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Requiem for Fr. Fitzpatrick

Last night a Requiem Mass was offered for Father Kevin Fitzpatrick, who died two years before on July 27, 2008. The requiem was offered according to the 1962 Missal at the Church of St. Mary in Norwalk, Conn., with music under the skillful direction of David Hughes, the organist & choirmaster at St. Mary’s.

Fr. Fitzpatrick was a giant of a man, with an intelligence and a sense of humour that easily matched his size, and was an easy conversationalist. His library was one of the most enviable collections I have seen (a bibliophile like myself can’t but help wonder what’s become of it). While I couldn’t make it to the Mass yesterday, I’m very happy to see that Fr. Fitzpatrick is being suitably remembered.

Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.

Published at 11:14 am on Wednesday 28 July 2010. Categories: Errant Thoughts.
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