Fr Michael Creech CSsR passed away peacefully on 23rd November 2022. Fr Michael died in St Peter’s, the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, near the Oval in London. He was an utterly dedicated Redemptorist missioner, professed for over 70 years and a priest for 64 years.
Funeral Arrangements
Fr Michael’s remains will come home to St Mary’s Monastery SW4 on Monday the 5th of December and will then be moved into the Church at 6.30pm. Requiem Mass will be celebrated by the V Reverend Fr Andrew Burns CSsR (Vicar Provincial Superior) on Tuesday the 6th of December at 12.30pm.
A cremation shall follow at 2pm in South London Crematorium.
REQUIESCAT in PACE
Copiosa apud eum Redemptio
Comments received by Clapham Old Xavarians include:
from Colin Garvey
“I was desperately saddened to hear this news. He was a great priest and a great Xaverian. I remember his sermon on Remembrance Sunday a few years ago, when he remembered the bombs falling on Clapham Common, and him being scared to death.
May he rest in peace.
from Eddie O’Brien
“Michael was a great man. He never lost that common touch. Deeply devoted to his vocation and never forgot where he was from. He was one of us. Always pleased to attend our functions when he could. May he rest in peace”.
from David Leathem
“If he was one of us (and he was), he was the best of us,
God bless him”
from Frank Barretta
“Such a lovely man, so engaging. I always enjoyed my conversations with him at many a COXA event. May he rest In peace”.
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