Covid-19: Priest tells of leading Mass at sister s funeral
Covid-19: Priest tells of leading Mass at sister s funeral
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A County Armagh priest says he wondered how he would get the grace, the strength to lead Mass at the funeral of his sister who died with Covid-19.
Nuala McLaughlin was a 43-year-old social worker from Ballygawley, County Tyrone, and died in hospital just before Christmas.
Her brother Father Peter McAnenly told his family s story to BBC News NI.
THE friends, family and colleagues of caring and compassionate Nuala McLaughlin have been left heartbroken following the untimely passing of the local social worker – the first Western Health and Social Care Trust staff member to die after contracting Covid-19. Nuala (43), who lived in Ballygawley but had worked as a social worker in the Fermanagh area, passed away on December 22 at the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) following a heroic and inspirational battle with the coronavirus. Leading the homily at Nuala s funeral mass on Christmas Eve, her brother, Father Peter McAnenly, spoke highly of his late sister. I know that I speak on behalf of all the family as I say she was a much-loved daughter and a wonderful sister, and someone who was really cherished by her nieces and nephews, said Father Peter, adding that over and above all else, Nuala was a much-loved mother to her two children, Orla and Eoin.