Fr Leo Clarke

Fr Leo Clarke

Fr Lawrence (Leo) Clarke was born on 12 January 1929 in Delvin, Co Westmeath. He was educated in Ballinvalley NS and St Finian’s College, Mullingar. He came to Dalgan in 1947 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1953. Leo was appointed to Korea where he would spend...
A Stranger and You Welcomed Me

A Stranger and You Welcomed Me

Fr Mike O’Loughlin pays a personal tribute to the late Fr PJ McGlinchey who died earlier this year. The recent death of PJ McGlinchey brought back a memory of a chance meeting I had with him late one night in the Columban house in Seoul, Korea. I spied him sitting in...