Colm Fitzpatrick
Trinity chaplains, Fr Peter
Sexton SJ and Fr Alan
O’Sullivan OP, pictured
with the recently commissioned
painting of Blessed John
Sullivan SJ. A recently commissioned painting of Trinity College graduate Blessed John Sullivan SJ was unveiled in the university yesterday, to mark his beatification.
John Sullivan, who was beatified in 2017 in Dublin, grew up in the Church of Ireland, and was a graduate and gold medallist in Classics. While studying Law in London subsequently he became Catholic and later joined the Jesuits. In his ministry after ordination he became known and revered for his care of the sick and poor for many years in the environs of Clongowes Wood in Clane, Co. Kildare, and died on February 19, 1933.
Commenting on the unveiling, Trinity Catholic chaplain Peter Sexton SJ said: “This is the first Trinity graduate that has been beatified, and this is the first beatification that has taken place in Ireland, which happened of course last year. “It’s very significant for Trinity because of the values that John Sullivan stood for, the kind of person he was.”