Michael O'Carroll

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, was an Irish

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priest, writer, and teacher. Born Michael John Carroll, in Newcastle West, County Limerick in 1911, his father was a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary. Educated in

Blackrock College Blackrock College ( ga, Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is a voluntary secondary school, voluntary day school, day and boarding school, boarding Catholicism, Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, Blackrock, Dublin, Bl ...

, Dublin, the Holy Ghost Novitiate in

Kimmage Manor The Holy Ghost Missionary College, in Kimmage in Dublin, colloquially known as Kimmage Manor, is Holy Ghost Fathers(Spiritans) institution that has served as a Seminary training missionary priests and spawned two other colleges the ''Kimmage Mission ...

, and at

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(BA in Philosophy and H. Dip. in Education), O'Carroll spent three years studying theology at the Dominican

University of Fribourg The University of Fribourg (french: Université de Fribourg; german: Universität Freiburg) is a public university located in Fribourg, Switzerland. The roots of the university can be traced back to 1580, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisius ...

in Switzerland, earning a Doctorate in Divinity.Fr. Michael John O'Carroll
Irish Spiritans Remembered, by Seán P. Farragher, C.S.Sp., www.spiritans.ie O'Carroll went back to teach French, Latin, English, History and Religion in Blackrock College. A contributor for the ''

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'' newspaper, O'Carroll wrote every editorial that appeared in the paper for 14 years and during the

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, he commented on the debates and decisions of the Council for the newspaper. In 1995, O'Carroll was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Theology by the Pontifical University of Maynooth. Michael's older brother, Patrick F. O'Carroll, DD, also became a

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priest, serving as Provincial of the order, and also worked as a professor in the United States. O'Carroll was a noted mariologist.A Marian Dogma and Ecumenism
by Rev. Michael O’Carroll, C.S.Sp. He died on 12 January 2004 after a long illness and was buried in a community grave at

Shanganagh Cemetery Shanganagh Cemetery is a cemetery in south County Dublin, in the administrative county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown just to the south of Shankill. The cemetery consists of two areas, on the Dublin Road, the other to the east, on the western sid ...

Publications

* "The Holy Ghost Father", ''Mission Outlook'', (1973) * ''Vassula of the Sacred Heart's Passion'' (1993) * ''Bearer of the Light – Vassula, Mediatrix of Divided Christians'' (1994) * ''John Paul II – A Dictionary of His Life and Teachings'' (1994) * ''A Priest in Changing Times'' (1998)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:OCarroll, Michael 1911 births 2004 deaths People from Newcastle West Holy Ghost Fathers Irish Spiritans University of Fribourg alumni Alumni of University College Dublin People educated at Blackrock College Irish expatriates in Switzerland 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Sportspeople from Limerick (city)