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 .
DEATHS
July 11th 02 notes
The Death has occurred of Sr. M. Berchmans O Flaherty of Murhur Moyvane and who died in London recently.
Oct 17th 02 notes
Death of Sister Dympna Nunan of the Presentation Convent Listowel and a native of Ardfert aged over 100 years. Sr. Dympna had a great interest in the Parish as her brother Joe Nunan taught at Kilbaha School from 1944 to 1969 and later transferred to Moyvane National School and thought there till 1975. Her brothers Fr Frank, Brendan and Joseph predeceased her. Requiem Mass for Sr. Dympna was Celebrated by Cannon Linnane who told us that Sister was well able to Celebrate they nearly ran our of Jubilees as she spent over 80 years a nun and 40 years principal of the Convent National School. Many pupils have testified of her abilities as a teacher and friend..
Among the priests in attendance included Fr Hayes, Fr Maher, Fr Fleming, Fr Leahy, Fr Nolan, Fr Kerins several other priests and sisters came to pay their respects. Children of the National School provided a guard of Honour. Sr. Dympna Nunan was laid to rest among the deceased Sisters of the Presentation in the Old Churchyard Listowel. Her Sisters and friends sang a lovely Latin Hymn over her grave in final farewell.
Feb 6th 03
Death: of Sr. Peter Hudson Mercy Sister who gave years of service as Matron of Listowel Hospital. Sr. Peter called Hannah was born in Kilbaha a daughter of Ned Hudson and Hannah Hanrahan. Sr. Peter had one brother William and sisters Margaret, Mary, Bridget, Nora and Eileen. The remains of Sr. Peter lay in repose at St Bridget�s Church in the Hospital grounds Listowel all day on Thursday last where great numbers came to say their last goodbye after Requiem Mass in St Mary�s Listowel Parish Church on Friday January 31st Sr. Peter Hudson aged 82 years was laid to rest at the Balloonagh, Mercy Convent Grounds, Tralee.
Feb 03
Death: has taken place of Sr. Conrad Windle born Aughrim Moyvane. Sr. Conrad was laid to rest at the Convent Cemetery Balloonagh after Requiem Mass in the Convent Church on Wednesday 19th of February 03
April 3rd 03 Notes
Death of Sr. M Carmel Murphy of Presentation Convent born 82 years ago in Listowel to Thomas Murphy {who�s nickname was Colonel Murphy} and Jane Terryman . Sr. Carmel is survived by her brother Tom and sisters Maura and Eleanor, she was Professed in England in 1941 after Profession she spent 33 years in India and Pakistan . It was a delight to hear he recount her time among the Indian people. Sr. Carmel Murphy was laid to rest in the Presentation Convent Cemetery after Requiem Mass on Thursday April 4th.
June 17th 04 Notes
Death: of Sr. Emelian Bunce of the Mercy Convent Balloonagh on June 2nd 04. Sr Emelian was born at Barragogeen on August 2nd 1918 a daughter of Michael and Mary Bunce. She is survived by brothers Mossie and Con, sisters Eileen and Peggy, Mary, Paddy and Michael predeceased Sr. Emelian who was laid to rest at the Convent Cemetery following Requiem Mass at the Convent Chapel Balloonagh on Friday June 4th 04. Sr. Emelian entered the Mercy Convent in 1936 and was professed in 1942 and taught Domestic Science.
July 4th 04 Notes
Death: of Sr. Edmond Walsh of the Presentation Convent Listowel. Sr. Edmond was born 1914 at Kilmurry, Cordal and was professed at Oakpark in 1937 . Requiem Mass attended by her many friends was celebrated in the Convent Chapel on Thursday June 24th , following Mass Sr. Edmond was laid to rest beside her deceased Presentation Sisters in the Old Listowel Churchyard. Sr. Edmond has a nephew Fr Tom Walsh in Florida and a niece Sr. Ita of the Holy Rosary Sisters.
Feb 24th 05 Notes
Death on February 15th 05 of Sr. Lucia aged 97 years and 57 years in the Convent the last of the three Shepard children who saw Our Lady at Fatima in 1917.
July 28th Notes 05
Death of Sr. Consuela (Sheila) Moloney of the Presentation Order Lixnaw, who was predeceased by her parents and only sister Mary Benedict Giltenan of at Milford, Charleville. Sr. Consuela was born 1910 at Ballymacjordan Abbeyfeale to John Moloney and Julia Broder. After being educated in the Mercy Convent Abbeyfeale, the Dominicans in Sion Hill and the Louis Nuns in Monaghan Sheila Moloney entered he Presentation Convent in Lixnaw on 29th September 1928, following training Sr. Consuela taught in Lixnaw, Millstreet, Castleisland, Roxboro and left in the Southern Cross for Dunedin NZ in September 1953 to teach for seven years before returning to Ireland to continue her teaching career. Sr. Consuela Moloney was laid to rest in the convent grounds Lixnaw on Sunday July 17th 05, following Requiem Mass con-celebrated by Fr O Connor, Fr O Connell , Fr Slater and a visiting German priest Fr Joseph. The sisters and priests sang the Salve Regina at the graveside of Sr. Consuela.
Jan 12- 06 Notes
DEATH: Sr. Anthony Joseph( Catherine) Mulvihill died on December 15th 05 at the Holy Faith Convent in Rockferry, Liverpool, she was born at Lower Athea on the 15th of August 1915 to Ned Mulvihill (carpenter) and Ellen McKenna (teacher). Sr. Anthony Joseph entered the Holy Family Order on January 29th 1934, went to (Ceylon) Sri Lanka on 21st August 1935, in 1958 she became principal of Kalutera School in Colombo, all Europeans were expelled from Sri Lanka in 1970, returning to England Sister continued her work in schools, libraries, Pastoral Ministry and was also Mother Superior at Liscard, in 1990 Sr. Anthony Joseph retired to Rockferry.
RECENT Deaths: Sr. Margaret O�Flaherty who died in Baltimore U.S.A. and late of Tubbertureen, Moyvane and for whom Mass will be offered on 20th Feb. at 7.30pm.
Death took place in Baltimore, Maryland of Sr. Margaret Flaherty of the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart. Sr. Margaret was born 97 years ago to Edward Flaherty and Catherine McEnery of Tubbertureen, she was alert up to the end and celebrated 75 years in the Convent on February 4th 06. Sr. Margaret�s siblings included Nell O Keeffe, Julia Walsh, Sr. Loreto ( Bridie), Sr. Majella (Hanna), Sr. Nuala (Peg), Cathy Scannell, Nora Moore, Con, Jack, Jim, Eddy and Michael in America. Sr. Margaret emigrated to America and after some time entered the convent where she spent the rest of her life supporting the disadvantaged and the poor.
Death of Sr. Ann Maria Kennelly of the Presentation Convent , Lixnaw on 13th of February 06. Sr. Ann Maria was born at Moneen, Lisselton to Tom Kennelly who was a native of Woodford and Lil Pierce, Sr Ann Maria is survived by her siblings Mary, Eileen, Jim, Paddy and her sisters in the Presentation Order, her brother John predeceased her. Following Requiem Mass in the Parish Church in Lixnaw Sr. Ann Maria Kennelly was laid to rest in the Convent Cemetery. Sr. Ann Maria�s nephew Fr Padraig Kennelly was ordained at Thurles in 1991.
April 27th 06 Notes
DIED in Australia Sr. Brendan Molyneaux of Woodford;
DEATH has taken place of Sr. Johanna Leahy of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph she was born at Beenanasbig on the 23rd of November 1916 to Tim Leahy and Bell Danaher of Glenagore, her siblings include Tim, Paddy, Tom, Dan, Philip, Betty, Bea and Josie.. Sr. Johanna went to Athea National School, went by train from Kilmorna to Secondary school in Lixnaw from September 1932 to July 1934; attended the Convent of the Ladies of Mary, Scarborough, Yorkshire completed Leaving Cert in July 1936; came home July 1936 till she entered Noviciate of the Ladies of Mary, Forest Hill, London in February 1937 where she made First Profession in September 1938, Johanna continued her noviciate in Belgium at Noviciat des Dames de Marie, 140 Rue Edith Cavell, Bruxeiles�38-�39; returning to Forest Hill, London August 1939 for Final Profession; sailed for America in 1940 to the convent at Rancho Palos Verde�s, California. Sr. Johanna Leahy died at the convent of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph, 5300 Crest Road, Rancho Palos Verde�s, Laos Angeles, California 90275 and was laid to rest on Monday18th of September 2006.
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?
Readers reflect on Friar Jack�s musings
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The Women of the Gospel
by Friar Jim Van Vurst, O.F.M.
Women Praised by Jesus
One of the most striking aspects of the gospel accounts is the role of Jesus� life and his ministry. Of course, we are aware of the unique role of Mary, Jesus� mother, in giving birth to the savior of the world. From the very beginning of our Christian tradition, Mary is the pre-eminent person in Jesus� life, and she is the supreme example of what a disciple, a true believer, should be. But the gospel is full of others who, though lesser in stature, still played important roles in New Testament accounts.
There are two very powerful examples where women are praised by Jesus for their words and actions. One is in the scene in which the woman�apparently a public prostitute�came to Jesus during his meal with the Pharisees. She knelt down, washed his feet with her tears and dried them with her hair (Lk 7:38ff). While the Pharisees were fit to be tied by her act and frustrated with Jesus� acceptance of her, Jesus assured her of God�s forgiveness because �she has loved much.� In fact, Jesus contrasted her humble action with the Pharisees who did not even offer to wash his feet, which was at the time a common courtesy toward a guest.
Then there is the widow who gave her last two copper coins to the temple and who Jesus commended to his apostles, saying, �She has given more than all those who were throwing in shekels they could easily afford� (Mk 12:41). There also is the parable of the widow, who Jesus used as an example of persistence in prayer because she refused to stop badgering the judge until he settled the situation in which she had been treated unjustly (Lk 18:2ff).
Women as Disciples
There was a very important group of women who developed a particular relationship with Jesus as his close friends and followers. They were indeed Jesus� disciples, though at the time, given the social status of women, such a title was impossible. Think of Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus. If there was one place where Jesus seemed to be at home and could relax, it was in their home (Jn 12:2ff). There was a group of women disciples, some of whom were healed and freed from evil spirits. Luke names several of the women: Joanna, wife of Chouza, Herod�s steward; another named Susanna; and �many others who helped Jesus and the Twelve, out of their sustenance� (Lk 8:3ff). Luke also describes �a group of women who mourned and lamented Jesus� on his way to the cross (Lk 23:27). And John records in his gospel that �standing by the cross were his mother, his mother�s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene (Jn 19:25).
Mary Magdalene�s Special Role
Of all the women mentioned in the gospel other than Jesus� own mother, the most significant is surely Mary Magdalene, from whom Jesus drove out seven demons. The Church honors her with her own feast day on July 22. Mary Magdalene was right beside Jesus� mother at the Crucifixion. You wonder how much those two Marys must have loved each other!
Mary Magdalene stands out in a most special way following the death and burial of Jesus. Mark describes Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James and Salome, who �brought spices that they might anoint the body of Jesus� (16:1ff). What an act of love brought them to that potentially gruesome sight of Jesus� mangled body. In addition, these women were going to have to get past the temple guard to let them into the tomb. They seemed willing to take that risk. The power of love can cause people to perform the most wonderful acts of love.
But Mary�s role in the Resurrection story goes much further. It is she who sees the risen savior first. Remember, as a woman, she could not be a witness in any legal affairs. Yet it is to her that Jesus appears first. The apostles could not be first because they were nowhere near the tomb, but rather huddled in the upper room. Jesus would have to go to them for them to see him. And finally, it is Mary Magdalene whom Jesus sends to the Apostles to announce the stunning news that Jesus has indeed risen from the dead. Mary Magdalene, who socially could not be a legal witness, is chosen by God to be the first to preach the news of the risen savior (Jn 20:17). The lives of all these women and so many more who are not mentioned help us understand the great respect and affection Jesus had for women, whether saint or sinner or somewhere in between.
The ministry of women has never stopped in the Church, but only grown in each century. For example, in the United States in 2005, statistics revealed that of the more than 30,000 Catholics in paid Church ministry, 80% were women (64% lay and 16% religious). It has been women who through the centuries have established and run the ministries that cared for the sick and dying, the homeless and the orphans (futurechurch.org/wicl/ministers.htm).
Truly, the gospel is lived out today just as it was by Mary Magdalene and the many other women friends of Jesus.
Posted: 12 Aug 2008 10:32 AM CDT from New Advent
American Catholicism's second-largest annual gathering took place again over the weekend... and, as ever, the traditional barely-batted ad intra eyelid remained mostly intact.
Yet while a crowd of close to 70,000 returned to a rainy downstate Missouri field for the 31st Marian Days -- and the cardinal-archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City presided at the five-day, 30-acre campout -- this year's edition of the Vietnamese-Catholic jamboree took place under a pall as attendees mourned the death of 17 pilgrims en route from the Houston area, whose bus overturned and burst into flames in a crash north of Dallas.
At least 40 others were injured in the Friday morning wreck, likely caused by a blown tire. Chartered by members of two Vietnamese parishes in the Galveston-Houston archdiocese, the bus company at fault was operating illegally and without insurance, according to federal investigators.
While the Days -- started in 1975 by a small band of postwar refugees who settled in the Show Me State -- enjoyed several years as the Stateside church's largest "family reunion," that honor now belongs to the 130,000 or so who converge each 12 December on the Guadalupe Chapel at Maryville, outside Chicago.
Both testimony to the continuing ascendancy of the US fold's "new immigration," the rising festivals stand in distinct contrast to the marquee meet-ups of bygone years, instead emphasizing the bedrock traditions of faith and culture as attendees gather simply to eat, pray, celebrate and give thanks together for graces received.
Given that, no wonder they just keep on growing... and, even amid great tragedy, get nowhere near the attention they deserve.