Welcome to our Community

Here are some images of the Members of our Community, Residence, Chapel and Grotto

Our community is made up of seven Camillian Religious

Fr. Frank Monks is the Superior of the Community and the Registered Provider of our Nursing Centre. He has served as Provincial Superior of the Anglo-Irish Province and has also served at international level as Superior General of the Order in Rome. He has gained wide experience of Pastoral Care of the Sick and dying as a hospital chaplain in several Dublin hospitals, including the Mater Hospital and St. Vincent's Elm Park. Fr. Frank has been instrumental in promoting the role and involvement of the Laity in the Order worldwide. At the international ecclesiastical level, Fr Frank has served on the Vatican Pontifical Commission for Health Care.

Fr. Nik Houlihan is from Bridgwater, Somerset, in the West of England. Fr. Nik's ministry has taken him from England to Australia and now to Ireland. He undertakes many Pastoral duties including the Chaplaincy of St. Mary's in Delvin, a facility for people with learning disabilities run by the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary.

Bro. Augustine McCormack is from Longford. He is the Dean of our community and has been a member of the Order for over sixty years. He trained as a nurse at the Whittington Hospital, London in the early 1950s. He nursed at our former Nursing Centre in Hexham, Northumberland, England as well as here in Ireland. Today he continues his ministry of promotional work for the Order. Added to this, he is also responsible for much of the Liturgical preparation in the Nursing Centre and Community Residence.

Fr. Martin Geraghty is from Athlone, Co. Westmeath. He is currently chaplain to Blanchardstown Hospital, Dublin and also has pastoral duties within the community at Killucan. Fr. Martin has worked in many hospitals since his ordination both in Ireland and in Perth, Western Australia. Fr. Martin is unique in the Province in that while in Australia he held a Pilot's licence!

Fr. Patrick McKenna is from Belfast. He trained as a nurse in Birmingham and, like Bro. Augustine, has been a member of the Order for a long time. Fr. Pat and Bro. Augustine were novices together here in Killucan. Having nursed the sick in both England, where he was the Nursing Director of our Nursing Centre in Hexham, Northumberland, and Australia Fr. Pat now serves the sick by keeping up an active correspondence with the many people who write to us requesting our prayers and the intercession of St. Camillus.

Fr. Andrew Carroll trained as a nurse in London and has ministered to the sick in England, Australia and was the Director of Nursing here in Killucan. Among his other Pastoral duties Fr Andrew is now chaplain to a local Nursing Home, where he is a member of the Resident Advocacy Group. He also provides Pastoral Care to own own residents in Killucan.

Bro. John O'Brien is the youngest member of the community and comes from Penarth in South Wales. He ministers to the sick as the Director of Nursing at the Nursing Centre here in Killucan. He qualified as a nurse at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England and worked in the Intensive Care Unit at Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary. He has been a member of the Killucan Community since 1996. Brother John is a member of the Provincial Council.

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