RUBY ANNIVERSARY OF
FATHERS SEAN AND AIDAN
On 7th April 2002 Fr Sean Murray SDB and Fr Aidan Murray
SDB celebrated the 40th anniversary of their ordinations to the
priesthood. The Abbot of Prinknash concelebrated at the Mass.
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- Mass in St Peter's Gloucester
- Fr Sean at the Altar
- Fr Sean and Fr Aidan at the Reception (with Fr James Pilling)
- Fr Sean's sister, Sr Bosco, came from the Vatican where she now works
- A good friend of Blaisdon presented a painting of Blaisdon Hall
- Some of the many other guests in the Parish Centre
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Below is a copy of a framed prose, written by Hilary Jayne, a good
friend of Father Sean and Blaisdon.
Forty years of kindness, his wise or witty word
In Farnborough or Chertsey
And Blaisdon in between
Remember summers camping at the Hall -
Sean's host and shopping skills? His rugby undeterred
By Sale or Bath or Harlequins
Since 1962
Kingsholm knows Sean's deafening bawl
And surely you've heard
Mitchelstown to Sloop, his shout
Or maybe at Blaisdon in between
But should he sing you hear an angel call
Sweet as Ballyragger's blackbird
Until the Emerald Isle sent Sean to us
Just before 1962
He sheds his light upon our way so we walk tall
By love and laughter stirred
To follow upwards on our path. (Meanwhile he's off -
Rome, Turin, Jerusalem and Ireland in between)
More than a model Salesian. Sean's friend and priest to all -
Lost or lonely, happy or sad, confident or unheard
For 40 years since 1962
In Farnborough, Battersea, Bollington too
In Blaisdon and a thousand hearts between.
Fr Sean celebrating Mass at St. Peters in Gloucs.
Fr Sean, Fr Aiden and Fr Jim Pilling
Fr Jim McGuire, Sister Bosco, Fr Sean and Father Aiden
Sister Bosco Murray and Father Sean holding a painting of the Hall by Derry Maher a Blaisdon Past Pupil
John Plevey, Pat Timily, Jerry Hines, Pat Young and friends