Ceremony marks step towards sainthood for Northern Ireland nun
Posted by Jim on January 12, 2025
Clare Crockett, 33, was killed in an earthquake in Ecuador in April 2016.
By Cillian Sherlock, PA
January 12, 2025 at 9:56am GMT
A nun from Northern Ireland will be a step closer to sainthood on Sunday following a special ceremony in Spain.
Clare Crockett, 33, from Derry, was killed in an earthquake in Ecuador in April 2016. The building where she had been teaching music collapsed.
Ms Crockett, from Brandywell in Derry, was a larger-than-life character who had been an actor before choosing the religious life. She turned down a chance to present on children’s TV channel Nickelodeon to become a nun.
She said friends were in disbelief when she declared she was going to be a nun while holding a “beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other”.