Fr Andrew back in Ireland

After a year in Rome studying Canon Law, former Kilcullen curate Fr Andrew O’Sullivan is now working in Mount Merrion Parish in Dublin, based in the Church of St Therese.

“My year in Rome was a wonderful experience, and a privilege to have the chance to live in The Vatican,” says Fr Andrew, who served in Kilcullen for seven years up to July 2007.

The Vatican experience also had its challenges, as Fr Andrew was living in a German religious house, and his lectures were in Italian and Latin. So he had a fairly intense language learning experience.

He passed his various examinations on the first year of Canon Law, as well as passing formal examinations in the Italian language.

“But Rome wasn’t for me in the sense that I missed parish life very much, and so asked if I could come back to a parish and continue with my studies in Dublin. In Rome I was basically spending seven days at a desk with books. I like books, but not that much!”

The Archbishop agreed to his return and appointed him in September to Mount Merrion. In addition to his parish duties, he is continuing his HDip in Canon Law at The Milltown Institute.

Brian Byrne.