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ACP Letter to Irish Bishops
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One of Fr Bernárd Lynch’s nine fellow-recipients at Áras an Uachtaráin on Thursday next will be 82 year old Spiritan Dubliner Fr Pat Clarke who has spent the last 42 years in Sao Paolo’s Vila Prudente favela in Brazil. Read all about him in Tom Hennigan’s story, “Gringo, Padre, Hero”, in today’s (Saturday’s) Irish Times News Review section.
Sorry, I don’t have a link to this article. Maybe someone else can help?
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/s%C3%A3o-paulo-s-gringo-hero-michael-d-to-honour-dublin-priest-1.4082992
Go raibh mile maith agat, a Sheáin.