Mission Continues
We’re nearly there! It’s been a very good few days with our Franciscan team. I’ve enjoyed meeting them and spending a bit of time. More importantly, the parish has enjoyed…
Reflections
Mission Possible!
The Parish Mission began last night with Masses in Urlaur and Glann. Today we had Masses in Kilkelly and Kilmovee. I brought the camera to Mass so a few shots…
A poem for peace
Earlier today I was in Kilmovee School and we talked a bit about peace and the need to pray for peace in a very troubled world. I told the children…
Join us for (and on) the mission!
Tomorrow is a new chapter in our Parish’s life. Four Franciscan priests will join us to lead us on a journey of faith over the coming days. I am looking…
LET YES BE YES
It’s so easy to say “yes” especially if the yes is less than certain. The father of this weekend’s Gospel asks his sons to go and work in the vineyard.…
Cohen @ 80 and courage …
I sat at Mass in Kilmovee this morning and listened to Seán Moran read the First Reading from Isaiah. The opening line is so direct: “Seek the Lord while he…
On this day …
Thirty-three years ago today I went to Maynooth (September 13th, 1981). It seems so long ago now and so much has changed. I remember leaving home with my parents. Before…
Are you a priest ….
and then a slight hesitation – “…. a Catholic Priest?” I wasn’t in New York, London or any other foreign city. I was in Ballaghaderreen. I had just knocked at…
Too little has changed
FRIDAY AUGUST 29th Earlier today, as I celebrated Mass on the Feast of the Beheading of St John The Baptist, I could not help but draw comparison between the far…
Walk to Mass
Fr Robert McCabe, a priest of Meath Diocese, circulated an email during the week. In it, he asked that we might encourage people to walk all or part of the…