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Gerry REYNOLDS, Ireland, in the peace of the Lord (communication of Liam Ó Cuív)

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iesus-heartSt. Mary of the Servants
Blakestown
Dublin 15
01-8210874 / 086-2342170

30th November, 2015

Dear Brothers,

It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of Fr. Gerry Reynolds, C.SS.R this morning, the eve of Charles de Foucauld’s anniversary. Gerry was a member of the very first fraternity in Ireland, and has shared his account of the beginning of the Fraternity here 41 years ago.

Fr. Gerry’s Body will be received at Clonard Monastery tonight, Monday 30th November at 7.00pm.

He will be waked in Monastery Parlour, Tuesday 9am – 10pm

Removal to Church for an ecumenical service on Wednesday 2nd December at 7.30pm
Funeral Mass Thursday 3rd December at 12.00pm followed by burial in the Redemptorist plot, Milltown cemetery.

Ar dheis lámh Dé go raibh a anam dílis

We will especially remember Fr. Gerry at the Fraternity post-Christmas gathering at Mount St. Joseph’s Roscrea which will commence at supper-time on Sunday 27th December and will continue until lunch on Wednesday 30th December. As ever please text me on 086-234.2170 or e-mail me at liamocuiv@yahoo.com Using these options rather than voice mail leaves me with a written record of your booking.

Wishing you peace and blessings this advent.

Liam Ó Cuív

Thomaiar is dead in the end of the month of Nazareth

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THOMAIAR IS DEAD IN THE END OF THE MONTH OF NAZARETH: STROKE

Bangalore Priest dies in Myanmar

From Our Special Correspondent Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, Jul 25: The Parish Priest of the Holy Family Church in Ramamurthy Nagar in Bengaluru, Fr S Thomaiar, who had gone to Myanmar along with two other priests to participate in the Jesus Caritas Fraternity meeting three weeks ago, died in Yangon of Myanmar on July 24.

thomaiarAccording to a message from the Archbishop of Bangalore Most Rev Dr Bernard Moras, the priest suddenly suffered a serious stroke on July 21 and was admitted to the local hospital. Though he was showing signs of improvement, the condition of the priest suddenly deteriorated on Thursday and he died at 8.43 pm.

Fr Alphonse Bhaskar, who is in Myanmar, is trying to make arrangements to shift the body to India, the Archbishop said.

Archbishop Moras also indicated that the local Archbishop Most Rev Charles Bo and a few priests are helping Fr Bhaskar in completing the formalities of shifting the body to Bengaluru. However, it is not clear as to when the body will reach Bengaluru, the Archbishop said.

Fr Thomaiar was born on July 11, 1951 and was ordained on June 5, 1978.

“Please pray for the repose of Fr Thomaiar’s soul. May the good Lord grant him eternal rest, and give the necessary graces to his dear ones and to all of us in the Archdiocese to accept this great loss,’’ the Archbishop said in a condolence message.