Cathal BarryThe Australian nun who died on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 “would have wanted peace”, the Irish nun who was her spiritual director for the final weeks of her life has said. Sr Phil Tiernan RSCJ was one of 298 passengers killed when the Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed.
Leading Sr Phil in the retreat prior to her tragic death was Sr Aideen Kinlen RSCJ, former Provincial with the Society of the Sacred Heart in Ireland.
Sr Kinlen told The Irish Catholic this week Sr Phil was “a very prayerful, quiet women with immense charm”.
“She was always very much against violence and would be praying for peace to prevail at this time of conflict,” she said.