We’ve heard it all before …
That’s probably the most difficult line to overcome as we face into Holy Week 2011. We live in an age of tweeting, instant messages, Facebook, Sky News and so much…
General Interest
Please Copy …
I remember funeral announcements from years ago – many of them concluded with the words “English and American Papers please copy” – it was, I suppose, the realisation that many…
We’re nearly there
Thought from this week’s parish bulletin … This is the last week before Holy Week. Next Sunday sees the celebration of the Lord’s entry into Jerusalem. We call it “Palm…
Alpha!
Alpha close enough to the ALPHA (beginning) I called to see my brother Kieran and his family just before midnight on New Year’s Eve. Some weeks earlier their Doberman (Jordan)…
Jimmy Sherlock’s Funeral Mass
Just in from Jimmy’s Funeral Mass in Gurteen. It was a lovely gathering of family, neighbours and friends. I had a few notes written by way of a homily and…
Jimmy Sherlock, R.I.P.
Jimmy Sherlock, R.I.P. Earlier today, Sunday March 20th, my uncle Jimmy died, R.I.P. He had been in hospital for a number of weeks. His family hadn’t told him that daddy…
Bill Sherlock – Funeral Mass
My father’s Funeral Mass was celebrated today (March 16th) in St Joseph’s Church, Cloonloo. The church was filled to overflowing. Thirty priests joined in the concelebration of Mass. Jimmy Buckley,…
Bill Sherlock R.I.P. – MY FATHER
Bill Sherlock, R.I.P. Daddy (we called him Bill most of the time!) died today, March 13th, at 1pm. About twelve hours earlier, as I sat by his bed with my…
Ballot Boxes and Number One
Everywhere we look, every time we speak, every radio show we tune into or every TV news bulletin we watch brings the theme of ELECTION TWENTY ELEVEN to the surface.…
Home again Kathleen ….
A few years ago I saw a short film clip telling the story of Kathleen Field, a woman with a remarkable story with its roots in Vietnam. She was found…