Courtney McGrailBishop William Crean address
Bishop William Crean will address the annual Diocese of Kerry Clergy Assembly on January 10. The title of his talk is ‘From what wells do we drink now? – Reflections on the changing patterns of faith and practice in Ireland today’. The venue is the Gleneagle Hotel, Muckross Road, Killarney, beginning at 8pm and concluding by 9.30pm. There is no admission fee and all are welcome.
Fr Leo Morahan RIP
The funeral has taken place of Fr Leo Morahan, the well-known figure in GAA circles and founder of Ireland’s longest running parish magazine, An Coinneal.
In addition to his long service as a priest of the Archdiocese of Galway, Fr Morahan maintained strong links to the GAA and served as chairman of Mayo GAA Board. A keen Irish speaker, he was known for his writings both in that language and English. In 1959 he became the founding editor of the Louisburgh magazine, An Coinneal, which continues to publish today.
Fr Leo passed away in Louisburgh on Christmas Day.
Death of Fr Paddy Foley CSSp
The death has taken place of Fr Paddy Foley CSSp, the last Spiritan of the Irish Province to minister in Nigeria. He was 90. A native of Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow, Paddy Foley entered the Spiritan Novitiate at the age of 19 and took up his appointment in the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria, in 1955, a year after his ordination. Until his return to Ireland at the end of 2014, he ministered almost continuously in the West African country including some 40 years based in Abwa Rural Training Centre in Benue State.
Fr Paddy’s Funeral Mass takes place on January 5 at Kimmage Manor with burial after in Blessington, Co. Wicklow where he grew up.