Last week we lost a very special person Deacon Vinnie Walsh. He has a big connection to me because he was a good friend of my Mother. She worked with him at the family pantry in Harwich and shared many a good story and plenty of laughs too!
In latter years, I got to know him in a different light. He presided over communion services at The Royal Assisted living in Harwich. I would bring my Mom and he was always kind (Mom had dementia by this time and was failing.) He always brought a smile to her face and warmth for her heart and soul, as he did for so many others not only at The Royal but at Eagle pond and Holy Trinity Church.
This week Holy Trinity will honor Deacon Vinnie. He will lie in state at the church this afternoon at 3. His body will remain in the church and be watched by prayerful friends. Night prayer will be at 7pm tonight and morning prayer will be at 8:30
tomorrow morning with the funeral mass at 10am.
It is a fitting tribute to a great guy! May he rest in peace. Amen.
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