Garvan byrne biography sample

Easter Faith and Joy

From the desk of Fr. Ignatius Waters, cp

Sunday, 16th April

I want to introduce you to young Garvan Byrne because I think he will introduce you afresh to Jesus, his friend.

Indeed he’s very like Jesus who was just a little older than Garvan when he astounded Mary and Joseph with the depth of his spiritual wisdom. So much so that the gospel says, “They did not know what he meant.” Garvan was born on 20th March with a very rare kind of fatal bone marrow disease with the result he didn’t grow after five years

of age.

So his words of wisdom, which would have been remarkable coming from an adult, were all the more extraordinary because they seemed to be coming from a five year old child!  He died at this time of year, 16^th April in , just two months after a video was made of an interview with him.

He was interviewed at Helen House in Oxford by Sr.

Frances Dominica. If she had not made this video we would probably never h