Farewell – Heading to “oceans” new
Fr John McCarthy is one of the priests here at St Agnes’ Cathedral. We share an Ordination Date (though a good few years between the two!! He was ordained three…
Photography
Where do you go?
Since August 1997 I have been coming to Long Island, New York for a few weeks each year. It started when I worked in the Marriage Tribunal, Galway and our…
Holiday Time!
“How is Alpha?” is a question I’ve been asked quite a bit in recent months. He’s doing well. At the moment he’s on holidays with my cousin Brendan who is…
Urlaur Pattern
We had the usual Pattern at Urlaur Abbey on August 3rd. A DVD of the Mass, Pageant and family day celebrations will soon be available. I had my own little…
“Just married” …..
I celebrated today (August 12th) with my cousin Lauren Gaffney and Jeremy Sternberg as they married in St Agnes’ Cathedral, Rockville Centre. It was a lovely gathering of family and…
First Mass
Fr Pádraig presided at two Masses in the Parish of St Philip Howard, Cambridge. I concelebrated at one of them. He did very well. The tradition, as I now understand…
Ordination Day
Not long back from the Ordination Ceremony in The Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich. It was a moving ceremony with a very full congregation and over eighty concelebrating…
It’s been nearly ten years ….
That’s the phrase that has been going around in my head most of today. I’m in Norwich, England. I arrived here earlier today and tomorrow I will attend an Ordination…
Jubilee Celebrated
Hello! Neil Diamond, mentioned in the last post, has a song “I haven’t played this song in years” and it seems a while since I’ve put anything here. A few…
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…