ANNIVERSARY MARCH 9TH
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Anniversary March 7th
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Rev. Denis Casey 1881-1969
Thus says the Lord: Now I create new heavens and a new earth, and the past will not be remembered, and will come no more to men’s minds. Be glad and rejoice for ever and ever for what I am creating, (Isaiah 67:17)
ANNIVERSARY MARCH 4TH
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Rev. Vincent Smith 1904-1969
He shall bloom like the lily, and thrust out roots like the poplar, his shoots will spread far; he will have the beauty of the olive (Hosea 14)
ANNIVERSARY MARCH 2ND
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Rev. Francis Norrison 1904-1935
Do not forget the things your eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your heart all the days of your life; rather, tell them to your children and to your children’s children. (Deuteronomy 4:9)
ANNIVERSARIES MARCH 1ST
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Rev. Ernest Moultrie 1846-1925
Rev. John Boyle 1886-1963
Rev. James Harney 1882-1968
And now we put our whole heart into following you, into fearing you and seeking your face once more. (Daniel 3)
ANNIVERSARY FEBRUARY 28TH
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Rev. Roger Finnerty 1934 -1975
Now the Lord saw him go forward to look, and God called to him from the middle of the bush. ‘Moses, Moses!’ he said. ‘Here I am,’ Moses answered. ‘Come no nearer,’ he said. ‘Take off your shoes, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. (Exodus 3)
ANNIVERSARY FEBRUARY 27TH
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Rev. Patrick J Hedderman 1903 -1955
Look, I am standing at the door, knocking. If one of you hears me calling and opens the door, I will come in to share his meal, side by side with him.
(Revelation 3:20)
Anniversary February 25th – Fr. Francisco (Franco) Todisco, SAC, RIP.
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Fr. Franco died early this morning in hospital in Rome, he suffered a catastrophic stroke on January 16th and was in the Policlinico Gemelli.
Fr. Franco was Vicar General of the Society from 1998 to 2004 when Bishop Seamus Freeman was Rector General; he was a General Consultor from 2004 to 2010 and was also Rector of the Community at the Generalate in Rome.
In the words of Bishop Freeman, ‘Franco was a man of culture, of a vast culture,’ and indeed this was very evident throughout his life. He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of St. Vincent Pallotti and of his times and his writings and his contribution to seminars, debates and research is part of the legacy he leaves to the Union of Catholic Apostolate. He edited a major work “St. Vincent Pallotti, Prophet of a Spirituality of Communion” which was first published in 2004 and is now also available in English.
Fr. Franco accompanied the then Rector General, Fr. Fritz Kretz, in the visitation to Ireland in 2006, he had an enduring love of plants and flowers and was captivated by the green of Ireland; the magnolia trees at our house in Dundrum were in full bloom and he great enjoyed the display and often referred to it in later years.
The members of our Province who were based at the Generalate or visited there will remember his welcome, his care and his availability to guide us through bureaucratic business and to share the wealth of his knowledge of our Founder.
May his good and wise soul rest in eternal life with our God.
Derry Murphy, SAC.
Provincial Rector
ANNIVERSARY FEBRUARY 21ST
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Brother Nicola Palombi 1871-1952
For us, our homeland is in heaven, and from heaven comes the saviour we are waiting for, the Lord Jesus Christ, and he will transfigure these wretched bodies of ours into copies of his glorious body. He will do that by the same power with which he can subdue the whole universe. (Philippians 3:20)
Anniversary February 18th
Father John O’Brien 1955-2021 “He is like a tree that is planted beside the flowing waters, that yields its fruit in due season and whose leaves shall never fade” (Psalm 1)