Each year a Mass is held in Westland Row Church commemorating Sr Andrew’s Day. By arrangement with the Parish deceased past pupils are included in the prayers of the Mass. Their names also appear on the Parish Newsletter and Mass leaflet.
While the PPU normally learns about the deaths of past pupils it is inevitable that some deaths will be missed. Anyone who knows of any such deaths is asked to advise the Secretary.
This year’s Mass, on Sunday December 1 2024. was celebrated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Paul Dempsey, who was assisted by the PPU Chaplin, Fr. Eugene McCarthy, and Fr. Alan Hilliard, the recently appointed Administrator at Westland Row.
The number of past pupils who died during the last twelve months was read out by Deacon, Dermot McCarthy, at the beginning of Mass and was a record high of fourteen names as follows;
Sean Duncan, Matt Wallace, Jerry Carroll, Paul Donohue, Ray McCarthy, Emmet Bergin, Fran Rooney, Sean Canavan, Paddy Walsh, Tommy Tracey, Fr. Myles Kavanagh CP, John Sherwin, John Henry, Jack McGinley.
