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Family and friends of Sister Clare Crockett in 2020 at a mural dedicated to her in Derry Alamy Stock Photo

A young nun from Derry, who died in an earthquake in 2016, may be declared a saint

Clare Crockett, 33, from Brandywell in Derry, was killed in an earthquake in Ecuador in April 2016.

A NUN FROM Northern Ireland will be a step closer to sainthood today following a special ceremony in Spain.

Clare Crockett, 33, from Brandywell in Derry, was killed in an earthquake in Ecuador in April 2016 when the building where she had been teaching music collapsed.

She has been described as a larger-than-life character who had been an actor before choosing the religious life and turned down a chance to present on children’s TV channel Nickelodeon to become a nun.

Friends were in disbelief when she declared she was going to be a nun while holding a “beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other”.

She ultimately took her Holy Orders with the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother order.

Her motto in life was “all or nothing” and she has previously been associated with fertility miracles.

The opening of the cause for the beatification of Sister Clare is scheduled to take place in the Cathedral of Alcala de Henares in Madrid at 5.30pm local time (4.30pm Irish time).

The ceremony is the first step towards sainthood.

Sister Clare’s sister Shauna Gill told the PA news agency that more than 100 people have travelled to Madrid for the event, which will be livestreamed online and at the Brunswick Moviebowl in Derry.

She said the group includes friends, family, priests and Derry Bishop Donal McKeown, adding: “There’s people we’ve never met before here too so it’s a great experience.”

She said the family is “very proud and excited” and that the ceremony will see her sister declared as a “servant of God”.

“There’s four steps to becoming a saint, so this is the first one. Clare’s life will be investigated before we can move on. No one knows how long it can take, 10 years, 20 years, two years, it depends on how fast things move.”

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    Oct 30th 2024, 12:59 PM

    I think the old people that were gathered up from hospitals en masse and shoved into under resourced nursing homes to die alone, at the behest of NPHET, deserve an inquest, never mind an inquiry. This government seems to have forgotten about them. The actions of those who made this disastrous decision, potentially amount to criminal malfeasance IMO. Unfortunately, this all looks like a back patting exercise. More akin to a PR stunt than a proper analysis. I suppose this government aren’t going to start caring about our elderly citizens all of a sudden so no surprise to see the whitewash unfold

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    Oct 30th 2024, 12:48 PM

    Correcting their own homework

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    Oct 30th 2024, 1:04 PM

    Another Waste of Public Money. ” Lessons will be Learned ” will be the Tagline after all that.

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    Oct 30th 2024, 12:37 PM

    No wonder everything takes forever in Ireland . What with inquiries , Scoping Enquiries , reports , task forces , focus groups , commissions , study groups , tribunals .

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    Oct 30th 2024, 12:41 PM

    ‘we could be facing future pandemics in the future’ … well, we won’t be facing them in the past, Simon.

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    Oct 30th 2024, 1:20 PM

    Is it five years coming? Of course, no need to be in any hurry? It seems Government doesn’t care except when a General Election is in the offing.

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    Oct 30th 2024, 12:32 PM

    Is this realy necessary. Or just a waste of taxpayers money

    Maybe they just want a pat on the back for being so great

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    Oct 30th 2024, 12:35 PM

    Let’s hope whoever is appointed is safe and effective.

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    Oct 30th 2024, 12:24 PM

    have the warehoused taxes been repaid yet?

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    Oct 30th 2024, 1:02 PM

    @Niall English: they bloody well should be

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    Oct 30th 2024, 12:21 PM

    I can’t wait

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    Oct 30th 2024, 1:06 PM

    ‘Building health system resilience through policy development in response to COVID-19 in Ireland: From shock to reform’. Burke, Sara et al. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, Volume 9, 100223

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