Item 39 - Fr. Virgilius Murtagh in Prineville, Oregon

1 p.; clipping

A clipping of an article referring to a religious visit to Prineville, Oregon, involving an international reunion of clergy. The text describes a visit by Father Peter Flynn, a parish priest from Te Puke, New Zealand, who stopped in Prineville to visit his old classmate, Father Thomas McTeigue, while returning to New Zealand from a vacation in Ireland. The accompanying photograph captures (left to right) Father Peter Flynn, Bishop Francis P. Leipzig, Very Rev. Virgilius Murtagh, OFM, Cap. (of Dublin), and Very Rev. Thomas McTeigue. The article notes that Fathers Flynn and McTeigue studied together in Ireland at St. Patrick’s College in Cavan and St. Peter’s College in Wexford, where they were ordained. It concludes by mentioning other priests in the Baker Diocese who studied at St. Peter’s during the same era, including Father Peter Duignan of Lakeview and Father Francis McCormack of Ontario. The clipping is taken from the ‘Catholic Sentinel (Baker Edition)’ (14 July 1960).