Pat McNamara – An Evangelist ….
I asked someone to show me this grave. It’s in the cemetery adjacent to Urlaur Abbey and is the grave of Pat McNamara who was once a teacher in nearby…
General Interest
It only seems like yesterday
I was about three months old when JFK visited Ireland in June 1963 and just over eight months old when he was assassinated in Dallas Texas. For some reason, for…
Water’s edge ….
I took this a few years ago when leading an Advent Retreat in Howth, Co. Dublin. I’m not sure why I took it or what caught my eye but think…
Opinion Polls
Just came across this clip earlier. It’s from the excellent comedy series, YES PRIME MINISTER, and has a story to tell. You’d wonder!!
Anniversaries near and far ….
Earlier today I met people for the first time. They’re a family from Richmond, Virginia and friends of my aunt (Mary Margaret) who lives there. Mary Margaret asked me sometime…
Paul’s Ordination
I put some material on our Diocesan Website (www.achonrydiocese.org) from yesterday’s Ordination Ceremony. It was a lovely and prayerful occasion and so good to see a man so happy in…
Interview with Rev Paul Kivlehan
Earlier today I met Paul Kivlehan, having asked him if he’d be willing to share a few thoughts around his vocation story and his feelings as Ordination Day approaches. Paul…
Ordination
Next Sunday, Paul Kivlehan will be ordained a priest of Achonry Diocese. It will be the first such ordination in the diocese in ten years and is a source of…
Fr Tom Freyne, R.I.P. (Funeral Mass)
Earlier today we celebrated Fr Tom’s Funeral Mass in Kilmovee. Bishop Brendan presided and was joined by Bishop Flynn, Fr Rémi Hublier – the Vicar General of Beauvais Diocese, Fr…
Fr Tom Freyne, R.I.P.
THE BODY OF CHRIST, AMEN News reached us on Friday night that Fr Tom Freyne had just died. May he rest in peace. For almost seventy-two years, Fr Tom ministered…