Item 27 - Re-union of three priest brothers

1 p.; clipping

A clipping from the ‘Catholic Herald’ recounting a reunion in Smartsville, California, of three brothers who were all Catholic priests: Father Malachy Hynes (a Capuchin friar from Dublin, working in Oregon), Father J. J. Hynes (the host at the Smartsville rectory), and Father Michael Hynes (visiting from Maxwell). This gathering marked their first meeting together under one roof in many years before they separated to continue their respective ministries. The article also highlights a remarkable twist of fate for Father Malachy Hynes, who narrowly escaped the 1912 sinking of the ‘Titanic’. He had booked passage on the ill-fated steamship but cancelled at the last moment to attend a major Home Rule celebration in Dublin, an incident that ultimately saved his life and made the family reunion possible.