Priest Tragically Takes His Own Life (Fr. Dennis Conway)
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I attended the masses of his. What a real tragedy this really is. He was such a great priest and celebrated the Extraordinary form so reverently. Requiescat in pace.
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Fr Conway was a fantastic priest. I'm at a loss for words
Prayers of peace and comfort for all that are in turmoil. May God guide you to peace. Blessed be Fr Dennis's memories.
Condolences to the family and friends M.H.S.R.I.P and may the Perpetual light shine on him always 🙏🏽 🙏🙏
I have known several priests who took their own lives. As a priest who has served for thirty-five years, I can tell you that the ministry has changed enormously. The distance between priest and people has widened due to suspicion of priests as a result of the sexual abuse scandals. I am the pastor of eight parishes and cover a huge area where Catholics are not plentiful. I could never have imagined the stress of serving in the present era. The level of criticism of the Church authorities and of Church teaching is overwhelming. I start each day asking God to get me through the day in a way that does not harm and hopefully brings healing and peace through God’s grace to those I encounter. Please folks, support your priest as best you can, challenge him if you must, but support him.
Thank you Father for your hard work and dedication ❤🙏🏻
@ I appreciate you taking moment to express your thanks. The peace of Christ to you.
Your comments are very important to hear to help us understand what our church leaders are facing each day. Thank you for sharing this with us all!
What a tragic loss to everyone. Father Dennis spent an academic year with us at St Mary's in Marshalltown before he began studies in Rome. Among his many gifts, he was a talented musician. I remember him playing the organ in the choir loft without sheet music. Prayers for Fathet Dennis and all who mourn his loss.
May the holy angels always be by your side, strengthening, encouraging, and lifting you up. May we, the flock that you shepherd, pray unceasingly for God's intervention in your life, Father. Amen
Gotta remember the sacrifices Priests make in their lives for us. God bless them.
What would be response to:
" Jesus sacrificed himself once for all so there is no need for priest to sacrifice. Just as the letter to hebrews chapters 9 to 11 say."
@@SlovakGreekCatholic.WAY out of context. Jesus gave His apostles a share in His ministry when He said "do this in rememberance of me" if you read all of Hebrews it makes that clear
@@Philip__325 amen 🙏🏻
All ministers and priests of any faith makes sacrifices for their people, simply by choosing this career, or being called to this career. However, I do believe the Catholic Church places an extreme burden on many priests by insisting on vows of celibacy. Although the priest can always take his problems to his heavenly father, I believe these men also deserve an earthly soulmate with whom to share both their good and bad times.
@LovesLakes and of course here we go yet AGAIN with the whole "we need to do away with celibacy" argument 🙄funny how people never even mention that marriage is no guarantee of happiness and that spousal abuse is also very real. And the double standard with you is what really makes me sick. So are you also going to require Buddhist monks and nuns to marry? They are celibate too at least according to everything I've read just sayin here....
Father Dennis was a great man, a great friend, and a great priest. Thank you all for praying for our pastor- we have some hard days ahead.
Father Dennis was fluent in 6 languages (Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew) and was an expert in biblical translation. He was very well read in analytic philosophy, especially Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell (I borrowed several of his books). He heard confession for 10 hours a week and said Mass in both the ordinary and extraordinary form.
Once about 7 years ago, I drove by a horrible car accident where a car was burned up. I learned later that a man was burned alive inside the car. I learned last year that Father Dennis had stopped by the same accident- he went and consoled the burned man as he laid dying on the ground, and gave him his last rights and prayed over him with all of the first responders.
Father was a great priest. Please pray for him as often as you think to do so. I will pray for him every day for the rest of my life.
May the Good Lord take Fr. Dennis to His paradise . Eternal rest grant unto Fr. Dennis and perpetual light shine upon him.
My goodness I will definitely pray for him!
I'm sorry for your loss I will pray father and his parishioners.
I always say a Hailil Mary for the priest saying Mass .
God bless Fr. Dennis..
So sorry to hear this about this priest any priest gone in such a tragic way is devastating to here. We had our pastor last year was murdered along with the assistant. Our community was completely broken . We live in a small parish. we still mourn our beloved pastor and his assistant. The person who killed them is in jail . Praying fornFr. Dennis.
As a mother of 2 sons who died by suicide I will pray for the Lord to have mercy on his soul. I also recommend Fr. Chris Alar video on this topic.
Prayers. Pray for all suicide tragedy
I'm so sorry about your losses.
I heard by a health practitioner something interesting that I always thought wouldn't be true , he said the people that fo this ( without drugs help of course) are heart centred people, not liver people; in other words they rule by heart felt feelings so much so they feel things to a fault.most people are the opposite or mix they think selfishly their wants. I imagined those who sucicide are in negative place anger distraught at a loss and lose Hope I imagine , I can only guess, but in death they are shown the way the errors the new life I think ..it s hard to accept that they chose to fo this and people dont know personal story of course about each individual.
@@geraldinelucey1067 your family will be in my prayers
Thank you so much. Prayers are what's giving us strength to carry this cross.
I started attending Fr. Conway's masses about 7 months ago. I was looking to attend a Traditional Latin Mass. I was instantly drawn in. His Homilies always hit home with me like none other and I even switched parishes and attended his mass twice a week. I was and am still in shock over this. Rest in Peace Father. Lord, please have mercy on your son Dennis.
Eternal rest grant unto the soul of Fr. Dennis and let perpetual light shine upon him.May he rest in peace amen 🙏🙏🙏
Mother Mary receive the consolation of the lost soul.
May GOD comfort us and heal every one in dark times. Jesus Lord let us not perish in hatred anger sadness depression manipulation Mother Mary intercede for us
Dennis was a brother diocesan priest here in the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Please pray for the repose of his soul.
@@rev.tomheathershaw1232 we are so terribly sorry. I attempted suicide 2 times. I know how anguished help must have been. I pray for all who are suffering from his loss, but I know Fr. Conway is in heaven. Jesus is holding him in His arms.
Mat God continue to give you His Grace to keep going. Know you are loved🙏❤️.
Luisa Piccaretta a great mystic said Her privations of Jesus were greater than death itself.
Jesus also told Luisa there needs to be retreat houses where priests meet together very often to support each other.
With the shortage of clergy our priests are under immense stress and workload.
We as laity have a responsibility to check in with our priests and make sure they are ok - whether by offering to do whatever jobs we can for them to relieve some of that pressure running their parish, cooking them a meal/taking them out for a meal etc
Our priests MUST know and deserve to know we support them and want to do what we can to support them
@@irishandscottish1829 where was this priest's parish? He needed help. So many of these priest's do. All we hear on you tube is criticism of priest and bishops. It's terrible! We as a church are reaping the long term affects of this critical behavior. Yet it continues. Plus certain people are making money off of. This constant criticism.
@@irishandscottish1829 Thank you for your support of brother priests and for your desire to be of help. I have found support from the people of the parish to be a huge help. It's a mutual relationship of support.
Fr. Dennis's death hit me hard as a fellow priest. In the seminary I was told by one of our priest professors, have someone who can call you by your first name, meaning a good friend whom you can lean on and see you, yes as a priest, but also as a fellow brother who sometimes just needs someone to talk to, to laugh, cry, and just spend a wholesome and healthy time with a friend.
@ I owe my attitude towards our priests to my dad - supporting you priest was a huge part of Irish culture when he grew up even if you had little to no money yourself.
The widows mite was a story dad constantly told us kids growing up.
My priest actually gives me into trouble now for volunteering for thing 😂 as he says I’m doing more than enough for the parish and other parishioners need to start helping.
But the way I see is that God has graced me with a significant improvement in my daily pain from my rheumatoid arthritis after my priest did deliverance over me and did anointing of the sick on me (I went from being bed bound/unable to to hardly anything to being able to do significantly more even though I’ve not had a ‘miraculous cure’ as my joints are still badly damaged).
He has also been an amazing source of spiritual knowledge and support for me where my spiritual life keeps feeling like a freight train - even now when I’m going through spiritual dryness because he is a great source of comforting words to keep you on the narrow path.
(Even though he likely rolls his eyes internally when I ask him another question by prefacing it ‘this probably is a stupid question’ 😂 - but he welcomes all my questions as he sees them as a desire to get closer to God)
So to me the least I can do is volunteer for things considering I’m still not physically able to return to work (may never be be to due to the damage in many joints) but I can do what I am able for God and that includes supporting one of his anointed ministers and doing what I can to raise some much needed parish funds.
I do hope you have that friend who can call you by your first name and who can support you in all moments of life whether joyful or sorrowful
Oh for Peters sake. Everyone is working under stress and a heavy workload
Sorry but labeling Fr Conway in absentia as being mentally ill is grossly uncalled for. Hippa laws people!! Stress can and does kill. Lack of sleep because of stress can kill. Lack of support when you desperately need a break, miss family and friends? Can overload the system until you are too overwhelmed to see straight. You think Satan doesn’t exist? You think he won’t hunt priests and nuns and worm his way into your heart and mind…you’re no good! Who cares? Do away with yourself, no one will miss you. All slimey, evil pointed ‘suggestions’ to break you down in a moment of weakness. He doesn’t come alone. Demons work in gangs. I am being actively targeted by satanists. Happy to let me know I’m on their kill list. Why? Christians
ARE under attack. Christian parishes ARE being put under the control of wizards, witches and their witchcraft, voodoo. Do not laugh or blow off the truth. I bet he was under such daily attack from a distance and up close. Divide and conquer. Destroy from within and without. I went for help to my church. Oh, female? Gotta be nutso, go see a shrink and stay away from us. I asked for our exorcist..called..oh gawsh a female! Gotta be a head case, go see a shrink then come back to me, BUT I had already done that, said so, got the all clear and now desperately need spiritual help?! Blew me off then called my parish back and I got kicked out. So no surprise to see chaos within and without. Revelation told you this was coming, I read it, believed it, know it to be fact. You guys are educated in all this. But have this superiority about yourselves. So now what? Satan is in the Vatican and is cleaning house. But you bet I got my letter in the mail telling me I owe you a donation for Xmas. Really huh? I am below poverty level. I do not have a thing to give. I wish. Fr Conway was holy, otherwise Satan wouldn’t have hunted and tortured him. You all better wake up real fast. We ARE in the end times. It is going to get a lot worse. You closed the churches not us. You refused masses and confession not us. We never lost the faith. Why should we feel sorry for you? You abandoned us and don’t get why we are no shows. Imagine that? The Euphrates dried up, it’s in revelation. Demons ARE loosed on us. Get those bottles of holy water, blessed oils, consecrated hosts lined up. Your parishioners are going to need them real soon. Don’t think of denying them again. We are educated, not dumb, we have bibles, we can read. We are getting visions and auditory warnings. Not fake, not mental illness. All in revelations, I’m a believer. Where are you guys? We need you now more than ever. 😢
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I was a contemporary of his at the North American College back in our seminary days. He was always a good-hearted man. What a tragedy. Thanks for making this, Michael. God bless.
You too. Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend.
Thank you. Mr Loften
Dear Lord Jesus protect and love the soul of this young beautiful priest who was our pastor at Immaculate Mary in Cedar Rapids. We are stunned to hear this sadness...Father Conway was our confessor our celebrant and gave me Holy Oil Blessing before a major operation. The Catholic Community of Cedar Rapids prays for his soul and God's Blessing to his family. Pray for our Priests .... Merciful Lord accept the soul of Father Dennis into your Kingdom.....may our prayers be heard Lord
I’m so sorry for your loss. 😢. I lived in CR in the late 70s. May God have mercy on Father Dennis’ soul.
Thank you for covering this. I do my rosary with the Keith Nester’s rosary crew and he announced it today . He was Keith’s priest . My heart sank .
Keith was the first person I thought of when I heard this tragic news.
I heard it too this morning 😢so heartbreaking 💔
Fr. Dennis was a bright and kind hearted person. We knew him when he was in the seminary with our son. Prayers of peace for his family and friends. Blessed be his memories.
Priest are on the frontline saving soul. Lord protect our Priests from evil, Amen.
Father Conway was a light during high school and he continued to share the light of Christ with our parish. Fr. Ronald Rollheiser has said that some family and friends get kicked out by those who are so far down. But Jesus can walk through locked doors.
Our God is so merciful.
May the perpetual light shine upon HIM , may HE rest in peace ✝️💕
I will keep Fr. Conway in my prayers since I have a devotion to the Holy Souls. The St. Gertrude Prayer is a beautiful prayer that I pray all day long. The Holy Souls long to see Jesus’ face. Praying this prayer we are told that 1,000 souls are released. If we love, we should long to help our brothers & sister attain the goal we all wait for and that’s seeing & living with Jesus. Fr. Conway served Jesus very well. He must have been in such a horrible state and the emotional pain so great that he couldn’t rationally see an end to his pain. We should never judge anyone for unless we have lived in their shoes, we don’t know what they are going through. I just know that Jesus is love and Fr. Conway’s life was dedicated to that same love. Jesus, please have mercy on your servant Fr. Conway. Mother Mary wrap your loving mantle around Fr. Conway and his Mom & Dad & family. They are heartbroken.💔
@@arleenstehn3322 you are so right- nobody should judge these souls - I’ve been there. Rest in peace dear Father Conway and may the perpetual light shine upon him.
My own spiritual Father suffered the same fate, I was really devastated. He was the only one that truly knew me and inspired me. His teachings helped me a lot.
I fequently went to His masses and will always cherish the confessions He gave. He was a great shepard to His perish and He truly loved the priesthood.
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen. Sincere condolences to all concerned. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Fr. Conway was a beloved friend in our parish and someone who was great to talk to for guidance. And all the sacrifices he’d make for us won’t go unappreciated, he hear about 1000 confessions a week, spoke 7 languages and did the Latin mass, and his homilies were so amazing. Keith Nester goes to my parish and when I heard the news from him I was absolutely deviated, being a priest is not an easy job and they need our prayers now more than ever. Thanks for sharing this and praying for the repose of his soul
@@tannerrichards8287 Is father Conway's parents alive
This brought me to tears. Fr Conway is added to the list of those for whom l pray daily. May he rest in peace, and his family be comforted.
The devil is working hard. So must we.
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Amen 🙏
Watch the movie “Nefarious.” Incredible movie.
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Yes. We must vote for those who will keep the ACA in place, the devil is working hard to dismantle health insurance coverage for those with mental illnesses.
I don't know Fr. Dennis Conway and yet I am devastated hearing this tragic news. Crying as I listen and try to understand what has happened and also crying listening to what you, Michael wrote to encourage all of us. Thank you for sharing this with us and God bless you.
May the soul of Fr. Dennis Conway, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
May God bless and comfort all his family, parishioners, friends and all you are impacted by this tragic event.
May God also bless and protect and guide all those are are struggling with their mental health. This topic is very close to my heart as I too and my family are going through very difficult times for over 5 years. Hope and faith in God is what sees us through each day.
Eternal rest grant unto him, so sad😥🙏
Praying for Fr Dennis Conway and family 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God Rest In Peace. Amen.🙏🏼🙏🏼
Precious Lord Jesus Christ show Fr. Dennis Your mercy and give comfort and peace to his loved ones amen!!!
@@bridgetakosa-anene6155✝️ Amen🙏✨🕯️✨🕊️🙏Jesus I Trust in You, O' Mary conceived without sin Pray for us who have recourse to Thee!!!
As a former parishioner of Fr. Conway’s, I thank you for this episode and the prayers
DEAR GOD JESUS, PLEASE REMEMBER AND HAVE MERCY ON THE SOUL OF FR. DENNIS CONWAY IN YOUR KINGDOM. THANK YOU AND LOVE YOU FOREVER.
A very sad tragedy to hear this today. Praying for Fr. Conway's family, parishioners and every one who knew the priest. Thanks Michael for the difficult conversation that needs to be told. May Fr. Conway soul rest in peace. God bless
Several years ago, there was a young priest in the Diocese of Columbus (Ohio) who unfortunately chose to end his life in a very tragic way. He jumped from the top of a skyscraper in Chicago. As someone who has dealt with suicidal ideation for all of my adult life, my heart broke for him.💔💔
This priest was apparently under investigation for inappropriate text and phone messages with a minor. Very sad, he was probably a good man that the devil took hold of.
Is there any proof that Fr Dennis was under investigation for sexual talk or other, with a minor, as there was with the priest from Columbus. Also as one who suffers constant depression, could you explain to me "constant suicidal ideation." Wouldn't medication give some relief?
Peace to you. 🙏🕊️
@ how sweet of you. Thank you.
As someone who was at one point struggling with these kinds of thoughts it breaks my heart when something like this happens. I'll be praying for him in my rosary.
God bless you
Please guys: always lift up your priests and really pray for them daily please. We can’t know the pressures they bear & they need us to help bear those with them. Please for the love of God, love them. Pray for them. Find some way to serve them. Bring them a meal. Invite them over. Talk to them. They love you. We just have to love them back.
I have struggled with suicidal intrusive thoughts all my youth and since my conversion, Jesus saved me from them. Even if I was giving thanks for him all my life it wouldn't be enough. Thank you for this beautiful video.
Fr Conway was our Priest here at St Wenceslaus and Immaculate Conception. We are in shock, grieving. Please pray for Fr Conway and his family, all the Priests here in Cedar Rapids and us parishioners. So very sad
This was a Kind and compassionate Video . Thank you.
Our priest is very pious and gentle. He Suffers much from people who bully him or disregard him. We have set up a Prager rosary chain 20 peaple together pray all 20 mysteries everyday for his Protection.
You can look this up; there are stories of people who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and survived. All of them said the moment they jumped, they realized that they had made a huge mistake and that all of their problems could be fixed. I think it's good reading for anyone who is thinking about taking their own life. I am shocked that a priest did this, and I pray that his soul will be saved.
Thank you for this sensitive response to this poor man's choice.
My prayers are with him, his family, his parish, his bishop. I feel like Tobit on the eve of the wonderful secular feast-day of Thanksgiving to our God, and finding a fellow pilgrim who died alone on the streets. I am so sorry for him.
Genuinely dark days we live in when so many are this absorbed on darkness that death is seemingly preferable to continued existence. May God have mercy upon his soul.
Sweet merciful Jesus have mercy on this priest your son 🙏 protect our priest Father . Holy Spirit giver of life protect our souls ,spirit, body and mind against the evil one Amen 🙏
Didn’t know him, but my brother seminarians in the Archdiocese of Dubuque did. Pray for all of them.
Thank you so much for making this video with such kindness of heart. I consider myself recovered from my depression after too many years believing there was no recovery for me. When you're there and you only find relief in the thought of ending it all it feels like complete fantasy that things can get better. It was impossible to believe but if I could go back in time I'd just tell myself to hang on every day because things were going to end up being so damn good. May God bless you all and provide the light to see the Truth.
Thank you for covering this. Please remember that priests are human beings, too. They experience trauma and are often surrounded by suspicion, hostility, misunderstanding, and contempt. They are sometimes completely abandoned, humanly speaking. All of this takes a toll. Be kind. Be supportive. And remember Jesus’ words, that also apply to priests: Love one another, as I have loved you. Rest in peace, Fr Dennis.
The pain never leaves for some people.
The people judging this priest and saying he committed a mortal sin are making me sick. Only God can judge.
Those are people who don't know the faith. A mortal sin is a sin when you have full control & willingness to commit it. Suicide? Your brain thinking this is a good idea? Clearly something is wrong & the person is OUT of control, those are not sane rational thoughts. All the more reason to pray for those struggling mentally
🙏. God love him.
Must have been so painful
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@@MaryBeth1965 is the parish coming together to help the priest's Mom a d Dad and family? If you want to help, there is a good place to start. They need your long term help.
@@MaryBeth1965 ABSOLUTELY.
That is so tragic. The thing I have been taught when encountering a person contemplating such an act is to not leave that person alone. Almost always that act is committed alone. Stay with that person. Bring him company. Take turns staying with him. Get him medical attention. Do not leave him alone.
You are 100% correct!
Yes ❤ they might beg to be left alone though. My brother died by suicide
@@retrorenegade1967 I’m sorry. Yes they will try. If you saw a bleeding man on the street, you would get him help. This is the help a suicidal person needs. You have to be persistent. Many will not mind the company. Many in their hearts do not want to commit suicide. Many will welcome the company. My prayers for the r soul of your loved one.
SO very sad! God grant him eternal rest!
I have made attempts to end my life on earth and after I had been in a coma I realized that the Lord had left me here for His purposes! Of course it has not be easy and I have been very depressed and anxious about this many times but God is healing me for which I am extremely grateful! The truth is that the Lord has great love for us and i cling to that truth forevermore!
"Jesus I trust in You"
I’m so happy you’re still here w/us, Roberta🙏😘😘🥰😍🥺
For the sake of His Sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world
IC is the most conservative parish in Cedar Rapids. Fr. Conway offered the Traditional Latin Mass three times a week at the sister church of St. Wenceslaus. It was the only Latin Mass in the area. 😢
Really? My goodness!that's rare to have in the area. In south eastb ireland, I'm not sure here any near me, probably dublin, kilkenny did years ago..
The Bishop of Phoenix has written a very beautiful letter about suicide that just came out recently. It is a very recommendable letter for people who have suffered from a suicide in their family or among their friends. The Bishop of Phoenix has lost four members of his own family to suicide.
The big question is…where was at Jesus for this priest? Jesus essentially abandoned him is what happened.
May God have mercy on Father Dennis Conway.🙏🌹The rosary and the Divine Mercy prayer has always reminded me not to despair and trust in God and Mother Mary. These are a great comfort to me in times of desparity.
There are no words to express one's sorrow when an incident like this, which is so painful - happens. Praying for Father Dennis Conway, for his Family, friends and parishoners.
Prayers for his poor soul, his family and his parish! God give him peace
I will Pray for his soul in this evening mass that I will attend , Rest in peace.
God knows him better then anyone and we don't have the right to judge him. He's with our Heavenly Father now!!!!
Died by suicide. The language has universally changed. He didn't commit anything, nor did anyone who ever made this decision. I'd love to know who was helping him. It's often preventable. Thank you for talking about this very critical issue.
🤔not sure what you’re trying to say? That he didn’t commit suicide, but died by suicide🤔 That it could have been prevented if someone hadn’t helped him? 🤔 My father put a gun to his head and left us a note, so we new his intention and what followed. I had a niece who died of a drug overdose, was it intentional? Unintentional ? We will never know, but the pain is still the same. The language doesn’t really mean much. Whether they committed suicide, died by suicide, died as a result of a rash action. Sometimes we can help them; sometimes only God can help them🙌🏻🕊️❤️🙏🏻
Absolutely. Language matters. When we de-criminalize and de-shame the language by not saying “committed”, we decrease the stigma around mental illness which may make it more likely someone will seek out the help they need.
@SisyphusOfAlice, There is no criminality in suicide - no one is going to prosecute you for committing suicide🙄 as for the stigma of mental illness; my father had been diagnosed as manic depressive, he had been admitted many years earlier for a manic episode and at the time of his suicide had been under psychiatric care and receiving supposed antidepressant medication which I believed caused his rash action ,which lead to his suicide. My niece had also been hospitalized and under psychiatric care for several years and ultimately died of her intentional or unintentional drug overdose. So I’m not a real believer in the thought that mentally ill folks are unlikely to seek help because they feel a stigma attached. In fact, in today’s world, one could say we are all on the spectrum of some cognitive or mental illness in some form😵💫no one is perfectly « normal »just a matter of degree😉
Brother what a beautiful letter.. so much truth i can tell it was staight from the heart.. much love and keep doing what you're doing you truelly are helping out people with your videos
Prayers for Fr. Dennis, his family, his colleagues, his parishioners, his friends. Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him.
My first born committed suicide 7 years ago. He was able to hide his pain, his confusion, as I'm sure fr Dennis was able to hide his pain. I understand suicide. They don't believe that time heals all wounds. I'm so so sorry.
Prayers for him, his family, and his parish.
Jesus, i trust in you
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him, May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. RIP Father Dennis , from Scotland UK. 🙏🙏🙏. Condolences and prayers to family, friends and parishioners. God knows everything we do, and why. He is merciful.
🙏🙏🙏😞😥... just prayed for him in my rosary
May his soul through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
I like when this priest says - "don't have a permanent solution to a temporary problem".
Lord Jesus, in Your Divine Mercy, be Merciful to your servant, Fr. Dennis Conway. Reach out to Him with the Rays of Your Mercy and welcome him to Your Kingdom. Lord, have Mercy!
RIP Father.
Never judge , only GOD knows what goes on in our minds 💕🌷
Please pray for this priest, his family, parishioners & any other priest, they are under an enormous amount of stress, serving so many people. I think God understands how sick these people are & will forgive them, but we must pray, pray, pray for these priests & for others that feel this way. DO NOT JUDGE THEM, LET GOD DO THE JUDGING.
healthcare professionals too, especially after thru and after the plamdemic
Thank you so much for your words, I pray. For the priest and you, RIP❤
It is really tragic, I read it on fb. May the Lord grant his soul eternal rest 🙏🏽
Please offer as many Mass for his soul. Suicide is not a good thing for a man of God. Our condolences🙏🏻
May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
Dear Lord, have mercy on his soul!
That poor man. Priests are on duty 24-7. They live in poverty. Jesus will look after him. Jesus cares for the sick.
they don't live in poverty......they are however, lonely. Antisocial media, cvaids shts (cause brain inflammation), etc....all part I'm sure. I understand..I do
Good to hear this supportive stand. 🙏
God bless you MIchael for remembering this priest. It is a good idea to make a longer video about this issue. Two years ago our parish priest at that time did the same thing. It's heartbreaking for everybody, but bringing up to discussion these issues can bring healing and help other priests that can be struggling with these problems. Let's pray for all priests.
May the Lord have mercy on his soul. There is our hope, Jesus. I believe in God’s Love and mercy.
Praying for Fr. Dennis Conway.
I pray for my priests everyday. I made it a part of my morning prayers. And I am praying ceaselessly for the response of the soul of Father Dennis Conway.
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Thank you, Michael for your sharing on this sensitive but very necessary subject. Yes, will definitely pray for him and his family. God bless. May his soul find peace in Our Lord’s bountiful mercy.
Thank you for these encouraging words, but sadly time does not always heal all wounds :(
but if we look to the cross, we can find the value of our worst suffering.
I'm sorry you feel that way right now. I hope that will change in time.
@@reasonandtheologyDepression is an illness. It changes the brain, has to do with the "feel good" chemicals that aren't there. Medications are tricky as the doctor needs to rely on the patient's testimony as to whether or not they are working.
No, Michael, time does not heal all wounds. I wish you would get some real education in this matter. The brain can be ill too, not just the rest of the body. It's a medical illness like anything else and needs treatment. Time, alone, can be a killer, not a healer.
Lord ✝️ JESUS CHRIST, have mercy on the souls who have committed suicide, especially Fr. Dennis Conway. Lord GOD hear this prayer.🙏🏼✝️🙏🏼🛐
Sad💔💔💔 prayers for him and family and loved one's 🔥🤟🇺🇸
OMG, Today was the first time I open his youbtube on Divine Mercy and follow it to the end and also shared it with my dearest sister. Pls RIP Father. Before you left u showed me the way and thank u for that. God be with u always
So sad to see our priests struggle . One year ago fr.Elias Leyds from the Netherlands took his own life. He had many podcasts on you tube, as well in Dutch as in English, very inspiring. I am praying for the repose of the souls of those great priests.
Thanks for listening
I don’t think we grasp how lonely it is to be a priest. In most cases today they live by themselves. No family to eat dinner with. No spouse to care for them when they are sick. No one to share joys or sadness…. Many clergy hit the bottle. Many struggle with depression.
This is why celibate should be dismissed.
My time in novitiate I saw a full range of characters. My best friend had many issues, but he stayed. Sadly, some years after I left and long after formation and serving in New Orleans he took his life. The demons never left but got worse. I still miss Jim.
The biggest problem I saw was the bottle. Our Novice Master was brilliant and an incredible preacher. However, when he preached at Mass his hands and body trembled. He was a recovered alcoholic and formed AA groups made up of lay and clergy. On occasion he would take in a wayward priest from another religious community or diocese. I remember one priest who came to stay with us.Handsome, articulate, funny and smart. After awhile I saw less and less of him, then one day I saw him unshaven and unkept. He was sneaking into the chapel to drink the wine. Yuck! The Novice Master gave him one chance to get sober and he failed. He was told to leave. Sometime later I heard he died. The cause was kept from us.
The bottle is an attempt to mask the demons. In most cases, when I talked with them they were struggling with loneliness, depression etc and their choice of religious life was a failed attempt to find a family-like community - but too many had the same problems.
The first, or at least primary, thing to assure everyone is that he is not going to go to Hell. How this psychopathic and insensitive dogma got started I will never really know. But having been suicidal myself, I know just how intense pain can be, so horrible that it overrides one's innate sense of self-preservation. Now if I, being imperfect, can feel tremendous compassion and understanding for those who take their lives, then how much more so God? I believe God has taken that anguished man into his arms offering healing, hope, and love everlasting. Especially in these days, the world, both public and private, seems to be spiraling down into some unmentionable pit with no resolution in sight. God bless and keep and give love to Father Dennis.
Priests are humans like us. But we should constantly pray for them during the mass
As the priest lifts up the eucharist during mass, pray for them in that moment ❤
Many people are under spiritual attack, especially priests. Demonic. Spirits;
Can manifest; we don't know what really happened, but; I'm sure he was a beautiful, gentle, kind soul and then something happened. We don't know. I pray that Jesus hugs him with mercy and love. Mental illness needs to be loved not judged. I pray for his family. And may the blessed mother mary bring him home to heaven❤❤❤
usually the most kind, gentle and empathetic souls....were abused, neglected, etc. I get it and being lonely is real too.
I love that last sentence. “Don’t choose a permanent solution for a temporary problem.” So true.
He would have been of Irish decent. God rest his soul.
Greetings from Ireland.☘️
You are a good man Michael.
Pray very much for your parish priests every day for they are our bridge to heaven. The Devil works overtime to harm them spiritual during these dark times so we need to surround them with our prayers!
My thought as a clergy person. If his correspondance to the diocese showed signs of an acute mental crisis why did they not respond?
Excellent question. I hope they tried to help him get mental health treatment rather than just telling him to pray about it.
Prayers for Father, pray for everyone. & Everyone Have a blessed Thanksgiving In Christ peace 🕊️🙏God bless to all.
Thank you for your beautiful contribution to wellness and peace for others.
May Father Dennis rest in peace 🙏
I attempted sucide 3 times last year and had the temptation to do it again this year but thank the Lord he took me out of it. Thanks so much for your words of encouragement Michael, really i struggle with the thoughts there and there. ❤God bless you🙏
We never know how fragile someone is. Be kind, encourage and be available to those close to you. Most suicide is a choice made in a moment. If they had a moment to pause, the desperation of the moment might pass. I lost a beautiful daughter going through a terrible divorce who in a moment chose a fatal choice. It was not planned, just a moment of desperation. My prayers are for anyone feeling there is no option but to take their life. It is all to common.
I’m sorry to hear this. God bless you and your daughter.
May his dear soul rest in peace and may light perpetual shine upon him 🙏🕯️
"The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell. It goes beyond the hightest star and reaches to the lowest hell." May God comfort his loved ones and bless his soul with mercy and love. Amen
My most deepest heartfelt condolences and prayers for this sweet living priest
I am so very sorry for him,his family,friends,parishoners!! When I heard this today ,from Fr.Chris Alars mass today.he never mentioned a name,but was so upset to hear from his friends,spoke incredibly highly of what an incredible priest he was.. God bless ALL our priests,thank God for them.. may Godkeep Fr. Dennis safe and lots of mercy on his soul. RIP dearest Fr. You will be greatly missed...❤❤❤
Eternal rest and divine peace be with Fr. Dennis Conway, eternally 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💐❤️