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DIY priest gives guardian angel "a
well earned rest"
09.02.15
A PARISH priest who
fell through a roof while doing repairs has vowed to
give his "overworked guardian angel" a well-earned
rest.
Culdaff-born Fr Paddy O'Kane who serves in Holy
Family parish, Ballymagroarty, Derry, tumbled 14
feet to the ground as he attempted to fix a hole in
a flat roof. It is understood he crashed through the
ceiling, hitting his head on impact.
He was rushed to the local Altnagelvin Hospital with
his injuries and was kept in for several days. He is
now on the mend at home. |
He joked that he went
to fix one hole and ended up making two more - a
bigger one in the roof and one in his head.
"Let’s face it, roofing is not my strong point. From
now on I will leave it to the professionals. I’ll
stick to the much safer pastoral duties as a priest
on terra firma and let my overworked guardian angel
take a well earned rest," he told mass-goers via the
parish newsletter yesterday.
Prayers were said throughout the cross-border Derry
diocese after the popular priest's accident last
weekend.
Fr O'Kane, who is in his 60s and a former Moville
P.P., thanked the nurses and doctors who treated
him.
He said he felt blessed not to have suffered a more
serious injury and said his hospital stay made him
realise the value of friendship. |
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Fr Paddy O'Kane who is on the mend
after falling through a roof and hitting his head. |
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"Thank you, one and
all, from the bottom of my heart. I have never felt
so loved and cherished. Sometimes it takes an
incident like this to make us realise the goodness
of others, the value of friendship and how much
people care," he added. |
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