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Funeral of Tommy Burns
The funeral of Tommy Burns will take place today at St Mary's Church, Abercromby Street, Calton, Glasgow.The Requiem Mass will begin at 12.15pm. Bishop Jospeh Devine of Motherwell will preside and the sermon will be preached by Mgr Tom Monaghan, Parish Priest of Tommy's home parish of St Cadoc's, Newton Mearns.
St Mary's is a parish which Tommy was extremely close to personally. St Mary's Church Hall was also the birthplace of Celtic Football Club, when in November 1887, Brother Walfrid along with others discussed the establishment of a football club to feed the poor in the East End of Glasgow.
Full story plus the text of Mgr Monaghan's sermon are at the Scottish Catholic Media Office.
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