LIVES REMEMBERED

Fr Dominic O'Sullivan, of the Archdiocese of Southwark, was born on August 24,1925 and died on February 10,2008, aged 82.
Dominic O'Sullivan was born in Ireland. He was the eldest of four children with a brother and two sisters, one of whom died after six weeks. The family moved to England from County Kerry and Dominic went to St Joseph's College, Beulah Hill, London.
On his return in 'Ireland in 1941 Dominic continued his education at Rockwell College, Cashel, County Tipperary. He began his studies for the priesthood at St Joseph's College, Mark' Cross before going to St John's Seminary, Wonersh. He was ordained to the priesthood at St Thomas of Canterbury. Sevenoaks, Kent on June 12 1952.
His first appointment was at that church, where he served as an assistant priest for 18 years. In October 1970 he was appointed assistant priest at St Raphael's, Surbiton.
Sixteen years later, in October 1986, he was appointed parish priest of St Raphael's and in 2002 celebrated his golden anniversary of ordination to the priesthood in the parish. Fr O'Sullivan was a governor of Richard Challoner School, New Malden, and St Joseph's Primary School, Kingston-upon-Thames, where he also served for some time as the chairman of governors. He had a good rapport with the students of the University of Kingston, where for many years he ministered as chaplain.
Fr O'Sullivan was a keen sportsman and liked cricket, hockey and ice skating so much that he was once described by a local paper as "the sporting priest".
Fr O'Sullivan was a calm and kind man with a booming voice who for over 50 years gave faithful service to the Church in the diocese.
Having been admitted to hospital three times last year his health further deteriorated this year. It was in the presence of his sister in her house in the Milner Road, Kingston-upon-Thames that he died peacefully on the afternoon of February 10, after 56 years of priesthood.
Michael Douglas Groarke was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, on November 7, 1924 to Lily Anne and Michael Douglas Groarke. The family later moved to Derby and then to Totten ham. Michael's secondary education was at St Ignatius College, Stamford Hill, and Douglas House, St Edmund's College, Ware.
Having been accepted as a student for the diocese he was sent to the Venerable English College, which was then in exile from Rome, at St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst College.
After the war he returned with the Venerabile to the Via Monserrato. He was ordained priest in Rome at the South American College on December 18, 1948. He completed his studies at the Gregorian University where he obtained a Licentiate in Sacred Theology in the summer of 1949.
On returning to the mission in England Fr Douglas Groarke was a curate at Burnt Oak, London, between 1949 and 1964 and Chiswick, London, from 1964 to 1968 when he became parish priest in Islington until 1970. From there he went to Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, until 1984. Between 1984 and 1985 he served as chaplain in at Barvin Park, London and curate at Northfields, London until 1986.
He was appointed parish priest of Shepperton, Surrey, in 1986 and remained there until 1994 when he returned to assist at Burnt Oak and then Kensal Rise before retiring in 1997 due to illness and went to live at Nazareth House, East Finchley, where he remained until his admission to the Whittington Hospital.
When he died he had served as a priest for 59 years.