 This will be the first time the parish has only one resident priest serving it.On Thursday 23 March 2017 the Long Tower Church became the focus point for the Requiem Funeral Mass of the former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister and member of Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness, who died on Tuesday 21 March 2017 at the age of 66.The Funeral Mass was held at 2.00pm on Thursday 23 March 2017 in the Long Tower Church.