Fintan Kilbride
Fintan Kilbride | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 March 1927 |
| Died | 21 December 2006 (aged 79) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Spouse | Kenise Murphy Kilbride |
| Children | Siobhan Kilbride Ciara Kilbride Amaral |
Fintan Kilbride (18 March 1927 – 21 December 2006) was a Catholic priest and teacher committed to the poor.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Early life and missionary work
[edit | edit source]Fintan was born in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. He grew up in Clonmel, County Tipperary. He was the son of Bernard Joseph Kilbride and Anne Ledwith Kilbride and the brother of Brian, Nuala, Dympna, Aidan, Louise, Kevin, and Malachy.[1] He is also the uncle of Malachy Kilbride the peace activist. He joined the Holy Ghost Fathers and served as a missionary in Nigeria, where he taught in high schools, helped build a hospital and three schools, and founded a teacher's college in Nigeria. He was expelled from Biafra in 1970.[citation needed]
Marriage and children
[edit | edit source]He married Kenise Murphy Kilbride in 1973. The couple had two children, Siobhan Kilbride and Ciara Kilbride Amaral (married to Nelson Amaral). He became a grandfather in 2004 when the first of his three grandchildren: Declan Amaral was born. Rhianne Amaral was born in 2006, and Ronan Amaral was born in 2010.[citation needed]
Career
[edit | edit source]After Nigeria, Kilbride settled in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He taught English at Neil McNeil Catholic Secondary School from 1975 to 1992. He was active in social justice causes, co-founding the Ecumenical Good Friday Walk in 1979,[2] and created Students Crossing Borders in 1991, a program that introduced youth to the realities of living and working in less developed countries, and to the responsibilities that privilege brings.[3] He served on the board of directors of Free The Children.[citation needed]
Death and afterward
[edit | edit source]Peacefully with his wife Kenise Murphy Kilbride, Fintan died 21 December 2006.
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 2005: Marion Tyrrell Award of Merit, Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association[4]
- 2005: Lewis Perinbam Award, World University Service of Canada [5]
References
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- ^ Lewis Perinbam Award Past Recipients Archived 2007-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit | edit source]- Fintan Kilbride obituary[permanent dead link]
- Ecumenical Good Friday Walk[permanent dead link]
- Students Crossing Borders
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