Thursday, August 8, 2024

John O’Rourke OP, RIP

Dominican priest John O'Rourke has died in Tralee.

Today happens to be the feast of  St Dominic, the founder of the Dominican Order.

An obituary to follow.

May he rest in peace.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

was the order founded by a woman? Dominica??? most biographies say that his name was domingo de guzman

Michael Commane said...

In error, there had been a typographical error in the spelling of Dominican. The N had been omitted. Hence the above comment.

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