MAY 2008

Fundraiser for Leratong Hospice in Pretoria

The missionary priest seriously wounded in a gun attack last year at a hospice he founded in October 2004, in South Africa is to attend a fundraising event in Donegal next Month.

Belfast-born Fr. Kieran Creagh, a member of the Passionist Order, was attacked by an armed gang at the Leratong Hospice in Pretoria. He was shot twice after answering the door to what he thought was a patient and had to undergo emergency surgery to remove a bullet from his lung. The other bullet went through his arm.

He was named Irish International Personality of the Year after volunteering to be injected with a trial HIV vacine. The fundraising lunch in aid of the hospice, which is totally dependent on voluntary funds, is being organised with the support of the Donegal Hospice Committee, and will take place in Jackson's Hotel, Ballybofey at 1pm on 8th June.

A spokesperson for the organisers of the event said "Any help and support with this fundraiser will indeed by very much appreciated by all concerned. This will be a very entertaining afternoon with the Derry Jazz Quartet and comedian Joe Cauley in attendance. A table of ten for the event costs €500 while individual tickets are available at €50 each. If you would like to make a donation etc, contact Dr. Anne Doherty (Callaghan) Education Officer, Donegal Hospice, telephone 00447850 793257 or Grace Boyle on 086 803 2954.

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