In a homily during Bishop David O'Connell's funeral, Msgr. Jay Cunnane, Bishop O’Connell’s classmate and close friend from their seminary days in Ireland, called upon the phrase “Anam Cara,” the Celtic concept of having a friend of the soul.

“You’re blessed if you have a soul friend,” said Msgr. Cunnane, the pastor of St. Cornelius Church in Long Beach. “And I was blessed to have David. … I was better for having known David O’Connell. Many of you were too, were you not?”

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