Father John Killackey walking down Interstate 81 southbound on July 8, 2020.
Posted on 07/11/2020 6:41:56 PM PDT by ebb tide
Father John Killackey walking down Interstate 81 southbound on July 8, 2020.
Father John Killackey came to the aid of several stranded on the road after a tragic six-car pileup in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
A picture of a lone priest walking along Highway 81 piqued the interest of thousands of Catholics this week.
Drenched with so much rain, the image appears as a Norman Rockwell work of art; the black of his cassock, heavy with water, could be streaks of oil paint. The priest, now identified as Father John Killackey, was stuck in a line of cars along the highway after six vehicles were involved in a crash on Interstate 81 South in East Hanover Township in Lebanon, Pennsylvania on July 8, 2020.
Traffic apparently had come to a stop due to heavy rain. One car, not noticing the stand-still traffic, ran into the stream of cars and the driver was seriously injured. Father Killackey went to work, walking between the cars and semi-trucks, offering help to those suffering. Father Killackey was able to administer last rites to one person, just before the driver died.
We now have learned quite a bit about Father Killackey. A native of Wayne, N.J., he just celebrated his first-year anniversary of entering the priesthood. Serving as assistant priest at the Mater Dei Community in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he is a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.
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Ping
A real priest.
Ping and Bump
National Catholic Register not National Cath. Reporter. It’s EWTN
It’s like Mark Levin (Register) v The New York Times (Reporter)
Good story. Some priests, Fr George Rutler, namely, ran TO the burning Twin Towers on 9/11 in order to give last rites. Getting people to heaven is one of those things.
I get the FSSP shout out.... but the Reporter? That’s a strange bedfellow....
Thanks, I had missed the autocorrect. I would never expect the fishwrap to report this.
That picture looks like it could be a still image from a movie.
Could you please change the source from National Catholic Reporter to the correct source, National Catholic Register?
Great story great photo. Thanks for posting. Priests wearing cassocks. Yep
This happened while on my way home from work.
So sad anyone perished, but an uplifting young Catholic priest story, and his dedication to the Lord!!
Father Rutler gave a general absolution to a large group of firefighters before they entered the WTC (and subsequently died in the collapse of the tower).
I think it's a safe bet that there are those who were saved from Hell that morning for no other reason than because they were offered the opportunity to take a knee in penance and receive that absolution.
Praise God
Yes
It’s not the National Catholic Distorter. National Catholic Register.
The Distorter is an enemy of orthodoxy and especially the Tridentine Mass.
Are there any pictures of this event (or the participants)?
This would be a worthy subject for a painting of the event (if it hasn’t already been memorialized).
The one here is the only one I know of.
Amen!
SEMPER FI applies to the Priesthood.
The Devil hates prayers in Latin and Greek.
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