Kit (Catherine) Rafferty (nee Stapleton)

The death has taken place of Kit (Catherine) Rafferty (nee Stapleton) Chapel lane, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny and formerly of Edinburgh, Scotland and Maudlin Street, Thomastown, peacefully, in the care of Tennypark Nursing Home, Kilkenny, 6th April 2020 in her 96th year.

Predeceased by her husband Jim and her daughter Catherine. Sadly missed by her son Joe, brothers Billy, Frank and Tony, sisters Ann, Binty and Bessy, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, sisters-in-law Pat and Nancy, brothers-in-law John, Patsy and Tom, nieces and nephews, extended family and friends. Kit is predeceased by her brothers Joe, Pat, John, Larry, Bernie, Tom and Mick Dack, sisters Molly, Peggy and Unie.

A private funeral will take place due to government advice regarding public gatherings. A memorial Mass will take place at a later date .

MAY CATHERINE REST IN PEACE

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Reflection

It is my desire that, in this our time, by acknowledging the dignity of each human person, we can contribute to the rebirth of a universal aspiration to fraternity. Fraternity between all men and women. “Here we have a splendid secret that shows us how to dream and to turn our life into a wonderful adventure. No one can face life in isolation. … We need a community that supports and helps us, in which we can help one another to keep looking ahead. How important it is to dream together.
… By ourselves, we risk seeing mirages, things that are not there. Dreams, on the other hand, are built together.” Let us dream, then, as a single human family, as fellow travellers sharing the same flesh, as children of the same earth which is our common home, each of us bringing the richness of his or her beliefs and convictions, each of us with his or her own voice, brothers and sisters all.
Fratelli Tutti: Encyclical On Fraternity and Social Friendship
Pope Francis