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Charles Kennedy’s funeral in Fort William parish tomorrow
The funeral of the former Lib Dem leader will take place in St John the Evangelist, Caol, at 12 noon.
Mgr James MacNeil, administrator of Argyll and the Isles Diocese, will be the principal celebrant and Fr Roddy McAuley, parish priest, will preach the homily. Fr Pat Brown, chaplain to the Westminster Parliament, and Mgr Thomas Wynne of St Margaret’s, Roy Bridge, a friend of the Kennedy family, will concelebrate.
Fourteen pupils from St Columba’s RC Primary school, Lochyside, which Charles Kennedy attended as a child, will sing the psalm O God, you search me and you know me.
The family have chosen the following hymns: Christ be beside me, Our God loves us, I the Lord of sea and sky, Soul of my Saviour and How Great thou art. Brian McBride, a friend of Charles Kennedy will offer a eulogy after Communion.
John Cameron, a close family friend of the Kennedy’s, will lead the musicians who also played at Charles’ parents funerals.
The former Ross, Skye and Lochaber MP died unexpectedly at his Fort William home on June 1. He was 55.
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