Mary O’Connor (nee Doyle)

Died on July 7, 2020

The death has occurred of Mary O’Connor (née Doyle) 10. Walled Garden Lodges, Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown, Kilkenny / Gorey, Wexford / Dungarvan, Waterford

O’Connor Mary Susan (nee Doyle), 10 The Walled Garden Lodges, Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown, Co.Kilkenny (late of Gorey, Dungarvan & Kilsheelan) 07th July 2020 at Strathmore Lodge Nursing Home, Callan. Dearly beloved wife and best friend to Stephen, wonderful caring mother to Desmond, David, Kathryn (Jilly), Emma and Stephen. Predeceased by her beautiful darling daughter Susan, her son-in-law Robert Behan, her parents Stephen and Catherine Doyle of Gorey, brother Fr. Eamon (Stephen) OP and her sister Caroline RIP.

Sadly missed by her sister Cecily Murphy and her brother Dick, son-in-law Maurice Neligan, daughters-in-law Marta and Inés, grandchildren Michael, Katie, Caroline, Emma, Laura and Patrick O’Connor, Maurice, David, Daniel and Grace Neligan and Emily and Patrick O’Connor Behan.

May She Rest In Peace

Reposing at her home No. 10 The Walled Garden Lodges from 4pm until 8pm on Wednesday, 8th July. Funeral to arrive to the Church of Assumption, Thomastown (Co. Kilkenny) for Requiem Mass at 12 noon on Thursday, 9th July, followed by burial in Stoneyford Cemetery.

No flowers please. Donations, if decided, to Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland.

Current Government guidelines on Covid regarding public gatherings will apply.

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Reflection

Jesus says, “everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” What does Pope Francis say it can look like when we awaken courage born of truth?
With the courage born of truth, he answered: “I am a king.” He took responsibility for his own life: “I have a mission and I will carry it to fulfilment in order to bear witness to my Father’s Kingdom. For this”, he says, “I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth” (Jn 18:37). … Jesus’ freedom draws us in. … Let us allow it to resonate within us, to challenge us, to awaken in us the courage born of truth. … Be free and authentic, be the critical conscience of society. Don’t be afraid to criticize! We need your criticism. Many of you, for example, are critical of environmental pollution. We need this! Be free in criticism. Be passionate about truth, so that, with your dreams, you can say: “my life is not captive to the mindset of the world: I am free, because I reign with Jesus for justice, love and peace!”

Dear young people, it is my hope and prayer that each of you can joyfully say: “With Jesus, I too am a king.” I too reign: as a living sign of the love of God, of his compassion and his tenderness. … And whenever I fall, I discover anew in Jesus the courage to continue fighting and hoping, the courage to keep dreaming. At every stage in life.

Pope Francis