Memorial Mass for the Late Sr Catherine Buckley Takes Place in Ghana
Sr. Catherine gave almost fifty years of service as a teacher in Ghana.
A memorial mass took place for the late Sr Catherine Buckley at St Joseph's Minor Basilica, Elmina yesterday, Sunday 2nd April 2017. Sr. Catherine was in charge of the OLA community in Elmina from 1988 until 1996. Yesterday's memorial mass was organized by the OLA Province of Ghana.
At her funeral mass last month, Sr Kathleen McGarvey, OLA Provincial Leader, remarked on Sr Catherine's caring ways during her time in Elmina:
She endeared herself to hundreds of young children in the Elmina Boarding School to whom she was a real mother, in what was truly a home from home. She also knew their families. At the same time on a daily basis, accompanied by one of the young Ghanaian Sisters in her Community or by pupils in the school, she visited the sick and especially the aged and lonely of whom there were so many in Elmina. She shared with them what she could, and they readily testified that her greatest gift was her joyful, prayerful, caring presence.
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A memorial mass for the late Sr Catherine Buckley which took place on 02/04/17 in Elmina, Ghana.
A picture of the late Sr Catherine which was placed before the altar for her memorial mass in Elmina on 02/04/17.
An image from the memorial mass for the late Sr Catherine Buckley which took place on 02/04/17 in Elmina, Ghana.
