Urlaur Pattern 2014
The Pattern went very well this year with a fine crowd in attendance. Bishop Brendan joined us for Mass and was the Principal Celebrant and preached the homily. People were…
Religion
Sunday Morning Coming Down
I got an email from a regular visitor to this blog yesterday. He mentioned that the visits (hits) on the blog had just exceeded 200,000. I hadn’t noticed but he…
Inniskeen Road – July Afternoon!
On July 10th I spent a bit of time in Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan – the birth place and resting place of Patrick Kavanagh. It’s something I had wanted to do…
St Maria Goretti Novena (Collooney)
On Thursday, July 3rd, I had the opportunity to celebrate Mass during the annual St Maria Goretti Novena in Collooney, Co. Sligo. It’s always lovely to spend a bit of…
Take off your shoes – you walk on Holy Ground
The past few days I have been in Dalgan Park, Navan, Co. Meath. It is the home of the Columban Missionaries. A fine facility, set on spectacular grounds it is…
The Dawning of THE DAY
For the third year, we gathered on Easter Sunday Morning for a Dawn Mass in the grounds of Urlaur Abbey. There was a fine gathering of people from the parish…
The Enchanted Way
I was asked if I’d consider including the text of “The Enchanted Way” on the Blog for Lent. This was first published in 1999 and re-printed in 2005 so thought…
Sarah Ann
Yesterday we had a Funeral Mass here for a little baby girl, Sarah Ann. We tried to support her parents and family around the Altar and through God’s Word. It…
And on that train …..
Two young people were sitting at the same table as me. They were having a conversation and, though I didn’t set out to eavesdrop, I couldn’t really help but hear…
Where is the good word?
Earlier today, whilst travelling to Castlebar for a wedding rehearsal I turned on the radio. It was mid interview and a man (whose name I didn’t get) was talking about…