As part of the their tribute to Archbishop Francis Carroll S.M.A., Newry Maritime Association (NMA) is hosting an exhibition in the Heritage Gallery of Newry City Library.
The exhibition will feature the portrait of the Archbishop which was commissioned by the Council in 1985 and hung in the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre until its closure.
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The exhibition began on Tuesday 21st of October at Newry Library and will conclude on Friday 31st October. It is open to the public during the normal Library opening hours.Â
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A second event will take place on Saturday 25th October in Newry Cathedral where Francis Malachy Carroll was baptised on 17th June 1912. In his youth he was a Mass server at the Cathedral and it was there also that he was ordained as an SMA Missionary Priest on the 20th December 1936. Forty-four years later, after a life of missionary service as a priest, Archbishop and as a Vatican diplomatic representative, his funeral Mass was celebrated there on 14th October 1980 and attended by over 100 clergy including the Papal Nuncio.Â
On Saturday Canon Francis Brown will dedicate the 10.30am Mass to Archbishop Carroll with liturgical music from Kathy Mc Caughey and The Choir Studio.  After Mass, Fr. Joe Egan, Community Leader SMA Dromantine, will unveil a commemorative plaque in the Cathedral garden.
The son of a docker from Castle St, Newry, Archbishop Francis Carroll SMA had a long and highly distinguished career, spanning 42 years, in Liberia. He rose to the highest levels of the Church and received every available civic honour from the Government of Liberia for his outstanding services to the state.
For the people of Newry he truly is recognised, in these events, as one of their most illustrious citizens and a man whose legacy will long be remembered in his adopted country of Liberia.
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