FLINT – A schedule of events has been announced for this year's official Flint St. Patrick's Day Celebrations. The celebrations begin a few weeks early on March 4 with the annual Pre-St. Patrick’s Day Party and Miss Hibernia Pageant held at the Dom Polski hall on Linden Road just south of Pierson Road in Mt. Morris Township.
Bishop David O'Connell, the Cork native murdered in his California home last month, is being remembered in Los Angeles this week with a memorial mass, a viewing, and a cathedral funeral.
Three days of funeral services began Wednesday evening for Los Angeles Catholic Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell who was gunned down 11 days ago at his home in Hacienda Heights.
Funeral services are scheduled to begin Wednesday for Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, a beloved fixture in Los Angeles who was shot to death last month.
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) During his seven years as auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles, Bishop David G. O Connell made many friends and a strong impression among his brother bishops.
The native of County Cork, Ireland, was one of three priests named auxiliary bishops for Los Angeles by Pope Francis in July 2015. The pope was known to refer privately to the future bishops then-Father O Connell, then-Father Robert E. Barron, a Chicago-born media evangelist, and then-Msgr. Joseph V. Brennan,