With love and thankfulness ….

On 28th April we remember Father Gregory Callahan, C.P.

Father Gregory was born on 21st March 1843 and professed a Passionist on 17th April 1863. He was ordained a priest on 1st December 1867 and died in Ireland on 28th April 1911.

He was a missioner through New South Wales and adjoining states. He was struck with paralysis in his mid 50’s while giving a mission. He returned to the Anglo Hibernian Province and is buried in the Passionist Cemetery in Mount Argus, Dublin (pictured).

“We shall always remember our deceased brethren with love and thankfulness” (Passionist Constitutions, 31).