I was speaking to someone yesterday and the Beatification of Pope John Paul II was mentioned. The person wasn’t overly excited about it and, truth told, neither am I. Now, lest there be any doubt, I always admired Pope John Paul II and with countless others took my place in…
He called the twevle and appointed them: Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the Less and his brother Jude, Simon and (the traitor) Judas. That’s the way we learned their names when I was in Mullaghroe School. I am not long in from Morning Mass here in…
(Thought from this week’s parish bulletin – Kilmovee) We celebrated Mass during the week for Michaela Harte (McAreavey). It was a morning Mass and those of us gathered, remembered her and her people. It’s hard to believe that a few weeks ago she was able to be at the centre…
It’s January 10th – the New Year will and truly begun. I had a call today about this blog and some questions about how it started. A few weeks ago, Tom Shiel – a reporter for the Connaught Telegraph contacted me as well. He wanted to do a piece on…
