October 1 FR. DONAL HALLIDEN was born on May 25, 1923 in Banteer, Cloyne diocese, Ireland and died in the Dalgan Nursing Home on October 1, 2011. He was educated at Lyre N.S. and St. Colman’s College, Fermoy, both in Ireland. Father Donal entered the Old Dalgan in Shrule, County Mayo in1940, and transferred to the …
October 9 FR. EAMONN GILL died tragically on October 9, 2000 in Ormond Beach, Florida, U.S.A. where he was on temporary supply at St. Brendan’s Parish. Born in 1923 at Kilmeena Hill, Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, he studied at St. Jarlath’s College, Tuam before entering Dalgan seminary in 1943 where he was ordained in December 1949. …
October 17 FR. PATRICK BAKER was born on March 26, 1938 in Cobden, Victoria, Australia. He joined the Columbans in 1956 and was ordained at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne on July 21, 1962. In 1972, he was assigned to Mindanao and served in various parishes and as district superior. From 1990 he worked in …
October 24 FR. WILLIAM BOURKE was born in 1929 at Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. He died in Kent Hospital, Warwick, Rhode Island, on October 24, 2004. Prior to coming to St. Columban’s, Bristol, in 1947, he had studied at St. Columban’s, Silver Creek. In 1950, he was sent as one of four exchange-students to Dalgan Seminary …
