Beatification ceremony for Clare Crockett, former party girl from Derry, draws more than 100 people to Madrid
who was killed in an earthquake while she was teaching music in Ecuador has taken a step closer to sainthood.during an earthquake in April 2016. The 33-year-old had been working in the country as part of her work as a nun, which had also taken in placements in Spain and the US.Crockett, from Derry, had been an actor before she took religious order. She had the opportunity to become a presenter on the children’s TV channel Nickelodeon before leaving the acting profession.
More than 100 people travelled to Madrid for the opening of the cause of beautification at the Cathedral of Alcalá de Henares on Sunday. The ceremony had been streamed at the Brunswick Moviebowl in her home town. About 1,000 were expected at the service. Gill said the family was “very proud and excited”. “There’s people we’ve never met before here, too, so it’s a great experience,” she said, adding that at the ceremony her sister would be declared a “servant of God”.
“Nobody has been through this in our lifetime, so nobody knows what to expect or what’s going to happen.”
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