I was comforted by a priest close to death

THIS is a brief account of my positive experience of a Kiltegan Father whom I met when I was a patient in Cappagh hospital in Dublin in 1999.

I had sustained a very serious injury and I was admitted to the hospital to undergo major surgery. As can be imagined, I was somewhat nervous about the whole thing, especially the pending operation.

In the bed alongside mine was a kind Kiltegan priest, Fr Seán MacSuibhne. We had a good long chat in Irish. I will not forget the palpable goodness that shone through that young priest. He told me about himself and his work; it was clear that he truly loved his vocation. He told me he was in charge of a group of seminarians attending the Pontifical University in Maynooth.