Community of Our Lady of Peace NYC

08/14/2022

Catholic News New York (Aug.15, 2022)
Bartholomew “Bart” Daly, M.H.M., who served twice as a pastor and as vicar for religious in the archdiocese, died Aug. 6 at Wexford General Hospital in County Wexford in his native Ireland. He was 86.

Father Daly served as vicar for religious, beginning in the 1990s, while also serving as pastor of Our Lady of Peace parish in Manhattan. He was pastor of St. Francis Xavier parish in the Bronx, 1988-1992.

Born in Limerick, Ireland, he was ordained a Mill Hill priest in 1962 in London. He took final vows with the Mill Hill Missionaries in 1961.

Beginning in the early 2000s, Father Daly served in various administrative roles for the Mill Hill Missionaries in the United States. In 2015, he moved to the Mill Hill House in Hartsdale. He returned to Ireland to celebrate his 60th Jubilee July 8. He fell ill, was hospitalized July 30 and died Aug. 6.

His first missionary appointment was in upstate Slingerlands. From there, he served in the Diocese of Kisumu, Kenya, 1964-1970. He was reappointed to the U.S. to serve as rector of the Mill Hill community in the Bronx.

Father Daly followed his studies for the priesthood in the Netherlands at the Mill Hill College in Roosendaal, and later St. Joseph's College, Mill Hill, London.

A Funeral Mass was offered Aug. 10 at St. Joseph’s parish in Terenure, Ireland. Burial was at Bohernabreena Cemetery in Dublin.

A Memorial Mass for Father Daly will be offered at St. John the Evangelist Church, White Plains, Saturday, Sept. 10, at 11 a.m.
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(Photo captured during live streaming of Father Daly’s funeral by Richard Aguinaldo)

08/12/2022

Surely, He Has Borne Our Griefs (August 2015) Father Bartholomew Daly and the closing of OLP.

"A prayer for priests." Among the candles on the church steps that have become an altar on the street, someone placed that devotion, tucked neatly under a framed photo of Bartholomew Daly - the parish priest, pastor/administrator, Mill Hill Missionary, Irish immigrant. Taken by the Pulitzer Prize wi...

08/12/2022

HOMILY given by Father Bartholomew Daly at Our Lady of Peace NYC on the occasion of the ‘Mass Mob’ event, 25 January 2015. 🙏❤️
Rest In Peace.

In an effort to save the parish from closing by the NY Archdiocese, the church was standing room only as Father Daly delivered a thankful homily to the found...

08/10/2022

When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration
And then proclaim, my God, how great Thou art…
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

08/10/2022

In memoriam ✝️ 🙏

Diamond Jubilee, Fr. Bart Daly, mhm, Ordained July 8, 1962
'I give profound thanks to God for the many years He has given me.
Today, I give thanks for all of you from Our Lady of Peace parish in Manhattan. I will never forget you. You were always 'the wind beneath my wings'.
For us, Our Lady of Peace will always be 'that one brief shining moment of our lives.’

08/07/2022

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

“At the right hand of God that his soul was faithful.”

Please see the below link for the death notice of Fr. Bartholomew Daly, beloved pastor to many, and the last at Our Lady of Peace. His funeral will be live streamed and the link is within the notice. 🙏 RIP

Kenya, New York and formerly of Mountcollins, Abbeyfeale, Limerick / Rathgar, Dublin

07/10/2022

CONGRATULATIONS FR. DALY!
🙏✝️ 60th Anniversary!

Congratulations to Fr. Bartholomew Daly on the 60th Anniversary of his Ordination to Priesthood - July 8th 2022

07/11/2021

Sunday July 11, 2021
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary TIme
DId we need a pandemic to realize that we are called?
 In the Gospel, the 12 apostles are literally called, and sent, by Jesus. There’s no question what He is calling them to do. He summons them and then He sends them out, two by two. He gives them specific instructions about what they are to do and how to do it.How often do we think about the fact that we are called? Each day when we open our eyes and a new day has dawned for us, we are called. We are called to rise, and then we are called to do something, often many things. Most days we have a to-do list a mile long and obligations that we take for granted, at work and/or at home. The abrupt closing of our parish was a theological kick in the head to most of us. We learned skills about praying in the street, on the phone and sought fellowship in what we did. We’re we being trained to deal with the subsequent six years have brought to us? I can say that our on line Parish has requested prayers, be challenged physically, emotionally and spiritually or better put- we have been humbled by our circumstance and rely on our faith more than ever. our two responses are “God is Good and Merciful, and God Bless Us Everyone”. Not bad for second third and fourth generation immigrants. Not bad for the Upper East Side of Manhattan. However necessary Here and Now!
that all are created equal and can succeed. All is quiet at Our Lady of Peace and our community still prays that one day we will go back inside the church of our families. Faith is said to be able to move mountains- we can be patient and loving. Today we ask that each person becomes enlightened yes, each and every one of us. With our Holy Mother as our advocate. We Pray . God Bless Us Everyone .

07/03/2021

Sunday July 4, 2021
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary TIme
Independence Day
The words from the Gospel today are perfect for July 4th.
 “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
and among his own kin and in his own house.”
He was amazed at their lack of faith. How many of us can credit our families, our faith and the fear of disappointing those who loved us for our success? I know whatever we accomplished was in our power, however if left to the neighbor devices we would be know (as was Jesus) by our fathers and mothers. To this day I can meet someone from OLP and be referred to who my parents were and the ordinal position of my birth. So we should be able to understand that Jesus preaching in the Temple did shock those who only knew of his carpenter father and his mild mannered mother- but as we as second, third and fourth generation children knew we loved our parents and families yet we were expected to leap beyond their circumstance. The pride in our accomplishments was limited to the neighborhood- outside of our neighborhood we were just kids from OLP or OLPH. So today say a special prayer for those who inspired your success, those who took away the limits on what you could achieve and remember the wonderful combination of faith, family and being raised in the USA where it was acknowledged that all are created equal and can succeed. This is definitely a day and time in history to pay it forward.
 Coming on 6 years- all is quiet at Our Lady of Peace and our community still prays that one day we will go back inside the church of our families. Faith is said to be able to move mountains- we can be patient and loving. Today we ask that each person becomes enlightened yes, each and every one of us. With our Holy Mother as our advocate. We Pray . God Bless Us Everyone

06/27/2021

Sunday June 27, 2021
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
God is the champion of life
We’re made for immortality. Christianity celebrates that death has no sting and life has no end. Our tenacious possession of the lives we’re given is a sign of our refusal to accept death as the last word on the subject of our lives. We’re impatient with limitations, reject gloom-and-doom projections, and insist on second opinions when the news is grim. We relentlessly cling to hope despite the odds of our predicament. God is on our side in this stubborn grip we have on life. God intends for death itself to pass away. Put your resources at the service of life.
We are comforted by our community caring for and sharing faith. There are still candles and flowers on the steps. We are the church on the street- we personify the idea of the apostles by being roaming Catholics- we do not fear talking about our faith and will not ever abandon one of our community. Coming on 6 years- all is quiet at Our Lady of Peace and our community still prays that one day we will go back inside the church of our families. Faith is said to be able to move mountains- we can be patient and loving. Today we ask that each person becomes enlightened yes, each and every one of us. With our Holy Mother as our advocate. We Pray .