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Inch nun celebrates Golden Jubilee
09.05.08
Sr Finian celebrates
May Day Milestone
by Simon McGeady, Inishowen
Independent
May Day was a special day for Inch nun Sr Finian.
The Moville resident marked the 50 years since she
entered Mercy Convent with a surprise party.
Last September Sr Finian moved into the Taobh na
Cille retirement complex in Moville and on Thursday
last the Taobh na Cille House Manager, Margaret
O’Kane, organised a party in honour of the nun’s
half century of service to her order. |
"The residents
organised a party for me on Thursday, the first of
May. Margaret gave me a beautiful bouquet of
flowers. We had a nice party and all the residents
came.”
Later that day Sr Finian attended the International
Flower Show at Loreto House where guest of honour
Daniel O’Donnell presented her with another bouquet
in honour of her significant milestone.
The Inch nun’s jubilee was also acknowledged in the
Fahan Parish |
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newsletter, Soul Space.
“I’ve had lots of friends and family phone to
congratulate me,” said Sr Finian.
Sr Finian entered the Convent of Mercy in Pump
Street, Derry, on the first of May 1958.
She then spent time at both the Moville Convent,
where she was active in the local Legion of Mary,
and the Mercy Convent in Buncrana, where she also
acted as a supervisor in Scoil Mhuire.
She was one of the first residents to move into the
Taobh na Cille retirement complex (built on the site
of the old convent) when it opened at the end of
August 2007.
Although last week was a jubilee of sorts, it wasn’t
until 1961 when Sr Finian held her first profession
day and in three years time she will gather with
other nuns of the diocese to officially celebrate
her Golden Jubilee. |
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