Fr Colm McKeating with four newly-arrived Korean Columban Lay Missionaries in the Philippines, 2011
L to R Noh Hyein, Kim Sunhee, Park Juri and Shin Hyun Jeong
Fr Colm McKeating died at 5:30pm, local time, in Ireland on Saturday 21 March. His death was not unexpected and he had suffered much since the beginning of the year.
Father Colm, ordained in 1962, spent most of his missionary life in the Philippines, in the Diocese of Iba, Zambales, and later teaching in Maryhill School of Theology, Quezon City, for many years. He was Regional Director of the Columbans in the Philippines for six years.
Father Colm’s funeral will take place at St Columban’s, Dalgan Park, Ireland, on Tuesday or Wednesday. Please remember him in your prayers.
The light of heaven upon him.
An obituary will be published later.