sonoma and was administrator at St Mary’s Stockton, before becoming pastor at St Vincent’s, four years ago.
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SISTER JOAN O’CONNOR’S GOLDEN JUBILEE of RELIGIOUS PROFESSION Kowloon City, Hong Kong, China – 29 April 2012
A Jubilee is special at any time, but a Golden Jubilee Celebration of Missionary Religious Life is extra special!
On Sunday, 29 April past, Sister Joan O’Connor who hails from Lisselton, Co Kerry, celebrated 50 years as a Columban missionary religious. As she did 25 years ago for her Silver Jubilee, Sr Joan celebrated in Hong Kong, China. For as she said ‘I have spent 39 years of my life working in China Mainland and Hong Kong so I belong here!’
Members of both branches of the Columban family came from China Mainland joining with those in Hong Kong for a very joyful and happy evening in the Sisters’ apartment in Kowloon City. The celebrant and homilist at the Eucharist was Fr Eamon Sheridan SSC, one of the Columban Fathers General Council, Hong Kong.
Joan, being a good organizer, had everyone involved from preparation of the venue to catering, singing, photography etc. Nothing was left wanting.
But the last word was with Joan: during the Mass she expressed how full of gratitude she was for her life as a Columban Sister and for her Columban community, and for how she had experienced the Lord so powerfully throughout her life.
https://www.columbansisters.org/columban-sisters-90-years-of-missionary-journey/
Was ridding Hong Kong of TB one of the greatest legacies of the Columban Sisters?
It was. We had two doctors, Sr. Mary Aquinas Monaghan andSr. Mary Gabriel O’Mahoney, who were internationally renowned for their work on TB. They were linked with Brompton Hospital and the Medical Research Council in London. They did a lot of research and wrote a lot about the treatment of TB, and we did lots of trials of TB drugs to see how effective they were.
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DEATH occurred on 5 January 2022 of Brigadier General Jack (Seán) Kissane (Retired)
Salthill. Formerly of Killomeroe, Lisselton, Co. Kerry. Pre-deceased by his first wife Mary (née Hassett), brothers Fr. Michael, Edward, Richie and sisters Mary and Peggy McElligott.
Beloved husband of Maureen (née Dunleavy) and the late Mary, much loved father of Niamh Ryan (Tipperary), Katherine Stapleton (Naas), John (Wales), Lorna Mayne, (Dubai) and Keith (Galway).
Also survived by his sister Hannah May Liston, daughters-in-law Corrin and Hilary, sons-in-law Dominic, Eoin and Steve, adored grandchildren, nieces, nephews, the extended Kissane, Dunleavy and Hassett families.
DEATH of Ciarán Forbes OSB Glenstal Abbey, Murroe, Limerick
Forbes OSB, Ciarán [Tadhg Eoin], (Glenstal Abbey) January 1st 2022, at Glenstal; sadly missed by his brothers, sister and family, the Abbot and community of Glenstal Abbey.
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Presentation to Fr Niall
https://youtu.be/gDdyi6bYK1g
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Reflection
The Presbytery, Abbeydorney. (066 7135146)
abbeydorney@dioceseofkerry.ie
First Sunday of Christmas, 26th December 2021, Feast of the Holy Family
Dear Parishioner,
When a priest dies in a parish, he is missed and mourned by
his family, his parishioners, the bishop and priests of his diocese, as well as
other friends, from his school days and from the time he spent in other par-
ishes. People in parishes, where he has not served may have heard his name
but know little or nothing about him. Fr. Kevin McNamara, who died last Tues-
day, was an exception to that general rule. What made him to be an excep-
tion? The answer to that question has been given, since his death, by different
people who knew him. What made him to be known fairly widely was linked,
to a fair extent at least, to his ability to communicate to a variety of people.
Of course, he did things differently and an example of this would be his in-
volvement in organising fund-raising events, during his time in Moyvane Parish
and during his time in Glenflesk Parish, since he moved there last July. I think
this is a case where the Irish saying ‘Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann’. May he rest
in peace.
What does one say as the end of 2021 approaches! Most of us, I think had
hoped that it would be different from this time last year. We were fairly
confident that a year later the virus, which affected the lives of millions of
people throughout the world, would no longer be with us and that we would
be living fairly normal lives but that did not turn out to be so. As we realise
how important vaccination is to diminish the effects of a virus, we can be
thankful that the majority of our citizens have been vaccinated and that the
booster campaign is going on well. There are times, when we may feel embar-
rassed when we realise how privileged we are by comparison with a huge num-
ber of people in the developing world (Third World). Their vaccination pro-
grammes are moving slowly because of the cost, underdeveloped medical sys-
tems, shortage of qualified health care workers and other factors. We can only
hope this situation will improve in 2022 and that this improvement may be
helped by the willingness of the European Union to overcome the obstacles
that, it seems, are being put in the way of making vaccines available to the
poorer countries of the world, at a reasonable and fair price.
May you look forward to 2022 as a year, when all of us do
our part to make our world better for all who live in it. (Fr. Denis O’Mahony
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Putting God’s Kingdom first
This Christmas, We Recommit Ourselves To A Deep Faith In The Son Of God,
Made Man, And To The Kingdom He Came To Establish
Two thousand years ago, there was a man who was called 'The Son of God.' He
was given titles such as 'Lord,' 'Redeemer,' 'Liberator,' 'Saviour of the World,'
'Prince of Peace.' Who was that person? It was the Emperor, Caesar Augustus.
Caesar had conquered the known world. His victories over his enemies had
saved the Roman empire from the turmoil of constant war and brought it
peace. Caesar was revered throughout the empire as the one sent by God to
bring peace to the world but in a little corner of that empire, there came into
being a small group of people who gave those same titles – 'Lord,' 'Redeemer,'
'Saviour,' 'Son of God' – to a nobody, born into poverty, from nowhere, ("Did
anything good ever come out of Nazareth?" John 1.45), and who had been
crucified by Herod, Caesar's representative. Either this was a joke, intended to
make fun of Caesar, or it was high treason but Caesar was not amused.
The early Christians were persecuted, arrested, imprisoned and sometimes ex-
ecuted. Those early Christians clearly understood that their king was not
Caesar but the Risen Jesus; that the kingdom which commanded their alle-
giance was not the Roman empire but the Kingdom of God. They understood
that the Kingdom of God, which Jesus proclaimed, was not only a 'spiritual'
kingdom, to be found in heaven, but a kingdom in which they were living, here
and now, and which posed a challenge to the prevailing way of life. They lived
together in community and they shared everything they had with each other,
so there was no inequality amongst them. No one was to be made feel un-
wanted or second-class since everyone was recognised as a child of God with
the same dignity as everyone else. The leaders of the community understood
their role was to serve the community, not to lord it over them.
Today, we Christians may no longer live together in community or share
everything we have but, at this time of Christmas, we recommit ourselves to a
deep faith in the Son of God, made man, and to the kingdom which he came
to establish and in which, through baptism, we now live. Now, as then, this
kingdom is a profound challenge to the economic, social, and political values
that dominate our world.
Economic: We are called to challenge the consumerist way of life, which
continually seeks to have more, to purchase what is bigger, to consider that
what we have is ours to do with it whatever we like, to use primarily for our
own enjoyment or well-being. We are called to put others, especially the poor
and their needs, at the centre of our lives, to live simply and share generously.
The caring and sharing of the early Christians was so radical that those on the
outside said in astonishment, "See how they love one another." We, too, are
called today to be a witness to a radical love and care for others.
Social: We are called to challenge the exclusion and marginalisation of so many
in our societies and world by affirming the equal dignity of every person, re-
gardless of status, gender, disability, colour, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
Political: We are called to challenge government policies that harm the poor
or further marginalise some people and to support policies intended to elimi-
nate poverty, inequality, and marginalisation. The early Christians were pro-
foundly political – they understood that their decisions, such as refusing to
serve in the Roman army, were a direct threat to Caesar's law.
This kingdom, to which we commit ourselves, is not just a social enterprise.
It is a spiritual kingdom into which we enter through our faith in the risen
Jesus, but with profound economic, social and political consequences for the
way we live our lives. Jesus' kingdom "is not of this world," but it is very much
in this world. We are called to transform this world, with all its suffering and
exclusion, to be the world Jesus wants it to be, by following his commitment
to the poor and the outcast, and his challenge to the religious and political
authorities of his time who put their own self-interest first.
(Fr. Peter McVerry Reality December 2021)
“Love of God must be expressed not only in prayer and Sunday worship but
must permeate every aspect of our lives. The Bible has no ambiguities on one
issue: you cannot love God unless you love your neighbour. The Old
Testament prophets were scathing in their criticism of those who sought to
appease God by prayers and sacrifice, while oppressing the powerless. Jesus
told us that all the law and the prophets are summarised in the commandment
to love God and neighbour. All love invites love. God calls us to love.
The compassion of God enthralls me. There are days, when I am very far from
this, but I am always inspired by the image of Jesus in the Gospels. He brought
the compassion of God to people, he didn’t judge or condemn, and was with
people wherever they were, especially those on the margins of society. This
is why I really admire people like that great Kerry woman, Sr. Stanislaus
Kennedy, because of her work with people who cannot help themselves.”
(Brendan Kennelly (RIP) in an article by John Scally in Reality, December 2021)
Seeing your Life through the Lens of the Gospel
(Intercom December 2021)
1. Luke’s skill as a storyteller comes through in the details of the story in a way
with which many people can identify: the loss of a child, the frantic search, the
seemingly offhand speech of the teenager. Let the drama of the story speak to
you. Where do you find good news in it?
2. The distress of Mary and Joseph brings to mind the distress of many parents
separated from their children in today’s world by social unrest, forced migra-
tion and other factors. How does the plight of these families speak to you?
3. In Luke’s Gospel this story serves to give a glimpse of the future greatness
of Jesus, the teacher of his people. Sometimes we can look back over our own
life, or the lives of others, and with hindsight can see in childhood or teenage
years a glimpse of gifts and talents that were later to blossom. Where have
you seen this?
4. ‘Did you not know that I must be about my Father’s business?’ This seem-
ingly insensitive reply by Jesus to Mary serves to highlight that in his life the
mission given him by God would take precedence over family ties, painful
though this would be. Perhaps you have known situations in your own life
where there was pain for family members as you followed your own destiny?
Where in the midst of the pain was the good news? (John Byrne osa)
Points to Ponder (Intercom December 2021)
How important is it that every child coming into the world be welcomed by the
warmth of a family! External comforts do not matter: Jesus was born in a sta-
ble and had a manger as his first cradle, but the love of Mary and of Joseph
made him feel the tenderness and beauty of being loved. Children need this:
the love of their father and mother. It is this that gives them security and, as
they grow, enables them to discover the meaning of life.
When he was 12 years old, Jesus stayed behind in the Temple, and it took his
parents all of three days to find him. With this act he made them understand
that he ‘had to see to his Father’s affairs’, in other words, to the mission that
God had entrusted to him. This reveals the most authentic and profound vo-
cation of the family: to accompany each of its members on the path of the
discovery of God and of the plan that he has prepared for him or her.
Mary and Joseph taught Jesus primarily by their example: in his parents he
came to know the full beauty of faith, of love for God and for his Law, as well
as the demands of justice, which is totally fulfilled in love
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The Presbytery, Abbeydorney (066 7135146)
abbeydorney@dioceseofkerry.ie
Christmas 2021
Dear Parishioner/Mass Attender,
Regular readers of this newsletter will know
that I greet the reader as ‘Dear Parishioner’. My reason for enlarging that
greeting is because, the one who reads this newsletter may be living elsewhere
and in the parish for Christmas. Well, the countdown is over – whether you
calculate from 1st Sunday of Advent or 1st of December – and Christmas is
here. My hope is that it will be a happy, joyful and blessed time for you. As
you think back to this time last year, your memories of the year may be very
mixed – more hopeful in the earlier part of the year than you had been, or
worried and concerned very much about your safety and that of family and
friends because it became clear, as the year rolled on that Covid 19 was not
saying ‘Goodbye’ to us. You may have been living with great uncertainty and
feeling that others did not share your fears or did not have financial concerns
that you might have had. I hope you have been able to share your worries,
fears and hopes with trustworthy friends.
The main article in this ‘Dear Parishioner’ is taken from Africa Magazine.
Traditionally the Irish missionary magazines contained, for the greater part,
articles by missionaries about their work in a particular country. In recent
times, young men and women (especially in Africa), who have joined those
missionary orders/societies, have moved to other countries as missionaries
and some have taken up leadership positions – some based in Ireland – or have
to come to Ireland to do further studies. From what I can see, many of these
have no problem in preparing an article for their missionary magazine. The
author of the article, taken from the December issue of Africa, is Sister
Chinyaeka C. Ezeani, a native of Nigeria. (I don’t think she has any relatives in
Abbeydorney or Kilflynn!) The information given about her in the Africa is as
follows: Chinyeaka C. Ezeani, a Missionary Sister of the Holy Rosary, is Vice
Postulator for the cause of the beatification and canonisation of Bishop
Shanahan and is the author of ‘Interculturality in Religious Life – A Blessing in
Different Colours.’ You may have heard of Bishop Joseph Shanahan, a native
of Co. Tipperary, born in 1871, who became a member of the Holy Ghost
Fathers (now known as the Spiritans) and went as a missionary to Nigeria and
later became a bishop there. In 1924, he founded the order of ‘The Missionary
Sisters of the Holy Rosary.’ He died in 1943. (Fr. Denis O’Mahony)
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hristmas, the Carrier of Goodies.
“Delightful! I think I was matron at the Waterside Holy Rosary Maternity Unit
at the time, so I must have assisted at your delivery,” beamed Sr. Monica
proudly. “No” argued Sr. Imelda; “that is incorrect. I think I delivered nearly
all the babies at that period of her birth.” This was a pleasant argument
between two 80-year-olds, both Holy Rosary Sisters, when they discovered
when and where I was born. Each tried to establish that she assisted at my
birth, and took pride in my having become a missionary. They told stories
about assisting Nigerian women during childbirth and how the culture
celebrates the birth of a child as an event of great joy. They compared it to
the celebration of the birth of Christ. There was also an emotional connection
for them and for me.: it was a on a Christmas Day that our founder, Bishop
Joseph Shanahan CSSp, was born into heaven. On that morning, from his
death bed in Nairobi, Kenya, he enquired what day it was. When told it was
Christmas Day, he whispered, “Ah Christmas, a wonderful day in Onitsha
(Nigeria).” His last words..............
Growing up in Nigeria, Christmas was the highlight of the year for me. A
popular easy-going song, especially among children then, was “Krismasi obu-
ngwongwo”, loosely translating as “Christmas, the carrier of goodies”. We got
new fancy clothes and shoes, lavish meals and soft drinks, visits to extended
family members etc. In Nigeria, Christmas normally ‘begins’ from as early as
November and can last till the New Year. In the markets, wares for sale are
already on display, records of Christmas carols loudly playing, thus putting
potential buyers in the mood for shopping! It is common for people to buy
and decorate their homes with plastic Christmas trees. It is a time, when
people usually come home from various parts of the country and beyond to
celebrate with family. This ‘family feast’ has a way of bringing out the best in
people. Hearts are easily moved to reach out to others and to share with
people most in need. Because of the homecomings, events like weddings,
house- warming for those who have just built a house, and other social events,
are also held at this time. Midnight Mass is a popular feature of the
celebration. The joy and pleasantries after Mass can be electrifying and add
a real touch of magic to Christmas.
The widespread practice of placing a green wreath on the front door is said to
have originated in Ireland. Nowadays, Irish people use the rich green leaves
and bright red berries of holly to add colour to their homes as well as trees,
fairy lights, trinkets etc. There is an old Irish custom of putting a lighted
candle on the window-sill of the family home, after sunset on Christmas Eve.
The Irish have continued this ancient custom, which is a symbol of welcome
light for Jesus, Mary and Joseph, unlike the innkeeper in Bethlehem, who
turned them away. It also represents welcome to strangers and remembrance
of those, who are far away from home. It is truly a season of welcome.
Elaborate and lavish family Christmas dinners are also an important feature of
the celebration.
From the time I first arrived in Ireland, some years ago, I have come to
wonder and marvel at our common humanity in the joy experienced and
celebrated at Christmas! In Ireland, Christmas can last for up to two weeks:
the country shuts down and gets into a holiday mode. Preparation begins well
before 25th December. Stores and shops display signs of offers, reminding
potential shoppers that Christmas is around the corner and streets are
adorned with beautiful neon lights. Reflecting, on the meaning and spirit of
Christmas, reminds me of the story of Bertel Thorvaldsen, the famous
nineteenth century Danish sculptor. He was working on a clay model statue
of Christ the King. He had made the statue with the arms of Christ the King
raised in triumph. The next morning, entering his studio, he discovered, to
his chagrin, that the arms of the statue had sagged! The weight of the soft
clay was too heavy for the inner structure of the sculpture. His initial
disappointment, however, gave way to satisfaction. The statue then
expressed no longer ‘triumph’, as he had intended, but receptivity, openness
and welcome. Jesus came not as a conqueror but as a fragile child in a manger.
In the fragility and vulnerability of a new-born child, we can get in touch with
the fragility of our human condition, when the hardest of hearts soften.
The world still struggles with the effects of the pandemic. Nevertheless, hope
is alive in the midst of it all! This is not mere optimism, hope is different. While
optimism tries to look at the bright side of things, hope sees in the words of
theologian, Anne Thurston, “the dark light of the cross, the shadow of death,
yet fears no ill.” Ireland has become multi-cultural. The presence, of a rich
variety of cultures and peoples, has added a new colour to Christmas. It is
great to be part of it all. Christmas of the goodies – goodness of God in
abundance for all – joy to the world! Nollaig shona dhuit! Happy Christmas!
Reeling in the Years (With apologies to RTE for stealing their title!)
4th Sunday of Advent 2012: As I look back over my years as a priest, I recall
that I spent 9 Christmases in the African country of Kenya. The most obvious
difference between celebrating Christmas in Ireland and being in Kenya is the
weather conditions. The climate in the area of Kenya, where I worked, was
generally temperate. The altitude was about 6,000 feet above sea level, where
there was good sunshine but never oppressive heat and a lot of rain, but the
month of December tended to be dry. Just like here, children loved to do
Christmas plays and they felt very important if they were allowed do their play
at the Christmas Mass.
4th Sunday of Advent 2013: This year, because of unforeseen circumstances,
where I find myself having the full use of only one hand, I am a receiver and
not a sender of cards. Finding oneself in a position, of less than total
independence, is more than frustrating but there are positive aspects to that
condition too. I appreciate the generosity of people ready to drive me
anywhere and the willingness of people to give me cooked meals and do other
little kind acts. Being in a handicapped state makes one realise what other
people have to live with, not just for a couple of weeks but day in, day out.
4th Sunday Advent 2014: ‘Do you sometimes get a Christmas card and find
yourself saying, ‘Who sent me this? I don’t know anybody of that name!’ Every
year I get a card or two that cause(s) me to be a bit puzzled and, then, I figure
the card was meant for my namesake, Canon Denis O’Mahony, retired Parish
Priest of Castleisland. You might say that any friend of his would know that he
is not in Abbeydorney! Yes, but the person who sends the card may not have
been in contact for a number of years and may have just thought of sending a
card because of a particular memory or because of hearing somebody else
mentioning that person. Isn’t that one of the nice things about Christmas –
that people, who are not in regular contact, send a greeting.
Christmas 2015 (The subversive good news of Christmas. Fr. Peter McVerry.)
To live as a Christian now, is to be a subversive, a revolutionary as it was in the
early Church, 2,000 years ago. It is to refuse to accept the values of the
society we live in. We Christians are called to reject a society, where
relationships are often corrupted by greed, possessive individualism, a quest
for having rather than being, and the construction of an unbridgeable abyss
between those who have and those who do not have
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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM BISHOP RAY BROWNE:
No one has ever seen God;
it is the only Son, who is nearest the Father’s heart,
who has made him known. John 1:18
Dia dhiabh. Nollaig Shona dhiabh. The Son of God, the Almighty, the All
-powerful, as helpless and dependent as a newborn baby. The pure love
of the new-born baby Jesus proclaiming God’s eternal, unconditional
love for the earth and all its peoples.
A word of thanks to all who through their work, their community and
parish involvement, or their homes have responded so well to the great,
great challenge presented by Covid. Again and again in the pandemic,
we have seen the great love and selflessness of so many people, - all
ages and all situations. You have been an inspiration to us all.
Care for all people and care for the environment:
This year of Covid and of Cop26, the infant Jesus in the crib points to
two appropriate Christmas responses: love and care for each other; love
and care for our planet.
The love Jesus had for everyone he met, the love of God for every
human being, calls out to us to love one another, to love our neighbour.
The birth of Jesus calls on us to renew our commitment to care for one
another, and to be there for each other, and to work together for the
good of all in need, locally and worldwide.
The earth is God’s gift to us, we need it for food, for water, for air, for
everything. God asks us to take good care of it. Jesus again and again
showed a wonderful awareness and appreciation of nature. So many of
his images and parables were of nature, of the sun, of crops planted, of
the birds of the air. Jesus in the crib gently calls on us adults to
appreciate and take care of the world God has given to us and to hand it
on with great care to the children of today.
This Christmas we can rise above the negative effects of the Pandemic.
Trust there will still be more than enough you can do to have a happy,
meaningful Christmas. Ensure that all children have a good Christmas. If
you can afford it give generously to St Vincent de Paul and other local
voluntary organizations.
Have a prayerful Christmas. Make time each day to turn to Jesus in
prayer, “Emmanuel, God with us”. Ponder the mystery of his love and
care for us all. Have a crib in your home. Join in worship with your parish
community, either in church or via parish radio or streaming. This
Christmas message comes to you “Le gach dea-ghuí í gcomhair na
Nollag”. Every Christmas blessing on all in our communities.
+Ray Browne.
Christmas 2021
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CHRISTMAS REFLECTION BY POPE BENEDICT XVI: “In the holy
night the places of worship are tightly packed with all the people who
then again, for a very long time, will pass by the church portals as
something far away and strange that does not concern them. But in this
night, for a moment, the Church and the World appear reconciled. In the
Child of Bethlehem, this invincible power of divine love is drawn into this
world. This Child is the only true hope of the world. But we are called to
take the risk with him; to entrust ourselves to the God who made the
small and the lowly as His sign. Our heart, however, is said to be filled
with great joy that night, for despite its appearance it remains true: Christ
the Saviour is here.”
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“How to find Christmas peace in a world of unrest? You cannot find
peace on the outside but you can find peace on the inside, by letting God
do to your soul what Mary let Him do to her body, namely let Christ be
formed in you.” - Fulton J. Sheen
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The death has occurred of Fr. Denis Dennehy- Artigallivan, Headford, Killarney, Kerry
Dennehy, Fr. Denis, Artigallivan, Headford, Killarney and formerly of the parishes in the Ballarat Diocese, Australia and Papua New Guinea, passed away peacefully on Friday 15th October at University Hospital Kerry. Predeceased by his parents Con and Lena, brothers Neilie, Paddy, Michaél, Dermot, Seán and Ben and nephews Denis and Con. Sadly missed and mourned by his sister Noreen, brother Pete, sisters-in-law Betty, Tina and Nora, brother-in-law Diarmuid, best friend Margaret, the Corneby and Lavery families, nieces, nephews, extended family, friends, neighbours, fellow clergy and parishioners in Ireland, Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Sympathy To Betty Dennehy & family, Artigallivan on the death of her brother-in-law Fr.
Denis whose funeral took place in Barraduff last Saturday. After tremendous years of dedicated
service in Ballarat Diocese, Australia & Papua New Guinea, may his good deeds, which were many,
joyfully be a blessing to him as he begins new life in God's Kingdom. To the nephews and nieces of Sr.
Ciaran (Norah) O'Shea, FMDM, Franciscan Convent, Ballinasloe & l/o Barraduff Village whose funeral
took place on Tuesday in Ballinasloe. As Sr. Ciaran is the last of her family, may there be a great
reunion in Heaven. May Fr. Denis & Sr. Ciaran continue to enjoy new life and new beginnings in God's
Kingdom. Our prayerful gratitude to both for the manner in which they lived their vocations.
October 2021
DEATH of Father Norman Davitt SVD, who celebrated his 100th birthday on 29 March, died on Saturday 16 October 2021 in Donamon, Co Roscommon, after 80 years in religious life.
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The death has occurred October 1st 2021 of Fr John E (Jack) Butler S.D.B.
Pallaskenry, Limerick / Thurles, Tipperary / Maynooth, Kildare
And formerly Croke Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Maynooth, Co. Kildare and South Africa. In his 94th year. Deeply regretted by the Provincial & Confréres of the Salesian Order, Pallaskenry and Maynooth, brother of the late Queenie, Martin T, Thomas, Joe, Patricia (Moloney), David, Gus, Jim, Frank, Maeve, Nancy and Billy. He will be greatly missed by his sister in law Noreen, his many nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, extended family and friends.
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Retirement of eastern Kentucky priest caps storied seven-decade ministry
Margaret Gabriel
Aug 4, 2021
catholic news service
Retirement of eastern Kentucky priest caps storied seven-decade ministry
Father Terence Hoppenjans calls forth the elect of St. Michael Catholic Church in Paintsville, Ky., during the Rite of Election at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Lexington, Ky., March 5, 2017. Ordained in 1955, he retired July 1, 2021, only weeks before his 90th birthday. His retirement capped a storied seven-decade ministry in eastern Kentucky. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Deacon Skip Olson via Cross Roads.)
LEXINGTON, Kentucky — One uncontested fact about Father Terance Hoppenjans, according to many people from throughout the Diocese of Lexington, is that people don’t work for the priest. They work with him.
“I don’t micromanage,” Hoppenjans says. He tells folks to find what needs to be done and then do it. “That’s the philosophy I have always used and it’s worked well.”
Ordained in 1955 for the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, Hoppenjans was assigned five years later as associate pastor in Lancaster, Kentucky, and its mission parishes in Mount Vernon, Berea and McKee, where he worked with the late Msgr. Ralph Beiting, who served the poor in central Appalachia for most of his 63 years as a priest.
“Father Beiting and I worked well together,” Father Hoppenjans told Cross Roads, Lexington’s diocesan magazine. “Two stubborn Dutchmen!”
Subsequent assignments included parishes and missions in Beattyville, Ravenna, Jackson, Pikeville, Elkhorn City and Phelps. On July 1, only weeks before his 90th birthday, Hoppenjans retired from St. Michael Church, where he began serving in 1997.
At each of these places, Hoppenjans reached out to all the people of the county, not just the Catholic people, serving their physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
When Hoppenjans was a boy, a priest asked his third-grade class: “Does anyone think he might want to be a priest?” Terry Hoppenjans raised his hand that day.
Then, as a senior in high school, he asked Bishop William T. Mulloy if he could begin to study for the priesthood. Mulloy was Covington’s sixth bishop, serving from 1945 until his death in 1959.
Hoppenjans recalled that, as he was vesting for his ordination in 1955, one of the priests who had taught him at Covington Catholic entered the room and called out, “‘How did you make it through?’ He had kicked me out of high school twice,” Hoppenjans admitted. “People say I haven’t changed.”
Although he began his ministry in northern Kentucky parishes and in classrooms, he now considers eastern Kentucky his home.
“This is as much my home as Covington ever was or Lexington will be. The people accepted me and, like a lot of people who have come to eastern Kentucky, I’ve put roots down here.”
Upon arriving in 2015, Lexington Bishop John E. Stowe received a wealth of information about his new diocese from Hoppenjans.
“Father Hop taught me plenty about the church’s mission in eastern Kentucky and the missionary spirit that was needed to get the church established there,” Stowe said.
“He provided details about the origins of several churches and which priests have served in which missions,” the bishop said. “He shared the success stories and the lessons from ideas that didn’t turn out all that well. He was able to talk about the relationship to the Covington Diocese and how the Lexington Diocese came into being.
“I have been edified by his willingness to continue to work and help people well beyond his retirement years and even after some serious health setbacks.”
Sister Nancy Edwards, a Sister of St. Joseph, has worked with Hoppenjans for 47 years, starting in Beattyville, moving with him each time he was reassigned, always finding and responding to the needs of the parish and the entire county.
“She’s kept track of parishes and parishioners better than I did!” Hoppenjans said.
In July, Edwards also retired and move to Brooklyn. She described the “triangle” the priest rode every week when they worked in Pike County — a total of about 60 miles between Pikeville, Elkhorn City and Phelps.
“His gift to us is the Mass,” Edwards said. “Anything I know about mission, I learned from him.”
Carolyn Cochran, a lifelong resident of Johnson County, entered the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults process in Paintsville in 2016 at the invitation of Hoppenjans.
“I’ve never been this happy, spiritually,” Cochran said. “Father Hoppenjans is so gentle and patient. If you’re confused or need help, he has the answers. You don’t come across an individual like him very often.”
Father Marc Bentley, parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish in Ashland, worked for a year with Hoppenjans, his first assignment after ordination in 2019.
“He’s given his life to this part of the diocese, a place where some people never wanted to minister. In my year with him, he was ever-vigilant, always ready to help people — Catholic, Protestant, unbaptized,” Bentley said.
Whenever Hoppenjans moved to a new county, he saw all the people of the county as parishioners, not just the Catholics. It’s a view he shared with Father Mike Ramler, pastor of St. Jude Parish in Louisa, who recalled using this approach throughout his years of ministry.
Ramler credited Hoppenjans with helping to eliminate the prejudice against Catholics present in the region in the 1960s and beyond.
“He was the last of a breed,” Ramler said. “He experienced the war on poverty and the dynamic changes that have taken place since then. He’s a very private person, and just goes about doing his thing, to do something for the poor, as best he can. He’s truly one of the giants of our diocese.”
Gabriel writes for Cross Roads, the magazine of the Diocese of Lexington.
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DEATH has taken place of Jennie Kennelly (née Fitzgerald), Moybella, Lisselton and late of Coil, Listowel, on July 10th, 2021. Predeceased by her husband Paddy, parents Mary and Chris, brothers Paddy and Billy and deceased members of the Kennelly and Fitzgerald families. Survived by her sons Tom, Chris and Fr. Padraig, daughters Maria and Eileen, sons-in-law John and Tom, daughters-in-law Anna and Debra, grandchildren Cathal, Tadhg, Eoin, Sinead and Aoife, nephews, and nieces.
Death of Gerald Fitzgerald, Coolkeragh, Listowel, on July 13th, 2021. Survived by his wife Peggy, sons John, Liam and Brendan, grandchildren Seán, Sarah, Ciarán, Ciara, Emer, Cadhla and Damhin, daughters-in-law Cora, Aine and Maeve, brother-in-law John Joe, sisters-in-law Annie, Maureen and Nodie. Gerald was first cousin to Jennie Kennelly and his mother Nora, came from Derry.
Death of Margaret Aherne nee Sheehy of Laurel Court, Oakpark, Tralee and formerly of Meen, Listowel, on 8th July 2021, wife of Dan, mother of John & Andrew and sister of Fr. Seán, Anna, Marie, Betty and the late Brendan. Also survived by granddaughter Molly, daughters-in-law Amy & Sarah, nephews, nieces, grandnephews, grandniece, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law.
Death of Sr. Anne Daye, Presentation Convent Castleisland, and formerly of Lispole, Dingle, on July 9th 2021.
SYMPATHY to Fr. Joe Nolan and family of Lisselton on the death recently of their sister Marianne in California.
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https://northkerry.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/moyvane-church/
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KENNY (Clonakilty, formerly Rosscarbery, Co. Cork and Ballyheigue, Co. Kerry): On March 3rd 2021 peacefully, in the excellent care of the staff of Ward 2b, CUH. Sr. REGINA. Predeceased by her parents Mary and Maurice, brother John, sisters Hannah, Margaret, Nora, Nell and Catherine. Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her nephew Michael, nieces Christina, Nell, Teresa, Mary and Noreen and their extended families, the Sisters and staff in Arus Muire, the Sisters of Mercy Southern Province, her cherished past pupils and many dear friends. May her gentle soul rest in peace.
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https://www.churchservices.tv/castleisland
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Diocesan Heritage Project- Newcastlewest Parish
http://limerickdioceseheritage.org/Newcastlewest/textNCW.htm
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Faith and Life Ep 1 - Fr. Richard Gibbons ( Rector of Knock Shrine)
Fr. Richard tells us about growing up, his faith and how he became the Rector of Knock Shrine, Co Mayo, Ireland.
Knock is Ireland's National Shrine where Our Lady, St Joseph, St John and the Lamb of God appeared to the Irish people in 1879.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EBrNe4zs6Q
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Dominican Sisters Live by the Spirt -Join Sr Rose Miriam OP for a 6-week course exploring the fruits of theHoly Spirit in the saints and in us. Every Saturday from 13th Feb to March 27th at 7.30pm. To join contact the sisters at limerick@op-tn.org
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WINDSOR TERRACE — As a child in Israel during the 1960s, Margaret Karram was confused about her identity. Her home on Mount Carmel was in a Jewish neighborhood, but her parents were Arabs from Palestine, which drew teasing from local kids. And, being Catholic, she did not easily identify with Palestinian Muslims. She yearned for peace as violent conflicts plagued the Holy Land.
At age 15, she discovered “The Work of Mary,” also known as the “Focolare Movement.” This international ecumenical organization, founded during World War II by Italian Catholics, strives for unity among all people according to the will of a loving God.
The teachings of Focolare’s founder, school teacher Chiara Lubich, swapped Karram’s confusion with peace and brotherly love. She became a Focolare leader, learning and living the Gospel and sharing a lifestyle of seeing each person — no matter race or religion — as a godly creation worthy of love and kindness.
On Jan. 31, the Focolare’s general assembly elected Karram to be its next president. Besides Lubich, there had been only one other Focolare leader — Italian lawyer Maria Voca, who stepped down because of term limits.
https://thetablet.org/focolares-new-president-a-daughter-of-the-church-in-service-of-all/
https://thetablet.org/category/obituaries/
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The nine nuns who died in January were between the ages of 79 and 97.
According to Fox 2 Detroit, Prioress Siemen said a majority of the victims had underlying health problems that were made worse by the virus. She said, while the convent has strictly followed quarantine and pandemic protocol, the virus still reached the community.
"It slips in. That’s the heartache of this virus," Siemen said.
"We’ve had no guests on campus. Our sisters have not seen their family members. They haven’t even seen our other sisters who live off campus since this started in the middle of March. And yet that virus is very sneaky."
The Adrian Dominican Sisters, also known as the Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary, were founded in 1923. The order has 507 sisters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and the Philippines.
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By Agnes Aineah
NAIROBI , 29 January, 2021 / 8:30 PM (ACI Africa).-
The All African Council of Churches (AACC) has joined other faith-based entities in welcoming the coming into force of the Treaty on the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) that bans nuclear weapons.
In a statement shared with ACI Africa Wednesday, January 27, AACC leadership notes that possession of nuclear weapons is “immoral” and goes ahead to rally for support in pushing the world’s nuclear powers who have distanced themselves from the treaty to support the ban of weapons.
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FR TOM HICKEY. Ordained 1950. An tAthair Tomás ar 'Twitter'
http://twitter.com/MOLSCEAL/status/1253224950888124416
https://www.priestsforlife.org/praise/index.aspx
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By Courtney Mares
Rome Newsroom, Jan 15, 2021 / 02:00 pm MT (CNA).- In the past week, nine Catholic bishops have died worldwide after testing positive for COVID-19.
Between Jan. 8 and Jan. 15, bishops across three continents died as a result of the coronavirus. The deceased bishops ranged in age from 53 years old to 91. Five of the bishops died in Europe, where a new strain of COVID-19 has led many countries to implement further restrictions.
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BALLOONAGH CONVENT HISTORY: In 1854, Ireland was still in the throes of famine, fever and poverty. The Mercy Sisters who had being doing great work in Killarney, were invited to establish a convent in Tralee. They first lived in Day Place, Tralee. As this later became very cramped, a benevolent gentleman, John Mulchinock gave £20,000 to build a convent for the sisters. His nephew William Pembroke also bequeathed his fortune towards the good work. Mrs Coppinger from Kerry, who lived in Dublin, also gave generously.
On June 24th 1858, the solemn blessing of the convent took place and it was ready for occupation.
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The death occurred on Monday 3rd August 2020 of Rev. Fr John Kennelly, Our Lady of Fatima Home, Tralee, Co Kerry and late of Ballylongford,
A native of Ballylongford, Fr Kennelly, who was 86, was predeceased by his parents, Bridie and Timmie, and his brother, Colm, who was the former Kerry County Engineer and lived in Killarney.
The long-serving priest is survived by his sisters Mary (Kenny) and Nancy (McAuliffe) and brothers Brendan, Alan, Paddy and Kevin.
He is further survived by his sisters-in-law Rena, Brenda, Kathleen and Marion, nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews and the Bishop and priests of the Diocese of Kerry
Fr Kennelly is an uncle of Kerry County Council Arts Officer, Kate Kennelly, and Mark Kennelly who was the special advisor to former Taoiseash Enda Kenny and is now CEO with Golf Ireland.
DEATH of Mary Leahy nee Quirke of Cloondara, Oakpark, Tralee and formerly of Lyre, Milltown, Co. Kerry, peacefully and surrounded by her cherished family on 5th December 2020, beloved wife of Donal, dearest mother of Maurice, Mary, Fiona & Julette and sister of Sr. Ailbe (Presentation Convent- Lixnaw) , Sr. Columbanus (Presentation Convent- Killarney) and the late Mossie. Sadly missed by her loving family, her thirteen grandchildren, nephews, sons-in-law John, Liam & Brian, daughters-in-law Therese & Jackie, brother-in-law Brendan, sisters-in-law Katty, Peig & Betty, relatives, neighbours and wonderful friends.
Pastoral Message to the people of the Diocese from Bishop Ray
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. Peace I bequeath to you. John 14: In common with the whole country today we begin six weeks under Level 5 restrictions. With other leaders in the state and in civil society, I encourage everyone to hold your heads high, and in a spirit of unity and concern for one another give 100% cooperation regarding the requirements of Level 5 and the basic Public Health Guidelines: social distancing; face covering; washing / sanitising our hands. This is key to getting the virus under control once more. As a united, loving, caring people let us give full cooperation to NPHET and our Government. Level 5 severely restricts our movements: many of our plans are cancelled. Being asked to stay in our own homes as much as possible is very difficult for some. People have great concerns about their employment or business. Together we face these six weeks, supporting and encouraging one another. Level 5 is due to end on the 1st of December, in time to allow us all celebrate Christmas. The true meaning of Christmas is a true source of hope all year round, and especially as we face the next six weeks. Remember what the prophet foretold of the child Jesus born to Mary: He shall be called EMMANUEL a name which means ‘God is with us’. Mt 1:23God is with us always. Encourage one another to turn to God and put your trust in him. Four points to keep in mind that will keep us strong in the weeks ahead. Put your trust in God. God our Father is at work in our lives through the Holy Spirit. Turn to him in prayer each day. Back in Springtime there were so many wonderful examples in the community of care for each other. Reach out in support to those in your community who need it. Love one another. Think of others. Think and speak of the positive more than the negative. The corona virus is forcing us to live quieter, simpler lives. United together, supporting one another, we have sufficient to live good, happy lives. Positive talk lifts our spirits. Unite with all in the diocese in prayer, -praising God and asking for all the graces we need. Thank God our churches are open for personal prayer, sanitise your hands as you enter and exit. Join in offering the Mass in whatever way you can, -via radio, television or online. Pray each day, alone and together, pray as a family. Pray with your children and talk to them of God’s love and care for us all. Hundreds of times in the Bible God’s comforting word is, ‘Be not afraid’. Our Lady health of the sick, pray for us.
Be assured of my prayers.+ Ray Browne.
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Thought for the day:
Jesus does not pluck his summary teaching from the air–he quotes from the Shema Yisrael, the great daily prayer of Judaism found in Deuteronomy 6. The second part about the love of neighbour is taken from Leviticus 18. This mission statement stands as a resounding appeal to us today. We are asked not just to believe that there is a God, but to love God. We are asked not just to respect our neighbour, but to love our neighbour. Love is not only the truth about human beings but also the truth about God, who is love itself. Prayer: Great and loving God, your love for us is beyond what we can grasp with our minds and hearts. Let such great love for all awaken in us a true love of you and lead to authentic service of our neighbour. Glory be to him whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.(Ephesians)
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Some Kerry born served in Dublin.
Robert Walsh Moyvane ordained Maynooth 1936 worked in Dublin died Nov 1987.
John Kevin Collins born Ballylongford Ordained 1949 Clonliffe died 20 June 1979.
Cyril Kennelly born 1903 Cork, Chaplain Dublin died 5 Nov 1976
James OCarroll Abbeydorney Ordained 1949 died 1996
John Chute Tralee born 1940, ordained 1963
Vincent O’Connell Duagh ordained 1959
Florence Lynch born Killarney Ordained 1960
Ailbe o’Connor Ballyduff Ord 1951 died 1999.
John Heffernan, Ord 1952
41 priests in Dublin were Kerry born. Check Kerry (45)
Catholic schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, can reopen for the coming semester after the county rescinded a second controversial order preventing all non-public schools from welcoming students for in-person learning until at least October 1.
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The death has occurred of Br. Patrick O’Connell (Christian Brothers School Nenagh & formerly of Maiden St., Newcastle West, Co. Limerick) March 29th 2020. Predeceased by his parents John & Ellen, Sisters Mary (O’Donovan) & Sr. Rosario, brothers William & James (Seamus). Deeply regretted by his loving brothers Sean & Daniel, sisters in law Chrissie & Noreen, nephews, nieces, Brothers in religion relatives & friends.
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Brother O'Connell left a lasting impression on us all at Nenagh CBS and I'm honoured to have met him during my time there. Whilst the classroom environment understandably tested his patience sometimes I have a distinct memory of his kindness, gentleness and good humour. His passion for hurling was obvious on d sidelines and he cultivated the love of the game in all of us. Thanks for your time and energy Brother O Connell and we have the medals to show for it! A life well lived.
Damien O'Meara
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Dear Sean Daniel and Family.Just to let you know that I share in your sadness as you remember your brother. The Brothers at the CBS college in Buenos Aires have asked me to offer 9 Masses for the happy repose of his good and kind soul. Br.Tom O Connell and Br. Stan Hayes had very kind words to say about Br Patrick. They were wondering who did he shout for the day Limerick won the last All Ireland?
They join with me in sending you their sympathy and will pray for him RIP. Fr, Johnny Sweeney will join with me at Mass to pray for Patrick. Fr. Johnny is from Doon, Co. Limerick)
Today Mass will be at 9.30 (Argentina) 13.30 Newcastle West. Facebook. parroquia san patricio, Mercedes. Argentina. My email is tcodonnellgmail.com Fr. Tom (Chriss) ODonnell s.c.a (Argentina &Templeglantine)
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Very sad to hear that Br O’Connell has died.
He was hugely influential to me and so many others that passed through Nenagh CBS.
Remember fondly the lunch time leagues and training after school.
He was our coach for the 1988 Rice Cup victory.
My sympathies to all his family, friends and Christian community.
May he rest in peace.
Brian Flannery
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Deepest sympathies to all the O'Connell family on the passing of Br. O'Connell. Every hurler that played Rice Cup (Cbs U14) since the 80's owe him a depth of gratitude for all he did to promote hurling through the Rice Cup. He first trained a Rice Cup team in Templemore CBS in 1967 before he won it with them in 1969 against Charleville Cbs. He moved to work in Nenagh CBS and trained them to their second win in the competition in 1988. Since the 80s Brother has almost singlehandedly kept the Rice Cup competition alive through his work as Secretary, Chairperson and President. For any team that won the Rice Cup or Westcourt Cup Brother O'Connell was usually the man who presented the cup to you. A kinder man you could not meet. Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís.
Niall Ó Cathail
Rúnaí Coiste Corn Uí Rísigh agus múinteoir i Scoil na mBráithre i nDurlas
Niall Cahill
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Paddy and I joined the Brothers in 1946. He was always a gentle soul. He was very proud of his Dad who produced a revolutionary sliotar. We enjoyed swims in the Liffey at Islandbridge, walking there from Synge Street. He never lost simpliocht na tuatha and was always a welcoming host. Ar dheis De to raibh a anam dilis.-----Brother Maurice Finn, India.
Agnes McCauley 1888-1925Born in Enniskillen on 9 November 1888, Agnes McCauley moved to Belfast in 1903 to work as a pupil teacher at the city orphanage, later as a manageress at the Belfast Shipyard and, after a period caring for her invalid mother, finally at the office of the Franklin Laundry. In her private life, Agnes McCauley foreshadowed the two-pronged objectives of Apostolic Work, in offering both spiritual and material assistance to others, especially those on the Missions. Her devotion to the Mass was extraordinary, as evidenced by the fact that she attended three Masses at the Redemptorist Monastery in Clonard before going to work every morning, and all Masses celebrated there on Sundays. She observed a strict fast on Wednesdays and Saturdays and bought flowers every week for the Marian altar. With the encouragement of Father Toal, her confessor, Agnes undertook the promotion of the sale of the magazines The Far East and African Missions, as well as other forms of fund-raising for the Missions.
https://www.apostolicwork.ie/about/history/
The pope can’t threaten military action or economic sanctions if Assad demurs, but he could withdraw something almost as important to the regime: Whatever shreds of legitimacy it may have left in Western public opinion and across the Christian world.
Blessed John Duns Scotus
Saint of the Day for November 8 2019
(c. 1266 – November 8, 1308)
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Aid to the Church in Need, the foundation of pontifical right engaged in supporting persecuted Christians all over the world, published a few days ago an update on the twenty countries in which religious persecution today is the most severe.
They are the countries colored red on the map reproduced above. In sixteen out of twenty, what is raging is terrorism of Muslim origin. And in eight of these sixteen countries, the aggression against Christians has over the past year become even more relentless.
These eight countries are Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Sri Lanka, Philippines.
March 2019
Congratulations to Orla Treacy, a Loreto Sister from Bray and working in Rumbek, South Sudan who received the 2019 International Women of Courage Award. Orla is pictured here receiving her award from Melania Trump last Friday. Orla was a guest speaker alongside Fr. Niall Geaney at our Diocesan Mission Talk in Tralee last October. Orla is also a recipient of the Hugh O' Flaherty International Humanitarian Award in 2017.
The death has occurred of Sr. M. Ita O'CONNOR
Convent of Mercy, Castletownbere, Cork / Duagh, Kerry
O'Connor (Sr. M. Ita) Convent of Mercy, Castletownbere, Co. Cork and formerly of Duagh, Co. Kerry. Peacefully on the 9th November in the loving care of the sisters and staff of Catherine McAuley Nursing Home, Beaumont Dublin. Predeceased by her sister Catherine (Ryan), brothers Dan, Tom and Denis. Sadly missed by her loving family, brother Johnny (USA), The Mercy Sisters, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, brother-in-law Michael, sister-in-law Eileen, former colleagues and students in Scoil Phobail Bhéara, relatives and friends.
Reposing in Beaumont Convent Chapel on Saturday, November 10th, from 2pm with evening prayers at 3.30pm. Funeral Mass on Monday, November 12th, at 12 noon in St. Brigid's Church, Duagh followed by burial in Springmount Cemetery, Duagh.
Sr. Aidan Quinlan, A Martyr with a Listowel Connection
The extraordinary story of this exceptional lady was told to me by Mrs. Ella Corridan, née Quinlan. Mrs Corridan was a first cousin of Sr. Aidan and she is justifiably proud of her cousin’s achievements.
Sr. Aidan was born Elsie Quinlan, in Cork. She studied at UCC and obtained a Science degree. She entered the Dominican convent and, after further study, qualified as a medical doctor. She served in the Dominican mission in South Africa until her death.
Mrs. Corridan will never forget hearing of the death of her cousin. She remembers her mother’s awful distress on reading the account in the paper.
It was a death that shocked the world.
Sr. Aidan was 37 and had been in South Africa for 14 years. She loved the people and they loved her in return. These were the days of the very repressive apartheid regime, when black people lived in horrendous conditions of poverty and disease and they had no rights. Sr. Aidan lived among them and ministered to them. There are lots of stories of her kindness and her medical interventions which saved many lives. On the day of her death, her car was filled with food and clothes that she was taking to the poor people of her mission.
On November 10 1952, a mob had gathered in Duncan Village , a township in South Africa, to protest against the repressive regime. The ANC was organizing a campaign of defiance and these riots were happening frequently all over South Africa. Sr. Aidan had no reason to fear for her safety because she was on the side of the rioters. But when her car drove into the view of the rioters they saw only a white woman and not their friend. They attacked her car with stones and, while she was still inside, clutching her rosary beads, they set her car on fire. Then came the worst part of her vicious death. They took knives and cannibalised her body. This act shocked South African people and they were thoroughly ashamed of it, apologizing for years afterwards to the family and community of Sr. Aidan.
The police killed many black people in that Duncan Village riot. The killers of Sr. Aidan were subsequently prosecuted, tried and executed. Luckily all of her fellow sisters escaped before the rioters attacked and burned the convent.
Sr. Aidan is not forgotten in South Africa. A community centre in her name has been set up in the township where she worked. She is also remembered by her Irish family and especially by her Listowel first cousin, in whose home a framed picture of this brave lady has pride of place.
Sr. Aidan Memorial Centre in Duncan Village, South Africa
Death of Mrs Jeremiah Buckley Kerry Sentinel 23 Aug 1913 p4.
Mother of Fr Francis Buckley Auckland NZ and late Rev John Buckley B.A. Sydney and sister to Rev Edmond O'Flaherty Crawfordsville, Indiana. Mourned by her husband Jeremiah and daughters Nora and Madge Buckley.
James (Fr. Jimmy) BUCKLEY was born on 9 May 1909 in probably Knockane, Listowel, Co. Kerry. He died before 3 Jun 1981 in probably Lancashire.
Jimmy was a priest in the Salford diocese of Lancashire. The 1939 Register shows Jimmy living at 40 Union St., Oldham, Lancashire.
Diocesan Administrator: Tony Mullins (1959- )
The Very Rev. Tony Mullins was born on the 20 April 1959 and is a native of Ardagh parish. He studied in St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, from 1977 to 1983. On the 12 June 1983, he was ordained in Ardagh and sent on loan to the Archdiocese of Armagh, where he was appointed C.C., St. Peter’s, Drogheda, Co. Louth. He returned to Limerick and was appointed C.C., St. Mary’s, on the 12 November 1984 and appointed spiritual director of St. Munchin’s College in March 1985. In July 1987, he was appointed C.C., St. John’s and remained as spiritual director in St. Munchin’s College. On the 2 September 1995, he was selected as Adm. St John’s Cathedral and on the 19 August 1998 he was appointed V.F. of the newly-created vicariate of St. John’s. In 1999, he took a sabbatical, Renewal for Ministry, at All Hallows. On the 21 September 2000, he was appointed diocesan secretary, taking on the role of diocesan financial administrator in 2001. On the 4 September 2004, he was appointed Parish Priest of Dromin/Athlacca, continuing on a part-time basis as diocesan secretary until December 2005. In March 2009, he was appointed a Pastoral Area Leader (Vicar Forane). Elected by the Limerick diocesan college of consultors to administer the diocese pending the appointment of a bishop, Fr. Mullins confirmed his acceptance of the post of Diocesan Administrator and notified the Apostolic Nuncio on the 22 December 2009.
- Video: Fr Tony Mullins delivers the homily at the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Leahy in April 2013
Newcastle West History
http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Newcastlewest/chNCW.htm
Nation 1842-1897, Saturday, January 26, 1884; Page: 6
Catholic Items,
DEATH OF THE REV. GEORGE O'SULLIVAN, P.P.
To-day, says the Kerry Sentinel of the 15th inst., we have the regretful duty of recording the demise of the Rev George O'Sullivan, parish priest of Killorglin for the last thirty years. The deceased, though eighty years old, was firm and hale up to recently. But it was generally believed that his illness would prove fatal, and the sad event, which took place yesterday, was not unexpected.
DEATH OF THE REV. JOHN ENRIGHT, C.C.
A correspondent of the Kerry Sentinel, writing to the issue of that paper for the 15th inst, says :— It becomes our unwelcome duty to record the death of Father John Enright, late C C of Listowel, which took place at the residence of his father, Newtownsandes, on Tuesday, the 8th inst. Thus closes after six years in the sacred ministry the, alas too brief career of this accomplished young priest.
Kerryman 1904-current, Friday, April 28, 1995; Page: 23
(report in Kerryman told of mob in Famine Times, who surrounded house of Carney an engineer, after the Parish Priest Fr. George O’Sullivan announced at mass that work would be available on Monday. The priest got the letter instead of Carney)
Irish Examiner 1841-current, Monday, March 17, 1884; Section: Front page, Page: 1
NOTICE in the Goods of the Rev George O'Sullivan,
Parish Priest of Killorglin, lately deceased. THE Will was proved and probate taken out in the Probate and Matrimonial District Registry, at Cork, by Timothy George O'Sullivan, Gentleman, of Killorglin, on the 14th day of February, 1884.
FR O’CALLAGHAN:
Holy Cross Church Charleville
Figure 1: A photograph of the Gothic Revival church erected to a design by Maurice Alphonsus Hennessy (1848/9-1909) of Cork and Limerick. George Coppinger Ashlin (1837-1921) had been invited to submit a design, but declined, while drawings in the Royal Hibernian Academy show the unexecuted proposal by Walter Glynn Doolin (1850-1902) of Dublin. Begun in 1898, the church was dedicated in 1902 although the eye-catching steeple was completed only in 1908-9
SMA
A wartime story of 27 Irish Missionaries surviving
a German Attack.
In the midst of WWII, 27 young and enthusiastic Irish missionary sisters and priests left Ireland for Africa. There were risks involved at every stage of the journey but their drive and commitment calmed any fears they harboured.
https://sma.ie/convoy-faith-and-the-battle-of-the-atlantic-74th-anniversary/
Bill Foley was born in Ballybunion, Co Kerry on 13 October 1935, the third of four sons born to Bridget [née Stack] and William Foley. He was baptised in St John’s Church, Ballybunion parish three days later. He was confirmed in the same Church on 28 September 1947.
Fr Bill is deservedly mourned by his brothers, John and Desmond, sisters-in-law Rosie, Nora and Dolores, nieces, nephews, other relatives, a wide circle of friends all over Ireland and beyond as well as his confreres in the Society of African Missions. His younger brother, Tony, predeceased him.
Obituary 2014 July. https://sma.ie/fr-bill-foley-sma/
EGAN 2014; The Society of African Missions in Ireland is mourning the death of Fr Michael McEgan, at the age of 80 years. Fr Michael died peacefully on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, in St Theresa’s Nursing Centre at the African Missions, Blackrock Road, Cork with the Community Leader, Fr Colum O’Shea and Fr Frank Meehan, his sister Bea. Also present was Fr Michael’s devoted carer, Margaret O’Regan and two members of the Nursing staff, Siobhan Humphreys and Alice Good.
Michael McEgan was fourth in a family of seven children born to Michael and Mary Ann (née O’Connor) in Ballyheigue, diocese of Kerry on 1 April 1934. He was baptised in St Mary’s, Ballyheigue on 4 April 1934 and confirmed in the same church on 6 June 1946. His primary and secondary schooling took place at Bouleenshee National School and St Patrick’s College, Causeway.
The McEgans were a solid Catholic family, with Michael having three aunts and a sister in Religious Life. It was no surprise then that, following his Leaving Certificate, he entered the SMA formation programme at Cloughballymore, Kilcolgan, Co Galway where he took his First Oath in the Society on 26 June 1954.
TRALEE: Looking now at how Donal O’Connor lived the years of his long life we can see that there were many different seasons or invitations to do different things right from the beginning in Tralee where he was born on 28 April 1933. Then there were the years of family life with his parents, the late Catherine and Michael, RIP, his sisters, Kate and Honor. Good, happy years I believe! Then there followed his school years at CBS and his interest and involvement in local activities and sport. With his decision to enter the SMA – he became a member on 2 July 1952 – and the subsequent years of formation in preparation for ordination on 13 June 1956, a whole new range of seasons opened up for him bringing new challenges, opportunities and graces. Throughout these years and seasons he gradually learned that there was a time for every purpose under heaven. He was a man who was conscious of the need to live in the present while also acknowledging the stories of the past in order to better live in each new phase in preparation for the next season. He knew there was a time to seek, a time to let go and a time to find.
TRALEE: Der Healy was born in Tralee on 23 March 1926. He later discerned his missionary vocation and joined the SMA as a young man in 1947. Little did he know then where this decision would lead him. He was ordained on 13 July 1952. He spent 3 years at University College Cork and 1 year at London University. He was then assigned to the Diocese of Jos, in Northern Nigeria, which was at that time home to a young, emerging church. He taught in Mary Immaculate Teacher Training College, Kafanchan. Later in response to emerging needs Der was appointed to the Prefecture of Illorin to assist with the setting up of the new Mount Carmel Teacher Training College in Eloja and he became the first principal. He remained in Illorin working in the parishes of Oro and Ekan Meje until he returned to Ireland in 1974 for health reasons.
Fr Maurice Slattery (1874 – 1957)
March 13, 2012
Born on 22 September 1874 at Laccamore, Abbeydorney, Co Kerry, in the diocese of Kerry
Died on 11 May 1957, of heart failure, while holidaying in Tralee, Co Kerry
He was one of a family of eight boys and two girls.
1893-1896: Secondary studies at St. Joseph’s College, Wilton, Cork
1896: joined the Society’s seminary at Lyons, France and then attended the SMA seminary at Choubra, Egypt
21 December 1897: admitted to membership of the Society.
Ordained: 9 June 1900 in the seminary chapel at Choubra along with James O’Rafferty and Thomas Gibbons by Bishop Roveggio.
1900: Teacher in the seminary at Choubra, Director in the SMA school at Zeitoun and then teacher in St. Louis College, Tantah.
1904-1905: Director of students at Mahalla, Egypt.
1905-1912: Professor at Tantah. The qualities displayed during these years were such as to make him a likely choice for an important role in the launching of an Irish Province of the Society.
1912: appointed Vice-Provincial of the new Irish Province
10 September 1913: succeeded Stephen Kyne as Provincial Superior.
26 March 2007 – Fr Micheál Kennedy SMA
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Fr Micheál (Hálai) Kennedy passed away on the morning of Monday, 26 March 2007 at about 06.35 am in the South Charitable Infirmary, Cork. He had been hospitalised for just over a week and his condition deteriorated rapidly over that time. He had been in poor health for some years which he spent in St Theresa’s Nursing Unit at Blackrock Road, Cork.
Hálai was born in Tralee, Co Kerry on 18 August 1926. He received his early education in CBS, Tralee. Deciding to become a missionary he came to SMA in 1945 and studied at the Society’s houses at Cloughballymore, Kilcolgan, Co Galway (philosphy) and at Dromantine, Newry, Co Down (theology). He became a permanent member of SMA on 12 June 1950. He was ordained to the priesthood on 13 June 1951 at St Catherine’s Dominican Church, Newry.
After ordination he studied at UCC where he read Science and completed a brilliant academic career when he graduated with an MSc degree.
He was then assigned for missionary work in Nigeria to the Prefecture Apostolic of Ibadan (which in 1958 became the Diocese of Ibadan). He was appointed to the teaching staff of Loyola College, Ibadan, which was founded in 1954, and he spent his entire missionary career there. He quickly became renowned as a teacher and in 1965 he was appointed Principal of the College, a post he continued to hold until 1980. Under his leadership Loyola College built up a reputation for academic excellence in the west of Nigeria and many of its past pupils have gone on to achieve positions of importance in the business, legal, medical, educational and political sectors of that great country. The loyalty of these past students to their capable and dedicated Principal is an earnest of the great influence Fr Hálai has had on the lives and careers of so many of them.
In 1980 he was forced to retire because of ill-health. Convalescing at Wilton he continued to make a valuable contribution to SMA as lecturer in Sacred Scripture to the SMA students during their Spiritual Year there. He continued to reside in Wilton in retirement until 1997. Then in the face of debilitating illness he moved to the St Theresa’s Nursing Unit, Blackrock Road.
He is mourned sadly by his sisters, Sr Brenda Mary (Mercy Sisters), Carmel, Gráinne, Nancy and Honor, by his brothers Bernard, Neilus, Owen and Aidan, by his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, numerous nieces and nephews and a wide section of relatives and friends. Another brother, Tom, also joined the SMA and became a missionary priest, but he predeceased him in 1993.
His remains were removed from the Community Chapel, SMA House, Blackrock Road, Cork to SMA Parish Church, Wilton, Cork on Tuesday, 27 March. The Funeral Mass was concelebrated in Wilton on Wednesday, 28 March and was followed by interment in the adjoining SMA Community Cemetery.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
12 July 2005 – Fr Daniel (Dan) Daly SMA
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Fr Dan Daly SMA was born in Caherhayes, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick on 28 December 1909. Deciding to become a missionary priest he commenced his studies at St Joseph’s SMA College, Wilton, Cork and he became a permanent member of SMA on 19 June 1937. He completed his studies for the priesthood at SMA College, Dromantine, Newry, Co Down and was ordained priest on 19 December 1937 in St Colman’s Cathedral, Newry.
Following the completion of his studies in 1938 he was assigned as a missionary to Nigeria, to the Vicariate of Lagos. He worked there for the next 31 years in various pastoral assignments until forced to return to Ireland in 1969 due to ill-health. Though ill-health continued to give him trouble he was involved in promotion work at Blackrock Road from 1970-1978.
Since 1979 he has been living in retirement at SMA House, Blackrock Road, Cork and more recently at the St Theresa’s Nursing Unit attached to the house. He died there peacefully in the afternoon of 12 July at the age of 95 years. At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the Irish Province of SMA.
ddalyfuneral2Fr Daly’s remains were removed from the SMA Community Chapel, Blackrock Road, Cork to St Joseph’s SMA Parish, Wilton on Wednesday 13 July. The Funeral Mass was concelebrated on Thursday 14 July at 12.00 noon and was followed by burial in the adjoining SMA Cemetery. The SMA Provincial Superior, Fr Fachtna O’Driscoll SMA, was the main concelebrant of the Mass and preached
ddalyfuneral1the homily. He was joined by a representative of the Columban Missionaries and of the Capuchin Franciscans and a large body of SMA confreres. The Funeral was attended by many of Fr Dan’s relations and friends, parishioners from Abbeyfeale, members of the Marian Movement for Priests, Sisters of Mercy and Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles. Brother Jim Redmond SMA was at the organ and Fr Cormac Breathnach SMA led the singing for the Mass.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. Requiescat in pace.
LOCAL PRIESTS
Archbishop of New York Cardinal Hayes visited the home of his mother in 1932, the house on the shores of the upper lake, she was Mary Gleeson, his father Dan Hayes.
DEGREE: Columban Kevin O'Rourke was the first foreigner to receive a PhD. in Korean literature from a Korean university.
He has been translating Korean literature into English for nearly 40 years.
LISTOWEL
Fr Patrick Meskill was born in Listowel, Co Kerry 83 years ago. He was ordained in 1953 at St Patrick's, Thurles. He served in several parishes in Los Angeles. In 1973 Fr Patrick was appointed pastor of St Julie Billiart, Newbury Park where he served until his retirement in Dec 1995. Fr Patrick passed on 23rd August 2011. Fr Patrick had two priest-brothers who served here in Los Angeles-Fr Francis Meskill (RIP) and Fr Thomas Meskill who is now retired. Fr Patrick is also survived by his sisters Kathleen & Vera and brothers Noel & Hugh-all in So California. Oliver, another brother, resides in Ireland.
Rev Monsignor James Pierse passed on 22nd February 2011 in Seal Beach, CA. He was born in Tralee, Co Kerry and was the oldest of eight children. Msgr James was ordained on the 24th June 1944 and served at St Pius V and Holy Family, Seal Beach. He was a great Gaelic footballer and an avid golfer. He is survived by several nephews and nieces.
DEATH: Rev. Fr. Michael Sheehy, PE 29.8.1927 - 31.7.2014 second youngest child of Thomas and Marianne Sheehy of Duagh, Co Kerry. Survived by his sister, Sr. Laboure Sheehy , he was predeceased by six siblings. Reverend Michael (Mick) was born in Kilcara, Duagh, Kilmorna on Aug. 29, 1927. Died 31st July 2014 in the care of the Sisters of Nazareth, Camberwell in the sixtieth year of his priesthood. He studied for the priesthood at St Patrick's College, Carlow as a student for the Archdiocese of Melbourne and was ordained a priest at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow, on June 6, 1954. After serving as Assistant Priest at the Parishes of Northcote (1955), Kyneton (1958), Kew (1965), St Kilda West (1967), Preston East (1967) and then as Parish Priest of Healesville (1969), Heidelberg (1971) and Doncaster from 1979 until his retirement in 2009.
BISHOP: Bernard Mahoney was born 24 July 1875, in Albany, New York, to Daniel and Honora (née O'Connor) Mahoney, both parents from Duagh Co Kerry. He left school early to support his family, worked as telegraph messenger boy. After attending St. John's Academy in Rensselaer, he entered September 1895, Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899 and a Master of Arts in 1901.He worked through college as a telegrapher for Albany and Troy newspapers. Bishop Thomas A Burke of Albany sent him to the North American College in Rome , where he was ordained to the priesthood on February 27, 1904.Returning to America in 1905 He served as a curate at St. Peter's Church in Troy until 1909, Fr Mahoney again went to Rome and became spiritual director of the Pontifical North American College there. In 1912 he earned a Doctor of Sacred Theology.On May 24, 1922, Bernard J Mahoney was appointed Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 29 from Cardinal Gaetano de Lai, with Bishops Giovanni Maria Zonghi and Giacomo Sinibaldi serving as co-consecrators, in Rome. He was Bishop at Sioux Falls for the sixteen years, until his death at age 63 on 20th March 1939. He was popular at conducting retreats for priests.
Bishop Mahoney died at Rochester following and operation. His funeral services were held at St Joseph’s Cathedral
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Catholic Press Sydney. Previous issue Thursday 28 December 1922
Two Archbishops, six Bishops, and more than 200 priests attended the installation some few weeks ago of the Right Rev. Bernard J. Mahoney, as Bishop of the diocese of Sioux Falls, U.S.A. The Most Rev. Austin Dowling, Archbishop of St. Paul, presided and preached the sermon. Bishop Mahoney was born in Albany in 1875, and was forced to leave school to aid in the support of his family. For a time he was a Western Union messenger boy, and later became a telegraphist. He worked his way through college as a telegraphist, and entered Mount St. Mary's at Emmitsburg in September, 1895. The late Bishop Burke, of Albany, recognising his ability, designated him as a student for the American College at Rome, where he was ordained in 1904. He returned to the United States in 1905, and was assistant at St. Peter's Church, Troy, for five years,
13 April 1939 Catholic Press Sydney NSW reports. Rome, March 24.1939.The Holy See has received information that Bishop Joseph Henry Conroy, of Ogdenburg, New York, died on Monday, aged 81, and that Bishop Bernard Mahoney, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.A., died on Tuesday, aged 64. — R.I.P.
AMERICAN BISHOPS OF IRISH Descent
William R Griffin born Chicago Ill. Sept. 1st 1883 son of Patrick and Mary Burke. Parents of Limerick
James A Griffin Born Chicago , Ill. 27-2-1883, son of Tom and Catherine Woulfe, both parents Ardagh.
Tom Langton Grace OP , born Charleston SC, Nov. 16- 1814, son of Garrett Pierce and Bridget Boland, parents near Newcastle West.
William R Griffin born Chicago, Sept 1st 1883 son of Pat and Mary Burke.
Francis W Howard born Columbus Ohio 21 June 1887, son of Francis and Catherine Sullivan, father Limerick, mother Kerry.
Michael J Keys SM, born Dingle, Feb. 28th 1876 son of Maurice and Mary McKenna.
John J Lawlor, born Rochester Minn. 4 Aug. 1862, son of John and Elizabeth McElligott, both parents of Kerry.
Joseph E McCarthy, born Waterbury, Conn. 14 Nov. 1876, son of Eugene and Joan Colloty of Tralee.
Bernard J Mahony, born Albany NY. 24 July 1875, son of Dan and Hanora O Connor of Duagh.
John Francis O Hern, born Olean NY, 4 June 1874 son of Pat and Ellen Casey of Kerry.
Samuel Strich his father of Kerry born Nashville , Tenn. 17 Aug. 1887, son of Garret and Catherine O Malley , mother of Indiana.
Maurice F Burke of Irish descent, born Limerick 5 May 1845, son of Francis and Joan Casey.
John F Cunningham, born Irramore 20 June 1842, son of John and Catherine Fitzgerald.
Biography of Bishop Bill Murphy
Born on June 6th, 1936 at Annaghmore, Glenflesk, Bishop Bill Murphy was educated at Ratheen National School and St. Brendan’s College, Killarney. He studied for the priesthood at Maynooth and was ordained a priest on the 18th June, 1961.
He taught for six years at St. Colman’s College, Newry and then studied catechetics at Lumen Vitae, Brussels, and Fordham University, New York where he was awarded an MA in Religious Education in 1969. He was Kerry Diocesan Advisor for Religious Education in primary schools for a year, before spending three years at the Gregorian University, Rome, being awarded a doctorate in divinity (DD) in 1973. For the next five years he worked with the ‘Primary Catechetical Commission’ preparing the Children of God series, the primary catechetical programme.
Bishop Bill taught theology in the Institute for Religious Education, Mount Oliver, Dundalk for a year before returning to Kerry in 1979 as diocesan director of religious education in post-primary schools and co-ordinator of adult religious education in the diocese.
He was the first director of the John Paul II Pastoral Centre, Killarney. He became Curate of Killarney Parish in September 1987 and Administrator in 1988. On the death of Bishop Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin in August 1994, he was appointed Administrator of the diocese of Kerry and Bishop in June 1995. He was ordained Bishop on 10th September, 1995.
Having reached 77 years of age, the Bishop of Kerry Dr Bill Murphy has said that he ''is ready to go.’’
After 18 years as Bishop, Dr Bill Murphy is very happy with his replacement and is looking forward to his retirement. Fr Ray Browne, a Parish Priest from the Diocese of Elphin is to be the new Bishop of Kerry, on the 21st July 2013.
NEW BISHOP;
Our diocese celebrates a new chapter in our story on April 14th 2013, with the ordination of Bishop designate Fr Brendan Leahy, as the new Bishop of Limerick.
Representatives from schools, parishes, organisations and groups across the whole spectrum of the life of the Limerick diocese will attend the celebration in St John's Cathedral. The good news is that the ordination is going to be transmitted via the internet - full details of this will appear here nearer the date.
As we prepare for this celebration, we are aware that we, like the apostles; are followers of Jesus, who are continually being called into new experiences of his love in our lives. So, this celebration is not just for those who will be in St John's Cathedral on April 14th. It is an opportunity for us all to renew our relationship with Jesus and to walk in hope with the Risen Jesus.
Oliver Kennedy died 21 June 2013 a native of Newcastle West.
Born on 2 June 1942 in Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, he was educated at Mercy Convent school, CBS Tuam, and St Jarlath’s College. Coming from Tuam in those days meant that he came to the Columbans in 1959 with an enviable reputation on the sports field, one that proved well founded and lasted well into his days on mission.
He was ordained in Dalgan Park, Navan on the 21st December 1965 and appointed to Korea. After two years language studies he was assigned to the recently-created diocese of Wonju. After a short time in Wondong city parish, Oliver spent the next ten years in the mountain parishes of Jongson, Hwangji and Pyeongchang. These were poor and isolated places with few Catholics. This was also the time when the military government of Park Chung Hee was clamping down on dissidents liked Bishop Daniel Tji of Wonju. When the bishop was jailed, his diocese led the protest movement in the country and suffered heavy police surveillance. Oliver himself got a 24-hour grilling by the Korean CIA, but he was an obvious target as he stood out head and shoulders over most of the other protesters.
He studied Spirituality in Rome for two years from 1976 and relished the vibrancy of Italian life and the Charismatic Renewal. He returned as pastor of Samchok on the east coast of Korea until he was asked to engage full-time in retreat and spiritual direction work from 1983. He had a brief spell on vocation and retreat ministry in Ireland before returning to Korea to join in building a mission training programme for Columban students and to continue his retreat work with priests and Sisters.
Oliver left Korea in 2000 after 35 years and was able to take the experience of those years with him into the role of Spiritual Director in the Irish College in Rome. He enjoyed his work there and reluctantly had to give it up following a severe stroke in 2008. As usual he took on the challenge of dealing with his disabilities and learned to talk and walk again. Oliver gave his life in the service of others and enjoyed doing it. He certainly paid little attention to himself and to his own needs but his family, and many friends throughout Korea and Ireland, will remember his generosity and his friendship for a long time.
May he rest in peace.
Taoiseach in Bobbio and signed a petition to the Holy Father asking for St Columban to be made a Patron of Europe.
The Irish Times reported:
"Bobbio is a small, remote, very picturesque place high in the hills above Piacenza in the region of Emilia Romagna. It is the sort of place that is just waiting for an intent Irish monk with severe attitudes and a committment to the gospel to commandeer it.
Which is just what Columbanus did and which is why the Irish have been coming here for years to pay homage to the Irish saint.
The Taoiseach offered his own tribute to the sixth-century monk who founded a religious community here in 614 when he suggested that he could be seen as a truly European figure.
OCTOBER 2012: The death has taken place recently in Birmingham, England of Jack and Ned McCoy who were natives of Rooskagh, East, Carrigkerry. The two were brothers of the late Monsignor McCoy who spent a long number of years in the foreign missions. Sympathy to all their relatives and friends at home and abroad. May they rest in Peace.
Bishop Henry Vincent Marshall
The only Irish born Bishop of Salford was Henry Vincent Marshall, born in Listowel, County Kerry, on 19th July 1884. Ordained priest in 1908, he held various posts in the diocese of Salford before becoming parish priest of St Anne’s, Ancoats, and Vicar General to Bishop Henshaw. His consecration as bishop came at a difficult time, on 21st September 1939, just as the Second World War was beginning.
The war years and their immediate aftermath brought about many changes in the diocese. Forty-five Salford priests served as chaplains to the Armed Forces. Several churches and schools were bombed, with priests and people killed and injured. There were shortages of food and other goods, building restrictions and high prices. Post-war slum clearance and the creation of overspill estates brought new problems, with the need for new parishes and schools. The 1944 Education Act placed huge financial burdens on the Catholic people.
Bishop Marshall responded with a campaign to renew the spiritual life of the Christian home by a crusade of family prayer. He prepared a course of instruction covering five years to be given at Mass. In 1948 he restored the traditional Whit Friday Procession in Manchester and Salford which had been discontinued during the War. He started the ‘Schools Emergency Fund’ and a central banking system, sharing the resources of all the parishes in the diocese to help the new ones struggling with debt. The Fund still operates in 2010.
Like his predecessors, Marshall fought the cause of the rights of parents to give their children a Catholic education. He lived up to his motto, Miles Christi Sum (I am a Soldier of Christ), putting the Catholic cause before the general public with energy and courage, with backing from the Catholic Parents and Electors Association. With the Brothers of Christian Instruction, he strongly supported the opening in 1947 of a training college for Catholic men teachers at Hopwood Hall, Middleton. The college, later merged with Sedgley Park College, produced generations of teachers until it closed in 1989.
Bishop Marshall died in St Joseph’s Hospital, Whalley Range, on 14th April 1955. He is buried in St Joseph’s Cemetery, Moston.
Spanish civil war, just 75 years ago, when death squads of the anticlerical left executed 12 bishops, 283 religious women, 4,184 priests, 2,365 religious men, and an unknown number of Catholics laity.
Once every 4 years, somewhere in the world, 8 days; 25,000 particip,ants every day; 12,000 international pilgrims from 5 continents; 80,000 participants in the Closing Ceremony; 2 main venues - RDS & Croke Park; 2,000 to 3,000 volunteers; Over 100 exhibition stands; Over 150 workshops and discussion groups; 18 keynote addresses by International speakers; Masses, prayers & liturgical celebrations in 7 languages; Eucharistic Procession, Adoration and Benediction; Film, music, concerts, theatre, 100s of choirs; Dedicated space & events for over 2,500 young people; Simultaneous translation in Spanish, Polish, Irish, German, French, Italian and sign language; 7 websites, 5 social media channels,100s of media; 1,000s of preparatory gatherings around the globe; 1 Congress Bell, 4 icons calling to over 2,000 parishes; 1 immense opportunity of renewal for all Catholics; The world watching and joining us in prayer; 1 Lord, 1 Faith, 1 Baptism
The 50th International Eucharistic Congress 2012 will take place in Dublin from June 10th to 17th 2012 under the theme The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with one another, and expects 25,000 pilgrims to participate each day, both from Ireland and from overseas.
It is an international gathering of people, which aims to promote an awareness of the central place of the Eucharist in the life and mission of the Catholic Church; help improve our understanding and celebration of the liturgy and draw attention to the social dimension of the Eucharist.
These aims are achieved through a programme of pastoral preparation in the years leading up to the Congress and the actual week of the Congress that consists of a programme of Prayer, Eucharist, workshops, discussion groups, catechesis and testimonies, cultural events, a youth space, tours, exhibitions, a Eucharistic Procession, a massive closing ceremony in Croke Park and more.
For more information visit www.iec2012.ie
Lay Your Burden Down
"Lay your burden down, lay your burden down
Take your troubled soul, your tired mind
And lay your burden down
Lay your burden down, get your feet on solid ground
Take your worries to the foot of the cross, and lay your burden down
Lay your burden down, lay your burden down
Take your weary life, your heavy load, and lay your burden down
Lay your burden down, get your feet on solid ground
Take your failures to the foot of the cross, and lay your burden down
You've been tryin' hard to make it all alone
Tryin' hard to make it on your own
And the strength you once were feelin', isn't there no more
And you think the wrong you've done, is just too much to be forgiven
But you know that isn't true
Just lay your burden down, He has Forgiven you"
Chuck Girard (Album, Chuck Girard, 1975)
The list of Priests from 1704 to 1836 is compiled from information gained in Begley's History of the Diocese of Limerick Vol. III page 598. The remaining years are compiled from the Catholic Directories.
LIMERICK
Maurice Gallagher 1704 - ?
James O'Brien ? - ?
James Dundon ? - 1757
Denis Conway D.D. 1757 - 1758
Maurice Walsh 1758 - 1760
Roger Coffee 1760 - 1780
Michael MacDonnell ? - 1806
William MacEnery 1806 - 1816
Daniel O'Sullivan 1816 - 1836
1837 Daniel O'Sullivan Bernard McMahon
1838 Daniel O'Sullivan Bernard McMahon
1839 Daniel O'Sullivan Bernard McMahon
1840 Daniel O'Sullivan Bernard McMahon
1841 Bernard McMahon Daniel Mahon
? Leahy
1842 Bernard McMahon Daniel Leahy
1843 Bernard McMahon Daniel Leahy
1844 Bernard McMahon Daniel Leahy
1845 Bernard McMahon James Hogan
1846 Bernard McMahon James Hogan
1847 Bernard McMahon Patrick Quaid
1848 Daniel McCoy William Power
1849 Daniel McCoy William Power
1850 Daniel McCoy Richard Power
D. O'Sullivan
1851 Daniel McCoy Richard Power
1852 Daniel McCoy Richard Power
1853 Daniel McCoy James Walsh
1854 Daniel McCoy James Walsh
Michael Glesson
1855 Daniel McCoy Michael Glesson
David Quin
1856 J. Bunton David Quin
1857 J. Bunton David Quin
1858 J. Bunton David Quin
1859 J. Bunton David Quin
1860 J. Bunton David Quin
1861 J. Bunton David Quin
1862 J. Bunton David Quin
1863 J. Bunton David Quin
1864 J. Bunton David Quin
1865 J. Bunton David Quin
1866 J. Bunton David Quin
1867 J. Bunton Luke Glesson
1868 J. Bunton Luke Glesson
1869 J. Bunton Luke Glesson
1870 J. Bunton Luke Glesson
1871 J. Bunton Luke Glesson
1872 J. Bunton Luke Glesson
1873 J. Bunton Luke Glesson
1874 J. Bunton William Carroll
1875 Michael Malone William Carroll
1876 Michael Malone William Carroll
1877 Michael Malone William Carroll
1878 Michael Malone William Carroll
1879 Michael Malone Patrick Hurley
1880 Michael Malone Patrick Hurley
1881 Michael Malone Patrick Hurley
1882 Michael Malone Patrick Hurley
1883 Michael Malone Patrick Hurley
1884 Michael Malone Patrick Hurley
1885 Michael Malone Patrick Hurley
1886 Michael Malone Patrick Hurley
1887 Michael Malone Patrick Hurley
M. O'Donnell
1888 Michael Malone Patrick Hurley
J. Fitzgerald (Adm.)
1889 Michael Malone J. Fitzgerald (Adm.)
William Fenton
1890 Michael Malone J. Fitzgerald (Adm.)
Patrick Kenrick
1891 Michael Malone J. Fitzgerald (Adm.)
Patrick Kenrick
1892 James L. Roche Patrick Kenrick
1893 James L. Roche Denis O'Keeffe
1894 James L. Roche Denis O'Keeffe
1895 James L. Roche Denis O'Keeffe
1896 James L. Roche Denis O'Keeffe
Charles McCarthy
1897 James L. Roche Denis O'Keeffe
Charles McCarthy
1898 James L. Roche Denis O'Keeffe
Charles McCarthy
1899 James L. Roche Denis O'Keeffe
Charles McCarthy
1900 James L. Roche Denis O'Keeffe
Charles McCarthy
1901 Archdeacon James L. Roche Denis O'Keeffe
Charles McCarthy
1902 Archdeacon James L. Roche Denis O'Keeffe
Charles McCarthy
1903 Archdeacon James L. Roche Charles McCarthy
John Conway
1904 Archdeacon James L. Roche Charles McCarthy
John Conway
1905 Archdeacon James L. Roche Charles McCarthy
John Conway
1906 Archdeacon James L. Roche Charles McCarthy
Michael Hannan
1907 Archdeacon James L. Roche Charles McCarthy
Michael Hannan
1908 Archdeacon James L. Roche Charles McCarthy
Patrick Coleman
1909 Archdeacon James L. Roche Charles McCarthy
Patrick Coleman
1910 Archdeacon James L. Roche Patrick Coleman
James Foley
1911 Archdeacon James L. Roche Patrick Coleman
James Foley
1912 Archdeacon James L. Roche Patrick Coleman
James Foley
1913 Archdeacon James L. Roche James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1914 Archdeacon James L. Roche James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1915 Archdeacon James L. Roche James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1916 Archdeacon James L. Roche James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1917 Archdeacon James L. Roche James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1918 Archdeacon James L. Roche James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1919 Archdeacon James L. Roche James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1920 Archdeacon James L. Roche James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1921 Canon David Keane James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1922 Canon David Keane James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1923 Canon David Keane James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1924 Canon David Keane James Foley
Thomas Connolly
1925 Jeremiah O'Shea Thomas Connolly
Michael Toomey
1926 Jeremiah O'Shea Michael Toomey
P. Lyons
1927 Jeremiah O'Shea P. Lyons
1928 Jeremiah O'Shea P. Lyons
1929 Michael O'Carroll P. Lyons
1930 Michael O'Carroll P. Lyons
1931 Michael O'Carroll P. Lyons
1932 Michael O'Carroll P. Lyons
1933 Michael O'Carroll P. Lyons
1934 Canon Michael O'Carroll P. Lyons
1935 Canon Michael O'Carroll P. Lyons
1936 Canon Michael O'Carroll P. Lyons
1937 Canon Michael O'Carroll John McCarthy
1938 Canon Michael O'Carroll John McCarthy
1939 Canon Michael O'Carroll John McCarthy
1940 Canon Michael O'Carroll John McCarthy
1941 Canon Michael O'Carroll John McCarthy
1942 Canon Michael O'Carroll John McCarthy
1943 John McCarthy
1944 William J. Carroll John McCarthy
1945 William J. Carroll John McCarthy
1946 William J. Carroll John McCarthy
1947 William J. Carroll John McCarthy
1948 William J. Carroll John Conners
1949 Michael Ryan John Conners
1950 Michael Ryan John Conners
1951 Michael Ryan John Conners
1952 Michael Ryan John Conners
1953 Michael Ryan John Conners
1954 Michael Ryan John Conners
1955 Michael Ryan John Conners
1956 Michael Ryan John Conners
1957 Michael Ryan John Conners
1958 Michael Ryan John Conners
1959 Michael Ryan John Conners
1960 Michael Ryan Daniel Murphy
1961 Michael Ryan Daniel Murphy
1962 Michael Ryan Daniel Murphy
1963 Canon Michael Ryan Daniel Murphy
1964 Canon Michael Ryan Daniel Murphy
1965 Canon Michael Ryan Daniel Murphy
John J. Slattery
1966 Canon Michael Ryan Daniel Murphy
Philip Quinlan
1967 Canon Michael Ryan Daniel Murphy
Philip Quinlan
1968 Canon Michael Ryan Daniel Murphy
James Costello
1969 Canon Michael Ryan Daniel Murphy
1970 Canon Michael Ryan Daniel Murphy
1971 Canon Michael Ryan Denis Browne
1972 Canon Michael Ryan Denis Browne
1973 Canon Michael Ryan Denis Browne
1974 Canon Michael Ryan Denis Browne
1975 Canon Michael Ryan Denis Browne
1976 Canon Michael Ryan Denis Browne
1977 Gerard M. Griffin Michael Hanly
1978 Gerard M. Griffin Michael Hanly
1979 Gerard M. Griffin Michael Hanly
1980 Gerard M. Griffin Michael Hanly
1981 Cornelius Collins Michael Hanly
1982 Cornelius Collins Christopher Griffin
1983 Cornelius Collins Christopher Griffin
1984 Cornelius Collins Christopher Griffin
1985 Cornelius Collins Christopher Griffin
1986 Cornelius Collins Desmond McKeever
1987 Cornelius Collins Joseph Cussen
1988 Cornelius Collins Joseph Cussen
1989 Cornelius Collins Joseph Cussen
1990 Cornelius Collins Joseph Cussen
1991 Cornelius Collins Joseph Cussen
1992 Cornelius Collins Joseph Cussen
1993 Cornelius Collins Joseph Cussen
1994 Canon Eamonn Dillane Joseph O'Keeffe
1995 Canon Eamonn Dillane Joseph O'Keeffe
1996 Canon Eamonn Dillane Joseph O'Keeffe
1997 Canon Eamonn Dillane Joseph O'Keeffe
1998 Canon Eamonn Dillane David Cahill
1999 David Cahill
2000 Martin Madigan
LIMERICK
Sacred Heart College Limerick
Church Dedicated 27-1-1869
Among the attendance Fr Robert Dore OSA son of Robert of Ardagh. He was Provincial of his order in 1839.
Sample of students at the College.
Jeremiah Ambrose Newcastlewest, Thomas Bagot of Mungret, Dan Brown Glin 1866-68, James Brown Glin 1866-68, Casey of Askeaton, Pat Dineen Rathmore c1880,
Pat Doherty of Lower Mallow St 1882-83, James Doherty Do, Michael Cregan of Shanagolden 1865-66, James Dore 1865-66, Maurice Fitzgerald Glin 1865-67, Pat Fitzgerald of Glin 1867-68, Michael
Fitzgerald of Glin 1867-69,
Several Griffins c1862-1906, William Hanlon Newcastlewest 1865, Maurice Kelly Shanagolden 1883-84, William Kelly City Goal 1877-83, Leonard of Listowel 1878- 79, John & Wm. Lowe of Glin
1859-62 Tom Lowe Do 1860-64,
DUAGH PRIESTS
Duagh Priests, Sisters and Brothers
Islandanny
Priests
Morgan O Connor, John Connor, Michael Horgan, Maurice Lane, Tom Moloney, Denis Moloney, Con O' Keeffe, Denis Brosnan, Denis Brosnan, John Brosnan, Pat Brosnan, John Brosnan, John and James
O'Connor, Michael Dillon, Maurice and John McCarthy, James Colbert, Gerard and Eugene Heffernan, John Lane.
Brothers Boniface and Eugenius Dower Brendan Keane, Owen Hartnett and Brother Colbert
Sisters Bridget, Kitty Thomas and Kathleen O' Connor, John Horgan, Lelia and Terecita Lane, Lil and Nora Walsh, Mary and Eileen Brosnan, Kathleen Hayes, Margaret Keane, Margaret and Nora Flynn, Mercedes Meade.
Lyre
Priests
Kevin Sheehy, Pat and Maurice O'Connor, John and James Molyneaux, James McElligott, John Nolan, Denis Moloney, Brian Starkin.
Brothers Tom Enright and Christopher O' Connor
Sisters
Catherine O' Mahony, Pauline, Pauline, Elizabeth and Bridget Moloney, Margaret O'Connor, Philomena Sheehy, Ann Dillon, Berchmans and Concepta Kennelly, Margaret and Teresa Murphy, Maura Nolan,
Elizabeth Starkin, Elizabeth Roche, Mary Rose and Walter Gleeson, Eileen Enright, Adrian Doran, Hannah Mary and Elizabeth Ahern, Elizabeth O' Gorman, Alexis, Hillary and Eileen Fitzgerald, Dympna
Costello, Sister Molyneaux, Sister Dillon.
Foildarrig
Priests
Michael Clune, Michael Dillon, Pat and Jack Gaire, Noel Hickey, Dan Keane, Bernard O'Mahony, John Lyons, Tom, Edmond and Reginald Stack.
Brothers P O'Mahony, Cataldus Dillon and James Stack,
Sisters
Alphonso Marie, Agatha, Imelda and Delores Stack, Ita O'Connor, Cleopas Relihan, Adrian Moloney, Nina O'Brien,
Lybes and Knockunderval
Priests
Pat & John Joe O Brien, Robert Finucane & Fr Finucane, Pat Carey, Con Guerin
Brother Romuld o Donoghue,
Sisters
Rose Carey, Catherine Broderick, Stanislaus, Mary & Kitty Galvin,
Knockalougha and Derk
Priests
Maurice Joy, James Casey,
Sisters
Mary Anne, Peggy, Sr. & Sr. Shanahan, Mary, Bridget & Gilberta Nash, Felicitas & Agnes Joy, Two Casey Sisters, Catherine & Philomena Dower, Mary & Mary Mc Elligott,
Knockadireen
Fr Sean Maher,
Sr. Lucy & Sr.Calista Faley,
Rylane
Fr Edward Walsh,
Patch
Fr Gerry & Tim Galvin,
Two Sr. Galvin
Tooreen
Fr Pat J O Donoghue, Fr Dan Stack
Sister Dowling,
Toor
Fr Andrew Stack
Sister Eileen & Joan Relihan,
Meenenare
Sr. Gerard & Sr. Brendan Sheehy,
Springmount
Fr Pat & Fr Declan O Connor,
Sr. Alphonsus, Joseph & Mary Sheehy,
Meenscovane
Fr John, Fr Denis & Fr John O Keeffe,
Brother Gerard Collins
Sr. Philomena O Keeffe and Sr. Concepta Keane,
Kilcara
Priests
Tom & Tom Relihan, Michael Sheehy, John O Donnell, Michael Dillon,
Sr. Michael Sheehy and Sr. Margaret Mary Broderick,
Knockmeal & Scrahan
Fr Tom O Brien & Fr Ned Corridan,
Brother Tom Sheehy & Brother Fergal Kelly,
Sisters
Helena & Augustine Corridan, Margaret Moloney, Perpetua O Brien,
Ballymacjordan
Sr. Consuela and Sr. Moloney, Sr. Patricia Langan,
Meenahorna
Fr William Fitzgerald
Sr. Hilda Moloney,
Knockavallig and Ballygarrett
Priests
John, Jim & Maurice Dillon, Pat, John & Mort Daly,
Sr. Marina Daly & Sr. Kathleen Kelly
Coolanelig
Fr Maurice Lyons & Canon Denis Flynn,
Sr. Mary Rose, Sr. Mary & Mary E Flynn, Sr. Lelia Burns,
Lisroe
Fr Tim & Pat O Connor, Fr John Keane, Fr Tom Molyneaux,
Brother Edward Kelly,
Sisters
Eileen & Margaret Keane, Helen & Barbara Broderick, Patricia O Connor, Anne Maria Horgan, Johanna Harnett, Laura Kelly,
Lacca
Priests
Michael, Gerry & William Costelloe, Stephen Stack, Tom Collins,
Trieneragh
Priests
Tim, Dan & Tim Harnett, Pat, John , Fr & Fr Sheehy, Matt, Jerry, Jeremiah, Pat, Paul, John & Matt Dillon, Jim Nolan, Jim & John O Brian, Patrick Maher, Maurice Joy, FR & Fr
Horan, John & Jim O Brien,
Sisters
Sylvester and Winifred Hartnett, Maureen O Brien, Rosarie Maher, Gerard Dillon,
Moynsha
Fr Vincent O Connell & Fr Sean Harnett,
Sr. Ignatius Mc Carthy, Sr. Angela O Connell,
Ballinvoor
Fr Pat O Keeffe & Fr Jerry Molyneaux,
Sr. Agnes de Sales Molyneaux,
Graigue
Sr. Mary Flynn
Derrindaffe
Priests
Tim, Michael & Dan Cronin, Michael O Donoghue, Maurice Mc Kenna, Con Scannell, Michael Walsh, Pat Quille,
Brother Baptist Quill & Brother Raphael Cronin,
Sisters
Joan Cronin, Peter & Claver Kirby, Anastasia, Mary & Francis O Connor, Margaret & Mary O Donoghue, Baptist Kirby, Eileen Finucane, Mary Quille, Joan Mc Carthy,
Purt
Fr Denis, Fr Bartholomew & Fr Tom? O Brien.
From My Notebook
Of Duagh Fr Tom Stack Duluth Ordained 1944, Fr Tom Moloney Santiago Ordained C 1943, Sr. M Patricia Dillon of Presentation Waterford died 31st Aug 1887 aged 61years.
Sister of St. Joseph Karen M. Kennelly
Perusal of the historical record reveals giants of the spiritual life such as Teresa of Avila whose gender in no way inhibited influence, and important junctures in the development of canon law at which the prevalent tide of patriarchy and clericalism was stemmed. To cite an example, Clement V's bull of 1311, Quia Contingit, had far-reaching consequences for women's leadership when it declared that the office of hospital administrator was open to lay or religious men or women rather than being an ecclesiastical benefice as clergy were then claiming.
That numerous other examples of this nature could be cited should not detract from Ashe and Chittister's tour de force in presenting a convincing case for looking to feminism for the clear-sightedness and spiritual energy to "love the God we cannot see and to see the God around us whom we have yet to come to love" (Chittister). Isn't this where gender equity and the gospel message converge, after all?
Sister of St. Joseph Karen M. Kennelly is president of Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles.
Name: Rev Patrick Joseph Dalton Birth Date: 16 Mar 1876 Birth Place: Rahavanig, Ballybunion, Co Kerry, Ireland Age: 45 Residence: Notre Dame, Indiana Passport Issue Date: 28 Feb 1922 Father Name: John Dalton Father's Birth Location: Ireland Father's Residence: Co Kerry,
Nov. 2010
North Korea's fatal artillery attack has damaged the only Catholic Church on Yeonpyeong-do Island. All Catholics including Father Joseph Kim Tae-heon, the parish priest, are safe as they evacuated to a bomb shelter as soon as the island came under North Korean shelling on Nov. 23. While 80 percent of the residents have since left...
SOCORRO, N.M. (CNS) — The adobe churches that are a scenic fixture of New Mexico’s landscape are crumbling from the inside out.
Father Andrew Pavlak knows this all too well. As the only priest assigned to a parish that encompasses most of Socorro County, his responsibilities include not only his main church, the 400-year-old San Miguel, but another nine churches, including seven made of adobe.
One of them, Sagrada Familia, (Holy Family) in the community of Lemitar, had a major wall collapse in June, after a well-intended restoration project ended up doing more harm than good.
A previous estimate of $38,000 to get Sagrada Familia back into shape fell apart when the church’s northwest corner tumbled down. Father Pavlak said it’s up to architects, engineers and insurance agents to work out the next moves. When Sagrada Familia is rebuilt, he said, the project “will most likely be reducing the size of the church to a much smaller reality of its former self.”
Keeping the state’s hundreds of historic adobe churches in useable condition is a daunting, expensive task. Engineering and financial logistics are complicated by the emotional connections people feel to the churches where their families’ history is rooted, whether or not the current generations even live nearby.
It recently cost $20,000 just to have studies done to evaluate the restoration needs of Sagrada Familia and another Socorro County mission church, San Antonio, in the community of Alamillo, Father Pavlak said. That covered architectural and engineering studies, including testing of the soil and water table, he told Catholic News Service during a September interview at San Miguel.
Like many of New Mexico’s adobe structures, the mud bricks of Sagrada Familia were encased in an outer shell of concrete-based plaster, intended to avoid the labor-intensive, annual maintenance ritual of recoating the walls with a thin layer of mud. As families have moved away from the small rural communities, fewer people are available to do the upkeep. And the skills needed were being lost with succeeding generations. For many communities, concrete-based plaster, which lasts for decades, seemed like the ideal solution.
But that system, which came into vogue throughout the Southwest in the middle of the last century, traps moisture inside walls and they deteriorate from within.
Even in New Mexico’s desert climate, moisture from the rare rain and snowfalls can seep in from small holes in a roof, or from puddles close to the building. Groundwater is soaked up from below.
The first outward sign of damage may be cracks in the plaster, explained John Huchmala, properties manager for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. At Sagrada Familia, the telltale sign was buckling floorboards discovered last April.
“That was an indication that water was inside the wall, turning the adobe to mud,” which pressed down into the flooring, he said.
By that point, “the only thing holding up some walls is the plaster,” said Father Pavlak.
At Sagrada Familia last June, contractors who were working on repairs left for lunch and returned to watch two of the 179-year-old walls collapse. Weeks later, the church sat unuseable behind orange hazard-zone fencing, its interior exposed to the weather. A single, contemporary light fixture dangled incongruously just inside the main sanctuary.
If problems are discovered early enough, the inside of the adobes can be dried and stabilized, explained Huchmala.
That was case this summer at the nearly 400-year-old walls of San Miguel, when workers cut into the plaster and found the adobe bricks relatively intact, though damp, Father Pavlak said. The inner and outer walls are temporarily scarred with a series of carefully spaced sections, each about 4 or 5 square feet, where the half-inch-thick concrete plaster was cut out to allow air to circulate to the adobe bricks.
Drying takes time. In some places, the walls of San Miguel are 9 feet thick, and windows have 2-foot-wide sills. The cutout sections will remain open until at least May to give the adobes a chance to dry, he said. Meanwhile, architects and engineers will evaluate the walls’ condition and guide Father Pavlak about what to do next.
“We will eventually have to remove all the plaster from about the 5-foot mark above grade, expose all the adobes, let them all dry and then replace the plaster with the appropriate materials,” he said in a follow-up e-mail. “We hope to be able to replace some of the plaster before we have to take out the next sections, but that will be up to the professionals guiding us.”
Huchmala has become one of those professionals. Though he is neither architect nor engineer, his real estate background led him to the job managing the archdiocese’s properties. As such, he is part of the Commission for the Preservation of Historic Churches in New Mexico, an arm of the archdiocese that advises and supports community efforts to preserve churches.
Huchmala said a 1997 inventory counted more than 300 adobe churches in the archdiocese, some of them little more than crumbling outlines of a building. Many others are rarely used, only opened a few times a year for a feast day or maybe a wedding.
“You can tell by looking at a church how much the community is involved,” Huchmala said. And that’s the key to preserving or restoring them, he added.
But as both Father Pavlak and Huchmala said, the emotional ties people have to the churches of their ancestors is strong, even when they now live far away themselves.
“There’s a lot of emotion because of the history,” Huchmala said.
Under church law, it’s actually up to a parish to come forward and request help, Huchmala explained. That helps create a baseline requirement of local involvement when it comes to tackling church restoration.
But more practically, unless the local community is willing to either do the hands-on work of preservation, or raise the money to pay someone else to do it, they won’t get help from the commission or organizations that help with preservation, such as the Santa Fe-based Cornerstones Community Partnerships.
“Without a community behind it, a big project is a nonstarter,” said Robin Jones, executive director of Cornerstones, which provides technical and fund-raising assistance for adobe preservation and repair. “Otherwise, the yearly maintenance won’t be kept up.”
Cornerstones first assesses the state of a property, then will help with fundraising locally and by tapping state, federal and private grant organizations. It also helps pave the way to get approval from historic preservation organizations when applicable, Jones said.
As Father Pavlak has discovered, however, such support may not always be available or sufficient, making finances the significant issue in whether or not a crumbling adobe church is restored.
“At San Antonio it cost $7,000 just to get rid of the bats and guano,” Father Pavlak said. “The roof is shot, the heating and cooling need work.”
But even though that current church is only 75 years old, if San Antonio were to fall like Sagrada Familia, “it will attract a lot of attention,” he said.
The late Pope John Paul's wooden coffin was exhumed from its resting place in a crypt under Saint Peter's Basilica Friday, ahead of a beatification ceremony that will put him one step from sainthood.
Following Sunday's beatification Mass in the basilica, thousands of pilgrims are expected to file past the wooden coffin to pay their respects. Afterwards the coffin will be moved to a new crypt in the basilica, near the Michelangelo statue of the Pieta.
The marble slab that covered his first burial place will be sent to Poland, where the late Pope was born.
Prayer For Priests -
O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear
my humble prayers on behalf of Thy
priests. Give them a deep faith, a bright
and firm hope and a burning love which will
ever increase in the course of their priestly life.
SEPTEMBER slaughter of over 1,200 people in two days, almost 200 hundred of them Catholic priests during French Revolution in 1792.
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. She loved to explain why joy is essential for the proclamation of the Gospel: “Why has the work in the slums been blessed by God? Certainly not because of given personal qualities, but because of the joy that the sisters spread as they pass by. The people of the world lack our joy. Those who live in the slums have less of it. Our joy is the best means to preach Christianity.”
Sr Fidelma Danaher (Obituary)
The community was sorry to learn of the death of Sr. Fidelma Danaher, Presentation Sister, Bagenalstown, in Shalom Nursing Home, Kilcock, on 26th June 2009.
Sr. Fidelma was born in Athea, Co. Limerick in March l9l8. She was one of a family of six with three sisters and two brothers. Having completed her secondary school education in St. Mary’s College, Mountmellick, she entered the Presentation Novitiate in Mount St. Anne’s, Portarlington in l936 and in l939 she made her first Profession in Mount St. Anne’s. She was then assigned to Presentation Convent, Carlow, from where she did her two years training in Carysfort College. She taught in Presentation primary and secondary schools in Carlow until she was transferred to Bagenalstown in July 1960 where she taught in Primary school until her retirement in l983. After a sabbathical year in Rome, Sr. Fidelma went to Stradbally and she served the Community there until l990.
In l990 she was assigned as a helper to the Nursing Home in Kilcock where she worked for three years until l993 when she returned to Bagenalstown. She served in the St. Vincent de Paul Society and helped in the Day Care Centre in St. Lazerian’s House. She promoted the Messenger of the Sacred Heart magazine for a number of years.
Sr. Fidelma was a woman of deep prayer, great dedication and commitment and served in the footsteps of Nano Nagle, Foundress of the Presentation Sisters, with great heart and energy. She will be remembered by the people of Bagenalstown for her caring disposition, lovely smile and for reaching out at every opportunity to help those in need. Failing health brought her back to Shalom Nursing Home, Kilcock, in 2006 where she was cared for until she died on 26th June 2009.Sr. Fidelma will be sadly missed by her Presentation family, her sister, Sr. Carmel, Kilcock, her nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Her nephew Fr. John Guiney, S.J. was chief celebrant of her Requiem Mass and Fr. Paddy Byrne, C.C. concelebrated. After the Eucharistic Celebration she was laid to rest in the Cemetery of the Assumption, Bagenalstown.
CASEY AHERN Clergy
From Kim.
Kim
Casey/O'Hern priests
This is a collection of information on seven priests that are grandchildren (1st generation born in America) of Dennis and Honora (O'Brien) Casey. Dennis and Honora came to the United States (from Duagh) during the Great Potato Famine. Dennis Casey, Sr. and his son, John came around 1849. Honora and the rest of her children arrived in America by 1850. I am focusing on three particular children of Dennis and Honora's (Ellen, Mary, and John Casey). Ellen and Mary married two O'Hern brothers, Patrick and Maurice from Killarney. These three families produced seven priests. See below.
Brief stories: Patrick O'Hern (c.1823-1899) was born in Killarney, Ireland. Around 1854, he settled in Hinsdale, New York. In his obituary, he is described, "Deceased was a man of upright and estimable character, highly respected by all who knew him." (The Evening Herald, Olean New York, February 17, 1899).
Ellen (CASEY) O'Hern (1839-1905) was born in Duagh and came to the United States in 1850, at the age of eleven years. According to her obituary, Father Hickey said in his sermon, during her funeral mass, in St. Bonaventure's Church: 'Mr. and Mrs. O'Hern were among the pioneers, who by labor and money assisted materially in erecting the first buildings of St. Bonaventure's college, in which later their first son was raised to the holy priesthood. It is worthy of note that the early priests of St. Bonaventure's, among whom were the present apostolic delegate, Most Rev. Dionide Folconio, were frequent visitors to their home. Mrs. O'Hern had a great love for this church and for the Franciscan Fathers, and for upwards of fifty years was a devoted member of the Third Order of St. Francis.' (The Olean Herald, Olean, New York, February 22, 1905).
1. Patrick O'Hern and Ellen CASEY O'Hern were married in June 1857. They had several children, possibly fourteen and of these, four became priests.
A.) Rev. Dennis W. O'Hern (1865-1911), the following is his obituary. Two errors to note: his birth year should be 1865 and St. Bonaventure is in Olean, New York.
Rev. Dennis W. O'Hern
Rev. Dennis W. O'Hern, a member of the faculty of St. Bernard's Seminary and a brother of Rev. J. Francis O'Hern, of the Cathedral, died at the rectory, No. 90 Frank street, yesterday, following an illness of one week, probably from intestinal trouble. Father O'Hern had done much missionary work among the non-Catholic American (unreadable) Washington, D. C., Texas and Arkansas. He had recently been looking after St. Louis Church in Fairport, in the absence of Rev. J. L. Codyre, the pastor. While more of a teacher than a parish priest. Father O'Hern was considered a good speaker and has been heard frequently in the Cathedral. He was born in Olean on May 12, 1855, and educated in St. Bonaventure's in Alleghany, Pa., where he obtained the degree of M. A. Before coming to Rochester he established a boys' college at Little Rock, Ark. [see also: Ellen (Casey) O'Hern, Patrick O'Hern, Edward P. O'Hern]
— Democrat & Chronicle 25 March 1911
B.)Very Rev. Lewis J. O'Hern (c.1878-1930), C.S.P.,
Rev. Lewis J. O'Hern
Since 1921 Mission House Rector at Catholic University
Received Papal Blessing in Last Hours
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The Rev. Lewis J. O'Hern, C. S. P., rector of the Apostolic Mission House at Catholic University and editor of The Missionary Magazine, who was in charge of all Catholic army and navy chaplains in the World War, died this morning in the mission house, Brookland, D. C. He has been ill for two years from heart disease. A solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in New York, with a funeral service at 9 P. M. Sunday in the Church of the Paulist Fathers, 415 West Fifty-ninth Street. A pontifical mass of requiem will be celebrated there at 10 A. M. on Monday. He is survived by three brothers and two sisters: the Right Rev. John Francis O'Hern, Bishop of Rochester, N. Y.; the Rev. Thomas J. O'Hern, pastor of St. Bartholomew's Church in Buffalo, N. Y.; Colonel P. O'Hern, who was chief ordnance officer with the American Expeditionary Forces in France and who is now commandant at the Presidio, San Francisco, and the Misses Helen [Nellie] and Gertrude O'Hern, both of Rochester, N. Y.
In his last hours Father O'Hern received a cablegram from Rome, bringing him the papal blessing. In the World War he was executive secretary of the Catholic Army and Navy Chaplains' Bureau and represented the Catholic Hierarchy of America in the selection and appointment of chaplains. He was one of three who started in the American church in Rome known as the Church of Santa Susanna, under charge of the Paulist Fathers. Father O'Hern was born at Olean, N. Y., on June 12, 1878. He received the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology at Catholic University in 1903 and in December of that year was ordained a priest. Father O'Hern, since 1917, had been executive secretary to Cardinal Hayes in the latter's capacity of Bishop Ordinary of the Catholic members of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. From 1912 to 1921 he was Professor of Dogmatic Theology and Canon Law in the Paulist House of Studies in Catholic University of America. He had been rector of the Apostolic Mission House since 1921. [see also: Rev. Philip E. O'Hern, Patrick O'Hern, Ellen (Casey) O'Hern]
— New York Times 13 December 1930
C.) Bishop John Francis O'Hern (1874-1933), the third Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, New York.
Most Rev. John Francis O'Hern
The Most Rev. John Francis O'Hern, Bishop of the Rochester Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, died suddenly Monday evening at the Episcopal residence in Rochester. Bishop O'Hern has been ill since last Saturday with a recurrence of a heart ailment which he suffered several months ago.
Born in Hinsdale in June 1874, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O'Hern, the Bishop came of a family which contributed six other members to the Holy Priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church. He was baptized at St. Bonaventure Church in which parish his family lived until the parish of St. Mary of the Angels' was established. Bishop O'Hern was one of the first graduates of St. Mary's Academic School and was a member of the class of 1890, which included Mother Mary Clotilde of New Rochelle, formerly Miss Nellie Sheridan of Olean, and Justice George A. Larkin of this city. He was also an honor graduate of Olean High School. Following graduation the Bishop entered St. Andrews Preparatory Seminary in Rochester and later St. Bernard's Theological Seminary. In the Fall of 1897, he was sent by the late Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid, first Bishop of Rochester, to the North American College in Rome, Italy, to complete his course in theology. He was ordained by the Cardinal Vicar of Rome, February 17, 1901, after having obtained a degree in theology at the Propaganda University.
In March 1901, he was appointed assistant pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rochester and later in the same year became assistant to the Rev. Thomas F. Hickey, pastor of St. Patrick's Cathedral that city and later Bishop of Rochester Diocese. In January 1908, Father O'Hern received his appointment as pastor of St. Patrick's Cathedral by Bishop Hickey and he continued in that office for thirteen years and then was made pastor of Corpus Christi Church and in 1922, vicar general of the Rochester Diocese, In 1929 he was named Bishop of the diocese to succeed Bishop Hickey, who resigned because of ill health. Bishop O'Hern was interested in many church organizations. In addition to being a trustee of every church in the diocese, he was director of St. Mary's and St. Patrick's Orphan Asylum, St. Ann's Home, Rochester Catholic Charities and St. Elizabeth's Guild House; vice president of St. Bernard's Seminary, director of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; director of Rochester Chamber of Commerce and member of Rochester Council, No. 278, Knights of Columbus.
The late Bishop had three brothers and three cousins in the Holy Priesthood. One brother, the Rev. Dennis O'Hern passed away in 1911 and another brother, the Very Rev. Louis J. O'Hern, C. S. P., rector of the Apostolic Mission House, Washington, D. C., succumbed December 12, 1930. His opther brother, the Rev. Thomas J. O'Hern, is pastor of St. Bartholomew's Church in Buffalo and widely known as a lecturer under the auspices of the Buffalo Apostate. He is also survived by another brother, Colonel Edward O'Hern of California; two sisters, Miss Nellie O'Hern and Miss Gertrude O'Hern, Rochester.
The Rev. T. Maurice O'Hern and the Rev. William E. O'Hern of DuBois, Pa., are cousins of the Bishop, also Mother Mary Concepta O'Hern of St. Mary's Convent, this city; Miss Nora Casey, Allegeny, Miss Helen Casey, Miss Agnes Casey, Francis Casey, Joseph O'Hern, Henry O'Hern of Olean, as were the late Mrs. Norman J. Sweitzer, this city and the late Rev. John Casey of Clyde, N. Y. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
— Olean Times-Herald 23 May 1933
Bishop J. F. O'Hern Honored at Funeral
ROCHESTER, N. Y., May 26. — Catholics and Protestants paid tribute here today to the memory of the Most Rev. John Francis O'Hern, third Catholic Bishop of Rochester, at a pontifical requiem mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral, where he was raised to the Vatholic hierarchy only four years ago. Cardihnal Hayes of New York, who had consecrated him a Bishop, presided. As the service began, the hum of the city ceased for a minute on proclamation of Mayor Oviatt. The tolling of the cathedral bells then was picked up by the bell in the tower of Rochester's City Hall. At the close of the rites the body was borne from the cathedral and placed in a sarcophagus back of the altar of the chapel in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
More than 2,000 person of all creeds and sects, including Bishop David Lincold Ferris of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, crowded the cathedral. Outside, many more heard the service through loud speakers. The two sisters of the dead Bishop, the Misses Nellie and Gertrude O'Hern, were present. In the sanctuary were the officers of the mass, the Cardinal, eight Bishops and twenty-one Monsignori. The funeral sermon was delivered by the Most Rev. Emmet Michael Walsh of Charleston, S. C., youngest Catholic Bishop in the United States. He eulogized Bishop O'Hern as "a man loved for his greatest virtue -- charity."
The pontifical mass was celebrated by Bishop William Turner of Buffalo, with Mgr. George B. Burns of Rochester actign as deacon and the dead Bishop's brother, The Rev. Thomas P. O'Hern of Buffalo as subdeacon. Before the coffin was carried from the cathedral Cardinal Hayes, Archbishop Hickey, Bishop Thomas J. Walsh of Newark, N. J.; Bishop Thomas O'Reilly of Scranton, Pa., and Bishop Edmund Gibbons of Albany intoned final benedictions. [see also: Rev. Dennis W. O'Hern]
— New York Times 27 May 1933
D.) Rev. Thomas J. O'Hern (1880-1961?), pastor of St. Bartholomew's Church in Buffalo, New York and widely known as a lecturer under the auspices of the Buffalo Apostate.
Buffalo Courier Express, June 10, 1956
Msgr. O’Hern Celebrates 50 Years in Priesthood
“I want to thank all of you parishioners.” Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. O’Hern said yesterday after singing a Solemn High Mass of Thanksgiving in St. Bartholomew’s Church, 355 Grider Street.
“You’ve been so good to me. That’s the reason I’ve lived so long. Otherwise, I’d have been dead long ago,” the grey-haired priest quipped.
Occasion of the Mass was Msgr. O’Hern’s celebration of his 50th anniversary in the priesthood. He is the founder and only pastor of St. Bartholomew’s.
Besides the Mass, the anniversary was marked by the Vatican authorizing the imparting of the apostolic blessing to parishioners and the cornerstone laying of a new recreation center.
The Most Rev. Joseph A Burke, DD, bishop of Buffalo, delivered the sermon wherein he outlined the importance of the priesthood in the Catholic Church from Apostolic times.
“The man who compromise the Catholic priesthood are a group who have contributed most to the happiness and welfare of mankind,” Bishop Burke reminded parishioners.
Referring to Msgr. O’Hern, the Bishop said the buildings of St. Bartholomew’s parish are “monuments to his leadership.”
Then Bishop Burke confided he had offered Msgr. O’Hern the pastorship of a larger parish, but he declined, saying: “I am very grateful, but I love my people. I don’t want to leave them.”
Pope Pius XII authorized imparting the apostolic blessing on parishioners of St. Bartholomew’s. A telegram to Bishop Burke read:
“The Holy Father, on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the sacerdotal ordination of Monsignor Thomas J. O’Hern, cordially imparts to jubilarian parishioners the paternal apostolic blessing in pledge of abiding divine grace and heavenly favors.”
Later, Bishop Burke placed the cornerstone for the new parish auditorium and recreation center. A procession marched from the church to the ceremony.
The new building was made possible by parishioners who over-subscribed by $10,000 a $150,000 drive to finance the structure expected to be completed this year.
When completed, it will house an auditorium, gymnasium, stage, dance floor, lodge, and meeting rooms. The school basement, formerly used for such purposes, were converted to classrooms.
“I have never had to ask for money,” the 75-year-old Monsignor said. “The $160,000 you gave is a tribute to your faith and willingness to give.”
Msgr. O’Hern then asked the prayers of parishioners for Pope Puis XII, Bishop Burke, and himself.
“I thank God for the many graces and blessings He has given me during my 50 years of priesthood.” Msgr. O’Hern said. “Very few priests live to celebrate their golden jubilee.”
The recreation center will be the third structure Msgr. O’Hern has seen erected since he became pastor of St. Bartholomew’s parish in 1912. The congregation has grown from 60 to 4,000.
The first structure was the parish school, opened in 1914. Parishioners contributed $3 a week in a special collection. The second building, a church was erected mostly through Msgr. O’Hern’s own efforts.
The stone for the church building was donated by the city on the request of Msgr. O’Hern in 1930. The sandstone blocks once served as a cobblestone pavement on Elm Street.
“They didn’t cost me a dime,” the gray-haired monsignor said proudly. Then he added philosophically, “They were going to throw them in the dump anyway.”
Born near Olean, Msgr. O’Hern is the youngest of 14 children. He prepared for the priesthood at St. Bernard’s Seminary, Rochester, and in 1923 pioneered broadcasting Catholic Services in Buffalo.
Three elder brothers preceded him in taking the Holy Orders of the Catholic Church. They were Bishop John Francis O’Hern of Rochester, the Rev. Dennis W. O’Hern of Erie, Pa., and the Rev. Lewis J. O’Hern, CSP, executive secretary to the late Patrick Cardinal Hayes when he was archbishop of New York.
Assisting in the Mass were the Rt. Rev. Joseph P. Mc Donald of Holy Spirit Church, Very Rev. Joseph McPherson of Our Lady of Victory in Lackawanna; Rt. Rev. William F. Tobin of St. Benedict’s Church, Rt. Rev. Max Mueller of St. Mathew’s Church; Rt. Rev. Francis Garvey of St. Joseph’s New Cathedral, and the Rt. Rev. John A. Weismental of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Tonawanda.
When it was all over, a well-wisher said he hoped to see Msgr. O’Hern celebrate his 100th year in the priesthood. Parishioners had the same sentiment.
Transcribed by Kimberly B. Casey-Del Priore
6 July 2011
Msgr. Thomas J. O’Hern's obituary is forthcoming.
2). Maurice and Mary (Casey) O'Hern (-1914)- I am still working on this group.
A.)Rev. T. Maurice O'Hern
B.)Rev. William E. O'Hern
3). John T. Casey (1835-1889) and Margaret (FOLEY) Casey (-1895) I am still working on this group.
A.) Rev. John Casey
I belive this was Thomas Mulvihill of Kilpadogue, Tarbert. Son of Matthew Mulvihill and Ellen Finucane. Baptised 23 April 1868.
DEATH OF FATHER MULVIHILL. Universal regret was expressed this morning at the news that the Rev. Father Mulvihill had passed away last night. Flags were half-masted, and the greatest sorrow was felt by the community at the loss of one revered and loved by all who knew him. Of a bright and cheery disposition, the Rev. gentleman was a general favorite, and it was marvellous how he managed to preserve his evenness of disposition and vigorous interest in Church work in the face of his almost constant ill-health. For the kindly-spirited father suffered much, and at one time a few years ago his life was despaired of, but with indomitable courage he pulled through. After a furlough for the benefit of his health he returned to Gisborne, and, being granted assistance in his Church work, he continued in charge of Gisborne parish till his final sickness. For some weeks it has been felt that he could not recover, so severe was his prostration, and the end came at midnight, the Rev. Father passing away quietly, and keeping in full possession of his faculties till the last. His place in the community will be hard to fill. Although of a gentle and unassuming nature, he was a ripe scholar and gifted preacher, and an influence for good among all classes. His memory will be kept evergreen in the hearts of his congregation.
Born in County Kerry in 1868, the Rev. T. Mulvihill was educated at Maynooth and Killarney Colleges, and was ordained at Maynooth in 1892, by the Arch-Bishop of Dublin, the Right Rev. Dr. Walsh. After his ordination he ministered for four years in Edinburgh, officiating at St. Patrick's Church till the close of 1895. Coming to New Zealand for the sake of his health, he undertook diocesan work at Auckland Cathedral, and in 1898 received the appointment to the care of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church, Gisborne. In this, his last sphere of work, he labored unremittingly and successfully for eight years, making friends on all sides by big warmheartedness and geniality. Of the Rev. Father it can truly be said that none knew him but to love him, and with the affection he inspired was joined in deep respect and regard for his high character and virtue. By the wish of the deceased Father there will be no flowers in connection with the obsequies. The funeral takes place on Monday afternoon at 2.30. At 9 a.m. a requiem mass will be held at St. Mary's for the repose of his soul.
Tony Kelly ssc died on April 12th 2011; Columban,
Tony Kelly was born in Ballyduff, Tralee, Co. Kerry on 11 April 1935.
He was educated at Holycross P.S., Thurles P.S., and C.B.S. Thurles.
He came to Dalgan in 1953 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1959.
Appointed to the Philippines in 1960, after language studies he was sent to work in the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, in northern
Luzon. He spent the next forty years working in various parishes of that archdiocese and later in the newly-created Diocese of Alaminos.
He returned to Dalgan in 2002 and, in his typical quiet unobtrusive fashion, provided many small but essential services for his
fellow-Columbans in the Retirement Home.
Though a very private person, Tony was a kind and genial companion, easy to live and work with. He was a man of deep integrity and honesty. He was selfless in all that he did, and served the people of Pangasinan with total dedication. His whole life revolved around visting the people in their homes and barrios.
Tony was very interested in sport and loved to talk about Tipperary hurling. He was a keen and shrewd bridge player, and was always very willing to share his bridge skills with others. A man of deep prayer and an exemplary missionary, he will be sadly missed by his family, and his many friends in the Philippines and in Dalgan.
Tony celebrated his Golden Jubilee in 2009. He had not been feeling well in recent months, and, once diagnosed with cancer, his illness progressed rapidly. He accepted the diagnosis with the same quiet calm determination that had characterised his life and ministry. He died in St Vincent’s Hospital on 12 April 2011.
May he rest in peace.
Following a number of requests we hope in future to carry fuller reports on funerals in Dalgan along with these obituaries. We hope too that people may make use of the comment function below to add their own memories of deceased Columbans.
Fr Pat Scanlan, from Lisselton, County Kerry died peacefully in hospital on 15th January 2013. Pat usually called Padraig by his local friends, was ordained in 1954 and was originally assigned to Nigeria. He subsequently moved to Kenya, where he continued to work in Eldoret and then Kitaled dioceses until his return to Ireland just over a year ago. In his retirement he enjoyed the visits of very large numbers of friends and family including large number of contacts from his Kenya days.
Father Patrick; Scanlon, deeply regretted by his first cousins the Hanrahan families, his relatives, friends, neighbours and his Kiltegan family. Fr. Patrick is pre- deceased by his sister Joan and his brothers Michéal and Liam. Requiem Mass for Fr. Patrick at St Patrick's Chapel on Friday 18th January 2012, followed by Burial in the St. Patrick's Missionary Society, Kiltegan, Cemetery. His parents were Cait Hanrahan and Paddy Scanlon.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XX, Issue 7, 20 November 1891, Page 9
The death ia announced of Rev. J. L. Heffernon of South Melbourne from congestion of the lungs, brought on by a severe old. The deceased was born in Ballylongford and received his early education at a classical school in Listowel afterwards entered All Hallows College, Dublin, where, for six successive years, he carried off the first prize in his class. He was ordained in 1878 and was offered a professorship in All Hallows, but he declined, preferring to join the Australian mission. At college his career was a most distinguished one, and his masters freely admitted that he was the most brilliant student that ever passed through the college. In 1878 he arrived in Melbourne and was for some years attached to St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Fr. Michael Morrison describing Belsen Concentration Camp, 11 May 1945
Fr. Michael Morrision, SJ 185228 (n. 5 October 1908, Listowel, county Kerry +7 April 1973, Dublin).
Born in Listowel, Michael Morrison grew up in Ballysimon, Limerick where he attended C.B.S, Sexton Street before finishing his schooling at Mungret College. He entered the Jesuits in 1925.
Series of letters from Fr. Michael Morrision, SJ to Fr. John MacMahon, Irish Jesuit Provincial, April - May 1945, document his involvement in the liberation of Belsen concentration camp and the trauma witnessed there. Fr. Morrison was the first priest to enter the camp.
Service Record:
1941: September: 2/5th Battalion, The Welch Regiment: Sussex, Dorset
1942: October: Middle East Forces (M.E.F.), location unknown
November: Convalescent Depot, location unknown
1943: September: No. 13 General Hospital, M.E.F. (until April)
1944: August: 2/8 Lancashire Fusiliers: Derry, Northern Ireland
December: 1/4th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment: Castlewellan, Co. Down
1945: April: 32 (Br.) Casualty Clearing Station, [British Liberation Army?] (B.L.A.): Belsen Concentration Camp
May: 121 (Br.) General Hospital, B.L.A.
[November]: 601 Regiment, R.A., British Army of the Rhine (B.A.O.R.)
1946: February: 113 L.A.A. Regiment, R.A., B.A.O.R.
Letters to the Provincial from Michael Morrison, S.J. include: written while serving as a chaplain with 2/5th Bn. Welch Regiment in Sussex; M.E.F. (in a Convalescent Depot, unknown location); No. 13 General Hospital, M.E.F.; 2/8 Lancashire Fusiliers in Derry; 1/4th The South Lancashire Regiment in Castlewellan, Co. Down; 32 (Br.) Casualty Clearing Station, B.L.A. ; 121 (Br.) General Hospital, B.L.A.; 601 Regiment, Royal Artillery, B.A.O.R. and 113 Light Anti-Aircraft, R.A., B.A.O.R..
Link to BBC article: www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/37/a3953937.shtml
1920/21 Death
DAVID F. 0'SULLIVAN
48 years, , slight build, fair completion, hair and moustache grey, Died at Bond Sprng Station, Came from Ireland, Believed to (have sister-in-law Inehenvim-a^ Farranfore Kerry Ireland, and brother Priest, Brisbane.
Recorder Port Pirie 26 June 1944
PAPAL HONOR FOR
MONS. CLUNE 1944
Appointed Domesti Prelate The Pope has conferred on Mons. M. B. Clune, of 'Spalding, the title of Domestic Prelate, Mons. Clune has had a distinguished career in the ecclesiastical sphere, he was born in Duagh, County Kerry, Ireland, in 1897. Educated at. Mungret College, Limerick, was ordained to the priesthood at. St. Peter's College, Wexford. Ireland, in 1921. He arrived -in the Diocese of Port Augusta in 1922. He was appointed- chancellor of the diocese in July, 1937.'On the transfer of Dr. Gilroy (Bishop of Port Augusta) to Sydney. 1943 was appointed parish priest of Spalding.
Fr Con Nolan.
Born Carrueragh, Knockanure. 31st January 1913.
Studied at St Peters Wexford. Ordained 9th June 1940.Arrived in Australia 1st November 1941.Appointed Curate at High Gate Hill, Queens Park and Ned lands. wasParish Priest at Waroona, Yarloop, Pingarra and later Chaplin to St John of God Hospital, Subiaco and St Josseph’s Hospital Bicton.
Fr Con Nolan died 21st May 1983 , his requiem mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Fatima Church Palmyra, he was laid to rest in Karrakatta Cemetery.
John Senan Moynihan, son of Thomas and Mary Moynihan, was born on 25 November 1900 at
Meeascarthy Camp, Castlegregory, County Kerry, Ireland. He was baptised on 25 November 1900.
He was educated at Aughaeasia National School (8 years) and St Brendan’s Seminary, Killarney (4
years) and matriculated in June 1918. He studied at All Hallows, Dublin from October 1918-March
1919. He joined the Capuchin Order in 1920. He was ordained in Ireland in 1925. The Capuchin
Annual was published from 1930-1977. Fr Senan OEM Cap. was Editor until 1953/1954.
He came to Perth at the invitation of Archbishop Redmond Prendiville. He arrived in Perth on 25/10/ 1959 from Ireland and was incardinated into Perth on 1 April, 1959. On arrival he took up a position as Chaplain to the Sisters at St Anne’s Hospital, Mt Lawley [now Mercy Hospital]. He was not the Chaplain for the patients.
Archbishop Redmond Prendiville appointed him the first Archivist of the Archdiocese of Perth on 25/
7/1962-1970.
He died in Perth on 26 July 1970 age 70. He is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery IC 19.
He died without a Will and his estate was auctioned. I did find the original copy of Padraig Pearce’s Poems written the night before he was executed in Kilmainham Gaol. There were four sheets and they had been laminated. The heat sealing was lifting and it cost some hundreds of dollars to separate the poems from the laminating. I then sold the originals [with the permission of the Archbishop] to the National Archives in Dublin where you will be able to see them.
Irish legacy
I would like to draw your attention to a publication titled The O’Keeffe Nine.
This book is a celebration of the life of nine Irish priests who came to the Ballarat diocese from various Irish seminaries in the early 1950s.
In the late 1940s Fr Martin O’Keeffe, a priest of the Ballarat diocese, had his first trip home after many years, due to World War II and other considerations.
The then bishop of the diocese, Bishop James O’Collins, in somewhat of a throwaway line, asked Martin to “bring back a few priests with you.”
Martin took this request seriously and managed to recruit nine young men for the diocese.
Each of them left his mark on the diocese as they were all gifted and committed priests, who served the Church in Australia well. None of them lived long enough to celebrate his golden jubilee of ordination.
DEATH took place of Fr Sean Dillon on Thursday 24th October 2013 at St Patrick's Missionary Society, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow and formerly of Listowel, Lisselton. and Nigeria. Deeply regretted by his sisters-in-law, Bridie and Ann, his nieces and nephews his Kiltegan family. Father Sean is predeceased by his brothers, Thomas, Dermot and Michael. Funeral Mass on Sunday, Oct. 27th, at 12 noon followed by burial in the Society Cemetery. Fr Sean was ordained in 1951 and attended Churchyard masses in the Parish in remembrance of his Connor ancestors. In his young day he was a regular visitor to his relations Jack Maggie O Connor of Gortdronagowna. Fr Sean was son Thomas Dillon and Jane O’Connor. She was born on the 3rd March 1893. Jane was from Gortdromagowna and is the daughter of Thomas O’Connor and Julia Kennedy. Siblings of Jane, Jack and Mai died in 1984 and Sheila O Connor died in 1986 and are buried at Ahavvoher.
Fr Cornelius Kieran Campion (1925 - 2014)
Con Campion
Fr Con Campion
" He will be remembered as a kind and committed missionary, a man of courage and initiative, a warm-hearted and dedicated priest, a friend to all" .
Cornelius ("Con") Campion was born in Ballagh, Errill, Co. Laois on 26th July 1925. Educated at Errill NS and St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, he came to Dalgan in 1943 and was ordained priest on 21st December 1949.
Appointed to the Philippines in 1950, he spent the next thirty-four years there, all of them on the southern island of Mindanao. He served as pastor in the parishes of Ozamis City, Clarin, Tangub and Oroquieta City. His prodigius energy ensured that even the most distant villages were visited regularly, and that wherever the rights of the poor were threatened every effort was made to ensure that they were treated justly.
In 1984, he was appointed to mission promotion work, and from the Glasgow house, he visited most of the Catholic parishes in Scotland over the next four years. From 1989 to 1996 he faced a new challenge and became part of the Columban mission to Belize, Central America. This was followed by three years pastoral work in Jamaica, West Indies.
On celebrating his Golden Jubilee in 1999 he returned to a slower pace of life as a retiree in Dalgan. There he helped out in the editorial offices of the Far East, and was always available to do some shopping for those who were less mobile, or to bring a group out for a drive on a sunny afternoon.
Interested in every aspect of the life of the Society, he had firm convictions on most topics and gladly shared them with others. As his health failed in recent years, he was most appreciative of the level of care he and his companions received in the Dalgan Nursing Home. He read widely, had an extraordinary memory for details of every kind, and was totally involved in the affairs of the house until the end. He will be remembered as a kind and committed missionary, a man of courage and initiative, a warm-hearted and dedicated priest, a friend to all.
Thomas Francis was ordained a priest in 1900. He built a cathedral in Billings, Montana in 1906 called St Patricks Co Cathedral. His parents In 1874 Thomas Stack, originally from Lissahane, married to Hanora o Donoghue from Ballyrehan, Lixnaw purchased a House from John Dillane Church Street, Listowel. Their first son Thomas Francis was born October 15 1874 . Fr Thomas Francis Stack. (Glendive Montana USA, died in 1912.
Fr Michael Kiely b1904, Church Street, Listowel , served in Sydney son of Jack Kiely and Hanora Fitzgerald they had a big family, Jack died young.
DEATH has taken place of Sr. Rosalie Enright, Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary, Cavan and late of Tarbert, Co. Kerry, on August 8th 2014. Was serving in S. Africa, Kenya and Zambia. Survived by the Holy Rosary Sisters, her brothers Danny, Gerry and Tommy, her sisters Breda and Sr. Aquin, sisters-in-law, Maureen, Stella and Bea, brother-in-law Sean, nieces, nephews. Requiem Mass For Sr. Roslalie was celebrated in Tarbert Church on Monday 11th at 11am, Mass for Sister will be celebrated in the Cathedral of Ss Patrick & Felim, Cavan on Tuesday at noon, followed by burial in Cullies Cemetery.
Gerald Griffin born 12th Dec 1803 died Christian Brother Cork in 1840 son of Patrick Griffin and Ellen Geary of Limerick .His grandfather James Griffin died 1798 aged 68yrs .It is claimed that his Great Grandfather was Francis Griffin who married Nora Fitzgerald and lived at Glenalappa , Newtownsandes .Gerald Griffins sister Lucy Sr Evangelist born 1806 died 1844 .Joined Presentation Convent Youghal in 1837.Her sister Anne Sr Baptist 1805 -1878 Entered Sisters of Charity, Superior Clarinbridge 1844 died there 1878 . Three of their cousins joined The Mercy Order in Limerick . The first Ellen Entered 1840 , Bridget Entered 1852, Maria Entered 1853 she died 1908 .Several of their nephews joined the Priesthood , Rev Frederick died 1902, Rev Carroll Nash died 1889, Rev John died 1939, Rev Gerald died 1940 .Another cousin Sr Mary Westropp Brereton a Mercy Sister Limerick. Gearld Griffins sister Bridget married Mr. White. They had five daughters in religion in the USA. His brother Dan had a daugter Alice born on the 22rd of February 1847. She was known as Sr. Magdalen F.C.J. She died in Canada on the 30th of April 1901. She was of the order of the Faithful Companions of Jesus. She made her vows in Brittany in France on the 28th of July 1872. The order had a house in Clarendon Street, London.
Knockanure Moyvane and Tarbert Sisters and Priests
KNOCKANURE AND MOYVANE SISTERS
Goretti Ahern.
Shelia Behan Coilagurteen Franciscan, died JAN 1995 USA.
Paul Bunce died Tralee 2002.
Emelian Bunce died 2004.
Costelloe Trien and AUS.
Mary Ellen Cunningham Kilbaha and Kansas, died 1989.
Cunningham, Kilbaha.
Ignatius Cunningham.
Estelle Cunningham Kilbaha, died 1987,Aged 89 yrs.
Mary Carmody.
Mary Theophane Collins Prof 1938.
Hannah Carmody Gortdromosillihy.
Cyril Jane Doherty Provincial Loreto, died 1927.
David Doherty pres Tralee, died 1871,aged 29 yrs.
Austin Doherty Presentation Tralee, died 1919,born Ahalanna.
Anastasia Enright Aughrim died 2002.
Debora Flaherty AUS and Murhur.
Theresa Flaherty Belfast and Murhur.
Berchmans Flaherty London and Murhur.
Mary Andrew Flaherty London and Murhur.
Flaherty's of Tubbertureen
Nuala, Peg, Lancashire,
Margaret, Mary Baltimore, Maryland,
Loreto, Bridie, England.
Majella Hannie.
Michael Flaherty, Glenalappa.
Nora Flaherty Glenalappa.
Magdalene Foran Presentation Millstreet and Moyvane.
Gabrielle Galvan, Bauragoogeen .
Margaret Galvin, worked in Wales.
Phil Goulding Knockanure.
Goulding Knockanure.
Nora Enright Aughrim.
Mgt Hanrahan.
Mary Hanrahan, Kilbaha and England.
Veronica Hanrahan, Kilbaha Prof 1965 Holy Ghost Sisters.
Stanislaus Kennelly Pres Cork Gortdromagowna, Died 1957.
Magdalene Kennelly Pres. Cork, died 1989.
Regis Kennelly, Presentation Listowel, died 1933,age 51 yrs
St Ann Kennelly, Presentation Listowel, died 1926,age 37.
Gerard Kennelly pres Tralee, died 1965
Kennelly England, daughter of Dan and Mary Stack.
Sarah Kearney Moyvane.
Lydia de Eugene Kearney in France of Moyvane Village.
Kissane Bauragoogeen .
Mai Looney Kilmorna.
Mary of the Sacred Heart Leahy Lisaniska and Galway died 5th 4th 1994.
Josephine Leahy N Z.
Imelda Leahy India died aged c90 yrs c1950.
Nora Leahy India died aged c24 yrs.
Josephine Leahy sister of Tim of Beenanasbig. Entered Lady's of Mary , Forest Hill 1937
Johanna Leahy daughter of Tim and Johanna Cummane.
Declan Murphy Knockanure and Ferbane Prof 1945.
Mary McMahon Listowel Pres.
McMahon Gortaglanna and England.
Maria Moore Keylod
Joseph Moore born C1900 Presentation and Kilmorna.
Francis Teresa Moore Wexford and Keylod, died 1975.
Mary Ellen Moore RSM, born 1912 Aughrim, died 1996.
Hanora Mc Elligott.
Mary Rita Mulvihill Good Shepherd Waterford.
Elaine Mc Elligott NTS Village.
Anastasia Moloney Coilagurteen, died June 1992 age 95 years.
Josephine Mulvihill NTS village.
Ellen Mulvihill NTS village.
Bride Mulvihill NTS village.
Kathleen Nolan NTS daughter of Tom and Liz Stack born c1920.
Anthony O'Carroll of Gortdromagowna and Aus.
Rose Carroll of Knockanure and Cork died 25th July 1993 aged 87 yrs.
Brendan Carroll Knockanure.
Augustine and Cornelius O Connor Inchamore.
Theresa O Connor Keylod and Fresno died 1997.
O Connor Keylod.
O Connor Keylod.
Patricia O Connor (Hannah) Kilbaha and Cork.
Patricia O Connor Barr Convent Kill 1943,born Gortdromosillihy.
Mary O Connor Gortdromagowna and Cork Died Dec 1993.
Euphrasia O Connor and her sister Annie of Gortdromagowna
Kathleen O Keeffe Kilmorna.
Mary Teresa Quinn.
Margaret Sullivan Trien and USA.
Mina Sullivan Kilbaha.
Sullivan Kilbaha.
Br Leo Sullivan Trien had two sisters Nuns.
Dympna Stack Moyvane South , and Galway .
Stella Stack Carrueragh .
Bob Stack had two aunts nuns of Carrueragh.
Martina Scanlon Kilmeaney and Claremorris.
Scanlon Kilmeaney and Wexford died1943.
Sheehy Lisaniska and India died aged 96 yrs.
Claude Sheehy Aughrim and Pres Tralee.
Ann Sheehy Mercy Bristol .
Josie Shanahan Pres Castleisland died 1971 aged 86 yrs .
Marie Shanahan Inchamore and California .Entered Ardfert .
Kathleen Shanahan a sister of above entered Ardfert .
Veronica Sheehan Kilbaha , Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy
Bernadette Sheehan Kilbaha, Golden Jubilee 2003.
Hannah Walsh Barragogeen.
Ida Walsh died 2006.
Sheila Walsh NTS Village.
Nora Walsh NTS Village .
Mary, Nora and Peg Walsh Leitrim . Their father a postman .
Mary Teresa Windle , Mercy Newcastle upon tyne.
Bridget Windle born 1920 .
Nora Windle Indiana died 1984 .
Catherine Sr. Conrad Windle Mercy Tralee .
Bishops and Priests
From Moyvane Parish
Bishops
Archbishop Edward Carmody, Born 1934, son of Michael Carmody and Mary Stack, Ordained in Carlow in 1957, Appointed Bishop of Tyler in 1992, and appointed Archbishop of Corpus Christi Texas
2000.
Archbishop E. J. Fitzmaurice, born in Leitrim, Moyvane, in 1881 son of William Fitzmaurice and Hannah Costelloe, Ordained in 1904, appointed Bishop of Wilrnington Del. Appointed titular
Archbishop in 1960, died in 1962.
Bishop John J. Fitzmaurice uncle of the above born in 1840, Ordained in 1862, appointed Bishop of Erie in 1899, died in 1920.
Bishop James Moore, born in 1832 at Keylod, Moyvane, son of Patrick Moore and Alice Dunne. Appointed Bishop of Ballarat, Australia in 1884, died in 1904.
Bishop Collins CSSR, born in Moyvane 1921, son of Michael Collins and Catherine O'Connor, Bishop of Mircena, Brazil.
Moyvane Priests
MOYVANE VILLAGE:
Fr. Tom McElligott DD, died in 1967.
Fr. Edward McElligott. Ordained in Carlow in 1939, was in Kenya from 1951 to 1954, died in 1982 (a Kiltegan Father).
Fr. Patrick Collins, Salesian died on the 27th March 1969.
Fr. John Shine, P.P. Ordained in 1947 for the Kerry Diocese.
Fr. Myles Keamey. Ordained in 1938 for New Orleans, died July 1979.
Fr. Myles Keamey. Ordained in 1971 (nephew of above).
Fr. Thade Enright. Born in 1857, buried in Murhur Cemetery in 1892.
Fr. Denis Buckley. Ordained in 1849, worked in Kenya and New York, died 24th January 1992.
Fr. Michael Buckley. Brother of above.
Fr. Patrick. Cunningham. Ordained in 1929, son of Maurice Cunningham and Mary Ann Foran, was in the Diocese of New Orleans, died in 1984 aged 81 years.
Fr. James Cunningham. Ordained in 1939, (brother of the above). 1913-1966.
Fr. John Shanahan S.J. was in the Diocese of New Orleans in 1902. When Br. Austin Shanahan died at Presentation Monastery Cork, Ireland.
INCHAMORE:
Fr. Shanahan. Died in United States 1970.
AUGHRIM:
Fr. Con Hanrahan, worked in his Ministry in Melbourne Diocese 1949.
LEITRIM:
Fr. Joseph Walsh. Mill-Hill Fathers. Born in 1924, son of Maurice Walsh and Mary Hanrahan, Ordained in 1949.
Fr. Walsh (uncle of above).
Fr. Maurice Kissane, his mother was Walsh.
Fr. Edmond J. Kissane. Ordained in 1919, died in 1973. Syracuse U.S.A.
Fr. Patrick Ahern. Born in 1932. Son of John Ahern and Margaret Walsh.
Fr. Dan Ahern. (brother of above) Born in 1936. Ordained in 1961. Columban Fathers, Fiji.
Fr. Michael Scanlon. Entered AH.in 1845. Believed to be Ordained by St. John Newman of Philadelphia.
Fr. Maurice Kennelly. Born in 1854. Son of Daniel Kennelly and Catherine Mahony. Ordained in AH. Died in U.S.A. in 1934.
MURHUR:
Fr. James Kissane. Born in 1928. Kerry Diocese.
Fr. John Corridan. Ordained in 1951, Kerry Diocese. Died in 1982.
Fr. John Flaherty. (A great Moyvane Footballer), works in Florida.
GLENALAPPA:
Fr. Robert Nolan. Ordained in 1887. Died in 1901 in Iowa, U.S.A.. Son of Daniel Nolan and Mary Cox.
Fr. Michael F. Nolan. (brother of above) and attended his funeral in 1901.
Fr. Michael Galvin. Ordained 1933 in Carlow. Died 1967, buried in Murhur Churchyard, Moyvane. Son of William Galvin and Mary Windle.
GORTDROMASILIHY:
Fr. John Stack. Ordained for Kerry 1907. Went to USA. Ministered at Rockaway Beach. Celebrated his Golden Jubilee there.
Fr. William O'Connor. Ordained for Kerry in 1883. He had brothers Con and John. Died Parish Priest of Annascaul 1914.
KILBAHA:
Fr. Michael Kennelly. Son of Timothy Kennelly and Mary Jane Hanrahan. Built a fine school at Tampa, Florida.
Fr. William Kennelly, like his brother above was a member of the Jesuit Order. They had several granduncles Jesuits.
Fr. Timothy Hanrahan. Born c1890. Ordained for Harrisburg in 1919. Died the 16th October 1935.
Fr. Michael Hanrahan. Born 1933. Son of Patrick Hanrahan and Julia Shanahan. Ordained Kilkenny 1959. Ministered in Florida. Died 1999. Buried Ahavoher Cemetery, Moyvane.
MOHER:
Fr. John Scanlon. Ordained for Kerry. Died 1985. Buried Moyvane.
AHALAHANA:
Fr. Maurice Kennelly. Born in 1854. Son of Daniel Kennelly and Catherine Mahony. Ordained in 1879. Ministered in San Francisco USA. Died in 1934.
Fr. Richard Carr. Born in 1853. Died 23rd. May 1895 in Chiltern Australia.
Fr. John Collins. Born in 1869. Died in Melbourne, Australia in 1936. Son of William Collins and Mary Shanahan.
DROMURHUR:
Fr. Robert Stack. Born in 1849. Died in 1895 in Watertown USA. Son of Patrick Stack and Margaret Sullivan.
Fr. Edmond Stack (brother of above Robert). Ordained in 1890. Died in 1921.
SHRONEGRAGRA:
Fr. Gerard Stack. Ordained in 1873. Born in 1846. Died in 1906. Son of Maurice Stack and Catherine Larkin.
AUGHRIM:
Fr. Con. Hanrahan. Born 1892. Died in 1945 in Melbourne, Australia. Uncle of Denis Hanrahan.
Fr. Michael Mulvihill. Born 1847. Son of Patrick Mulvihill and Hanora Walsh.
Knockanure Priests
KILMORNA:
Fr. Francis Moore. Born 1813. Died in 1892 and is buried in Killarney. Date on his Headstone is 1882. Son of Patrick Moore and Mary O'Henry.
Fr. Thomas Moore. Ordained 1932 for Adelaide Diocese, Australia. Born 1907. Retired in 1986 and is living in Listowel.
TRIEN:
Fr. Thomas O'Sullivan. Ordained in 1920 in Carlow for Diocese of California. Died 1962.
LISANISKEA:
Fr. James Leahy. Ordained in 1937. Born 1919. Died in 1999 and is buried in Old Knockanure. Son of Thomas Leahy and Elizabeth Keane.
Fr. Michael Leahy. (brother of above James) Ordained in 1944. Is now retired Monsignor of Listowel.
Fr. Tom McMahon, one of the last Knockanure students in All Hallows, ministering in England.
KNOCKANURE VILLAGE:
Fr.Michael Carroll. Ordained Thurles 1934 for Cardiff. Son of Jeremiah Carroll and Mary O'Gorman.
Fr. Austin O'Callaghan. Ordained 8th June 1958. Died Curate of Irromore 1986. Son of Padraig O'Callaghon and Elizabeth Cronin.
Fr. Brendan O'Callaghan. Ordained 1960 (brother of above).
CARRUERAGH:
Fr. Patrick Larkin. Ordained 1916 for Wichita. Born 1892. Retired in 1954. Died 1980.
Fr. Patrick Larkin. Jnr. (nephew of above) Ordained 1955 at St. Kieran's for Kansas.
Fr. Con Nolan. Ordained at Wexford 1940 for Perth, Australia. Chaplain to St. John of God Hospital, Salvado Road, Subioco, Western Australia.
GORTDROMAGOWNA:
Fr. Luke O'Carroll. Born 1856. Died 1938 in Los Angeles in retirement.
Fr. Michael hunt. 1851. Son of Michael Hunt and Nora Mahony. Ordained for Hartford. Died there in 1912.
Fr. James Hunt. (brother of above Michael) Ordained 1871. Born 1848. Died 1912 in Sacramento.
Fr. Con O'Connor. 1847. Son of Con O'Connor and Margaret Leahy. Died 1898.
Fr. Michael O'Connor. Born 1855. Ordained for San Francisco.(brother of above Con.)
Fr. John o'Connor. Uncle of Jack Maggie O'Connor. Ordained c.1907.
COILAGURTEEN:
Fr. William Moloney. Ordained 1864. Ministered on the Gold Dust Trails. Born 1841. Died in 1903 in Sutter Creek. Son of Tadhg Moloney and Catherine Enright.
Fr. William Broderick. Ordained 5th June 1947.
KEYLOD:
Fr. Con Connor. Ordained 1945. Died 1989. Son of Patrick Connor and Nora Pierce. Born 1910.
Fr. John Connor. Ordained 1935. Died 1993. Ministered in Sacramento {brother of above)
Fr. Michael Connor. Ordained 1933. Born 1908. Ministered in Los Angeles. {brother of above)
Fr. Patrick Moore. Ordained 1863. Born 1834. Died 1880. Ministered in Melbourne Diocese. Son of Patrick Moore and Alice Dunne. Brother of Bishop James Moore.
Fr. Patrick Moore. Ordained in Killamey 1874. Born 1852. Died 3rd May 1879 at his mothers home. Son of Tom Moore and Bridget Madigan of Shanagolden area.
Fr. Thomas Austin Moore. Born 1842. Son of Michael Moore and Mary Naughton. Gave his position to Fr. Moore in Summer of 1877 and left Ballarat.
Fr. Patrick Michael Moore. Born 1840. {brother of above Thomas. Registered in Melbourne 1863. Died Ballarat c.1880.
OTHERS:
Fr. Foran. P.P. Prior died Ilth February 1906. Buried Murhur aged 56 years.
Fr. Michael Nolan. Born in Ardagh. Ordained 1896. Gives his Parish as Newtowndillon.
Fr. John O'Connoll. Died aged 36 years on 9th April 1822. Buried in Murhur.
Fr. John B. Cunningham. Died 17th July 1885. Ordained Louvin 26th June 1885. Buried in Murhur.
Tom Buckley ord. Maynooth; Fr James Buckley ord. at Allhallows 1934.
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Priests from Tarbert
Mothers name in brackets.
Fr De Coursey of Doonard House.
Fr Liam Murphy, CSSp ( Sheehan). Glencullare.
Fr Michael Murphy, OFM. (Sheehan) Glencullare.
Fr Mossie Flynn, Carmelite?. (Dowling) Glencullare.
Fr ? Foley Salesian of Pullen.
Fr Dan Finucane ord 1902 of Farranwana, died Killorglin Feb. 1964.
Fr Paddy and Fr Con Holly, both CSSp, (Colbert) of Tarbert.
Fr Liam Mulahy Tarbert and USA (O Connor).
Fr Tim Enright Doonard CSSp, (O Hanlon)
Fr Tim Buckley CSSP of Tarmons, ord. 1951.
Fr Martin Buckley CSSp, Tarmons ord. 1957.
Fr Timothy Buckley USA and Tarmons died 1977 ( O Connor).
Fr Jack Buckley USA.
Fr William Ahern of Kerry Diocese buried Tarbert, ord. 1900.
Fr John O Connor ord c 1950s Tarbert and England, O Connor).
Fr Philip O Connell, (O Connor) Kerry Diocese, ord. c 1950s, Nephew of Sr. Nancy O Connor, Loretto of India.
Fr Tom O Hanlon, Dooncaha, (Moran), ord. 1969. Columban.
Fr James O Hanlon, Dooncaha, ( Moran), ord.1965.
Fr willie Walsh Doonard, ( Collins) went to Australia.
Fr John Walsh, Doonard, ( Collins) went to Australia.
They had a Brother in India.
Fr James O Sullivan, Tarbert and USA
Fr J.E O Connor Tarbert died 1934.
Fr John Enright, Golden Jubilee June 2003.
Fr Richard Fitzmaurice of Tarbert, PP Kenmare 1819 to `38.
Fr William Burns O.M.I died Nov. 8th 1956.
Fr Michael Fallon of NSW his grandmother of Tarbert.
Fr John Naughton PP Boherbue d 1882.
Fr Andrew Stack ( O Connor) buried Tarbert.
Said that there were four priests of Mangan descent.
Tarbert Clergy
1770 Fr Maurice Hely Lislaughtin; 1770 Fr Tom Fitzmaurice, Ballylongford; Fr O Shea PP Ballylongford 1730;
1823 Fr Tom Mc Donogh1835 Fr Dan McCarthy; Fr John Enright, Tarbert/ Ballylongford; 1832 Fr O Connor, Tarbert/ Ballylongford; 1934 Fr Dan O Sullivan PP Ballylongford; 1834 Fr John Barry C.C.
Tarbert/ Ballylongford; 1873 Fr Dan Harrington ord 1852; Check, Fr Pat Foley died 1869 , buried at Brewery Road Cemetery in Tralee . Fr Dan Foley P.P. Tarbert 1859- 1906; Fr Sean Martin 1906-`17;
Fr Jeremiah O Connor 1917 died July 4th 1934; Fr Tom Courtaine 1934-`48; Fr Tom Supple 1949- 63, died aged 78 years, Born at Ballyheigue; Fr Michael Leahy; Fr John Maher.
Others
Fr James Charles O Connor son of James O Connor of the Spa who died 1819, his mother Betsy O Connell was sister in law of Daniel O Connell. The O Connors came from Tarbert.
Fr Paud O Brien, Roscrea, cousin of Cregans of Piermount.
Ancestors of Archbishop Walsh of Dublin are said to have come from Tarbert then to Clare and Dublin.
Tom Buckley ord. Maynooth; Fr James Buckley ord. at Allhallows 1934.
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Priests from Tarbert
Mothers name in brackets.
Fr John L Heffernan Fr Heffernan was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry in 1855. After his study at All Hallows' College he was ordained in 1878 and late in that same year arrived in Melbourne. He was appointed to assist at St Patrick's Cathedral and was in charge of the Clifton Hill district, which at that time was part of the Cathedral parish. Fr Heffernan was then appointed to the new Warragul Mission and then the new Diocese of Sale in 1887. In January 1888, he was appointed the new administrator of St Francis' until April 1891 when he moved to South Melbourne. Fr Heffernan died three months later on 6 July 1891. Fr William Quilter Born in Listowel, County Kerry, Fr Quilter studied at All Hallows' College and was ordained in 1877. Soon after his ordination, he arrived in Melbourne and was stationed at Elsternwick, prior to moving to Dandenong, South Melbourne and Kew. In October 1895 he came to St Francis' and stayed there until his death on 20 April 1926, at the age of seventy-six. Fr James Moore Fr Moore studied in All Hallows' College and was ordained in 1859. He came to Australia as chaplain to a group of immigrants and was appointed administrator of St Francis' from July 1859 - May 1862. He was then appointed to Keilor and in September 1866 to Ballarat, where he succeeded Dr Shiel as priest-in-charge. In 1869 he was appointed Dean, and later became Vicar-General to Dr O'Connor, the first Bishop of Ballarat. Following the death of the Bishop, he was appointed administrator of the diocese from 1884 and died in 1904.
Sr. Mary Estelle was born Margaret Cunningham in 1898 in Kilbaha, Newtownsandes (now Moyvane), Co. Kerry. Her parents were Richard Cunningham and Brigid Dore. At the age of 17 she and her older sister Johanna joined the Sisters of St. Joseph in Concordia, Kansas where a distant relative, John Francis Cunningham, was a bishop. Sr. Mary Estelle worked as a nurse for many years at St. Joseph's Hospital in Belvedere, Illinois where she died in 1987 aged 89.
Johanna, Sr. Mary Estelle's sister, became Sr. Mary Ellen and worked in El Paso, Texas for a time before moving back to Concordia to work in St. Anthony's Hospital there. Sr. Mary Ellen died in Concordia in 198
Fr William Moloney lately arrived from Ireland took up a tempory position in Sierra Valley where lived about 1000 people many of them Ranchers in 1868 . He is noted as being the first Missionary
to visit the north of Pumas County . Visiting Johnsville on Deer Creek , Quincy, Indian Valley, Susanville and Honey Lake Valley in Lassen County . He was the first Priest in Lassen County . The
records show that Fr William Moloney was very active on the Missions in California and Nevada .He gave 40yrs service to the Church in this area . Journies of 50 miles were common . At times he
would be 100 miles from the end of the trail at Downieville where mining took place in 1880 . He named his famous Horse Charley . In the mountain area of Northern California travel in winter was
difficult with deep snow drifts . To travel you would need a pine board 4" wide and 8 to 12ft long fixed to the soles of shoes a long stick was needed for balance . A priest had to be strong and
fit to cope with the hardships of Missionary life . It took 6 weeks to make the circuit from Truckee to Alturas and back home again . Fr William Moloney son of Tadhg and Kate Enright born
Coilagurteen, Knockanure in 1841 Ordained 1864, died Sutter Creek 1903 . He was a brother of M T Moloney Solicitor General Ottawa .Inscriptions on Family Headstone Gale Cemetery , Timothy Moloney
died Nov 1st 1885 aged 93yrs . Memorial Erected by their son Maurice Moloney Ottawa Ill. USA . Also remembered son John Moloney who died Jan 19th 1904 .his wife Ellen died 13th April 1908 .son
Edward Moloney died Nov 5th 1872 aged 27yrs.
Tom Neville Stack
Information from Miss Mai Quillinan .
Tom Stack was married in Carrueragh Kilmorna , to Mary Neville of Carrigkerry . They had three sons the eldest born on christmas night 1849 was called Thomas Neville Stack . The second son
Maurice Tom Stack married Mary Goulding their children were Tom Maurice and John Maurice Tom inherited the farm while John went to America . The third brother of Tom Neville Stack was called
William he got a farm in Carrigkerry .
Mai Quillinans mother Ellie Stack was daughter of Maurice Tom Stack a brother of Tom Neville .
Mais father Michael Quillinan of Blossom Hill Rathkeale , Co Limerick . Tom Neville Stack Founded The Finance Union Journal in 1877 .It is reported that three generations before Tom Neville a
member of the Stack family was a Butter Merchant in Cork who had a brother a Banker .
Another Stack Nicholas Moore Stack a man of culture and an actor taught at Maynooth and Carlow College .
Tom Neville himself was a Journalist a Financier and a Poet his second wife was a daughter of Mr Andrew Thunder of Dublin .
Mr Thunder went to Clongroves Wood College . He died aged 45yrs .
Mr and Mrs Stack were married for over 20yrs and had five children.
In 1895 Tom Neville Stack was one of the Founders of the British Homes Assurance Corporation Ltd. .
He was also an Officer in the 2nd London Rifles which was founded by Prince Albert .
Tom Neville Stacks views on Irish Banking are contained in the Blue Book which was issued by a committee of the House of Commons
Knockanure Branch of the Land League
A meeting of the Branch was held on Sunday 1885. Mr T. W. Leahy in the chair. Other officers were Mr Patrick Kennelly, Mr J. T. Nolan honouree secretary, Mr. James o Connor, Mr. Hugh Goulding,
Mr. John Carroll. Mr. M. o Connor, Mr. Dan F. Leahy, Mr. W. T. Leahy, Mr. James o Sullivan, Mr. Dunne.Honouree secretary of Athea Branch also Present.Reports of previous meetings were also read.
A large number handed in their subscriptions and received cards for membership. Subsequently a large contingent headed by the Athea fife and drum band marched into the village. A large crowd had
assembled outside the League room and were addressed by Mr. D. T. Leahy Mr. J O Sullivan and Mr P Dunne who spoke forcibly on the necessity of the organising the friendly feeling between Farmers
and labourers vote of thanks to the Athea Contingent brought the Proceedings to a close. The Release of Knockanure Land League Prisoners in 1885 who arrived in Listowel by train from Tralee was
greeted with deafening cheers. Mr. James o Sullivhan of Kilmorna presented of behalf of the noble young ladies of the parish a bouquet of flowers to Daniel Leahy and his colleagues who were just
realised from prison. A crowd headed by the Listowel Brass Band marched through to Mr. Stacks new house. A meeting chaired by John Fitzpatrick of St. Michaels Collage was held. Others attending
were J. Condon, solicitor Newcastlewest. J. Moran, solicitor, Listowel.
J. Stack M.P for North Kerry addressed the Meeting. A vote of thanks having been passed the people dispersed. The released prisoners were entertained to dinner at the residence of Mr. John Stack
Bishop Edmond Carmody, the second of a family of thirteen children of Michael Carmody and Mary Stack, was born in Moyvane, County Kerry, Ireland, on January 12, 1934. In September of 1951, he entered the Major Seminary of St. Patrick in Carlow, where he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Antonio on June 8, 1957. In 1983, Bishop Carmody went with the St. James Society as a Missionary to Latin America, where he worked for five years as a Missionary in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Only a few days before completing his five-year Missionary assignment there, he was called home by Archbishop Patrick Flores because Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio. He was ordained as a Bishop on December 15, 1988. Bishop Carmody served as Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio from 1988 until 1992. On May 25, 1992, he was installed Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas. On February 3, 2000, Pope John Paul II named Bishop Carmody Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas. He was installed the seventh Bishop on March 17, 2000. Bishop Carmody currently serves as a member on the Marriage and Family Life Committee for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. At the November 2000 meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Carmody was elected Chairman of the Church in Latin America Committee Bishop Carmody served on the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Adhoc Hoc Committee on Economic Concerns of the Holy See (Jan. 2001) and the USCC Bishops' Committee on World Mission (Nov. 2001)
The death has occurred of Sr. Baptist Kennelly of North Presentation Convent, Gerald Griffin Street, Cork and Skibbereen on November 26, 2006, Requiem Mass at the Cathedral. for Sr. Baptist Kennelly on Tuesday Nov. 27th `06. Funeral afterwards to St Catherine's Cemetery, Kilcully.
KENNELLY , Rev. Fr. Michael F. S.J. (New Orleans, late of Kilbaha, Moyvane,
Co. Kerry) Jan. 3, 2011 former President of Lyola University in his 97th
year, Ignatius , he is survived by his sister Mae Jane Conlon in New York
and brother Tim Kennelly at Charleville, Predeceased by his sisters Mrs.
Breda Clifford, Miss Katherine Kennelly, and Mrs. Eilis Kelly, his brothers
John Kennelly, Patrick Kennelly, Rev. William Kennelly, Daniel Kennelly, and
James Kennelly.
Mass in thanksgiving of his life at the Church of the Assumption, Moyvane
on Saturday Feb. 19 at 7.30 o'c.
Requiem Mass for Fr Michael Francis Kennelly was celebrated at
Holy Name of Jesus Church [6363 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans] on Friday,
January 7- 2011 following Mass Michael F Kennelly was laid to rest at St.
Charles College at Grand Coteau, LA.
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Rev. Michael Francis Kennelly, S.J., aged 96, departed this life on January
3, 2011, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of Timothy Kennelly and Mary
Jane Hanrahan Kennelly, he was born on May 22, 1914 in Kilbaha, in Kerry,
Ireland.
Coming to the United States in 1929, he attended Regis High School in New
York and the then high-school division of Spring Hill College, graduating in
1933. He joined the Society of Jesus, (the Jesuits) on June 9 of that year,
entering the novitiate in Grand Coteau, LA. He continued studies at St.
Charles College in Grand Coteau and Spring Hill College. After three years
of teaching at Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida, he began theology
studies for the priesthood, being ordained a Roman Catholic priest on June
16, 1946 in St. Mary's College in Kansas.
Father Kennelly then began many years of service in administration in the
Jesuits' high schools. He was principal in St. John's High School in
Shreveport, LA from 1948-53 and then became president of Jesuit High School
in Tampa [1953-59), where he supervised the move of the school to its
present location. He then founded Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School
in Houston, TX, where he served as president until 1970. From 1970-74, he
served as president of Loyola University in New Orleans, LA.
Later years were devoted to the parish apostolate, especially at Sacred
Heart Church in Tampa, where he was associate pastor and then pastor from
1982-1990. After seven additional years of service at Jesuit High School in
Tampa as vice-president, he returned to Sacred Heart as pastor emeritus
until 2002, when he moved to Ignatius Residence in New Orleans, his place of
residence at the time of his death.
Father Kennelly is preceded in death by his parents and by his sisters Mrs.
Breda Clifford, Miss Katherine Kennelly, and Mrs. Eilis Kelly, as well as by
his brothers John Kennelly, Patrick Kennelly, Rev. William Kennelly, Daniel
Kennelly, and James Kennelly. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mary Jane
Conlon, and by a brother, Mr. Timothy Kennelly, as well as by many nieces
and nephews and by a large number of friends.
Visitation will be held at Holy Name of Jesus Church at 6363 St. Charles
Ave, New Orleans on Friday, January 7, from 9:30 am. until the funeral Mass
at 10:30. Interment will follow at St. Charles College at Grand Coteau, LA.
A Memorial Service will be held in Houston at Strake Jesuit in the Lahart
Chapel of St. Ignatius on Tuesday, January 11 at 7:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers and in order to acknowledge his life of ministry and
education and to provide for the education of young Jesuits and the care of
elder Jesuits, donations are requested to "The Jesuits," 710 Baronne St.,
Ste B., New Orleans, LA 70113.
Published in Houston Chronicle on January 6, 2011
http://www.strakejesuit.org/s/103/start.aspx
Fr. Michael Kennelly, SJ, founding president of Strake Jesuit, passed away
on Monday, January 3 in New Orleans. At the time of his death he was the
oldest member of the Province.
A Memorial Service will be held at Strake Jesuit in the Lahart Chapel of St.
Ignatius on Tuesday, January 11 at 7:00 pm.
Fr. Kennelly was just 14 years old when he left his native Ireland and
sailed to America on board the S.S. Mauretania, the first of many adventures
in a long, rich life. After living with an aunt and uncle in the Bronx and
attending Regis High School in Manhattan, he continued his Jesuit education
at Spring Hill boarding school in Alabama.
In 1933, he entered the New Orleans Province’s novitiate at Grand Coteau,
Louisiana. As president of Jesuit High School, Tampa, he oversaw that
historic institution’s move to a new, greenfield site. He also served with
distinction as president of Loyola University, New Orleans. In the decade
between those two prestigious assignments, Fr. Kennelly served as Strake
Jesuit’s first president.
When he arrived in Houston in 1959, a Jesuit high school was little more
than a dream; when he left in 1970, nine permanent buildings stood on
campus. Fr. Kennelly has remarked on the “openness and enthusiasm” of the
Houstonians who helped him make the dream a reality, and these are qualities
that his legions of friends and admirers in Houston and the other cities
where he worked noted in him.
"Our recently published 50th anniversary book tells many wonderful stories
about the early years here and the important work that Fr. Kennelly did to
get us started," noted school president Fr. Daniel Lahart, SJ.
Saints of God, come to his aid!
Hasten to meet him angels of the Lord!
Receive his soul and present him to God the Most High.
Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord,
And let perpetual light shine upon him.
May he rest in peace. Amen.
January 07, 2011
A long life, well-lived, you contributed enormously to the communities in
which you served. We will remember a man who was a fountain of knowledge,
great company and exemplified leadership, integrity and hard work. Rest in
peace, Fr Mike. Love, your grand-niece Niamh and family, Athlone, Ireland.
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January 07, 2011
Fantastic childhood memories of your visits home to Ireland. You will be
missed by all. Le ghrá, Catherine
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilis.
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Catherine Mulvihill,
Glasgow, Scotland
January 07, 2011
Fantastic childhood memories of your visits home to Ireland. You will be
missed. Le ghrá, Catherine
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilis.
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Catherine Mulvihill,
Glasgow, Scotland
January 07, 2011
Fr Mike,
Our grand-uncle, our friend, our inspiration. You have been & will be sadly
missed by all back in Ireland. Your voyage through life & throughout the
globe will long be remembered. You paved the way for those after you to
strive for better things. Thanks for it all. You will be sadly missed.
Ensure the legacy forever....
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James Kennelly Jnr,
Vancouver, British Columbia
January 07, 2011
In loving memory of a very dear uncle. You achieved much in your lifetime
but always retained the common touch. We greatly enjoyed your visits home to
the Kingdom of Kerry. We now pray that you receive your eternal reward in
the Kingdom of God and ask you to continue to guide and inspire us all.
Love Seamus, Annette, Colm, Ciara, Aine and Orla.
January 07, 2011
You will be sadly missed, however we have such fond memories of your visits
home to Moyvane. May you rest in peace. With lots of love, your grand-niece
Karen, Ronan & Ella Farrell
January 07, 2011
Someone so special, who contributed so much to family, life and society can
never be forgotten. His legacy will live on. While we are mourning his loss
after a long and distinguished life others are rejoicing to meet him behind
the veil.
Timmy & Anna Maria Kennelly & family
January 06, 2011
January 06 - 2011
A dearly loved uncle & granduncle who has left us with a world full of happy
memories from America to Moyvane.
'Ar dheis De go raibh a anam dilis'
Your loving nephew Michael F.Kennelly, Brenda,Michelle,Jennifer & Gavin.
Moyvane,Co.Kerry,Ireland.
January 06, 2011
With much and many many fond memories, Fr Mike may you rest in peace in the
place you always considered home - in the arms of Jesus
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Jane Morrissey,
Thurles, Co Tipperary, Irela
January 06, 2011
His greatest joy was in making others happy.
Always in our hearts,
Your loving niece Christina,Paddy,Louise,Catherine,Neil and Michael
Adare,Limerick,Ireland
January 06, 2011
Cherished memories of happy days spent at home in Ireland.
"Safe in the arms of Jesus"
From Martin, Eileen and all in Kilbaha, Kerry, Ireland.
January 06, 2011
Cherished memories of happy days at home together in Ireland.
"Safe in the arms of Jesus".
Martin, Eileen and all in Kilbaha,Kerry, Ireland.
January 06, 2011
In loving memory of a wonderful person who will be missed by many.
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Pamela Rice,
Dublin, Ireland
January 05, 2011
We pray for the soul of Fr. Kennelly, and know he is at peace in the arms of
Our Lord.
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Phil and elise Beron,
New Orleans, Louisiana
January 05, 2011
Condolences from a member of the class of 1959, St. John's High School,
Shreveport.
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George Friedman
January 05, 2011
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
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Moira and Con Morrissey,
Tipperary, Ireland
Co Limerick
Bruff on Saturday 28th April 2012 The Commemorative Mass of Thanksgiving for the pupils and Staff of the F.C.J. Convent which was est 1856 and will close this June.
CIRCULAR LETTER TO THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF IRELAND
Quebec, the 9th June 1847.
"MY LORD AND VENERABLE BROTHER--The voice of religion and humanity imposes on me the sacred and imperative duty of exposing to your Lordship the dismal fate that awaits thousands of the unfortunate children of Ireland who come to seek in Canada an asylum from the countless evils afflicting them in their native land.
Already a considerable number of vessels overloaded with emigrants from Ireland have arrived in the waters ot the St. Lawrence. During the passage many of them weakened beforehand by misery and starvation, have contracted fatal diseases, and for the greater part have thus become victims of an untimely death.
This was but the natural result of their precarious situation. Crowded in the holds of the vessels, unable to strictly adhere to the rules of cleanliness, breathing constantly a putrid atmosphere, and relying frequently for nourishment upon insufficient and very bad provisions, it was morally impossible to escape safe and sound from so many causes of destruction.
Anchoring at Grosse-Isle, about 30 miles below Quebec, where they are compelled to perform a quarantine, the transatlantic vessels were most commonly infected with sick and dying emigrants. Last week at that station more than 2,000 patients, of whom scarcely more than half could find shelter on the island. The others were left in the holds of their respective vessels, in some cases abandoned by their own friends, spreading contagion among the other healthy passengers who were confined in the vessels, and exhibiting the heartrending spectacle of a morality three times greater than what prevailed ashore.
Our provincial government has undoubtedly manifested the greatest zeal and most parental anxiety in assisting the unhappy emigrants, but yet could not in due time employ the requisite precautions to meet their manifold wants. The consequence is, that vast numbers sighed, and do still sigh, in vain after the charitable care so necessary to the preservation of human life.
Already more than a thousand human beings have been consigned to their eternal rest in the Catholic cemetery, precursors of thousands of others who will rejoin them if the stream of emigration from Ireland continues to flow with the same abundance.
One Catholic clergyman alone, in ordinary circumstances, ministered to the spiritual wants of the quarantine station; but this year the services of even seven at a time have been indispensably required to afford to the dying emigrants the last rites and consolations of their cherished religion. Two of these gentlemen are actually lying on the bed of sickness, from the extreme fatigues they have undergone and the fever they have contracted in visiting the infected vessels and the hospitals on the island to accomplish the duties of their sacred ministry, and gladden the last moments of the Irish emigrant.
The details we receive of the scenes of horror and desolation of which the chaplains are daily and ocular witnesses, almost stagger belief and baffle description; most despairingly and immeasurably do they affect us, as the available means are totally inadequate to apply an effectual remedy to such awful calamities.
Many ot the more fortunate emigrants who escape from Grosse-Isle in good health, pay tribute to the prevailing diseases at Quebec or Montreal, and overcrowd the hospitals of these two cities, where temporary buildings are erected for the reception of a greater number, without still affording sufficient accommodation.
Amid the present confusion, we have had neither leisure nor opportunity to ascertain the number of orphans and families that are thrown for support on public charity.
I deem it necessary to mention that those who have escaped from the fatal influence of disease, are far from realizing on their arrival here, the ardent hopes they so fondly cherished of meeting with unspeakable comfort and prosperity on the banks of the St. Lawrence. To attain so desireable an end, they should possess means which the greater number have not, and which cannot be rendered available and efficacious, unless emigration be conducted on a more diminished scale.
I submit these facts to your consideration, that your lordship may use every endeavor to dissuade your diocesans from emigrating in such numbers to Canada, where they will but too often meet with either a premature death, or a fate as deplorable as the heartrending condition under which they groan in their unhappy country. Your lordship will thus open their eyes to their true interests, and prevent the honest, religious, and confiding Irish peasantry from being the victims of speculation and falling into irretrievable errors and irreparable calamities.
I have the honor to remain, my lord and venerable brother, with sentiments of profound respect, your most humble and obedient servant."
+JOS. SIGNAY,
Archbishop of Quebec
Name, Places of Abode, Ages, Parishes They Served,Year of Ordination, By Whom, Where
CHARLES DAILY, Dronmollane, 53, Castleisland and Ballycashland, 1675, ord. in France
GODFREY DAILY, Gortaromagarry, 57, Murbur and Knockane, 1678, ord. in France
MORROUGH CONNELL, Iveragh, 59, Prior and Valencia, 1670, by Bishop of Cashel
OWEN M'CARTHY, "Sallaghigg", 55, Dromod, Ahadoand, and Aglish, 1671, ord. in Catalonia, Spain
DANIEL FALOY, Darrannane, 50, Killicrogane and Templenoe, 1680. ord. in France
MORTAGH SULLIVAN, Killgarvane, 70, Killagarvane and Kenmare, 1665, ord. in France by the Bishop of Dublin.
OWEN CARTHY, Fohomore, (-), "Injosista" (Tuosist ?), 1689, ordained by the Bishop of Nantes, France
JAMES CAHANE, Finuge, 40, "Kilaine", Finuge, and Disart, 1689, by Bishop of Bourdoux, France
MORRIS CAHANE, Killycaribeg, (-), Duagh and Broanagh, 1688, by Bishop of Meath
ROBERT FITZMORRIS, Ballydonoghue, (-), "Lisbattin, Galy, and Kill", 1680, by Bishop of "Bogey"
PATRICK KENNELLY, Cluontubrid, 42, Lishtohill and part of Disart, 1685, by Bishop of Clonfert
MARTIN COSTELLOE, Ballyrehane, 47, Kiltomy, part of Abbeydorney, Kilfine, and part of Disert, 1679, by Bishop of .......
DENISH KENELLY, Farrannaned, (-), Killnaghlen and Aghavalin, 1679, by Bishop of Xantos
HUGH SWINEY, Ardfert, 40, ardfert, Kilmoiley, and part of Abbeydorney, 1681, by Bishop of Angiers, France
TEIGE SULLIVAN, "Leirugh", 40, Kilgobbin, Killine, Stradbally, Ballyduff and Clahane, 1687, by Bishop of Cambray, France
EDMUND HORGAN, "M"agh, 36, Ballymacelligott and Ballysheeda, 1690, by Bishop of Bourdaux, France
CHARLES DEVANE, "Ballyplimoth", 37, Ballincushane and Castleisland, 1691, by Bishop of Cassel (Cashel ?)
ENEAS LINE (Lyne ?), Lyvane, 52, Kilcolman and Kilbonane, 1678, by Archbishop of Thoulon
DERMOD CHONANE, Knockaderrig, 61, Mollahi"ff"e and Kilnan"_"are, unclear, ordained in France
OWEN DUNLEA, Seantor, 63, Kelcommen, 1688, ord. in France; "ELEMIUS" (William ?) LEARY, Killarney, 64, Killarney, 1674, ord. in France
BRYAN CONNOR, Leitrim, 53, "Murhurr and Knockane", 1674, ord. in France
MARRAGH SHEA, "Killurien", 60, "Killinae and Kahirr", 1669, by Bishop of Dublin
JOHN FITZMORRIS, Tralee, 40, Tralee, Raghlass, Anagh, and Clogherbrien, 168"0", by Bishop of Bordeux, France
ANTHONY STACK, Glanbegh, 36, Glanbegh, 1693, ord. in Germany
TIEGE DALY, "Roghnriogh", 52, Currens, Killenterna, and Disart, 1680, by Bishop of Ossory
DERMOD SULLIVAN, Grenane, 52, Templenoe and Kilmore, 1679, ord. in France
RICHARD CONNELL, "Meanus", 58, Knockane and Killorglin, 1676, ord. in France
JOHN CONNOR, not given, 60, Killcomen and Killahy, 1674, ord. in France
DENIS MORIARTY, Dingle, 53, Dingle and the district thereof;, 1677, by Archbishop of Rheims, France
TIEGE LIEN (Leen ?), Fern........, 42, "Killgerrydander, Killtallagh" and part of Ballinvoher, 1684, by Archbishop of Toulosa, France.
OWEN FERRIS, Ballydaly, 40, Drishane etc. (along by Millstreet), 1687, ord in Antwerp
TIEGE CRONEEN (Cronin), place of residence not given, 43, Cullen and Nogvall, 1685, ordained in France.
THOMAS DOOLING, Ballyno, 54, Ballyheige, Killurly, and Ratno, 1669, ordained in France
EDMUND LYNCH, Ballynana, 56, Ventry and Killquane, 1669, ord. in France
JOHN DILLANE, Arnarap, 55, Ballynacourty and Mineard, 1675, by Bishop of Cashel
Astronomers have seen the furthest back in time ever, measuring light from a star that exploded 13 billion years ago, just after the dawn of the universe.
St. Jeanne Jugan
By George Weigel
During the brutally hot summer of 2003, thousands of French vacationers remained on holiday rather than returning home to bury their recently deceased parents, who had died from the extraordinary heat and were being stashed in air-conditioned storage lockers. Those acts of filial impiety cast into sharp relief the October canonization of Jeanne Jugan, foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Born during the virulently anti-Catholic French Revolution, Jeanne Jugan learned early in her life that fidelity to Christ and his Church could be costly. A history of the period of her childhood sums things up neatly: "In spite of the persecution, the people of Cancale kept the faith. During dark nights, in an attic or a barn, or even in the middle of the countryside, the faithful gathered together, and there in the silence of the night, the priest would offer the Eucharist and baptize the children. But this happiness was rare. There were so many dangers."
Jeanne Jugan knew poverty as well as persecution, and developed a marked sensitivity to the humiliation that those who have fallen through the cracks of society's net of solidarity can feel. She declined an offer of marriage because, as she put it, "God...is keeping me for a work which is not yet known, for a work which is not yet founded." That work came into clear focus when, at age 47, she met an elderly, blind and sick woman, whom she took into her care; from that seemingly random encounter was born a tremendous work of charity. The congregation of women religious she founded dedicated itself to the care of the poor and elderly-and supported itself by begging, with the foundress, Jeanne Jugan, as chief beggar. The Little Sisters of the Poor spread rapidly throughout Europe, America and Africa, but the going was never easy for Jeanne Jugan.
In 1843, Jeanne Jugan's re-election as superior was quashed by the community's priest-advisor, Father Augustin Marie Le Pailleur. Refusing to contest what others would have deemed an injustice (but which she thought to be the will of God), Jeanne Jugan accepted this curious decision and went on the road, supporting her sisters by begging. For the last 27 years of her life, she lived at the order's motherhouse in retirement, again according to the orders of Father Le Pailleur; her role as foundress was never acknowledged during her lifetime. Yet the novelist Charles Dickens could write, after meeting Jeanne Jugan, that "there is in this woman something so calm, and so holy, that in seeing her I know myself to be in the presence of a superior being. Her words went straight to my heart, so that my eyes, I know not how, filled with tears."
To enter a house of the Little Sisters of the Poor today is to recapture what Dickens experienced. Elderly men and women with no one else to care for them are given exquisite attention; the dignity of every patient is honored, no matter how difficult that dignity may be to discern amidst the trials of senility and disease. The Little Sisters of the Poor and their patients are living reminders that there are no disposable human beings; that everyone is a someone for whom the Son of God entered the world, suffered and died; and that we read others out of the human family at our moral and political peril.
Yet that is the temptation facing the United States, and every other affluent society confronting a graying population, longer life expectancies, and spiraling medical costs. Where this temptation can lead is brutally displayed in the Netherlands, where euthanasia has been legal for years; and as the late Father Richard John Neuhaus said of such travesties as the Dutch "death with dignity" laws, what is permitted will soon become mandatory. That is precisely what has happened in Holland and indeed wherever euthanasia is legally permitted.
St. Jeanne Jugan, Sister Marie of the Cross in her religious life, is thus a powerful-and badly needed-intercessor for all who would defend the gift of life from conception until natural death.
George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Weigel's column is distributed by the Denver Catholic Register, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Denver. Phone: 303-715-3215.
Taken from Mulvihill Newsletter Winter `07 `08.
THE FEAST OF BRIGID
February the first. We know it by various names-Candlemas,
the Feast of St. Brigid. But by far its oldest name is Imbolc or
Imbolg and the holy day appears to have its origins in the
countryside of Ireland in the far distant past.
Many scholars translate the word Imbolc to mean ‘the milk of
sheep'. Others have suggested a connection with the verb ‘to
cleanse'. This time of year definitely corresponds with lambing
season. Winter is ending, food stores are perhaps low, the new
milk is flowing which will nourish the people as well as the
lambs.
Imbolc has long been associated with the Goddess Brighid,
goddess of smithcraft, fire, learning and transformation,
especially transforming ideas into poetry and illness into
health. Katherine Sherman in The Flowering of Ireland writes
"Goddess Brigit watched over childbirth and brought plenty to
the houses she visited, leaving footprints in the ashes of the
hearth." Further relationships of the holiday with fire exist, as
Imbolc is one of the ancient Celtic fire festivals. Also, in parts
of Ireland, candles were lit in barns and dairies in prayers for
prosperity. She is seen as a Pan-Celtic divinity; as Brigantia,
she is known in France, Spain and Central Europe.
Western secular culture carries remnants of the ancient
celebration as a light-hearted event, particularly in
Pennsylvania, where a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil,
with the assistance of town criers, publicly divines the
remaining length of winter. On the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea,
stormy weather at Imbolc is believed to presage a good harvest.
As on Groundhog Day, celebrated on February 2, the
conditions then are thought to be the inverse of what is to
come.
February 1 is Lé Féile Bríde, The Feast of St. Brigid. She is
said to have been born in either Co. Louth or Co. Kildare
around the year 457, daughter of a Pagan chieftain. She is
known for her great generosity, healing miracles, rapport with
animals and steadfast faith. Legend has it that she was
mistakenly consecrated as a bishop and that she traveled across
Ireland in a two-horsed chariot spreading the Christian
message, especially to women. She founded a convent at
Kildare which became a major seat of learning, a coeducational
monastery, a place of pilgrimage and a center of
trade. The now lost illuminated manuscript Book of Kildare
was reportedly penned here.
It is commonly believed that St. Brigid and her abbesses
tended a perpetual fire in an enclosure outside of the church.
It is said that the fire burned until 1220 when it was
extinguished by the Archbishop of Dublin. After his death, it
was reportedly relit but doused again in 1632 after burning
for the better part of over 1100 years. The nuns then
dispersed and the order disappeared until 1880.
Only in the late twentieth century has the Kildare site been
partially restored. The Church of Ireland discovered the
flagstones marking the ancient fire temple and constructed a
wall around the site. It is once again a site of pilgrimage for
devotees. Every February 1, the Brigidine sisters light a
sacred fire and honor their belovéd saint, "the exalted one".
As Kildare means ‘church of the oak', we have evidence that
a pre-Christian site of worship existed here, for the oak was
deeply sacred to our earlier ancestors. Perhaps fires were
tended here even longer than we know.
A much loved story of St. Brigid involves her plaiting a cross
from reeds while praying for a dying chieftain. It became
customary to weave the cross from rushes on February 1, in
prayer for the protection of the household. In some areas of
Ireland, the final grain of the season, tied in the center of the
field and called the ‘cailleach sheaf' was ceremonially cut.
This sheaf was traditionally either dressed as an old woman
or plaited into a Brigid cross on her feast day.
Many winters ago while traveling across Mexico, I was very
surprised to discover that on February 1 and 2, Candlemas
(Dia de la Candelaria) was being celebrated in the villages.
What I had always considered a holy day only among some
people of Celtic tradition had found its way into the sacred
calendar of the devout Mexican people. Perhaps the Spanish
brought it to them long ago from Asturias or Galicia. Yet
Candlemas actually corresponds to the very ancient Christian
feast variously known as the Presentation of the Lord, the
Purification of the Virgin, the Naming of Jesus, the end of
Epiphany. Some Christians leave Christmas decorations up
until Candlemas. In the Roman tradition, the priest blesses
beeswax candles on February 2 which are then distributed to
the community.
The ancient calendrical system of western Europe is based
around the winter and summer solstices and the spring and
fall equinoxes. In between them are the four ‘cross-quarter
days', Samhain (November 1), Imbolc, Beltaine (May 1),
Lughnasa (August 1), separating the year into eight roughly
equal periods. Celebration of the cross-quarter days begins
on the preceding eve. Each is rich with its own pastoral
associations. All share an association with fire and the
cycles of nature. Marking the time gave direction for
planting, harvest and other subsistence activities. The
turning of the seasons was celebrated by our forebears with
ceremonies of which we can only imagine and at times infer
from recent or current cultural practices. In addition to
agricultural and religious elements, we find pragmatic
connections as well. Dr. Neil L. Thomas writes that in
Scotland in the recent past, rental payments were due on
cross-quarter days and legal agreements and contracts were
dated on them.
From our ancestors' earliest practices to new and old
customs honored today, the beginning of February has
been widely celebrated. A woodhenge constructed 4,600
years ago at Mt. Pleasant, England shows an alignment to
the Imbolc sun, according to Dr. Thomas. In Island of the
Setting Sun, researcher Anthony Murphy describes that a
beam of sun at sunset on Imbolc and Samhain illuminates
the northern passageway at Dowth, a five thousand yearold
passage tomb in Co. Meath. He states that evidence of
solar Imbolc alignments exist at the prehistoric ruins at
Loughcrew near Oldcastle as well. In the twenty-first
century, hundreds now visit the well at Lisconnor, near the
Burren, on February 1, although in centuries past it was
associated with Lughnasa. The well is known as Brigit's
Vat, Dahech Bríde. Offerings are left all year long at the
well house, mostly to St. Brigid. Some walk in a spiral
path upon the hill there, following a tradition sometimes
found around ancient wells in Ireland.
Spring is near. The lambs have been born. The snowdrops
are blooming in North Kerry. New life quickens across the
northern hemisphere. We shed our dark cloaks and our
faces rise and seek the warm sun. We light our fires with
renewed hope and anticipation. Our altars abound with
our prayers for the future, amid deeply loving memories of
our ancestors.
Patrick Augustine Sheehan was born in 29, New St. (now O,Brien St.) Mallow, Co. Cork on March 17th. 1852.Even though he was born in Mallow he is invariably referred to as Canon Sheehan of Doneraile, mainly because he wrote almost all of his major works while he was there as Parish Priest. He was one of six children of Patrick Sheehan and Johanna Regan, whose family was widely connected with the Mourne Abbey area.
Patrick received his early education in the Long Room National School in Mallow, where one of his classmates was William O'Brien, later to become a noted journalist and parliamentarian.
When Patrick was growing up in Mallow the Fenian movement was beginning to take shape with men secretly drilling and marching in the woods round about. This period of history remained ingrained in his mind culminating in the book he completed shortly before he died, called The Graves at Kilmorna. It wasn't published until 18 months after his death. He once wrote of the Fenians of his youth as " strong silent men into whose character some stern and terrible energy seemed to have been infused. There were no braggarts among them. Their passion was too deep for words and that passion was all consuming, fierce unswerving love for Ireland".
His carefree youthful days took a severe jolt when in 1863 his father died and in February the following year his mother passed away. Because of this Rev John McCarthy, P.P. of Mallow became guardian of the children with " an income from a modest property ". At the age of 14 he was sent to St. Colmans College in Fermoy. As well as being a secondary school it was also the Diocesan Seminary for the Diocese of Cloyne. When he completed his secondary education in St. Colmans he entered Maynooth, where the records throw little light on the student, whose talents may have been overshadowed by the academic greats of that era in the Seminary. He was a brilliant student who, despite recurring illness, which caused him to miss out a whole years study, still managed to complete his studies in Maynooth a year before he was old enough to be ordained. He was eventually ordained in St. Mary's Cathedral, Cork on Sunday April 18th. 1875 by Bishop Delany.
As there was no vacancy in Cloyne the young priest began his ministry on the Cathedral staff in Plymouth. He returned to Ireland and to Cloyne 1877 and took up duty as a Junior curate in his home town of Mallow. His next move was to Cobh in March 1881, where his experience as a curate in Plymouth stood him in good stead in a town with a large naval presence such as Cobh. Pastoral work always took pride of place with Fr. Sheehan, but it was here that he also began to realise the power of the pen, and used it by contributing to local publications. Ill health again dogged him and he was given the year off to recover his health, which he spent in Youghal where the P.P was on old friend. In 1890 he returned as senior curate to Mallow and this marked a new phase of his literary work, where he considered the use of his pen as a means of spreading the Christian message through short stories, poems and ultimately novels. In 1895 he completed the manuscript of his first novel, Geoffrey Austin Student, and this coincided with his promotion to be Parish Priest of Doneraile.
Doneraile was a large country parish, much different from the parishes he had served in up to then. I quote from " By Pen and Pulpit:-
"Fr. Sheehan began to draw close to the people of Doneraile. His great literacy would lead one to believe he spent the greater part of his life in literary pursuits. This was not so, as writing was always secondary to his sacred duties. Slowly but surely he began to get to grips with this historical parish and as time went by, the people began to see clearly that here was a man who was their friend, and to whom they could turn in times of trouble and distress. They also saw a man who was eager to do what he could for his people, both in a spiritual and temporal way and to improve the Parish as a whole."
His early years in Doneraile coincided with the last stages of the Land War and the introduction of the Land Acts. He played a major part in the negotiations between the tenant farmers and the landlords in the parish. He was the ideal man for this because hi s integrity was never in question and he was respected by all side, even those of different persuasions. He was instrumental in bringing all the negotiations with the landlords to a successful conclusion. The following is an excerpt from a record kept by a J. O'Leary of Carrigeen about the part played by Canon Sheehan in the acquisition of his land. Snippet from story by Michael Barry of Fermoy .
DEATH on 12th December 2011 of Sr. Mary Kevin (Josephine) Enright of Holy Child Convent, Stable Lane, Off Harcourt Street (formerly of Tarbert, remembered by her Holy Child Sisters, her family, sisters Aquin and Rosalie (MSHR), Margaret (Buckley) and Breda (Cronin), brothers Jerry, Danny and Tommy, Sr. Enright was predeceased by her brothers Fr. Tim C.S.Sp. and Jimmy. Funeral Mass was celebrated on 14th December 2011 in the Carmelite Church, Whitefriar Street, followed by Burial in Deansgrange Cemetery.
DEATH took place on January 23rd 2012 of Sr. Malachy Shanahan of Presentation Sisters, Rathmore, Sister was born at Knockane, Listowel. sister of the late Joe and Jack and sister-in-law of the late Teddy; Survived by her Community, sisters Sr. Borgia of the Presentation Sisters, Killarney and Teresa Moore of Knocklyon, Dublin, sisters-in-law Anne in Athlone and Dorothy in England. Requiem Mass for Sr. Malachy was celebrated in St. Joseph's Church, Rathmore on 25th January 2012, Sister was laid to rest in the Church grounds.
10 Catholic
By Marcel
10 - We have tons of friends. Not only are there more than 1.16 billion
Catholics, but we also have the Angels and Saints.
9 - The Church's system of law, called Canon Law, is the basis of much of
the law in the world's Western culture.
Marcel said...
I could have been more precise with #9. The structure of Canon Law is the
most influential part (the way it is codified)....not the content.
8 - Catholics not only read The Bible, but put The Bible together.
7 - Pope John Paul II snuck out of the Vatican more than 100 times to go
skiing in the Italian Alps without anyone noticing.
6 - If your last name is "Zolp" then you get a full scholarship to Loyola
Chicago, that is, if you can verify that is really your name with your birth
certificate and baptismal certificate. Only 4 people have received the
scholarship so far.
5 - The Vatican is the smallest country in the world and has a total land
area of 0.44 square kilometers.
4 - The Vatican's largest export is postage stamps.
3 - Excommunication does not mean someone is "kicked out of the Church" or
"sent to hell".
2 - The Catholic Church is not anti-science. In fact, many of the major
scientific discoveries have been made by Catholics (some who were priests).
The Vatican even has an observatory.
1 - The Catholic Church is the mother of the modern university.
Posted by Marcel
Nathaniel M. Campbell said...
Re: #9 on Canon Law:
This is only partially true. While Canon Law is one strand of the modern
Western legal tradition, it is certainly neither the only one nor the
largest. Other influences are Germanic tribal law (the basis of significant
swathes of English common law), the King's Writs (the basis of other
significant swathes of English common law), and ancient Roman Law, as
preserved in the Code of Justinian and his Digest. These compilations of
Roman Imperial law, promulgated in the 6th century in the East, was never
implemented in the West until its rediscovery in 12th-century Bologna, where
it formed one half (the Corpus Iuris Civilis, or Body of Civil Law) of the
law taught at the world's first law school, the University of Bologna. The
other half was, of course, the Corpus Iuris Canonici, that is, Canon Law.
But Canon Law was only one of these several components that make up modern
law.
by Friar Jack Wintz, O.F.M.
If you go to any of our Franciscan friaries, churches or convents, you will almost always find the Franciscan Coat of Arms, painted somewhere, hanging on a wall or visible over a doorway. This holds true around the world as well as through the centuries.
The Franciscan coat of arms often consists of a cross with two arms crossing each other and nailed to a cross—or at least with a cross in the background. One arm is that of Christ; the other is that of St. Francis of Assisi. This image is a key identification badge for those who consider themselves followers of St. Francis.
This Franciscan coat of arms is an image worthy of our contemplation. The image is a true expression of both Jesus' and Francis' fervent style of love. We see in Jesus' crucified hand, first of all, God's incredible overflowing love for us. In Francis' wounded hand, in turn, we see the incredibly loving response of St. Francis to the burning love of God, who first loved us.
This is indeed something to ponder. All in all, the Franciscan coat of arms is a wonderful expression of the Franciscan (or Seraphic) style of love. Though few of us live up to this ideal, it calls us to something rare and splendid!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
The Venerable Baker: Gettysburg Vet... Saint-to-Be?
Largely lost under the tidal-wave of yesterday's mega-news -- the announcement of the beatification of Pope John Paul II, and its scheduling for May 1st 2011 -- was the progress of a cause closer to home: the declaration of the "heroic virtue" of a Civil War veteran who went on to minister for decades in the trenches of Western New York.
Conferring with it the title "Venerable," the papal decree on Fr Nelson Baker (1841-1936) signifies that the standard extensive investigation into his life and correspondence concluded that the veteran pastor was an exemplar of genuine holiness. With the development, the cause may proceed to the presentation of a miracle which, if verified, would secure the beatification of Buffalo's "Apostle of Charity"; along those lines, a local paper reported that a possible healing is already pending before the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
A native of the Lake Erie coast, Baker enlisted in the New York Militia's 74th Regiment during the Civil War, which fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. On his return from the field, he began a grain and feed business which, though very successful, still yielded to the lure to the seminary, from which he was ordained at 34 -- then an elderly age for a new cleric.
After serving in several parishes of the Buffalo church (where, even today, he's still universally known as, simply, "Father Baker"), the young priest capitalized on the region's natural-gas boom of the early 1900s to build a "City of Charity" that came to encompass orphanages, an occupational school, a maternity hospital and home for unwed mothers and their babies alongside assorted other initiatives which combined to take in, feed, clothe and serve hundreds of thousands each year. As its capstone, in his waning years the "Padre of the Poor" built his long-desired dream-church -- a mammoth shrine to his personal patroness, Our Lady of Victory -- which was completed in time for his golden jubilee of priesthood and, partly as a tribute to its builder, made the nation's second minor basilica a mere two months after its opening.
(In another testimony to its champion's talents, the shrine was finished with no outstanding debt; in today's dollars, the project would've totaled just shy of $40 million.)
Though, unlike beatifications or canonizations, the "Venerable" designation is effective from the moment the Pope affirms a decree of heroic virtue, a Buffalo celebration of Baker's progress toward the altars is expected to take place at the Victory Basilica once the formal documents arrive from Rome.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 29, 18 July 1907, Page 27
KERRY— A Venerable Religious.
Rev. Mother Austin, of the Presentation Convent of the Holy Cross, Listowel, who has just died, was 84 years of age, and had been a nun for fifty-seven years.
Death of a Priest.
Much regret will he felt by Kerry priests and Kerry men all over the world at the death of the Very Rev. Father Timothy Crowley, lately president of St Michael's College, Listowel. Father Crowley was a native of Kilsarken, and received his earlier education at St. Brendan's Seminary, Killarney. Going thence to Maynooth, he had a distinguished career, and was made on his ordination president of the Kerry Diocesan Seminary. Subsequently he made a tour in America collecting for the O'Connell Memorial Church, and on his return was appointed to the presidency of St. Michael's College, Listowel. Failing health overtook him, and he passed away in his 54th year, to the great regret of his confreres in the diocese, who deplore the loss of so able a colleague.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 33, 14 August 1902, Page 9
KERRY.— Death of a Priest.
A painful impression was created throughout North Kerry by the sudden and wholly unexpected death of the Rev. Matthew Dillon, who for the past fifteen years has been in charge of the Newtown parish, which extends to within a few miles of Listowel.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 45, 5 November 1903, Page 31
The Sydney Freeman's Journal learns with regret of the death of the Rev. John Brosnan, Professor of St. Patrick's Ecclesiastical College, Manly, which occurred at the residence of his parents, near Listowel, County Kerry, on September 17. Father Brosnan had for several years developed a wasting malady, for which he in vain sought relief in various sanatoria of New South Wales. A few months ago, feeling the end approaching, he left for Ireland on sick leave, and however grieved, his many friends are not surprised to learn that he survived the voyage but a short time. Father Brosnan had a very brilliant course at Carlow College, where he was ordained. He also graduated M A in the Royal University, Dublin. On his arrival in Sydney 11 years ago he was appointed Professor of Church History at St. Patrick's College, Manly, a position which he held while his health permitted.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 48, 1 December 1904, Page 31
The Rev. J. H. O'Connell (Carlton) received a cable the other day informing, him of the death of his sister, a member of the Presentation Order, Listowel, Ireland. Sister Brendan died at the convent on the 5th ult.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 26, 29 June 1905, Page 3
An Irish Missionary
The missionaries in Shanghai are mostly of French nationality, a few countrymen of the saintly martyr of Molokai, and one worthy son of St. Patrick. The Rev. F. M. Kennelly, S.J., was born about forty years ago at Listowel, North Kerry, and belongs to a highly respected family still represented there. One of his brothers is parish priest at Clunes, Victoria. (Father Kennelly of Clunes is a personal friend of the editor of the N.Z. Tablet). Two members of the family are Sisters of Mercy in Sacramento, Cal., and two brothers reside in New York. Father Kennelly, like the saintly Brendan of Clonfert, was early imbued with the missionary spirit. He came to China in 1885, and has not seen the land of his birth since. He was ordained a priest in 1890 and had been engaged for six years teaching in Shanghai. The field of his missionary activity is immense and also extends to visiting men-o-war, hospitals, prisons, police stations, and the many other arduous duties of a priest, which are known only to himself and Almighty God. From his busy life, however, he snatches moments to contribute articles to the local press and the New York Messenger. His name is on every tongue from Hong Kong to Chefoo, and many a poor, hard-up sailor he has befriended. Being an eminent lingiuist, speaking French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and several Chinese dialects he still is proud of the Gaelic tongue of his beloved Eire, which he regards as an invaluable auxiliary in the acquisition of languages. Father Kennelly is rather difficult to catch, but if you happen to be occasionally lucky you are introduced to a plain room with a bare floor, a crucifix on the wall, a picture of our Lady, a portrait of the Pope, a few books on a shelf, a secretaire, and the only other chair in the room is offered you with a hearty cead mile failte. Though a little beyond the prime of life and a few silvery hairs discernible, the intellect and vigor of the Gael is at once apparent in the ample forehead, the firm lips and chin, the hearty hand shake, the natural smile, the twinkling, kindly eye, the sympathetic expressions of the priestly heart, and the magnetic versatility polished by culture and the touches of that rich accent alone peculiar to those born under the shadows of the hills that inspired vigor and eloquence in The Liberator. Father Kennelly intends shortly to publish, probably in the New York Messenger, an interesting history of the Catholic missions in China, which promises to be a literary as well as a historical treat.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2, 11 January 1906, Page 9
KERRY— Death of a Priest.
At Glenflesk, Co. Kerry, on November 15, Rev. Maurice O'Flaherty, P.P., died in his 61st year, for 18 years of which period he was pastor of the district in which he ended his days. Father O'Flaherty was a native of Listowel, and was educated at Louvain. By his kindly nature he endeared himself to all classes.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4, 25 January 1906, Page 9
KERRY— Death of a Religious.
In the cemetery attached to the Presentation Convent, Listowel, on December 2, the remains of Sister Mary John, who had spent forty-six years in religion were laid to rest. Deceased lady was a daughter of the late Mr. John Grant, Listowel, and a grand-daughter of the late Mr. Maurice Dalton, who was one of the first Catholics appointed to the magistracy after the relaxation of the penal laws.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 30, 25 July 1901, Page 9
Religious Profession. At the Presentation Convent, Listowel, on May 14, Miss Mary Donnelly made her vows and became a professed member of the Order. The young nun is a daughter of Mr. Eugene Donnelly, of Dublin. Her name in religion is Sister Mary Anthony. The ceremonies, which were carried out with great solemnity, were conducted by the Very Rev. T. Canon Davis, P.P., V.F., assisted by the Rev. Father M'Carthy. C.C and Rev. Father Byrne, C.C. A number of the relatives and friends of the Sister were present.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 47, 21 November 1901, Page 5
The Rev. Father James P. O'Connor, a young priest, who is to labor in the diocese, arrived in Christchurch from Ireland via Sydney by the Monowai on Friday. He celebrated early Mass on Sunday, and at Vespers preached an impressive sermon in the Pro- Cathedral on the 'Holy name of Jesus.' Father O'Connor, who is a native of Listowel, County Kerry, was educated at Carlow College, and, together with the Rev. Father McGuinness, who accompanied him to New Zealand, and who is destined for the Auckland diocese, and others, was ordained in June last by the Most Rev. Dr. Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. As fellow passengers in the Omrah to Australia were ten priests for various dioceses in the Commonwealth.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 6, 6 February 1902, Page 9
KERRY.— Death of a Religious.
The death is reported of Rev Brother George, O F M. who passed away in the early part of December at the Franciscan Convent, Killarney. Brother George, who was a son of Mr. John Buckley, Listowel, was born in 1833, and entered the Order at Killarney 30 years ago, where he remained, except for a few years spent in Manchester, London, and Glasgow.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 16, 26 August 1898, Page 9
Deaths Amongst the Clergy.— Death has been particularly busy among the priests of Kerry latterly. Following closely on the demise of Canon O'Sullivan, of Dingle the Very Rev. T. Sullivan, Administrator of Tralee the Rev. J. Fuller of Castlegregory the Very Rev. J. Quille, of Bonane the Rev. J. Kielik. of Ballyferriter, comes that of the Rev. Michael Godley, pastor of Glenbeigh. The deceased was 55 years of age, and was about 28 years on the mission. He was a native of Ballyheigue, and received his education in the Irish College, Rome, where he had a very distinguished career. He has been stationed at Lixnaw, Listowel, Ballybunnion, and Dingle. From the latter parish he was transferred about 12 months ago to the pastoral charge of Glenbeigh, in the room of the late Rev. T. Quilter.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 7, 16 February 1899, Page 9
Death of a Kerry Man.— The death occurred recently at Lynn, Massachusets, of Mr. Thomas O'Connor, in the 73th year of his age. Mr. O'Connor, who was born at Ardfert, County Kerry, Ireland, was the brother of Very Rev. Dr. O'Connor, Missionary Apostolic, and of the late Dr. Morgan O'Connor, Knight of St. Sylvester, Wagga Wagga, Australia. A brother and sister survive him Mr. James F. O'Connor, Lynn, and Mrs. M. Gertrude O'Connor, Presentation Convent, Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland.
New Zealand Tablet , Issue 43, 26 October 1899, Page 9
KERRY.— Death of a Venerable Nun.— The death of Sister Mary Gertrude O'Connor (known for upwards of a generation as Mother Gertrude), of the Presentation Convent, Listowel, is an event deserving of more than local or ordinary notice (says the Daily Nation.) For nearly 51 years this truly excellent lady occupied a prominent and honoured place in the religious life of her native county. Entering the Listowel Convent on the 15th of August, 1849, her religious life may be said to have synchronised with the life of that distinguished branch of the great Presentation Community, and the remarkable growth of that Convent, both in usefulness as a educational institution and in size, is in no small measure due to her influence and labours. Mother Gertrude was born in Tralee about 76 years ago. Her father held a commission in the British Army, served with distinction under Moore and Wellington, and the hero of Corunna is said to have died in his arms. The Very Rev. John O'Connor. D.D., who, for many years occupied a prominent place in the clerical life of his native diocese, and was one of the organisers of that brave band of Irishmen who went to the assistance of Pope Pius the Ninth in the early stage of his struggle with the infidel makers of modern Italy, and who, led by his fiery missionary zeal went abroad while yet a young curate, where he died some years ago, was a brother of Mother Gertrude. Another distinguished brother was Dr. Morgan O'Connor who died universally respected and regretted a few years ago in Wagga, New South Wales.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 16, 26 August 1898, Page 9
Deaths Amongst the Clergy.— Death has been particularly busy among the priests of Kerry latterly. Following closely on the demise of Canon O'Sullivan, of Dingle the Very Rev. T. Sullivan, Administrator of Tralee the Rev. J. Fuller of Castlegregory the Very Rev. J. Quille, of Bonane the Rev. J. Kielik. of Ballyferriter, comes that of the Rev. Michael Godley, pastor of Glenbeigh. The deceased was 55 years of age, and was about 28 years on the mission. He was a native of Ballyheigue, and received his education in the Irish College, Rome, where he had a very distinguished career. He has been stationed at Lixnaw, Listowel, Ballybunnion, and Dingle. From the latter parish he was transferred about 12 months ago to the pastoral charge of Glenbeigh, in the room of the late Rev. T. Quilter.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 7, 16 February 1899, Page 9
Death of a Kerry Man.— The death occurred recently at Lynn, Massachusets, of Mr. Thomas O'Connor, in the 73th year of his age. Mr. O'Connor, who was born at Ardfert, County Kerry, Ireland, was the brother of Very Rev. Dr. O'Connor, Missionary Apostolic, and of the late Dr. Morgan O'Connor, Knight of St. Sylvester, Wagga Wagga, Australia. A brother and sister survive him Mr. James F. O'Connor, Lynn, and Mrs. M. Gertrude O'Connor, Presentation Convent, Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland.
New Zealand Tablet , Issue 43, 26 October 1899, Page 9
KERRY.— Death of a Venerable Nun.— The death of Sister Mary Gertrude O'Connor (known for upwards of a generation as Mother Gertrude), of the Presentation Convent, Listowel, is an event deserving of more than local or ordinary notice (says the Daily Nation.) For nearly 51 years this truly excellent lady occupied a prominent and honoured place in the religious life of her native county. Entering the Listowel Convent on the 15th of August, 1849, her religious life may be said to have synchronised with the life of that distinguished branch of the great Presentation Community, and the remarkable growth of that Convent, both in usefulness as a educational institution and in size, is in no small measure due to her influence and labours. Mother Gertrude was born in Tralee about 76 years ago. Her father held a commission in the British Army, served with distinction under Moore and Wellington, and the hero of Corunna is said to have died in his arms. The Very Rev. John O'Connor. D.D., who, for many years occupied a prominent place in the clerical life of his native diocese, and was one of the organisers of that brave band of Irishmen who went to the assistance of Pope Pius the Ninth in the early stage of his struggle with the infidel makers of modern Italy, and who, led by his fiery missionary zeal went abroad while yet a young curate, where he died some years ago, was a brother of Mother Gertrude. Another distinguished brother was Dr. Morgan O'Connor who died universally respected and regretted a few years ago in Wagga, New South Wales.
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XX, Issue 7, 20 November 1891, Page 9
Kerry.— The death is announcad of Rev. J. L. Heffernon of South Melbourne from congestion of the lungs, brought on by a severe cold. The deceased was born in Ballylongford and received his early education at a classical school in Listowel, afterwards entered All Hallows College, Dublin, where, for six successive years, he carried off the first prize in his class. He was ordained in 1878 and was offered a professorship in All Hallows, but he declined, preferring to join the Australian mission. At college his career was a most distinguished one, and his masters freely admitted that he was the most brilliant student that ever passed through the college. In 1878 he arrived in Melbourne and was for some years attached to St. Patrick's Cathedral.
FR JOHN L SCANLON born Lisselton, Ballylongford 1847
Until 1874 the entire colony of Victoria was under the care of the arch diocese of Melbourne. The suffragen Dioceses of Ballarat and Sandhurst came into being. Sandhurst was then served by seven priests and the four parishes forming the new diocese were Bendigo, Echuca, Wangaratta and Beechworth. In 1876, two years later, the parishes of Chiltern, Benalla and Nagambie were established.
1855 - From Beechworth, a potential Federal Capital, Fr Patrick Smyth came to Benalla to build its first Church/School in 1855. The 1st mass offered in Benalla was on the site of what was later to become the “Liverpool Arms” hotel
1858 – St Joseph’s School established.
1866 – First St Joseph’s church built.
1876 - Benalla remained under the guidance of Wangaratta until 1876 when Fr John Scanlon, the assistant priest of Beechworth, became the 1st pastor with headquarters in Benalla. His health deteriorated and at an early age of 33, he died in January 1880. Our Lady’s altar in St Joseph’s was erected in his memory.
Death occurred on 23rd January 2013 of Sr. Joan Corridan of Kanturk and Mallow and late of Duagh. Sr. Joan of the Convent of Mercy was sister of the late Tim, Ned, Moss and Mary. Requiem Mass for Sr. Joan was celebrated 25th January in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Kanturk. Sr. Joan Corridan was laid to rest in the adjoining Convent Cemetery.
GOLDEN JUBILEE MASS FOR MONSIGNOR EAMON WHYTE AT RATHEA, FRI, JUN. 27th 2014 at 7.30pm.
This celebration is organised by the people of Rathea for one of their favourite sons. I know that the genial Fr. Eamon would not want any fuss or commotion around this occasion. However, this is Rathea’s way of saying thanks, well done and warmest congratulations. Fr. Eamon attended Rathea N.S. and received his secondary education in Wales. He entered St. Patricks Seminary Carlow in Sept. 1958 to begin his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained in Carlow Cathedral in June 1964 for the Diocese of Miami, in Florida. Fr. Eamon has served the people of that diocese with great commitment and distinction over the past fifty years. He had a long association with two parishes, namely, Our Lady of the Lakes & St. Mark’s, both located in Fort Lauderdale. A Listowel native informs me that in these parishes he built two massive churches and at a pastoral level powerful catechumenate programmes. In May 2013 he was elected to the Diocesan Chapter and the consequent title of Monsignor.
Fr Cornelius Kieran Campion (1925 - 2014)
Con Campion
Fr Con Campion
" He will be remembered as a kind and committed missionary, a man of courage and initiative, a warm-hearted and dedicated priest, a friend to all" .
Cornelius ("Con") Campion was born in Ballagh, Errill, Co. Laois on 26th July 1925. Educated at Errill NS and St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, he came to Dalgan in 1943 and was ordained priest on 21st December 1949.
Thomas Francis was ordained a priest in 1900. He built a cathedral in Billings, Montana in 1906 called St Patricks Co Cathedral. His parents In 1874 Thomas Stack, originally from Lissahane, married to Hanora o Donoghue from Ballyrehan, Lixnaw purchased a House from John Dillane Church Street, Listowel. Their first son Thomas Francis was born October 15 1874 . Fr Thomas Francis Stack. (Glendive Montana USA, died in 1912.
Fr Michael Kiely b1904, Church Street, Listowel , served in Sydney son of Jack Kiely and Hanora Fitzgerald they had a big family, Jack died young.
DEATH has taken place of Sr. Rosalie Enright, Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary, Cavan and late of Tarbert, Co. Kerry, on August 8th 2014. Was serving in S. Africa, Kenya and Zambia. Survived by the Holy Rosary Sisters, her brothers Danny, Gerry and Tommy, her sisters Breda and Sr. Aquin, sisters-in-law, Maureen, Stella and Bea, brother-in-law Sean, nieces, nephews. Requiem Mass For Sr. Roslalie was celebrated in Tarbert Church on Monday 11th at 11am, Mass for Sister will be celebrated in the Cathedral of Ss Patrick & Felim, Cavan on Tuesday at noon, followed by burial in Cullies Cemetery.
Captain Jerome Walsh - Disembarked 24 Sep. 1919 - Theatre of War, France - Catholic Chaplain. Ref. Public Record Office (WO 374/71550). He served in the British Army for 4 years, 3 months. He was born Timothy Walsh in 1878 at Coolaclarig, Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. His parents were Thomas Walsh & Hanorah Buckley. He was in the Franciscan Order of priests and Jerome was his religious given name.
Father Augustus Tolton
The First Recognized Black Catholic Priest in America
By Corinna Laughlin, Maria Laughlin
This graphic novel tells the amazing true story of Father Augustus Tolton, the first recognized Black Catholic Priest in America, whose cause for sainthood was introduced in 2011. Readers of all ages will discover the amazing life and virtues of this extraordinary Servant of God, who overcame slavery, prejudice and rejection to live out his call to serve God and the Church. His life makes him a role model for Christians of our time.