Father Aengus Finucane
On behalf of everyone in Concern, I would like to express my profound sympathy on the death of Father Aengus Finucane. Aengus died at 8.30 this morning.
Aengus will be deeply mourned and missed by thousands of people in Ireland and across the world. He had an absolute commitment to the poorest of the poor: his work with Concern saved countless lives and improved the lives of many millions of people. He was a passionate believer in education as the foundation of development and never missed an opportunity to emphasise the critical importance of educating girls.
He used his great gifts of personality and charismatic leadership to work for the things he believed in. People loved to be with him and he loved to be with people. He inspired a whole generation of Concern overseas volunteers, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, who remained his steadfast friends and supporters. His work with Concern US since 1997 gave him great satisfaction and introduced him to another community who took him to their heart and who will miss him greatly.
While deeply saddened by the passing of Aengus, we celebrate the scale of his life achievement. There can be few Irish people of his generation, or of any other generation, who have contributed as much to improving the lives of so much of humanity. In doing so, he enjoyed life and made it very enjoyable for all who knew him. May he rest in peace.
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Aengus, resquiat in pacem!
To the people of Biafra the work of father Aengus Finucane and his Spirotan brothers and sisters remains an indelible mark in our hearts . They were personified Christ-- the principal human rights activist.
In our state of hopelessness,in sick and in fear father Finucane and Spiritans gave us hope and comfort.They gave us food and water when we were deprived of these rights of ours. Concern Worldwide continues on this humanitarian step.
Father Finucane and his Spiritans risked their lives in order to save millions of innocent helpless children and women engulfed by the merciless and bloody Nigeria/Biafran civil war. Without them millions would not be alive today.
Father Finucane impacted our world positively.His work being done through Concern Worldwide will ever be loved by millions of people worldwide.
Lord Jesus Christ may your perpetual light shine upon your servant Aengus Finucane.
Nchedo Obi-Igweilo
It is really great loss the death of Father Aengus Finucane. I knew him as a great man as i worked for Concern Sudan since 1985 to 1992 and again in 2003. He was a great man to work with as he used to visit the programe areas and make all poeple like to give more for the poor poeple who are working for. I would like to pass my condolences to Concern and his family as for all the poeple who worked with him all over the world
I received the news about the death of Fr Aengus Finucane with profound shock. For me, what he lived for cannot be summed up with a few lines of words. Suffice to say that he worked tirelessly to preserve millions of people from total annihilation, hunger, starvation and poverty. He stood in the gap for the voiceless, the powerless and the down-trodden. I am a living example of a positive outcome of his, Concern's and the Spiritan Fathers' selfless efforts in Biafra. It's wonderful that Concern is still challenging the conscience of the world today by being a lifeline to the hopeless. This is a deed that will forever live to testify that good and humble people such as Fr Finucane passed through planet earth. His was a life to emulate. In fact, the world has lost a glorious son!
Fr. was an hero in Biafraland, and he will continue to remain fresh in our hearts. May his loving soul rest in peace. Amen
It's over a week since Aengus died, but I will not sleep easy till I pay my respects and add a word of tribute to a great man.Aengus was a good friend an colleague throughout much of the 70s in Bangladesh and the 80s when he was in Dublin and I in Rome. We last saw each other at a dinner Concen gave for me in Dublin in the 90s. My only regret is that we lost contact after I retired to Alberta, Canada, while he was a mere stone's throw away in New York.Tom Arnold and those who have commented before me have eloquently stated how Aengus touched their lives. To me, he was the concience of humanitarian aid workers around the world bringing an honesty and professionalism to what I often thought was the last bastion of unprofessionalism.Well done Aengus, yours was a life well lived!
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