More On Rev. Jeremiah Joseph O’Connell and a Trip Idea

We drove to Belmont, NC, today to attend daily Mass at the Belmont Abbey Basilica, Our Lady Help of Christians, and to identify and photograph the grave marker for Rev. Jeremiah Joseph O'Connell who has parents and other family members buried in this graveyard and who was instrumental in the founding of Belmont Abbey. Construction …

Continue reading More On Rev. Jeremiah Joseph O’Connell and a Trip Idea

Father Jeremiah Joseph O’Connell and His Legacies

Rev. J. J. O’Connell is not buried in the Graveyard of the Basilica of St. Peter, but many family members are, and he is one of three priests, brothers, who honored their parents, Patrick and Anne Wray O’Connell, with a memorial marker in the O’Connell Family section of this graveyard. Born, educated, and ordained in …

Continue reading Father Jeremiah Joseph O’Connell and His Legacies