The Universe 6th May 2016

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Tribute
Derry priest pays tribute to Sr Clare at Mass
– ‘her joy electrified all who met her’
Faith of nun killed in Ecuador earthquake praised as a counter-cultural inspiration to others
Sr Clare
Crockett:
A tragic
loss but a
life lived
joyously
with the
Lord
Sr Clare Crockett of Derry lost her life
in the recent Ecuadorian earthquake.
The Rev. Roland Colhoun of her home
parish of Ardstraw East,
Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, paid
tribute to her at her Requiem Mass
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The coffin of Sr Clare Crockett is carried from
Long Tower Church in Derry following her funeral
Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire
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