Thousands of people have paid their respects to Father Dermott Donnelly at a moving Requiem Mass held at St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle today.
Fr Dermott died on July 8, 2022, aged 55, following a serious illness. He had recently celebrated 30 years of service to his parish and community after being ordained a Priest on June 27, 1992.
On Friday people came together to pay their respects to Fr Dermott and give thanks for his service to his faith and the positive impact he had on the lives of thousands of young people. In a tribute to Fr Dermott, Homilist Rt Rev. Seamus Cunningham, Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, said: "Some people talk a lot and do very little, Dermott said little but did a lot."
