Rev. Thomas Flynn SSC, was an Irish missionary priest, who was killed by

Hukbalahap The Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (), better known by the acronym Hukbalahap, was a Communism, communist Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla movement formed by the farmers of Central Luzon. They were originally formed to Philippine resistance against Ja ...

communist rebels in 1950 in the Philippines.

Biography

Thomas Flynn was born on 5 November 1908 in Sixmilebridge, County Clare, Ireland. In 1928 Flynn went to Clonliffe College, Dublin to be educated for priesthood, moving in 1931 to

St. Patrick's College, Maynooth St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland ...

. He was ordained a priest for the Dublin diocese in 1935. From 1941, he served as chaplain to the Gurkhas in the British Army. He joined the

Missionary Society of St. Columban The Missionary Society of St. Columban ( la, Societas Sancti Columbani pro Missionibus ad Exteros) (abbreviated as S.S.C.M.E. or SSC), commonly known as the Columbans, is a missionary Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right foun ...

Mission to China in 1947, and was posted to the Philippines in 1948.

Death

On 30 October 1950, Flynn was taken from his parish in

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Pangasinan Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan ( pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Pangasinan, ; ilo, Probinsia ti Pangasinan; tl, Lalawigan ng Pangasinan), is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capit ...

, Philippines by

Communist guerrillas, and killed. He was 42 years old. In 2003 his remains were exhumed and interred in the family plot in Ballysheen, Co. Clare,Murdered Missionary Priest laid to Rest
by Gordon Deegan, Irish Times, August, 26th, 2003. In attendance at his interment were 30 Columban fathers and his sister, Sr Marie Flynn of the

Medical Missionaries of Mary The Medical Missionaries of Mary are a religious institute of the Catholic Church dedicated to providing health care to the underdeveloped regions of the world. They follow a Benedictine spirituality, with its focus on life in community, shared pray ...

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